NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 70, 20 October 1906, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Trentha»h to-day. S. Reid will ride St. Joe m the N.Z. Cup. T. Clayton will ride Poisedon m the Caulfield Cup to-day.-That great mare Wakeful has produced a colt foal to Wallace. Armamento was not started at the Trentham meeting on iT^SiTfesday. St. Lyra and Annas tr<*i were shipped direct from Napiex.. to. Lyttelton. The attendance at the Otaki meetinir constituted a record for the Cli;'. ; . Maui won the Ffy.inp.; at Otaki from a very poo« '.'.:. and was allowed to pay £2 2s. I A hfac commission was worked m Wellington f.r Saga, who won the Maiden at Otaki. ; • -. , . A well-known Wanganui horseman backed Maximise., the winner of the Epsom, fora goodly poultice. The Lark, carried O.fi and. • i the Te Hiwi Memorial mile m Imin 42sec. Pretty fair gpinc for hacks. ■Katlov was very fractious at the !post during the Otaki meeting, and j refused to up to the barrier. Armistice .had a very bad passa ;■;•;. m the Racing Club Handicap fit Napier and this settled her chance completely. The ec : " -ions of Cavalry threw m for a TOod win \, hen the Light Artillery gelding won the Hurdles at Napier Park. ' . , Truce- finished very fast m the Flying at Otaki, but he had no chance of getting near the Porirua eeltlL .., who won easily. P. McLaughlin did not take his horses to the Otaki meeting, hut remained behind and attended the Napier Pr.rk fixture. The black horse Dividend is improving every gallop :_U it looks a good bet for him to get a place, m i the Melbourne Cup. ! Adventurer, by Ad vanoe— Miniature, was backed, by his party on both, days at Napier but he failed to run up to expectations. Needlev.ork won the II:!:;"'.:s on the second (Jay at Napier Park from end to end. He had to undergo the ordeal of a protest before receiving the stake. •Mr H. Gaisford had a fine black colt called. Swimmins Belt at the iNapi-i- Park reeting.- vi-s is abeavi^ tiful looking horse, o-T with time should '""clop into a ■ top-notcher. Mr G. M. Currie supported Chincilla for the Maiden Plate at Otaki, but after she had got well away and 1;:,-. Saga company for five furlongs she died out and finished m the ruck. Tommy Pritchard, on Bandmaster, had the field m the Hurdle race .m dire trouble when the straight was reached, and coming on full of running landed the stake by three lengths. ' In Pearl Reef, Mr G. P. Donnelly possesses a really sro&rt colt from whom big things are expected. He is by Gold Reef, out of Pearl Powder, and won a double at ITcpier Park without being extended. J. Pan-more rode three winners at the Napier Park meeting. The Auckland horE:::".:;n is a T caFable rider who can go to the scales at about 6.7, and if '] : takes care of hifr.celf there is a good future m store for him. Menschikoff finished last m the Caulfleld Stakes last Saturday, but tltr.t need not be taken into ac; oxit, as the horse has been absent from the tracks for such a long time it is raiite possible that he ran like a green 'un. Pawa and Hydroncope had a good set-to m the Maiden Hurdle: 1 , and at tii? post the former had his, head m front. Had Hydroscope not stumbled at the bottom he might have beaten Prosser's horse, oh whom McConnon rode a gteat race. Jolly Friar was unlucky m the Grandstand Handicap at Napier Park. The St. Hippo gelding had- to mal:all his own running, and at the finish, when ' Operetta tackled him, he was unable 1 > respond and Buffered defeat by a length. The success of Boniform m - the Breeders' Plate at Randwick will hardly be annreciated by N.S.W. studm asters, ,-ri it cannot b:> denied that as. a thoroughbred horse-raising country! Australia comes a poor second to New Zealand. A very large number of people journeyed from Wellington to witness the racing at Otaki, and prominent among them were the Hons. T. K. Macdonald and Trask, M.'sL.C, and Messrs Duncan, Abbott, and Whyte of the Wellington Racing Club. Dave Ross is pining for another Ropa and at a. race meeting a few weeks acp he 'purchased the brood mare Katriona, full-sister to Le-da, from Mr .J. R. Corrlgan. of Hawera. Katriona is m foal to Obligado. and visits Field Battery at. Kai Iwi. . In the Flying nt Otaki Miretta shVt to the front like a bolt from the bfi?«sJ but the mare could only stay there -tor three furl ones when Flotilla went to the lead. Entering the straight Maui van un to the letter, and m th<* finish settled him by a lpnp-1h and a half. The Te Hiwi Memorial Stakes was productive of a great finish between The Lark and Ku Ku. At the distance both were together, and all up the straight W. Price' and C. Jenkins were hard at it. The former "Slonned" his mount, but Jenkins used his whip vigorously. The iudge decided m favor of The Lark by p, nose.

Lacy -ran two good races at Otaki, but failed to score. Poisedon is first favorite for tlie Caulfield Cup, to be run to-day. Devonia was unlucky enough to run two seconds at the Otaki meeting. Cassiopea showed much improved form at Otaki to that exhibited by her at Bulls. Roseal was all to pieces at Otaki and could not raise a decent gallop on either day. The time m both Hurdle races on the first day at Otaki was exactly the same, viz., 2min 49sec. The Doncaster winner, Little Toy, is the returned New Zealanders tip for the Caulfield Cup to-day. The price paid by Polycaste on the second day at Otaki made all the Tommies wear very long; faces. There was room for the Coroner to get to work on a lot of the prads that competed at Otaki last. week. Bourassque was started on the first day at Otaki, but he was not ready and /finished amongst the unplaced ones. It is a long time since we had such an even lot of two-year-olds as were s^.u out at the Wellington meeting on Wednesday. Refrain, who won the Squatter's Handicap at the A.J.C. meeting impressed the N.Z. visitors greatly with his hold style of galloping. . The N.Z. bred Ellis continues to run unsuccessfully m Victoria. Last Saturday hu was supported for the Oaulfield Stakes but ran nowhere. At Otaki, before contesting the Hurdles, Liberator looked more like a .mare m foal than a horse fit to run o> mile and a half over hurdles. Only two horses contested the. concluding- event* at the Otaki r^t-ing,' Roseal . and- Flotilla, J and the latter had a very easy -win. Clementine, who is now owwed by Mr G. Palmer, of- Christchurch, woiv ! the Kaikorai Hack Handicap at Win- | ■ p;atiii last week, ■' beating seven other I horses. ' ■ •■ . • -..»•. The owner of* : Truce had a good bet u.i his horse m the big race t:i the first day of the Otaki meeting, but he had to put up with second money. * Liberator was out in* front for a mile 'in the Hurdles, but after that he' cai.j back to his field and Bandmaster and Cassiopea both ran away from him. ; Roseal is far from well, and when half the distance of the Labor Day Handicap had been covered, he was last, a position he occupied iill the post was reached. Submarine showed his top form m the Racing Club Handicap at Napier Park. Pat O'Neill's p'rad <..uried Bst, and beat a fair field, including Armistice and Whakawehi. Notus seems to be improving and :...;.• do better at the back end of the season. He ran a creditable second to Crichton m the Ranmrly Handicap last Saturday at Wingatui. -.'..":•! Ku Ku's bold showing with Tho Lark on the first day he was made a good favorite for the Rangiuru Welter on the second day, hut both Victoria Park and Marinella finished m front of Jos. Prpsser's horse. The Wellington owned Py tchley ran much better on the second day at Otaki to what he d.id on the opening day. In the former he was ri'Jdrn by Oliver, but on ttoe firsts day a stable lad had the mount, "■'aha.. this, would account tor the difference! The last race : of the day saw D'Nil, a maiden performer, .start a v:ry hot favorite, and he justified his backers' confidence, for, getting a■way, he never at any stage left the issue m doubt. Devonia was second to the Fordell trained- horse. There were a lot of people, .waiting for the stable tq put m on Saga, and when it was .whispered about at Otaki that there was a , commission m Wellington . the rush to get on to Mr Barlow's filly tras >?-ceat, a»d at the knock -she only paid £2 14>\ \ Rendrpck was a very- hot order m town i.r the Trial Handicap at Otaki, m .which he was successful, and had the steward?? asked . the connections to explaijn the horse's running on the first day, they would only have been doing their duty. Last Saturday "at Wingatui the Shorts Handicap field contained Red j Gauntlet, Petrovha, Vladimir and Replete ; all old stagers who have raced with much success m the i ;.-.t-. The first.' named won and paid £i 10s, and Vladimir was placed third. Mr Crick is not having best of luck with -Collarit. It is* the unanimous opinion m Sydney that he should have wpn the Rosehill Cup, he succumbed to Poisedon m the A.J.C. Dor:;-, and last Saturday^ he got left at the post m the Caulfield Guineas. Jos. Prosser has a fair sort' ol horse m Pawa, and when bo le/arns. to jump less wildly! he will win ?- few more races. In his efforts at Otaki he was nearly over repeatedly, and it took that good horseman, A. McConpop, all his time to keep him straight. Polycaste had np difficulty m set.tling the opposition ill the Labor Day Handicap. When a ..start was made Gold Crown was ta^en to. the front, but TilleyV mare, was always" handy, and with three furlongs to go she went; to the front. Truce put m a c'r.hn m the run home, as did Gold Crown, but neither were able to extend the brown mare, who won without an effort. In the Park Stakes at Napier Park Wjrral was very fractious at the post, and before the start he galloped round the track, then .when the barrier went up he got rid of his rider, D. Price, and galloped round the wrong way. As he was approaching the field the spectators expected to see a smash up, but Mr Ormond's horse turned round and galloped back on the outside of the fiejd, and what might have been a serious accident ended without mishap. D'Nil, who won at Otaki, is a half-brother to Kuroki, by Crackshot. Frank Lind formerly owned, him, but last Autumn sold him to his present owner for £850. Like Kuroki, he is a chestnut, and a slick, one too. He went out paying over a fiver on the machine, but at the last moment a commission came back from Wellington and the prioe was reduced to level money. There was a ton of money In town for I D'Nil. and had the commission not 'got back m time the bookmakers ' would have been hit very hard.

Modern gallantry— the scratching of Guid Wife. Poisedon is at 5 to 4 for the V.R.C. Derby. Rook by is now an inmate of A. Hall's stable at Feilding. On the tracks at Caulfield Dividend is doing all that his friends could desire. It appears quite possible that Menschikoff will be racing against his own progeny before long. Martello and St. Joe are both galloping very well at present and should win at the C.J.C. meeting. On Wednesday last punters were straining their eyes m an endeavor to locate the next Derby winner. On being questioned as to whether or not his horse could neigh, the owner of Ney answered "Nay." The New Zealand bred Ellis is now doing good track, work on the other side, and r-hould materialise shortly. On recent form, Scot Free' s halfbrother lolaire, 6.13, should be worth a bet for a place m the Caulfield Cup, to be run to-day. That mad-headed blrute, Wirral, will be ridden by H. Carr when the weights permit, as it is found that little Price is quite unable to control him. ■ • \ A$ the time of writing the betting ma rket would- .suggest- that; Solution will start as hot a favorite jn the Melbourne Cup :as =: she was m the Metropolitan Handicap. Subsequent events proved that Sir Rupert Clarke made a "bloon^rr" when he bought Canteen. Subsequent j events may prove he made a bigger mistake when he let Solution go. At present Achilles looks as well as | at any time of his: career and Mr Monk's champion should be able to Ijrive the opposition one and one m [the Jubilee Cup at the C.J.C. meetling." " ' : ' ■•:-. ! Kuroki came back from Sydney last week. The chestnut had a bit of a leg, but he walked away quite soundly after being landed-, and it is to be hoped that Frank, Lind will not lose the services of such a good horse. Chicane is the latest defection from the New Zealand Cup. Probably- reckoned that Chicane is too much of a chicken to l.?;:t horses like Paritutu, St. Joe and Company. Maybe that his owner was not anxious to see Chicane "done nice an' brown." Grandstand, who won a double at Dunedin last Saturday, is a smart galloper. At Riccarton during the National campaign he showed very fair form ;.;d was unlucky m not being placed on two occasions. His owner had a good win over his horse's success last Saturday. Curiosity's win m the Burnside Hack race at Wingatui, last Saturday, was long overdue. The son oi Currr.ccr.y was l-a.^ced for the Trial Plate on the first day as if the race was o'er, bar shouting, but the distance was a trifle far for him, and he was beaten. However, with a furlong less to go this smart sprinter made no race of it with his eight opponents. The Yellow Peril was m strong c ' - dence at the Otaki Races the other da;-. The Clerk of the Course, a New Zealand native, had a lot of fun with certain of the almond-eyed Mongolians and used his whip ■ freely to keep' them from an enclosure^near'the winning, post. The slimy looking Chows submitted quietly to the authority of the . Maori and the latter would miss a lot of fun were there no Chows m the colony* for v him to deal with. The new. owner of Solution evidently intends to Lu.a.ke hay while the sun sli: - -. and impossible to get his purchase money back by to-night. There can be little or no doubt that the j daughter of Soult and Problem is at [the .present time m great form, and, despite the burden she has to carry to-day, . the big race looks at her mercy. Solution is a brilliant performer over the. distance, . as pro: ' . by the Metropolitan run and with a few exceptions it has been demonstrated that the horses she meets m the Caulfield Cup are In a grade below her. In the face of all this Mr Reynolds must be considered wise to throw for a win at the first deal.