NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 143, 14 March 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Opunake next Tuesday. .'....'• Toa'Tuhi was riot seen out at Wanganui. . Swimming Belt hurt himself ,at Wanganui and was unable to show bis best form. - Holen Portland bad two runs at Wanganui and: m both she finished many chains behind the winners. An advertisement appears m this issue notifying that acceptances for the Nelson meeting close on March 25th. . The lucky nunib'er at Wanganui was eleven. It won the Cup and Flying bn the opening ,day and the dividends were large. \ Moscow was right pit at Wanganui, and Ms form was puzzling to his trainer! He started on both days but ran very badly. Tho St. Cyr marc, Anemone, seems unable to run better than second inbei - races. In her last three attempts she has occupied this position. j Stuart Waddell was .so disgusted \ with" the form of. Zimmerman andi Kairoma at Wanganui on Thursday tbat. .both; horses. , were shipped . home qn Iff-iday. ■ ;■ , „ j There was a lot of talk about Mo- ! toa being. a moral at Wanganui, but j he 'got settled at the barrier and thiwl was his portion. He might score , m a decent race later on. | The very dogs m the streets were barking Wee Trinket- for the. Hack Race at Wanganui on Thursday, but after running prominently for six furlongs she faded out of it. Bclario and Mahoe will m future be trained at Wanganui, as their owner has secured a lease of stables there, and last week Jimmy Peachey shook the dust of Feilding off his feet. Mon Ami was not started m the Plying at Wanganui, but the black mare was seen out on Saturday <m the Hack Race. Vasa's fly was too much far her, and she could only no-. ish .second. / The chestnut filly. Gold ; Thread/ seems to be a useful sort. She led from end to end m the flying, at Wanganui. Bob Young fluked the, ride, on Mr Donnelly's filly afterßae had been knocked out. The, ancient Ballarat got, a. very! bad run m the. Flying at Wanganui/ and finished nearer last than lirs.t. On Saturday she beat a weak field father decisively, but she had a lot of luck at the : barrier. The connections of _ Full Rate thought -their horse a moral for .the Flying at Wanganui-, ■ as- on the Wednesday morning he galloped the same six furlongs as he did twelve months ago when lie won the. double. He ran fourth on the first day and was then railed home. Master Delaval was doing good work, on the track but he did not show up m the Cup, though m the earlier stages of the race he occupied a more prominent position than he has done m any of his races lateiv. He had no chance at the business end on either day. Kitchenmaid did • a good trial at Levin and was. backed for a good bit of money at Wanganui. Deeley got her, out well and she showed a ..' lot of pace, but at the turn she was getting up and down m the same place and was lucky to get .second money. In the Farewell Handicap she was raised 121bs, a prohibitive rise, and could only run. a poor second to Ballarat. That prince of bettors, Jim Bull, put it m hot and heavy with the Tommies m favor "of Belario on both ■days at Wanganui. On the first day he got a very bad run for his money and the horse ran -third. The next time he went for a recoyerv m addition to a win'and was stupefied to see his horse act worse than a carthorse., It seems difficult to account for his poor showing, and it must have been the formation of the track. The 3,050-guinea colt Orcus is a great deal like his elder brother, Poseidon, but he will be somewhat larger and more massive, than the latter. Whether he will be ever anything, nearly as good, however, is very doubtful. So -far his public performances are not very encouraging, and though lie was supported for. the Alma Stakes, he only shaped moderately, Poseidon, however, did not exhibit much form until he was a 3-year-old, and as Orcus has been given, every chance, it may be it will be the. i same with him.— Melbourne " Truth... -N

W. H. Keith is training four horses at Wanganui. The well-known Auckland horseman P. Howard is now attached to Mr W. Morgan's stable. The heavy going on the first day greatly assisted the lightweights m -th-3 Wanganui Cup and succeeding races. Munjeet was timed to run the last five furlongs of the -Newmarket Trial at Mentone m the exceedingly fast time of lmin. F." Tilley has grown tired of Asteroid, and the Apremont mare is to be returned to her owner and will probably be sent to the stud. As a result of a collision with a. post at Wanganui on Saturday, Taitoko was very lame, and he will not be seen under silk for some time. ' A bookmaker who was operating at Wanganui held up Gravitation and Immolation and went for a .food punt besides. These two made him a heavy winner on Saturday, Zimmerman did not gallop at all freely m the earlier stages of the Wanganui Gun and it looked as if he was backward m his preparation. He was sent home after the first day. If Gold Crest does not quickly retrieve himself he will be pronounced a non-stayer, He' was m the arear the whole way m tbe Cup, and was! not brought out again at the meeting. t Track work, suggested .Tangimoahk as a likely : winner a£ Wah^gaLnui; but. the -distance did not : Siiit . her. * ' Up to H miles Mr- -Buiclc^' : mare always has a chance,' but that is plenty faf. enough for. her. In the Wanganui Clip on Thursday; Moloch was the last horse to- finish, Prior to the race - -he -bad - the 1 bad luck to get into a wire fence, ahd his trainer liad a difficult job to get him •to- "the post.- -He was railed l home after the Cup. ' , •' - Despite the fact that* A." Shear sby won a „race with Vasa, his team was .most unfortunate on' the whole. "' Moscow\ ran very badlyy and'^ems \ toY have gone ri/rht offhand Aorangi Und Kiteherimaid ;■' each; ran 'a brace of ; sW ohds.- '"":.'.-. '' " ' V "„.',■■'' ."'~0' :: . .The Merriwee £eidiri£ A&angi/_ Was^ unlucky at WahganuiV vA. v ho__.se "ii : al-.: wavg unlucky that: vi^.s' two'^secoMs,': but be was • especially sb up against a rock, like Ataahua,. Ma then to find Immoldtion.sO'liauch Unproved/oh tlie second,day. f i '"', Wadtapu surprised' everybody' hy:his. good showing m- the Cup at- Wanganui, and he stayed it ;.. Oiit VaS if he. was a good horse. '£16 ran nn ■■■ to ' Uhlando at the home beh^,. but youngCress stirred his '.mount ..'un . again; and no efiorti of tbe Fofctoh horse: Were of the slightest avail. .oo _'.j. : " One boy's misfosctune is another's good fortune. Hatch got outed for th? day .at Wanganui , anil consequently, missed the ride on Mafguer-' ite and .Ataahua, who" weile-. steered by Luke Wilson. The latter -has ; n0 siuperjors . amongst ', our : light-weiight. horsemen and. can go to the scales at about' seven stone. ,'-. „.-'.... Jerry O'Driscoll took- : Bagatelle to Wangahiii , and her effOrts '..there, were very fair. . In time, sbe sbouid-lturn out very useful over the small: sticks, but what is. probably : : more. '&. her owner's head is th_\.t she shquldturh out a good 'chaser. Irishmen -dearly love a good 'chaser and, Jerry .is no exception t6 the rule. "."". '"'.., Marguerite ran badly m ihe Wanganui Cup, but on Saturday, she made all the running m the stakes and <w6'n comfortably. The ,, going _'m. the : Cub ; was against her, added .to whioh she was a bit backward her .preparation being interfered with. . The race on Thursday improved her, and she was at her best on Saturday. Clever David Price did not make any mistake when he secured Munjeet during his recent trip to New Zealand. The thick-set daughter of Stepniak gave a taste of heir, quality at Sandown, and ran an 'uncommonly goad race for the Futurity. Indeed, with a few more strides ,to go, she would certainly have, been second m this rape.— Melbourne "Truth." The supposed great flier Dusky Morn was produced m. the 'Newmarket Trial at Mentone" but made a p'oot 'showing. For about 'two "furlongs he was' going fairly. well, but ibheh petered" right out. The Maorilander's appearance suggests the speedy squib rather .than, the high-' class racehOrse necessary to win : a Newmarket Handicap.. .-r Melhfcmrhe ''Truth." ' ; ; y'_ ' : Two Tasinanian jockeys named Dunn and Jennings have recently come to New Zealand and have been granted licences to ride. Both boys will be able* to go to the scale at a handy weight, and' in time should get a fair amount of riding. Dunn was associated with-. Abundance ,m most of that horse's victories; m Australia.; and" his , mate . Jennings is another Chevalley and rides whatever conies along, be they jumpers or flat' catchers-.. Immolation ran a great' race on Saturday,' and after „ she had won people began to try and thinkr. how she fan on the first day when- Ataabua won. Many Grave it -as their opinion that she was only out .for an airing on the first day, but this is ridiculous, as nothing was ever able to get m front of- Ataahua, though Aorangi, Immolation and Claremont tried repeatedly: -.The second dayv Clarerhont and Ataahua were out", so H. Telford, who had the mount, "went for the doctor" and the mare . [ jumped beautifully, except the last fence., which ran down, and interfered somewhat with Aorawri, who was cominc fast. Opinions : differ as to the result of the race had no accident occurred, but I am inclined to think the judge's decision would have heen the . same. The brown mare has lots ' of pace, and will be top weie-ht m the next hack hurdle, race she starts' m.

Aotea recently took two 'first ! prizes at the Levin show. A Moeraki was never prominent m the jumping events at Wanganui. The well-known gentleman rider. Con Hammond, will have the mount on Oryx at Masterton. Sao-a has not been showing her best form for a long time now, .and peihaps a spell would greatly benefit •her. Bunyan was too good for the Juvenile field, hut m fhe Jackson Stakes he moved very- gingerly and walked away sore. _, „ „ After the money was safely invested, Jim Brerinan and Dick O'Coimor told all and sundry that Scotland was the biggest moral they ever bad.-, A leading sport m New Zealand, who is at present m Melbourne, fives it as his opinion that Antonio is the best horse ever imported from England. Miss Vera ran a fair race to" the turn on Thursday, but was never sighted on Saturday. She is very unreliable and may win any day and may never win. The winning jockeys' at Wangdnui were : L. Wilson 4. A. McConnon 3, G. Price 2. R. Hatch 2. and H. Telford. F. Cress r .R. Young, S., Reid, and W. Price one each. Cassiopea Was seen out m both open hurdle .races at Wanganui. I say put. advisedly, as she was well clear j)f the .field and must, have lieen. fully . a furlong, behind at '-.the finish. ■•■"": •_.- --; .! Mania m C. Pritchardfs stable is^ a chestnut filly hy Conqueror from Playmate's dam. She was taken to Wanganui and. given a. run, as it was thought that the travelling and racing-- would do 'her- good. F. Tillev- had a stroke of fortune when Contour won the Petre Hack. Luke Wilson rode the mare, and keening a good hold of her he came at the ..right moment and just landed.' This Intjire does not stay too well, hut she . unay, iMproyeV' ■ \ ffziitiko disappointed his' pafty by llus poor; display car. both: days. The tfii^t day it was,decide«l that the, >o\#as ' agaihst him,' but "h'b such jexciise could be made foi* him m his jnext jattempt. .: He iriust haye ijbrie ;ri?ht'oH since Trentham. „" ]■ -How the mighty bave, fallen.— Star ißose.vwho won,, the N-Z. Cup m '3906. and,,has never. won a race sirice, i is^how endeavoring to earn fariie over hurdles;. He was "last to paps the Post m .the Hack • Hurdles at Wari- , sanui -on Thursday,- and was m"a ' similar position on the. concluding • day". ■',.-. -." v ■-.'■■ ■_. ■'■••'" ■ The Juvenile Handicap very nearly provided a boil. over, -and it was only m- the. last few strides that Bunyan cabght. Lady vMenschikoff.. The latter began very Smartly and appeared to be -winning easily, but she stopped badly m the last fifty yards. She has lots of pace and will-improve a great deal yet.. . T . Dear DOlly has had plenty of racing lately. On the first day at Wanganui she had an inexperienced boy oh her and ran" badly with. him. The next day Hatch had the . ride, and he just Walked ~in ori' her, although'he dealt 'out Stoush to Splendid Idea' on tlje way. : 'She nut up, a "7ib penalty m the Farewell Handicap arid .was .never m the hunt. : Prism was sold during the Wanganui meeting to a patron of F. ,H?ggott's stable. The price was lOOgns., £hd if the colt can gallop at all he should be worth-"-d ouble that' amount. Higgot believes in' galloping . him, as he bought him on Thursday after- his race and galloped him again 'on Friday and Saturday.. In addition, he had a race on the last day. _•_ The Gold Reef fill} , Gold Lace, is a cranky sort of animal, and she gave little Rae a rough handling m the Juvenile Handicap. The lad was unseated, but his feet caught m the stirrups and lie was bumped badly before, he got clear. The filly jumped the rails and had a gallop by herself. Rae was taken to the Wanganui hospital, but his injuries were not of a serious nature: Ataahua had been responsible for, some lively track work at Wanganui prior to the meeting and his victory m the Hack Hurdles was announced from the house tops. He was m front from the first jump, and fencing beautifully he wOn very easily m very fast time. The "heads" said that he could not be handicapped out of it the second day, but Prosser surprised, everybody by not paying- up, but instead took oft the flat race: Again he adopted the role of pacemaker, and; despite the efforts of the opposition, he/again won. He has improved a good deal .'since he was defeated at Trentham. After many disappointments Maranui has. at last materialised arid reproduced some of the brilliant track form that has electrified the Randwick touts.- Saturday's performance was by< no means a brilliant one, as the field . that Maranui defeated was extremely poor, but the New Zealander scored m hollow fashion, and now that he has opened his account may keep on going, and show what he is really made of, as there is no doubt about the. Maorilander's galloping abilities; Maranui's chief trouble appears to be his inability to find his legs quickly, and as the start' for Saturday's Kogarah Stakes took place close to the stand the spectators were given 'an opportunity of seeing how *he shaped at the machine. When the word was given, Maranui : seemed - hardly to /.understand what was required of him. and moved off like a hobbled horse. If the j other • starters - had possessed any pace at all. Maranui would probably have been left far m the rear, as they appeared to he taking three strides to his one, but at the end of the first furlong Dan O'Brien's . colt settled down m great style, and soon had the others m hand.— Sydney "Sportsman."

Napier Park on Wednesday "and Thursday. ' . J. B. Williamson, will very probably name his next yearling Scotch, as he has already got an Irish and English. Waipaku struck trouble both days at Wanganui. but it is doubtful if it made much difference to her prospects of winning a race. Kareroa bad a lot of pace m the early stages of his races, but he failed for want, of condition. The racing should improve him. : Sid Reid, who has recently heen on a trip to Tasihania, signalled his return to this part, of the world by riding a winner, at his first attempt. , From a good judge, who witnessed the race I (learn that Mountain King was most unlucky m the Futurity Stakes. He got pocketed, and when he got out was compelled to run round the whole, field. This was no easy matter with 9. S on his back' - At Wanganui the gate leading from the bird-cage on to the course is m . a' very bad position and is too harrow. It should be altered at once before a valuable animal is ;■ badly maimed. Why not put it on tho other side of the enclosure away &om. the crowd,, make it .twice, as tffAde, and a sliding gate, . .. _.-.\ : Carissima showed' good' form at Wanganui, and' was perhaps.a bit unlucky Tin riot Scoring on the first day as she had resisted sucSeessfullychai--leriges^froin Kare^af^oSaMi,-v arid4 WaikaraKa, Snd m "the efidAGoritoffi^ came and just snatched '-" : a'--' victoryfrom heir. On the second day. she did not show, up at all welif v Mahuta stripped m perfect condition* for the- Steward's Handicap. The opposition was weak and he settled them without any apparent effort. On the second day.Ket^Bk on the bis. guns m the Wanganui Stake's-"' but was visibly mpvtog ; s_hdrt m hi* preliminary, and I was sutpj£sgd to see him defeated, althb'ugh 'he ran well forward for '-ii miles? ..' _Vasa got away very- badly' in '.the Juvenile Handicap and then ran third. On the s.trerigth of her perforriiance her trainer fancied her for the Hack Race on Saturday. She wis more than lucky at the barrier, and was never troubled; at the finish. Like her sisters, -.she ''has a lot of pace and when she becomes more amenable to' the barrier she would win many races. - ; ■ ■ Yosami finished a long way behind her field m both her essays. at Waiiganui. It is never safe to put much money on a mai'e. TheSimay be alright when, they .leave, the birdcage and all wrong when they get to tho' barrier. When you want to : have a good punt let a gelding carry your money. The Broadway ' King and some of the big' punters who support Davies' horses must have teen on very bad term s-- with theriiselves after Wanganui. , " . ..._ Caehuca was the great- boom that was burst at Wanganui. Hia wasmade a very hot favorite -bv the heads on both days at Wanganui hut he failed badly, m fact, his exhibitions were miserable ones, the only redeeming feature -being the chestnut's perfect jumping. He had the services of a most capable, horsamah so nothing could be wanting in .-_ that respect. It was simply -the horse was not good • enough.-.. The . owner informed me last week that, he was afraid his horse was going offj, Wt that .did n£.t..preveiit^himcputting :«; bucketful of jgqldke?n Mm both days. The horse may.. be good* enough An Auckland, but we> ■ have better stuff down here than; they have m Auckland. The little" black • horse Pantaloon was reckoned to have a chance second to none m the first - hurdles "-•■ at Wanganui. He put "up a gpod ' shewing but was out-jumped' and outstayed by Maui.' EDe could, dp with a. lot more schooling, as his jumping is; very faulty. The best way would be to put a gdod horseman Qn him' and try him at top over small fen- . ees at first, amd when the horse c-ets confidence, the fences could -be raised. Claremont ran two honest- races at Wanganui but without "a morsel of luck. The first day Ataahua and Aoranei beat , him jn- the Hack But* dies, and on the second day when everybody thought he had won th* open hurdles, up flopped -Maui and beat Mm by a bead. He- made tbe pace the whole way On Saturday and it was absurd to suggest that the race was thrown away by Young, as no one could have got an ounce niore out of the horse. v The Mahaki gelding Maui ran the two best races of his life at- Wahganui. On the first day he was 'kept behind the figld, and whilst Pantaicoitt ,and Caehuca were perking- into: each other, nVlcConnon on Maui was. a loijg way behind. Half a mile- from home he got within, striking distance, ' arid then once the last hurdle was tivpripe'd he buried them for pace. On the second day he was raised 13ft and Caehuca was.' drooped '21b. Claremont made the running this • tim*., Cachiica being ridden- behind, • likewise Maui. The latter had the b«d luck to jump on Pantslcpn "two Alices from home, but Meop.iyy)p .teok matters easily and never bustled %y* mount who appeared hOirtess'-lv out of it when the pext, fence was'ifeanhed. . Claremont,. Pantaloon. Moesaki and Caehuca. all jumped the \p-st Ohnc/i m front of himi: but McConnon never drew Ws sticky but just I '- pulled "his horse clear on the outside and Planed him to ;the post. Tbe. most , exccitinc finish' of the meeting then tnok place and Prosser's horse just cot "d m .the* last two stpMes.- The crnwi was deliq-btpd and cheered p^raii. \\.^\ again . W^hen McConnon returned to the bird-oaige he was at>nl?»i!>l^d/ by all, and the general otynion. y^ns-^h^t he had never been se^n v - to better Advantage on a horse.

Caehuca, who was formerly trained bv'C. Weal, bas been handed to Denis _Wora#h*an to. try his hand on. The bay mare Gleam was only seen out once at Wanganui. She ran iii bandages and her understandings are evidently not too sound. It is a pity that Earnshaw cannot Kive . Anjbonio a proper preparation, as there is no teilins wbat this p-reat horse Tivysht do. The son of Prisoner—Pay *a has got a les, and, unfortunately, it may °o any time. The accommodation* at Wanganui was insufficient for the great crowd that gathered at the Cup meeting last week. A large number were un-able-to obtain^.- berths, and were compelled to take a train to Palmerston North. One of the best-conditioned horses m the Wanganui. Cup was The Lark. He ran a moderate race on the firstday and improved a deal m the Stakes. He beat everything but Marguerite on Saturday } but was no match fox. ber wlien m receipt of 10ft'.: Thei class was just a bit abbve him. • v . tiairy Jackson ■ thought Signor would show up. m the Cup, but although the little fellow was prominent lor about l-J m-iles the distance w;as hevozid him, and- he was beaten lons before the post w&s reached. Ho was out again on (Saturday, but he had not gos over his. Cup gallop. He, jisjvWeU.ibted:; enough to*; Win oyer a long; Ndi&tatwe,. and time should work with ham. f Vhlatfdo repeated Boomerang's per-*---formance of .two years ago, and won the. "Wanganui Cup practically from ?nd.;tp-^|l. -After -a quarter of. a mile- hauf ..'been T covered he \jas. oirt clear "of jtihe field,- and from thencepiiwarfl®he nevei. headed. Those present. '^^uirei/f rom their neighbors ast.-tb what^^s-.that m/ front, ancl wjfcfen. . they .were toid .UKlando the* CUiiekiv dismissed it from their minds and fhou^ii^o't^Qlue other horse asthe. likely. r .]ivin_iher.. Bh, and, .on they weht: Mid -slflll I the ted jacket and yellow reap was^ m front, and still the. cro^4 wojild. ho% h&ye it. A* the. ho?he bepd tft^were convinced that the outsider; was -winning, as he stall? edfOoS &c._ different, challengers. He w,on by. about and the tarowd made po. distinction ..to his bein.^ an, outsider, but cheered horse QJtid rider; to the utmost. Dave Price leaves Sydney this af*, fteEhooh and will arrive m Wellington on Wednesday iteit. Acceptances for Masterton close on Thursday, '.M^rch. ia, at.9.3Q p.nt. Owners and trainers kindly note. Tbe chestnut JVaikaraka does not s^eih able Cto strike . form, • and it is a pity bantßcappefs do .not see . their way 'clear .. to . drop him a bit m the. SreightS; ...." „ .