IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2308, 26 May 1898, Page 33

IN A NUTSHELL.

— The Hon. G. M'Lean is off for a trip to Maibourne. —Last week Disraeli was at 2 to 1 for the I English Derby, Dieudonne at 5 to I. i —Mr Lyon sends the Wellington Steeple- j onase programme for the July meeting. j -•—The Arrow District Racing Club is to hold j us first races on the 9th November next. j The clever men's tip for the Birthday , 'Handicap at the finish was Double Event. | — Supplejack, winner of last Saturday's ! Hurdle Race, has graduated in hunters' com- | pany. ! — Chokebore, winner of the Maiden Plate at ' Adelaide on the 7th May, is by Carbine from Ethel. , — Ayrshire and -Vedette were shipped to ■ India by^the steamer Argus from Melbourne on : May 22. — Metallic, winner of the Brighton Handicap at Caulfield, has been sold to Sir Rupert Clarke for shipment to India. . j — New rules have been, drawn up by the > C.J.C., and the club relies on these to meet the bookmaker difficulty. i — The Winton writer "Native" hears that Arthur Gsrrard has a nice filly in hand by St. Clair out of aLe Loup— Marpry Moors mare. She will be a candidate for the Winton Guineas. > j — Negotiations were proceeding on Tuesday in j , the- hope of getting Fritz down to give an exhibi- i tion of trotting at Tahuus Psrk on Saturday. j _ — Hogmanay, who won so many races during -his career on the turf, was solcl in Victoria the other day for £1 2s 6d. He is 17 years old. — ISight thousand and seventeen races were , run on the 'flat, in America, last season, 'lo6 over hurdles, 58 steeplechases, and 560 "at heats, i 7— The A.J.C. have exonerated Mr J. N. Hart, ' the owner of Foliage, from any complicity in i regard to the inconsistent form, shown by that ) horse. i — M'Ginnis has won the Birthday Maiden ' two years running, with Reel Lancer and Ful- > men. I hope Fulmen will prove as good as . Lancer has. ; — Tattersall, the greatest horse auctioneer of the world, left nearly £108,000 behind him. ) It is better to sell other men's mokes than race your own. / —W. Shaw, who rode Starshot to victory n the Birthday- Handicap this year, had not had a moifet in the race since he rode Tempest in Retina's year. ; —Mr Stead says that the C.J.C. Committee j are pgainst the x^roposal to have a 10s totali- '• sator at Riccarton, believing it would entail a loss of revenue. — - Mr W. R. Wilson bought Amiable last week. The price of £600 was wanted for her, j vnd I suspect that Mr Wilson -wxmlcl not get " her for any less. r I —In the Canterbury Park Handicap, of lOOspvs, one mile and a-quarter, run on the 30th J April," The Swell, 7.11, beat Brazen Lad, 7.11, , easily by a neck. j — I am sorry to have to say that Mr P. Miller, ' the Dunedin Jockey- Club's judge, has been j laid up for a few days, and was unable to ; attend the Birthday race*. I .—. — Word comes from Hobart that Surf and J. j Morrison (a brother of W. Morrison, the Caulfield trainer) were disqualified for 12 mouths j for inconsistent running. — Quiltiri is very shaky on his pins, and j those who saw -him. working at the Forbury > - prior to the Birthday meeting separately and ' 'jointly swore not to back him. '. j ■' — The old Newrninster gelding Beverley has ' been knocked 1 into a 'bit of form by W. Kelso, jun., who got him home sr-fely in the Stewards' Mile at Canterbury Park (N.S.W.). . j — They gave Amiable 112 in the Brighton Handicap, five furlongs, at Caulfield on the 7th inst., and she finished a dead heat for third , place. The winner was Metallic 10.3. ' — The Segenhoe Estate, New South Wales, at one time the property of the late Hon. Jas. White, has been purchased by Mr W. R. Wilson ' for agricultural and grazing purposes. ; — The principal prices reali-ed a' v the s&le of Me Hoidern's hortes were :~Crava+. SSflge ; Vivian, j 600gs ; 'Johan ea (late Nars«i). 320g* ; Toreador, | SSO-'s ; Grandmaster— First Love colt, SlOgs. j —Mr W. M. Clark, who won the Lincoln- '< shire Handicap with Prince Barcaldine, pur- j c"-,'a«d,the Irsh horse Shot after the race for ; a' 00. Shot finished fourth in the Lincoln- j — Ois of the biggest thoroughbreds in train- > 2 in Australia is a &on of the New Zealand- ' liiei Sommeil (by Apremont—- Hammock), from ! Ciierie by Lothair, an inmate of Cripps's Flcrn- i ington stable. j — The Canterbury Jockey Club in recognis- i ing the gratuitous services rendered by Mr F. C." Tabart as judge during the past 10 years, Et'ulied him to accept life m enibership and a i cheque forlOOgs. j —Mr J. B. Reid was heartily welcomed to j the Forbury by many of his old friends when he went out to see the racing on Saturday, and regrets were expressed that he had nothing running in his colours. — Charlie'-Rudings,' well known in New Zealand; now a trainer at Caulfield,-is said to be suffering from a lung complaint, and the doctors j urge his removal .to the country as the only means of effecting a cure. — Waterbury, winner of the I\'ew Zeoland Grand National' of 1893, won the Hurdle Race at Narandera (Victoria) on the -ith May. He, carried 9.7, and started at 7 to 1. The son of Natator is now 12 years old. — Benson, Abercrorubie, Marlin, Forbnry, and V:Bionary, the property of Messrs Stephenson and i Hazlett, -were offered by 'auction by Wright, Stephenson, aud Co. on Monday, but no tale 3 rpsulted, the explanation being that no ono seemed anxious to purchaKe. — Arrangements are being made to resuscitate the Ternuka, Trotting Club now that the South Canterbury Jockey Club has eliminated - trotting events from its programme. It is intended to hold a meeting in July, the staked for which will be gtiaranteed. — Since Fritz is the trotting hero of the season, it may be mentioned that Colonel, Cling, and Nea are also by his sire, VancJeve, I who by the way springs from blood imported from America to New Zealand. — Mr Harry Steele, prior to leaving Melbourne for a trip to New Zealand in connection with the racing of Mr Buckland's trotting contingent 'in this colony, was presented with a diamond locket in recognition of his services to trotting. — The newly elected stewards of tho C.J.C. are Messrs A. Boyle, H. A. Knight, G. F. i Martin, F. H. Pyne, J. B. Reid, R. H. Rhodes, j D. Rutherford, T. Teschemaker, C. B. Winter, the Hons. E. W. Parker, and L. Walker, and Sir G. Clifford. — Not long since Honda was found to lie suffering from an abscess in one of his feet. No sooner is he well of that, when a swelling ;s; s j found on his off side. The case wa3 handed , over to vets., who administered chloroform and j removed a large hard tumor. — The Tasmanian.. jumper and flat racer Sheet Anchor, by Stationer, broke his fetlock v/hilst -running at Mowbray, and had to be destroyed. He was owned by a Launeeston medico and a leading Deloraine resident. — The Yankee jockey Ted Sloan is- said to be ■trying to get the Fleischrnanns to release him 'Irom his contract sp that he dan ride in Enghv.d this year. Lord William Beresford and Pif L-re Lorillarcl 'have offered him £3000 for firat ctaim on his services for this season. • I — Referring to the Carbine two-year-old Holster, from Cambric "Asinodeus" remarks: — There is plenty of him; but he suffers from sVelly feet, a -complaint more common than otherwise in the Musket tribe, particularly in Carbine's stock. This defect ia evidently hereditary," — Mr C. N. Kidman, of Perth, did not make a bad bargain when he purchased the Queensland horse Common, by Phil Athol from Prinhas t who has won no less than 15 icacjfß sls£i^ .

I Ilia purchase. During the last nine months Mr i Kidman has won 36 races in West Australia, j the prize money for which was £3120. —A. feature of the G-lenhuntly Handicap at Caulfield this month was the first appearance i of the Indian, sportsman, Sirdar Jewar Sing's | colours, on the Australian turf. Tliey weie i worn by "Mo" Trahaa, and carried by Clieiry, j the Loc'aiel gelding, who was purchased lor Lhe j Sirdar by Trahan in Sydney a few weeks ago. } —Mr Stead makes this comparison with re- , gard to the C. J .0. : Subscriptions received ! tioin members during the season just closed | were £824 as against £629 two years ago; the ! race receipts were £ 5171 as against £3973 ; the ! totalisator receipts were £8179 as against ißds7 , and the amount jpaid in stakes was £15,205 as against £U,aßß. I — Battalion, (by Trenton — See Saw) wa& ' found with a broken neck m a paddock afc 1 Meningoorts (Vijto^ia). The owners do not seem able to account for the horso'a demise, I but "Nimrod" h?6 a simple solution. The , poor fellow evidently committed suicide at findi mg he was such, a "' waster " compared to his 1 illustrious namesake. — l'houj,li LockieL so far, is at the head of j the winning slaliion list as regards the amoura of money won, his stock have not won rnuoli over half the number of races credited to the sons and daughters of Sunrise. This iasl- ! named sire is credited up to the present thi& j season with. 73 winners, and no doubt even | these figures are underestimated.. | —Snorting Eeview says that Voltigeur (Tim Whiifier — Voltarina) kits just changed hands, Jerry O'Dnsooll, a well-known ex-liawera boniiace and owner of Indian Shot, being tile , purchaser. The price is reported to be £150. Voltigeur" s mission will doubtless be theillegii timale game. Fred Tilley prepared him tor ' the last Grand National Hurdles, i — According to an exchange there was not a ) quorum of stewards at the meeting held at i Aspendale Park on May 4, when the first race '' vas rim. The V.-E.C. rules are clear on the • point that there must be four stewards present. ■ Subsequently some oi the officials of the ciub ; by a vigorous search amongst the spectators managed to get a quorum oi substitutes. ) — Everybody may not be aware of the fact that Wamku, champion amongst our senior / racers, lias got twins at the stud. A friend sends ironi Taranaki an account of a visit by the invitation of Mr J. J. Paissell to a farm at Okato, where are miming a colt foal and a filly ; yearling got by Waiuku trom Lady Onslow, by ' The Governor — Moka-moka, by Don Juan. '• — Auruzn and Essex arc passengers for-Bng- ' land by the Aberdeen White Star liner Damascus, 'on board of which they were accommodated with specially fitted boxes. Both ! horses were put on board in the best of health, and they go Home, via the Cape route, in I charge oi A. Quinn, who so successfully looked ricer JAennsn during his voyage to EnglauJ.. \ — Alter Defiance went annss last season (&ays i a 2> r apier writer) he was allowed the run of a | paddock near tke slabLes, and one afternoon Le 1 jumped some fences and got into one of the ! enclosures where some brood mares were runI mug. A chestnut filly, who claims the MaluaI mare, Kgaturi, as its dam, was the outcome of j the afternoon's escapade. She is a ]»te foal, having been Lorn in March. j — Generally, there is little or no shop betting being done in Sydney, aays " Martmdale," ] sines the decision given in the appeal case ] Thomas v. Potter. The matter, however, is 1 not to be allowed to drop, 'as it is said that j money will l?e found to further contest tho point as to what is a place. It is even hinted, that the legality of betting for cash in the £>addock at a race meeting may again be tried. j — in America the question of giving prizes for aged stallions is cropping lip. A wiiter -in the Horseman says it is obvioiisly unfair to ■ ask owners to exhibit old stallions, at hoise j shows, in classes where they must meet murh younger and fresher rivals. In England, the managers of the Shire Horse show, which is ! annually held in London in February, hit oa ; the plan oi making separate classes ."or oktei horses. • — Aii instance of how pedigrees may be lost |is cited by Alilroy." The Lees, of 33athxir3l, j were always great breeders of pure cattle and ; horses, and beiore the advent of the stud book i tho pedigrees of aii their stock were stored m ! the family mansion near Bathxnrst. This house ! was burnt dowu one night, and the pedigrees I went too. Because they were not saved nearly ! all the Lee breed ol horses to-day aye shoii- ■ pedigreed. ! — \Vriting of jMousquetaire, the London ' Sportsman' says: — He might easily make an J absolutely first-rate stauion. He is a threei parts brother to the great Trenton, being by Wordenfeldt out of Trenton's dam, and he is own brother to Havoc and Zalinski. Mr Xi. W. Humby has most of his mares in foal to him, | and now 1 happen to know that Mr Gollan j wants to place the horse on nominal tprrnfe at any good stud, just to give him. a ehanca. — The well-known finglish jockey Calder, who had for more than a week been lying dangerously ill with plevirisy at his residence in Newmarket, died on March 29 last. Calder was born at Worcester on Sexrfceinber 23, 1867. He was early apprenticed to the late Edwin 1 "\Veever, the Bourton-on-the-Hill trainer, who I always took a great interest in his welfare. As a jockey, Calder, if not possessed o£ exceptional brilliancy, was a good and powerful horsenian. — The Signapore. Free Press mentions many did equine friends that were being prepared for the coming meetings. Amongst others doing good work were Attachment, Blazon, Culzean, J-ieichol, Disfigured, and Vanitas. The latter, who is owned by a Chinaman, was looked upon as the crack of the Settlements imtil the arrival of the notonous PaTtlieitopteus, who was lauded in good condition for his owner, the Sultan of Johore, who also owai Attachment. Old Buc- j clcugh is spelling with a doubtful leg. j — " Maxtindale '' says: Monday, the 9th May, ! was a kind of settling day for the long delayed j police prosecutions agfiinst the betting shops. I The various courts presented quite a sporting ] appearance, so well was the turf represented. The authorities did well, too, as the total fines I imposed amounted to £220, which was the result of an even " tenuer " fine all round imposed upon 22 defendants, who all pleaded guilty, i^o doubt shop betting will now be very quiet for some time to come, oi until the law" i» altered, of which there appears to be very httie chaace at present. — Mr Hordern's horses, remarks " ITinpire," have won a good many races, though, considering the extent of his resources, no remarkable i success has been achieved in important events. j Ilealm won him a Sydney Cup, Vivian proved a horse of good class, and lately Mirella i figured as the best filly of her age running, i With Cravat, Miss West, The Skipper, Nor'East, Astronomer, Gunbearer, and others he has won races, tho last descendants of Nordenj feldt having piovcd equal to keeping the memory of that great horse and successful stal-. ! lion green. — One of the most successful meetings yet brought off under' the auspices of the Melbourne Driving Club was that held at Richmond oit the-28th April. ' The feature or the day was the performance of AUsta in the Mile Trot. She won from 21seo behind scratch in 2min 59seo, but Whitburn being rather confident she was nearly piped on the post by Estimate. Alista has good trotting blood on each side of the house, being by Osfcerley (v--ho competed in the race) from Calista. She is owned by Mr C I Alexander, and he no doubt possesses a very brilliant niare. — No fewer than 23 went out to contest the Canterbury Park Stakes (New South Wales) on the 30th April. Gozoetta, a three-year-olcl sister to Gozoczar, was made a warm favourite, but she did not get a place or show special i galloping powers at any part of the race. > Chaka displayed pace, l?ut did not see it out, \ So did Stelene, Ennis, and Hector, who were all headed by Crauime mmc straight. He ' .>.ofeed Uke ssiyaijioae yuM MifiiSPftiistaeifi '

(by Beauchamp — Fenella) came through with a clear run on the rails, and acpounted for him a few strides from the post. ; — " Terlmga " writes : St. Hippo, the best horse New Zealand has boasted between Maxim and Multiform, now stands 16. 2 i, and is a very ! grand specmien of the powerful thoroughbred. Thsre is not v. bit of lumber about him, and he • is one of the moat docilo horses I ever en- | countered. How good he was not even George J Wright can say. He won his New Zealand j races in very handsome style, and had run his j six furlongs on the tan at Flemington in lmin I 1 19 sec betore he went amiss just before the I autumn meeting of 1893. Ho won over all dis- | tances, but Wright thinks pace was his forte. — A Melbourne exchange commenting upon the racing at CauLfield this month says: The going was somewhat heavy after the rain, yet [ Melailic's time for the five furlongs was lrniu j 3sec, which is very good. Metallic has proved j exceptionally successful since he camo to i Melbourne, and after: easily downing the op- | 'position with 10.3 in the saddle he is likely to j be at the top of the tree in future short distance ' handicaps. Ago between Amiable, Metallic, I and Olaf would f«rou3G vecy keen excitement. ! Over five furlongs there ±3 no e<?rtamty that ! Amiable would beat Metallic in his present I condition. \ — Lyttelton Times saj's . — " There is a very i general impression that the administration of the affairs of tho C.J.C. has "fallen into the hands of three or four 'gentlemen who are not exactly in touch either with the sporting public or with the smaller owners. It is true thej' have don© a great deal to add to the attractions of the enclosed portion of * the cdurse i«.t Riccarton, and to increase the value and import- ' ance of the races decided at the club's rneeLings, i but it is equally true that they have not managed | I to satisfy that large section of their patrons I who can afford noither a seat in the grand stand ' nor a representative in the classic events. i — The winner of the Chester Cup, Up 1 Guards, is a full brother to that brilliant per- \ ' former Count Schomberg, wbo has proved him- , 1 self to be the best handicap horse in England, j 1 and who, prior to achieving distinction on the J I fiat, was successful over the small sticks, having I I won the Autiel Grand Hurdlo Race for M. i ! Lebaudy. Up Guards is consequently by ' Aughrim (son of Xenophon) from Clonavarn, I by Balioi (son of Blair Athol) from Expectation, by Handsome Jack (son of Touchstone) j from Frudence, by Voitigeur Irom Gossamer, i by Birdcatcher, etc., and was breil by the late '■ \ Colonel Jesse Lloyd, of Ballyieck, County j 1 Monaghan. Ireland. j 1 — The withdrawal of Olaf from the South ' Australian Jockey Ciub Goodwood Handicap ! caused considerable consternation in sporting | ; circles. " Tarquin " remarks: The statement j that Olaf WPS not brought to Adelaide because 1 ho was too fractious or frightened to .enter his = box at the railway station would appear to b aye ' no foundation ia fact. -The Age says it was in- ! tended that he should be taken to Adelaide, I but .his trainer, R. Batty, practically at the iast moment, decided not to take the trip. He had tried, he said, to build up the horse, but without success, and Eatty feared that when he got to Atlelaidi? he would be ip. appearance, to use his own phrase, " awfully like a crow."