NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 57, 21 July 1906, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Bounce fell at the last fence m the Final Hurdles. Catspaw -has joined Geo; Collelo's team a& Hastings. Rongoa was purchased by his present owner for £50. , Jewel Gun is again m work at Hastings, under Rayner, , , - C. Jenkins rode 72 winners during the season just closed. ■ It is rumored that Slow Tom may be sold to go to England; The Master ton Club gave away £2,265 m stakes last season. , Romany King has been indulged m a spell-, but is now up .Again. \E. Stevenson has sold Nonette to a Queensland buyer for £450. Lyrist was not once prominent m either of his essays at Trentham. | Scot Free is the popular fancy at ' Randwick for the Melbourne Cup. Mahutonga leaves Gisborne for Sydney to-day m charge of M. Maher. . J. McCombie rode one winner and three seconds at the Wellington meeting. Captain Shannon is being backed from the right quarter for the Winter Cud. Narcotic ran very badly m the Winter Oats and was never prominent. The annual meeting or. the Masterton Racing Club will .be held on July 25th.

Maniapoto is m slow work at Randwick, but moves short and is evidently sore. Rose Madder finished last m the Winter Oats and is probably not ready yet ; Gawain was accepted lor two races on. Saturday last but did not face the barrier. Pushful was well supported for the Final Hurdles but had to go under to Cuiragno, J. Chevalley rode Decoration, the winner of the V.R.C. Grand National Steeplechase. Three jockeys named Griggs, Triggs and Higgs rode m the Derby at Epsom this year. "Wi Waka was not started on the second day at Trentham owing to one of his legs filling. Pipi has been sent to Riccarton to finish his preparation for the Grand National Steeplechase. Captain Shannon ran badly m the Onslow Handicap and was done with a long way from home. Kremlin has 10.12 m the Winter Cup. Exactly the same weight that he won with last year. The Auckland horseman, W. Wilson, had one ride (Cuiragno) and one win at the Wellington meeting. C. Hathaway had Rosegrove and Whataroa at the Wellington but neither scored for him. Exmoor ran badly m his second attempt at Trentham and was quite done, half-a-mile from home. Maui won the Winter Oats by a length, and heads only separated White Star and Rose Petal. Cuiragno continues to improve, and nothing had a chance with the son of Cuirassier m the Final Hurdles. .An efiort was made to lease Apologue from Mr R. Cleland, but the latter refused to entertain the offer. Tirole showed food form for a beginner over the hurdles and his second at Trentham was full of, merit. I Error seems to be on the improve and should win a -hack hurdle race where the company is not too select: Lissa was given a run m the July Steeples but was always last, and after covering a mile the old jumper fell. Tonderghie ran two good races at Trentham and should score for his new owfter at the beginning of next season. A local owner has purchased the Auckland hurdler Liberator, and he has been sent to his new ciuarters at the Hutt. ■' ■ , Mocassin walked away lame after contesting the Wellington Steeplechase and was not seen out on the second 'day. Wirral and L&ndwern were a long way m front of' the rest of the field m the Trial Plate at Trentham on Saturday G-. Walls rode the winner of the Hack Hurdles af the Wellington Club's Winter meeting two years m succession. Sobraon ran well m both the Hack Hurdle races at the Wellington meet-' ing and should annex a race m the near future. The two favorites, Irish and Maui, won their races at Trentham.' on Saturday and the double machine only paid £7 7s. ■ Irish won- the July Steeples from end to end. He jumped much better the second iday than he did m the big Steeplechase. Dennis Moraghan left for Auckland/ on Monday morning and will leave for Riccarton with Sol and Baritone early next week. Geo. Price rode Cairngorm to victory m the Moorefield Handicap on July 7. The winner started at 9 to 2 and won easily. ' Prospector repeated his performance of the opening day by again winning the Hack Hurdles m a somewhat easy manner. The Hon. H. D. Ormond has won the Trial Plate at the winter meeting of the Wellington Racing v Club two years- m succession. \ When the last mail left England "Brownie" Carslake, the Australian horseman, had ridden m three races, two of which he won. Mr J. H. Nixon, a prominent steward of the Wanganui Jockey Club,- was present at the Trentham meeting on Saturday. Asteroid should xeceivea lot of benefit from her two outings at the Trentham meeting and might score a win at Riccarton next month. Trout beck, who l ran second to Spearmint m the Derby, comes from the famous. Kinersclere stable, formerly ruled over by John Porter. A. Hall took his team back to Feildfing after the Trentham meeting and will not make the trip to Riccarton till the end of the month. L. Hewitt had the mount on Lord Allen-dale 'at Flemington last Wednesday week. He started favorite, but failed to get into the. placed division. St. Claimer was made a good favorite m the Onslow' Handicap, but although he had the services of McCombie he was unable to beat Ailsa. "Signalman is sure to start favorite m the Winter Cup" said a Riccarton trainer to the . writer when discussing the Cup at Trentham last week. In the sensational trial run by Sp'earniint. the Derby winner, with Pretty Polly the former won, but was m receipt of 391 b s from the mare. The C.J.C. handicapper, Mr J. E. Henrys, was present both days at Trentham and took special interest m the doings of the National candidates. Maui is much improved horse and won the Winter Oats easily. His owner, Mr J. R. McDonald, was present to see his colors carried to victory. \ Johnny Belcher, the Wanganui trainer, was m town last week m connection with a patent hurdle, a model of which he showed to all interested. Kruger was made second favorite m the July Steeples, but after traversing a couple of miles he baulked and was only got over at the third attempt. D. Maher has won the English Derby on three different occasions. He was on Rock Sand m 1903. on Cicero last year and on Spearmint this year. t Rongoa gave his supporters a grand run for their money m the July Steeples and would have been second to Irish had he not fallen at the last fence.

Black Squall came with a wet sail m the straight and just failed to catch Tirole, who was second m the Hack Hurdles on the concluding day at Trentham. A good offer was received by Mr E. Stevenson for Windy after her success, at Melbourne, Before these lines anpear she will probably have been sold to go to India. The Wellington Racing Club's judge, Mr W. H. Hartgill, had some very close finishes to decide at the Trentham meeting, but m no ease was his verdict questioned. Wirral had a good levee m the bird cage prior to the start of the Trial Plate, at Trentham: All the leading owners who were present scrutinised Mr Ormond's colt keenly. C. O'Neill was to have ridden Auriculum m the V.R.C. Grand National Steeples but as that horse was scratched it is more than probable that the Maorilander looked on. Melodeon has been sold and goes into the Kogarah trainer O'Connor's stable. Dick is the' artist who prepared the Newmarket Handicap winner, Pendant, for Mr J. Brennan. Armamento, with only 9fts above the minimum, looked a good bet m the Thorndon Hack race, and so it proved, for the Dunehin bred colt was early m front and was never troubled. ' A 'good story is told about a,wellknown North Island trainer who ask' ed A. Hall to lend Mm Shrapnel totry his horse with at Trentham just prior to the Wellington meeting last week. On his first day's form Pawa was well backed by his connections for the Thorndon Hack Handicap. He succeeded m beating all but Armamento and paid £2 3s for second place Paddy Crick informed the House one day last week that he had been up at 3 a.m. to see Collarit gallop. Early to nise makes one wealthy and Wise if a few prads like . Collarit are m the stable. White Star and Rose Petal had a great set-to for second place m the Winter Oats on Saturday, and their respective. Nriders strained every nerve. The judge decided m favor' of the former by a neck. On the racecourse all men are equal. At Trentham on Saturday a jockey addressed his employer by his Christian name without bringing' forth a rebuke from the latter, proving that he was quite used to it. Ailsa made amends for her recent failures by winning the Onslow Handicap. She ran m - the rear of the field till the straight was reached and then ranged alongside the leaders eventually winning by a length. Visitors to Trentham last week were loud m their praises of the excellent arrangements of the racing, and secretary Whyte and his able assistant (Mr J. Griffiths) were the recipients of hearty congratulations on all sides. . " The light weight jockey, McNamara, who has not been m the saddle too much of late, owing to illness, rode Compass twice at the Wellington meeting but failed to score. Horsemen can't lift prads past the post, they must gallop. Secretary Hayr . of the Avondale Jockey Club was a noticeable, absentee from the recent * meeting of the Wellington Racing Club. The popular Harry had intended beins present but at the last moment was prevented owin«r tQ •indispoaitioh.it ; : r ; Multiform was at the Lead .of. the list of winning sires for the Reason just ended. His son- Noctuiform won more money than any other horse, and a similar remark- allies to his owner, Mr' G. G-. Stead, who' headed the list of winning owners. Shrapnel was not started on the second day of the Wellington meeting. Workman's son has plenty of pace, but Hall will require to give him more schooling. He was very lucky not to fall at the last jump m the Winter Hurdles, as he twisted right round when m the air. . From Mr T. Duncan, secretary of the Masterton Racing Club, I have received a cop^ of the balance-sheet to be presented to members at the annual meeting. It discloses a very; healthy state of affairs and 'the Club are to be congratulated on having Ind a' very successful season. •Grumbles a contemporary : "The difficulty was that Madden, suffering from an ill-placed boil, could not take his seat on Torpoint at Chester." Jusso ; therefore the jockey with a boil m the back blocks may be saM to be "standing" down m the most literal sense of the Oft-figurative term. . Punters, be on the gui- vive for Wirral. He is a good one and no doubt about it. His finish .with- Landwern on Saturday was a treat to Witness. Davies' colt looked to have him beaten a furlong from home, but then McCombie pushed the big fellow a bit and he ran as true as steel, and never offered to flinch. The quarterly picnic of the bookmakers was held on the Trentham road, outside the racecourse, on Saturda~ and was well attended. Luncheon was provided and everything passed off well. The principal event, the 440 yds dash for the 4.35 p.m. train to Wellington, was won by Paddy Hilton, who showed a lot of pace. s - Racegoers were very sorry when it became known that 0. O'Neill , had been so unfortunate as to have his left thigh fractured when , Debenture fell m the Maiden Hurdle Race, for the well-mannered, merry-eyed New Zealand lad has established himself as a general favorite since he came to Melbourne. Dr. P. J. Flanagan, who attended him, says the' fracture is a very badi one, and at the least it will be six months before O'Neill will bo able to ride again.— Melbourne "Truth." , : • ■ ■ . The fourth estate' were well represented at Trentham last week, and one and all were unanimous m expressing the opinion that it tis the most enjoyable course m the colony. Never a wish 1 is represented to sec- , retarv Whyte that is not at oncej gratified, , and outside pressmen always look upon their visit to, Trentham as more of a> holiday than anything else. Certainly none of them present at this meeting were m any danger of suffering from an attack of cacoethes scribendi through being over zealous. Wirral (Birke-nhead— Nixie) was a hot order m. the Trial Plate. He was very fractious at the post, and before the start he bolted, but McCombie pulled him up before he had gone (

far. When the barrier rose he jumped back but soon settled into his stride and chased Landwern, who set a solid pace. Half way up the straight he I caught Davies' horse and beat him home by a length. The winner is a splendid big brown gelding and looks more like a five-year old than a twoyear old. He should have a successful career on the turf. G. Price rode Chivalry m a mile race at Moorefield, but finished last. The stipendiary stewards called Price before them and warned him for not riding his mount right out with the stick. Chivalry is a very bad finisher and all the stick m the world would not make him go a yard faster when he is done. It will be interesting to see how Price gets on with Melodeon and Starshoot, as both hoarses detest the stick and might land the New Zealand horseman m trouble. Anyhow, stewards who want a beaten horse wallopped all the way up the straight m a hopeless chase ought to get a wallopping themselves and then be sent to work m a brick-clay • pit for life ! The season of 1905-6 was brought, to a close last Saturday, when a well backed prad, m Armamento, scored a win and so placed punters on good terms with themselves. Indeed, during the whole of the afternoon favorite after favorite rolled home, and most backers won money, which means that the bookmakers had a bad da-f It is rather difficult to say how the great struggle between the Tommies and the punters has fared this season. With about half the [year gone the bookmakers were reported as having the punters well beaten, but since the Wanganui Summer meeting it has gone steadily the other way, and I think it can be safely reckoned that contrary to, the usual custom- the season has ended m a win for backers. Capable judges of horse. racing a-] gree that dozens of races are lost every year by the use of the whip. No less an authority than the late Duke of. Beaufort expressed his opinion that the following sentence ought to be printed" m laro-e letters and hung over the bed of e,very young jockey; and to.- those who did not profit by it, the whip they misuse should be applied : "When you feel that it is time for you to begin to set-to, take out your whip and throw it over the rails." It is only masters of the art that fan hit a horse at the riirht moment without letting his head go— and letting his head go frequently means /his running o\it and losing two or three lengths. Archer often won a rape by the whip, especially on Whippet In, a sluggish but game horse, who took his punishment but ran true. In 1863 Fordham on Todleben, a half-brother to Vauban, won a race m an extraordinary manner by the whip. He was on the near side, and locked to another horse. Unluckily his whip was m; his right nand.. and he dared not shift his reins from his left. Two strides from the post he turned right round, and hit Todleben "a warm 'un" right over the tail ; the 1 horse made one bound, and won on the post. The race was the Post Stakes worth about £1500.— Exchanrp