NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 125, 9 November 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Waipawa to-day. Jubilee Cup to-day. All Red is no champion. Taratahi to-day and Monday. The A.R.C. meeting opens to-day. Concluding d.ay of the C.J.C. meeting to-day. ; The Libyan is a half-brother to the defunct Ropa. Last Saturday Dawn's record was five starts and five wins. Probable was , the last horse to pass the post m the. N.Z. . Cup. A Christchurch boniface was a' good winner over 'Frisco's Cup. . The straight-out books on the N.Z. Cup were all very bad this year. The Williamstown Cup, of one mile and three furlongs, will be run next Monday. . . . The owner of 'Frisco netted nearly £4.000 by the success of his horse m the Cup. Aeolus was taken to Riccarton but was not started on the first two days of the meeting. Apologue is not by Simmer,, but nevertheless he was nearly at boiling point for the Melbourne Cup. There is a m probability of the West Australian rider, Jim Trenoweth, coming to settle m New Zealand. This is a brother of Joe, one of the best light-weights m W.A. I never saw Contender looking better than on Saturday last prior to the start of the Stewards' Handicap. ■ A singluar coincidence. The three horses weighted at 8.3 finished m the first three places m the Stewards' Handicap. They were a very bad lot that took part m the Ladies' Purse, but I think The Rand will be a good colt later on. , Never stop punting on G-old Crest m the Jubilee Cup to-day. That is •if the weather is fine, as he is not worth two bob m the mud. At the annual sale of Doncaster yearlings R. S. Lieveer bought a yearling by Ayrshire out of G-ingal's dam. Pindi. for 2,000 guineas. Full Rate and Le Beau had their colors changed for the Riccarton meeting. The change brought both luck. King Billy put up a good performance m the .Stewards' Handicap. He- was not sighted m the earlier part of the race, but his final furlong was a beauty. The owner of . Martello was present at the Cup meeting and he informed me that his horse was perfectly sound but that he was: an unlikely starter at the meeting. A field of twenty horses contested the Stewards' Handicap. Martello ; was withdrawn on account of soreness, and Tupono and Intelligence were not brought to the meeting. W. Young did most of the riding of the Porirua horses on the concluding days of the Riccarton meeting, and Geo. Price returned to Carterton and rides the Porirua prads there to-day and Monday. Polymelus, 9.10, was the top weight m the Duke of York Stakes, run on October 12th. The ex-New Zealander, Noctuiform, was m receipt of 301 b from Mr Joel's horse, but so far we do not know if he started . A week before the N.Z. Cup was run an endeavor was made to purchase 'Frisco. The price offered was £750, but no business resulted. The would-be buyer was Mr W. J. Clay, of Christchurch, and had he been successful it was his intention to take the colt to Australia*

Jolly Friar won a double at the Gore meeting. Zimmerman is what I always thought he was : a big squib. The official time m the N.Z. Cup was 3min 2S 4-ssec. The feward running of Lapland m the Cup was a surprise to most people. Gazelcr ran m the ruck the whole way. Tao. suing wants to be soft to suit him ' "' ' Arm:.i is a flyer, and had "he been pushed 48s^ might easily have been recorded Astrakhan is a nice-looking chestnut horse, but he was outclassed m the Cup f-M. . .Saga's run m the Cup suggests that she might stay. She had never been over a mile before Once again the Waikanae stallion, Conqueror, ha- been awarded first prize at the Manawatu Show. Leeside ran a good race for about H miles m Ihe Spring Hurdles, but after that Le Beau was out on . his own> n-Lnr>A~-i;~ n „oQ^i + v i, j v Gwendolina used to be a bad barrier animal, but she stood well up ;on M Saturday and began With the IJSMS"1 JSMS" fun-sister. Amboise, shows a lot of pace m the .earlier stages of her races, but she cannot c OtS?v tic t c ranw ?V n "\c^ hui contrary to expectations she did not stay it out. Hers was a particularly bad passage. !!„„„,, *t i j -l Buccleuoh brok* down two mornings before the Cup. It was. bad £ r¥- his. Party, but I would never . have it that he. pould... have mv ' r i 14. tt j- c ii I The Fendalton Handicap of I* miles, should be a very interesting race, as most or the candidates seen out m the N.Z. Cup will sport silk a S am * ■ • On last Thursday week Bonny. Glen ran H miles on the Riccarton track m 2min 9sec. A pretty useful -sort ?a thre £7 ear -°ld- as he had about 8.0 on his back. Without a doubt 'Frisco was. the S T/w 10116?! 101? 6!-/ 1 M 6 ? P, field and^was full of life He was greatly admired m the bird cage before the start of the race. I never saw Grand Slam carrying such a lot Of muscle as on Saturday last and his^ condition •reflected ■the greatest credit on *ia trainer. He lan nowhere m the Cup Apa stripped m great fettle and had done a lot of work. He was very unlucky m the cup, and when galloping well half-a-mile from home L G v 7w Trfr T severely checked. -Maniopoto was more forward on Saturday than many expected to find him, and it must be admitted that his trainer worked wonders with I him. He was prominent m the early stages but never near the leaders at the nnisn. • The rumor that L. H. Hewit mtends to return to this part of the world is without foundation, and m a conversation with a gentleman who has just returned from England he stated that the more he saw of the Old Country the better he liked it. At the time stated he had Jvad 115 mounts with a fair percentage of wins. ' Paritutu never stripped better than on last Saturday. W. Young had him m a nice forward position during the early stages of the race, and knowing what a good stayer he is I was expecting him to run. into a place, but half-a-mile from home, when his rider called on him, he went for a hundred yards or so, but then died away and finished well back with the ruck. McGrath had Mahuta m great buckle and fit to run for a kingdorn, but what a wretched policy was pursued with him m endeavoring to win from end to end. Of course, everybody knows their own business best, but to my mind, had the horse been taken hold of for the first half-mile he would have led them a merry dance up that straight, mstead of which he struggled like a lion, but was a beaten horse a furlong from home.' Elevation looked a picture and no fault could be found with his condition. Jack Farmer was very confident that" he would win. Passing the stand the first time he was with the leaders and m a very good position. At the mile post McCluskey's hands actually the ground. How he recovered his- legs is the greatest of. mysteries. Two furlongs further on he got another bump, and this settled his every chance. He was galloping great guns at the finish, but could only, run fifth. Did Jimmy Buchanan ride a good or bad race on Master Delaval ? This was the great topic of conversation on Saturday night when the battle was being fought and won again for the six thousandeth time, Personally speaking I think he did ride a bad race, and I base my judgment on the following grounds, He was last passing the stand the first time, and also at the mile post. This may have J>een unpreventable as the horse is very slow at finding his feet, but m six furlongs m a strung out field he went from last to first and was leading just short of two furlongs from home, This was too much ground made up m too little time, and had he came a furlong later he might have reversed positions with the winner. He was on the outside of the field the whole way and made up fully twenty lengths. What a grand galloper he is when he gets going, but what a long time he takes to get going, It will be very difficult to find anything to beat him m the Auckland Cup.

Idealist was never sighted m the Stewards' Handicap. The places m the V.R.C. Derby were the same as m the A.J.C. DerbyAn enquiry about the price of St. ffW* 8* week brou Sht *he answer „ , ' Gold Crest is the first horse that * evei \ saw, al? le to hold Lord Soult over three furlongs, •*• McCombe had the mount on Huascar m the Stewards' Handicap, and W.'Holmes rode Munjeet. Guidwife was expected to run well J? the Stewards' Handicap, but she was outclassed by Gold Crest and Lord Soult- ' GoM Braid is a brown colt out of f e Australian-bred Aura. The > ■ colt figures m the book as by Multiform "J?o7^ AArtillery, rtillery- „ . The Rand accomplished good performance for a three-year-old by wmHut* m Imin /ssec' ' g „ , *n lm n + 46sec- „ . .. . , ,R^ 'Gauntlet ran well at the head of the second division m the Stew ards' Handicap, but half-way up'th'e straight he was well beaten ™g I he, 71 « beatenJ gt t^T'paSu.a^ %£?%&££ tS^^ST^ „ V „ if i i, Yo^rd^Kfni WcM it to perfection, a rt„+w n *, 'i. n- • m^Uther^ c. ross 1. has been galloping well on tne tracks and has built up a great deal lately> His eßort 0£ the first day, when he carried a good bit of. mOne y, was a poor one. .: , The Mdd^ p,^ victory of the day. Dawn ran up to . tlie i/ aders m th * straight and settled them without any apparent eHort The miJe was n in r lmin 43 i_5 Sec. J. Rae has got hold of a good pair m The R£ nd and chrysoprase. The former is a big black that should improve a great deal by the Autumn, and the filly should win a race any day _Th are v j t f jum ers d ™ South 7 Tirole was carryj 11 stone odd and winning down th * but wheu meetin No ° th j land '. horses he had .onl °. tne.. mimmum but could not make any showing at all Swimming Belt was the public selection £ th Riccarton c belter. and on looks he was above the res^ of the field. He led into the straight but collapsed when half way dowa the running, and seven furlongs would suit him better than a mile. Ml Red's showin S in the Maiden piate was very dif appointing He got out well but was immediately knocked back and did not recover for a long time. He put m a good run m the straight but never had a chance of catching the leaders, Everybocly was pleased to see Bob McMiken score a win with Le Beau, and it was not before his time. He won very easily, and during the last half-mile nothing got within striking distance of him. On the second day he was raised 19lbs, but declined the honor. Bla.dc Reynard was backed by his party for the Spring Hurdles, but When running well he badly knocked himself and finished on-three legs. He is too small for the Riccar.tbn fences and Hickey would do better with Kaipetipeti down South as the bigger the fences the better he likes it. Asteroid is a small mare, and the big fences at Riccarton did not suit her. On Saturday she knocked down the first one and landed right on top of the third fence. These mishaps knocked her right back and she was never m the hunt. She was very we • at J he tim, c ' and on the track during the week was putting up some wonderfully fast gallops, It was a glorious <Lay at Riccartou last Saturday, and the. racing .was of a very high order. The new tptalisator arrangements were tried for the first time and were found to work very satisfactorily. No doubt some money was shut out at times, but this is a matter that will soon right itself, and when the investing ? ub. lie get into the way of making their selections early the new system will be much appreciated, The New Zealand-bred Off Chance, who had. been running well for some weeks past, won the Welter Plate at Sandown from end to end. He had previously run just out of place m the Trial, m which he was well backed, and m thie race that he won his owner refused to support him. Off Chance, as has alreday been femarked, is rather a good sort of gelding, and likely to increase his score.—Melbourne "Truth." '■■ Gold Crest's performance m the Stewards' Handicap was the greatest performance I have ever witnessed. He unseated his' rider and careered all over the place, through trees and over' fences and ditches". He was caught once but again got away, but eventually, with the combined efforts of about a dozen, he was recaptured and brought to the post. Meanwhile Huascar had delayed the start by kicking everything all over the course, and Gold Crest just got up m time. Another false, start, which would have been all m favor of Gold Crest, and then the field got away. Lord Soult and the. chestnut immediately went to the front, and after this the race was a procession. Once into the straight those long "sweepers" of Prosser's horse asserted themselves, and he won by half-a-dozen lengths from the fast dying Lord Soult. King Billy came out of the ruck late and was a good third. The light-weight, Tremulous, was fourth, and then came Kairoma who had a good run on the rails.

I Rose Noble is pretty good and is I coming on. Dawn seems gone after a mile has been covered. It is many years since such a. lot of high-class three-year-olds were seen out. Helen Portland showed Rood form on the tracks but not m her races at Riccartbn. Kairoma and Contender should both win races before the season is much further advanced. Oxton is a rank duffer, He had a good clear run m the Epsom Handicap, but he lacked the pace. All Red ran a much better race m the Derb^ than was expected, but he had* no chance with the winner. Southern Cross has improved immensely, and fought out a most determined finish with Leeside m the Middleton Hurdles. Great surprise was expressed when Count Witte was withdrawn from the C.J.C. Derby. The colt is alright, and may start m the Jubilee Cup to-day Mr "F. Preston" holds a lease of 'Frisco and the lessor gets 20 per cent, of the winnings. Neither party are doing any harm this season by the transaction. BaUarat has lost her pace, and cannot keep time now with her younger rivals. - She was out bright and early m her races at Riccarton, but the^ very soon dropped her. Swimming Belt was sore on Monda^ after his Saturday's exertions, but when he warmed up to his work he put m some quick ones, and ran a good third -to Moriarty and PetiTovpa. „.-•;..• ■ What a • great reception Petrovna would have got had she won the Eosom Handicap. She was out m front the whole way with Moriarty -but- ..the Merriwee gelding always had her measure. Contender made a great effort to win the Criterion Handicap. He was out first, but was hooked back to third position and m the straight heeamewith a great rattle, but he died awa^ again, and Full Rate won easily. ; : Master Delaval was raised 91b m the Metropolitan Handicap, hut still the "heads" would have nothing else, and the coin was planked down -very . solidly for him. He landed it, but only after a great set-to with Apa, who was defeated, by a head. A mint of money went kerflop when Sen Sim bumped Hugh Telford out; of the saddle m the Midrlleton Hurdles.. The owner and followers of the horse had put it m risrht royally. and their only satisfaction was the' knowledge of the fact that Telford had a miraculous escape. S. Reid rode a splendid race on Elevation, and the combination was never seen to better advantage. He was behind the whole wav, find when the others were pumping themselves out. Elevation, was- -running ouietly; behind. He came along at the right time and won nicely. • Discipline is a very smart filjy, but is not too good a beginner. She landed the IrwclL Handicap by a length, but had it been another furIon? she would have had an easy victory. She should, be a hard nut to- crack m the autumn, when the two year olds will be galloping six iurlongs. When' Telford fell over: Sen Sim at -Riccarton on Monday he turned four somersaults before landing, and then as each horse galloped hast he got another bang and a push. The moblie held their breath, fearing he was billed, but, to. the. relief of all, he soon rallied, and was about in' a couple of hours. The C.J^C. Derby was a grand race, but the accidents to Gold Crest and Glenculioch were regrettable ones. Gold Crest got away a^ain, and Young had to run half a mile and catch him, and then as soon' as he got back the race started. -After his run Young was fatigued and could not do justice to his colt m the matter of holding him together m the early stages of the race. v But all honors to the victor, and "it was a grand finish, worthy of the highest traditions of the sport. . What better sight can be witnessed than two thoroughbreds straining- every nerve m answer to their riders' call. . ; Poseidon won the Caulfield Cup m the game, determined fashion that has always distinguished his efforts when he has been thoroughly well. He did not have too good a passage, and was blocked, and carried out at the turn., for home, where he was only about seventh, but when Clayton drew the whip the response was immediate. The writer has always held that Poseidon was entitled to rank .at. .least" on- equal terms with Carbine, and last Saturday's victory should put the question beyond dotibt and all going well he looks like farming the weight-for-age races for some time to come, for he was admittedly hot quite ready when he was beaten at the A. J»C. meeting.— Melbourne "Truth." Sir Geprn-e Clifford was very unlucky with Glenculioch m the Derb^ and. .thiroufrh that accident he lost the services of his colt for the rest of the meeting. A camera fiend was esconsed at the three furlong post to snaT> a : picture as they swept into the straight. Here Elevation and Glenculioch were running together and the former shied at the camera, and cannoned into Glenculioch, whg fell heavily. Luckily, Jones escaped unhurt but the horse was knocked about a good deal, and will ba unable to start for some time. It was a most unfortunate accident, as had Glenculioch stood up, the finish between Gold Crest, Elevation, and he would have been unusually interesting. The C.J.C. should exercise more control over camera fronds.

1 m ii i i \ Uj,j , . Guiding step is sore and Will reQuire a spell. Muskerry was never prominent m this Criterion Handicap. ''Frisco-.. was disappointing, m the Jockey Club Handicap, but may do better to-day. St. ' Joe ran well, but is not up, to welter weights, like the Otaio Plate Handicap entails. Paritutu was . knocked about too much m the' Cup to do justice to himself m the Otaio Plate. • Armistice ran poorly m the Metropolitan Handicap. Perhaps she is feeling the attain of racing. Manjopoto is coming on • every eallo~ and the Fendalton Handicap micht come his way to-day. Mahuta was , sent back home . on Tuesday, and may not race again till the Auckland Cup comes round. ,-. • Sen Sim was' ; not started on Wedr nesday as he was suffering from . a cut stifle. If started to-day he may score. . Armlet is a very superior two-year-old. She did not eet away too well m the Juvenile Plate, but she was m front m .no time and won easily. T. Quinlivan should have won both the Avon Welter and the Jockey Club Handicap on Wednesday, he was only beaten by a nose m both races. . Diamond Star is very cranky, and was runniw all over the course m the-Irwell Handicap. Luke Wilson must have had a very uncomfortable ride • ■■*.- Good luck to Saga, who proved herseUrv a .stayer •• by winning' the. Otaio Plate. ? I think a eood handicap is not beyond her. She was ably ridden by S. Reid. The Canterbury Cup was a procession for 14 miles, but then the pace went on. Elevation won very easily, but it was a false run race and suited Mr Bidwell's colt down to the ground, ir u ll Rate's party are very strong, but one day they will go too far and trip themselves. It will require a Jot to convince me tnat this horse was a trier at Masterton on the second, day.' Black Reynard looked a cripple when he went out to contest the Suburban. Hurdles, but he jumped cleanly and won easily from Le Beau who .fenced poorly m the closing stages of the race. •Grand .Slam' was .putting m a great tun at the finish of the Jockey Club Handicap, but he got a very bad bump and went up m. the air. He is worth an investment m the Fendalton Handicap to-day, In the Welcome Stakes on Saturday last Sweet Angelus finished just m front of the last horse, but on Wednesday, though she was awarded top weight, she won the Nursery Handicap m the simplest possible manner and beat Guiding Step and Diamond Star, both of whom' finished m front of. her on Saturday. /The defeat of Armlet by Fleetfoot was a severe blow to backers ; the Yaldhurst filly suffered m the matifcet of horsemanship/ but it was a very smart filly that beat her. Fieetfoot-has gone on the right way since she- won. at Trentham. She will be a starter m the Feilding Stakes at. the end of the month, and should score again, as she appeared to be running on well at the end of •the Electric Plate, The finish for the Metropolitan Handicap was a splendid one, and tke enthusiasm of the spectators was worked up to- the Jfyshest pitch. One hundred yards off the post it looked as if ApavWould beat Master Delaval, but the rest of the field was bunched , and no one could select who would be third. It was a ding-dong, struggle the whole way, and the Auckland horse just prevailed over Apa, while Seal Rock was half a length away third, and ' the remainder ol the "field could be covered by a Jiheet. - ;