NEWS' AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 76, 1 December 1906, Page 2

NEWS' AND NOTES.

Woodvilla races next week. Going to the dogs.— lndulging • m coursing. Poseidon is now called "Poseidon, the Splendid." . . ' Ellis, i? to go from Victoria to Western Australia. • First acceptance for the Auckland Cup on December. 7th. The dividends at the Timaru meeting; Were oh- the big side. Last month Royal Hampton died m England at the ripe age of 24. Delaware was a starter for the Williamstown Cup but finished out of a. place. Harry Solomon's Vatdo succeeded m placing a win to his credit at Timaru. J. Scobie has taken BenboW, Jack Smith and Charles Stuart to Western Australia. The New Zealand bred horse Grey Seaton has been sold for shipment to Singapore. Kilderkin was backed m Wellington for the Pony Handicap at Takapuna last Saturday. Ironmould has attained considerable notoriety m the press m New Zealand. I wonder why. Thunderer appears to be as Well how as ever he was, hut lie still has room for improvement. ' Grafton had a rare run of luck at the V.R.C. meeting, ,no less than six races falling to his stock.

l.V'Hia.s has been retired from 1 VirJr. ,•'-.. ' ■■ ' '. •■.■;■; Marstone .was' seiit-baclc to Blenheim after the Opaki meeting. The WairaraPa sport, Mr H. Seton", has returned from his trip to Australia. In Auckland • Master Delaval and Scotty are the favorite selections for the Cup. - ; . ■■■" "' A large number <;f Weilingion people made the journey to Feilding . to attend the races. Judging by Full Rate's work on the track he will win a race or two m the near future. It is wonderful how an outsider turning up on the first day damps the ardour of the punters. Subsequent form shows that when Melodeon won at San down Park he beat a good horse m Tulkeroo. The Gisoorne owned Heywootl, full brother to Melwood, is being tried at the jumping biz. m Auckland. The well-known ov.'ner-trainers, Messrs Ellis Bros., are contemplating a remove to the Timaru district. The Torpedo horse Destruction has been sold m Melbourne and will .m" future take up stud duty at- Dyraatia, N.S.W. Volodia carried 9.6 when he won at Timaru and there 1 is some merit ; m; 'this, though his 'opponents were a podr lot: ■'■'■• '" ; Boniforniis still on. the retired 'list and dfonvent ; Beil is 'the only' de^fent' twP-year'-old- that' the/ Yaldhurst. stable she! te'fs: v v- : '-' * -'■■'■ v ; - -' u '-" Lady .Lyonors was not a nopular fancy at- Timaru, hut the full sister to Isplt Should.be worth watching, m her next^fengagsnients... _ , _ .. . The C. B. Fisher. Plate was/ the' first , race won .',■ -by the black horse Dividend since he carried off the August Stakes in,l9Qs. -. . A feature .of the. South Canterbury meeting was. .the presence of a ; large number ., of . Silver bettors . who . wete vigorously grafting small doubles. The Bat Vons likd it all mc-ir own way on: the opening; -clay of the Timaru nvoetvftjt,, and m fact backers were unable to ge.t a lopk m at all.! ' 'Tartar " Julian did not .return to the Huttaftet the Auckland meeting but remamcid behind to fulfil engagements at the Shore on %^turday last. '" ■ ' '"r';%"'■'Tis said that the "heady who sustained a loss over Lucreece at Ejlerslie were not on the job when she won last Saturday at the Noit'ihShore. • The. - Soult^Satanella filly , which was bought by a Wellington sport at the last Wellington Park sale has gone wrong, and wiU take a spell, for some time. .. : Savoury won 'his first race for Messrs Nettlefold and Price at the concluding day of the 1 Washdyke meeting. The Simmer horse started at ddds.pn:' ■ . L. H. Hewitt willin fiitute ride for J. E. Brewer's stable m England, as he has received : a good retainer from Mr Lionel Robertspn, Brewer's principal patron. The Mensphikpff horse, Gapon, who* was purchased by Mr J. Wren m Auckland a few years . back, and who has proved such a disappointment m tlie past, is shortly to be added to the list. . . „ . A good,, story is, the rounds about : a couple of ishrcw/dies who backed Sir Tristram and Ghbprka for the Feifdini double; but 'the .-dropping pu% pf . th'ej first, .named- iipset th'eitr , Full Hate' (OfiiQer— Kimner) is now' ari inmate 6f J. Gravestock's stable, and is. galioping woMerfully well. He was catphrag swallows one mprnin°: last week and astounded bis connections With his pace. -■■.. Pas Seul's win at the South Canterbury meeting upset a. few cpmmissions. Wlien well placed the brown daughter, of Spult can pay her way, but her performance would indicate that she is not a topnbtjbher: , ' ! . The Hptchkiss— Edith Cureton colt, Ellis won the Williamstown Cup and at last placed a good race to the credit of his owner. The • stable threw m. for a good stake so jthat-the colt's balance sboul-d now be on the Bi-Rht side of -the ledger; ! •. ";■ Mr « 'Ross Allan" ha# the misf or : .tu-ne,. last week, to lose his colt by Advance put Of Brp^n SJied, dam of Ballarat. 'It appears that ' efforts were being made . to catch the colt; wlieh •■; life Sepame; enfjEingled m some ; biarbed wire, cutting '.himself : so bad- • ly that/ it was. folmd necessary jo destroy him. / -. ..-'- --, .^lbrrous weiatlier prevailed f,or 'itiie opening .-day- pf the South Canterbury /iJoci^y/.Clu;b,!s .meeting .last ■ w€eX, : though early io. the mPrning the day was/.teryj iofcky- Tjiere w.as : nothingabout Timanu the day before .the. yaces . t?b: betoken the- meetin*:, v.but the trains next morning brought, a prood many- visitors. , . . ,_. Nearly every punter -m Wellington had a bet on \ Gejerity on . Saturday when that . ied4y won the-v]\lelrose Handicap. -; at It is mai;jhow the; wbrtd .gets passed.arbundv aM'thefe ar^ quite:-a. immber m tin s city who make a good living by ! just' waiting ior'ithe. "corns'. I ; and being a bit with -them. • ..■ ■ : .' The buckjiimping: arena- at the, Ex|iiibition twas filled -to; overflowing all last' weekv Several Canterbury riders assayed "#i th --Varylhir sCiccess-.-rtP' 1 ■ remain oft the *backs of the " buckjuitnpirij; horses, a'fijfl a very good eritertainment was affPWted the delighted audiences. Th 6 ..O'Neill Bl'os. also gave more exiribitions of their clever riding Teats. . • At a cbnimittee .meeting of the Wanganui Jockey . Club held last week, the question of the anttoihtment of a successor to Mr F. Moffatt was gone into and it Was decided to appoint Mr, Wm. Hall to the position.' The new secretary was formerly manager of the Phoenix Fire Office m Wangamu and took an active part m all kinds of spoft. Tire result of the Liverpool November Handicap is to hand, and shows that the Australian-bred Great Scot Was amongst the competitors and finished third. Seeing the enormous amount of racing Scotch Mary's son has done m Australia and India, and m view of the fact that he twice broke down "finally" m the hot country, tlie horse must be a marvel of soundness and endurance to do so well m a third climate 1 , arid one so vastly different (especially m November), to those he lias been accustom^tp. Great Scot, winner of three Viceroy's Cups, has indeed proved himself great.

Mr P. F. Tancred lcturne'l iio;u Sydney last week.,?,- v-.J" V ' ..• '; Harry Fletcher will take the Wy mare Silken Rein to the Woodville meeting. Sid Reid was present at the Feildintr meeting and secured a goodly number of mounts. Ashhurst entries close to-night. .The secoaid. navment for the Ashhiust Guineas of 1907 is also due. As predicted m these columns Swagsman won the. Tiri r -Hucdles easily from the very weak opposition. Donald Wilkinson has secured stables at Opaki and has English Rose and St. Brandon under 'his charge. . ; Prior to being taken to Feilding Scotch Reel electrified the' touts with a gallop he did at Opaki o ne morning last" week. Punters had rather a rocky time at the opening of the Timaru meeting, but recovered and won a little the second day. ; Monkey Puzzle, who won on the second da^ at Washdyke, wa.s backed by his connections on both days* His dividend would square accounts. . Improvements are in' frill swing at the Ellerslie racecourse, and it: is expected they will be completed before the Summer . meeting comes along. •, :- - • . When will we 'get an owner who. will devote some. of, his winnings on the Turf "to '., local,.; cliarrtiesV Here -is a chance for some of our rioii sprites to "make a name for themselves, ' '..,. ; " After the-, dual success . of Silken Rein -at the, Carterton meeting ... a well-known Masterton sport offered 200 guineas for her^ .but tiie .reply was that, the mare was not for sale. . -Several owners, are disappointed, at ,the. decision of the Wairarapa: Racing Club to . delete hurdle .races from their Summer meetioip-. Races for two and three-year-olds take, the place of tihe jumping events; Influenza played havoc with. Harry, •Fletcher's stables during the last couple of weeks and nearly all "his horses and stable lads were affected at the • same time, , and the eeri-ial trainer himself had to take tb bed for " a .- f ew"'di^ysv, ; ' , : ' '. ..- Last' Satufd'af if Mr;:W. D"kw||^| ceived a wire stating that his-'br'oraV* er, who is a resident 1 of Christohurch/ and whei has : bp?en ailing ' for a long time,, was slowly smiting, and the Hutt owner proceeded to the Southern city the same evening. . There was a lot of talk about a certain clique that waslSsaid to -be interested m the ownership of the nigh-priced yearling by Stepniak— Madder. I ani inforiiied that no one has a penny piece interest m the filly except the gentleman who races under the norn de course' of Mr Launcelot Wood. ' The dividend paid by Clementine m the Flying Handicap at Timaru came as a surprise, as the St. ; Clement's fill" appeared to have an excellent chanos at the weig>hts. Petrovnaand Jolly Ro"-er were most fancied.' on account of their running at ;>.Ohristchurch.but anything by Sti Clements should always be counted m: a five furlong race. ■ , . One cilnfiiiig little bookie; who was pinched for betting at Riccartoh, at the Cup meeting, »;i,ov/^d 'em a point' and scored. Seeing his- finish if- he did not ( sjat a mc>v% 6ii, he su>bpoenaed all the stewards, s and men like (x. Gr. Stead;. Sir Cfceorge. Qliffdrdj ec hoc, had a treat pircmiised theirt:. Then tho Hvires-- begari tp ; ; .w!orlc.. : -The Orown ■proseciitctf : -con'iferied; Wss '■: thet TPin? , my's lawyerTaUd^ pfcomised that if; that gent's client". would : plead guiity , to one charge he. would .ask fof a nominal penalty and withdraw the otlier three or bunch- them as one offence. This was agreed to, and the smart one was only fined £2 for the whole ; .four charges. ; while : first Offenders who .were not fly- boys were n\uloted m £5 on each of four offences! .' • i During the week, whilst m conversation with some : of the leading racing men m Wellington, the subject; of the totalisator v. the bpokmaker. came up and a well-known owner gave it a-s his opinion that the "book", was ,a necessary evil. I put it „tp' him t w.ith the. "old time" argument about all the owners using. the machine; and consequently the dividend not being affected, but. he argued that, it .would, open the door to a lot of swindlers .and instanced., a certain Auckland meeting where five horses Were;, m a race,- and.it was afterwards proved, beyond a. shadow of a' doubt ! ; that four owners had conspired together -and backed the fifth man ' s horse . " No , " *. said the ji roxuiiient "that is a. racing club's argument but it will never con-, vince me."- ■ = • . '