NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 66, 22 September 1906, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

AvOndale to.day. Wanganui races on Thursday and Friday. The Epsom Handicap will be run next Saturday. The Yaldhurst cast-off, Delaware, is doing solid work on the Caulfield tracks. The St. Leger mare Okoari has been stinted to the imported horse San Fran. Mannlicher's progeny won two successive races on the seoond day at Ashburton. ' Benbow will be Scobie's representative m the A. J.C. Derby, to be run next Saturday. The hitherto disappointing ' Pearl Necklet is doing good work on the tracks at Ellerslie. Captain Shannon, with 7.9 on his back, will be very hard to beat m the Wanganui Flying. Trainer J. Allsop has decided not to persevere further with that good mare Lord Ullin's Daughters » Grand Slam who performed fairly well last season is at nresent m good fbrm, and should notch a win before long. Anropos Of Mr Jack Wren's venture I m the newspaper line, Bill Shakspere once wrote of " Wren with little quill." The Te Aroha Racing Club intend if possible to alter the date of their meeting to the second week m December. F. Lind was riding at the Marton and Bulls meetings, so it would appear that he has abandoned his return trip to Sydney. A reminder is given to owners that acceptances for the Hack events at the Wanganui meetihg close on Monday evening next at 9 p.m. Miss King is getting back to her best form, judging by her Rosehill efforts, and it is quite likely that she will score a win at the A. J.C. meeting. The Auckland horse Scotty continues to improve m his preparation. All going well he should be seen to advantage at the forthcoming, meetings up north. The racing "boom" m Western Australia still continues. The Boulder Club held a three days meeting last week and. put £50,481 through the totalisator. . There are a lot of people who think Highden, a maiden ' performer m Alf. Shearsby's stable, is a cut above the ordinary and I want to be a bit with Alf. when the dollars go m. Private advices received m Wellington record the fact that Swimmer, Hydrant and Togos, who .were shipped to .Sydney by the s.'s. Wimmera, had a good passage and all landed safely. ■'/ Grave doubts were expressed about the intentions of several pf the runners at the Bull's meeting, but it may be that, they were not ready, and[ their, owners wished .them to have a race to bring them on. Jim Dorset', who iiow occupies ihe position of, first favorite fof .-the j Epsom Handicap at Bs, was knocked j back to 20 's a 'couple of. weeks ago, but the "dough", was put m and he soon occupied his former position. The '. Dunedin jockey J. McGuire, who was recently engaged to ride Mr G. -F. Moore's horses, rode, his first mount under the new colors at Marton, when he secured a win on that well-bred filly Helen Portland. Latest accounts to hand from Sydney state that the Lochiel horse, Scot Free, has oome into the mark? et for the Metropolitan Handicap, and at the present time it looks any odds on him starting first favorite on the day. Sir Percivale was firmly supported on the second day at Ashburton, hut failed to outpace Man jess . who was receiving Bifes from the Sir Lancelot gelding. The stewards reviewed the latter's running, but decided to take fto action. ' The N.Z. horses, 'Hydrant and Miss King, have been nominated m the hurdle events at the forthcoming A . J.C. meeting, and the ' names of Swimmer, Rongoa and" Miss King appear m the ;nominations for the Steeplechase at the. same meeting. Mr G. F. Moore, has a particularly fine string of horse's m work just at present. Helen Portland and Fontenov have pleased the touts of late, but the little Mahaki mare Armistice confines her hest .gallops to the occasions when the stakes are to.be won. The. Spring meeting of the Masterton Racing Club will be the last that the present secretary, Mr Thos. Duncan, will control, as that gentleman will on the first of November move to Wellington, where he intends entering into business on his own account. A cable announces that Sleeper has been destroyed. Last ' year J. 0. Smith won the Epsom Handicap with Slee.ner and he was very confident of repeating that performance this year as the horse was pome -really well on the track, and would have been at his .best by the 29th. The gelding Evenlode, who won a treble at the Ashburton meeting, was opposed by' a very "snide" lot, and he must have been a long way ahead of the opposition m the jumping events. The son of King George was right at the top of the weights and won his races m convincing style. Barney Allen (the Golden King) announces m this issue that he is prepared to do business on all forthcoming events. Barney has been before the public for many years, and is quite famed for the liberal odds he Jays. Correspondents need only address, letters "Barney Allen, Melbourne." The N.Z. trainer, Dave Price, does not reckon he is receiving fair treatment from the A. J.C. handicapper, and he has asked the latter body to hold an enquiry into his case. It is bad enough for Price to have horses that are continually going cronk without having the handicapper doing the same thing. Since his arrival m New Zealand the St. Simon horse Soult has made quite a name for himself, and it would be difficult to point to . many of his stock that have raced without success. Should his record continue it will probr.bly be found that the owners of the imported horse will be rushed with mares from all over the colony.

Matuku has been, sent to the stud. Ellerton is favorite for the Spring Handicap at the Wanganui meeting. .•' Mr C. O'Connor has been appoint-\ ed starter to the Woodville Jockey Club. * Multifid has been off the tracks for a few days and his leg is troubling his j i trainer. The N.Z. TattersaU's Club race meeting will be held m Auckland next February. The writer selects Medallist, 8.9, as one of the best treated horses m the Flying Handicap at the Wanganui meeting. Jos. Prosser leaves for Wanganui on Monday and will take Exmoor, Maui, Gold Crown, Kuku and Devonia with him. J. McCombe has purchased a property at Riccarton and last week left Dunedin and will m future settle permanently m Christchurch. Sea Lion, the full brother to Achilles, took first prize m the thoroughbred stallion class at the Royal Agricultural Show m Melbourne. The. Stepniak mare Volodia was the medium of a big commission m Wellington for the Farewell Handicap m Ashburton. She duly realised and paid £4 4s. The Porirtia representative, Golden Crest, full brother to Gold Crown, will be sent to Hastings to take part m the three-year-old events next month. Exmoor's mission at the Wanganui meeting will be the hurdle events. The son of Grafton should prevail on the first day, as the opposition is only moderate. Liberator, m Higgott's Hutt stable, is entered m the hurdle events at the Wanganui meeting, hut the owner has not yet decided if his horse Will make .the trip. Achilles is doing trotting exercise on the beach at Porirua, and his first outing this season will, most likfely, be m. the Jubilee Cup at the C.J.C. meeting m November. Mr W. fravies left for Bulls on Tuesday morning to see Ballarat run. He came back home after the Rangitikei meeting, but the black mare went on to Wanganui and will remain there till after the Spring meeting of, tlie W.J.C West Australian papers to hand show that Lothian, who was shipped to Perth after falling m the Caulfield National, has won the . Great Western Steeplechase and his owner, Mr P. A. Connolly, is credited with winning £10,000 over .. his _ victory. They must bet some m tbe West ; but admitting that £10,000 is a lot of money to win. A deputation consisting of Messrs C. Major, E. Allison and Herries, M.'sH.R and representing the North Island Horse Owners' Association,' waited upon the Minister of Railways last week y/ith regard to the charges, made for the. carrying of racehorses on the railways, and also asked that m future lights be placed m horseboxes. The Minister promised to look into the.' deputation's grievances.

Mr A.. Law returned from a busij ness visit : to . .■ Auckland during . the week. Durjng his stay m the Northern city- he was interviewed by _a press • representative and asked his opinion of the totalisator. "Nulli Siecundus" set his objections out very fully, and it is understood that the opponents of the machine intend to have them reprinted m pamphlet form and distributed broadcast. Discussing the horses seen out at the last Caulfield meeting, Melbourne "Truth" has an especially good word for Seddon, the full brother to W:rriki, now m Ike ' Foulshaih's. stable. He is reported to be very mi'ch like Wairiki, but has not the latter's length. He carries his head very high, but looks like being veryspeedy. Foulsham .has given him plenty of work and he is m p, .very forward state. Last week I paid a visit to the cemetery at Karori for the purpose of seeing the monument recently erected by some friends over the graye of the late Wm. (Waxy) Thomas, who died last June. The monument is of marble and shaped like .an urn and round the grave is- a concrete fence with iron railings. The whole thing is a distinct credit to the promoters and his friends m the distance will be glad to hear that poor Waxy's grave is well attended to. Dunn- the discussion on the Totalisator Abolition Bill, Mr Herries expressed his readiness to help Mr Ell m his efforts tb suppress gambling, so far as bookmakers were concerned, and pointed out that it was only fair to give the totalisator a trial when the bookmakers had been completely outlawed. He recommended the Member for Christchurch to work on the lines indicated 'by the Bishop of Hereford's Commission and quoted a passage from the report of that Commission, inter alia, the prohibition of newspapers devoted to racing news and anticipations.- We think that the gentleman from the Bay of Plenty was a trifle wide of the mark m that particular suggestion. Why. if he had such a Bill carried m the House it would be the kindest act he could do for the-pen-cilled. Now if, as he says, he is really desirous of downing the hooks let him and the seventy odd Members of Parliament carefully follow the tips m "Truth" for say one year and bet with the callers of odds. We venture to say that by October, 1907, the totalisator would have as little opposition as the present Government.