NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 67, 29 September 1906, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

The Dunedin horseman, J. McGuire,; ! rode two winners at the Bull's meeting. The hack hurdler Mahoe is now owned .by UKrJtas, Bull, of Hunterville. ' The Merriwjee— Palaver colt m Mr E. J. Watt 'sf Stable is reported to be a flyer. W. Higgins ■ \fode two seconds on Hammond's pair, Hutana and Peruvian, atßulls. -• ' : Vatdo and Togos are engaged' "iri 'the Trial Stakes, a w.f.a. event, at 1 the A.J.C. meeting to-<day: — , I Noctuiform and Nightfall are- bQth entered for . the Cambridgeshire Stakes to be run next month. . Frank Lind had the bad luck ,to break his collarbone when Pilot fell with him on the first day of the Rangitikeir meeting. &%'. Bill ran creditably at Bulls, arid the St. Clement's geldine; had bajdj luck m b"mpin»r up against Fonte'n'by on both days. , Fred Holmes had Czavsvna looking well at Ash-burton-, and he should be jvery well by. the time the N.Z. Cup comes up for decision. \ On the ' strength' of a remarkably !good.gallpp over 1% miles Field Chin lwa.S' last iikVee'k supported for a: good (stake to w4n? the N.Z. Cup. s ; ; The Haut'-' Briori colt, Fontenoy, !caihe oh', ii lot after the Mar ton Jirieeting, .'arid his "double" at Bulls were both Micakewalks" for him. ', Mr Henrys must have thought that ■Polycaste could have been closer up on the first day at Bulls, for he raised her a pound arid then she won easily. , . Two-Step, by Stepniak— Faraway, m Mr J. F. Buchanan's stable at Riccarton, is reported to be a good one, and likely to turn out as good as Ailsa. The connections of Loiret threw m for a big win m the Welter Hack at Bulls, but Mr Watt's cast-off had no chance with Rosegrove, who won comfortably. A commission of £40 was semt back to the machine m the race Polycaste won or the Fordell trained mare would have paid a much bigger dividend than £3 16s. Ballarat was given a run m the Flying' at Bulls, but she was very big, and though she began .well, Fonteetioy always had her measure, and the Hutt mare was not started again at the meeting. The party behind Peruvian would not hear of the defeat of their horse m the Willowbank Steeples, but at the business end lie had to go down before Needlework, and his backers lost a few shillings m the £.

Concluding day of Avondale to-day. The Epsom Handicap will be run to-day. Ivanoff is to be sent to Hastings to contest the Hawke's Bay Guineas. Honyhnhmn was unlucky at Bulls and punters would do well to remember this. Moriarty, the half-brother to Spoil, is said to be one of the most promising youngsters m T. Quinlivan's charge. J. Burton has Lady Wallace very forward m condition, and this good mare should score at the A.J.C. meeting. Rumor has it that Campfire, who. ran second m a Maiden Race at the last Otaki meeting, .will not be raced again. The Flemington racecourse was m such a flooded condition that all the horses had to be shifted to Mentone and Caulfield. Lady Wayward (Bi.l of Poitir.nd— Elusive) is now to do stud work, her first companion being the imported horse Martian. Royal ' Scot, who has been . backed for such a lot of money for the Epsom Handicap, is an inmate of Ike Foulsham's stable. Alf Shearsby has a half-sister to Flamen m work at Levin, and. the filly will most likely be • given a run m the Hastings Stakes. Should Solution win the Metropolitan .Handicap, she will incur a 101 b penalty for the Meltolourne Cup, which will bring her impost up to 8.4. . ; Tautoru was started twice at the Rangitikei meeting, but there was nothing oh the credit side of the ledger as a result of his efforts. Yaflba Gaibba, who was some time ago backed f,or a good deal of money, for the Caulfield. Cup, ran disappointingly m the Rawson Stakes. The Wairarapa trainer,' . .Harry Fletcher, is contemplating an. assault' on Blenheim next month, and rumor ; says his team will be a pretty descent one. , Vladimir is again among the .entrants for the Stewards, Metropolitan - and Jockey Club Handicaps.; What a record, he will have should.he win either of the two latter events. ; Old Cannongate came to light once more at . Avomlale. A week or two back he showed signs of lameness, but this did not prevent him from showing good galloping power on: Saturday last. Sammy ran second to Needlework m the Clifton Steeples and ran agood honest race. Birkett's horse jumps faultlessly and when more : seasoned he should develope into a very useful 'chaser. , Libyan (Phoebus Apollo- Br own : Alice) is said to be >!oing .';ood wcrk. ' After the good performances that were' put up by the lately dead Ropa. I will not' be at ;ill : surpiisefTj to see Libyan win .souse 'in ■■••• no. Magazine, a well-backed candidate for the Epsom Handicap ran second to Pompous m the Tramway Handicap at TattersaH's Club meeting. He was ridden by ( Hewitt, and his; victory would have been well received, as he was a good favorite. In the , Killeymoon Hack race at Bulls the support accorded Volume • was very, heavy, and the money fairly.poured m fpr him. However, Lady Beresford hopped out m front and settled the good thine: and returned her supporters a "limit" dividend- ; C'/.&revna has beer s mentioned .. m. .more than one quarter as likely to run well .m the New Zealand Cup. It must be conceded that this horse performed very consistently last season, but he did nothing to stamp him as a stayer that would beat such horses as Boomerang and ParK tutu. Gladstone, the full-brother to Gladsome, who won the Avondale Cup last week, is said to have improved immensely since last season.' Should his. trainer, .C. Weal, keep him right till November he will have .to be reckoned with m the New Zealand j Cup, as he. is placed in' that event, at a very handy weight. The Auckland police continue, a vigorous crusade against the book- j makers for blocking the. footpath m Vulcan Lane and appear capable of defeating the strongest alibi. Up there m the North two of the boys m blue can, with success, pit their word against the evidence of about five- ordinary .citizens who prove an •absolute alibi! ' " ; ; ' There : was some very solid support accorded" Crimson Lake m the September Handicap, and all sorts, of oueer things were whispered m Wellington about the race m question. Many punters who usually put £1 on a horse, were endeavoring to get toners on Jack Goodwin's crock. Their dismay was great when the word was passed round that Polycaste had won and that Crimson Lake was scratched.: - Soultmaid, who won a double at Avondale last Saturday, is a particularly good performer. With Paritutu out of the Plunket Handicap itwas an ordinary sort of opposition that appeared against the Soult— Merry Maid filly, but by all accounts she made hacks of them. It will be remembered that she won two races m the one day at a previous meeting m Auckland, and ran two seconds on the concluding day of the Wellington Club's Autumn meeting. The accident to the New Zealand horse, Melodeon, is much to . be regretted, and I trust that by the time this is printed the horse will be reported all well. The son ox Medallion and Melodia has been expected to run creditably- on the other side and it will be hard luck for his owners should anything prevent him from .fulfilling his engagements. Unfortunately the chestnut horse was always marked for a nasty temper, and it was. probably his "violences" that took possession of him on Saturday last. The Premier is generally regarded as a good man at figures, but he seems to have given a rather high estimate of the amount of money sent from New Zealand to foreign sweepstakes. Figures on a Financial Statement can be construed, misconstrued, assailed and defended m a hundred different ways, but the same cannot be said of the plain assertion made by Sir Joseph Ward the other day. All over the colony the Press are giving their opinions of the figures and the general verdict is that they are exaggerated beyond measure.

Twp days' meeting at Blenheim next week. Gleam was not started at the Bulls meeting. Two Wanganui punters drew horses m the Rosehill Cup. Hawke's Bay Spring Meeting on Wednesday and Thursday. Mr Dugald Thomson passed through here last week on a business trip. The Boyne (Merriwee— Shannon) will represent Mr E. J. Watt m the Hastings Stakes. . Rosegrove ran up to his Marton form at Bulls, and out of two starts was placed first and second. The owner of Polycaste supported his horse for the September Handicap' and his price was a good one. St. Evelyn, the half-sister to Field Battery, who lately foaled to Seaton Delaval, is now to be mated with Soult. An Auckland lady once called a horse of hers Bad News, and gave as her reason that bad news travels quickly. > , Southern writers vote Sir George Clifford's present team a very mediocre lot. ' Charley Pritchard took Bandmaster to the Rangitikei meeting, but the -was unlucky enough to run second on both days. ■•••■•■ -■-••.. Alec Hall had Shrapnel looking a picture at Bulls. There are very few' better at putting a polish on' a horse than the Feilding mentor. The "shrewdies" would have nothing but General Peel m the Hack Hurdles, and he won easily, paying a little better than level money. The entries for the C.J.C. Metropolitan meeting appeared last Monday. The Steward's Handicap includes a brilliant, list of sprinters. The • well-known racing officials Messrs I-lartgill, Henrys and Ames have each received appointments for the Ashhurst meeting, at Christmas time. , ' , Victoria Park and Tiraumea, who ran unplaced m the Welter Hack, were carrying their owner's good "tin' 1 ' and should be kept m view for future engagements. Mr D; O'Brien, owner of Multifid, has gone to Sydney to attend the" A.JiC. meeting. This cannot be reassuring to backers of Multiform's son for the N.Z. Cup. Alec Hall was reckoned to have n. mortgage on the. Spring Handicap with. Shrapnel and the u dough" went m hot and strong, but Ngatarua upset the 'good tiling and paid £6 6s. A noticeable feature about the Marton and Bulls meetings was the i absence of several of the handicappers whe should always endeavor to be picsent at the early Spring mecbings. Though Fontenov was raised 201 b for winning the Flying Handicap, the public deemed the Telegraph Handicap the test of good things for him, and Mr Moore's horse only paid £l 1 18s on the second day. Narcissus ran third m the Wi,lowbank Steeples on the first day, but Needlework and Peruvian out of the way, the Riccartoii prad easily annexed the Hack Steeples on the con- | chiding -day. He was ridden by Ay res m both races. ' .. ', The big Steeplechase resulted m a boil, over. Kaitere, despite his crushing' impost, was well backed^ and so was Hutana, but nothing in'' the race had a chance with Roer, who made the. most of his light impost and won anyhow from Hutana'. The Hastings owned Needlework won the Willpwbank Steeples m good fashion, and on the second day, when carrying the same poundage, he secured the Open . Steeplechase. His owner supported him on both days, and was rewarded with two good dividends. Sydney telegrams give a good account of the running of Mr Brown's Hydrant at Rosehill last Saturday. Probably Hydrant was somewhat handicaped by the appearance of the hurdles, which are different locking obstacles, to what we have here. Should the geldinfr notch a win today his owner will be m good form during the remainder of his trip. There were a lot of people who reckoned that the first time the money was put m for Mataari that gelding would cop ; so when it wac whispered about that Jenkins would have the mount and that the owners were staking, the rush for the bookmaker's offices was great. The good thing materialised and paid £4 Us, and" many punters who were losing m town got even and had a win m o,ne hit. • • Rocksand, the English stallion, is more jealously guarded and pampered than the boss beauty of a Sultan' b harem. The stall of the lusty racing breeder is luxuriously padded to save him from possible injury. Six valets are constantly m charge of the kingly quadruped, and he was insured for 12,000 golden quids when crossing from Yank-eeland to London. Truly, a successful racehorse is a big thing m this 2.oth century ! At the Doncaster, (Lond.) Meeting the St. Leger was won by the Duke of Westminster's bay colt Troutbeck (Ladas— Royal Mount), J. B. Joel's Prince William -coming second, and J. A. de Rotliesohild's Beppo finisgiog third. Troutbeck finished third . to Spearmint arid Pieton m the Derby. Neither of the last two were engaged m the St. Leger, and when last mail left England Keystone 11., winner of the Oaks, was favorite. The owner of Sammy protested against Needlework on the second day at Bulls on' the ground that the owner was on the' forfeit list for monies due to the Wairarapa Racing Club. The ofner, Mr A. F. Douglas, declares that;; the money was paid and that he holds the receipt. If this be so.it is most annbyinp- to him to be protested against, and it is likely to influence him against nominating wiih the Club m question m the future. The owner of Hutana . protested against Roer receiving the stake for the Rangitikei Steeplechase, alleging that he had crossed the former m the run down the straight. On the casting vote of the chairman the stewards decided not to upset the judge's decision. Most people thought? that Higgins, rider of Hutana, was as much to blame as Reid, who was up on Roer, as the latter jumped- the last hurdle on the inside and Higgins had to take .the. risk of trying to come up on the rails when he had a clear run on the outside.