NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 138, 8 February 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Concluding day at Riccarton. Dunedin Cup weights on Monday. Acceptances for Wanganui to-night. Hawera on Wednesday and Thursday Weights for the Wanganui Cup are due on Friday next. The chestnut filly St. Flora is now owned by Mr W. Smart. Tupono was . . priced recently, and 500gns. was asked tbr heir, , The new totalisator of the Wairarapa Club cost £378 10s 6d. The Auckland horses ;Waipuna. and Lady Cressy are destined for Sydney. The Auckland pony, Carmania is nominated tor the hack events at the Hawera meeting. T. Gillet took Hillspring; back to Blenheim last Tuesday. tlis trip North was unsuccessful. Mr J. F. Buchanan, of Little River, has been spending a holiday m G-isbo'rne since -the . Trentham ingThe Pahautanui prad. Blue Bell brought grist to the mills Of several country punters by his win at Pahiatua. -. " „j There was a run on Deeley 's mounts at Takapuna on Saturday, and some of the local silver bettors know it With a vengeance. Royal Blue seems to be a "goner," and at Pahiatua, after showing a bit Of pace •m the early stages of the race, he faded right away. The Kilcheran— Moreze filly, purchased by Mr H. Gainsford at the Waikane yearling sale, haa been sent to Waipawa. to be turned put for three •months. - On the strength of Torere's running at Mentone,' this New Zealand-bred mare was well-backed for the Jumpers' Flat Race at the Moonee Valley meeting, but . she began slowly and finished out of a place. A full brother to Blue Bell, owned by Mr R. Levien at Palmerston N., has been thrown out of wor*. and is to be given a couple of months' spell at his owner's place at Awapuni. It does not take long to get up m weißht. Tangimoana a mcfeth ago was carrying minimum weights. In the Hawera Cup she is placed second to Maniopoto, though she is m receipt of 14165. The once hiehly-thought-of Gapon, who was bred m An^-i-irui. was sold at auction on Monday week at, Melbourne for 37 lens. Up to now this Menschikoff c-plrling has been a rank failure as a racer.

The Voucher was not taken to the Pahiatua meeting. Clochette is now trained by H. French at Papakura. William has been sold, and left the j Porirua stable on Tuesday. Hatley was taken to Pahiatua but | was not started at the meeting. ! At Auckland they say Pukenui is a I moral for any hurdle race they, back him m. St. Denis, Who won a double at tho Tuapeka meeting, is now fourteen years old. ' ■ The racing public will be catered for next week at Eketahuna, Hawera and Gisbqrne. '..,'■ Loftus was shipped South last Friday, and arrived at his new home safe and sound. If the weights are suitable, PlayI mate and Gauze will be taken to ! Woodville next week. The Foxton Club made a profit of £500 over their recent meeting. Congratulations. Secretary Keith. Dulcinea ' played up at the barrier as usual and struck starter Piper a blow on the hip, inflicting a nasty gash. i The local trainer W. Davies has Ballarat. Yosa-mi and Melwood engaged at the Egmont meeting. So fan it is not decided, if any of this trio will imake.the trip. < A : few 7 .local' ."heads." went for a pjood punt7M ''"Veronica at the' Shore last week: -It came 'off ;-bht they did not fief -all- the dividend,';' as Certainty dead heated with hei. Hobart Cup, run next Wednesday. New Zealand is represented by St. Joe, b.iit the horse has been so sore lately 'that it will' not be surprising if he -does not go to the post. Through an inadverteilce Gauze was nominated fpr the hack; ra*ces at Wanganui. The matter was at once rectified as soon as it was known that the., mare was but of "hack" class.; 7 The Wairarapa Racine;. Club has, decided to improve the turn leading into the. straight on its course at Tauherenilcau. The work will be completed m time for the Easter meeting. ■'. The Catbine horse Gingal, who won the Two Thousand Guineas for Messrs Clarke and Robinson', has been sold to do stud duty, m Franoe. His fee is £40, and his list for the present season is nearly full. It is the intention of the local club to build a special stand for members. It will be on top Of the present stewards' stand. Judging 1 from a plan which the writer saw. it will be a most suitable structure. As Messrs Price and Nettlford were unsuccessful m their efforts to. buy good horses m New Zealand, it is quite on the cairds that they will take a trip to England m search' of some good thoroughbreds. W.J. Woon, a licensed jockey m the Wairarapa, is m dire trouble. He sued E- Kingi for some riding fees,, and m the Court it .came out tha,t Woon really owned the horse. He is to be dealt with next wrek. At. the Hukercnui races there, were only two starters m tlie Hack race, and only one trie}*. As tlie winner was -proved to have won over the required amount m stakes and the second horse was palpably "stiff," the stewards declared it no race. An exchange says : "The "stewards of the Wyndham Racing Club have decided ..to refund the ihveslments on Lupulite, who won >a7 race at their New Year's Day meeting and was subsequently disqualified on account of the iockev being ineligible to ride. "Mr H. Piper returned to Christchurch last Saturday, and after officiating at the Midsummer meeting of the C.J.C. the veteran despatchcr returns by the Maori to-night on his way to the Poverty Bay meeting, which takes place next Thursday and Friday. On the first day at Pahiatua Papatawa (Jno. O'Connell) was kept behind her field till well into the straight, and then she ran home an easy winner. This was the only way to ride her over If miles, as she is Of the fly-away order and generally runs herself to a/standstill. At the Maru Maru races, held on January 28, no cards were issued, but six races, were got off. Airiki, ridden by A. Neale, won the Ladies' Bracelet from four others, and W. Woon won a race on Gold Imp, Tangoi, Donajd and Hururu. The Hack Handicap (gentleman riders-) was won by Water o' Milk. In response to my enquiry for suitable light-weight boys for. apprentices, I have received, several applications, but though a few have been placed' the balance were very unsatisfactory. One "snooker" was offered a billet m one of our leading local stables, but be wanted to go to Hastings, and if not there to Riccarton. Several had. similar requests, and the dearth is still unsatisfied. My attention has been called to a paragraph m West Australian "Truth" on Stipendiary Stewards. I reprint it as showing the other side of the story :— "For some time after the appointment of the stipendiary stewards, metropolitan racing was very clean. It was too good' to last. 'Onest owners, tricky trainers, and jocular jockeys soon lost theft temporary timidntess, and how have no hjore fear of the "terrible trio" than if the latter were merely, judges at an agricultural show. Notwithstanding that the paid officers have powerful field glasses, they miss a lot of powerful things, and not necessarily m the actual race. We have some very clever horsemen . m this State, who do not know what it is to pull a horse, but who, nevertheless, can give a particularly artistic exhibition Of horsemanship should occasion require it. As the terrible trio do not appear to be. acquainted with the strong of the art, some of the. jockeys are getting careless ih their dis-.-play of it, and may actually be' caught one of these fine afternoons. But while the stewards appear to be content with a survey of the actual racing — which may disclose nothing to them— it is m the stewardless sad-dlihg-paddock and betting-ring where the circumventing .schemes are conceived and carried but. Possibly if the stewards knew how the hardheads "gig" them on occasion— on very frequent occasions— they might make it their business to poke their prohosces into the hardheads' know-ledge-bag.. The fact remains that the ; stewards are missine a lot. And it is [open to serious oupstion if what they have caught has been dealt with eqni'tahlv. There is a feelino; abroad, and the fepliw: is gaining strength at every meeting, that it miirbt have been better to have stuck, to the old sysi tern of honorary stewards," '

St. Joe has been allotted 10.1 m the Launceston Cup. 1 The Middle Park Plate will be run i to-cl: t Riccarton. The black mare Advantage is being spelled at Trent hams. Axite will be nominated for the short races at Dannevirke. ! C. Pritchard is taking Penates to I the Hawera and Wanganui meetings, i The favorite (Scotland) has received 8.4 m the Newmarket Handicap. The crack light-weight jockey, B. Deeley, got a bad fall from Carmania at Takapuna, but no ill-effects resulted. Were Stratagem only to reproduce her track form any bier handicap would fall to her. It's her turn any day now. The Oakleigh Plate will be run next Saturday. There are no New Zealand owned horses engaged m the big 5£ furlong sprint. Buccleuch was kept • going at Riccarton after bedn-g sent home from Trentham, and as a result he broke down during the week. Prince Hassan, who- won the Final Hack at Pahiatua, is capable of bet-, ter things, and should quickly race out of hawk company. He is trained by A. Lord at Woodville. j Mr Geo. Cork, owner of Moloch, i [.was m town last weefe. . He assured me that, all going well, his horse would be a sure, starter m. the Wah-' ganui Cup and would be ridden by F. Langstone. .7 ; Saga was shipped South by the Ro-' tomahana .on Tuesday night. The, Soult mare never looked better than she does a<t the present time, and should score, for her owner before returning home. , ; No bookmakers were . allowed on the course at the Kawa Kawa meeting, which took, place last Thursday., Franklin \yon. a double., .the Cupi and; Railway, Plate, arid., / Discoverer "fron; the Stewards' Han^ica^. L ; , 7. The jumpers) Pawa an_ _mvi,are working at Porirua, and Exmoor" wilt* most likely join , them next week.. The former pair are very backward., but if they remain , .sound, they will., no doubt score for their owner be-7 fore the- winter is over. The following are the. New, Zeal-* and-bred horses weighted-. in the NeW-; market Handicap 9.1, Pink 'Un 8.13, Munjeet 8.13, Dusky. Morn 8.3, Grenadier -f.i.2, Seddon. j 7.7, Maranui 7.3, Captain - Shannon 7 .2, -.and Equiform 0.11. . ! The New Zealand horses cannot complain of; the weights allotted them m the .Newmarket Handicap. The V. R.C: handicapper is being easier! on our horses as time s-oes on. Since Advance carried 9.10 into third place we have been slowly.- coming down. Let us hope a N.Z. horse wins this yeari :■ j Joss. Prosser is now handling his j v'earlings; The Stepniak ~* Miss Dalrymple colt is a very quiet, but Armlet's brother is a perfect beahty. He has filled out m an extraordinary manner, and is very tractable. So. far he has not been saddled, but he will not be much older before he will have to carry one. •■•■/ : '■';■! On the second ■ day of the Takapuna meeting the stewards were not satis- ; fled with the running of Inriiskilleii ; m the Steeplechase, and Deeley, the rider, was carpeted. - The "explanation was to the effect that the horse ran off of his own accord.' and he was unable, to prevent it. The stewards accepted this explanation. In the Whareroa Hurdles at Hawera the two crack jumpers, Hautapu and Sen Sim, are likely to meet. The Northern horse has been asked to concede Sen Sim slbs, and the contest will be looked forward to with much interest. Both horses are of the tear-away order, and a fast race will be assured if both horses face the starter. At Tapanui on January 31 Casque won the Stewards' Handicap from Hypnotist. A protest against the winner for crossing was hot sustained. Zero- won the Heribt Hack Handicap and Rifle Range beat Rosebloom m the R.C. Handicap. The Flying Stakes was won by Derwent,. who gota flying start-from the rest of the field, which included the disappointing Toney. v The Farewell Handicap went to Linda,- Hypnotist again filling second place. It. was a win for racing clubs m. general to know there was a "sealer" amongst the bookmakers at Pahia' tua, as it will have the effect of driving money into the machine where punters know they will get paid. The present haphazard way clubs have of licensing anybody who can find the necessary fee will assuredly tell against them m the long run. Surely Ward and Co.; are hot such nincompoops as not to see through the game of the racing clubs. A Pa-hautnnui correspondent writes asking . that the Wellington Racing Club should arrange for one of their race trains both going and comirig should stop at Hay wards. He points out that by doing so all the settlers from Paremata, Pahautanui and Judgesford could board the train there instead of .having to come to town by the early, morning train, as at presertt. ; - This should be easy of accomplishment, . and I ; .can reeomtmend tlie suggestion to the powers that be. While m New Zealand the Fleinington -trainer, R. H. Frew, was verymuch taken with the crack 2-year-old Fleetfoot, who has again demonstrated her superiority by once more defeating Armlet m the Wellington Stakes. Fleetfoot, who is by Clanranald from Safeguard, is owned by her breeder. Sir George Clifford, Chairman of the New iZoaland Racing Conference, and is trained by. the veteran. E. Cutts, who was riding m Sydney close on 50 years ago*—Melbourne "Truth."

Rose Noble is Wng given ah easy time of it m the South. M : a.l-i Vihi and Toney arc to . be given a prolonged spell m Dunedin. Bquitas is the name' of Mx F. Preston's filly by Advance from Muriwai. Te Kaanui will m future run m the nomination of Messrs Delaney and Cathedral. The ex-New Zealander, Putty-, ran absolutely last m the. Aspendale Park Cup. The reason of Intelligence beirsent to the stud is that "her wind is entirely gone. The N.Z.-bred Ringlet, full-sister to Armlet, won the Plate at the Aspendale Park (Vie.) meeting on I Januafry 25th. The local Tommies spread themselves but last iveek. Several went to Riccarton. and a host, of others were present at Gisborne. Diabolo is still growing very fast, and he may not race again till next season. If he does start it will not be till well on m the Autumn. Ringlet, who won a race at Aspendale Park last month, was formerly owned and raced by Frank Musgrove, but the Melbourne trainer sold her for" a 'small sum m November last. The members; of -W. Davies' team have been having a very busy time of it since the Trentham meeting, as have the other Hutt horses, and matters on that track 7 are very quiet. y • The well-ibred two-year-old .Ukraine', is left m the Manawatu Stakes, but this will probably be an oversight, as her ownei informed me that he would not race her till she was a three-year-old. Says the Sydney "Sportsman" : — "Maranui is a moke that should be severely left alone by punters till he opens his winning account.. The New Zealand nag can gallop ail right, but cannot -reproduce his. tirack form m public.?' ' , ; At Hastings there is a- very nice chestnut colt by San Fran from -Dazzle-, dam of 1 Prospector and Arc Light. He is a three-year-old, and, so far, has not won a race, but several tempting, offers have been made and refused for him. ' The owner of Merrie '., Zealand vouch-<es-the following! explanation a. to the. horse's poor showing on the first day at Pahiatua. He was wearing a special boot, and just after the start of the race the said boot slipped down and struck the horse at every stride.. " .'. . . . . .Orcus, the high-priced brother to Poseidon, made his second appearance m public at Randwick on Anniversary Day, and was made a red-hot favorite m a .field of eleven. that contested the Second Nursery Handicap. The Positano colt looked big and soft and. probably he is not m, anything like decent condition, yet, but punters went bull-headed for him. Love Lord, a Dalmeny colt m Noud'S stable, was best backed of the others, of whom Pahtheoh and Blue Hook received most attention. The favorite was inclined to show , temper at the post, and. fretted himself into a lather-proof-positive that he was far from well. : He jumped away with the others all right,, but was, never prominent till the last furlong, when he put m a good run, and finished just behind . the placed horses. Barley Brew, a big black upstanding brother to Malsterdelle, led most of the way.and looked like winning, at the . dis-: tance, but ■ a .little further On .Mal- 1 teur passed, him, -while Blufe Hook was coming very fast on the rails, A hundred yards from the post Malteur tried to run out, and looked a beaten horse, but Scowen persuaded him to go on, and he won handily. Malteur was bred by Mr D. V. Seaton; and is by Malster from Amera— therefore half-brbther to Camera. He was purchased as ' aS yearling for 260 guineas by Mr J. C. Williamson, whose colors have been out of luck for some time. Barley Brew, who was second, has' shown considerable pace on the track, but this is , the first time he has reproduced, it m a race. Apropos of "amateur" riders, the Sydney "Sportsman" has the following :—>'" Considerable amusement was afforded the patrons of the Randwick flat on Saturday, by the efforts of the amateurs who turned out Vto show i their riding skill on each day of the [Anniversary meeting. The standi devotees were also amused, but contented themselves with a huge smile, while the flatites indulged m much ironical cheering, and had their bob's worth generally. Mr Anderson, who piloted his own horse, Schultze. on the first day, was picked out particularly by the bobites, probably because his hirsute adornment lent itself to the forming of such expressions as "Go it whiskers." etc. The straigbt-up seat of Mr White also caused some humorous advice to be imparted to that gentleman, but Messrs Manning, Halloran, and Nivison comported themselves "to the manner born," and escaped the friendly chaff. The start for the Corin-thian-Handicap on the first day was rather ludicrous, as none of the rid-, ers appeared to get going, and a man on foot could have beaten them m the first fifty yards. At last Mr Manning sent The Intended alone-, and the race began. Kelso's mare led all the way, tout Old Bel-fry appeared to have, her measure at ' the distance, where he was about a y lenp-th behind her. Mr White, who wis Piloting the old horse, had shaped really well up to this, but when he started to shove the old fellow along, he got all abroad and hampered his mount ennsiderablv. Meanwhilp, Mr Manning was keening The Intended coing m great style. and got his horse home a winner by half a length. Never Forget was third, while Thare-omindah, who was favorite, could hardly raise a decent gallop."