NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 131, 21 December 1907, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

! 'Awapuni to-day. Ashhurst; next Saturday. Manawatu Cup on Thursday. Aqua Regia has gone to the stud. Armamento won a double at Plumpton. Waikaraka , is nominated at Trentham. . . • Record entries for the Wellington Cup meeting. Elevation is engaged m the Palmerston Stakes to-day. The Perth Cup of 2000 soys will be -run on Thursday next. A good double for Auckland, Jimmy Buchanan and Master Delaval. Jas. Buchanan will ride Master Delaval m the Auckland Cup. The dispersal of Sir Rupert Clarke's stud is to take place next month. „., A promising . lightweight jockey named Andrews has joined J. Lowe's stable at Trentham'. Trainer I. Earnshaw has despatch-' ed Poseidon to Windsor Paim, where the great son of Positano will enjoy a lengthy spell. Uranium and Shrapnel have earned penalties for the Auckland Cup, but Master Delaval has only his original weight to carry. The Stepniak colt Step Out fell during the running of the Nursery Handicap at Plumpton, but his rider,' T. Cotton, was unhurt. Races at Auckland. Palmerston N., Lower Valley, Kaikoura, Cromwell, | Dunedin, Gisborne, Thames, Heefton, Taranaki, and Hurunui on Thursday. The Auckland penciller, W. Ryan, passed through Wellington during the. week on his way to Christchurch to attend the conference of bookmakers held there. The Christchurch bookmaker, .Chris Hi.e_p.ins recently purchased the Aus-tralian-bred Mythical, who won the Flying Handicap at Horarata for the new owner./ • Overheard at Woodville. — Husband to wife : "I 'backed a stumer." Wife to hubby : "Oh, you fibber, you told mc before the race that you were, backing Lady Disdain." The luck of the game. Bill Davies parted with a 600 guinea horse for 100 guineas after failing to win a race with him for over six months. His new owner won at his first and second attempts. Those present at Riccarton during the N.Z. Cup week will remember the Stirling performances put up by Master Delaval m his three races there and will wish him success m the Auckland Cup on Thursday. V. O'Neill has leased Valima from Mr J._Harle, and is preparing the old mare at Masterton for the winter events. Valima has now been turw-i out for nearly three years and it will he a difficult job to get her into racing condition again. The Australian lightweight jockey, Frank Wootton, had a winning mount on the two-year-old, Soldier, m the Richmond Nursery at the last Newmarket October meeting. On the same day Rhodora, the' half-brother to Orby, captured the Dewhurst Plate. Vamoose, a brother to Flying Fox, was favorite m this race, hut he ran very badly. The contest for the Jockey Club Cup, which took place at the Newmarket (Eng.) October meeting, was a gxeat disappointment to the public, as the race, which is run over two miles and a-quarter, resolved itself into a five-furlong spring. There were only three starters— Radium, Torpoint, and that wonderful horse, The White Knight. The first-named is a good sprinter, while the other two are renowned for their staying powers. However, none of them run well when they have to make their own pace, and, as Radium would not play into the hands "of the other two by going to the front, the pace was only a strong canter for • the first mile and a-half. Then full speed was clapped on, but Radium was too fast for the others, and beat them handily. The pace was so slow for the first mile, which occupied 3min. 18sec., that the starter jumped on his hack and easily beat the competitors roirnd to the winning post.

IThc punter is the best friend of the pawnbroker. Auckland Cup and Railway Handicap on Thursday. The Libyan's success on Saturday was the first win that gelding has scored. The pony Sonoma has been showing a lot of pace on the tracks at Ellerslie. Lucky Oliver. But hopes are expressed that he will not require to be lucky m future. The Auckland mare Lpresome is now owned by R. McKay of Dunedin. She has been shipped South.' Punters should have been m it at plumpton on Saturday, with the success of Sir Artegal, The Libyan, and Petrovna. The straight-out bettors at Plumpton all lost on the opening day. Highland Reel was twice placed at the C.R.C. meeting. Melwood is apparently training on satisfactorily, as his name figures amongst the nominations for the Wellington Cup meeting. Tim Howard has been engaged to ride Creusot at Ellerslie. Let us hope that it will be a winning ride, as Tim's luck has been out of late. Winners will take a lot of finding at Palmerston North, but with the form to guide them, punters should be much nearer the mark at Ashhurst. At Birmingham (Eng.) October meeting, Gun Barrel, by Carbine, got away with the Repton Plate, one mile and three furlongs. He started favorite. Rosegrove seems all to pieces of late, but the chestnut is down m the weights now, and if he strikes form during the holidays, it's "pay out" m any mile races. The bookmakers sent representatives to Christohurch during the week to formulate rules to submit to the Racing Conference, which sits m Wellington on January 23rd. Before dealing with the bookmaker question, the Wellington Racing Club are waiting to see how the cat jumps, and will have the experience of the other clubs to guide them. The Karamu ka- Medallist won his first race for ii. new owners on Monday last, and as the stake was a good one and they r.rr bold bettors they will be even on their August outlay. The weight adjuster for the Dunedin Jockey Club evidently regards. Jolly Friar as a light of other days as he has let him m the Federal Handicap at Dunedin with only 7.8 opposite his name. Munjeet was sold to Dave Price, who intends takin"- her to Melbourne. He took delivery on Thursday last, and in ' less than a couple of months she will probably have registered her first win for the astute David. ; Poseidon's high-priced -brother, Orcus. who has commenced to do a little sprinting at Randwick, is not anions the acceptors for the Decem- . ber Stakes, but has been entered for ■ the Nursery Handfcap to be run the same day. Geo. Morris, best known as Morryj for many years connected with the yaldhurst stable, has retired from Mr G. G. Stead's service and will . spend a short .holiday m Auckland, 1 after which he will be available for 1 for service. v ' Australian buyers are still after 1 Master Delaval, and a cable was received recently from a Melbourne firm of auctioneers asking Mrs Coombes to put a price on the son of Seaton ; Delaval. The Veply was sent back ' that the gelding was not for sale. The Ellerslie trainer J. Gallagher has received an addition to his : string m the shape of a three-year--1 old gelding by Salvadan-Coryphee.. ! . The animal m question, which has had the name 'of Antarctic claimed for him, is a likely-looking sort, but ' is at present very much m the roueh. The annual race meeting of the Lake County Jockey Club took place on Friday last. The sum of £1409 was put through the machine. The ; Maiden Plate of five furlongs was ' won by Miss Casket, who is by Casr ket. The principal event of the pro- ; gramme was the Jockey Club Handil cap, which went to Speculate. Toney went to the post m the Flying Hanl dicap, but once again failed to leave > the mark. Cooee. who is m the ■ same stable as Lupulite, won two i hack races, and Strathfillan secured I the District race. The Dominion Handicap at Plumpton was a great race, and one of the finest finishes ever seen at Plump- ; ton resulted. The winner, St. Joe, ; just got up m the last stride and - beat Paragon, who was a head m 3 front of Ivanoff. On thc second day the winner was raised Hfc, Paragon ; carried the same weight, Fireiron - and Ivanoff had lib less, and Medal- , list 211) less. It is not often you see a winner raised only a pound ) with the distance a furlong shorter, - but m this instance the handicapper j was correct. The Maoriland jockey, Bert Hew- > itt, will very likely visit India this i season m search of gold, and j m Joe Killorn he should meet a foe- - man worthy of his steel. There is j no doubt that these two lads are two i of the finest riders ever produced ) south of the line, and certainly the - best of modern times. Hewitt has I been engaged by Major Hall Walker i to ride for him during the next ninj glish racing season, and as Hall Walker is one of the largest owners and j breeders m the Old County*- Hewitt 3 seems to have at last got the opportunity that he undoubtedly deserves. l* His success m England has been ser- . iously retarded by a mob of conser- ; vative cranks, who are ever ready to , howl down anything colonial, especc ially if ft happens to he superior to ; the home-made article.—" Sydney Spor tern an."

The Elevation Stakes is the fourth race on the programme to-day. The Gam"m"c Act. The bookmakers' definitiori of the'< Gaming Act. Cambrian has gone wrong, and is a doubtful starter at the A. J.C. meeting. Bonifonm and Armlet, from Yaldhurst, are engaged at Trentham next month. Rose Noble is a sure starter m the six furlong race at Bulls on New Year's Day. The local trainers have engage* their teams very freely at Trentham during Cup week. The two-year-old Hesperus is a half-brother to Moral, but he is not gifted .with much pace. Only three horses have accepted for the Goldfield Cup at the Thames meeting on Boxing Day. A. Lord is indulging Moral m a short spell, as the big horse was very sore after racing at Woodville. Seal Rock is entered for the principal events at the A. J.C. meeting, which commences on Boxing Day. R. H. King rode four winners and L. G. King and H. Donovan each rode three at tbe C.R.C. meeting. The Libyan won. the Maiden Plate very easily at Plumpton, and nothing troubled him throughout the journey. ' At Trentham nothing ; is jumping better than Compass, and his owner expects ham to score during the holidays. • .;- .v u^-.-i-,a ,_,..-, Petrovna made the ; pace very- merry m the Anniversary Handicap, and at the finish beat everything but Medallist. Liberator is entered m the Disposal Stakes at Trentham next month, and his name does not appear m any other events. V. Cotton rose his first winner of this season last week. This was Petrovna, who won the Flying' Handicap at Plumpton. \ • • . The recently-deported New 7ealander, Seal Rock, half-brother to Apologue and Gladsome, will be trained by Ike Earnshaw. Cross Battery was a great pot for the Anniversary Handicap at' Plumpton, but after running well for a time she faded 1 out of it. An attempt was made last Saturday to back Master Delaval and Davonport for the Auckland double, but very little mbney' was obtained locally. The Riccarton" trainer, W. McDon- ' aid, has been very successful' since leaving Dunedin, and this week he turned out two winners m Sir \rtegal and Hilarity, Sea King's win m the Electric Handicap would deplete the rie<? of a lot of money. The stable were <;nite prepared for the win, as the horse was very well and doing great track work. • 0 This year the entrants f or %\ i 0 viceroy's Cup only, number thirteen, but what they lack m quantify js well made un for m quality, "as at least ten of them -sire first-class vxrfarmers. The -English-bred contingent consists of Stirabout, Cinder P.i 11, Stein Lager, Amplify, and Saloon, but they have formidable opponents m the Australian division,- wi*ich is macle up of such sterling performers as Fitzgrafton (Brisbane. Cup t-wif-e.. Realm (Australian and Svdnc-v Cups), Wandin, Ecabclil, Mailed, Misty Morn. Kaffirnan a!u ! P - *' 1 Oy As the ownerslrio of these horses is divided .among spvgji, men, , the . .fi-ld wiir 'doubtless .."be' consido-fiblv deduced by Boxing 1 Day. ■■ Says a Wanganui paper :— "A crowd of sports wended their wav to the racecourse yesterday ■ morning to witness a foot race for a wager ber tween George Price (the well-known lightweight jockpy^ and W. J. Aynsley (a local, barber). The distance agreed upon was 50yds, Aynsley conceding his opponent syds. The lightweight was favorite, but, owing to the Gaming Act. J dare not quote the' odds laid on his ability to win ; suffice it to say they were liberal, although the barber had heaps of admirers. As the men did ; their preliminaries it was noticed that both were m good form. Aynsley looked confident, whilst G-eorgie also stepped jauntily on to his mark, and the excitement was intense as both men crouched for the start. They were too eager, however, and several breakaways took place before Mr Charles Brewer finally -got them away on even terms. The' scratch man gained slightly on his opponent m the first half of the distance, but then Price got his whip out, and after a vigorous finish, shot past the tape full of running.in the fast time of 6 2-5 sec. The paper .dpes not say who took the time, b^t the writer thinks he must have u^e'd an alarm clock.