NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 142, 7 March 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Concluding day at' Wanganut. ,iThe Jackson Stakes, will be run toConclU'ddri'g day of the Westport: meeting . ' . -. .Dannevirke on . Wednesday and Thursday, • ■..:■■'.. A Melbourne paper says Melodeon would not gallop a yard in -the Bond ; Cup. •A notable defection from the list ; of entrants for the Taranaki Cup is Paritutu. The well-known Feilding drainer, A. Hall, is contemplating shifting his team into Wanganui. The crack steeplechaser Kiatere took first grize for Ladies' Hack- and. Hacks up to 12st. at the recent Tauranga Show. Owing to the illness of Denny Monaghan, Master Delaval was taken to Wanganui m charge of A. Julian, who rode him m the Cup. Jos. Prosser has engaged Gold Crest, Taitofco and Marguerite at thq Taranaki meeting, which takes place on the 25th and 26th of this month. , It was a bad settling for the books , on Monday, as nothing except Scotland and perhaps a little Munjeet was backed locally for the Newmarket Handicap. A late addition to HicKenbotham's powerful team at Flpmington is a well-grown 2-year-old chestnut colt by Hotchkiss from St. Blyn, by St. Leger from Lady Evelyn. A petition is being largely signed asking the V.R.C. not to proclaim a close season for jumping races on the grounds that it will prevent cross-country jockeys and trainers from earning a living, and would tend to dim-inish the nurai'ber of jumpers. T. Butler, who used to educate Pink 'tin, took m hand on Monday a three-year-old edit by Merriwee, who is the property 6! a patron of his. He I is a solid, well-gvown customer, and up to this week had been used as a hack by one of the shepherds at Te J Mahanga station,, • '

Nominations for Nelson close on Monday night. The punters beat the bookies ver/ tadly at Shannon last week. The ex-New Zealand mare Beresina has been mated with Malster. Melodeon is suffering from skin soreness and his trainer may be forced to spell him. At BTelbourne recently the once-Mghly-thought-of was sold at auction for 11 gui -as. So fair Loftus has not sported silk since being sent to Dunedin, but his full sister, Luresome, won a race at the Winpatui meeting. The English bred horse Traquair, who was among the fancied candidates for the Newmarket Handicap, finished absolutely last. ; Fred Davies, who trains Mr T. H. Lowry's 'horses, will make a trip to the Taranaki meeting and will take Downfall and Pinery with him. Tom Quinlivan has engaged, his team freely at the Taranaki meeting and as the opposition is poor Mr E. J. Watts' horses should win a few races. The Waikanae-owned Wairaweka is a very mad sort of animal and his rider iv ast have had anythias but a comfdti able -ride at' Shannon- lastWednesday. The Otaki-owned Hema, fey Conqueror—Czarina, (a mare that used, to be raced fey Mr A. Peters) ■ is a. nice-looking filly but : rather^ 6n"-tflef small side. She '.might •■'win- a race m; time* - ' ■ ••■• •-•■■■ •■.'■ ■'.-. : - : - /■- !"■'[ Apparently Mimjeet did- not get too good a run m the Newmarket Handicap, as the cable does not mention her at all' during -'-the running.' If this -be so her performance m finishing fourth is a good one. She may win before, 'the meeting closes. . The New Zealand horse. Catapult ran third m the February Plate at the Mopnee Valley ? mejeting ■ on - February:'l9th, He is Vwoli Vfsppken., of: on .the oilier side, .and ' most. ' <jf the '. tipsters are' selecting' sni to, :yfln- '■■ -arace Jshqrtlyv; ; „.'..:; ■ ;' '"■ :•";■■ ;.J; : j Matapuna^ , ,-*s'§• younger. ,,'fuli X jsistdr: to The Shannon, Matarda, • ■'. la, ,. * and; Co., is being. ; "scbjooled oyer' tthe. V ob-' st'acles at" Hastings. Tlie v.'m^e^wnb' is one , ol;; J. Cameron's string, has not so far sho^n much foirriiri,. her, public essays, wjhicti r s^ave "been- confined to events on fhe <flat, "i.----.; ,., .. Mr, Gothard,, secretary -oft tU^ Wood* v<ille Jockey Club,. estimates,.^hat his club, will make a. .profit -of £.700 .- on. the recent meeting, making s a'^tal of fully. £3^0.0 for the year. It is the intention' of the club. to enlarge .: its; dining-room, , so. that it , can more effectually attend to the .... comf prt and pleasure- pf, its; guests. firihe. l*,.^"-' The Ohaupo Racing Club's annual meeting was held on "Wednesday last; m fine weather. The • club 'received' nearly £100 in -fees from bookmakers. The Cup was won oby Lord Seatori,. ; with Sweet Alice' and' Le? Beau f ; m the places. Tamkihi -won the Hur-: dies,- llanapouri the Gleivgariff. Handicap, and W'aihou the Flying Hjandi-; cap. •' •' •■■ "•■'' :' ■ , '■'' ■■':--\'-\" > ' ; Bright Steel, who won the Oalvleigbj Plate;*; was bought ; by hiJS presehft^owner for 680gns. He'4s an -English-: bred 'horse ana" was" got by ' St.. Siirion from Glare, therefore he is ix liali-jßirdH ther to Lesbia (an English Oaks winner) and Flair. ' ~ Bright Steel was sold as a yearling for 1700 guineas, but an attack, of fever laid hion low, and he w<as never trained till, he Wa's sent to Australia. ■•;'■ '■'■'■ -'■■'■■' The Chertsey Sports '. and -Racing Club; at a meeting on February 15,; decided, in ' view of the prohibition by the Gaming Act of betting at' athletic sports, to hold a meeting !f or horse events only on Easter Monday, and an athletic meeting on a subsequent date. The club's credit balance was reported to be £32 9s 4d, and donations of £15 frpra MrE.'P. March, and £5 from Mr' A. Ironside, were accepted with thanks. Mr T. Langley was elected President, Mr A, Ironside secretary, and Mr John Camerefi treasurer. The -most successful; meeting yet held by the Shannon Hack Racing r Club; took place last Wednesday vin< 'perfect wea-ther. The attendance \ot both layers and backers wa's large, but the duel was a very One-sided affair, and not one layjr showed 1 a. iprofitw The newly-appointed' secretary, Mr A. Raw'le, worked hard "to ensure the success of the meeting and the races were started nip to tinie— a very pleasing feature . of any meet-; ing. The Hawke's Bay-owned Perchance, by The Possible,, won a dpu- r We, while Pearlie was successful m three races for her nfew. owners, Err.in won the Flying Handicap , arid; Silver ; Chain the Shorts. ' Jockeys C . Price : and W, Young each rode thr.ee, winners during the day. . The Club should net a good profit ' over the ■fixture." ' ' ; ' '"' v . A very clever coup~ was -worked at' an up-country meeting spine ' time back. A horse that should have been 10 to 1 on had he been a trier drifted very badly m the betting,' and then it was noticed thaii a countrylopking yokel wsiS' putting, fivers , on with everyone on a yery 'Iroughie." 1 In f act , the thing he" : backed looked as rough as himself, ,Tbe Tpmindes. dealt with him all roads by giving him tickets with crook amounts, etc,, but it was ' of very lit jile. avail to] thejn when the "rouphie" won . easily. When the "com" was being collected some toughs set envious eyes on it, and m a most open, manner two of them made a snatch •- -at ■ a hand-i ful of gold. Then a free fight en-, sued -between the mug and the two toughs, and by the time the police arrived on the scene the ■ mug had routed the toughs and badly disfigured them. It turned out afterwards that the mug was got up- for the occasion and that he was a blacksmith from a neighiboring village. Certainly his left was a beauty; and it used to go m with regularity on to the dummy of the tough 'nearest to him.

Mr H. Whitney has purchased Cyrus and will endeavor to Tvm the : next Nelson Cup with him. ' The N.Z.-bred ponies Ruatamata and Cocky were successful at Victoria Park, Sydney, early last month. Captain Shannon is now owned by Mr W. T. Rowe, of Melbourne, and ran m his new owner's colors m the Oakieigh Plate. : Early m the week the Karamu double, Zimmerman and Kairoma, was backed for all the available money m Wellington. ' J. Prosser is so dissatisfied with the weights allotted his hqrses. at Daimevirke that he has decided not to go to the meeting. It was hoped that Maaiopoto would! be atble to start at Wanganui, but he has again gone sore and his owner was compelled to miss the final payment. St. Ludlam ran a brace of seconds at the Shannon meeting. The big chestnut could not get round the sharp turns and lost a lot of ground thereby. The owners ,of Merrie Zealand were last week enquiring the price of A2rcyle, and. it is probable that before these lines appear m print tihat this gelding will have left W. Davies' stable. The Shannon i : Racing Club should, .provide for .) entities at their next meeting. H:- a ■■Tibs penalty been imposed on ; .winners at .-tWs ; meeting the racing would have been more. even. " ■■'/■ ....', Many good judges regarded Grenadier as being unf or tun-ate to lose the Oakieigh. Plate. The .big gelding was not well placed m the early part of the contest, but looked all over a winner 50 .yards from the ' winning post. . Mr W. Ryan, owner of Cachuca, informed me dur.ng the week that the chestnut had not been doing at all well since lauding;'/ at Wanganui. %m& ; at the time lie -was doubtful if he would ' start' i« more- than .one face *••'' the Wanganui meeting. ■•■■■■■ --■ 'Attention is directM -to" air advertisement m thiis issue advising -that hoihAnations :,for •', the -Nelson meetciose on Monday next 'at 9 p.m. •■.'-at the Club's ; offices- Trafalgar-street, Nelson. A goodly number of local : owners have decided, to make the trip ■knd'. : them6eting should he : a most enioyable one. • .-. A cable announces ' that : ,;Mr - G. F. Moore, of Wanganui, has purchased a; Pjistol— Alrcvy filly for 250gns. \ rOi course, buying yearlings is ■ a great . lottery. "Did not Merman ; go for 8a gns,/a : nd Rob Roif 35gns, -when yearliiigs'[' but if Mr. Moore's purchase never", races a yard 'she should :bc r^prth . that money, as a . brood 1 marb f-o^r JCoatanui, .where ; the Kai lwi .squire^ lias ,his stud. ; " ' ?1 " riConHnonj the "English ; Derby, and ;£>t. Leger winner, wlip "started his stud .career: at. a fee .of 200 guineas, has failed so signallv'to leave, his •mark that he was ■recently advertised at. £19 i ImmedAately after, he had •won the; St. Leger m 1891.' and so gained the "Triple Ctown,", the. late Sjr Blundell .Maple gave,;Lord , Alington -and Sir : Frederick, J,ohnstone £15-,6d0, for him. The following ' day Sir '•- Blundell. was offered; a substantial ; profit on his bargain by a foreign ? Government, but he .sent the grandilotjiuent reply: "England requires Common's services," and unfortunately for breeders there ; .they were commanded, at. a top figure .for some, seasons; :-,' ..-:.'' ! .Th'c Sydney . light-weight apprentice jockey, Pike, left for : JSngland last week, m the Orontes, with the Surrey-hills, trainer, W. Kelso. What the plans are with regard to Pike has not been disclosed, but if the lad's interests are to be studied, the proper plan is for Kelso to cancel the indentures, and allow Pike to be attached, that;. is, 'if the opportunity offers, to some good stable m England, •, where his riding might be' fully developed, and the boy placed m the way of earning an income suoh as others m the profession arc said- to receive". Kelso wrote some weeks ago to 'jockey Hewitt, asking him to eatola if he thought it advisable for Pike to go to England, and it is stated the answer received was "No." The advice, however, was not acted upon. , H. Cutts took Glenculloch arid Millionaire through to Wanganui on Tuesday's , express. The former colt was on the track 1 on Wednesday morning and looks really well and is •moving very freely m his work, but he was not sent on any watch-ftreak-' ing expeditions. His presence m the Jackson Stakes to-day will be some-j what of a draw, btt it will result m .the race being a fiasco, as nothing m the field is capable of extending him.; His stable mate is . a ! 'sure starter, but from what I can gather .he . was. only sent up as a track , companion for Gleneulloeh and m the hope Dhatthe race and travelling would benefit him. Both horses: .will .returns by the Ro'tomahana on Tuesday night,; and the big colt's next essay will be m the C.J.C. Challenge Stakes at Easter time. t An unfortunate accident happened at the Shannon meeting, just after the conclusion of the last race. Mr J. Orniond. of Palmerston North, formerly owner of the horse Marseil-; laise, was standing among a crowd of men, and happened to get a push, which caused 'him to fall to the ground. It was at first thought that his leg was broken, and a stretcher was •procured,- on which- he^was ,car-< ried to the railway station. From tl'iere he was taken to Palmerston by: 'a special train which was carrying a party of school children back to Feilding. On his arrival at Palmerston he was at once taken to the Hospital, where it was found on- examination that his leg was not broken, as at first supposed, but that he had injured a muscle. On inquiry this morning we learn that he is making satisfactory progress.

Alec Hall has' sold Lull, and the Handsome Jack, gelding will leav» Feilding some time next week. The champion 2-year-old Fleetfoot is again m work at Riccarton, but is being kept to trotting exercise only. Good i judges say that Tartan was ii* the condition of ,his life before he went amiss prior to the Australian Cup. Munjeet was supported by her owner m the Bourke Handicap on -Tuesday, bU;t she could not run into a place. Aeolus is being schooled at Trentham. If he turns' out a good jumper he will win a lot of hack hurdles m the winter time..' .-:''"' At least one . winner, at Shannon was lucky to' get, the stakes as the horse's owner has been racing' at unregistered meetings. A private cable received m town last week states that Daye Price is returning to New Zealand at the conclusion ef the A. J.C. meeting. He will -ema'dn here about a fortnight. Mic King was compelled to leave Raagipapa at home when "he • took Tangimoana to Wanganui, as the former c6lt was a bit lame, consequent on a knock . he received at Woodville. Mr W. E. Bidwill's Gravitation has - now- furnished into -a- -fine big colt and is .gai'loping pleasingly. He and Elevation -ace the only ' members of J. Farmfer 's • tfeani' m work at the ' present "time; r: ' „"'",' ' '". ! " l W. Price •hi^itist JiroKen *jft s a ' riihe yearling byPfeW^Bitttery^'from. St. Winifred,. - The "^oUngslet';is <; 'chestnut m color and is ;'• a f tfeautif ully-turned yearling. He" was": ridden on the "Wanganui Course on Wednesday mprn.ing and appeafed"to take kindly to his new surroundings. i ' A splendid . gallop of U miles was executed by. Marguerite (R: Hatch) and Gold Crest' (W. hfounaiVori Tuasday morning at Waiiganu'i .^Bptyr hnses .finished m a, ling, and opinions Were ' divided as' to which? h£& • th« best of the^ffaWopVThe''^fne*i^al? 8.11, w-hich, cpnsidfit-ins that,, th^y* were m the middle, idf tlje ; coufse, wa^' d . teal corker. It "was' fair arid Va.^ay^h«ib«g* ga]lop of the yibar: '„ ',! . ;:;; '"..•. ";;, • The course .at \Van^amil'was m fair order f pr, -the racing oy xhursdav with the exception thai'ihe grasa was a bit too" long, and m places "tiie track was .uneven. It is ii very pr«t-tily-situpited racecourse, and '-.the pointments apq, suport),- j but course itself will never be aQythiri^.. put. of the ordinary ■unless more pare is- bestowed upon it..' 1 - Several smAU rises want levelling and Qther.dijps;' .should be. filled m. Jn-. places- ■4h s e '■-^fill's a^e perfectly .rotten! and if a Kbrsc '*'. ,was to get a ,goml bumj). cfr. 'tq f ,£hem they would give- way, ..The G,rpu;n| ' ", Cjjinmittee :shoiild,;Kive this nviiitex imp«- " diate' attention,;. y ■ ... /.'. " - There is', word . frpin;.^ ; Qtje«nslaird to the effect that 'Mis A.' C. Cox, has . purchased. .another .large djaj.ti 'of thoroughbreds 'from '\%\\e- .^j.on. •'• J . D. Ormonfl. It .. consists of; j'sattintoß, 2 year-pld geldings, and .ttfq ft,M w«e year old colts , and fllliesr;V an* I^e consignment, which. wilJ[ st\i>xliy Alt* rive m Bcisbaixe, , clixinj '■'^ iiijrjintted B i rkenhead as . tiieir sire. Ta« dam s of the yearlings fare; M4rs. .\tr J)j3ea«d;nought ; Dryad, "^y St. Lager: ; A^ony by Dreadnoiighl rSp^ti^r Alfexljy ; Aphrodite, -by Apremonii ,;.-/. Oi^i«l©l,, by Sir Lancelpt : Wai' 'Wa.*Rv NfeTar, by Dunlop/; The- lot were; sWp^ai ,; ty the Mo3iald- last week::-./ ■'■■' The Wanganui; JoGK^y Ciui hayr. recently made- extensive:' a)te£aiycus on- thoir -course." l.^hdvoii-JSa^ftisiei:^' i stand has beeoi» ceiho^ojV and i i?.a >iiD»i big :> three^tdreyedv -jkoyv stands m its ■pla.ce. On the: •floor is the • secretary, hkadLcapp«r. Weighing and- jocke.ys' roorn^. The latter rpom is very; well equipped and is the equal- of anyt'liing m the North Island. ■On the-hext flo'pr is . the press rbom and a sitting rponi tor V^iiofs. and fapihg the: balcony is v ,a meeting roomy V The press , an 4 tiainers have special balconies taiiei «X for them, as is the case at Trent^ani-* It is evidently the policy of' : thj?club to bq thorouffi4y up-ip-datr 1 / A good stpry c'omesfrq.m up j^ortn. It was art "a registered meeting, "bit't there was no r totalisator. Tlys books were there m abundahec and ■•'ttitfy were dealing with; a t.hjLng #xa,t should have been first layorit.e. A shrewdie was there also tfndtpolcln the situation at a glance. "First of all he took £30 to £10 . abput the crook, 'un, arid then went and borrowed the secretary's "badge, and, go;ing over to the post, warned "the rider of the dead 'un that he \ras specially told -off to watch him, \ and m a general manner he frightened tl\e boy with threats, of disqualification, etc., etc. The warning had ' the desjrpd et- . feet and .the horse flew m, much to the chagrin of the owner' jind the Tommies. - • , "Let go the . Painter" -writes from Christchurch :— "The question of stipendiary stewards is being vigorous^ ly urged 'by numerous sporting wrjih ers, many of whom hope to djcbp into the few lucrative positions ,t-liat will offer should the Racing Conferanfi* j\t dopt their suggestions. It seems useless to suggest, however, that paid officials can know anything mor.e abiut. the game than the stewards w-h© act, at the meetings of th« jifjiiicinal jockey clubs. I have mmy minA menibers ofthe ; Canterbury Jaskaf, Clwb. who have made a close and careful study bf th 6 whole business Ipi many years. Many make frajvueivt visits to the training tracks, attend lots of meetings, travel abroad and. are constantly on .the lookout - .tor anything that mij»ht be dona to. im-> prove racing generally and the Dominion racing especially. While put-r ting forth this -argument I adroit that " paid men might work some Lnv*. provement at the smaller meetings, but if men are to be appointed to these positions at lvistb salaries, it-is necessary that they have plenty of experience and balance' and ; be absolutely without bias. Individuals of this kind are few and far between."