THE COLOR SYSTEM.

NZ Truth, Issue 104, 15 June 1907, Page 2

THE COLOR SYSTEM.

The fouowinc; diagrams will explain the proposed color-number scheme ofthe Associated P«ny • Clubs better than columns oi descriptive matter^

r FIG. I, The.jpckey on pony No. I m any race will wear, a black jacket, and ,b t lack cap, as m. the sketch, the other jockeys from . 2 to 10, will be arranged as follows : — ' No. 2— All Blue. No. 3— All Brown, - No. 4— All Green. No. s— All Grey.; . No.. G— All Lilac, , . No. 7— All Orange^ '• No. B— All. Pink. ' No. , 9— All' .Purple.- --' . / No, 10-All Red.

FIG, 2. ' ". " ' The jockeys riding ponies- from No. 11 to No. 20 will be arrayed m colors corresponding to the above, with the difference that white, sleeves will bo worn with each chic. Thus No. 11 black with white, sleeves, No. 12, blue with >vMte sleeves, etc.

FIG. 3. The original colors will be repeated for ponies No: 21 to 3Q,— the distinction that white hoops will runacross the sleeves and the, breast of the jacket. .

FIG. 4. In : the Nos.. 31 to 40 the original colors will again be repeated. This time the distinguishing mark will be white stripes, the stripes on the body of the jacket being like braces, the stripes on the arms heine: lengthwise down the front and back of the arm, as shown m Pig. 4.

Mr Jas. Beckett did not benefit from the ring to any extent when Putty won the Prince of Wales Stakes at Randwick on June 3, but be fell m for a good amount of sweep money. .Mr J. Loughlinj, the \wll-known D-unedin bookmaker, returned by the Warrimoo last Thursday from Sydney, where he has been on a short holiday. When he 1-eft New Zeal ami' 1 he took with him the well-known pony Reduction 1 , which he disposed of at a substantial figure to Mr James Pick, late of NeW Zealand, but now a. hotel-keeper m Sydney. With this issue Mr Lougihlin publishes his prices for the roxt Now Zealand Cup.

Tilings have been very dull on the training tracks this week. Once again tho favorite has been beaten m tdie Brrgli^h Derby. O'Neill , Bros, shifted their show up to the Wairarapa last week. Hawlce's Bay Winter meeting takes place on Wednesday and Thursday. ■Only one Auckland horse, Master JDelaval, \is nominated for the, N.Z. Cup. ' ■• ■ . ■ • ■■■ ■ ■•- ' •■ -' '-'■•>•'•; • The New Zealander Lady Nannie won a pony race at Sydney last week. . Pretty Polly, the dam of Sea-man, draws her owner about m a trap at Wanganui. Notioea'ble absentees from the N.Z. Cup entries are Glenculloch and Helen Portland. Th©re will be a large contingent of New Zealand Kdrses racing m Australia this spring. Evenlode and Slow Tom were shipped homo last , Saturday, after their unsuccessful trip North. The V.R.C. charge a bookmaker £75 a year for the right to be ■m the paddock at Flemington. The Grandstand coup is being talked about a great deal by admiring punters m; . the South Island. A private letter received m Christ- ' church states that all the horses m Dave Price's team are well. The 2-yeaivold -filly Ataeen, 'by Birkcnhead>—Mount Ida, has been sent to Brisibiane, haying been .leased toy a Queensland tiaoing man; , Prank L/ipid' must be reckoned" "a most unlucky ■horseman', for that good jumper, Nadador, fell with him m the Great Northern Steeplechase. The price of oats, chaff and hay is causing trainers to consider whether they can make a living out of the £2 per week charged for horses. The owner of St. Kilian reports having parted with the St. Clements pony for a satisfactory monetary consideration. It's dinkum this time, '■• The New Zealand "horse Submarine; who is now located at Mordiall.oc, under the care 0$ Dave Price, has had his name changed to Subterranean. ■■•■•> • ■ Putty's victory m the Birthday Handicap was anticipated largely by Randwick sports, as he had been doing, .splendid work on the training tracks. It is stated that a well-kno^to metober of Parliament had £50 invested on Putty when he won the Prince of Wales Stakes at Ra<mdwick om June 3rd. ) There were a lot of unbacked horses m the Farewell Handicap at Ellersli«, but enough money was put on Celerity amid WaHmika to make up for all the not wanteds. It is stated that J. McComb has named his new residence at Riccarton "The Seer Lodge" Hpw would it be to call tine new stables ''Grandstand .Stabiles" ? Any good-? The local bookmakers announce that trefbles will be opened by them immediately the noinina'tiows ' for the Great Northern Hurdles and Steeples and Winter Cu.p are made known. Sammy returned to -Waiverley last w-eek. Mr Moore's liorse was u&aMe to secure a wirand-nipr bracked: at 331---lerslio, though he ran prominently on> each ■ occasion that he faced the starter. . The Southern horseman, 1). X 3-. King,' may visit Australia during the winter, andi-n that case he will probably- be found on the backs of Pink 'Un, Savoury, and Subterranean m some of their engagements, Creusot heads tho list with 11.2 m the Hawke's Bay Hurdles, and as Mr Lawry's ,horse seems to be improving fast he should run prominently; Though top weight, his burden is really a light one for such a good performer. Straight-out books have been opened on the. N.Z. Cup, and the usual liberal (?) odds axe on offer against the various entrants. It is insulting the intelligence of punters to ask them to take 14 to 1 about a horse five months before the race. After enjoying ajbout a three months' spell at Leriderbcrg Park, Bacchus Marsh, Solution has been again taken' m hand toy M. J. Cannody, at Oaulfieid. Her leg now looks pretty solid, and her experienced trainer is hopeful of her standing another preparation.. "Paritutu was recently schooled over the hurdles, and the Castor gelding displayed an aptitude for the game which more than pleased his connections. It is, therefore, quite probable that before the present jumping season closes Mir. George's horse may be seen performing over the sticks. He should "be able to see a lengthy hurdle race out with the best of them. The one-time spee/dy sprinter Vla-cl-imlr, who has been on the* private sale list , for some consid era/We time, has been purchased by Mr A. Walker, of Awanuri, and will m future do duty at the stud. Among his many good performance i«h ; e son of Stepniak and Mist succeeded twice m the Stewards' Handicap at Riccarton,- won the Great Easter a-nd- Great Autumn Handicaps, and was second m the C.J.C. Metropolitan and » the Jockey Club Handicap. The imported! 3-year-old filly Th'alaba, by -Grey leg, sire of Gazeley, from Thalestric, by Zealot from Manoeuvre, by Lord Clifden, who is owned and trained by the Sydney bookmaker, "Billy" Day, was elqual to annexing a double, the Flying and Welter Handicaps, a,t the Sydney Tattersall's meeting; last month. Sho was a warm favorite! each time; and' wan with plenty to spare. All going well, Thala/ba is likely to win far better races than these, and she is one more proof of how, well English horses can hold their own with Australians. *

No money for Luresome at EllersHe. Later on look out. Bill- Da vies had a lot of outs at the Qt^vi meeting, .but, by-and-by. The en-trie® received for the - Napier - Park meeting are highly ; satisfactory.: As a result of fr fall received at Otaki, Stayboy is being treated tq a spell. .In „-the Hawke's Ejay Steeplechase Kiatere gives the'- next best Nadador) 32fts. .; Elevation has ' already been backed for the N.'£. Cup at an average : price of 100 to 8. : Montcalm, 'by the ex-New Zealand horse Siege Gun, won a race at itoodwick last month. Ernie O^Neill is considering the ad-: visabili'tv of withdrawing Wild Cat from the race tracks. Armistice is srbill spelling- at 'Waiiganui, and still has that Aldennanic appearance a/bout -her> Pram must be a decidedly improved hiorse, judging by his efforts m the Hurdle Race at Dunedin. The three-year-old Inglewood, by Graftont— Lovelock won the St. peger Stakes at the Queensland Turf Club's meeting. The Wanga/mii sportsman, Mr G- F. Moore, has three horses entered for the N.'Z.Cup, viz., Armistice, Korain and Signor. • -F: Tilley's luck- is decidedly out of late, tout he will probably make amends by scooping some of the proi grammes m the Spring. It is, stated on the' best of author--ity' that several weU-fored mares from tdio Auckland district will .visit the Hotoh'kiss horse, Field Battery, this season. Sid Pitt,- owner of Rustique, left for Sydney last Saturday on a holiday jaunt. During his stay he will, look out for a goad ihor9e, with a view to purchase. . : • After the Otago Jockey Club's meeting Strathfillan was sold. to. the owner of Royal Shell, and the pricp given was sard to be . a couple .of hundred. If that is correct the. -§1-., ly seems well sold. ; , The hitherto disappointing. Uenuku won the York Welter at Ellerslie on Saturday, and paid his supporters. £64 10s. Thelblack horse hashceii backed no end of times, so it was up to him to justify his breeding. " I dou^ if he is oh the credit side' 6f^ the ledger yet. Ames, ■"■ the. American jockey, who met with some success m Australia fchrae years a@o, arid afterwards went to India, where he is now one of the leading hor'semeii; is paying, ajnottoer. visit 'to Sydney. Eastern judges reclcon Ames iquitc equal to Banden or Hewitt, a-nd- he certaihlv throws away ho chanoes, for be is always m training, anid seizes every chance of riding exercise. Thioc Engli'sttl-h'red mares, importr ed by a leading Melbourne share-bro-ker. who races as "E. J. L-awrence,*' have (been put dmrfco work at Cauliield hy/P. Muserave. They are by Lodas^Oharm, by rtoyai CJierry— Blue Ribbon* and by Florizeji . ll.— Pride. Contrary to the. majority, of. English imix)rtii,ijl;ons all th^ce mares' are, said to weedy and meanrin, appearance. v , , ...