NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 112, 10 August 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Races at Riccarton on Tuesday. Wai tat i was sold recently and shipped to Sydney. The Caulfield Grand National Steeplechase will be run to-day. = Landlock is a ouiet tip down South for the National Hurdles. • Elevation continues to hold the position of favorite for the N.Z. Cup. W. Davies took Seaman, Armamento, and Ancyle to Riccarton on Tuesday last. Mr J. Monk has sold Ghoorka, and the black- * horse will figure as a sire for the next year. T. Quinlivan has a useful hunter m Mauti, who w° n the Hurdle Race at the H.B. Hunt Club meeting. Poste Haste, who won the Hunt Club Steeplechase is spoken of as likely to win again m better company. Dawn and Hippolytus, two Karamu three year olds, ran first and third m the Trial Hack race at Hastings. The Hotchkiss horse Field Battery will stand another season at Mr G. M. Curries farm at Koatanui, near Wanganui. . • The owner of Elevation was considering a trip 'to Australia with the brilliant som of Stepniak, but this has been abandoned. Whilst at Porirua the other morning I noticed Marguerite walking on the sands. The little mare looked very fresh, and can be depended upon to uphold her- end during the forthcoming season. ' ;: It is now .certain that- Exm ore's injuries are not as serious as was at first thought, but the Graf ton geldring is to be given every chalice and will be • blistered and turned into a paddock for six months. Paritutu and Leeside ran 1£ miles over hurdles on Saturday last at Riccarton, and the Castor horse, who promises to start a warm favorite, jumped splendidly. As one tout put it, he could not have jumped better if he had been at it all his life. Last Monday the heads w ere running round backing: Gwendolina for the Winter Cup on the "strength of another good gallop on the track. On the track is not m the race, and if . Gwendolina can beat Seaman and Helen Portland she will have to do better than she has yet done m public-. Slievie 'Gallion made some" amends forhig defeat m the Derby by winning the St. James' Stakes, . worth 2050 soys, on Cup Day at Asc-oit ; and on the same day the Martagon colt, Wool Winder, who beat Sli-eve Gallion out of second money m the classic race at Epsom,, secured the Fortyfourth. New Biennial Stakes. Since the suppression of bookmakers m France, the amount of money put through til© totalisator m La Belly country has greatly increased. Latest advices from around that way say that m the first couple of months of the present season £4,040,---000 had gone through the machine, that sum being. £640,000 more than the machine had manipulated during the whole of the previous year. Three, bookmakers were talking m the' express on the way home from the meeting, and veterinary surgeons were the subject of discussion. "Darned if I think much of any of them,", said No. 1, "'they know more about breaking stones on the road than about horses' ailments. At a meeting some time back a favorite fdr a big race got a very bad fall, and I thought he was well settled for the big event, but to make things sure I procured a vet. and got him to look at the horse. After examination he assured me that the horse would be unable, to race again that season, so as he was not scratched I peppered him all ways. Judge my dismay when I noticed a couple of mornings before the race he did the best gallop, and I was m a fever till the race was over. Luckily he got beaten a head, b.Ufc I ufcver tj;,u.ste.a vs t 5^ a^ 6r . i/ha.Vi

A full brother to Pawa is m work at Porirua. Ancyle will be offered for auction at Ctiristchurch next week. Uranium was scratched for the National Hurdles on Monday last. St. Albert should not find the opposition too great m the Hack Hurdle events at the Riccarton meetingProspector is being treated to a spell m Palmerston North, and will be a long time off the scene of action. Pawa was allowed to drop out of (fea Riccarton engagements, and lie will hot be seen out again this year. Bonheur, who was badly injured when she fell m the Jumpers' Flat Race, is still m a critical condition. The Newmarket Handicap winn_er, Pendant, was last year mated with Machine Gun, but the union proved abortive. In his preparation for the Steeplechase, ' Phae'tonit'is is doing as well as tois most ardent admirers could wish for. Mr A. Bradshaw has now *fully recovered from his illness, and is aboutagain, though as yet helms not returned to his office. The Royal Hunt Cup, won by Lalley , ; who was ridden by Hewitt, was worth £2170 m specie and the Cup was valued at £31)0 ; The touts at Riccarton agree that Innliskillen has a chance m the Grand National Steeples and that he is sure to- win , a- race : at ..the meeting. . . Thie Bastings trainer, did not go South with Creiisot, but "stopped behind to attend to the preparation of the N.Z. Cup candidate Downfall. Unless" the weather changes quickly, the going at Riccarton will be very hard, and there will be a lot of soreness among the horses before the meeting closes. • Achilles is still at Porirua, but he is to be transferred to Waikanae immediately. The handsome chestnut has filled out considerably, and now looks a typical sire. . W. Stone has Lyrist, m forward condition at the present time, and the Officer gelding won both his races at the Hunt Club meeting m very easy fashion. He was ridden by P. Davis on the first occasion, and F. Jones on the second. The New Zealand horses— Lord DelaVel (Sleaton Delavel — Taiiioa), Moudjik (Stepniak — Vaultres.s), Ouidaform (Multiform^-St. Ouida), Chameleon (Multiform— St. Ouida), and Brighton (Euroclyddn— Ma ' Belle)' were recently shipped to Sydney for sale purposes. The C.J.C. Winter Mcc ting. . will commence on Tuesday next, when the Winter Cup and Grand National Steeplechase will be decided!. On Thursday the Grand National Hurdles will . be run, and the meeting will be brought to. a conclusion on Saturday. . , ■ The annual steeplechase meeting of the Hawke's Bay Hunt Club was held on the Hastings racecourse on Wednesday .last.. The weather was bad, and this militated against . a good attendance, but the fields were fiood, and speculation with the bookmakers was spirited. Blinker, "who ran third 1 m the Melbourne Cup of •••1904; died recently at Frankfort from the effects of a rupture. It was the inquiry into this horse's .performance • m the V.R.C. Derby, that led to the retirement of his owner-breeder, Mr James Wilson, sen., from the turf. Some good stakes were landed locally fay' punters on the big sculling match. The local bookmakers; got up against the money, and one firm despatched a clerk to Waroganui to look for Webb punters. Locally, even money was easily obtained about Webb but : at Wariganui they laid 5 to 4 on. The ex-New Zeaiander, Solution, is reported as ' doing well m her work. It will be /remembered that there were serious doubts as to Solution standing another preparation. Should she come to the post .fit and well, she may yet wipe out the amount her owner is to the bad over his purchase of tJi© Soult mare. In Paris some little time baqk a gang, of toughs attacked an old-time English jockey named Carver and inflicted such severe' "injuries ''that Carver died from the effects. Carver won the French Derby and;-. Grand 1 Prix De Paris on Boiard m 1873, and was one of the . first English jockeys to ride m the gay country. Double bettors will be anxious to lcriow who are on the backs of their selections.. The principal ones are W. Wilson (Kiatere, m the Steeplechase and Cuiragno m tine Hurdles, W. Higglns (Phaetonitis and Ability) A. Julian (Slow Tom and 'Lady Hune), F. Howard (Loch Fyme and Paritutu); . F. Lind ('Nadador and Creusotj, W. Young (Inniskillen and Irish), H. Telford (Romany Lad and Lull), H.. Carr (Evenlode and IdaSa), J. O'Connoel, (Needlework and Merriwai), A particularly low blackguard was "grafting" at Trentham on the last day. It was the old tale of "tearing away," bait m this case his victims were females. He used to collect seven half-crowns ostensibly to put on a hors^, but m reality to put m bis pocket. The climax came when they agreed to back Clem m the last race, and when the horse won he explained that a mistake was made and the wrong horse backed. It will g o hard with him if ever he appears at Trenitham again. . An exchange says : — The finish for the Gold Cup. at Ascot between- the White Knight and the French horse Eider was a most sensational affair, the 'battle for the last couple of furlongs being left to that pair. There are no double rails at f-soot, as there are on the majority of open raceoourses, whereby r.rowds congregate, and the result was that the sea of yelling excited humanity, hanging over the- rails, with necks strained and voices' roaring, caused Eider to swerve away until he reached nearly the 1 centre of the track, where he collided with The White Knight, and continued to hang on to him. The T .Trite Knight resented these unpleasant attentions, and turning his head savagely, triad to plartt his teeth m the muzzle of Eider. The French colt retaliated, and the unique sight was presented of t-vo horses racing at the head of the fre'l m the Ascot Gold Cup contest doing all they could to savage each othr\ They passed the post with their >ads turned inwards and their mouths open, The White Knight grabbing at Eider and Eider at the White Knight, so that the judge could not separate them, ,and amid unspeakable excitement gave it a Ac.ad heat*

J. McCombe will ride Helen Portland m the Winter Cup. William will m future be run m long distance events and not sprints. Jas. Prosser will not have a single representative at the C.J.C. Winter meeting. Two ancient ones m Moonraker and Full Cry are now running out on the Hurimua Station at Wairoa.. "Teddiy" Yuile, who is now spending the winter m Sydney, was a big winner over the Webb-Towns contest. Lady Hunc had bad luck m the Jumper's Flat race at Trentham, but at Riccarton I would select, her to win. Paritutu. will not be a starter m the Trial Hurdles, and -the Grand National' will be his first race over the battens. Le Beau has jumped much better since being at Riccarton, and should be a very hard horse to beat m the Trial Hurdles. Hewitt was recently carpeted by the stewards at a small meeting m England, but his explanation was considered satisfactory. . Starlight has been jumping splendidly over the big fences, and with a start I would pick him to win the Enfield Steeples on Tuesday. The opinion has been formed that Catch 'Em was ; not very, keen here, and he may make .in /.the Trial Hurdles a very different display to . what he did at Trentham .'l' Judging by. Swi,mmef^forward running m the Steeule^aserjif Flat'Rac.e.. at Caulfield, foe shpu^j^ajfea/chaaice; m the big Steepleo^lgjtci^jpte.iun :< t^ day. As he is afe% n 'goo'£fpficje iriithe market, no doubt (J 2 ffi^l be . obtained ajjout him" igf %#fece---The big Gold ReJkgeldin^Ku Ku^ is moving along well,' a£ r Porirua,.: and should win -again \ when ~ the tracks get harder. A long-striding horse like Ku Ku cannot act m the heavy going. . .. . Mr F.. C. Faber, the owner of Seaman, has decided to do away-, with his norn de Course of W. Fletcher, and to race m his' own name. He has registered fresh colors of wine and gold. A good combination wine and gold. All sports could do with a little of each. ! A lot of people; who, generally 1 know what they are doing have been backing Evenlode for the big Steeplechase. One. tout informed me ' that he. would strip a stone better horse at Riccarton than at Trentham. Should this be the case, he must take no end of beating.. A Sydney weekly recently stated that Johnson, the colored pugilist, was engaged to an Australian lady possessed of cash and other charms. Apparently the latter did not regard this as complimentary to herself as she is' now issuing, a writ for libel, and .claims £2000 damages.. A Wanganui correspondent advises me that Helen Portland will win the Winter Cup. Armistice is looking a perfect picture, and Harry Jackson has a pretty : hot two year old by Stepniak. a lot of ..horses are working on the tracks, but with the exception of Jackson's team they are a very poor lot.. Last week I saw Ukraine Cantering on the plough at the Hutt, and on my suggesting to her owner that she appeared backward; I was informed that she was doing all he' and her trainer wished. This would apparently' indicate that the filly is not to be pushed, and may not be a starter m the Wellesley Stakes. The betting on the' Winter Cup has been very spirited, and the local bookmakers report having laid full looks against Aeolus, Helen Portland, Seaman, Gwendolina, Idealist, Don Orsino, Czar Kolokol, and White Cockade. Its very bad to be a bookmaker. Full book against eight horses, and only one can win. A friend from Auckland writes me combating my statement that Merriwai may be beaten for pace m the early stages of the Grand National Hurdles, and states that this was not borne out by" his running at Ellerslie, where he was m a ptominent position throughout, also one morning oh the track, he galloped half a mile with two Scurry winners, and beat them easily. This may. be so, and on Thursday we shall know the correctness or otherwise of this assertion. The Hawke's Bay horses for Christchurch were all shipped from Napier by . the Talune and taken right through. In all, fifteen horses were aboard, including five trotters, which W, Orange had entered at the N.Z-..' Metropolitan meeting, which commences to-day. They are Mint, Miss. Wilson, Ntfrval, Capitalist, and King George. On the same boat was Hickey with Eclair and Kaipe^ tipeti, Gooseman with Chatterer and Poste Haste, Johnston with Te Uira, Munn with Gold Dust, " and Stuart Waddel with Idealist, Medallist, Outer, and Eons. J. Hall also went down to ride Eclair. Kaipetipeti a»d Te Uira m their various engagements. By 'the Warrimoo, which sailed yesterday, the Yaldhurst trainer, R. J. Mason, left for Sydney, taking with h!im the three-year-olds Bo'nif orm and Couttt Witte, and thie two-year-olds Suniglow, a full sister to Bondform, and Armlet, by Multiform, out of Armilla. The three-year-olds are too well-known to need any introduction and will probably gain distinction on the other side, while Sunglow is reported to be out of the common and a moral for the Breeders' Plate, while Armlet's mission will most likely be the Produce Stakes. On the whole, the team is a (highly superior one, a>nd will, all going well, more than pay expenses. It looks as if the A. J.C Derby and the Breeders' Plate and the Produce Stakes may all be won iby the Yaldhurst contingent^

Asteroid will not be taken to Riccarton. Seaman won £74.0 m stakes last season. Master Delaval was at the heati of the list of winning horses for the season just ended. Swimmer has been galloping well on the tracks at Caulfield and should be hard to neat m the Grand National Steeplechase to-day ., The Auckland penciller, W. : Ryan, was m Wellington during the week on his way. to Christchurch, .where he will operate at the Grand National meeting. The two Ellerslie Horses, Cuirag'no and Shrapnel, both did satisfactory gallops at Riccarton /during the weeki, and are greatly favored by their connections for the big race on dayEvery • effort" was made to get Mahoe to the post for the Grand National Hurdles, and accommodation was secured for him at Riccartom, but at the 'last moment his owner was compelled, to scratch him, and now he is io be treated to a prolonged spellHelen Portland, who won a maiden race at Marton, ran second m the Juvenile Race at Wanganui, and was victorious m the Nelson Handicap and Great Northern Oaks at . the A.R.C. Summer Meeting, and then won the Thompson Handicap, does not find a place m the list of winning horses published by the "Weekly Press." Early last month, the N.Z, bred Mundiva, by Welcome Jack— Signora was brutally hamstrung m his stable at Phillips River, W. A. So far the cruel perpetrator of this outrage has escaped punishment, but his identity has been fairly well established. Mundiva, at his best, was a giood horse, and was once, heavily backed for a Newmarket Handicap. One well-known local punter, who was putting fifties on horses at the last Trenith&m meeting, is now "-non compos mentis." Some of his operations at the late fixture were peculiar. Frinstance, a tipster . gave him Ben Johnson m the Final Hurdles. He put £15 on it, and his winnings amounted to £22 10s, and m bis generosity he gave his tipster £30. Not much profit m that.