NOTES BY "BUFF AND BLACK."

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6378, 13 February 1892, Page 3

NOTES BY "BUFF AND BLACK."

The Hawke's Bay Jockey Club loses a most efficient treasurer in Mr A. L Lang, who has, I re_ret to say, been obliged to resign that position owinir to continued illhealth, necessitating his departure for Australia. Mr Lang, who is an ard_.it sportsman, has tata-n a lively intercut v. the affairs of tho Club for seme time past and will be greatly miesed. Mr Lang will bo absent otehteen months or two years. Mr Bert Newman, who till rccentlj trained for Mr Oollan at tlmt gentleman s station, has taken the Albert Hotel stables at Hastings, and should soon havo a string of horses under his caro. , A system of uniformity is a very desirable thing," not only in all matters pertaining to the turf, but iv everything elso, and when uniformity ceases to exist or is practically a dead-letter, so to speak it is time the authorities particularly interested should take act-ion and arrange for a revision of a practice which is carried on one way in some centres and different in others, being consequently tbe subject ot adverse comment, lb,- subject, matter ot lb- ois.pii.s v i- ''■"« i'' l "" '""■ ' .'"; rlit.-i .-.li.c-.r th.- t..l„u .' .' <■'* ' "'J has often been ■US'-n--■ .1 in tii.-s- - .iv and in other newspapers throughout the colony, bat still continues to bub up serenely in a most tantalizm- fashion at odd intervals, -win* to various causes which do not need enumeration. In my opinion the whole question now resolves itself to this-that every club in the colony should either charge the machine investing publio 11. per cent , making them pay the extra one and a-half percentage, or charge only ten per cent, the former imposition and pay the Government demand out of .heir .wo coffers. It will bo readily_ recognised that there is a great deal of toiee in this suggestion, inasmuch as it is extremely undesirable that m a matter of this description there should be a uiek of uniformity, and consequently an ox:i_tone. of a spirit of dissatisfaction amongst the sporting cmmun.ty. Either let us have one thing or the other and the sooner a settlement takes pla,e the bet er. I notice that a club in tl>« Vucklaiid district only charged the public ten per cerd. at its gathering the other day, and I would greatly like to know whether H askcu he Auckland Rucing Club permission to depart from the recently made rule respecting totalisator percentages, or -hether it charged only ten per centon Us own account. If the latter is the case the Auckland Metropolitan institution should not allow it, and will lack iv the performunco of its duty if it does not demand ;.u explanation. >n this d.striot the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club lias adopted a very strict attitude in regard t„ this matter. It ordered—and rightly, J. think, for if there are totalisator rules in fur.-), adopted by the conference of turf delegates, they should be strictly carried out until repealed—that every club under its jurisdiction should deduct the Government tax from totalisator investments, and compute the ordinary ten per cent on the balance. The Waipiwa County Pacmj. Club, and sub.-eqm-utly the Napic lark Kucinir Cmb, unte applying that tie} should be alio,- o ~. char.c ten per cunt only, p:.vi.iv ■!. -Joyernment t«x -ml or their o"i-ii i'-i ' . but their requests were refused. It if rather usioniMjiug to find I'.e WflliuKtou "a-lug .;!"»«, who - »v.. Id'herto tlrirgcd Hi ptr cent, now propositi..' to deviate from its r, cently adopird pls.tl-.Mn. and btrUuyj; naca to the ohi-t,m,. custom. No v..1-d reason w given whatever, and it is re-.somtble to suppose that this divergence 11 the outcome ofa desire toseenro popularity, for it has-Leu lately asserted by the croaking pnttion ot of the press taat a l.irj.. number m people would not sta: d incrrai-cd totalisator taxation, and would cease bestowing their patrnn.it,'-, tho natural result, being that the sportm" institutions would bo sufferers monetari.v. However, recent experience ha- shown that this is unmitigated bunkum, as in this district the tdalisator statistics show that Mere has been an unparalleled merea-c in the amount of investments over former years. The Wellington Club, h-nv.ver, do not intend adopting the old custom until »t.cr their steepl-'haso meeting, trad it is to De hoped that by that time the question will be settled one way or the other, 'i lie reason i- that it issued its programmes tor the | present season based on the understanding that the tax should be levied on the public. Those who rim may raid, and it is obvious from the .above that if the public paid tho extra ono and a-half per cent till over the colony tho clubs would bo able to give better prizes to be run for, aud the result. -would be beneficial iv every respect. Tho Waipawa County Racing Club Committee met at Kaikora last night, when it was decided to hold the autumn meeting on Thursday, 7th April. The following programme was decided on :—Handic-p Hurdles, of 05 soys; Maiden Hack Race, of 30 soys; Handicap Hack Race, of 10 soys; Waipawa County Racing Olub Handicap, of 120 soys ; Ladies' Puree Hack Handicap, of 30 soys ; Flying Handicap, of _;j soys ; Hack Flying Handicap, of 30 soys. The programme drawn up is a good one, and tho Club should be rewarded by numerous nominations and a successful meeting. I hear from Dunedin that the Cup horse Occident is very well just now, although occasionally ho seems to be a trifle lazy on tho track. He is favorite, and so ho ought to be He ran second to freedom last year with B*t 01b iv tho saddle, and this year he has almost a stone leas to carry—one of thoso rare specimens of handicapping which deserves chronicling. _ _ .„ . , The Waipawa County Racing (.duo s balance at the bank is now £500, and tho committee havo decided to place £100. on fixed deposit. Mr Evett must tbiuk a lot of the erst Napier hack Van Dieman when ho gives him ton weight with The Baron aud Ingorina in the Victoria Handicap at the Auckland-Onslow meetiug above Loohuess, Dolosa, and the Auckland Cup winuer Pinfire (to whom he has to give three pounds), and others. He should not be asked to give Patchwork, Leorina, aud three or four others who are better animals weight in the Cup, although he has shown his ability to gallop of late. I think Mr Wright's horse rather harshly treated. Tirailleur is said to bo the only ono of Mr Gollan's string in Australia who is really ■wall and in good health. _ The Dunedin horse Dilemma is ciown with influenza. . ' Bungebah is firm in the betting market tit, 7 to 1 for the Newmarket Handicap. The local mare Link will not be taken up to tbe Auckland Onslow meeting. Nap who won the Third Handicap Steeplechase, of 3..- miles, at Takapuna, with list 61b up, is half-brother to Umranto. His pedigree is Don Juan-Quick-step At the same meeting Master Pat (King Cole—Eileen Allanah) won the Welter with lOst up, beating seven others, and paying £11 17s. ___.-,. ,v At the Wairoa races Herbert, Bateman, and No Use ran first, second, and third respectively in the. Hurdles on both days j feerbert is a six-year-old gelding_ by 1 Hercules out of Juliet. Bateman is by Gladiator out of Fairy Queen, and No Use is by Mungahaor-e's sire, Pohokura. Rua-tau-.u-.ta and Dandy, who ran first and second in the Maiden, are both by Dauiel O'i.orke The first n_med paid a uoat.'dividend infourpouudsodd. Kupenga, who has won a few good races, was tho top weight in tho County btakes aud had for his opponents Avis, Stockfish Zaccho and Cairngorm, whom ho succeeded iv putok.g down, contrary to general expectation, and ho paid his backers £a 14s The winner is by Piscatonous out ot Queen of the Vale, and is now five years old The Gisborne representative Cairngorm (Foul Play-Flirt) ran a dead heat with Kclipsc, tho Napier horse, who was conceding him 101b, for secoad piace Rollo, however, wou the Flying on - the second day with tho sou of Foul PlayMLittle Fidget, which made it worth nis while ..tteuding the meeting. The consistent fc'ilvermino (by Badsworth) got home in tho Hospital Stakes, but could not down Eclipse in the Flying. Mr Crarer's Longwaist upset a nig pot in the District Plate Handic-p, of 1* «» «, wben h. beat Claude {10at 31b), Mashal Ney Sst 12lb) Hinemoa (Sat 10lb), Pairawatu .Sst 71b) Vesuvius (_at 71b), Ruatamuata (Bst 71b),' and paid £23 9s dividend Longwaist (Apremont—Fleur.-inge) carried 9st lib. This horse has been practically a failure at raoiusr but in this it stance he forcibly demonstrated the truth of the old adage that " blood must tell." He was as a youngster owned by tho Hon. \Y. Robinson, aud sho.ved promise of a great Derby colt, but iio turned out no good. 'Aa was afterwards iv Percy Martin's stable at Hastings, but could not win a handicap, and Mr W. Erou"_ton bought him, but he could only win = a race or two at Wairoa %v ith him. The son of Apremont subsequently became the property of Mr T. Carroll, and has ever since been located in the Wairoa district. Marshal Ney (by Piscatorious) paid the. next biggest dividend in the District Race on the second day —£11 odd. He beat a big field, and Longwaist ran second. Mr .lull's Zaccho brought a race to Napier iv the Forced Handicap, paying _4 9s. , ~ , The Egmont Handicap will be decided on the' 17thlust., and so far there are no less than fifteen contestants, but a few will no doubt be weeded out before the day. .mere are very few of these paid up for, in my opinion, who can get two miles. Etitma will g'> up from Wellington, and will have CulcUo in the saddle, but hitherto she has ouly "ot a mile and a-half aud then caused it -urprise. Boulauger ought to have a big fallow with Sst 01b, as he is a sterling good horse, head and shoulders above anything else over a variety of distances, aud on hid Dunedin running must have a big show, from the first, however, I have had a fancy for his stable companion. Fox ton, who h-is p,-t a very light v,.=/ght in oat 71b, aud siio-ld bo e_" of the pi...J hot-es Frufc.r. * nit'- did u_. waiuie-t a partiality tor tho iucklaud -up di-tanoe, but he is a good horw and may show uh what he is mude ot in ai'is race. Krina m.d Whisper arc the Hawke's Bay representatives, but I wiuunt Miy I «m enamoured of thooUaeeu oi. m her. "warua Rose, the iifclaon W-e, wilt have ' ", (1 i„ of live pounds to put up ;0.----to mot- 111.111 .. ueu a. ->-.- V -,:..,,,,. ,-,<_ the other island. - urus (0-;j ,, * >■••;.' the H-B.J.C. Bracelet, with a We - weight, is the only outsider who ban show, iv my opinion . -ho jU Jfatchwotk; v_u"s»--v.» t'.'o .-.-."p I .*"'..*-' f>

of a mile and a-half, is very well just now, aud may have a say in the settlement of the race, but whether he can get to the end of a good two-mile race after his long retirement is problematical. However, he is a horso that may be considered dangerous My tin v -. oXr>N' or BUULVNGEH (.mole mates), FRATER-T IK, PATCHW')KK. \r_ .(_ g_ Oollan's local racehorses left Hn-iii,.'., ~« route for Australia to-day, where ili.-y will join the string taken across the water last year The animals were taken to Wellington by train, and will be shipped from tho Empire City. A telegram received from Dunedin this afternoon sates that there is considerable enquiry for Mr Ormond's Free Lance for the Dune, in Cup, and he is now down to G to 1 iv the betting market.