NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 123, 26 October 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Aborigine is very fast. ' N.Z. Cun next Saturday. N.Z. Cup final payment of lOsovs on Wednesday next. / . The Oaks looks a pretty good thing for Guidwife* ' : Mountain King is. a,n odds-on favorite for the V.R.C. Derby. Ax'ite has a lot ~6t pace, and should run out of Hhe hacks this season. ' . Marseillaise seems a greatly improved mare, and should win next j time out. With .his penalty,- Antonio will now have to carry Bst 12ft m the Melbourne. Cup. • • Clahcbaittan seems .to . have lost all form, and , both his' efforts at Trentham were very poor ones. The veteran New Zealand ownertrainer, Dan O'Brien, is seriously ill iii S.vdno T- suffering from gastritis. Warlock ran twice on Thursday, but, his exhibitions were: so bad that he Was shipped home before the second day. • •/- . ■■•;■ Without doubt - Royal Blue is a good one, but probable he will now experience a bad- time witoh the handicappers. .- Hiro performed well m the heavy going on Thursday. . but the company was too good. He was not started on Saturday.. . Culmination is a nice-looking black mare with a good bit of pace, but she fails to stay. The full • sister to Elevation: should improve. Handicappers Henrys, Pollock, Chadwick, Morse, Shannon, and Oovle were present at Trentham. as were Secretaries Hathaway and Bairstow from the Wairarapa. F. Higgott seems to be experiencing a lot of trouble m trying to win a race with Tupono. She was sunoorted both days by her owner, but ran badly each time. The Birkenhead gelding Dawn is a great, bif striding horse that can carry weight. He was simpW pitchforked into the Hack race last Saturday. Hence;- the, poor field. Nev seems to have had enough of racing for .the present and .wants a j snell. He is only a-, three-vear-01-d ' but lias travelled and raced more [than any other horse this season.

>Toa TuM is not to be taken to Riccartori. Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. Punt on Apologue for a win and place. Strathcona is very well at present, and can gallop a very lively six furlongs. Dawn has now started four times and won four. A aiee back to be bumping up against. .Sen Skn looked big and hearty, and should be on hand m some of the jumping races shortly. Armlet and Fleetfoot will measure strides m the C.J.C. "Welcome Stakes and a fast run race should result. Vinco did not run as well as it was reckoned he would m the hack races. He is a grand-looking hack. Honyhmhmn is showing better form on the tracks at Palmerston North and is a likely winner next time out. Waihuka had no luck on either day, and got chopped about all oveiv the course. The class was a 'bit too good for him. Toney seems to have turned a complete rogue, and again failed, to start m the Shorts Handicap. He was not saddled up on Saturday. • Fleetfoot is not much to look at, but she has a lot of pace. Considering the state of the going her Wellesley Stakes performance ' was a splendid one. Gawain. . looks like returning to form again, and may annex ■'. a. .good handicap" soon; He was" out m front m the Pearce Handicap till ' well into the straight.. : ' ' - ■~. : ::-[ De Witte was" expected' to run well on Saturday . by . trainer Harry Cutts, as the ptoing would 1 " suit . Mm better. : However, he finished, along wavbehind the placed htirse's. . '/. '" G-azeley is another horse that' r ar-e-H: .runs two races alike; After his easy win the first day lie should have been more prominent m the Pearce 'Handicap, but he was. never sighted,,- r ; .>" '„ "- '.""'.■/ \ The, winding, jockeys at Trentham were— F. E. Jones' with four wins, F. D.-rJones and C,. Jenkins three wins each,; while D. ; Kemp. : A,. Oliver and H . . -Price each ■ saluted the judge on two .occasions. > Hereward is hardly ready yet, but later on I expect to find -him winning a two-year-old race.. He showed a. good hit of pace m the -Juvenile Handicap on Saturday, but could not last it out. ...' : . Sir- Tristram was only started once at Trentham, and that was m the big race on the opening "day. He n-ot a verY had run, and punters would do well to follow him at Riccarton next month. . St. Joe never looked better than last week. He ran two ; very. : ho.nI est races, and seems to be on the. upward grade. It is the first time that I have ever seen him leave the barrier so smartly as he did at Trentham. , ' - • Maniopoto was not .suited by the state Of the state of the going at Trentham on the Thursday, and he has done better than that at Wanganui. At the same time, I am. not enamoured of his chances of sue l cess m the N.Z. Cup. St. Aidan and Diamond Star are both big colts, and have a lot of pace. They do not l>eg\u too well, and would be better suited by. a longer distance. The former's performance on Saturday impressed . me and I think he will make a stayer. William ran a , good horse m the Wellington Handicap , and only missed second money by a nose. . The last day he was not prominent at the finish, and the big effort on Thurs-dav must have taken too much out of the Conqueror, gelding. Douchp was made the public selection for the Pearce Handicap on the strength of persistent reports as to her being a : non-trier m 4>he Wellington Handicap. On Saturday she was never prominent, but backers would be "well advised to follow her next meeting. . . ; It was an unfortunate accident by which Mr H. Whitiiev lost the services of Saga foi' the second day of the Trentham meeting. The Soult mare got a bad kick just beforfe the start of the -Wellington Handicap, and jt was found impossible to start lier "on Saturday. Aeolus was very unlucky at Trentham. He ran really well on the first day, and on Saturday he was , the last to leave the mark m the Pearce Handicap, but. he put up a great performance ■;■. to run. third. This is. another horse that seems- to receive every attention from the weight adjusters. .With fair treatment I look to him to win a race at Riccarton. Paritutu was easily the best ot the . Cup horses seen out at Trentham. -His performance m the Wainui Handicap was a good one, and he stayed better . than anything m the.-' race. Backers of the New Plymouth horse for the N.Z. Cup have every reason to be on good terms with themselves, as the horse is very well, and will take a lot of beating. He' was not started On Saturday, but m -tho morning .he galloped 1£ miles with Zimmerman, who had a pull m the weights, but was no . use to the' Castor, gelding. Mystification is a ; .most, peculiar horse, and it is .never : safe to let him xun" loose, : as: he has a surprising habit .of turning- : up a winner when least expectett.:- Hfe is ciih-n-mg. and; -yrsmts . a iot : -of- ; oajoMnw to make 'him do his" best. He is owned by a gentleman" who races for the love of the game and that only. He will never allow his horses to be unduly knocked about with the whip,: and as for spurs, they - are forbid'r'"^ by htm. .Any jockey using hooks on any of Mr. G. Hunter's horses would be immediately dismissed by htm.

Splendid Idea is not herself by, a' long chalk. , ' Muskerrv ' seems to . stand alone amongst the sprinters; ...{' Supplement was only started once at Trentham. She tot a very bad run, and was well back at the fin= ish. Mooltan was very lame, after winning the Metropolitan Handicap, and he. was . struck out "of his Caulfield eno-affements. . ' * I think Glerfulliri has run his last race*. . His legs look, like supports for a, billiard table, ■ and it seems cruel to run"him? Penates -.is- a splendid-looking; bay colt, bjit too. big yet. He will come on quickly and should win . when the "com.", goes 0n... : - Volodia was brought < all the way from Riccarton to win the Ruabine Hack Handicap, = but she had to lb"wer her colors to Marty rium. "' The general verdict on.. the twoyear olds seen out at Trentham, was that they were nothing out . .; of the common m looks or anything else. . : The W.R.C. meeting just concluded was an unqualified success from a financial point of view. . The gate was a. record one for a .Spring meeting. . '.".. The chestnut gelding Pardon, was given a run m both the hack hurdles at Trentham. The old<;fellpw jumps too big as yet, but he may do well later- -..on. .:. .; r ;. •' irßladk Squall b.as'sh.bwn^marked'lm^ provement of late, and : . her -first es^ say at Trentham last week. was i/: a good one, but. on Saturday she,- did not run as well ; as Was expected,:; There is riot a peftri'y -to be got about Apa and Marteilo' for the N.Z. Curt and Stewards' Handicap. Backers freely offered 100 to 4 during •feKe"we"ek, but could riot gfet accomodation. : l Before, being snipped to Riccariiqii, King Billy was responsible foi ; a) very smart gallbp at; Hastings', arid his trainer ,is very confident that the little biack horse will win, the Stewards' Handicap.,- ', . •'.,;." The Westralian, S. P. - ; Mackay, who now resides .-at Melville . P-af ky Victoria, had Barina .under -.qSerl".;to him a week before the Maribynonp,Stakes, which, D.. Price's filly =iw on, for 400 guineas. He .actually stari: T edto inspect, but turned back when sorhc distance, on his' way to.; Moi;dialloc, . . ,i. It's a great lottery buying yearlings. The 910 guinea colt, Scobie» is still a maiden,' and his. stable mate, Lady' Joan, - who. realised 2000 guineas at the same age, was absolutely the last to finish m the oct6ber Stakes at Caulfield on-: October sth, and as yet has- only one small stake to her credit: . • . The ex-Queensland jockey, ■ C. Bolt.on. who was at one time riding oVer here, was on Mooltari when he succumbed by a head to Melodrama, while R. W. Br'erinari was on the Positanb horse when he- squeezed home by the same narrow margin Apologue. It is w on^ e:L^ u l n^ just a few inches make or m air the renutation of a jockey. Mr F. Preston told me at Tren T tham that be thought the . M.Zi : - Cup was a moral for Apa.. He certainly showed winning ' form .at Trenthara, but I did not: like the way he. finished, though that was , m a seven furlong race whibh was run solid the whole way. The; Cup distance is. two miles, and. of course, the pace will be different;,. . The New Zealand jockey. J.- McCombe, has been blamed for being beaten on Armlet m the valuable Breeders' Plate, but the sister to Ringlet had finished feebly, m , ?ier trials, and she probably ilied away m his hands, for. over .. the; lesserdistance m the G-imcrack . Stakes; G. G. Stead's filly was able to win very comfortably m fast time. . Martyrium's form was puzzling m the extreme at Trentham. On the first day she was galloping well; m the lead m the Rimutaka Handicap, and suddenly retired When well m the straight. On the second day she was dropped m the weights and won m a hollow manner. Her victory was anticipated by a lot .of "heads," and the dividend paid was a surprisingly good one.. '. ■■:■ Though Mooltan 'is evidently -a gitme horse, it is quite « certain he is not the out-androut clinker that .he is supposed ••" to be, and with his penalty he certainly does not appear to have a possible hope of beating Apologue m the Melbourne Cup, for he has to meetthe half-brother of Gladsome on 241 b wiorse terrii^ tha)n h©/ did; i»- Hhe Metropolitan. - : Both the public arid the owner 'bf Armamento must be heartily sick of him. It is now over fifteen months since he won a race, but ion divers occasions he had been made first favorite, and. has failed completely on each amd every occasion. He is very badly treated b^handicappers .generally, and. on Saturday was raised 6ft ; '' for running second, while i)awh was only raised. 7 ib for a win. Surely this is harsh treatment , and ' no encouragement to owners to have, their horses. . ridden out. ■" "- ■; '-.. ' • ■'• .."".."; -^' "■';■.-.. Whatever can. one make,- bf Seaman. He was backed- for the JWajtr riui Handicap; 'as if . it was -all' bver", but he failed lamentably, and: firi> ished nearer -last than':- firsts In; the Pearce Handioap his cpivriectibris backed him again,- but > after < running third during the first six. fur-, lon*fs,; .-and- just -; when . lookeisfoh were quite prepared, for his. victory^ he shut up like a knife, and.-.finish-ed last. After the race, his, trainer told me that- he had never- been so completely taken m with a horse, and did not know what to. make of Mm.

Colluding, day at Canifield. ,' An unlucky horse—The StaJ '.' Muskerry has been nomtin' the Welter events at Riccai ,It will be, a poor, field, w Ludlam can win a jumping; The full brother to Full member of R. JKnox's team EYerybne would be pleas Le Beau win a couple of 'hi at Riccarton.' " The.. t?hreeryear-oM Moriar ed a lot of pace m thi events, but seemingly he s€ay. -i - - : •:■ . . ■ The Multiform mare Pe\ was only seen- out once at . tthanv. "when she ran badly, showed -no-' form whatever. Mait^kbkirrdoes not seem to prove m the' hurdling business I cannot regard him as a, winner iri : the near future. '. The Voucher showed some' : improvement m condition last* but she would be greatly bei by -a' week m the paddock. Golden G-ate seems all to pf He was •very well treated on; second day, but was never p', rient at any 'stage of his race, i Grand Slam went South on day night m charge of Harry M<| By the same boat T. Quinlivan \ five horses and S: Waddell seven A struck herself On Thursk, when ; : in 'the front rank of t> Shorts field. She was shipped homY l^t 1 Monday, and it. will be somev time %he i can race \again. !-'Rpy£l i: Bltie has borne- out the "good opinions # had of him m the winter, and I regard Mm as a cdmin& hurdle^ that will be hard to be&t m any- jumping race. He is a beau'f i5 ul fencer, and ,had both his" races won at Trent-ham from the word It was most unfortunate, for trainerf JXi Jv Price and Mr Manifold to loss ;the services of .Subterranean on the' eve -of the Caulfield . Cup! The* ex-New, had-, been .doing ,ajiy thing; he . was "a sked on the tracks and his party confidently -anticipated his ..victory. ... ■-„ ...5t. .... Amelia gave a verypoor-: exhibition of ' ; jumping • on Saturday, arid onoosite the stand' she was near*ly dbwn. . However, Hugh Telfdrd . made a wonderful recovery, and kept ' tier bii Ket feet, but from this out' she was frightened, and everything 'iii'thef ratie out jumped her. ■' -My ' LaWyer , who won the. Juvenile Handicap at Gamaru on. Friday last, is by Blackstone, - who used to carry Messrs Ellis Bros', colors m -the South.' He is a nice-looking black ■x>lt, and is reckoned to be the best of Ellis''. 1 youngsters. This stable, also shelters' Beneform, by Multiform. ' Barina; who won the Maribyinong Trial Stakes, was sold as a yearling m Cluistchurch last November for 24, guineas. At the Same "sale 850 guineas was given for Peterhof* and* 3.3 guineas for WinnindoO; -who were both behind the daughter: '• of Slepniak and Gitanella m the race m question. Seeminfflv Dave Price kept the. best. . & • Once again Poseidon has forcibly demonstrated to us what a really great performer he is by crediting , his owner with his second Caulfielil Cut). The field that contested this year's race cannot be said to be of any great distinction, but then Poseidon could only win, which he did, and the unlucky Maorilander, Apologue, again ran seconds ' The Hutt-trained Ballarat looked well to the eye, but; "seemingly, she has lost her dash, 'and cannot muster -up as much pace as the younger horses. She got a very bad run on- Saturday, but it hardly a£ fected her chance. Her trainer told me that she had been doing some good, -work on the tracks at the Hut-fr; ■ arid he fully expected her to run much better at Trentham. ■Le Beau is about the worsttreated horse by handicappers that I know.- He is owned by a man who always insists on him being ridden ; right out, hence it is that we always fiiid Wm m. third place, and always -at the- top of the handicap. If ever, a horse was entitled to a chance it is Le Beau, but he does not ..get', it. By. such practices, han- ■ dicappers make owners dishonest. Marteilo is* a- • greatly improved horse m appearance, and has thickened out a food deal since List season. He is not so erratic at the' barrier now, and gallops over ■ everything at the finish of his races. He has incurred a 72b penally for the Stewards' Handicap, and his connections are very confident of his ability to land . the biggest SDrint stake m the colony. He is the f av»orite selection with the public, and ■ has' been backed with nearly every horse m the race for good sums. W. price will be m the saddle, and as he arid the Hotchkiss horse'thoroughlv understand each other, nothinsr. should be wanting on the score of horsemanship. ; ' Gold Crest was only seen out once at .Ttentham, but the public were Waiting for him, and made the HaWke's" Bay Guineas winner a level 1 money favorite m the Nai Nai Handicap. . .He got a very bad run and gotr buniped all over the place, raid Jenkins, had his boot torn off hini. He galloped well at the finish, but could not get near the leaders. Had -6he nejsv stewards been scattered . rourid.jfhe bend they would have noticed -%c bumping that took place, and should have then taken action, but it; \wa.s the last race, and, as , usual %.. such cases.-. everybody was in v a hurry to get home. Another question that should have engaged the attention of the stewards was the running of Martvrium, who was beaten out of place on the first day,' and romped m a very easy winner on the second day,when she defeated a better field.

% won a double at the Otahu--I|h*S, #ie Cup and the Ttaihvay idins tiainer, A. Attwood, ; a team of horses to tbe meeting. 'as a commission m Dune.ck St. Joe for the Pearce last Saturday. ~ is. quite tound again and ng well. He will face the Sain very shortly. • i ate is not as forward as he Je, and has gone out of favor 'Stewards' Handicap. £> J. Watt was. the largest f-inner at the Trentham meet-f-lis oheciue was for £715. fr Delaval has been pleasing gefc watchers at Riccarton by Jsolute manner of his giallop- . j ■ i winning jockeys at Oamaru J. McCluskey (3), G. J. Pine id.F. Yarr, L. G. King, and H. rson (2 each). , k Reynard has been nominated / c hurdle events at the C.J.C. lg, and the black horse has on;t to be himself to be hard to r " • ' . ■ Jr R. Gooseman witnessed a by Elevation at Hastings, he y decided that it was useless ; Mystification or Chatterer to :ton. /At the time of writing it is not de-' whether Seaman will take part theN.Z. Cup, but his owner will decide to-day after the big fellow has done a trial. . • The Hon. J. I). Ormond's team for Riccarton will consist of Zimmerman, Sir Tristram, Oxton, K&iroma, Dawn, and the two-year-olds St. lAidan and Diamond Star. . A Dunedin bookmaker is the authoarity for the statement that £1000 was invested on .All Red at Dunedin 3a'st Saturday. I suppose if you divided this' sum by ten you would be nearer the mark. The C.J.C. Derby this year promises to be the most interesting yet decided. Count Witte, Bonny Glen, Glenculloch, Gold Crest, Elevation, Dawn, and All Red are a grand lot of three -year-olds, and a great race should result. .Toa Tu'hi put up a smart performance m the Nai Nai Handicap, but he had to go down before Martello after leading all the way. It was a very slick go the whole way,, and McKay made every use of the colt's ability to begin well. Buccleuch, Ingleneuk, and Cohort were supported by Mr J. F. Buchanan on the first day at Oamaru. The two former won, but the two-year-old failed to score m the Stepniak Stakes, and his stable companion, Coronella, finished m front of him. I was greatly surprised to find that 'Aeolus was allowed to drop out of the N,Z. Cup, as I fully expected the Trentham horse to run very forward. He has had no end of bad luck lately, but it is a long lane that has ho .turning, and Wellington sportsmen would be pleased to • see the trot of "ins" come along. It has not •bten decided yet wiho will have the mount on Lord Soult m the Stewards! Handicap. The services of Sid Reid were requisitioned, but the Wairarapa horseman had been engaged for Full Rate. The son ;pf Soult is galloping very wejl, and. should lie win it is safe to say a lot of money will go to the whitebait town, while if Waitapu was to win the Cup, business would be suspended for a week.