NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 119, 28 September 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Follow Muskerry. .Go for Paritutu for the N.Z. Cup. Concluding; day of Avondale today. Mr A. F. Douglas left for Sydney last week. Belario runs better on the track than m his races. Hastings and Blenheim on Wednesday and Thursday. Gallinule is still at the head of the list of winning sires m England. Lass O'Gowrie is coming on, and might be marked for future events. Sol Green's mares. Gladsome and Bright Beauty, are to be mated with Positano. ■Positano (50 guineas) commands the highest stud fee of any stallion m Australia. The "no replies" from Auckland all went m on Gay Paris for the Maiden last Saturday. Many of those present at Bulls think Lord Soult was short of a' gallop, hence his defeat.

St. Maria showed no form at Bulls, and is not within two stone of St. Claimer over six furlongs.

F. Whitehouse has recovered sufficiently to be able to leave the Wanganui hospital, and is now m Hastings. '

Swimmer's steeplechase win at Moorefield was his first victory since being sent across from New Zealand. -

Steak was the way. the totalisator clerk printed the name of J. Coyle's horse at Bulls. A wag wrote underneath it these few touching words,: ''A well-grilled one."

The winning jockeys at Bulls were L. Wilson 3, H. Price 2, W. Higgins, W. Young, J. Hercock, C. Jenkins, D. Kemp, G. Jones, A. McConnon S. Reid, E. Murfitt, and W. Price one each.

Lerida is a long time winning a race. Chime's mare had the chance of her lifetime last Thursday at Bulls. McCoimon was up, and everything looked ros^ but Mauri stopped on the course, flew his jumps, and won easily.

Silvershell now runs m the same colors as Rustique. She showed a lot of pace m the early stages of the open events, but was well ft one at the finish. On the- second day she finished third m the September Handicap, but there was no money attached to it.

It was funny to see the Lord So-ult punters during' the progress .of the Telegraph Handicap at Bulls. They were all staraining and pushing to" get a view of the race, and many were calling to their friends with glasses to tell them ''Where is he now ; ?" When the horses passed the post not a word was spoken but there was a blank look on hundreds of faces.

Paritutu is still m favor with backers for the N.Z. Cup. D'Nil will make his re-appearaacc at the Otaki meeting.

Aqua Regia generally wins by a street, or loses by the same distance. < . ' Paritutu has been entered for the open Welter on the second day of the Otaki meeting. ; Master Delaval remains a firm favorite for the N.Z. Cup and is now quoted at 6 to 1. Pixie will no doubt make amends for her failure at Levin by winning «v sprint race at Otaki. .. ; Tom Quinlivan took his horses on to Wanganui at the conclusion' of the Rangitikei meeting. Mauri was f ormerly owned by Mr Jas. Bull who sold him to his present owner some time bacli. There has been a bit of useful work done on the tracks at Trentham late-i lv by some of Higgott's horses. Linkless was never so well as she is at present, and before she gets up m the weights should win a couple of races. Pilot is a beautiful jumper, and, under a light weight, would make it interesting for the best of them m any steeplechase. Morpeth's form was very different on the second day at Bulls to his first effort. It may have been alright, but it did not look it. Mataari runs most consistently, but with bad luck. He looked a moral for the September Handicap, but Hiro dead-heated with him. h. I had a. 'look at Waikajcaka last ' week at Bulls. The chesnut has a very unsightly knee, and a badly-cut stifle, but will be alright m time. The Stake was never prominent on the second, day at Bulls. Certainly he went up 211 b, but his form was. not as good as that shown by him oh Wednesday. . ..

Frank Bullock rode Mr S. H. Gollan's filly, by Bill of Portland—Freda, m the Briig'hton Cup. He finished 1 second, and a protest for crossing did not get him any rearer. ... " „

The Clifton Steeplechase ' was a grand race, and.ijhe jumping throughout was perfect. The fences were, not very big, but the public like to see all the horses getting round safety.

It is marvellous how many Epsom Derby winners prevail m this great race and then, goto pieces. The last two are instances. Spearmint r is uritrainable and Orby cannot muster up any pace at all.

"Bounce" Mobberlev has got hold of a good, useful horse m Gay PariSj who won the Maiden Plate at th'e Avondale meeting. The: win was well anticipated locally, • several wires coming to hand advising it as being a moral. . . : . . . i;

On the second day at Bulls meeting, Kuranui, Moeraki. Kereru, and Whipcord were' tho contestants m the Hack Steeples, and a great race took place between them. ■"•'• In the final struggles, the good horsemanship of McConnon enabled Moeraki to just win from Kuranui.

The unnamed Bill of PortlandFreda filly owned ,"bv Mr S.. H. Gollan, the anglo-colonial sportsman, ran second m the Brighton Cup on Aus-ust 7. She started at 7 to 1/ and her party threw m for a big stake, but the great Higgs on St. Savin upset their calculations. '

Bulls was a marked success, and with « lot of good horses seen under silk, and some splendid finishes, patrons of the sport could not fail to be dn good terma with themselves. The secretary, Mr H. Goodall, deserves a .special word for the thorough manner m which he steered the ship. i

Last Thursday was the first time Sylvan Park had the honor of carrying any coin. In the Hack Welter lie" was mat the minimum, and his connections thought it was a collecting mission, but Koran upset their calculations, though they got a £1 9s_ dividend for running second. The big ' chesnut is coming on, and will land a race shortly. ;; v: ■■■'■

The three-year-old Mountain King, won the Rawson Stakes at Tattersail's meeting m Sydney. . This is the colt who finished second to Boniform m the Breeders' Plate last year. He is how a great big colt and can gallop like a machine. His connections think he is sure to win the A. J.C. Derby, and profess to be disappointed that Boniform went out.. They wanted to get another go at him.

The erstwhile New Zealand crack "hack," Pink 'Un, was produced m the Memsie Stakes, and showed a' line turn of speed for some seven furlongs. According to the. "book," Pink 'Un is a decidedly better sprinter than a stayer, and the shrewd crowd connected with him will probably pick on a short distance race for which to *ack him. He how looks m good forward condition, and maybe his time will come before very long.— Melbourne "Truth."

Discussing Noctuiform, a writer m the Racing Specialist, says :— "There seems small room for doubting that when leaving Australia, Mr Buchanan's costly purchase left his heart 'behind him. Both at Newbury and Qoodwood, . Multiform's son seemed to have his races completely at his mercy; going quite easily within himself when all the others were t:eina; more or less hard ridden, but the instant Maher asked him to go out and win lie collapsed like ..a paper balloon m a storm. It is useless writing of such animals, concerning their good looks, or great galloping powers, if they won't "battle," as the Australians so quaintly put it, and surely backers have had their fill of this good-look-ing "won't have it" flatcatcher.

j H. Price is developing into a real* lv good light-weight jockey. Harry Telford will take Adventure to the Hastings meetine: next week. It now seems certain that White Knight is the best horse m training m England. Jas. Prosser's team for Hastings will be Gold Crest, All Red, and Kurawaka.

Roer rah well for a bit m the big steeplechase at Bulls, but he was done with' early. Secretary Hayr advises that there is a telegraph office on the course at Avondale to-day. Hutana, is a hopeless back number, and probably will not be seen under silk again. The Australian lightweight, Wotton, won two races at the Brighton meeting on August 7th. Subterranean was successful m the Memsie Stakes at the Caulfield meeting, early this month. Gay Paris had been doing eood work on the tracks at Ellerslie and his win was well anticipated. t^ well-known horse dentist, Mr H. Tinker; has just completed a round of the Hastings stables. Under orders for Riccarton : Elevation and All Red. This double svas oaoired for a lot of money last week, . Uranium, is a very useful mare, and her owner must be well on the credit side as far as she is concerned, aJJ 16 f # lbrother to Rendroclr m Attwood's stable, is going well on the. tracks. -and probably^first- out will cop.

\h H ; Hewit t's friends Have had no letter from him lately, and I cannot find any account of the Maorilander doing any good at Home. The Feilding trainer, A. Attwood has been seriously ill lately, and it will be some time before he can resume control of his charges. Collarit. just missed the' R.iwson Stakes' by a head, but he got his party even last Saturday by winning the Spring Stakes at Ellerslie. Romany Lad fell, on the first day at Bulls. On the second day he completed the course without mishap, but could only finish third. Boniform has been entered for the w.f.a. events at the N.Z. Cup meeting so his trainer must have hopes of him ;soon being himself again. . The defeat of Shrapnel- m the Avbndale Cup came as a great surprise to local followers of the sport who thought the son of Workman could not lose. A full-brother to Pawa is entered •or the Maiden Hurdles at the Otaki meeting next month. He is m Prosser's stable and is for all the world the very' image of Pawa. : It -is no .use having knowledge unless you use it, and I do know something about Downfall. One of .the hest judges m Hastings says the N.Z. Cup is all over and Downfall is the winner.

.The owner of' Apa has laid C. Jenkins £500 to nothing about the next N.Z. Cup. Apa is a good, honest horse, and it is stated that he has been tried and found to be 141bs better than St. Joe over 1£ miles. He will probably be seen out at the next Trentham meeting. In Hingland they do not stick at a few hundreds when they want a 'good horse. The Australian sportsman, Mr W. Clark, who is now m England, recently offered £6500 for Woolwinder, and that was before Colonel Baird's colt downed the Derby winner (Orby) m the St. Leger. Joe Gallagher is now training the horses that were originally under C. Coleman's care. Coley is not too popular with some of , the A.R.C., and has; often beaten horses owned by members of the Club with his own stuff. He is also a great finesser, and the fact that he was credited with trying to close jockey Speakman's mouth over the famous Thorpe-Hierarch case would not assist him to get a license. ' The lich't-weight jockey, G. J. Barr. struck serious trouble m Kal.fioorlie recently, when the stipendiary stewards sent him up for 12 months m connection with the unsatisfactory performance of Phonograph, ■who he was ridine m the Goldfields Stakes. The horse and the owner, E. McKeown, shared the sentence. :This will be a bad thine for Barr, who was earning a good income, and who would have had some capital riding this spring. McKeown is one of the best-known trainers m The West, and was formerly m partnership with Messrs Nicholas and Kidman. ~ Many good hoises were ;trained by him! including May Kin?, a Kalgoorlie Cup winner., and Orphan Boy. who was successful m the 'Adelaide Cup.

Anent the victory of the ex-Mew Zealander m the Moorefield steeplechase, the Sydney "Sportsman" has the following :— Old Dingo is said to have.-' been down Tahiti way when the natives killed Captain Cook, yet for one so ancient he made the pace quite' lively m the Moorefield Steeplechase. The event was,' however, a three-quarter pace exercise gallop for the G to 4 on ; ex-Maori-lander, "-.Swimmer, and lie remained behind Arezzo and Dingo until such time as it was good enough to get an extra move on m order to arrive somewhat Drevious to the others. This energetic and pushful manoeuvre Swimmer entered .upon when commencing the last half mile, and he finished m easy-going fashion about three lengths to the good from Arezzo, while Dingo was battling te the bitter end some lengths further oft. Avoca and Mane-aleer ran off at the first fence, and Costiean came down at the second one. And that's how the favorite got home.

l--.-Rawb.etu is being schooled at Bulls, f Sis Jenkins has despaired ot bim «>ver winning a flat race. St. Amelia was not started at the flull's meeting owing to the death of a relative 'of Mr Parata's. Linkless is very quick out of the slips and was quite the equal of (Lord Soult m this respect at Bulls., Mahutonga broke down during the running of the Rawson Stakes, and may now be brought back to New Zealand. * The cable announcement that Mr Stead's colt Boniform has gone amiss, and had to be withdrawn irom all engagements at the Australian Jockey Club's Spring meet-, ing will be received with regret tM-oughout the colony. Last year this colt went wrong on the eye of (he C.J.C. November meeting, but then he was fired and spelled, and his owner had. hopes that he would stand alright: However, it was not to be. Count Witte will now represent the Yaldhurst stable, but, unfortunately, he is not too sound, and the hard tracks at Randwick may find him out. Let us hope not. The ringmen had the times of their lives durin- the last couple of weeks, but the punters declare it was only money lent. Time ,will .tell.