NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 68, 6 October 1906, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

. Races at Otak-i, Napier, Park and Dunlin on Wednesday riext. ibe'iamexe' is one. of the gamest finishers; the writer has ' ever seen v . Arme^erito -was. npt started on the second day- of the ; Wanganui mfeti^g. ;. W- Price- -rode six 'winners, mcluding a dead heat, at the Wanganui meeting. "' ' ; A sad homecoming—the return Of the ipcal metaUc&ns frbm the~Wa.ilganui meeting. Medallist ran very badly at the Wangaiiui ineetinjg, ' and m both his starts he finished well behind the winner. The owner of Delamere is credited with winning a sum of considerably oyer f^r_jgwre's 'in connection with tlie Wanga^i i»eeting. ' Eoritenby broke down bapLly while ru'nniing :i 'in the Flying Handicap at Wang|nuij anil on i the following' day he was unable to lea-ye his box. The 'Rrice hoys 'rode every flat winner on the first day" pf the Wanganui meeting^ Last BOxirig Day at Aw&pni racecourse the trio performed a, £jmii'lar feat. " A'prominentf^a^e of the Wanganui faces was the star ting of Mr ; C: Q'Cbnripr arid his effort witft tfre Wanganui "Guineas' field earned him a tumult' of applause from the crowd. T, Gbddard took White Star and •Tarina "tb '' the "Wanganui .meeting. T^ie lait L ter pan ipto-secOnd place behind Seaman m the ifrai'deji and won the Railway Hack, 'White Star could not break it. Helen Portland, that well bred fifty 'm .Etarry ' Jackson's stables, was under" the vet. before the Wanganui 'fixture, and' although she ran once "during the meeting it is more than ■pjpjbabje that a lengthy sp^ll will hW'to" he giyep her. - '''Qwisg |p pressing private business • _X_ W- P&V-ies wa§ W^Pl? to - wait *<*c §ee,b»d day pf the -Wajagajaui for .. "^'lie gcp&tched Armementp meeting a^. W&§ Jeft beand'. Seaman. uO y : <*» . t^e M„saftg,i hind and given a run x„ '^ksMJ&i-' Handicap, but she failed to.*,- ... • the leaders' at any part of the race, Previous to the Wana;ariui' meeting F. Tilley was generally regarded . as a second day winner, it being the popular notion that his charges were always short of a gallop. This, time the Fordell mentor proved himself a bp tli .day's winner,, and . as a consequence, the hank jng accounts of, the bpokrhalcers 'all,- over the colony have shrunk considerably. , Captain Shannon' was the most unlucky horse that cpinpeted "at Wanganui. On the first day he got chopped out at a critical moment and finished a good second to, Delamere, but his luck- was right but on the second day, for just at the start of the Owen Stakes McLaughlin's horse fell on his nose arid 'the field got a break on him, but at the. finish nothing was going better than him and he just squeezed into third position. A certain great dramatist, who had a very poor opinion of women m general, reckoned . the world would be very lucky if if' possessed -a good woman, for every "blazing star" known to us. It is to be hoped that the christening of Sir Geo. CliSord's "Blazing Star" signifies the birth of a good.' woman, for tio other distinction is likely -to attach ; to the colt's name if its miserable form at I Warigami-i is cnaracteristic of its i capabilities.

A. Oliver has been engaged to ride Armistice m the N.Z. Cup. The" ex-N.Z. hurdler, Tenakoe, is again m work at' Caulfield. - C . Birkett has fourteen horses m work on the Waverley tracks. Tautoru has broken down v and Mr Tuck has decided not to race himagain. Kuroki has scone lame and will be shipped back to New Zealand at an earh- date. Report states that Mr J. H. Nixow 'will m future^ act as secretary to the Wanganui Jockey Club. ' """■■•• Hewitt was written down by the Sydney scribes for his handling of Collarit m the Rosehill Cup. . -' It is estimated that the cost of putting the Flemington* racecourse m; order again, Will run '< into several; thousand nounds.' Maniapoto's trouble is more ser-ious than was at first supposed, and it .will be a very long time before he will sport silk again. Elleffcon was slightly injured during the -train 1 journey from Hastings to Wanganui, arid : he did" hot display his best-iform at the latter place. TV< Cookey" Wilson' gave' Splendid Idea' a "run m the Moutoa Handicap, but the welter impost and the big .field settled the little mare's chance.; - The 'San Eran— Maude fill'^ iii 4 if.. .Dalton's stable at Waverley is not. much on the tracks, as her owner is desirous of giving -her plenty of "' time to mature. y '"•" : ' '• : Lady Wallace downed Isolt m the Spring Stakes at the' ; A . J :C . Meeting, and despite; her impost of 8.13 she must take a power of ■ beating m the. Melbourne Cup. i That good horseman, Chas. Jenkins, went through' the Wanganui •meeting without notching a wiii,- as, did. Sid. Reid and B. Deeley, while' Geo. Price only won a solitary event. '"■' -' ' ' • '• "Mr I". Mofiatt, .who is resigning his position of secretary to the Waiiga■nui Jackey Club, was, last week, presented? -by ; the members - of/"the Press with a very handsome pieceof plate. ' .... '-■•'■ j-' So disgusted was Mr G. M. Currie with Albuera's efforts at the Wanfranui fixture that' he has decided not tb persevere witty her further, arid lislie is to" be mated, with Field Battery. ' '.."" ' ' " '■"'■' "•'" ,'■',_ W. McKay rode a really good finish, on Tarina.-in the Railway Hack at Wanganui." He aM Sid Reid/ °ph Irish Rifle, were at it nil the way up the straighty • and the former lasted long enough to win by a head. ' ■ '* Jos. Prosser expected Goid Crown to* make a ftiiich better' Showing ; ih the Wanganui Handicap, aiid lie wag nonplussed with '--his horse's r poor running. Before .long the' son of Gold Reef will, no doubt,v run up to best form. Handi capper Morse gauged things -very nicely tfie second day at W an ~ g-anui, arid some of the finishes were very close. ■ m the big Handicap Mr .HartgUl was unable to separate Rusybicfue; and. Polycaste, arid the Railway ■ Hack "^.rid Hack Hurdles were : also |;prdduptiYe pf* very' clpse finishes. |; ' Harry Moore .could, not make out :-G_rfiiid Sign's 'poor showing m ttie IWn-nganui Guineas, and on the following day .lie • iristructed Deeley to go'. put; to - the', front and' stay/theire if^ 'he.' could. 'Tfie idea was a. Rood, One,' as Tfte' Ppskj^ljj 'edit - led all thp way iftßtf w^,s" jnst' ! heatefc by Armistice at [the finish. ■■■'■" .' ■ Noctuiform is first favorite for the [ Cesareti-tCli,' which is 'to be decided- at ' Newniarlcet on October 10: He is handicapped at Bst, Great Scot being weighted - at"' Bst 41b; ' Noctuifprm's pfioe is 100. to 12. Should he gb to the pqst as fit- a?' he was at the last A.J.O. gpr|ng' Meeting, he will be a Very U&A »ut to crack. The connections 'of "Volume staked on him m "the Railway Handicap at Wanganui; but after "Hnriuig m the lead to the 'bend the; Sylvia ' Park; colt faded put of it. "; The fact thai;, he had" a very severe face m "tfie Wanganui Guineas, and was" galloped' a hatf^if c , pp. the f ollp.wi|ig morning , im%f liave'h^ $ dpieshijfg to ds: %it}i his poor ""• ' '."'" A wbek before the Wanganui races, Armistice _Qlted on the -tracks ' and qovered three miles before being' pull--ed up. After this she wasynbt given a gallop till she contested the Marangai Handicap and secured- first pjape. M.^y people think her trainer gallops fye_: isp ifijjc^, and her victory when off the '.tT^PKs for {j-W^K," w-oiild lend color to this tpepry, The plotchkiss sire, Field Battery, who is a three-quarter brother to Multiform, was paraded at Wa^ga-mii" during the races and was much admired by visiting -sportsmen. Mr G. $1. : purrf-e, _V7ho has leased him from U\e 'Ilut^ owiier,'' Mr W. .payies,' informed ' ms" tftat lii's m% #3-s fijliii'g rapidly and he^ ' anticipated a very successful season for this good looking sire-' '.'""' ' '■'__' The Waverley trainer, C. Birkett, had only one representative at "Wanganui, and that was the SOu'.Wester geldjn-g Sammy, who is a paddock trailed animal and consequently pre-sents-a yepr itfjjgh g,ppe|Lranoe, but nevertheless can '^aillpp spMp, and o^ %8 §&&)$& day \.p gave; Gapji'lef fi . *"***«* m&£m |-Jlߧ Pf it o^ er the last ><=:, . "'! - _i4as'Ha6fe HFFrtles. gam-half-mile.ol .. ";;* **«ft-. tiian ' u§?=niy should turn out *.. ful m the future. . ■ . The N.Z. Cup candidates seen out at the Wanganui meeting failed, with the exception _pf Armistice, and Flameri, to impress the writer with their. Novem-ber .. prospects. It took the . former lm'iti . 44sec to . run the Marangai mile, and the Guineas was run m. a second less. Flamen ,rari a good race m the .Wanganui Handicap, but .he .had a lot of bad, hick and might show up, later on m a differ^ent manner, but the reniairwler of th-e candidates' efforts were very poor, and, as one sport put it, they .were a lot of aqfuibs. . The form shown by Noctuiform m public m England this . year is evidently not regarded very seriously, and that a strong opinion , was held that he was being "readied" for an iriipprtant "back-end" handicap is proved by the fact that on the appearance of the weights for the Gesarevitch (m which he has the nice weight of Bst) he was at once made favorite. The stable which shelters Noctuiform is a big betting one, and does not like being forestalled, but all beinK right on the day th© New Zealand flier should make the old country cracks stretch their legs to some purpose.

i Epsom time— thirty-nine and a quarter. Alf? : 'Shearsby had' Flamen m jare buckle at Wanganui, ahd I lullv expect him to wiri' a -race before long. Savoury was unlucky to bump against Berthier on Monday last, as the latter -appears to 'be very well jjust now:- 'Fancy Savoury downing passion and avenging Chivalry's defeat and then Berthier being there to beat Savoury ! "The Newmarket St. Leger was won by -the King's horse Cheverel. Beloved on the turf is King Ned, And' often by sports it is, said, ..*■ "If; fie make a bet 'Tis butf'-etiquette .; For all s'avie his prad to be dead." * One' of the hiost* consistent performers 'on the 'other side-curing the past 'few weeks is -the bay horse Famous, jwho rati' second m 'the EJpsom and tliitd iri the Metropolitan. His luck was m a better waytßfee weeks ago when he was placed before The Bairn at Rosehill to the disgust of the latter's backers. The riews of Hydrant's victory m the A.J. C. Hurdle Race was well received m the city and doubtless . Mr Brown had a real good win. Frank Higgdtt felt sure, before the gelding left-'these Chore's,' that -he would' perform well and it was hard luck that the Hutt '' trainer was unable to ma.ke the trip; Possibly Hydrant may now jfind a buyer, as I, understand- the popular' IJotisor is" still '£_epar6d to take ' ' ,! '■•■■""- *' '•' The Clarendon Hotel, "stable" had r a big . win- over "Solution's; Me trop.,' and on Monday' night gold, top^ flowed; like the preYiou^day^s' r^ f h- The Clarendon is Bpji, ' headquarters, and/every^ouf ' inthe hduse, , ilicludinij bairmaids and -even the pir'etty little, housemaid," goty tlie ' Office aiid had a cheerful' 'win. -..Several people' got quite- full, - at' ; Mrs':Kathan''s ! that night, who are usually top mean to - half satisfy; their thirst .; . but "it wasn't, needless to -say, at their expense. Everybody 'was shouting* arid. it was- almost a case of M open hbiis-6;" A. very poor lot of hurdlers' 1 were opposed to Exmpor_at;\yarigariui, and; on the- second, day, 'AVhen r ,'the ■ bighorse' was' carrying - -the-; steadier :'of 12.9, he won "m .*ari\easiei -: 'ma/nner" than he did' on the first" daf.' Of" the lot that raced against- him very little can be said, - St-. Lyra - was galloping well ori the ikacks : before tlie meeting, hut iii tfie' race she /n juinpcd wretchedly -and- the further the field went the further behind. <ij<i s.jb. Lyra get, "and' it-s eems ■' tfiat:'l^e.'' mare- lias turned rogue and will; not dp her best: Levant ran realty' well'' 'along, :v with Exmoor for the "greater part pf the' journey on the first day and as the distance was a quarter 0?' a mil? less many, people pinned , their ' faith' to Mr Whitney's mare for the Brunswick Hurdles,' btft : ' : they' Were ''disappointed as the old , rhare : c'id rifo'V run so well m her- Second effort, and she' was done- with it lori^ -way from •home. This can only- be expected [ as* she is now' nearly fourteen years old ; and they do not usually improve at thit age, v so 'it, maf 'sa.fely, ? 'b'g y 'said; jthat the best has been seW of Le^ ;va-rit. Weary. Biii does not always do' his best/ 'and' of that I'- am'::'cori;Vinced, so it was riot' surprising that' the pwners of the horse did not bet ■m: 'solid- fashion but' just played with .it and one'e'again Bill flattered 'then!' for a time arid then failed. Waiwera 'and Kohunui were 'given a run. but it- ' "was:'' prohiajb'iy ■ for'-their- ! h>ealtfi''s isake, ahd'.'no^that thei^- 1 owners' re--garded their chances seriously.