NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 107, 6 July 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Wellington weights are due to-day.. Tartan (9.9) is top. weight m the Melbourne Cup. Swimmer is 'doing 'good, work on the tracks at Flemington. . George Price leayes ? . Sydney next: Saturday for Wellington. : A local hotel-»broker' has the nioe bet of 1000 to 50, about Capulet today. V ' Mr E. J. Watt, of Hastings, left for a trip to England va Sydney last week. There were a lot of non-trders behind Golden, Oomb on the second day ht Napier. A lot df money went to the West Coast .as, the result of Golden Comb's 'dual success at Napier Park. Harry; Piper returned from Napder Park on Saturday night, and left for Chrfstehurch the same evening. Solution 9.9 is t"op weight m the Epsom Handicap. She will have to be at her best to win with that ! weight. ...--• ' It transpires that after all the talk, ' Pink 'Un was not sold, and the horse is still m Dave Price's -staples at Melbourne. , • The crack Sydney pony .jockey, I Kilborm. who has been refused a license by the A. J.C., intends to try his luck m India1 1 have not heard of much; money beinC wagered on the. Webib-Towns match, but perhaps they will liven up when the day draws closer.There was, a few pounds put on Fl^ka for the "Hack Hurdles on the secotfd day at Napier Park, but he could only run second and save the stake. '-.)''..' Paddy McLaugh'l'in had a go6d win over Conl^eder at Aspendale Park. • From a private source', I learn that the Hastings .trainer' netted over £GOO. . . A rule no-w enforced by the French Jockey Club is that any jockey carpete:l'in any way whatever 'three times inon-e year, will have his license withdrawn.-. ' . Poseidon's full brother is not nominated .for the Breeders' Plate T.or the Giim crack. Stakes at the A-.JC. Spriw Carnival, but ho is. in the December Stakes at the samp ■meeting. English owners arc. complaining of what they term the "forerigoi" in-! vasiqn, and Australian nags are included m \ the term, though apparently no objection is taken to J "fofeisn" trainers and jockeys/ T.toe connections of Shrapnel Shellsupported their horse solidly for the Stewards' Stakes at Napier Park, but tbe a^ed -gelditip; is evidently not bacV to his. best form yet. He'sfco.uUi be worth Watching at Trentham. m the Parliamentary Handicap, .m which he has been successful on two previous occasions- ' . There was a 'heated argument, m Willis-street ;the other nisht as. to what would top weight m the Grand National Hurdles. The writer thinks it will he just as easy to pick- the top weight m the Hurdles as it is m the Steeplechase, and selects Exmoor and Kaitere for No. 1 position m each raoe. " The'' local bookmakers state that {Vaitarere is * easily, the best backed cawdidate for^ the Grand National Stccpl r.C'hase. Punters should pause and Wiink a Wt, for if Waitarere wins the Wellington Steeplechase his penalty will probably put th? Grand National beyond him. The horse is pretty sure to start at TrentfoanV as Prosser usually 'does not wait when •\jss -horses are ready to win. 1 "Bvcn 'when buried m the .. country amongst half-bred mares the sons of Carbine m a na^ij to . transm it some of old Jack's stamina and pace to their stock. Nevada, who had very few chances at the stud, got the Queensland Cup winner Haidee, while some smart Queensland sprinters claim him as sire. At country meet- » ings, m New South Wales winners by War God frequently crop up. and .several useful sorts r by ■. Carbineer (Vie.) arc Advertising that sire.

When they back Intelligence be with them. ?-. Tlie attendance was very large a,t the Napier Park meeting. Cross Battery was well supported ■*r the Winter Cup last week. ; Elevation and Apa are equal favi orites for the New Zealand Cup at 14 to 1. The Rangitikei Club will hold their Spring' meeting on September 18 and 19. | The Mensohikoff-Armilla colt m the | Yaldmirst stable has been named Armlet. Tbe local bookmakers are very busy uqw laying trebles on the C. J.C. meeting. The odds are £400 to ss. ; The owner of Waipu went for a good win on his horse m the Newstead Handicap at Napier, and it duly oame off. Despite .tiie fact that the meeting had 'been postponed, the Napier Park fixture last week was' a record one for the Clul. ■ Top Rase was made favorite for j the Moteo Back Hurdles, won by ; Golden Comb; but he came down at the third fence." The- thorough-bred stallion, Hova, who was recently.. purchased by a Tasmaniari breeder, died shortly after arriving at his new home. Golden Comb (Gold* Reef— Lorelei) is the making© of a very useful hor sfc over : \ liuijilps ? Harry., 1 Fairbrpther .piloted him in'both biis races at Napier Park, • - ■ :'.-- .' •■ . : " '. \ r Tbe' : joobey, E. 1 Morkn, who recently ! left the I'West' Coast, rode La>dy Warwick when' the Uttie mare won the Stewards' Stakes a<t Napier l^ast Wed-' nesday. , ' After all, it turns out that., both Irish and Looh Fyne are engaged m the C. J.C. Grand National Steeplechase. Double and treble bettors should note this fact. . Pretty Maid put up a good, , performance behind iGol'den Comb on the first "day of tlie Napier meeting! .but it is extremely doubtful if her owner took" it on tlie second 'day. ', ', ' It is reported that a well-known Masteriion" sport will- shortly be called, to the Upper House. The local Bar .VonS are earnestly 'hoping that he will there before the Gaming Bill is brought . down. Mr Arthur- Way, who has been appointed /secretary of the Marton Jockey Club,, is a well-known sporting writer. As he -has an intimate knowledge of racing;, he should make a most successful secretary, Maniapoto has been scratched for the Epsom and Metropolitan Handicaps, so, as was hinted m these col 1 um'ns ' soni© weeks back, there is very little likelihood of the black hoi'se being sent to Australia, this year. - The many Yriamls, Mr / Pradshaw, of the firm ' f Roas and Brad 1 - E'haw, will regret to learn that he is seriously ill m a , privace hospital m Wellington, and has condition is causing his friends the gravest imxiety. The Rangitikei Racing Club look upon the past year's profit of £t;00 as highly sa-tis-factory. This be'eause stakes were incf 6a«ed, the Cup .meetinT was the tail end of a hard week's racing m the district, . and one of the race days was a very wet one. Wa-irlki's 2-year-old brother, Seddon, who is owned by K. S. Mac-Le-Od, is engaged m a couple of events at the V.R.C. Graawl National meeting to-day. He lvas not' sported .silk since he figured unsuccessfully at the 'A.J.C. Spring Meeting last October, previous to which he showed ' brilliant speed m- private. > The Grand Prix De Paris was run and won last Sunday, and the winner turned up m Baron dc Rothschild's bay colt, Sans Souci 11. The Grand Prix is over a distance of one m«le and seven furlongs. This year it is worth 200,000 francs, or 8000 soys. of British money. Last year, when Spearmint, a son of Carbine, won, the event was worth £10,000. What a great old battler Romany Lad is, to be sure, and just / think of Col.lyns' luck m .purchasing him with a saddle and bridle thrown, m for £9. . He is trained on the Horbwhenua racecoursie. .Doubles and trebles and all so.rts of jumps were rigged up there, and Hugh Telford used ,to'/ come down from' Awapuni to" school hini; It is related of the oid fellow that he never made a single ; blunder when school ing, and his owner was quite prepared for his victory , and! told'aU his friends to put it m, and willihg, too. Unfortunately, mpst of them regarded him as very windy, bivt he 'certainly '• has th^a-ugh; over them now. • •' ■ ' '■•■'. • !■ "Dug"' Watt, yis HaSUii:?s-'-h'»'t^e-" man, ought 'to tJcinic his lucky, f-ia.rs for a narrow escape from severe injury if not death b:i Wednesday last. Appears Watt had' been engaged to ride No Shot m the, Napier Park Steeplechase, - but ':, befare he ..bad gone half way this er.rat.ic brute ran off and' jumped the fence . into the . s?ddling paddock, unseafna; his ; rider, who escaped with only, a broken col-lar-bone. An . inquiry,' was-: lie^l as to Watt's, conditiou, .it ieins alleged that he was drunk, ..and- the matter has been, referred to the MetropolitanCommittee. The- fact, that the horse ran off again, on 'the second,, day .ana did ditto at Hastings tlie week , previously wgu!<l be all m Watt's favor. ! 'A- cortain. amount .of sympathy was felt tor ; Jockey, Kenny a few weeks ago, when. be. was fined £5 for changing his ppsitiqn at .the.barrier.: ■ for "the. Vonalty m hi:? case and position were • thought to -be extreme. On Wedhesday last, at Kensington, one of tbe fashionable jockeys, after ' be"ing listed on the place board as m No. 16 place, was ■ seen .to' start either from No. 2 or 3. position, and from this coign of vantage, scored a win ; but, unlike m Kenny's case, so far as we can learn, was not fined or auestioned. In the latter case a fine of £50 would have been as little consideration as was tbe £5 m Kenny's case ; but the unpleasant feature of the matter is that it appears as if a fashionable .iockev can -take, liberties that are denied to less capable brethren. 'It may have boen that the chai>a;ing of places escaped the notice of the starter, for otherwise we are satisfied his • well-known fairness would not have permitted him to condone a jump of about 14 places. At matters are at present, the majority of owners are handicapped enough, for want of capable riders, outaide of two or three.- without being further penalised by the fe#, gnod ridprs being 'able to sneak .better, positions, than .the draw enables ;them to ; and we cammend to the .attention of the starter extra sui>po:vision . on the ■ place .-movements 'OiffasbioiVable rid Ilers."— ''-'Sydney Sp^ortsmanj.' 1 ,

Aberration has been scratched for the Winter Cup. No Shot . seems to have turned an out and out rogue. Aqua Regia's form was very puz>zling at Napier Park. Pushful did wot face the starter on either day at the Park meeting. The Hon. JVD'. Ormond won. four races at the Napier Park meeting. Arthur Oliver rode Lion-heart and Contender m tbeiir winning efforts at Aspendale .Park. , Mr H. K. Collins, with £230, w-as at the head of the list of winning owners at Napier Park. Eclair was heavily' supported for the Park Steeplechase, but he could OQiy run second to Romany Lad. t The South Canterbury J.C. intend that for future meetings no nomination fee should be more that 2£ per cent, of the stake. Since Te Kainui changed hands, he has failed to wiin a race, but he is just the sort to bob up any day and 1 take out a decent, stake. An English contemporary states that the Dukes of Portland and Westminster contemplate laying out a stud, farm m Ireland. ' The victories of Martyrium, Outer and Idealist "on thcflrst" 'day ' of the Napier- Park meeting, brought a lot of grist to the mill- of punters. Tangaroa was unlucky not to wina race at Napier Park.. .Roberts' horse begins very badly, hilt' ;b.eis" always galloping well at; the finish of his races-.' ' ■ ;•' M ■ ■ ■■■.;"■ :". ' ■ ■ Punters 'had al.l the . best of the deal on the first day at ' Napier Park, but on the second -;day the Tommies retrieved- their positions • and finished up winners. , ' . Hewitt stall meets .with, plenty of criticism from > English., sporting scribes, and i,t has eyidentlv affected owners, for the New -Zealander is not being rusbied with mounts. They backed Eons for the' Winter Oats at Napier Park as it the .race was all over,, " but after' running prbjrginently . for half the distance •he I petered out c-f it and finished fourth. The owner of Mjataari tried to win a double on ' ; tlhe concluding day of the Napier Park meeting. He got the first ]eg m, but .^UlOlb penalty [made alb the difference the second time, and he was beaten by a head by^Waipu, arid bis backers lost 9s m the ~£. ;. Paddy McLaughlin took a lesson from the experiences -of other New Zealand owners m Melbourne;, and put it m first time otut with Contender. Everybody would be pleased to, know that the horse had won, and no doubt' he will l)e w,ell sold over there. b Lionheart and Frestonpans are equal favorites for the V.R.C. G.N. Hurdle race to-day. Capulet is quoted at 10 to 1, but he will probably start at a shorter price than' that. Mr J. E. Henrys left for Christchurch by -the Mararoa last Monday evening. The following from the "Sydney Sportsman" wilT be Of special interest to my readers, as the fact of certain jockeys always- having No- 1 position -at the post has been freely commented upon. .Starters should know that- it is their boiinden duty to s-ee that the horses take- up their correct positions. at the post, and if any "pointing" is indulged man example should be ma-dc of the offoniders. This, of course, does not apply where the starter considers it expedient to put a -fractious animal, who is delaying the start, on the outside of the field. ; The biggesjt stud ih : '-'America belongs to James Haggin," and is situated at Green Hills, -m ..Kentucky,. Five hundred brood mares are kept there, also the same number ''of yearlings and 2-year-olds. The whole plant is said to be tine finest m the blue grass region of Kentucky, and employs 1G«O men- all the year • round. Any man or boy ■■ who comes along oan have a job on the eight hours' system, from 7 to 4, an«hour being allowed for 'dinner, the boss having advertised to that, effect. A lot of beaten punters hereabout ' are certain to stow' away or work their passage to the blue grass region of Kentucky, after having rea>d this— -and yefc perhaps they won't. They would foe expected to yakker.for eigih-t hours daily. An exchange says :— "Some people are lucky and some are. the reverse ; : a-nrl , ■r>'t>on ( 2 < sl-, the., former .,, must be classed a couple . of settlers of the Cambridge district who attended the AiicicLtuu races on Saturday last. They thought they could pick the winner of the York Welter, an-d one of thorn went and put a ticket , on the horse as lie imagined ; but when he rtcaohed his chum there were ructions/ for the ticket, instead of being on. the horse ilt?y- fancied, was'- '■ on a rank Putsider. Thfev tried *to get it 1 changed,- but their efforts were'-un-availing, and when the numbers went up they had struck a dividend 'pf £64' 10s, for their ticket was on ; Uenuku. History sayeth mot wh«t¥! they did to the clerk who was run- ! ning the totalisator." ■••■'] The writer, heard a' good one the other day, and he is assured that it is true. A prominent Wellington owivor, who generally has a tew liundreids abo<u<t any" New Zealand horses that are racing m important handicaps m Australia, got it m his mind lately that he paid too dearly for some Solution money last. Spring, and the, fact. that he did not. sjet an~ answer to has cable for. a couplo of days also made Tiim very, suspicious. ami he worked it out that his agent go-t lvis own and some friends' money on and then 'd'lfi W'lvat be was paid for. viz., Avorking the commission for the Wellington' owner. ' The latter decided tba-t ho must v 'S-ar,id him for a skate." so 1 as t' week caWc-fl- over for £I; 100 nbout Lion-heart m the V.R.C. G.N. Hurdle race, but really speakin.s:. lie bad secured that amount about Gapu--lot when m Sydney three weeks ago. ,Two, days passed, and njp reply com*, to his cable, so he put m onother stating that he li-ad chanpwl his min-d and did not want any Lionheart, now. but the Sydney mail . just .-m-ivetl brought the news that. -Stevenson's horse bad been baclc/nl- for a c;ooil sum from Sydwev. It would he the irony of fa-re if Lionheart won after all and Capulet ran "unplaced, but the writer thinks it a ■guinea to a eooseberry about Capulet bcatinn; Lionheart, and when I mention, that his stable con-necti ohs - fully . expect the Lethe $eld*nV to break 5.50 for the three miles, it looks like on'v betting on a stand-up. Should, f'amilet get beaten,, mv advice' to: runters ■ would be to •so for a recovery when Oaulfleld comes on for decision, as something might have gone wrong.; .

Campfire is a long time earning a winning bracket. Grenade was not started at the j Napi«r Park meeting. Luminous has " arrived safely at Fiji, and is undergoiitiigi a spell there. Delaware is doing good track work at Caulfjeld, but that is about" all he does. . Dividend is to give Poseidon 21bs m both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. f It should not be long now till Dulcinea contributes- some more towards her oat bill. With Mabutonga 8.9 and Putty 8.0, New Zealand will have a great chance of winning the Melbourne Cup. Mr j. E. Henrys was appointed handicapper of the' Rangitikei Racing Club at the annual meeting held last month. The well-bred Somateria, who is quartered at Mr J. 1/oughlm's stables, Dunedin, is being handled 2ightly at present. The D. J.C. Committee refused to grant the Palmerston Racing Club a permit until the racecourse is put m better order. •The total entries for the A. J.C. Derby of 1909 amount to the grand number of 201. This is easily a- best on record for Australia. . That capable horseman, Tim How-: ard was sufficiently recovered from his fall at Hastings to be able to take part m ,the Napier .Park meeting. ' The Sydney, horse Rpsemead, who was' some months ago sold to go Jo Batavia, has won a bdg event there. Rosemead is now owned by a Chinaman. The. mating, of Irish Girl with Vladimir will be ■an experiment, m inbreodirtg. Vla-dimir is by Stepniak— Mist, and .Irish- Girl is by .S'"Clair— Lad y Gertrude.. ■Mak.ii 'did not win a race at either of, . the Hawke's "Bay meetings,, but he should win a race; m the spring, as the heavy _ state of. the goin>g has been all against him. . ,;'. .There- is a .plethora of treble books this year,, and for an outlay of £2 ss 'it is possible to back a treble to win £2,750. With the competition that exists there is very little chance of any of the volumes beirug Q.R. Nadador ran very badly at Napier Park, •' and' seemed . quite knocked out by her previous efforts. She was last nearly all the way on the opening day, and was pulled up before completing the course*. On the second •day she did not face the starter.. • ,-■ The v:r.C. Grand National Hurdle race will be run to-day. The New Zealand horse Oapulet is engaged, and is sure to run well. He is to be ridden . by " the FeiLding . horseman, •W. Young, and will, no doubt, carry a good bit of coin from this side of the water. • If there were stipendiary stewards at Napier Park, with power, to review previous running, they must have enquired into Outer's running. At Hastings the Officer mare was ne-; ver m the front m tbe Bracelet events, but at the Park she led- all. tbe way, and'i putting up a stone extra the second day, she again won. J. Killorn, the crack lightweight pony rider, was seen m the saddle to advantage at Kensington, on June 1.2, after several months' absence from Sydney. After running third on Musket m the Flying Handicap, he won the Maiden Welter on Florrie Tristram by the narrowest of, margins. He then scored fairly comfortably . on Summerline; m- the Novice- Handicap, and wound up the programme by quickly getting' m front on Mulpera m the Fourteentwo'_ Handicap, which he won with lengths to spare. Now that Connell has left the pony ranks', there is -no doubt- Killorn stands out as the best rider at the unregistered meetings, over any distances.