NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 101, 25 May 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Trots to-day at Betone, Weights for Qtaki are due to-day,. The bay-McLiachlan. running " match takes place at Dunedin to-day. • The bookmakers didn't hold much money over Takapuna on Saturday. I Patuna oon-tMiues to plug along un.---j sucoessfuaiy at the Canterbury meetings- , , acQep/kances haye been repeived for. the Qreat Northern Hurdles ami Steeplechase. Seaman, Armawenl>o, an 4 Ancylc will represent W. Davies' stable at the Otajci m-eptdng ifext month. • Jack O'Connell will ride Needlework iiv the Great Northern Hurdles and ; Steeplechase at tb.3 Ellerslie meetiog, -which commences on Saturoay next. . Tom Quiolivan only took two hors,es to the Wangjamui meeting, v z., I King Billy "arid- Hufimoana. The uttle black horse will' m future foe run only m distances up to a mile, and 1 think he wdll do much Wetter, as the horse is otovd'ously not a stayer. ! The winter meetm:; pf the Auckland Racing Club commences on Saturday next, and will be continued on' the Monday and the following Saturday. >Tb;e Hurdles will We the prinpipal evart , on the opening day, and the S^eepicohase wiH come up for decisione& dra vJisae.

Jack- Ashore won -a i double at the AslV>arton meeting. • ' Cuira'gmo was not started m the Hauraki Hurdles last-Saturday. ■ *Graf to» is stSdl: at. tbe heatl ; # ' the list of winniaig sires m Australia. Kremlin has been entered m the , Hack Hurdles at tbeOtaki meeting. ■ Mahoe Will'' 'carry a lbt of Main Urunk money m the 'Hurdles at Ellea:Slifi. - ■..."■'■ : Bllerton has -'to/Jen tbaken up again, and is doiflg useful -work at Hastings. Irish is going' very well on the tracks, and must be reckoned with at Ellerslie. . '* ' ' Silken Rein has been nominated for the principal events, at the D.J.C. winter meeting. •, •Alf.. Shearsby. has now eleven horses of the Hon. , W.- Johnston's dn hisstables at Wereroa^ j , , Killamey is still running out at. Feildißgi, amd will' riot 'be taken up Lagain till : the Spring. . Hanidicappers Morse, Coyle, Pollock and' SQiannon were present at the Wanganui fixture yesterday. Andy Piobisison has taken possession of ttio st&bles at Ellerslie, reo&ntly ■vacated; by J.. Thorpe. "Tlieridicuibus price of 100 to 4 has beeh "taken about the two , Nes--tatoirs |or the Auckland double. . ; ■fe^-,Lin^>. is- .'.exerci^ng K.;uroki ■ on : ' Mils -ai^^dl^ngapii '$&<%} ,to ■ prif ■fci-Tt^.^ijim ori --'«ie-"tracKsl ja.^ain._L', A, ' lot- of".', speed" 'was; "exMbitM v^y \ Takaroa :f^longs,, seems, to toe the , length, of } his tether. , .„' ■'. . .. ' '... A -half sister to Ghoorka won the Welter mile at the Canterbury Park Races on May 2nd. The filly is m W. Kelso's stable. : „..', •.;._■. As predicted : m these columns,; when, the weights appeared, 'Waihuka. bad no d'ifficul'tv m settling the opposition a/t JJawera. On the : fir st. day at Takapuna ligh't>weights- were prominent. . m the. . flat events, but tbe't'br.ee jumping -.events :' all -/fell to^the top weights. .>., .■■..■: :v, ■■•>; ■ Lucreoe was not l&apked for the Eanpire Handiicaip at ' Taka'puna, buti'^sbe would be worth- -^atohirig at the Ei--' lerslie meeting . -next ' month: .> • The right people backed Le Beau on, the fix^t ; day at- Hawera-, and a good deal of 'money was also put on 'Merriwui, • who" could only -run third.- v ; Landiock ' ihas bbcn ■ given a'iot of weight dn tbß'Mftiden Hurdl6f. at Ellp-rslie;. but . for all thatl.sbouM say he will" accept and run Well. „.. M reOTard to pelf appropriation the, Cen-tml Club mob had.- it aj.l itheir., own way with the Tommies . over the; Ha-wsm and Ashburton mseting^; . The owner of St. Claimer oouid.; not have fancied his horse's chance at Hawera, otherwise/ it i «W» never have keen allowed to pay the limit. , Eqiuaiform was given a run at the V.A.T.C. mdfybing at Caulfield. TJie Yatdhiurst "cast^ofi: Was riot, mentioned m fbe betting, and ran. accordingjly.i ; The Auckland <T>ony iiilderkin started favorite a<t the 14.2 Handicap at fyve la s t K etnsin'pton meeting', ib u-t was easily uefea ted by a(n outsider m Reola. ,*..-. - ." .. . ■ r '." '■• ■-'. : ; " ; \ Ben Jonso-n, who'was credited with excellent track-work prior to the Ta,kapuna meeting, did all tlijat was expected bf.hiin Sy annexing the -Madden Hurdles. > ... ; By , carrying .bis impost of ■. 12 ,2 to victory 'm the '-Maiden' v Steeples, • Khama piit up a good performance, but -the fields opposed ctprham -contaan-: e«d no performers Qf..^O'te Vv • j--)--- y . By running , second: "to ,#aihuka. In' the Ngamotu' Handicap on the concluding day of the Egmbrit meeting, Lady' Lancelot proved that her first day's, victory was tio fluke. . , it was rather a, surprise when Mil-? lie won the* Empire Handicap last 1 Saturday, for m her rdcent efforts over a similar, 1 , distance, she appeared to die !: away ia-t the businessi end. ; Henry t HavelQck, - %ho paid a divi-' dend of over £60. a couple of months, ago, won the'.'Ma^eh. Plate from s^ large ficM last Saiiurday, but on this' occasion his '.dividend .'was "a -..modest. fiver. C' :/: t : '.V JV ' ■•.'■'■ ■ •■"■■' ■■ Fancy Ivingerer winiring & :.'." raop at last. The Apremont gpldin^ has been. m the division on a good rfany/'OCca.'Sioris, but^ at Hawera was the ' first time -thai;' he has had , his;, number hoisted on top. ' : ■ ■> ■ The colt from .^an Francisco, by Lady Mostyn (dam! of Lady Waljace)* and the filly by ttie same sire from. Miss Trenton; "latelF purchased by. W.• Leo-niard at the $tfln^y yeatlirig salfes,; have been named ■:. ''Pyefs 'MbStyri''.. and '•'•Douna ;rt Trenito i n" J .:-■ respectively: Tba- colt is generally '-•regarded -i ; as the best-looking; of. the juveniles m, Hickenbotham's stable. , •- < By the 'sqra^.oKing of Lady Hune an"d-oivi,ra'gh6, tJieway was pav,e..dfor ShTapnfei's- victory m- the ••Hauraki ■Hurdles last- Saturday. Considering, the ■ defection of . tbese two, Shrapnel's, price was,a royal, one,, and' -his; connections must have been on •; .verygood terms; with tiliemselyes. Tommy Williams has .the son. o< .Workman ' m great heart, and he as sure to play an importamt part m the Northern 1 National Hurdles. ' ; ' .- Now that the cool; weather is with us, the local sports 'might take.it into their- toelads, to jget up a walkingrace on one of the country roads.. A few years -ago the walking craze took on ail over ;New .^ealand,. \mt wi thmjt ' k&frk - into.; ' 'ratrhouse' ' e^- • triennities,, , {he sports couid put m a very; ;enjoyable Saturday af-ternoon with a, walking race of' 'five miles or so. What is wrong with Arthur Law interviewing the p'ther sports to sound their feelings oh the matter. The many friends of A. MqConnon, the well-known hurdle rider, will regret to hear of a : serious accident which befell, himv while riding Exmoor m a schooling gallop at Pori-, ru'a on the Tlnirsday of last WaekThe gallop was being done over a milo course, but when taking off at one 1 of <tihe. jumps, the Graf ton gel-d---ing stood off too far, with the result that he crashed into the hurdle and turned over on his back with McConnon under him, When the latter was extricated it was found that his injuries were of .a ver]^ serious nature, requiring medical ., assistance, whioh, luckily, was forthcoming. The sufferer was removed to Prosser's house, where an examination .proved that , bis' ebesttiad been stove m and several rilbs broken, . the flesh being torn from them. His face was als n very much disfigured. During the week he was removed .to his home at Petone, and lam pleased to relate, that he . made su.ch a good recovery , that ]he was able to ride, at the WangaT loai me«Ung, .'.'.,-'

Liioniheatt^. •■will not, be seen at the Ellerslie meeting. " ' ; : Rendrock has been turned out to spell during the winter. Joe: Grallagher now trails the Daystar gelding Lantern at Hawera. W. Higgins will pilot the jumpersin Alec Hall's staib/les tftis season. ' ' Sylvia £ark was the best represented sire,., at the Egmont, meeting. Recreation ran m. the ownership of J. O'DrjLscoll at the Hawera meeting- ' v ■■•;*- .„.; v Turkish Maid, who won a dotiUle' at Auckland, is by Sylvia Park out of Osnianie. .'■'■' The Waverly owned Noifa is highly, spoken of as likely to win • races next season. . -, f ? Daisy Paul- was jfin- even money favarite for the Mokoia Handicap, which she duly landed. - Exmboi's fall at Poririia last week will prevent him fulfilling' his Auckland engagements. Good entries 'have been received for the Ofcaki meeting, which takes place on June 3rd and 4th. r " The Dunedin winter meeting • commences next Saturday, and' will, be oontinued > on Monday, : Wainubai was sold immediately after the Bgjmont meeting to a patron '•' "6i J. George's. Tar anoM stable. ' '" Waiptiha ajtiid Uhlander were •the;b£s'fc backed' hoYses. m Wellington , for the. !Empjire Handicap^ l^tst Saturday. ._;'./ -#lie Dun^diin! iigtat-weightl , j?.' '(Yarr ,' was at tne.neaa r u«*;--;p« y*i*&r ning.horsem'en at the Ashburtoi niee:£ : in S ; ' : ; „..'""" '■'/■'.••■'' "''■-'' '■• •'.''•' Gazeley, .'who has been suffering from. a ©racked hoof for' some time now. 'hus Ib'eejn turned out. for a l«ngtihy spell. ■.. '" • . ■ ■ The Mr jumping event of France, worth about .-. £SGOO -to the winner, will/be run m Paris .,tbe, second week of June. ' , ; " ; .. • Miss K ing isJiookng ; -really well, , and -is apparently quite Soxinid again. Sbe is std'll -running put/ at Palmersr'' ton -North. ■ ■■' , '^- - 1 ' •>■■■.* ■. .■ JiV" Miller is now living at We'ra^-; roa, ' aond ' is scliooli'h'g Flamen, who ! ; Shearsby ,lfe • prepariiiig 'for; the illegitimate'gamier.',; '.'■■ i! '-■'' ',■'" "'. ;."t Some surprise! ' was expressed ib'oally^when !the v&vzs afi-iy.ed of "the defection of Intellipre-jice.' from the Connolly H^nidiicap. . ■■".'•,..' , '■■:■.. Th<> Australian horse York was a st;c:icr m the Liverpool !srand Natipnial, bu-t he, came to -grief at the, "famous : .Buoher'S' Brook. • i , Uhla'nder was reckoned a "cert" for the Empire Handicap at Ta-kapupa,. but like ■■■ "certs," he finished outside tiie 'placed,. division. : Last, week the brood mare Ariestissimo" was • found dead m her paddock at Druryv -after having given bftth 'to twin. -foals by ' Rambler. ■ '■'Lj;mlno;us.i.'fe..in-.vtli'e' Bfai'den Hurdles with '9.3 at; \^llersjie.,, and; shouW have ' a good, say, as he Was running second . till ; th/e.; final !fence at' Takapuna. „ ' ,'.,- ' ...,', i; - The' Waiijarapa owned Himipae was taken jp' .to Hawera , to vfin the Waihi Handicap but had. to put up with second place behind Turkish. Maid who is a> pretty slick custrOmer.. Pun6;-rs Chad a -busy ilay yesterday. There-were raises -at' Wanganui, Taika-puna, ; and ©amaru . VThe majority of tbe business was m conaiection .with tbp firsiHnam'ed meeting. ; , With Voluorie out of tbe way. Regulation 'had nfh dimculty T m r defeatinff the weak field ■ whteh contestort the Manaia Handicap; ■ and the win of. the local mare was a; very . 'popular* one.,- . ; - . ■ ■■ ■ ■'■.■■ Elhigr aver was the best .backed of the fourteen, .runners that .contested the: Telegrapg Handicap at Hawera last week, bait the favorite had) to go down. before.Lady ' Lancelot- His backers received 18s of a dividend. , The ex-New Zealander v Steve Howiej is >doiing very well and ridirag numerous winners round the Melbourne meetings. I notice that at the Warraiiambool meeting- he was up-jon Boisdale, wdio Won $he Steeplechase. - ' Tih'ere was a heavy commission yin ; Wellirjgtori to back Turkish Maidvon the seodrod day of the Hawera meeting, and ' pun.tei's literally spilt, their spoiis into the •boakma&'ers' hands m an emdeavwr to get on to thi.good think.,, which, duly came off. ' It- was a very , attractive performance of. Volume's when the Sylvia Park . colt humped ps.t Bft s , into first pi'ace, m tlie -Hawera Cup. Certainly there was (n'othingi of much distinction that finished beJiiiid hiaiji, bi\t judging by :tihe "wayhe won, f anotber 14ibs would' not. have Stopped him. ■ . ' .'"\ " ' .' ■ ' ■ . A considera/ble sum of money was ioiyested m Wellington last week. m. favor of Laidy Regal for the Maiden , Plate at T.alcapifnai, but she failed to run ; i.nto a place. It is pjretty safe ' to assert that She, should; be .-worth, watohdng .for it was i hiard-jheaded punters' meney, which went on her on Saturdiay last. i The famous mare Wakeful, with her Wallace foal, are doing well at Queenscliffe, the 1 Victorian property of the owner James Wilson. Next season, Wakeful, it is. said, w£ll be mated witih. Positaiio- Wben the product /Of that union is put up at auctiom, ttie price recently .realised by Poseidon's brother, stands a good show of being beaten. The FeiUddrng horse Capulet, m phange of A. Attwood, will be shipped tjo Syidney on. June Ist. He will, be entered m the V.R.C.-Nation-als, and W. " Young \\nll go ojv;er to ride , 'hiim. Few people have.' any idea what a really good horse Capulet is > ain o I fully expect him to wi« when pitted against the best . tliat Australia. can- produce.. He. is m firstclass condition to Mivd'ortakie'the trip, and! 1 has furnis>h<ed into a very com-maridiiiigi-lookiing iiorse. ]' ' , Tilnis : th© / Sydney .Sportsman '•— "What is Leonator waiting for ?" is a question punters are' asking on the way home from tire bi,g horse meetings. The light-colored ohestnut, late of . M#' or ? lan< i> started m the Flying Hapdic-ap at Caipterbury Par,k on Saturday, biit took ijo part m the I>etting 'transactions ; and, as might be therefrom expected, fie playetl a very unpretentious part m the race, keona tor dwelt when' the barrier 'went up, and, though he made up a good deal of ground when goinig, he' was a long way back from -the placed horses. He is well set up, as well as well-ba-e-d, - and unless hus owner has de-sii-gn^ upon Epsorns, Metrops,. Grand Naticnal Hurdles, or otber well-dood-led ovenits, it is about t-ime Leonator tiMouipjht of doinii something m the way of wiping off. his oat-bill /^.s | Veil ,as expenses entailed m voyaging

. Lamsdorff has been added to the list. ". Loiret has been sold to J. O'Neill of iWaipawa. ©venldde;. Slow Tom, and Narcissus leave Waai^aiiiui for Auckland ora Monday* . ■'.'''"■ W. O'CJppnell has been engaged to .ride Shrapnel m the Great Northern Hurdles . A lot ol money, was invested looaily on Iviamofl w>h'Bn Hobte' colt won at Ash'burton. The two Ne"stators amid two Needleworks- have been backed for the. Auckland double. The heads at Auckland say Shrapnel is a rod m pickle for the Great Northern Hurdles. . There were a few, of tbe dead and. unrea/dy brigia;de behind Idasa on the first day at Ash'burton. 1 The owner of Lapland ought to apply for permission to change his horse's name to Secundus. <. Climax's form was disappointing at Hawera, but the St. Clements gelding might go one better at Otaki. The totalisator revenue at the recent Ashburton meeting was double that of the corresponding meeting last year * . Up to the time the 1 last mail left England Hewitt had ridden ten winners since laraddng m the dear old Motherland; A- lot of Hawera money found its Way to; oWellin^ton last week as a re-' suit -of thefaalure" o? Mallet^' oh the tSd.y- v: Htine'' has 'been very pointing m her jumping lately-,; but J the colors up migtot make a •vefy appreciable difference. •;.. '&jn&n*_ • .- ; Stronghiold was a sound for the Ashbxirton Cttp^^Mti Riccartpn horse cbuld only- frWc. third behind two, moderates,,,: . .;, ./'*-' Tfhe Hon. J. D. Orinorid has seven horses en-giagied at the Otaki - meet-! ing, • and .next . to him- cqmes . -Jos. Prosser with six : entries.; ■.'•..-;•' « ; „, . With,. 'Armistice ;engaged- ; in- , the; Rau^awa . GKip^ the handicapperr- will; have no _ difficulty .m ■: deciding^ . who\ siball occupy -the post M 'honor.: : Takaroa, who is Tiow owiiefl ' by'-a' Timaru sportsman, was unlucky' enough- to. ruii second- in^the first last rape of the'AshbUrtcm meetfiig. BoMhieur is enteredi both: '-^t"* Oixiki ami Ellerslde. Most , likely her'owner' will prefer to start' heif tyt" ' ;t)'^ki m pref erenoe to taking on the ; 'l)ig ' guns" The Leliel. gelding. - Staybby put > up _ a very fair ■gallop., wKen. he, ran se> cond.to Regulation, who was. J, conceding hlm ; lliS m th©- Mania^., Hand'icaPr ; '.'. ; ;,.■ . V; -,/' : ■'b^: , When Luminous ( fell m .the Mdiden Hurdler, at .Takap'una last Saturday,', the jockey (Burns) : wasi-i)adly ; shaken, but .he escaped with a 'slight jn-;. jury to ..his::- collarbone; ';.■?>'« >,;:v .- •„•.: The Australian^re l^ Lupulite- must be tbe cut of a olva-mpion, fudging by tbe way Mr J. E. Henrys, nandiicapped : hiim for the second day* of the Ashibaarton -meeting a\nd aflso: for theOamaru -m'eetingi ■ . ;' '■■''■'"■■■\ ■•"■ At Johannesburg, Sairioa; '.several valuable ■ thoiiou'gfiipred'S have die«i from a disease that, ■ -so far,; has deified diagnosis. Among ; the; num-bef to % whom^ it has been fatal is' tbeACarr 1 :' bine mare Range. . ' „- > ; ' ■■ | >" ; ■ ;~ Th<e yearling colt by Graf ton, from ( 'Cello, purohased by Dan O'Brien at the' Ranidwick Autumn Sale •. of yearlings, is being prep'ajed for future engagements, by the well-known Randwick traiTier, Frank McGrrath. B. Johnston, brother to 'Percy' of; that ilk, had Immolation, and Silver Lead m go 0 d buckle at the Hawera meeting, but the former w as not started and Silver Lead- could not run at the weights. 'JVt.ml, who is owned by,, an Ashburton sportsman, and who won a double a o the Orari meeting, m addition - ( t'> the Trial Handicap; at Ashbur ton. is a full brother . to Field Battery and a three-rq'uarter brother tb MultifQrhi.y ' • J. ( Rollo took Top .Rose to the Hawera .- meeting, .and : -was quite confident .that ihs -Toirpedp gelding wpuld win a. race there. , On the first day he got left a, treat, and- in the; .sefconid attempt he was not quite good 'enough. . ■„-•■'■.. The comiections of. St. Kilian pro--fess to be very disappoarited, with the stir ting at the Blenheim 'meeting. ,1' would point out to them that the bookmakers . profess to be; absolutely disgusted with the starting .-at -the Masterton meetiiig. . ' A, Oiiriou's y^m iS'giQing about m connection With a recent North I§-1-ari'd' meeting. 'A trainer .who had had a long' 1 run of outs was particylaily sweet on . the chances, of one : of 'his string for the horse m add'il/ion to being well m the handicap; Was exceptionally well m point '(jrf .Condition. It was therefore, 'only ' natural for the traiiner to anticipate" a long overdue win. With this object' in view, he engaged an experienced horseman, and threw fora gocd wiii. The jockey, who was more shrewd than reliable, was not satisfied wiith the couple : of pounds put 1 on for. him-, and determined to test the merits of bis mount, with a view to landiiig a lone-bander on the <• second day. The horse ran very well, 'but to the tfainer's chagriin he could finish no better than fourth. As a matter of fact, lioixever, this was all the jockey required him to do.vThe second I ' day, with I'a1 'a lighter impost, tlie jockey got,- his money on, arid was riding for a good stake, the trainer being excluded from the joke. Over the initial portion of the journey the horse performed well, but then .he commenced to 'blow bard, and finished absolutely last m a latber of sweat. The trainer had concedved a suspicion of sbarp practice, and prior to the race his prad had been doctored with a copious supply of green grass and water.

Campfire will be ( brought 'down 4io ' the Otaki v meeting. Boomerang hasf'toroken down so badly that he will never race agatai. This year's Merriwec foals are reported to -be all superior to the previous lots. , . ■ The \ Maori . . owned , and similarly trained Flying Wind was taken to Egmont, but ran like all Mlaori horses run. Three , of Daisy Clipper's offspring were racing at the recent meeting at Hawera, viz., Recreation and Daisy Paul, who won races, and The Clipper, jwtoo ran second m the final event on the second day. As the result of a little game of poker m the city recently between two sports of foreign nationality, one became indebted to the other to \the extent of eighty pounds. Tbe loser, thinking he had gone far enough, pro Iposed a settlement, but as he was unable to spell the word "eighty," he asked the victorious one to fill_ m the cheque' for 'him. Much to 'his astonishment, his friend was unable to accommodate him, vas the spelling of the numeral puzzled him' also. After a good tfeal of perplexing thought, the winner paid over £20 and received a cheque for £100 . ;