NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 120, 5 October 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

St. Joe is no champion. Otaki and Napier Park next week. Heorthen won the Geraldine Cup, and beat a fair horse m Fandango. Mv A. Sand's, owner of Bunyan, Was the largest stake winner at Wanganui. Tirole and Casabianca were m the places m the Hurdles on both days at Geraldine. H. Telford is now training Mulga Bill and Miss Vera, also a pretty good colt, by Merriwee. Glenculloch, is not worth two bob when the going is soft and. he was m the rear the wh,dle way m the Guineas. Golden Eagle returned from Avondale on Tuesday morning, and leaves for Otaki to-day. Rhodes horse should be hard to beat m the Stewards Handicap. - Wallasey has improved, and made the running m the Guineas. However, it was only on sufferance, as when Price let Bunyan have his head, the result was quickly beyond doubt. Asteroid was ridden a bad race m the Okehu Hurdles -, and even then just suffered defeat. In the last two furlongs she made up fully 20 lengths, which will show the severe task she was asked to undertake. Downfall did not run up to expectations m the classical race, and next day he was raced again, as his owner thought the^ gallop would improve him. However, he failed, and his owner may now reconsider his N.Z. i Cup mission and try for the Auckland Guineas instead.

Assayer rah badly the first day. but there were two circumstances to account for this. First the ground was bad, and he is no good m th? mud ; secondly, all the contestants ! were triers. On the second day tho going w.-'S splendid and some of the others were not anxious. These i things make all fche difference.

Bob Barlow will bring Turkish Maid to Otaki on Monday. Helen Portland does not look herself, and would be benefitted by a spell. If the placed horses be excepted, it was not a high-class field of Maidens seen out at Wanganui. King's Birthday will score m a weak field, but six furlongs seems as far as he likes to go. Sedgmoor had a run m the Second Hack Hurdles at Wanganui. He was m front for a bit, but lost his breath early. "Bonnor" McNamara took bad luck at Avondale last week, when he was "outed" for three months for careless riding. Waitapu failed badly on* the first day, but on the next day he finished second to Irish Rifle and put up a very attractive gallop, Fishermaid burst a small blood vessel m her head when contesting the Owen Handicap, and her rider • was compelled to pull her up. Armistice had a run at Wanganui m the Marangai Handicap. She looked a perfect picture, but had bad luck m her race. She should win at Wellington. Ellerton was well taken care of by the handicapper at Wanganui, but still I expected him to make a: better showing than he did m the Spring Handicap. Wairarapa put up a good race m the Putiki Hack Handicap,. but on the second day he was not so prominent. Notwithstanding this I reo-ard him as a winner m the. near future. Dulciiiea is still the same dirty brute at the post. Clubs ought t.o refuse the nomination of horses known to be troublesome at the barner: The local club might set an example m this respect. Tlie black horse {Swimming Belt was one of the best-looking horses seen under silk at Wanganui. He was also, one of the best-conditioned. It was bad luck for' his owner to run second at his. first attempt m open company, buirsome one must fill that position. The owner of Aeolus thought his horse would win the Spring -Handicap but he got away badly and never got to. the leaders, though he finished better than . any thing ia the race. On the second day he was again unlucky at the start. He was. carrying a deal Of but by the timr the local meeting comes round he should be, very well. ■'

Flintgot was going' so - Well on . the Palmerston tracks- that a few pounds Was put on him, as his party expected him to be second to All Red m the Hack ..Race the first day. lie was second all right, but not to All Red, and he paid £3 15s for second money. He was well handled by little Bob Young, who will make a good-light-weight m time.

Tom Quinlivan * sent Mauri out both days at Wanganui, but the Sou'wester gelding jumps too big and lost much ground at each obstacle. If this defect is remedied he should turn out a useful animal. I find I was' in error last week m stating that Mr Jas. Bull sold tins horse to Mr E. J. Watt. The Double King advised the Hastings owner to buy Mauri, but he never owned him.

Te Kainui has won a race at last, and the win was long overdue. How much this horse has already cost Delaney arid his followers • it ; would be difficult to say, but the rumor is that they got a good bit back last week. I do not remember ever seeing the horse look so well, and the first day he was very unlucky not to be second. He should win again before long ; that is if* Delaney docs not indulge m any handicapper-tripping business. We shall see.

All Red is a brilliant colt, but at the time of writing we have not seen how he will .perform m open company. He is a full brother to some good ones, and he may turn out just, as good as Munjeet, Rose Madder, or Mungista. Six months ago he was sent up to Prosser, but was then, to all intents and purposes, a cripple, so tnat mentor decided to bide his time, hence the colt's very late appearance as a two-year-old, viz., the July Trentham meeting. There is just a whisper about that he is superior to Gold Crest, but this will have to be ocularly demonstrated to me before I will have it, but there is no doubt 'he is a good one, and time will tell how good. His ; owner, Mr J. Buckley, is at present m England.

. What a useful horse Irish Rifle is, and just a bit lucky too, although I do not wish to decry a good performance. On the first day he: was out first and All Red was last, and the latter stumbled badly after going six furlongs, and this enabled Scaily's horse to win easily. The next day they did not meet, but Irish Rifle won the big race and All Red won the Hack Race. Irish Rifle is by Musketry out of that good mare Element, dam of Shrapnel' and Fakir. He is a big upstanding chestnut,. You would never mistake him for a Derby candidate, but what he lacks m looks he makes up m quality, And he is as • honest as the sun. Ho and Sid. Reid got on well together, and the latter always rushes him to the front and rides a waiting race there. I say waiting advisedly, and let anyone try and wrest the lead from him at any stage, and he can always respond. • In the Wanganui Handicap he was tackled as early as six furlongs from home, but he always responded to Reid's call, and at the finish won easily. Probably it will be found that his best distance is 7 furlongs or a mile, and with about 8.0 on his back he would keep the best of them busy m the Thompson Handicap.

The Napier Park meeting will take ; place next Wednesday and Thursday. Elylhemaid, Numa, and Tirole each won doubles at the Geraldine meeting last week. They are a poor lot m most of the races ?t Otaki next week. AH being of one class good fields should result. Paritutu has been galloping well on the New Plymouth tracks, and nothing up there has been able' to extend him. A prominent absentee from the Otaki meeting will be W. Davies, who has engaged nothing at the Maori meeting. ' Nukitihi has been blistered and given a spell since the Marton meeting. He has a spavin hock and is easily knocked out. Sylvan Park was putting m a lot of work at the finish of the Moutoa Handicap, and had he got out earlier he would have been second. Fontenoy, who was retired to his owner's station to take up stud work, has not served any mares as yet as Harper is still engaged building him up. ' G. Price was the unlucky horseman at the Wanganui meeting, as he rode no less than four seconds. However, his win on Bobrikofi would soften' it somewhat. The irony of Fate. This meeting the bookmakers crossed the Avondale meeting off their "No reply" list and all the favorites got beaten. How much did the books lose ? Goldbeater's run m the Flying Handicap was a great one, and the way he kept goinr and stalled off I successive challenges proves him to be a colt of great merit. I expeQt him to keep on - winning. The people pf Wanganui are wondering how it happened that Goldwai beat Irish Rifle at the Hunt Club meeting, but that is easily explained. It was Jenkins beating Vivian, and not Goldwai beating Irish Rifle. Starina was given a run both days at Wanganui. 'He was very big, and does not look as if it would be possible to get him fined down enough to win the N.Z. Cup, and his form did not suggest any great ability as a galloper. Rendrock is a very lazy animal, and m this respect much resembles his sire Explosion. Race-goers will remember the wav Joe Gallagher used to flail the black horse for the whole way m big handicaps to get him to do his best. Tommy Pritebard rode Dulcinea when she won the double Hurdles at Marton, but he was taken off her and McConnon substituted at Wanganui. The former had his revenge by riding the winner (Te Kainui), and Dulcinea was unplaced. Finery can still skate for half a mile, but no further. On both days at Wanganui George Price was sailing along with a couple of lengths lead up to four furlongs, but after that she shut up like a book. She may do better with a hard track, but if not I do not know when she will win a race. . A couple of weeks ago I had a good word for The Lark and advised punters to follow him at Wanganui. j The bay horse looked splendid at Wanganui, and after getting a cruel start m the Spring Handicap he beat all for pace at the finish. The next day be was raised lOlbs, but third place was his portion, and it looks as if a bit -of weight - stops him . 'Frisco is a colt whom m the past •most people have thought of only as a sprinter. I think he is a real good combination of both a' sprinter and a stayer. On the first day he was second to Goldbeater after getting a bad run, and m the concluding event of the meeting, which was run over a mile, he' galloped over everything at the finish, and had the race been a quarter *-*? a mile further he would have won more easily still. On the night of the second day he was further backed for the N.Z. Cup at 100 to 7. With Apa and 'Frisco Mr "F. Preston" has a great chance of landing the biggest handicap of the Dominion.

At . Wanganui last week the horse of the hour was Maniapoto, and great" interest was centred m his re-appear-ance on the racecourse after an absence of nearly two years. He looked very big m condition and was walking short. He commanded -a lot of attention m the saddling paddock and nearly 500 people formed a ring around him. Different opinions were expressed regarding him, but it will be a short time only till we know everything. The horse was neglected on the machine, but the "heads" had fivers and tenners on him. Sid Reid had the mount and got him well away and he was never further back that fourth the whole way, and this was his position at the ]udge-s box. After the race a lot of talk was heard aboufc the horse, being a non-trier, and a capable judge who was at the bend assured me that he was very "strong" there. On the other side it must be ,<aiti that a lot of people who are Setters Uy credited with knowing what they are doing backed the horse, and ■•vmows?st these was a former part owner ©( hiw.. This may or may not prove any thins, but if the horse was a non-trier, why was it ? He has been backed for nearly £4000 at 100's to 2, so that his owners cannot want any more money about him, and had he won the Maraugai Handicap, he would have incurred no penalty as the race was not worth 100 soys to the winner. Taking all things into consideration, I think the handicappers would be justified m assuming he ran on his merits. I understand the horse will be given a run m the Wainui Handicap at Trentham if the weight is suitable, so the public will have another opportunity of seeing the Metropolitan winner m a race.

Sid Reid has ridden Irish Rifle three times and been successful on each occasion. Ancyle never looked better than he did at Wanganui, but he was never m the van, and was only started one*. Numa won a double on the conoiuding day of the Geraldifce meeting, whi'-h looks as if the old horse has taken a new lease of life. .General Kuroki is still capable of improvement,, though I expect him to catch a race at Otaki. He jumps well and has a lot of pace, Pearlie was "hot stuff" for the Kingsland Handicap at Avondale, but Lady Regal, m Joe Gallagher's stable, upset the good thing. There was no stable money for Waihuka on the first day at Avondale. The second day it went m and stayed m. and the last day when he won there . was no money again. The Guineas winner, Bunyan, proved himself a good. colt, and he had the race won any time after half a mile, but his pilot, W. Price, just waited on his field till the straight and won anyhow. Docile did not start at Wanganui, so probably Feilding will be her mission.. 7~ Pixie and Docile bump up against each other m a Scurry there will be some money go on the totalisator m that race. W. Young rode Oryx on both days ■at Wanganui, and the connections of the old horse expected him to win, but a second and a third was the best he could do. He will win where the company is not too select. St. Claimer started twice at the Wanganui meeting. On the first' day he was not tod anxious, but on his next attempt he ran a much better horse and had bad luck to meet a good colt like Gold Cresfc. ** The owner of 'Fishermaid,' who broke a blood vessel at Wanganui, got even, pretty quickly, as. he backed the winning double the second -day for nearly £200. This is'"more?than the mare is worth, but good luck Imlay. Flimsnap is-about the smallest of Sylvia Park's gets, and before the Wanganui meeting was the boss boy. on the tracks. He finished fourth m each of his essays at Wanganui. and was well backed on each occasion^ Five, furlongs seems to be about the length of Gawain's tether. This horse looks all ri^ht, but he does not gallop at all like he used to, and on the form he has been showing lately the handicappers would be quite justified m letting him m much lighter.

Yosami and Ancyle were taken up to Wanganui by W. Davies. They each had a run on the first day, but did not assist their owner to pay . for their keep. The former may do a lot better later on, as she Is very cranky at present, but Ancyle had more money wasted on him m the Putiki Hack Race, m which he finished second to last.

Sardonyx won the first Hurdles rather easily, but he was not supported with his owner's usual dash, as the going was reckoned to be against him. On the second day it went m solid, but the big fellow broke- down three furlongs from home and could just squeeze m second. His coffinbone is injured, but it is only a matter of time and he will be all right again.

At Wanganui last week an attempt was made to match Arthur Law against Taihape's . champion.. "Cleg" Kellv. Law would not race m the Taihape mud and Kelly would not travel, so the whole talk ended m smoke. Later on m the week, Kelly took a trip to this city, but was not m a match-malking, mood, and informed me that his next attempt would be a return match against Wakeman.

The A. J.C. meetine commences at Randwick to-day. and will be of narticular interest to New Zealanders, inasmuch as several of our horses are engaged on the other side. The principal events to-day are the A.JiC. Derby and the Epsom Handicap, and on Monday the Metropolitan Handicap, and the Breeder's Plate will be run. The meeting will be continued on Wednesday, and con • eludes on next Saturday.

It might interest Maranui's supporters to know that the colt was not backed by his owner for the Rawson Stakes. A well-known sportup Taranaki way, who is a good judge, tells me that the colt is an out and outer, and will take no end of beating m the A. J.C. Derby today. He will probably start at about 6 or 7 to 1, and is well worth an investment. As he is the only Dominion representative the Tommies will probably get a good kick up if he scores. The Rawson Stakes race would improve him, and I confidently anticipate that he will gain a' place.

In the Flying Handicap at Wanganui the public 'fastened on Gold Crest as absolute, but the start was a wretched effort, and he got badly away. At the finish he was going great guns, but failed to reach the leaders. "On the second day the distance was a furlong less, and tha chestnut colt was raised sfts. Agciin he was made the public selection and again was he unfortunate at the barrier. However, the going was firmer on the second day and Jenkins sent him along at top. He made up his ground m taking style, and just got his head m front fifty yards off th& post. This performance was a great one, both on the part of Jenkins and the colt, and I will be much surprised if the latter does not turn out to ba as good as Gold Crown, and perhaps a bit better. His owner, Mr J. R. McDonald, was present on both days to see his colt perform, and he was the receipient of many congratula-. tions on the second day.

• 'Jervis George ' has a useful filly by Cuirassier— St. Ada m work on hisi private track at New Plymouth. j Mult.ifid is just pottering about on j the tiacks at New Plymouth. In j the Wanganui Cut) Jast year, the son of Multiform broke down, and since : then has not raced. • To 'secure the services of C.Jenkins The Stake. carri-fi I2lbs overweight m the Marangai Handicap at Wanganui. He'll bo a hard horse to beat m the Labor Handicap at Otaki. The whitebait folk could not sec anything m the Maiden ""ack that would beat Bonnie Doon. The mare did not get out too well, but she was galloping on at the finish, and should she start at Otaki she will be worth an investment. Toney was "swallow catching" on the Hutt track last week, so a friend advises me. If this horse would leave the barrier, I am convinced that he would let the best of them know that they had been gal--1 oping m a five or six furlong race . His owner should put a good strong boy up and practice starting him from the barrier, and as soon as the tapes were skied, both hooks and stick should be put into him. After a few trials he would be all right.

The Maori owner, Weraroa Kingi, wap a bit unfortunate m not getting his name enrolled on the list of winners at Wanganui. His filly, Flying Wind, got a very bad stnrt on the first day, but at the finish she was galloping over everything. The next day she ran up to Bobrikoff at the Sum., and her victory was being proclaimed, when she spoilt her chance by running very wide, and third pla"-; was her portion with no stake attached to it,- She should be worth following, say- at Waverley on November 9th. ,

Bobrikoff is the name of-MrT. H. Lowry's Fi-iand gelding, who is a beautiful black m color and can gallop a. treat. Fred Davis was just a bit anxious about him on the fi r st day as he had never been at a barrier before, but George Price, who had the mount, got him away first, lie r.an a good honest race, but met a .good one m Dusky Morn, who has had sorie education and who won rather eas;ly. On the next day with Mr Moore's horse out of the way Bobrikoff won easily from Koran, a stable companion of Dusky Morn.

Le Beau is an unlucky horse, and his owner seems unable to break his long spell of bad luck. Prior to the Wanganui meeting ,nothing was galloping or jumping better than this horse, but m the Hack Race he gave a very poor exhibition. His owner thought the weight might be stopping him and tried him m the Open Race next day, when the handicapper gave him 9.12. Once again he jumped badly, and it appears that he is frightened m company. It will be remembered that this horse was one of the unfortunates m the Jumpers' Flat Handicap at Trentham, and since that time he has never shown his proper form. McMiken intends 'to try new tactics with him and everybody would be pleased to see him successful.