NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 84, 26 January 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Trentham to-day. The Takapuna Cup will be run today- • . ' . . ' Exmoor shows . signs of returning to form. ,-■-■. ■■ : Jos. Prosser had twelve horses; at the Trentham meeting. . .Tupono is. proving a good investment for Ms /present owner, - Charlie Jenkins attended the second day of the .Foxton. meeting.; • Barley started twice at the Nelson meeting and" finished first Vand second. . ..'-'■' Mr G. F. Mopre's fashionably-bred colt, Signor, did not start m the Nursery Handicap;. There was a nice light breeze at T^renthain on Cup day which • served to temper the heat.Silken Rein evidently did not relish the weight she. was allotted 'in the Tongariro Hack.. . Merrie Rose was heavily backed on the opening day at Trentham, but could not materialise. Riflemaid ran very badly m the Anniversary Handicap, and finished a long way from the leaders. Eight horses contested the Wellington Cup, the defections comprising St. Joe, Ellerton arid Ghoorka. ~The big field m the Ruapehu Hack last Tuesday tailed off into a long string as soon as the barrier roseSir Tristram did not run up to expectations m the Telegraph Handicap. He was never seriously m the hunt. ''.. . Submarine ran fourth m the Wellington Cup. Polyanthus, Mystification and Bourraique were the last to finish. The Merriwee filly, Devonia, has been one of the . most unlucky animals Jos. Prosser has had to deal With. After the Ruapehu Hack . Colleen came m, lame, and an examination proved that the filly had broken down badly. A field of seventeen contested the Ruapehu Hack Handicap, the race proving an easy victory for the Medallion mare Tupono. Sea King got an excellent start m the Ruapehu Hack, but had to capitulate before the determined attacks of Tupono and Mahutu. Ballarat and Replete were withdrawn from the Telegraph Handicap, leaving a field of eight. Signalman gave a lot of trouble, refused to go to the barrier and with Fontenoy was left some lengths m the rear. Munjeet got well away and soon established a good lead. The Stepniak filly was not afterwards troubled, though. Probable put m a good run for second place. Signalman was ! third, Pink 'Un fourth. .

Tips for to-day's events will be found on page 6. Tho Auckland horseman, Jas. Buchanan, is attending the Trentham meetinc Investment was well backed away from .the course for the race Barley won at Nelson. Wirral ran well for a part of the journey' m the Anniversary Handicap but failed togipllow. the pace that was set. /^' "Mick" Carmody has Solution again m. work at Caulfield, and the Soult mare is much benefited by her spell. . Iseult ran second m the Maiden Hurdles on the opening day of the Foxton meeting. It is high time he secured a first. Mr W. J. Jorgehsen visited Nelson last week to see his horses run, but though they filled places they .were unable to pay a dividend. Splendid weather prevailed for the Nelson meeting, but the attendance was ' very small and only a skrinlcling of outsiders were present. It is stated . that Beresina is touched m the wind. Probably some of. the ringmen will be touched m the kick before she ' is finished with racing. { • G. A. Pine had the mount on Bourrasque m the Wellington Cup m, .the .alienee of Oliver, and Luke Wilson rode Apa, , as, W. Price was at 'Fojttohv ,- I>f .. . ,-. -. . ..-.•■•■ /. -■ -'„ '.;M p^il vr> /. d j,<j| :^not^surpris-e hi^s ; conneotaOns>b'y .>Kwin|ii : i ng' iaftv tina the St. Rowan horse will pro-, bably win over ..' a longer distance later on. , j Elevation (San. Francisco— Stepfeldfc)Js a beautiful looking colt and [if Mr Bidwell docs not win a. lot of races with him I will be very much surprised. ' ■■ / i' The Premier was a visitor at Trentham on Cup day. He is evidently going to study racing; before - the "Gamw and Betting Act" comes forward, again. The Melbourne Cup winner, Revenue, is again m work; and his owner has great hopes that the Trenton geMing'V.'ill repeat his form of a. few, seasons back. There was * lot of money invested. on Idasa m the- Gore Cup, but she I ">blew," and, on ■' the . second, day, when she won the s l>ig handicap, she was allowed to pay .the limit. All Red, a nicely shaped colt by Stepniak— Madder, and owned by Mr .J. Buckley, was-, brought up from the South last : week, and, will m future to- .trailed, ""'by. Jos;. Pros-' sci 1 .. '"■■.. ;•. ■■■'■ "'.":',-■: "'• :■■■'• .• .; Remark caused a lQt .of trouble 'ber : fore the start of tho Nursery Handicap. While being led to 'the barrier .she bolted back, and when again caught 'and taken up she refused" to. rn.ee. ■ ■. ■ ' '.- • 1 Kaiukti was the first to break ihe line m the Tc-ngariro Hack, and led', for half-a-mile, • but once into the straight . nothing ' was m it ■ with Chatterer; who won easily by three J lengths. ' " ' In 4 the mile race on Tuesday Devonia put m a great run and it looked as if the boy on Chatterer wouM.be caught napping, but when shaken up the brown mare simply romped away, again. Kieystone' H. • won stakes to the value of -£12,107 this , season, thus heading the list of winning horses m England., TrQurbeck, Bridge of CanriyX ' and Diiijei oxs , were ;thje; . only ptlierS to 'earn. over £iO,QOG c ; ' : It must be admitted that there is a considerable ' element of luck m horseraoing. Note Mr; F. Preston's record with Apa for the last twelve months : second m the Thompson Handicap and .second m four valuable Cups. Mystification was~ veVy sleepy for' the first mile of the tog- evenfc on Tuesday and Price was hard-at him the whole way; but when the Apremont horse got warmed up to it. he was putting, m two to one against the field m the straight. A punter writes from New .Plymouth and Estates ■ that all the bookies there are '.'broke," and^ .tinable to pay- their liabilities. ' He; says they never recovered from the dinge their pockets got when Golden j Eagle paid, the limit at Feilding. j The Government appointed two inspectors to .inquire thoroughly into the wbrkiine' of the totalisator at the present Wellington meeting. The two gentlemen m ■ouestion were busy on Tuesday and Thursday,- and their report will "be awaited with interest. When- the field went out for -the Cup Achilles, looked a picture alongside the others, his coat shone like silk, and he carried a lot of muscle. Apa moved freely and looked well, and a similar remark applies to Submarine. Eden appeared to move rather short m her preliminary, but looked fit otherwise. Arrangements had been made for the down trains to stop at Trentham last' Tuesday morning, but for some unaccountable reason the first train flew past the racecourse without taking on passengers and considerably upset the arrangements of some of the visitihg trainers and : jockeys who had business m town ! that morning. Laviaiia . was the outsider of the field m the Trentham Hurdles, bit she was m front passing the stand the first time accompanied by -Lull and Maui. At the mile post Maui dropped back, but Lull and Lavdnia remained together, and at the bottom hurdle the favorite .lumped badly and gained a three lengths advantage, which she -maintained to the finish- Maui and Pawa finished a long way back. The • demonstration tendered to. Mr Monk when Achilles won the Cup shows what a great favorite the chestnut is with the public." The" horse started a hot favorite, and this, of course, would m a measure account for his receiving an ovation, but m addition to this the public recognise what a hard trier the big horse has always been, and his win with such a heavy impost on the Trentham course seemed to delight everyone. There were six starters for ' the Electric Handicap, Ballarat being installed a hot favorite. The public loiowing they would get a good ■ run for their money tumbled over themselves to back the marc, with the result that she carried more money than- any other horse on the day. Replete was also the medium of a big commission.- Ballarat was quickest away, and led till about a hundred yards from the post where ! Golden Gate caught her and won ! easily, returning his supporters a £'£ 1 10s dividend. , .

Accommodation 1 was secured for over ninety horses at Trentham this week. There are no horses from the North Island nominated m the Dunedin Cup. Wirral was credited with a phenomenal gallop over four furlongs before leaving for Trentham. The New Zealand-^bred mare Beresina won the Kogar^h Stakes at the Moorefield meeting early this month. Flower Girl, a member of. Harry Moore's Hastings team, is a full sister to that good mare - Polyanthus. fti point of condition Achilles and Zimmerman stood out ' by themselves amongst the horses that contested the Wellington Cup. Harry Moore brought four horses to the local meeting. Grand Slam, Flower Girl and Pluck, members of his own string, and also Pearl Reef for Mr G.. P. Donnelly. The "Times" ' announced on Thursday that among the . horses to be offered^ at the sales were : "twfc two-year-olds by the Manawatu Stud Company."" Reminds one of the story about the Yid girl who said, "'Tvas, a shdndikit, modder." . * Apolopnie, who was recently shipped t 0 Sydney, is also down to visit Melbourne as he has been engaged m the Australian- Cup and champion race. The half-brother to Gladsome will want to improve a bit on his New vZealaiid form to win either of <thes^ ; jcaces*^ ; j;._. V); ■.'.. 4 'v:.,-; •..,, .[■+<,■.'■ ■'{':. A splendid sample of a. big; litt,e'horse is .Golden Gate. To look at Mr Ormond's .chestnut going along' •the road with;. Ms rugs on one would come to, tfte^ conclusion that he was only a ppftY^Ybut when stripped you qiuickly alteftt .your opinion of him, as m some parts he is massive, particularly his quarters. Downfall was scratched for. the Nursery Handicap, Mr Lowry being represented by Finery. After considerable delay the field was despatched m . straggling order. English, Rose was left some lengths,' and PJemark and Takiri remained at the post. When • the straight- was f cached Gold Crest hEJflfca slight lead,, from Guidwife, bWElevatkm came on the pmtsidfe- and" wan by a head, . Guidwife- being placed second and .Gold Crest.third. :f- ; r ;.; •With the exception of - White Rib- " bon and Chatterer 'all went out for the Anniversary • Handicap. C. : Jenkins who i, had. not. appeared- m, public, for some, time, rode Exmoor, /while.' F.. D. Jones, who recently returned from England, had the mount on .Wirral. 'Blytheraaid and De- Witte; were the r first to show out, ' and the pair raced together . for halfr-a-mile with .the field some lengths behind. Before' ,1 he straight-,' was reached De Witte had dropped back, and from this out Mv Machel's mare was never troubled, Exmoor came with some of. his old dash and secured an easy second from •' Royal Blue. , Grand Slam, on the rails, was fourth, : ; - Chatting with Jos. Pr.osser and Dugald; Thompson at ; the races on Tuesday the first-named:, told me that -he -had received a cheque from the Rangitikei Club, being a refund of the nomination : and acceptance fees for Gold Grown,: who was 1 , lulled at Bulls prior to the last meeting. It will be remembered that Mr Thompson was m a similar position m regard to , Apiti with hqth the. Manawatu and Rangitikei Clubs so I qxieried.^him as to . wheth- • eif he had V.'receive^. the" same, trfeatr'rhefit. ; He assured me that he had & cheque from the Rangitiftei Club but not from the Manawatu . Club, and m fact 1 he had paid- eight shillings and sixpence to witness the latter club !s racing on Boxing Day. An excellent start was effected for the Wellington , Cup, Mystifioation getting the worst of it. Passding the stand Mr Monk's champion held the lead from Eden' and Apa, with Zimmerman fourth, Submarine fifth, and Mystification last. At the end of the 1 half-a-mile ' the big horse increased his 'lead -to two lengths, .Eden being his nearest attendant. With four (urlorigs to go Eden dropped I>ack and Zimmerman moved into second place, but the three-year-old soon shot his >bolt and Apa agains raced into second place but was unable to extend Achilles, who won full of running and amidst a terrific burst of applause. As tha horses returned to the enclosure the cheering was v renewed, and Jenkins came m for a special three cheers. There appears to have been a nice hubbub over the success of Czarovitch m the Imperial Stakes at the W.A.T.C. Meeting. The Little Bernie horse, after running shockingly badly m three prior events at the fixture, was dropped to a handy weight, and with F. Bullock up m place of his previous pilot, he romped home m record time. Those experienced trainers,, Mark Whiftty and Walter Hickenbotham, w^o have had Czarovitoh tinder their care, 'both consider itoim a I *welsher," and, he certainly did run a number of funny races when m Victoria ; so very per culiar indeed that there .did appear strong justification for the pu-blicly-expressed opinion that he was "dead" on more than one occasion. Anyway,. Ms latest "inconsistency" brought about a scene which, it is said, had never previously been approached on a racecourse m West Australia, and Which .much have, at least surprised (if.it did nothing else) P. A. Conneliy, the imperturbable owner of the horse. Considering how ' badly Czarovitch had been running, it is rather surprising to find that he had backers down to 10 to. 1, and paid even less than that price on the "tote." Somebody, therefore, anticipated the improvement m him.