NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 114, 24 August 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Amtierl'ey races on Wednesday next. Tessera seems to have lost her pace. Splendid Idea is again doing slow work at Bulls. Cavalry was the last horse to finish m the G-.'N. Hurdles. Ingleneuk is a commoner m appearance, hut she can skate. The Auckland mare Sweet Alice 1 is nominated at the Marton meeting.' Paddy McDaughlin is expected home next week, and is bringing Contender back with Mm. The chestnut, General Kuroki, will be p;iven a run m the flat events at the Marton meeting. Lull ran very poorly m the big hurdles, and he was never prominent at any stage of the race. The jumper Ability changed hands durine'the week for 130gns. He will ! m future be trained by. F, Holmes.

Acceptances for the Marton meeting close on Tuesday night. St. Bill looked overdone at Riccarton, and wants a spell. Compass may be given a run m 'the Trial Hurdles at Marton. The Sylvia Park mare, Delamere will this season visit Achilles at Waikanae. Probable scored m the August Handicap, and paid the biggest dividend of the meeting. Buccleuch and Ingleneuk were the most forward of the flat horses seen out at Riccarton. The Hastings hunter, Post Haste, m R. Goosemtin's charge, was an absolute failure at Riccarton. Jolly Friar started . three times at the C.J.C. meeting, but be failed to score, though he ran a great race m the Winter Cup. At Riccarton the big chestnut marc Blythomaid looked backward, but m the Spring she should be amongst the dividend payers. J. Delamey, who rode Golden Comb to victory m the Styx Hack Hurdles, broke Ms stirrup at the first hurdle, and finished without it. Landlock occupied a forward position during the first H miles of the National. Hurdles, but after that he seem-ed to tire and foil back beaten. I This year W. Young rode, the winner of the Century Hurdles and the | Grand National Hurdles, besides running second m the Great ' Northern Hurdles. Hawke's Bay horses secured the plums at the Riccarton meeting. StY Albert, Idealist, Eclair, Starlight, Nadador A (2), Kaipetipeti and Golden Comb all won races. • Hinupai failed badly m the Sumnff Handicap, and it looks as if his win on the first day was something of . a fluke. He will be better suited when the track gets harder. Th© Champion liack Plate winner, Eons, has not improved much since being successful at Palmerston N. He v/as well backed on Thursday and Saturday, but p ran like a squib. Joe Gallagher took Regulation and Stayboy to Hawera duriirg the week. The former will go to the stud, but Stayboy . will be found competing m the ibatten events at the Spring meetings. . ' Outer can gallop when she likes, but it is not often that she is caught In that mood. At the finish of the Sumner Handicap at the C.J.C. meeting she was flying past everything, but it j was too late w<h<en s-ho started. ■ Volodia is a ndce. looking black mare and is endowed with a bit of pace. She had no luck at Riccarton., though on the first day she might have been ridden with better.- judgment and may then have been closer than third. Ability ran better last Week than, his best friends expected, and it is a good bet that he is the best of the South Island horses. If he is not sent North m the. Spring he Will be a nut to crack m the hurdle races " at Cup time. ■ De Witl-c- got a very bad -run m the August. Handicap,, otherwise he might have troubled Probable more than he did. On the Final day. he was made j favodie m the Heathcote Handicap, but ho v/as the last to pass the judges box v Merriwai was a complete frost and was . outpaced from fclve start. . Passing, the stand the. first time O'Connell was into, him with his stick, but most of the other horses were m front of him and never at any stage did he look dangerous. ... -'•>., The Gipsy Grand 'gelding, Fandango, brought off. a surprise m the Sumner Hanidicap and ; paid the good price of £20 2s. A few good judges had good wdns over Mr Griggs' horse, who Was doing good- work on the trackss prior to the meeting. On the second day at Riccarton Helen Portland looked tucked up after j her severe race in' the Winter Cup, j and she failed to run prominently m the August Handicap; Her trainer decided not to run her on the last day and she was sent home to Wanganui. AoicyJe 'v/as made a pronounced favorite i« t'hie Simmer Handicap, but on what form I ca)n>not make out. He was m the rea-r division throughout, and on that performance it would be difficult to place 'him where .he could win a race. An out and out ■ squib dsmy opinion of him. . Czar Kolokol, the full brother to Kremlin, put up a good showing m the Winter Cup, and on the strength of that gallop he was sorted out to win the Sum-aisr Handicap on Thursday. He ran a good second, but had no chanco with the winner. He should be a better horse m the Spring. The chestnut gelding Sir James, one time an inmate of F. Tilley's stables, was seen out on each day at Riccarton, but he was not himself by a very long chalk. He was successful m the Hunt Club Cup, but the way was paved for him by accidents to most of th© other horses, Creusot crashed through the first hurdle' m the big race and knocked it flat to the ground, and this put him m the rear division passing the stand the first time. He made up a lot of ground, but was. never near the leaders. This was the big fellow's only start at the meeting, and Mr Lowry is considering sending him to Australia. W. Pine had Ingleneuk m great heart at the C.J.C. meeting, and the Benzoin mare put up two good gallops. On the second day she led her field from the barrier to the half distance, but on the final day she got the latter part of the journey and had her field m trouble the whole way. She is a very smart beginner, and could always land the odds m a five furlong flutter with the best opposed to her. J. Georgo returned home to New Plymouth without winning a race, but his charges knocked at the door on two occasions. It was a thousand pities that Paritutu was not given a run m public before the Grand National Hurdles and then he would have jumped more proficiently. As it was he lost fully half a dozen lengths at every hurdle, which is a pretty big start to try and give a proved good one like Shrapnel. Many good judges expressed the opinion that had the N.Z. Cup been run last week Shrapnel would have won it. T. Williams has adopted new methods with the son of The Workman and never gallops him at top on the track. He looked a perfect picture on Thursday, and his party would not bear of his defeat m the National. At the first 'jump he was over first, and from thence he was i never heruie.'i. The time- occupied on \ the journey was a world's record. I which shows of what stuff Shrapnel is 1 made.

Lady Hune is to be s^ven a spell before racing again. J. Rae will m future train for Mr G. P. Connelly at Hastings. • The Carbine horse, Campfire, will do stud work at Patea this season. Pink 'yn still retains his position of favorite for the Epsom Handicap. The three-year-old Ambqise will be W. Pine's representative m the N.ZCup. The connections of Shrapnel are said to Jvave won a substantial stake last week. Playmate, Gold Crest, and William will be seen out , at the Horowhenua "meeting. Ability has a "leg," but if Holmes can get it all right he will win back that 130gns very quickly. The Stcpniak — Tartulla colt m Jas Prosser's stable is suffering from ah injured hock, and will not be worked for some time; A noticeable feature of the hack hurdles at the> C.J.C. meeting was the running of first and second each day by Hastings horses. W. Higgins returned to F eliding on Monday without riding a winner. The. well-known horseman can still ride with the best of them. . A subscription list is being taken round this city fo,r the purpose of raising funds to -erect a tombstone over Harry Fairbrother's grave at Hastings. A good authority informed me last week that he had seen a couple of St.i Ambrose's youngsters and that • they looked perfect- colts m every way. Hereward is the name chosen by Jas. Prosser for his Colt by Stepniak out of Fairy Maid. If the colt, is as good as his namesake he won't be bad. Eons was sold during the week to Mr G. J. F. Palmer for 250gns. This gentleman also Owns Probable, who won the Islington Handicap at Riccarton last week. , ; ; Brih"- soon got Dave Price back his purchase money." His price on Saturday week was . a remunerative one, and he would not have to put much on to secure a good win. A Jb.ig" commiission was worked all over the colony for Waip.u ' m the Spreydon Hack Hurdles, but he had to go down beforcx .. Kaipeltipeti, on whom J. Hall, rode a. splendid race. The Mannlicher mare Mangrove, looking very rough m the coat, was , sent out, to contest the Woolston ! Plate. It was said, .that her party fancied her, but she ran like she looked. '" ',■',■'. The Castor gelding- Takaroa won the Woolston Plate from end to end. R. Derrett was m the saddle, and made ruo mistakes, and, at the- post he was ten . lengths ahead of the next horse. '. ' . Mr W. Conrick went to Cliristchurch.\last week, to look for alikeIy horse ' to take Bonheur's placo. He offered 250gns ;f.v : r Medallist,, but his price was : 300gns, and no business resulted. ■ ; J. Delaney rode a splendid race on Golden Comb m the Styx Hack Hurdles;' and it was quite equal to his best- efforts pit -the flat. It is a pity Delaney is so heavy or he would get more, good riding. The comibination, H. Hickey and J. ilall, had a (good innings at the C.J.C,' meeting. They won the big Steeplechase and netted a good win. and then put it m again on Kaipetipeti and again "took it out. " The jockeys: reckon it is not half bad being able to collect their fees i at. -the scale. Good cheques were secured by some of the boys, amongst them being W. Young £70, Jno. O'Connell £62, and H/Telford. £48. The Australian-bred mare Ma Mie Rosetio, who is owned by Mr G. F. j Moore, of Wanganui, will pay a visit to Achilles this next month and at the same time' Mr Moore intends sending a couple of other mares to Waifcanac. I Buccleuch was the bestelooking horse seen out at Riccarton," and on the second day;fre won the Islington Handicap with 10.8 on his back. He ran very prominently m the Winter Cup, and his party were quite prepared to see him win. The disqualification imposed upotn Slow Tom for crossing Was undoubtedly right, though it came very hard upon the connections of the horse and the public who backed him. T?hc stewards did not think Julian did it intentionally, and no punishment was meted out to him. W. J. Ta-gig-art can Safely. reckon that ho is the imost unlucky' man." m the game to-day. In the big Steeplechase Slow Tom fras 'with the lead J ers When, he" fell half a mile from home, and on the. concluding day lie won the Linoolii Steeples, but has it taken away jfroni him for a. crpss. Added to this, Lee'side ran T lilce a don&eyj, and his owner's cup; which was already brimful, overflowed, ' It looks as if Sen Sim -was short of a gallop m the Grand National Hurdles, for he was Shrapnel's nearest attendant until the straight was. reached, . when he fell back. On the last day he was m front from the word- go, and finished full of running, giving one the impression that had the race been two and not If miles he would have won just as easy. After all Ancyle was not sold at Christchurch, as his owner decided to give him another chance. On Tuesday a would-be buyer asked for a price to be put on him, but bookmaker Ross, would not entertain it. Perhaps at times he has shown his owner something m private on the tracks, and he is loth to drop him. It will be remembered that Ropa ran much the same for two years, and he finished up winning a Wellington Cup m record time, but if they think Ancyle. can do that,. The Ladies' Bracelet at Riicoarton was robbed of a lot of interest by Merriwai bolting before the start, and his rider was unable to take part m the race. This left only three starters, and neither of the other two was ever able to extend' Lull; who won easily. The stewards had an enquiry into Merriwai'.s conduct, and decided to accept the explanation of his owner (Mr F. Douglas), who rode him. They also asked Douglas to explain Needlework's forward running m the National Steeplechase compared with his efforts at Wellington. Evidence was given by J. Cameron, the trainer that the horse had' been m the "vet's" hands all thp time, and he had been unable to do anything with him The explanation was considered satisfactory.v If the stewards wanted | this latter explanation why did they I not ask for it when the race was run 1 mml not four' days afterwards ?.

White Cockade should win when l-h-s company is not too select, say at; Tiiriaru. A lot of punters now think Catch 'Em is not the horse his bqonisters made him out to be. Vizier is reported to have a lot of pace, but he jumps ajbout 3ft. too high m the air and is very wild. The owner of Aeolus informs me that Ms horse will go to Sydney next month m charge of J. Lowe., Strathfillan (J. McCombe") was a paddock tip for the Woolston Plate, but a bad third was her share. Downfall is going along the right way at Hastings and will be Mr Lowry's representative m. the N. 21. Cup. Last" Saturday was a glorious day at Riccarton, and- the attendance was very large ; so was the speculation on the totalisator. Top Rose disappointed Con O'Donogfhue at Riccarton, and he intends giving him a- short spell before the Hastings meeting. The N.Z. penoiller, J. Loughlin, forwards his card from Sydney with the prices for the Epsom and Metropolitan Handicap. Jack O'Connell rorle three winners at . the National meeting,- J. Hall and G. J. Pine each rode a couple, and twelve jockeys scored once. Pas Seul was well backed m each of her essays, (but ran badly. Her best effort was on the concluding day, bu-t she failed m the last pinch. Variation was taken South for the selling races, but though he was made favorite m :the Woolston Plate he ran well m the rear the whole way. The ancient Pipi was giiven a run on the last two days of the C.J.C. meeting, but though he was m at the minimum he could not raise a gallop. Now that Loch Fyne gave such poor displays at Riccarton his party may not carry out their. expressed mn 1 tention of taking him to the other side. „; : .- . . . - , . The stallion -Cuirassier 1 died m Auckland last week; In has day- he .'got' some real good ones,'including'Explbsion, Halbedier, CuiragQo a ; nd many others. '. ■■'■ • ■ ■ x ■:■■■ ■< Southern Crqss was' started twice last 'Saturday, but ran badly both times. He was bleeding at the nose, early m - the week and this may have affected him. The muoh r b6omied tdasa. ran' like a hack m. the big hurdles, and probably . her connections will now regret they did riot take oh hack hurdle races before flying' at Nationals. .. '. Irish was not himself at- the National meeting. If he. had been, Nadador,, when suffering from a CQId v would ney- ■■"• have been able to beat him "for, pace at the end" of . 2i miles . ; The Beaufort Steeplechase . . pt . : 2J miles was run' m omin. Analyse this for yourself" ,and see if it „ is .any, womder that poor old Kiatere,,' with 13.2 on his back, failed to rise, sufficiently at one, of the fences J. ".. ' : Mr Collyns, owner _of Romany Lad, told me that had his horse stood, up the big Steeples was m his keeping . He reckoned that, he would ■ have run 12 seconds better than 7 minutes. He. will be seen out at Horowhehua, and will, run m flat events there. An Aucklander informed me at; the National meeting that it was no wonder Tommy Williams won races with . his .horses as he was always talking to them and they to him,, and by that means he could always find out what was wrong with them. The gallop Nadador had m the big Steeplechase seemed to clear her hrvJ aruc\ improved her considerably. On the second day she won comfortably after Kiatere had fallen. In the Lincoln Steeples she was raised 9ft s, and secured the stake after Slow Tom had been disqualified-. Had Kiatero not fallen m the Beaufort Steeples it looked as if he would have woh. • He slipped and was unable to rise, and came' a fearful pearler. W. Wilson, who was riding him, was rendered unconscious, but he soon recovered, though he was unable to ride again at the meeting. Mr A. F. Douglas informed me during the week that he contemplated a trip to Sydney next month and would be accompanied by his trainer, J. Cameron, and rider> Jho. O'Connell. He is undecided as to what horses to take, but it would probably be Needlework aad Merriwai. = ; The four-year-ol:d mare Prophecy, by Phoebus Apollo from Problem, was submitted at" auction recently at Perth, at the instance of' Dr. O'Meehan, a trustee m the' estate of Thorn.as F, Fenton, recently deceased- as 1 the 'result of a Vail way accident. The mare, who was' bought by Dr. O'Meehari for a thousand guineas, has en-^ gagements m the A. J.C. Epsom Handicap Metropolitan, Gaulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup.- . • Last week m Christchutch everyr body was talking -about Catch 'Em, and hoping they could find out when to" back him. On the last day m sheer desperation the public made Mm a hot favorite, but he ran just as well as he did on the first two days. My own opinion is that he is . ho good, and the company will have to be very poor and the distance not over i-J miles before he can win a race. He makes a noise when galloping and they don't improve when they have that ailment. There was a lot of booze consumed by jockeys at the C.J.C. meeting, and it seems to be getting a common thing nowadays for several jockeys to. get intoxicated on race nights. Now, these boys know, or they should know- that drink has been the undoing of a great number of successful jockeys, and if they persist m these evil practices they will find that they have made a rod for their own backs. It is very easy to learn to drink, but very hard to give it, up- I hope a word m season is all that is required.

Volume and Maranui arrived m good condition m Sydney. W\ld Cat still jumps beautifully, but she is deficient m pace. After the winter Cup had been decided several horses were backed for the N.Z. Cup.. Malioe must be going along well m. bis training at Feilding, as his owner has engaged him at Marton. Solution, though still standing up to her work on the tracks, is at a very long price for both Cups. Edgar Russell has tired o! his old love, Southern Cross, and on Monday last he sold him for 90gns. Mr G. Payne has purchased * Ideal- 1 ist from the Hon. J. D. Ormond and Co. The Winter Cup winner brought 380gns. Last Saturday morning Manjess was sold at auction for 86gns. to Mr HawkJLns, who was acting for an Indian buyer. The Auckland Racing Club and the Canterbury Jockey Club have both decided to he dome with the double totalisator machine. After his horse had won the Grand Prix de Paris, Baron Rothschild donated £580 of the prize money to charitable institutions. Trainer Cutts expected De Witte to land the . Heathcote Handicap , and the public made him favorite, but he was the last to finish. J. McGregor had the mount on Kia? tere m the Lincoln Steeples. He rode a good race on the old f eliow> but the weight kept him hack. An article on Achilles, setting forth his pedigree, etc., will appear next week. Pressure on our space compels it being held over. Armistice should be the most forward of the horses engaged at the Marton meeting, and ' should annex the big event on the first day. Ancyle was not sold at Christchurch, and Mr Ross's gelding arrived hack on Tuesday morning with the other members of W. Davies' team. So disgusted was Mr A. F. Douglas at having been asked to toe the mark by, the 1 C. J.C. stewards that he scratched his horses for the rest of their engagements. Four N.Z. Cup candidates, St. Joe, Armistice, 'Frisco and Starina are amongst tie entrants for the principal ■events at the Marton meeting, which commences on September 4th. Geo. Walls had to recently enter a private hospital m Palmerston North and to undergo an operation to his injured eye. A small portion of the bone was removed, and he is now about again. No one would begrudge the owner of Shrapel his win last week, as he has owned the horse for two years, and has (had only a very moderate share of the luck. He'll be on the credit side for a. long time now. The French Grand National Steeplechase, the winner's share m which is worth £5858, was this year won by Grosse Mere, a four-year-old mare, who humped 9.12, and got over the four miles m 7min 48sec. ' Canton is a grey gelding by Exile, and can gallop same. His two wins at Riccarton were very simple ones, and he should po T - his wav m a 'better class. His sire Exile could gallop m his day and won several races m the South. • They hacked Grandstand m the Selwyn Handicap on Saturday, but he had no chance, and finished m the ruck. McCombe says he has improved a deal, but he will want to improve several deals before he can beJat Ingieneuk at even weights. , The locally-owned Levant ran right up to her best form on Saturday, when she appropriated the Final Hurdle Race and never gave the opposition a chance. She was well handled by T. Pritchard, .and had the race won . half a mile from home. Mr G. G. Stead purchased half a dozen youngsters at the Newmarket sales on August 3rd. They were four colts and two fillies, and it is understood that the former were for Australian, buyers, who commissioned the New Zealand owner to purchase for them when he was m Sydney. The youngsters purchased m England by Mr G. .G. Stead were as follows :— A two-year-old filly by I Collar— Miss Chaffinch, yearling colt by Minstead-Yarrow, yearling colt by Tarporley— Maybud, Ayrshire—Seadown colt, yearling by Orme — Hey Presto and Cyllene— Lady Rose. The (handicap ping at the C.J.C meeting calls for some comment, and this especially applies' to the G.N. Hurdles, despite the fact that Shrap-' nel won easily. During the week there were so many morals voiced about that on the day the public allowed Shrapnel to pay £6 ss, even though the touts went for him to a man, and he was boomed m nearly every town m the colony. Th<e Paritutu people not hear of their horse's defeat, Lady Hune's connections bet even twenties all over the place that their mare would beat anything m the race. Lind, rider of Creiisot, after the run, m the Jumpers' Flat' Race, was wearing a smile all over his face and said he liked his mount better than ever. Ohas. Colema-n and Geo. Tuck only wanted a fine day for Landlock, and when they got it their- gold went on the old horse: As everybody knows, the owner of Merriwai took 2 to 1 m hundreds about his horse getting a place. The public made Lull actual favorite, and Ohristchurch people supported Leeside and Idasa. Altogether a better betting race was never witnessed, and four horses were evenly backed and disputed favoritism right up to the ringing of the bell. Another grand race to witness . was the big Steeplechase, and the best race on the flat, if we omit the Winter Cup, was the Selwyn Handicap on the concluding day. Taking everything, the handicapper is deserving of trie greatest praise for his work, which, must long rank as his crowning effort-

Leeside is not a good jumper. * Seven horses were evenly backed m the Lincoln Steeplechase, and the winner paid £7. Waipu and St. Albert will accompany the other members of Mr A. F. Douglas' team to Sydney. As a mark of respect to the memory of Henry Fairbrother the jockeys riding at Riccarton last Saturday wore black bands on their arms. It struck me when glancing over the Marton Weights that Kareroa 7.3 had a good chance m the Flying Handicap as, when well, this mare can gallop fast. The Melbourne Cup winner Acrasia, Who was sent (to Multiform, and missed to him, will this year visit San Francisco, who is standing at the Mungie stud m Victoria. Mr A. I. Rattray, secretary of the Christchurch Racing Club, informed me last week that "his club is now ia a very solid position, and has a credit balance of nearly four figures. After he had appropriated the English Derby with Orby, Mr Croker made an ofier to Captain Greer to run Orby againM, Siieve Gal lion m a match for a substantial wager over any distance from five furlongs to three miles. The proposal was declined.