NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 88, 23 February 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

It is high time Gazely won a race. Aftcycle is, now trained l>y W. Da Vies, , A lot of money was lost on Polycaste at HaWeia. '_■ ' The Wanganui Gup will this year be run tm a Friday. f Scottv will .shortly figure m hurdle fcvehts m Auckland. , ' Whin the '.'com." goes on Miss ftiwaka .she 1 Will take but. BOnpnijiiana; liajs. now .„■ Won the, Papa-. Mta .''G.uV_- two 'years m succession. The opposition . to , Pawa m the Hack Hurdles was lamentably weak, j Truce ran second- In tM big race I on both /days of the Egmont meeting, j There, Was no mohey for Pink 'Un when Contender beat him &t Poverty I Bay . „■, '' ■: ■ Acceptances for first day's events' at Wanganui meeting are due nCit . Friday. .'?•-. Poseidon and Ahtonius will fight their battles o'er again m the V.R.C. St. Leger. Mr C. O'Connor, cjf Auckland, officiated as> starter at' the Woodville meet-i tig. ; ' ; Contender Was a long time breaking the ice, but his dual wih made i.!> for alot ot the lost time. •Uenuku Was well backed locally, on the Second day <-r Vlto Poverty Bay JiVcoti'i". blit paid ho dividend. Paritutu Was unnlaced m the Egmont Cup, but with his. usual cohsis- I tency be ran third on the second day. j j J3nvoV. who won the Egnkmt. Pro- j duce Stakes, is by Musketry— Squib, j and was bred by her .owner,. Mr G-. M. Gurrie, of Wanganui. Act\in>e on the advice Of Ike Earnshaw the .owner of Apologue has Withdrawn his horse from his Australian autumn engagements. Moscow, the highly priced Stepniak — C or cna 1 geld j n «• . won . i the Maiden Hack .Scurry at the Egmont meeting and Was backed down to 5 to i on. • | Ballarat has made it ;j)lain that she is. not a Weight earner, arid this probably accounts for the mare's early Withdrawal from the Wanga,nm Plvir- '"•■'. Backers of Seamen m the Inaha Hack Flat were" very fortunate, as Waitapu finished m front of the Hutt horse, but Was disqualified for being unable to draw his Correct weight. Pj_d.lv McLaughlin was batting particularly Well at Poverty Bay last week. Four races at One meeting ia not b?d when one takes into consi-' deration that none of the team arc toP-notchers. Contrary to expectations Marguerite did not lead all tbe way m the Egmont Cup, but was kept behind tlie leaders till the straight Was reached, when she assumed the lead and won eaaily. Austit;*lian naners sneak well of Ihe marc Isisford, by Simmer— lsis. She is said to be one of the finest-look-inf mares seen out for a long time and writers give bpr a great chance m the Newmarket Handicap. Everyone was -wantiro** to back Moscow For the Scurry at Egmont. It is not often these five furlongs end like thc Scurry at tbe last Feilding mee»t>in»-. when tho first and, second horses paid £20 ats £10 respectively. . Among the ytallions advertised m England for the present season are Bill of Portland, by St. SimonElectric Light, at. a fee of 08 guineas; Merman, by Grand Flaneur— SeaW^ed, 45 guineas ; Parthian, by Grand Flaneur— A rcheress, IS guineas ; En Garde, by St.- Simon— Engagement, by Musket— Sylvia, IS guineas ; and Nobleman, by The Australian Peer— Parado*, 9 guineas*

Antonius is favorite for the Australian Cup. there is a meeting at Rotorua next Wednesday. Hikuai has heen sold to J. Chaafe for 800 guineas. . Pawa has done remarkably well since being jumped. Jos. Prosser was right on the job at the Egmont meeting. Paddy McLaughlin struck oil at the. Poverty Bay Club's meeting. Two of ithe placed horses failing to j weigh «m is a rare occurrence. Tftranaki J.C. I Autumn meeting next Wednesday and Thursday. Joe Gallagher rode Regulation m her efforts at the Egmont meeting. McLaughlin's cast-off Captain Shannon is pleasing the touts at Caulfield. The Sydney trainer, T. P. Scully, has thirty horses m work at the present time. The Porirua stable has sheltered a lot of Cup winners since it has been established, The investments on the Egmont Cup' (£1261) constitutes a club record for one race. Positano is at the head of the' list •of winning sires m Australia for the half year just ended. That capable horseman, C Jenkins, was at the head of the winning riders at the Egmont meeting. It is announced at Ellerslie that W. Mobberley will, try General Average at the jumping business. Campfire, who was taken up again . by T. Quinlivan a few weeks back, is said to be going along well. The bookmakers got, , , •&-' welcome "turn up" When Glenullijti Won tbe Atkinson Memorial at ftagiyera. „. From England comes word that the famous sire, £>t. Simon, is to terminate his stud career this season - . Poseidon,, though scratched for the Australian Cun, still temaihs m the St. Leger and Champion Stakes. J. Lowe has purchased an acre of ground at Trentham and intends erecting stables there immediately. Luke Wilson rode two seconds oft the first day of the Egniont meeting. . He was up on Kitchenmaid attd truce. Many people incline to the opinion that Gross Battery is a rod m pickle for the Great Easter Handicap at the' C.J.C. meeting The New Zealand horse Grenadier, who went- lame oh the ojther side, has improved enough to be placed m easy work again. Maidi was given a run m the Ohawe Hack Hurdles at Hawera, but he jumped very badly and finished up by falling on the flat.. Glenulliri has been a quiet tip for more than one race during the .past two months and his win at EgmOnt came none too soon. "Did you see 'The, Tout's' paragraph concerning Pink Un?" "Yes." "Did you simile ?" "Did I what ? Did I roar With laughter !" Climax was successful on the opening day at Hawera, but oft the second day, with an additional impost, it proved a case of anti-cliihax. Truce is always galloping faster than the opposition when the winning post is nigh ; but, like the pardon of the song, she generally arrives too iate. The success of New Zealand horses m Australia is becoming so commOft that a shrewdy who "followed the stable 1 ' should be able to live like a prince on them aJtone. It.is a long lane that has no-turn-ing, and Unless tbe lpcal pencillers get a turn of luck shortly, nothing will convince them that they have not struck. the longest lane extant. Up-to-date Kitchenmaid has performed very satisfactorily. It is very lifrlikel" that, her owner will let her go to any of the jobs offered m the "Wanted" columns of the Evening "Post." The meeting ,of the Newcastle; Jockey Club, Which took place last' Saturday, concludes the club's business oh the Old course. After doing gbod service for 45 years, the course has been discarded for a ground more up-to-date./ The Australian jdckey^ Frank Wootton, rode the Winner of the Brokers' Handicap, 350 soys., at the' Johannesburg meeting-, which was a hojirse nafiied Metalliciart^ and m three other events he finished second during the afternoon. MBobs," the httnW. buckjumping prad, of Martini's show, made the champion rider of Victoria, Lloyd, bite the dust m quick time .recently and left him on. the bosom of mother, earth with a somewhat busted reputation. The second buck did the trick. Then ''Bobs" pranced around, while the band struck up : "Why Must We Say Good-bye?" At a race meeting held at Mungelo, near Peak Hill, recently, m the absence of lead and other materials to make up ihe weight (states the local paper) Standard's rider carried a bag of wheat m front of the saddle. During the race the bag became unbuckled, and the joGkey finished a winner with it under his arm. Some neddies are only »real triers when the bag of wheat is held under their noses. < Though the Duke 6f Portland can lay claim to one of the finest and most select studs m the Old Country, he has been singularly unlucky m his turf ventures for quite a number Of years past, very few of his representatives earning distinction m • any but minor events. During lant season his horses only won .£4478. In 1889 i the Duke of Portland's horses ran with phenomenal success, winning m stakes the great sum of £78,858. With St. Simon and Carbine at his Command at Welbeck, the noor success that has come to the Duke of Portland furnishes a striking illustration of the ill-luck that; will come to a man at times tfhen onaiaged m breeding and racing the thoroughbred.