NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 140, 22 February 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Concluding 'day. at- Dunedin. , : v Shannon races on ; Wednesday; •■ " The Sydney Cup yfill be run-on Easter Monday. v

Matalcokiri had a run both at G-is-borne and Poverty Bay, but without result. ■■'•' ' '•'■ '■ '■'■'■"■ . ■■■•• ''-''\ '•■ ■■■■'' Claremont led from end to end m the Hack Hurdles on the second day at Hawera. • - Sir 'Frisco has had to be stopped m his work owing to the hawV- state of the tracks at For dell. ' " , v Returned visitors v froirr /"Q-iSfcprne ' state that Erin, by Strpwan,;wili"bo a very- useful performer later on.; t I ' The aged gelding Lissa" was lia^st week sold for £12 10s' m "'."a" "'• lbcjal sale ring. The purch^er?-Was. Mr J-. Victor, of this city. ' ;' \'l ;,. ' ■ •. P. Carmpnt has renioy^d. his from Otaki to .Lqvju, and J "■ understand that he contemplates. ..shifting ,to . . Awapuni at a later date.- " ;' a Jacket, who won a race. ;at the C.J.G. Midsummer 'meeting, . 17l . could have changed hands at; a satisfactory .figure, but hpr owner v would-not sell. Tangimoana was very unlucky not to win the < Atkinson Memorial Stakes at Hawera. She reared up at the rise of the barrier and lost about ten lengths. , ■.'■■,. :...• ■::■■:■: H. Hiickey took a frig, team to/ the G-isborne and Poverty - Bay meetings, and scored well . X aipetipeti humped 1310 m the Hurdles a,t Poverty Bay and landed easily. '■'■• ■ ,^ Both days at .Hawera gloriously, fine. Racing good; but punters got twisted about several races, • conse^ quently the meeting was not: so en-* joyable on the second day. • ' At Hawera on Tliursday IRltbtahi was out first m the Farmers' Plate, and that was all the rest of the field, saw of him. He started at a very short price on ;the machine. ■ At Hawera on; the second, day the stewards held an imvuiry iftto'-.the running of Sen Sim m the Hurdles. The horse was "carrying . J2-2, ;■ a-nd Hush Telford wds able to convince them that- he could do no 'betteiv The efforts of spine of the gentleman riders at Hawera were •laughable m the extreme. Some., of those who were at the back otthe cpurse declare that one; rider ijiali a * good . hold of the pummel' of th& saddle aiid the reins were very loose.v" ,'■> A London sportsman not long since sent three horses up for sale, and fixed a reserve m each xjasjs.^he owner's estimate was not. f a' High one, something over 150 soys.,. but as the; modest reserve was not reached he : presented the horses to his trainer.

.-.The V.R.C. St. '• iLeger 1 is already•voied a moral f dr. Mountain Ktingi ■ -The : aged mare Lily stone won the Welter 7 Handicap ;at %he- OrejiukiL .meeting: lasy-w^eekV.'"-'^^'' ' lf; . ; " • 'Secretary Ahgus : Keith,' of tiic\Fpxtoh'Racing CiuTa, was a Visitor. "to Wellington last tveek; M .'";; [[ ' . .! ' At flic preseni tame, nd' horses - are ;in work at ptaki ft bqt s.e.yer il" young-: stcrs'are being bVoken,, m/ . „;. - : Sco|iaridi the .i^yprite -for the Newmarket Handicap, is trained by iDick O'Connor at Kpgarah> N.S.W, ' l m H.^ liiclcey ,) Won -three : .races on..tlie" openjijg' day at'Pdyert/y^Jßayy Garron, ■Rlaipra and Kaipetineti. - '.scoring, f dr ;hiihVV. ; :_"W-- '/. C :; ;. : ; 7' :, :r . : ." :-:o;-i : A big punt was done oh;Tans.San> -in :■ the Welter ati-Hawieraron'Thui-sday,; but -oAit it 'went witli.ia bang, -and-- a Crasll, ... •. : : - „._-.. :--,v-;.-"- ; ;=:;.V. r - • Hutt mentor, Wv ; Davies-'br(ike .his long spell of bacf luck by la riding a double- at^.Hawefa. ' ■ BaHarat" lid Yosami each won' a rac^.' ;, : ' The V.R..C. have fdrwarded'-Mr ,q. F. Mopre- .certificates, fbat tbey are satisfied with, the ; idcntificatidn ;of C?.tapiilt and Dusky aiorn. ;' : . ' ■ .; New Zealand bred borscs run second 1 and third- m the' OakleisL-h Plate. "Last year- the N.Z. owned Beresina" Mop. this yaluable' 5i furldiigy eyeni^// '.:> { A leadirig spprtsnian, m - has offered. . P. . Cracknell^ the .light-wqight,, .jockey, ihe- position"' of priyaite trainer m 'Vbipfir country. :, ,. 5 A .particularly ..fine ..lp'oking , chest-. .nut filly', .by. *Ben. .Earle^/haS;^t . to" :make\her buw.to the public,' but if ; : looks go fdr lihythih.a:, >iie"'sli6ul^' do well.. - '. .' •.-''; ..■:.._-.",.'.;"■■.'.■., ; ■•Tho Auckland . l i.ig^t^weigh^ i ,,jqclveyi,. B . - Deeley." is ..sjill. easily 'first" on' %e c ' list of winrijiig jockeys !' "He ?v^a<s priding winnei's as fast as .Jhey^could isad-; die $hem at G-isborne"!. J^,.r ;^ v 'J; v . ;':, ' : pan Lenp was a great>disappoinl;-'. .inentu at - Gisbojnq anu\ rßdyerty :l>ay. ; /Trliehe won. a'iiack xaee^-but;, ."his, owner 'expected Kan \ iq^ run iiuc h. ibet <" ter m; his .ipt-lier^attempts;. :.y r A Lon-clon -writer guarantees- tlie! statament that Cpi.pnel'.;Baijd.-refuseil ah - ollter .. of 32 ,000 .'. spys 5 :-fpi o hish./colt Wool winder. .The of)er is said tOil^ye ,been" made."b,y-a" Hunga-riancbreedeis j ' •Jockey A. D-.: Mclvoi?iAvas;las^ ; w&k" .- rlisqua-lified.- for fdul- tMifigl lat the ■ Or^puki meetinffi -■ Thei'sentence was" only for the meeting, which ."> 'jeenis--■:-quite inadequate -:i£ the'.'stewardp, werei satisfied' .Mjelvor. was-jg-u-iltsw-ii - *'■■ : The cable man m Melbourne Very" snariig with* his infoinration, and till ! the ->.ißil a^jtixes know if c fe'cooland "st'arteil ' m > l'h,e OaMeishFlafcc. If liedfd.'it is hard to., uridczrstand;:ifis.ifaili]reras his on" -LMday was a "'corker;." -'•■•■■;- -i-ir- : , Tihe.'Riiukawa (bup- will' have "350 : ,'soys - attach etl; to tit and a general-ail- ! ;rduncl .increase is: to : bfe j --b*tfle ift^'thp"' iSlfakc.s. > :iA: letter- 1 <was- Ordered -to ; -be : tsent^.to. T..^: ©amtir'oh'- asking '^liM : "i if ; he.- would' again .-.©fficifilse' as- - staffer - .at the .Juner meeting of Gltilv.' 1 ; ; ; : _ : The', ' race . t-Ka-t- : Slunjcet ".won ° x iab ', yic.^yv'ai'ii sppcial wci^Kt if 6v&, ■ %itli.; ■ r t>fehaltie : s ; fdr - : WiriniE'rs;Vof 'certain^ ' suin si ; iirid ■allpy^ancei ' ■ f or - ' mMdensr 'Twp-yf-dlds' : Wuld ; Hiaxiry \ "«f t l'O; 3-vr-6M^ $.0;' and ■ <:j! Mc "^ke ; was : T^drth" -70 Soys: '•■'■■ ,■■ 1; ' '•>■ --^'-* ; ; ;; v - A ; |i ;; 6xcliaiiKo ; Va ; y^H'''^cp^ia'nd l'M a" firnieff ' favor : itc :;:( th'aid' eyet. for' J^ew> mafket' ; Haft'dic'apV des"pi^e : ■-." thd'V.facjb , sdittte 'big betidrs-'afe 1 wafting pS^un;- ", til the race l'ecpihes \vithi£*'meas.urr able ; distance. Dusky Mdriiis hardly so strong an order as he was early . hr the week;- : thoUgiv stiil m posses-' sidn of second favoritism.; ■ r : ' • • A committee meeting 'of the Otaki Racing Club was held last' 1 Saturday. ' Officers for the-'crisuinig;i;?year%ei?fe;a'pj-pointedi andt -tgeieral ' fcorresp'dii'dence was.' dealt .with j ' : -It^ was^ deeided; f -tp . leave v. the : .< /question . '.-of ~ !c bodkibQ!a,keiS > ' fees; ;oyer/ifor: a time, "the 1 general ! <.fepling, at \ the meeting; thiat £20 ■/-• ■ per .; :day should. rbei-ohai'ged-'fot -the la^wn, and £10 .:out:sidev '- • ~- : - ;;i - - : m-'i -The . following hatVbefen 'witKdrawii ; .from .^ the Newmarket- •■Handicap 1 ' sihee the weights appeared : — Elevation, , •Pompous,-. Maitifie; -Marahui,,. Eilice, . Boastful, ■ Lady 2 Ayr,;'.BquifpfmV 'Lord ' : Graftonv..and'-Fi6ry;::Stafov:i Fdr ? -the ;. great: osprintu ©Vent < Scotland '■ i& ;-1 - a strong -fancy, • andiif the^'sotfbf lace—Key keeps well, is certain -■•itb . .start; one .ofi^the: '■ hdttest - A avdiit<^s since ißungebab.. was. successful. ; "• ; . i- As. a -result of the-' • R'omsey Jack case being referred- back;^tb,'«the•:'Rilldell's Creek R.C.: stewards,-^'Mn" HcdJey . was for-- lifej. and :T. H. Clark .was given at' couple 1 -idT .years' : spell 'fot, suspioibuSi practices. :As : Mrs,Hedley. iaM the ""did; 1 ' ; are. als,o out; for life, the ''ring. ■-■ m;' * did not dp .the :crowd:' behind the.ex-;-New.f Zealander/ Raw;mdre,"muoh, -• ' 'if any,- good, when > that gelding .wan.- •■ Melbourne; MTruth."wl: :: ou i The retirement of Alf. Geary "frdiu the : position of handicap per - ; ;to • the West Australian Turf Club; telegraph-" ed-from Perth this week, carrie 'as ; a great surprise to persons versed- m the turf affairs of 'the gold State J Geary,-, who secui-ed- the positipnupdn the death pf. the. late W.-''E;;DBlk.ini has .never -been able to "hit it"- with some of tjhe. racing folk nwthe Westand during the period m which' he combinod:; the-, duties of •; stipendiary; steward with the.: position bf..:-handi-i capper, there was more. -than, one; .squabble pv.er niatters m ■ which Ahq played the part .of dictator; Eventu-r al,ly- Geary ..threw ur the, V-sitipendi-. ary'* duties, and^as already stated, ■this has now been f oHowM ■ by <- .:J»is ,ret jreihent..i ,liandicapper : . ■.-. ,Qt&W{ brought a lot ; of^influence to bear, to secure the position; ; m :,the : first place, and . . wa's, suppprted byj the fiAcJ-vC' committee as a' result, of his earlier association m .Sydney withrrthe liate A. J.O. handicapper, Scar-r^Tbeii bil-; lets just thrown up by-Geary were worth about £1000. a year.-^We§tra-jian "Trutb." . : . ' : . ... .-, „

Acceptances for Wanganui on Friday night. . Grenade has been handed over to F.tTilldyito prepare lor hurdle racin^i..;-. :.-.';:.■ Lull and Wirrall are the only mem•tbers ctJA. Hall's team m commission. ..' va; The cc were a lot of hot things at I-lawera, -butMptoa was the hottest of them all.- . . ■ -Boc>h Hipflblytus and Teotarie broke bloorl vessels during the running of . the ' MaMen*. Plate.. - 'The /juniper Capulet is still m the paddock, v ~jind will not he taken up for anothai" two months. Ikon, who went wrong m the hock at-ZFoxton, 'was racing. at Woodville, and is- apparently all right again. The' chestnut Windage, who was m a/ Bulls stable till quite recently, is now r trained by A. Wright at Poxton. -: - • Sea ton,;} ©ale has (improved wonderfully. Q.f r late, and Jack- Cameron should land a race very soon with him. The Auckland-owned Waipuna and Cressy have already started operations at Randwiek under. I. Earnshaws' ' '"'■ The Hastings jockey, E. Lowe, went South on Monday night to ride The Seer m his Dunedih engage- - ments... t . ... P^ajrinpe ran Ms last race for Jos. Pjfosser at Woodville, and he will, m future be found racing m the r South ;!^slahd.. ■ It 'was intended to start ; Grand Slam,. ,-,at Woodville, but' Be went wrong last week and the trip had to v be.. : abandoned. Merrie^Zealand won the Whariti Handicap from end to end- He us a gOQrd'sott of hack to iown, iut a take down; m; appearance, . ; : . . ■"-.;• : It -was;. •difficult I . to p-ick out a real : trier -behind Playmate on Wednesday;.,at- Woohville. It; sounds'- very bad to hear the bookies :«shout "6 /to -l-bar^one,." -„;.. ; .. r Thei "time m tn& Htfrdies on tha first .day ' at Wbodyilic show what aegpod horse "Piayniflte^s..' You can^iways put' yoirr:^ money on a :]i'Grs&-tfiat can *un- 3.22-. ■ :'■•■■ ■' "'The'^itinamed- • Advanse^Endeavdur is going along slowly, pis traiher'fe'-not doing y mueif work with :hjtm~tiH 4ie qiuietens ddwh; as" he is of a :i very ; 'fliffhty disposition. . is an untried -1-yr-old "eßestnut.'.Ke.lding "fry Handsome' Jack. 'Hc'i^.lje'ing'got ready 1 for the'jSaster meeting , jit Feilding, and will be no-'minateii-in.the hack, events. ... „.,J, McOregor, who was" injured when Luli^buiQped" byn- off : at ' Feilding. is 'now. but. of the Palmerston North ■HpspitaF./hut" his ..und£rsta,ii«iUn'gs £r« m a Kery bad way, an- 1 he . i» comjpelle^.;t6 use. crutches. . '. , \ : The Hastings trainer,? Jack Cameron^ has again taken up Merriwai jattd r.l^eedliework, ., but .St. Albert . . Is still., running .out-v It. is . intended to : give,;hii)a- plenty tinxe.tQ ty add get : .i:M n ol4*is unsightly knee. .. ' . Rendi'bck- has just , been bKught i* after' v a f three ■■•inon'ths' siiell during whiolj^hjj-was geided. He looVj» very -WBlI :) -dn;-Tit, and is big and fresh. II sfhouia 1 tiike' the owner a very short ' time tb' r fit him for the fray, ,-; ' j,-,Mr -A, r F. Douglas and J. Oamero* igrade Australia again... aboufc •.J^ly^^ijih a team .of, jumpers. Off c'ourseVit is a long way off- yet; but most likely .the team will consist ol Merriwai; Waipu; and. St. Albert. ; ; . .Coniiour, . who .won the jMaiden< at Woodville, is a five-year-:Old mare by Phoebus,. Apollo— Crescent. She. madV Jfer'- first, .appearance m a similar evfSrii'at' ~%>odv4He .m December .. last ■ p^K^ '2sta t r.ted a very hot . favorite^ ( Q.tta w^pii;' fairly easily m fast time: of Oxton were just & / little Jbtt unlucky m not ccl'ec ftija^ -filrst •money m the. Telep;honc Handi£ cap. He made up a good deal df groiftfdi; and was apparently winnink ieasily^ -vwhen ' Sunbdrinet" came front the' 1 -clouds and snatched a nose vi(p •■tbry. -4*.\: ■ ■ '■ ■ j ■■ Te*;Kainui gave,a.'wre;t6hed exhibi tidn of'- jumping m the. Hurdles al Wqddyille.. He new the f)ist m goocdi styl^iwt banged right through th« rest:"- W|en Matakokiri fell at Gi»'bo^He^We; gave "P. Johnston '. such k very 1 b'dp. fall 'that' tie was unable to rider 'Sg^in at the meeting.. ' { • -Eiilarney is .paddock .^rained. , Ap»> parentiy he is quite .sound again, biifc his owner; has .decided not to rac* him again, till the winter. He is fujl of condition and his only fault is an enlarged ;leg, but , Athwood tbinKi that it is quite callous; now. At present i.he is bein« backed about th» roads,, and looksr very well on it. ;Harry Moore was most unlucky last week and lost the 1 services of three horses. • • Grand Slam cracked his heei; :> Hyde Park went wrong; in the shoulder; and Matakdkiri l brok# .down while on the G-isborne trip;.' Pd» the - sake Of • Moore, who is a most careful trainer it is to be ; •hope* that-he will * get three more good horses- to: take the place of the retired ones. ' .-'•■. _'■'. v.WhilsVin Feilding last week, t took. a.:'-Jnve out to "I^illr^ney** Rest^^.^rieh is the name of th» Stable presided over by A. Athv 004. Th0 ..-trainer very kindly ,sh«wed mt bvei tpte boxes, and judeinß by fcho ldoks.ojf the occupants, they should win' many races for him during +h« twiner' months. The jumpers. Oryx ,ahd Rookly both look very well, +-h* former especially being better than ever previously. He was unlucky +« miss theVrace at Hawera, when Lad* Hurie. ; beat . him. Rookiby . has ius* been -taiken up a short time, after two months' spell. He looks big ami hearty, and if 'he goes on the rich* ..way a big, hurdle race should corns to him. . •-.

The hurdle. korse Waip.u isgoing^n the right way and should il.anrt araee \ 500n.., . ■..":.. - ... , „[; : , ... ' : . ■ The Voucher looked nice and bigi at Woodville, but had not ; done enough wor.k. •.,-!-. ; Gauze • wo>:. iho P.i-esideiit's^ Harid'icap from end to end. Mr Gainsfordls „, mare is at Ircr msi; .iustivno>v;i: :' - ; Kremlin .will . be brought .'in ■ -nextweek and will commence,; [active .wotk for his owner, Mr A. Hall, of, Feilding,; "■;. ; ■■•. . ;,;;,.,.. ,., . ... .; Prior to the start of. the , County Handicap, Hydraoilic kicked -. jockey ■• McKay and broke three of his nibs. Needless to say, a new riderj; had. to be iound for him.- " . : . .-. »;-.". 1 After: repeated failures/ <Ancyje nearly Drought -off a surprise m i the, Victoria; Hack Handicaps. .but soiorid 1 • wa.s' ( the best h« could dp,' thou.B?h. he jpaid a good- price for that position. ■ .