NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 62, 25 August 1906, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Marton races -on Sept. 5 and-6. Togos was an unhicky horse at ythe^ C.J.C. meeting. Blythemaid showed no farm ut the^ Riceajrton meeting. Rongoa fell m the Lincoln Steeple-cha-se when going well. Char fey Jenkins had one win only*' at the National meeting. Gladstone is to be givefi a special^ preparation for the N.Z. Cup. Prospector can be bought for £700. A lot of money for a hurdler. Landwern came at the right en&Hn his winning effort at .Riccarton. ;■ Jolly Roger ran- most consistently V right throu#i the Riccarton meeting. The Auckland-owned Baritone wast not started at the National meeting. George Price has left Melbourne and* should arrive m Wellington next week. The Riccarton owned Stars and-* Stripes was sold for £100 last Monday. Eleven horses have received the:' minimum impost m this year's N;Z. Cup. Kaihu is overrated and will have to jump more kindly belore he -can win a' race. Punters should follow Curiosity as the Diraedin horse will score m the Spring. . ' Waikato -ran three good races at Riccarton, but he could not secure a bracket. ■ They were a very bad lot that op---posed Aqua Regia m the Ladies' Bracelet. Phaetonitis was priced after winning the G.N. Steeples. No business was done. ■ The N.Z. Cup weights have formed the topic of conversation for the week past. , Multifid has the same weight m the N.Z. Cup as he had m the last Wanganui Cup. If Sir Peroivale can be kept on his legs he should win a lot of races down South. Good judges assert that Zimmerman will be the Karamu elect for the N.Z, Quo*

Manjess ran consistently right through the meeting, but failed to secure a bracket.

Leeside was a quiet paddock Up fqr the Styx Hack Hurdles, but Faro outed him easily.

Sychem was offered for sale after the National meeting, but failed to find a new owner.

A prominent Wellington bookmaker paid out £1960 over the southern treble and double.

W. " McDonald had Sychem and Notus looking m first-class trim at the C.J.C. meeting.

Down Christchurch way they are backing Cross Battery for the next Stewards 7 Handicap.

The Waverley mentor, C. Birkett, has a pretty formidable team m work for the spring meetings.

The Epsom candidate Mack continues to please the track watchers m his essays at Randwick.

Sandy is said to be showing improved form and his owner expects him to win a short race soon.

Slow Tom was asked to give Playfak 27fts m .the Lincoln Steeples, but he found the' task -beyond him.

Landwcrn and Armamento were the two best looking of the flat horses seen out at the C.J.C. meeting.

Mr H. Brown was oßdred £320 for Hydrant after the chestnut had run second m the National Hurdles.

Polyanthus aran a good honest race m the Heathcote Handicap and it was only the going that defeated her.

The Hon. Geo. McLean's Notus has grown into a fine horse and should have a successful career m front of him.

The hunters that did duty at the National meeting at Riccarton were about the worst lot ever the saw.

Prospector has now started m five hurdle races and won four of them, while m his other effort he finished third.

Bulawayo broke down so badly^ when leading m the Islington Handicap t that he will be unable to race again.

Mr Sam Brown, of Ashburton, owner of Victory and other horses, has purchased Comfort from Mr T. H. Lowry.

The two hunters Makuri and Sobraon showed no form and. they were sold at the conclusion 6f the southern meeting.

The owner of Silverlene expected his mare to run well m the National Hurdles, and he is still wondering how she fell.

Black Reynard was priced by a Southern sportsman last week, and Mr Thompson asked £300 for the black gelding.

The connections of Paritutu have secured . the services of the crack horseman, C. Jenkins, for their horse m the N.Z. Cup.

Swimmer was slightly sore after contesting the Beaufort Steeples and he was not started on the concluding day of the meeting.

Irish cut himself so ,badly when running m the G.N. Steeples that he had to be withdrawn from the remainder of his engagements.

Raogiwhenua has been sold to Mr H. Williams, of Christchurch, who will next season follow the hounds on ttie -grey gelding.

S. Waddell had the Hon J. D. Ormohd's team m great fettle at Riccarton. Nogi, Outer, Lyrist and Medallist all paid dividends.

Wi ' Walca fell at the last .fence m the Hunt -dub Cup and broke his leg clean m two pieces. The horse was qiriokly put put of pain.

Mr A. F. Douglas, who owns Poly-' anrfchus had the mount on Aqua Regia when that mare was successful m theLadies' Bracelet at Riccarton.

Hikairoa was reckoned good goods ilor the Hunters' Plate, which Black Friar won m an easy manner, and the favorite could only finish fourth.

Prior to Red Gauntlet's success onthe concluding day of the C.J.C. meeting, the Dunedin horse had not won a race-for nearly two years.

Romany King ran a good race m ttie Sydenham Hurdles. Howard had the old fellow m a prominent position all through and he finished third.

Mr A. Hyde, who piloted Rangiwhenua m the Ladies' Bracelet, had the winning ride on Black Friar m the concluding event of >the C.J.C. meeting.

The many friends of 'Clarence O'Neill will regret to hear that he has had to have his thigh broken for the Second time owing to it not setting properly.

Mr D. Thompson has sold Black Reynard to Mr J. Clarke, of Gis- : borne, who owns Faro and was the owner of Opau and Hopgarden inyears gone by.

Despite the fact that Rangiwhenua had broken a blood vessel on the opening day, the grey was well backed m the Ladies' Bracelet, but he never had a chance.

Tim Howard did not return to Ellerslie after the National meeting but stopped behind under engagement to Mr Rutherford to ride his team at •the Amtoerley meeting.

Wel'beck, when being schooled for' the National Hurdles, was only 'jumped over one hurdle, and that one was put up m front of the stand on the Ash-burton racecourse.

T. Williams will be unable to accompany Swimmer and Putty to Sydney. The former leaves Wellington to-day and the latter will be shipped from Auckland on Monday.

W. Young handled Polyanthus m the Heathcote Handicap m a manner that left nothing to be desired, and his vigorous finish with Landwern (W. Price) was a treat to witness.

A leading bookmaker is the authority for the statement that Star Rose has been backed for more money to win the N.Z. Cup than any other horse engaged m the race.

It transpires that Chivalry had a very bad passage from Sydney to Melbourne and that might have had something to do with his defeat m the Oma Plate last Saturday week;

Ailsa ran a peculiar race m the Heathcote Handicap. Jenkins had her m a handy position all through and with half a furlong to go she looked likely to score. However, when tackled by Grand Stand, Armamento, Sychem and Polyanthus, she shut up like a knife and finished right back*

The Guesser (F. Lind) was well backed by his party m the Sydenham Hurdles, but he had no chance. Later on he was saddled again for the Final Hurdles but Sardonyx beat him hollow.

An Invercargill . owner came up to Wellington on Sunday to have a loo,k at the stallion Onewa at Mr W. Davies' stables! At the time of writing I have not heard whether __ deal was made.

Coxswain had a couple of runs m the Hack Hurdle events at the C.J.C. meeting. He was prominent m the early stages but ' then died away. Time will bring him on and he should score m the spring.

The extra 17ft s put on Cuiragno on the concluding day of the C.J.C. meeting successfully stopped the Auckland horse and although he led over the last fence Prospector easily beat him m the run home.

Heavy winners over Cuiragno's victory m the National Hurdles included a prominent bohiface, a Pittstreet business man and a very wellknown commercial traveller, all of. whom hail ..from Auckland.

The owner of Landwern only benefited to the extent of the stake when his horse was successful m the Heathcote Handicap on Saturday, but had his other charge, Armamento, won-he would have had a good win.

The Auckland horseman "Jerry" Wilson was invited to go to Sydney to ride Swimmer m his A.J-O. engagements, but he was unable .to do so, and m all probability Steve Howie will ride Mr Beckett's horse.

It is not often that Jos. Prosser takes a team of horses to a meeting without scoring a win, but this was the Porirua mentor's record at the National Meeting at Riccairton. Well, you can't get an ' Achilles or an Advance every day.

Wonderful the number of people that had business m Christchurch last week. There were Ministers of the Crown, heads of Government departments, Legislative Councillors, sta-tion-owners, lawyers and persons engaged m every walk m life.

The Dunedin horseman J/ McGuire went north last Tuesday under engagement to Mr N G. F. Moore to ride Armistice and Co; m their future engagements. McGuire is very highly spoken of aS a quiet, decent lad, and he should do well at Wanganui.

The Auckland Racing Club is persuing a progressive policy, and at a meeting of the committee ■ held during the week it was decided to increase the stakes for the ensuing year by^ £1,800, and that the prize money for the Auckland Cup should be £1,500.

The success of the Victorian bookmaker m his action against the V.R.C. has upset the latter body's mental equilibrium, and unless the High Court upsets the verdict of the Full Court the club will graft hard for the legalisation of the totalisator.

Matuku and Black Squall are as bad as ever at the barrier. In her C.J.C. engagements the former was very lucky at the start, but the latter got left the first day and although she ran well she could not make up the advantage gained by the others at the start.

Of the fifty three horses handicapped for the N.Z. Cup proba_ly not more than twenty, at the most, will, be accepted for. This is not to 'be construed that there: is any serious errors m the handicapping, biit different causes have accounted for more than half the candidates.

Mr H. H. Hayr, who has been looking at several totalisators at Christchurch for the Auckland Racing Club, passed through Wellington on Monday. In reply -to my. -question as to what he thought . of the working of the C.J.C. machine, the gepial Harry smiled, and told me that he could not say anything until he had presented his report to the Auckland Racing Club.

"Being left at the post" is regardei as ah offence under Queensland racing rules, as the jockey, J. Mooney, realised to his cost at the Queensland Turf Club meeting. He had the mount on Ambitious m the First Novice Handicap, and failing to get that horse away when the'barrier was released, was suspended from riding during the remainder of the meeting.

Such is fame. The North-Queens-land Herald remarks that Charles Jenkins, who will be remembered as the rider of Advance, when the black son of Vanguard raced at Flemington some years -back, still keeps himself m the first flight of horsemen m New Zealand, and when the curtain was rung down for the season ."he. had a record of 72 wins for the period extending from August last.

They are royal double bettors m Ohristchurch and if they cannot .get their own price they will take what is offered. A leading Wellington bookmaker opened a £200 double book on the Sydenham Hurdles and Heathcote Handicap. He put £166 m it, only had a- risk of £3_ and LandWer-n gave him a skinner. It is not often that a horse owned by W. Davies is a turn-up for the books. •

Welbeck, with J. McGregor m the., saddle, was sent out to comtest the' Final Hurdles. Last week the-_ig son of Perkin Welbeck struck himself and was not started m the National Hurdles, consequently the public were m« the dark as to his jumping abilities. Sardonyx made play m front and .Mc-' Gregor nursed his mount, and was'; with the leader at the last fence, but on landing over the hurdle he broke down and finished on three legs. m McGregor dismounted and led him m to the paddock, when an examination showed that he had broken his off hind fetlock. A veterinary surgeon was m attendance and the leg was set m plaster of Paris. The horse will m future do duty at the stud.

Mr James Grice (chairman of the club) wishes to acknowledge the sportsmanlike way m which Mr Payne met the committee m connection with the peculialr complication that has &- risen over Chivalry's weight. Mr Payne was m no way to blame, Mr Grice states, for the mistake, as he entered Chivalry m the ordinary wav, and no attempt whatever was made to conceal the animal's identity. It was an unfortunate circumstance that a wrons; pedigree had been supplied to the handicapper, but owing to the spirit m which Mr Payne had treated the matter, everything had now been smoothed over, and be hoped Chivalry would wjp tq-d'-j.y-"

The annual meeting of the members of the Wellington Racing Club was held at the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening. There was a goad attendance of members and the President (Mr J. B. Harcourt) occupied the chair, and, m moving the adoption of the report and balance-sheet, made a long speech and dealt largely with the question of the totalisatcr. He maintained that the machine was next door to a necessity, if the gambling public, which were a very large proportion, were to be , kept from the arms of the bookmakers. The meeting was a remarkable one, inasmuch as practically no discussion took place, and members seemed quite content with the efiorts of the executive for the past year and the same officebearers were rejected for the following season.

The following, culled from the Melbourne "Argus," wHI be of intesest to New Zealanders : "The V.A.T.C. •stewards met yesterday to consider the position arising out of the handicapping of Chivalry for the Oma Plate, to be run to-day. Owing to an incorrect pedigree being (by an inadvertence) supplied by the V.A.T.C. office to Mr R. K. Maitland, the bandicapper, Chivalry was regarded as identical with the Gippsland gelding of that name— a poor performer— and allotted on Monday est 7ft. It was subsequently discovered that the horse entered was the New Zealand Chivalry—a good performer— and Mr Maitland took the stand that he had never handicapped this horse at all, but another (not m the race), and on Wednesday allotted the New Zealand 'gelding Bst lift: Mr Payne, owner of Chivalry (the horse engaged) meVthe V A.T.C. stewards yesterday, and discussed ttie. matter. He said he would nasally prefer" that C^vakys weight should remain at 6s-t 7ft, out offered to abide by the .committees decision m the matter. The committee decided that Chivalry's proper wSght is Bst lift, and Mr Payne intimated that he would run the geld : ing at that weight, the members oi the committee wishing him luck m the race. .-..__,