NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 98, 4 May 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawke's Bay Cup is run on Wecl^ nesday next. - -.; iGhristchuroh Racing Club Autumn Meeting to;day.' • - The fields, at the Avondale meeting were dnv the large side. The owner of D'N-i.l. is now using ihc chestnut as a hack at Wanganui. ■ ' Once again old Haydn is! nominated m the Great Northern Steeplechase. " -•■■•■. Carl Rosa was the local favorite for the big race at Avondale on. Saturday. /> ■ , There was a good -bit of money for Ruatamata m the Pony Handicap at Avondale on Saturday.' The anbieht Romany Lad is being kept going, and ■will probably be given a , fun at -Blenheim next Week. E. Murfitt "has been engaeed. to do a lot of- ridifig lor different dwrners at the forthcoming Blenheim ; meeting. '■ ■ Volume is a sure stafter the Hawkers Bay Cup, and his connections think he' is also a sure "Winnet. A big thick wad -of wealth was lost over Flimsnap when he failed to win the Champion Hack. Plate at AwapUiii. As v sodn as the Hawke's Bay weights appeared Jos. Prosser struck out Marguerite ; and Kuku from all engagements^ Judging by the way Waicola cal* loped at Awapuni she, should win the PbukaWa Handicap at H'astinßs on Wednesday, '.-, , : JJelamere will be given a run at Wanganui m May, and possibly at Ota&i, but after that she will be retired to the stud. Achilles has been left m the JackSon States 1 ••to foe 'run at the Autumn meeting of the Wanganui Jockey Club next March, Looks as if &rnie S/teveii§bn will bring Lionheart back here again as the Leolanttfs gelding is nominated at Auckland and Wanganui, The Leolantis gelding, .Leotiatbr, was awarded top weight, 9.5, m the Tramway Handicap at' ihe Mdorefleld meeting on April 20th. -Harry Moore's two*year-oid, Rosa^lie/ might be worth an investmerit m the Nursery Handicap at the forthcoaniing Hawke'S Bay meeting, The finish •■ trf the BoroU«h Handicap at Awapuni was a splendid one and Lady Annie only had. a head m het favbr when the . post was reached', . ' . . . ftrand Slum's perfbrmafiGe at Awapufti when he turned the tables on Volume was a very meritorious oner and the colt proved himself to be made of th«e right stuff. The Feilding marfe,- Botoheur, could not have been fancied by her consections on the- second, day at Palmerston, as she would never have been allowed to pay £10 m that fielfl. Jos. Prosser \ at last got Gauze into winning form, the Porirua niare beating a latge field m the iCarere Welter at Awapuni, and again m the Hack Flying on the second day. „;..'. Carl Rosa,, .who won the chief event at the Avondale meeting maY do well, yet as he is only four years of age at present. As a two-year-old the son of Seaton Delaval performed fairly well, and he has been a frequent winner since. . The Avondale meeting opened last Saturday with St* Cyrene upsetting a hot pot m Waihekau. There was a commission, locally, for the latter, but punters were not destined to get a dividend m that direction. St. Cyrene paid the long price of £27 16s> The deflection of the top weight, Akarana. and the light weight, Sir Grilead, left the good field of eleven to contest the Avondale Handicap. The ten furlong event fell to Carl Rosa with tjhlander second. The latter lias been showing to advantage 1 lately, and will evidently wifi a coot! *aGe ia fci&e.- „

Te Kainui will m future be trained by, F. Lind at Wanganui, There were fifteen starters m the Chevalier Handicap at Avondale. Armemento had no chance m either of his races at Palmerston North. Aqiua Regia had -a run on the flat last Sa'burday, but failed to land a stake. Weights for the Wanganua Steeplechase and Century Hurdles are due on May 11. Landwern is recovering slowly from the accident which befell nim at Riccarton. / Splendid nominations have been received for the jumping events at the Wanganui meeting. The Foxtqn owner-trainer, S. Messena, had his team m splendid condition at Palmerston. Matti, Waitarere and P a wa will, represent the Porirua stable m the bigjumping events this season. ' Frank Lind has been engaged to ridu Hurim'oana and Pushful at the Hastings meeting next week.. Playmate, William and Devonia twill be sent to the Marlborough meeting to do battle for the Porirua stable. Auckland people are very sweet o n the chances of Nesttator and Landlock for the Great Northern Hurdles. , .; Octoroon was started m the pony race last Saturday, but could; only rim third behind Waiboti and Stbiryteiierv ";>;.< ■■.;.,; 7,; ; .-/.' ;• ■ • :,'_;■';,•; Octoroon, ' t is a^weljrbred sort of pony by Menschikbff from the Slave, and .consequently full brother to ..Quadroon. " \ : The shipment of yearlings,, by Bifkenhefi'd-, sent from 4116 Kaxam« Stud, arrived at Melbourne m splendid condition.; ■ , ./ , Campfire (Carbine—Revelry) a member of Tom . Quinlivan's team 'has been : doing'/ some -good work on the tracks lately. • ■ .: The owner of Mahoe and Weary Bill has' already taken ~a few- hiundirehs' about his double at the North National Meeting.: •--■■_ Tlve correct dividend' paid on Flimsnap, who; ran : second jm'.the Juvenile Handicap at the . Awapuni : meeting was £1 i4s. ■■'."..'■■ "'.'.. .. ]\iakinp,' [, who :is engaged at the Blenheim meetfng. is , a good sort of, horse, and will. take, some settling' in-. whatever he, starts i-n. The Marlborough 1 meeting will be held on. Wednesd-ay and Thursday next. Horses from these parts are freely engaged at this . fixture. ' Advocatei whom : I suggested was likely to win the Juvenile Handicap last Saturday, ran second, .and paid the good price of £5 10s. Though Lady CresSy did not win the Oakley Handicap, her backefs received a dividend, as the MenscMkoff filly' was bracketed with Kola isrip. ■■; •..;.,•-,■ :■>■■■;... ■ • ' : .;■ Haldsiie was a strong tip for the Juvenile : ' Handicap , and the chat proved .correct, pUnter^ receiving a. little more than level- money for . tfoe Win.. „;'•'.■, ' „, _'/..■• •■• ■ ' William^ j9. galloping' very well at present, and I fully expect to see the little son. of Conqueror gain o winniiig bracket at • Blenheim next' week, ; ;; ,'.' ' , ■■■ . _„..- , ' '■ Cel/Brlty was named; rather appropriately, for the Seaton Delaval filly can travel on occasions. On Saturday, last, the bay was fast enough to beat a turbine. 1 Scotty 1 Vbas - not been ; dii the' winning list too freiquenely- of late, and it looks as if ; the St. Leger gelding will be unable to reproduce his good form as a sixt-year-old. After, xuhiiing second m the Avondiile Handibap, ii miles, Uhlander was sent out ;in the six ' furlong event, but Tan nowhere. Some owners .don't know how to treat a hprse.. : . ...".-.'. Owing , to Mr C. O'Connor being engaged . at Takapuna the Wan-ganui Jockey Club has engaged Mr J. Cpombe to aot as starter at their Steeplechase meeting on ;May .23 and 24. . When the weights appeared for the Hawke's Bay Cup , the punting, public seized upon Sir Tristram, 8.1, as the pick of the handicap. Wed^ iiesday next might find Sir Tristrami just good enough to get beaten. .'■','■'. , ■• : '.' That Unlucky horse, . Waitati, had to be content with another second on Saturday^ last. In the field of eleven which contested the Oakley Handicap William's horse : was backed down to 2 -to 1, but Kiola Nip was too good for the favorite. ' . Strayboy was taken to the Palmmerston -meeting to- win the Tai-^ korea Welter, and ha'tt it not 'been that: he got blocked at a critical moment he might have succeeded. However"/, he ■ should be worth keeping m view for future engagemtehts. , Two recent additiqhs to Prosser's team at F'brirua are a full sister to Vladimir and a full sister to. Monsieur Beaucaire, If the daughter of Stepniak and Mist turns out half as gipod as A^lad'imif she Should well uphold the honor of tine stable to which she has been consigned. Referee Harry Beckett, .of the Na+ tional Spotting Club, Sydney, pass j ed : thijou'gh Wellingtoti last Saturday on his Way batk home. He,ha§ been doing the round trip, and told some ,oid, v .ao:cjuiaintances at u Truth" office that he had derived immense enjoyment and considerable health benefits from his trip. The Porirua team for the Hawke's Bay meeting will comprise Gold Crest,. Swimming Belt, Gauze, and the well-bred Kurawaka. The last three have been performing very creditably m their recent engagements and it will not be at all surprising if ; Pfosser comes back with a share Of the prize money. ..,..., W)ith Shrapnel scratched it was a poor field which opposed Landlock m the Handicap. Hurdles at Avondale, and this v good, performer settled the crowd m a business-like fashions There is no doubt .^about Landlock'S pace, and as He has ' frequently carried weight m a creditable mannefi he should have a Band m deciding some of. this year I 's big jumping events. Lancaster, who is, a half-brother by Hotchkiss to Trenton, looks as though he, too, is going to do good service at the stud. A 2-year-pld . daughter of his named Fille Fogi, "who is out of the Manton mare Nowra Maid, easily won the Youthful Stakes at the Sydney Tatletsnirs Club Race Meeting last ; Saturday. Lancaster is now at the : Nandillyan Heigihte Fafr-m, near iMeloftg,. N.&.'W/

Gawain was not started at the Palmerston North meeting. Sjr Tristram is favorite, locally, for the Hawke's Bay Cup. Orcus is the name bestowed on the yearling; brother to Poseidon. Mr C. O'Connor acted as starter at the Avondale meeting last week. An offer of 400 guineas was made and refunded for Lionheart m Melbourne. Tbe New Zealand mare, Beresina, will most likely be raced m Western AustraliaMr Duncan's filly, Chinwag, by, Finland— Rumor, has been turned out for a spell. Mr G. G. Stead was at the fcead of winning owners at the recent Manawatu meeting-. Wjaitapu is to foe taken to the Blenheim meeting, ahd W:. H.. McKay goes over to ride hdm. Honnyhmnn is not winning too frequently lately, A win for the St. Hippo filly is long bverduev ArnKemento, who fell m a hack race at Awapuni, is quite himself again, and will be taken to Hastings on Monday. G-. Price, who has not been quite himself since Armamento fell with him, spent a few days m this city this week. Bunyan , is the. name bestowed /.on the Pilgrim's Progress colt belonging to the West Coast sportsman, Mr A. Lands., "«.' '....■, C '■■ ■ _,•■,. ' ■ \ \ Regulation, is doing igood work, on the tracks m Hawera. Joe Gallagher has the Regal mare' m tip top condition. . Armistice, 9.6, ig ('top weight m the Hawera Cup. ;Jjs6hould say that the daughter of 4!foh»ki will, decline that honor. ..ma yjj, ■■ Kaiuku, 8.12, wifliwjrprobably carry a' good deal of Wellington, irfonev m "the Electric Handicap at the Marlborough meeting. : Touring the week a local punter bet Van even ■ twenty that ' Volume beats Grand Slam, i'^ 2, 3, m -the Hawke's Bay .'Cup.' ,- ' ' . ; '".'": The hurdle hor.se, Te Kainui,' has been' purchased byGeo, Delaney, and will race m bis new Owner's . in-' terest at Blenheim. ".... „ There was a ..large crowd, of tipsters' m Palmerston North last week, , and apparently they were; having a good season,, ... : ■ ..... : After *Landlock r s splendid display m the Hurdles at Avondale he - was; immediately backed m doubles for the Great Northern Hurdles. . Mystification, 8.3, should have a chance second to none m the Hawke's •Bay Cup, if'he will only take it into his head to wallop kindly -.'■ --'• -\ Waihu'ka and Wailfaraka two of Wilson's team at Bulls are engaged at the Egmont meeting. Both-; are very speedy and should land ' a face there. ;. " \ ,/■'■'.':■ .. '.V ■ "\':\ ; , .'". Should iyfys.tifioationvV succeed ijfc winning the' Hawke's ; BaY Cup, it will be the third tune that Mr G> Hunter has owned the winner,. of that race. , ; .: j ' Mr T. Bevah jnr . , wild a dO/uple of 1 weeks ago met with rather^ a. sfer> bus accident, is pretty well himself again, but is still fof CM to get a i! b o ut on crutches. „ '...'.' ; . ; The local bookmakers have opened double books on the Wanganui. Steeplechase and Century Hurdles, and also on the; Great Northern Hurdles and Steeplechase. The 'chaser Nadador, who is noted for her g o od Jump-ing rather than her pace, is m active work at Hastings and report says that she is taking the obstacles better than ever. The Foxton horses, Motoa, Waitapu, Waipaka and Waicola, were head and shoulders, m point of condition, ." above everything else that competed at Palmerston North. That good performer, Soultmaid, annexed the Railway Handicap last Saturday from a decent lot of spf inters. The filly is well-known as a sure trier, and was m conseqjuence installed a hot favorite. ; Mr.A. P. Douglas's pair, Needlework and Merriwai, are doing good work on the Hastings track. Merriwai .ds showing a good deal of improvement m his jumping,, but, of course, he will want to do so. When you take into consideration the way Chatterer finished m the Thompson Handicap you must give the St. Andrew mare a feOod chance m . the . Hawke's Bay Cup with the feather-weight of 6.12 on her hack. French sportsman M. M. Ephrussi has one of the largest strings of racehorses oh the whole of this blessed mudball. M.M. some time since offered Frank Wiootten a solid retainer to ride for his stable id Frarice this year. Wonderful how Some people bet very lucky. A commission to batik Uenuku for : the A vondale Handicap, last Saturday, arrived ten minutes late and the bookmakers would hot take it, with the result that the son of Stepniak failed to run into the placed division. . Kitchenmaid proved what a good filly she is by two good performances at the MMiawatu meeting. The, ; daughter of Soult was m receipt of Nearly a dozen pounds from Lady Annie on the first day, and tfon after a set-to' with Golden Gate, but on the second day . Lady: Annie conceded Kitchenmaid Slbs and a beat-, ing. The "Asian" (India) is responsible for the statement that while taking part m the Byculla Cup Fitz-Grafton badly split his off fore hoof, and goes on to say that there is no reason, if the hoof grows all right, why there should ffot be plenty of time for his trainer, Watson, to get all the fat, both external and in-* jternai, off the son of Olive Branch, before .next cold weather, and. to land him at the post On next Christ* mas Eve looking as fine a ipicture as ever.

. Bonheur will be raced ©n the flat at the Blenheim meeting. The Seaton Delaval mare, Bonheur, is m the private sale list. Lady Annie has now Won four races since joining E. Cutt's teamShrapnel was not. started m last Saturday's jumping event at Avondale. The hurdlers, Lavinia and Pushful, are now trained by Harry Moore at Hastings. The owners of Molooh must now be well even , over their horse's defeat at Feilding. l W. Price oenerally manages to get a place on Le Beau, but fails to make it first place. • In the Flying a<fe the Marlborough meeting Platypus looks to be the best of good things. Black and Gold was unable to show to advantage under iris 10 stone impost m the Oakley Handicap. Greusot, who won the G.N. Hurdles at Riccarton . two years ago, is again an aspirant for hdnors on the race tracks. Spearmint's classic successes in 1 • England and France have caused Car-bine's .reputation as a sire to soar still higher. The Ayimdale double, Uhlander and Soultmaid, was backed for a, lot of money, but, like the majority of doubles, it missed. ,' JMoloch must be considered rathejr fortunaitie iii , Raining the verdict from Pantaldon, many being of tho opinion that the latter won. When Bill Davies fancies one of Ms horses , it never lacks backers. A host of ' Wellington people los.t. money on Armamento at Awapu;ni. The Officer gelding, Kai.Errin. goes to Blenheim on Monday, and as he is galloping very well at present a race should come his way before returning home. ' Mr W. E. Bidwell, whose horses are gfEtoerally distinguished by the fact :>'h"t the names of all ofithem termmate m , "ation," has now a colt named Gravitation. : ' ■ ■In the list- of average 1 prices' obtained at thie yearling sales m England last year, it is shown that Carbine's stock averaged 2^Sgs., Merman's 133gs. r and Trenton's 107gs. ' - ; . •-'.■. ; -..- .:■■ -■■ -„ . The well-known Hunterville sport, Mr Jas Bullj who is best k<nown for his. penchant ' for picking winning doubles, . Was last Week the recipdent Of ,a medal from one of the leMing firms of bookmakers. -The medal bore the following inscription :> "Prtf* sented to Jim . Bull j Champion Double Picker, with his victim's compliments.' 11 •'"; The handsomie Count' Witte heat a fifst-claiss. fieid m tfie Mdnawatu Stakes . and j proved that his Riccattqn victory Was ho fluke. The colt's breeding and his godd looks point to him \as of gresit promise. The present owner of Mengchikbff 'Will 7 ' be pii rather godd te.rm^ ; With himself ; ' now that the prdgeny of that once brilliari't Step-' hiak hdfse are doiii.g so y well.