NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 132, 28 December 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

.5 Count Witte is m the paddock, . Roseal- is still very big m condition.. Kairoma was never prominent m his race on Saturday, Throughout the day the fields were very large on , Saturday. Sir Artegal races m the two-year, old events at- the D. J.O. meeting. The pony Merry Delayal has only «ron two races since being sent to Sydney. . Euroa,' winner of . the Queensland Derby, is by the imported horse Sir Tristram. . , . Dulcinea ran another second last Saturday. It's up to this mare^ to break it for a win. . The correct price- paid for Munjeet was 600 guineas, and not 500 guineas, as has been reported^ Six hundred guineas Were offered and refused for Truganini, who won the Maiden 'Haiidicap at Awapuni.: .HXirimoana imished a good third m ti".e"'l«s Hurtlle's, but nothing had a chance at any part with the winner.

Two Cups,- Auckland and Manawatu, will be run t>n~ Boxing Bay .■-—-■-"■■ R. Dei-rett. has sold out his. interest' m the Racecourse Hotel, .Riccarton. Merae Rose 7.4 promises 'to starta very hot favorite m the Maiiawatu. Cup. ■ ■ '■■■ ■ On looks, Tan San, Penates, 'ar(d Mon Ami stood out above the remainder of the Maiden field. The two-year-old Sweet 'Angelus has gone wrong, and has had to he. turned, out for .a spell. .. . . ■Penateisa very savage .brute and goes mad at the barrier. He, caiv scamper fo?: a few furlongs. . Melodeon is doing good work- ( ihSydney, and might land a decent handicap during the holidays. It was intended to start Medallist twice on Saturday, but his first effort took too much out of him 1 ,. The ex-New Zealander Sandy, who was by Soult from Lorelei, recently changed hands at £15 m Sydney. Grand Slam was backed for the,, Summer Hlandioap, hut ran badly. He .went a bit sore m his "prelim." Ucnuku was allowed to.- pay a false price m the Summer Handicap, as his recent form (warranted him better support. One could not tell if Diabolo is any good on his Palmerston form, as he was never near his field after the trouble at the start. Truganini., who won the. Maiden at Awiapuni, is trained by Harry Telford, No wonder this trainer withdrew•'First Mate from' thte raoeJ Taura r Hurimpana, and Matakokiri were withdrawn from .;the i ': Highderi' Hack Hurdles, .'but the two latter appeared later on m the afternoon without result. ' ' '.'" An American girl, who is said to have had several mounts m her own country, is now doing riding work m France . with a view to taking out a jockey's license there. . '•'. . , Waipu was too big at Awapuni, and looked as if be wanted, about half-a-dozen races into him. He is an especially lazy horse when m: gross condition and will not do his best. • Medallist was heavily- supported for the Summer Handicap, and Len v King had a hard ride on him, but -his -'•••1016s penalty stopped him and third was his Piositdoh when j the post was reached.- ' * Sa<sa carried 4ft s 'overweight m the Sumanei: Handicap, and her owner could not get a rider who could, go to scale, at 6st. . 71Tjs. 'In the .same race Lady Disdain carried .7 lbs overweight., . ."..." V- ■■■'■■' \- ' The Poiirua trainer, Jos// Prosseiv ■was unable to be present- at the, Pair merstori meoting, as he was .laid iip :with a. rather severe attack of kidney; troubles. .' . The . horses' ..wenl. up -„jh.; charge of "VV. Mold. : - ''.'-." „; .... '• ,' • That ' wonderful American. . iockev;Danny >Maher, ,/h-as.i; completed . his- hund dredtii' winning :ride ■ for the current racing season ,i:- while : since 1900, rWhen; he first • arrived an England^ihe r.' Thas, piloted 702: winners,, '..-.^a: }■■-■>'■■ =-•.■■■■:■,:.;" 1 Penates.Md; a 'runHn the" 1 MaMeh. Hack on Saturday I , jtrtd -'he' ■ atfd ! '.-'"M)btf* An'vi lookedto have the race tortliem-' selves at one part, but both' clied : at (> furlongs ami tfie'two despised - dutsiders came on arid woii'very ; ea : sily, " Sir Frisco is ij/very unlucky liorse, and his owner, must ho aclcnpwletfged a good spbrt'^'tq keep on frumping snags like Elevation. The s f 6n ; of Sai]i' Francisco is still a maiden, though he has won about 120 guineas m stakes. '' ; f ■'■■■■ EVidently the Manawatu J Racing Club were not quite satisfied ' as to the ability- of "Hoppy' J J&finston 'to conduct, their meeting, as Mr J. (Jrif^ fiths, the assistant secretary of the local Club, was "borrowed" for the occasion. ■■-■ ; vi^-^' ;o:-^ During the Pobtia '^India^-iracins season, Fred 'Williams',;' "of r- s [.Sydney, headed the list , oL . winning, - ; . jockeys; with 27 winning mounts^, -wjijle Joe Killorn, who accompanied^'^/him;^ to the land, of the rajahs, ha<l i; 5. ;;su.c-^ cessful. rides. , : ■.:._., „, ;- ; ;-...,' ,^"'' I never saw. , a race won; so easily ,-y ,&s whenMerrie Rose flew 'in m .the Summer Handicap- A good cup is sure to' fall touthis; mare-; ttiisc&easoni;.'; Private watches crefliijed her with . running the mile .m , lmin 41 2-s sec. She has improved 'beyond' all ret ■ ■ '< is? ' ; i; " From a 1 -* ■most ; reiiabte'i source I le^rn that my recent- statements re Sir. Benson-W^re ;.quiter->;unc^Jledoi..3 for amd I hasiensto; Texpress- mj; xegret to the owner: joi this> gelding; -My authority :^is unquestionable^ .so.u.iniy-; optics must have played.-me. false. •>-■> :*>/--• Lord Soult suffered considerably m the Awapuni Handicap wifKMs Tid-i er'. E ; • The little Tibrse was • nearly ]$jsf away 1 ;- and'' then his rider sleep; and at /the finish could bhly., run sectoral.. : I/ord.,S6ult has had worse luck this season than ever beforfe..Tan San was made" a very,:., strong favorite -for, the M-aideh, Hack; but he got put last, had" a bad run, and coultt x>nly run third. .. tater. on .m the aay he ran a good second to Buoyant m the Hack Welter. His hackers will get ev€(n before the holidays are- over.' -■..-:' ■...; ■-.; It would be hard' to imagine when Noctuiform won the "N.Z. Cup. C.J.C Derby, and Canterbury Cup,, that m a few :■ years' time he would: be looked upon as absolutely : worthless and unfit for anything but hurdle' racing. But such is;the case, as the beautiful chestnut's trainer has advised the owner to try the son 'of : Multiform at the illegitimate game. v - v > .On.:the strength of some,thing sensatiohal on the track, Dusky Morn was sorted out as amoral for the Awapuni. Handicap, On Friday mornf ing With his shoes" on and. nearly 9 s^fc: m the saddle, he ran \6. furlongs m lniin. 16sec. The bookmakers, .made Mm very tight, but he Was never nearer than fourth the whole way, and at the finish was much further back.

Black Squall was as dirty as ever ~at the "barrier at Awapuni. - - • - -, Full Rate was never prominent at all m the Awapuni Handicap. ;/ "liippolytus/ '.broke, a /blood yessel (luring 'the "'Maiden' race on Saturday. St. Joe will compete at the Dunedin meeting, and then will be shipped/ via the Bluff, to Hobart.- .. . : . ; Papiafcawa ? s win was a very easy one, and 'it .looked- -i-as if an extra stone - would : not', have stopped him. : It was. a h^M job to get 6st 711) riders at ; Awapuni, and several trainers were Voicing *tne same oompliajnt. Ataahua. was taken to Palmerstoii hut though he was accepted lor m ( the Hack Hurdles, lie. did' not" face' tie starter,, , . • : Kaipetipeti humped his 12st , 3fts like a tradesman m the Highden Hack Hurdles, but 2imn. 48 3-ssec, was too fast for 'him. . , After the accident to Elevation, L. Wilson thought he was upon a winher m Oxton, but third was his poi> tion at the finish. St. Albert 'still carries that big •loaee, as of old, but he takes good ' care of it when jumping and flies over the obstacles. . Sen Sim stood out the mark m the Tiritea Hurdles and took no part, m the race. This ;was bad luck for his owner, iviho" backed the chestnut freely. . •. . . ,y\, :, \ :. Gold, Dust stumbled badly at the hurdle m front of the stand, and O'Cdnnell was very lucky to s,tick . on. He never got tip' with Ms field again after the accident. .. Backers of Sister Aime in' ' Stakes at Awapuni did not get a run fontheir money. : She got badly dealt with m the .mix-up, so G. Price just cantered m behind the field. *.:■■;.- Lull was made a strong favorite 'm the Tiritea Hurdles, and he was ridden a nice' patient race by W. Higgins, but he, was not good enough and he was well beaten by St.. Albert. . Gauze 10.0 - .made the pace very merry m the Hack Welter, : but "she was done with' at the. entrance into the straight, and could, only- -finish a poor third to Buoyant and Tan San.-, ; „, • .■ . '.. : : .j r\/:-: Chatterer was the public selection m- the Summer •Handicap, but: she showed a great disinclination to go up to i?he barrier, and when" > sne did leave she had no chance of • getting near Merrre Rose. ■-.-■: :■■: Pantaloon was very — strong at AWapuni on Saturday, but the stewards could see nothing wrong with Mi performance'; I predict a: Sftprt life for T. Pine if M Continues : to do these foolish"' things. ' iJ ..lien; lOng Rustled "away South after riding at Awapuni, as fie has iwp very important ride's, at Dunedin", ~ and he tliinks'" both' "are sure to, win.; . . | ..cannot 'say whatth^y as I might b§ hauled up f qr infringing the new. Gaming..._.Adt s .- ■ ' •'..,' 'i ; ,•;:;■• • '.■'■ r.,V^ "'.;.;., .-: Black -Reynard put up A'&ood' -perr forrnance Wfheh he humped ..his big Weigh-fe: into second place m the -.Tiritea,; Hurdles': .The -black ' Sfellow ■> Was not 'jumping', m *> -his best style; .: and there was a lot r of -Waste energy about his' action. :■. ; :■■>-.■>>. mi', - : " '•■•-;• ;\-..~:,~' A Crucinella, wh6"#a'g '-sebpivd to "Frfr- ' ganinii,- is ; a- half s ! i steer to -Nonstte, by S\m Francisco, '" and" a rare good Ori^'tbo: 1 , She is owned 1 'by 1 Mr W. P: WTcßeth, of Handsome-J ack fame, and , ft -is reported he has refused several " t^naptm'j; offers fot her. ' , : ' VPlayinrate ran -a good nohest.f^c'e in < the Highden .Hack. Hurdles,': biitf Bap- \ atawa always held a winning . hand: > He was handled by* Gisrfey': Price, who; held him . back to his' 'field; for the first ' mile^; an d then he ; r oinp'r ' cd . awa^ $ ver^y' -gady -winner. .. ;;.,/ " «7PriQX''Jfl'"ifi^ng. : ;toksn;i(tp Palmjerston North/- Compass/ was -jumping, splendidly> at Trentham.- Abut though r-- 'the . se;j.nuces,;of H. ;^eflfojd were C isecured, and t the^llorse: -wasi- genuinely;, backed, he acted' badly; and ■at the very first' fence 'was ;;in t-roubley andt his ■ ■ pilot was ,ltickycto ig«t hiih t; found r:; the course. ':-Vc^:.y ',''•' V;.-.:i. .»;■ ■ ; ii^- '.- 'Speaking; ' of ; the' • Ijasl>i]ftg6"" pony, OarMtterJ^ck l Vahc v eiit tody :tp Syd-n^r,:s;''T-hV^^pbrtsinan^t; 'say V. :.'. If' Cocky had /bedii consent , to act' "aiiy W4y, decently"' at the : barrier, 5 ; qUit6^a, riumbei'-'of graces would have been typii by! him since his .arrivai here. .He's a"^sjurprisirigly"- powerful jblock : ot.i/Jsi ppW; and ..can, face: a •treat' ; it ' :: W anything like good /humor. . '.. ' . ; Elevation Mghtened . ; nearly everything ; out pf| the. Palmierston N, Stakes' and then through an accident he nearly lost; the race. However, . he put up a wonderful performance, and. bis win was th.c most ; popular of the day. His. owner must have been well satisfied with /the reception the little horse got,, and it would have been cruel luck had he missed -the race. .'. ■ Just after the start of the Pamierston Stakes ; Biabpio galloped on- top .of Oxijon, and m recovering himself badly interfered with Elevation. A groan went up from the crowd as.it Was : noticed tihat Elevation lost fully twerity. lengtns and it appeared a$ if he must also lose, the face. However, : they , counted without Sid Reid:. This gallant put the little horse to it, and.^ though he gave him plenty, of time recover himself and did not bu,^ l^ hint m the first three furlongs,,. . ".fte was taking, no cliahces and improved bis position the whole way. Once into the straight lie made his effort, and passed Oxton and Sir ' Frisco as if they were standing • The jcrowd cheered-to a man, and both horse and rider were accorded a great reception as they passed the post -and again on returning -to the enclosure. Some :of ithe great unwashed were inclined to jeer at the, starter, but all the riders declare that the , start was a very good one and the accident happened; nearly a chain away,: from the barrier.

Blue Spec ran second m a decent handroapr-airPerth early m December. H^ Hickey- tried to win every raca on the. programme on Saturday, and at the t?loseof the day bis score was a duck. ;, . .The Melbourne trainer, W. Hickenbotßam, has not won a single two-year-old race during the last two years. „ , _Molooh's people put their stuff m on vSaturday.-pnlytoget beaten badly and at the same time have thfrir hand shown. v^J S I Y f 1^ 1^ the best m the YaldlHirst stable, and she will be tha stable . representative m the C J G Champagne Stakes, * ' Phaetcrntis, the. Shah and Off Chance,, who were all bred m Maorilattd,.,have,gone to Camperdown, Melbourne, for a spell. It is understood Poseidon will not race again till next Spring, and, m the meantime, he is spelling at J Gosper's farm at Windsor. Although Boniform has gone to Ellerslie, it is no guarantee that he is alright, and, m fact, the colt mi^b/t go out $ny minute. The Riccarton horseman, L. G. King, was booked for Auckland, but at the last minute he was persuaded to stay at Palmerston North. R. L. Mason, . the. Yaldhurst trainer, leaves m February next'on an extended trip to England. He will be accompanied by bis old pal, M. Hobbs. * . . ■ . Simplex was expected to go very near winning the .Terrace Hack Welt r ' hu s, nMseirably, an* plrpj«d that racing bejimd does not smt Mm.-.; ...■"; vAncyje burst a Wood vessel during tneiace. lor the Terrace Hack Welter, but it cannot be said of .him that he was Wowli-ng along m front and would have won> Ballarat showed a good burst of speed for about four fuilpn^s m the su-furlong: race Shejs ,&ning back to iorm a<nd should 1 win a face duriine the holidays^ ■>> J nT Ck J' armer :took Pevation home on Monday, as fie wants to be present at Lower:; Valley, .to saddle up C u i m i. nation,, who has-only . 8.7 tocarry m we sixrfurlong Hack race. J:- Maher's luck is right out, as with a -fair proportion of that comr modity on Saturday he 1 would have won a -double with' Tan San instead of running second- and third._.TOalpiiiiehu ran. very badly m the gaclrWeHer and was. never sighted. He was a genuine trier and his failure can- only be .accounted for by the very solid. pace set" by Gauzei : A '. . returned visitor from Sydney |tates. : that the tale about Pink 'Un having turned "roarer" is an error, and that' he will be a good companion for Munjeet- when the latter coca to Sydney. ;...Geo. Morris, who -has been associated with the Yald'hurst stable for the .?nast,, four years, seyered his connection, with Ri, J. Mason .early last week, and went to Auckland to witness the Auckland Gup meeting. In at least one instance I know -where^la clock has -been 'put back so as.moEe money could .be got on the machine without infringing the Gaming,. Act, whioh requires -the machine to be 'closed at the advertised time of starting. • - .. ;■< /^Messrs Bell and Grainger, who WDuph^-'Huascar after the. N.Z. Cun meeting, were offered £100 on their MrsainTbut wpulct not deal. Reports say :^th^t; this horse can do anything on'yfcfte I'l1 ' 1 tracksV^iit'lle'-is' a- big dog i-mihis races. '.''. •>: x -Splendid Idea showed her best form on *•' Saturday when she kicked m m the: Awapuni Handicap: She started at any price both on the miachine and with 'the bookmakers, so her connections could not have profited much by her -victory. - ■ ••, Dick; " King will' ride. Bonny Glen m the Auckland Cup.', This is the three-year-bid who beat Master Delawal m fthe^Caiiterbury Cuii^ and . ran second to" Election. The latter colt is not in' the 'Auckland Cup. Npw, what do you^J/ljrlnk wfll;.'wsß..' Imported Pistol, has sired his first winner^ Thorina, who . is out of .Thora, ; 7by Soninus, and who cost her owneE, P. A. Connollv, 150 guineas at *he-- Newmarket yearling sales, taking- the Nursery Handicap at the Y? •£":£?(?.. Meeting, recently. "Davfei Price showed very bad judgment in v nominating Munjeet ar- further m ?this country, as her two last performances were w.f.a. ones, and defeats^ "too. This would be very useful to him when the Australian bandicappers came to deal with the mare. .It .is K alleged. m Melbourne, that . a N.Z, gfUing, named Ranmure yas rjing m .at' Rbmsey, an , unregistered meeting outside : Melbourne; R Jn^^n Jadk^. wjLs the name chosen :fM, the jafor^aM animal, who is SG^scribecl as a' bisbay gelding-li ■»* :*:? or ton. and possessed of a lot of pace vSfflS^- p « ■*• Connolly versus the Perth,. «c gund „ has been occu^^g the at y tention ' p£ the i Perth during Jftfr. month. iv will be recollected the case arose through the comments, that appeared m the paper "on the running of Czarovitch at the last Pert* Oup meeting. The costs of the action will be something, considerable. Boldrewood, that f won the twoyear^ld race at Moonee Valley early m December, is owned by a pressman. J ;Mr E. B; Bell is very well known a/t Flemington as owner, trainer, ,and sporting writer, and he is now bringing his young son Arthur alp.ng as a jockey. The success of this colt, who is put of an old favorife "of E.B.'s— Brio— coupled with the fact that his son had the win-, ningv ride, would be gratifying to this very good judge, ,

r J. McCombe i-h&S gone to.'Eyetslie but -W. Holmes is there too; just m case- J. McGbinbei-is not well enough; ! S. • Reid's horsemanship stood oiit om Saturday, and his handling of Elevation .and The Rand was a treatto' witness. /- •"' ■&*> ■•'i> : .--w- v Martyriiim's luck, was just put '6n Saturday, for she was only a nose-'.'"i-way; from .winning the concluding* eVr ; ent . at A'Wapuni. ' vs. Reid- (2) and C. Price, :E. LoWey _F. ■ Oress-/ Jno: .O'Connell, *T. Car-. roll and W. -Price (1 each) were winning -jockeys 'at Awapuni on Sat^; urday, ■ '■ ':■•■■ ■ '/-, ■-.' ; •• '■■■y J "-': n \ Had Hie H'inijtangi Welter beefn^ six lurlongs, The; Stake' would have worij, but at' -this point hi's weight told i% tale : aftd %pk *he went, amongst the tri^deratesv^ r * ' . ' ' :f;: : r ;. Dali.chickir^ytio^won the Kdnder^arTlumptoh, is one .'p'f. the, few of ' Formpsan's stock that Imye won! races* : She is a diestnu,t: . filly, "and'lppks vail' right .when galloping, .ltftf I doubt if she will eVer be a chamjiioh.' ' iv-vy;-'^ ' ■'" J .This, year's ; Ga:mbridgesKire; winner^ Land -Leaguej 'is -evidently a model of ' consistency, . as out ". of •12 starts ,thi_s t season he -has' begh _ successful • nine times, wWlst'last- season- '-lie captured 4 Oa-aces- m •23 startsV- : Land League was; rather a profitable yearling investment, -and, at that 1 age -"'he was sold for; :• VTiie truth^of^tlieold adage thati it fs^^etter-'to^^ born lucky^^th'an ifjch/ was fully^ttbtne ;oiit- m the case late-, fy -^of ' 61^^?% -m one of: Tiittersall's sweeps; Tn sending -in-'4fbi>his'- ticket he^./speoified a--particulaf r|ce',' but^his event' ; w|s, fully, subscribed, and his montey was placed cin' : another.' sweep, with' the result that he drew the winner. ■■■'■■>■