NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 91, 16 March 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Delamere's turn will come. soon.. Horowhenua on Monday and Tues-; day. ' .

Maui had two very easy tasks at Wanganui. ' '

There were six dual winners at the Waagaßui meeting. • • '.

' Kaiku's konfcisnuous kareer was ndt checked at Wanganui.

Aeolus got badly left at the post m the Wanganui Stakes.

Isolt was a sound favorite m Wellington for the Jackson Stakes. .'

Montißo ran two sterling races at Wanganui, but he just failed on beth days.

Achilles wore bandages when he contested the ■ Jackson Stakes at Wanganuu

Volume was well backed m both | (the., hack races at Wanganui. Alec Hall did not take Lull or Rookby to the Wanganui meeting, Sflicfa secured two seconds m the hurdle races on his: Wanganui trip. Tupono was taken to the Wanganui meeting but did not sport silk on either Say., Secretary* Whyte, of the W.R.C:, witnessed the racing at the Wanganui meeting. Achilles was scratched for the Great Autumn Handicap before the weights appeared. Multifid's form was so bad at Wanganui that his owner cancelled his projected Sydney trip. Swallow's display m the Shorts at Dannevirke was very disappointing to his owner, who backed him for a few. A steward of the Wellington Racing Club was a good winner over the success of Truce m the Wanganui Cup. Rosegrove seems to have gone right off, which is Trad luck for trainer Jim Hathaway, who owns 'the son of Rangipuhi., '■ - * Clarence O'Neill has arrived Safely at Ohristohurch. The popular crosscountry horseman will remain there till after Easter. Both To Arai and Terahui, who ran first and second m the Welter on the concluding day at Dannevirke, were m commission locally. ' The high-priced yearling, Ukraine, is now 'having the gospel of civilisation preached to her, or m other words she is being broken m. The New Zealand bred pony, Bonita, by The Possible— Barbette, wa's recently offered for sale In Sydney, but was passed m at 25. guineas. Blue Spec, who lias not won a race for a very long time placed the principal handicap) to his credit on the final day of the V.R.C meeting. Stewart Waddell nearly brought off a surprise m the Jackson Stakes at Wanganui with- Kairoma, a pretty useful sort toy Birkenhead from Film.. Ballarat and Ean-dwern are entered at Riccartoiv -Ellerslie and Feilding on Easter Monday. Probably Dayies' pair will be found racing at Feilding: . The C.J.C. handicapper places Munjeet and Isolt on the 9.5 mark m the Easter Handicap, and Pink 'Un within two pounds of the Yaldhiirst pair. What a lot of weight it takes 'to. stop a good hack hurdler nowadays. Look at the burdens carried to victory by Pawa, Gold Dust and Aqua Regiia. By her win m the March Handicap, at Dannevirke, Chicane demonstrated that with- a light weight on her back she .can go as fast as the older performers. ■'■'• i C. Jenkins- . ro<ie three winners at the Wanganui meeting, while Ge'o. Price, W, Price, Sid Reid and. A. McConnon and B. Towers each scored on two occasions. Full Rate promised to turn out one of the ibest bits of horseflesh this colony has produced for a long while. His two wins at Wanganui were highly meritorious.. Trainer Dave .Price no doubt thinks to-day that he xras very unhid---, m not 'giving 600, guineas for .Full Rate. I am informed that double that sum would not buy him to-day. Montigo has . been tunning successfully \n distance events recently, and -though hc,,|ailed, to, ;.vWinjL race at npt disgraced a,mong such classy opposition. When thY Easter meeting -of theAiR.C. comes round if' Cuiragno, 11. -6, is as well as he was at the , C.J.C. National meeting he will score m the Brighton, hurdles. At the. V.R.C; meeting jockeys were not allowed to. converse with anyone when they had the colors ton, unless to the owner or the trainer of the horse they were going to ride. King Billy tried to emulate the deeds of • Boomerang and, win the Wanganui Cup from end to end, but after making the pace for a mile he dropped back and finished m the ruck. - The Tamaki Welter was "quail on" for Millenial, an«l.the party behind him landed a good stake, which reminds me that they have not been putting up much c.pi,n for him m his essays prior to Dannevirke. Poisedo'tt and- Dividend finished m the' order named m the Loch Plate at the, V.R.C." meeting,'- but m the ;Ohatopion Stakes last Saturday the black' son- 6f. Simmer reyersed positjohs with'jtitie crack three^y ear-old. , Bob Knox gave the. local ring ; a big knock when Merrie.Rbse won the Mangatera Handicap . at Dajineyirke. The -Knights ,of -the Pencil , declare that they could not write the rnare!s name on -the -first day of I^e me.etiing. ■;■ ■•'-. , '.■■ • •;■, .-.-:" v- ; .:- :^.' m the Autumn Steeplechase at .i'l?he A.R.-C. meeting .the handicapper; Assesses Kaitere as seven pounds better than Soli This deponent ' thinks cliff-; erently, and fears .the best has been seen of Sam Darragh's horse. '. . .. The owner of Ukraine ...( Stepniak— Madder) -was recently.: approached and asked to put -a price on his filly. His . reply was ; IGOO . guineas. Good luck attend him- -for not selling her, and I, will he much surprised if .she does, not turn out ay "hummer. 7 ' , 1 The Wellingto.n. bookmakers who: at-' tended the -Wanganui meeting all returned honfe per-' medium :0l- a motor car'/ They' 'further claim that they put up a record for the run from Palmerston North to Wellington. It's a good thing. they have a record for somethin.tr. . Maui made a name for himself by the attractive ■• manner m which he won the two hurdle races • at Wanganui. The first day the son of MahaSki 'returned the handsome price of £2 18s, but on' the concluding day, when there were only three starters, he was backed down to 3 to 1 on. A prominent light-weight jockey, who holds a retainer from one of the fading stables m the North Island, wa» recently dismissed from his employment, and if reports are true he is yery lucky to have a license, as he did nothing more or less than induce one of the stable lads to stuff a 'horse, and the lad blew the gaff. King Billy never got within coo-e.e of the Wanganui Cup. This should satisfy punters who wanted to back j the Merriwee horse. There is no reason why King Billy should not win a distance race at some future date, but considering his recent form it would- have been peculiar had he landed the Clip from such a team of fcaown distance nerformerSi

[ There is a meeting atCaulfield today. The Southland Racing Club hold a meeting on Wednesday, and Thursday. The annual meeting of the Warrengate Jockey Club takes place next Thursday. F. D. Jones did the riding for the Hon. J. D. Ormond at Wanganui last week. During the week Multifid was scratched for the Sydney Cup aid Doncaster Handicap. The Splendid Idea party took on Full Rate at Wanganui and bumped badly on both days. , The Wanganui Cup once more furnished a very fast race, and a winner who paid a big dividend. Marguerite and Multifid were never prominent at any stage during the race for the Wanffamui Clip. Apa got a nasty kick at the post just before the start for - the Wanganui Cup. and this completely settled the chances of Preston's prad. The Autumn meeting of the Wanganui Jocvey Club, just concluded, was easily the worst, from a racing point of view, ever held by the Club. A. Shear sby is taking 'a prominent part m the scoring lately. With the goad team' he is now. m charge of, there should be, still ■ further victories come his way. Had Kaiuku won the Matarawa Handicap i last Saturday his connections would have landed a tidy stake, as they had 'put the money m and were getting a great price for ja win. „ Gold Crest put up a good performance by winning the,"!; Juvenile Plate m 1.14 3-ssec. Helen Portland was well supported for this' .race', but could not get her nose m front of the favorite. > Seaman's ' form 'at the Wanganui meeting makes iitdjifficuiti to see anything to beat him -m the Masterton Hack Handicap. . Davies' has the Sylvia Park horse m rare buckle just at present. ; ' It could not', be said" that the weight of money stopped Oapulet. at Wanganui, as there was none put on him on either day, but. m the big hurdles at Feilding on "■.Easter. Monday there might be a' different tale to ten. v .. . ■ ; . Jos. Prosser had another ; good innings at the Wanganui meeting, and secured no less than five firsts. The, stable had the favorite candidate m the Cup arid the Jackson Stakes, but m these events there was no prize money won for Porirua. Master Delaval was well supported by his connections m the Wanganui Cup but failed to • concede a dozen, pounds to Truce, With the Grafton mare out of the road next day .Jimmy Buchanan had no difficulty m steering the Auckland horse 'to victory. ....-, The connections of Seaman had. further sorrow heaped upon them early last week by finding that the Dunedin bookmakers : had paid their liabilities, but that their commissioner had done Ac Pacific act. However, their dual success at Wanganui would no doubt soothe- their sorrow somewhat., , '■■'■.' '' The opposition , opposed to Aqua Reejia m the hack -hurdle' races, at Wanganui had ' no chance with J. B. Williamson's pr'ad; •■.-<. i whb sploshed through" each .jump,. 1 whereas the other competitors; endeavored to clear them.. Theses movable top bars : are all very well m- their way, but they do not have to be. cleared, and a ..pcfci" jumper .like Aduay'l^egia -simply pushes, throUg}h' them>;V ' ■ : -r^; 1■;• * A great many ; ptin'ters. topic a notion into their heads i'ihat , the Wanganui Stewards' Handicap was a good thing for Aeolus and put their sugar m accordingly. /The Lark, 7.5, proved an easy winner, with Aeolus | second and . Glonitllin" ' third. The Nestor horse looked : to be very wellin, and Gleniillin,'in the light of hie | recent form, looked to have ,a good chance, so I am at a loss to understand, why Aeolus should be expected to lump • his .nine st6ne along and make a good, thing , of it. "Spreader" writes asking" for the performance of; Pink 'Un as a two. arid three-year-oidl They are as follows :— 1905 . Unplaced (Scurry Handicap, Gisbprne ; unplaced Scurry Handicap, Poverty Bay. '1906 : Won Scurry Handicap,' Gis-bprne ; won Electric Handicap, Gisbprhe ; second Flying Handicap, .Poverty Bay ■; won County Stakes, Poverty Bay ; unplaced Electric Handicap, Dannevirke!; second Telephone Handicap, Danner yirke ; won . Esk 'Handicap', Napier Park ; second St. Patrick ';& Handicap, Napier Park; won Dash Handicap, ■Masterton ; -/unplaced , Wairongomai Handicap, Wairarapa ; third Stewards' Handicap, Wairarapa ; unplaced •Tfoiiohinn Handicap, Wairarapa.; ttritd Pbranpahau Handicap, Hastings : unplaced • Scurry Handicap, 'Jlaslings. . . ": As anticipated m the^e columns when the weights,^appeare'dV.thje. Grafton miare Truce the Wanganui Cup. Out of the three candidates I named Truce was the sole survivor when the final payments appeared, and with Oliver on 7 her back she had no difficulty m carrying, her, light impost to victory.' The remarkable turn of speed with which the little mare is endowed, she showed un-f doubted sign's. ,of 'possessing , prt various occasions, during the pa^t two seasons. On account of her light build, however, shVhas always been a very poor beginiier, anc| had to be handled carefully m- Sprint events or she would ~ never find her feet: ; Now tliat she has 'f ii'mi'sHed ' a deal she should do much fetter and prove a great investment for her- present owner.,