NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 156, 13 June 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Kaikomako ran two seconds at the Dunedin meeting last week. R. Hatch and A. Oliver each rode three at the Otaki meeting. With a bit of luck, Lochiela might have -scored on either day at Otaki. Both Otaki and Dunedin were record meetings from every point of view. The West Coast-owned Blessbok will m future be raced over the small sticks. Top Rose 10.5 is not. unduly hardened m the Hack Hurdles at Hastings next Week. Sol was the unlucky horse at the A.R.C. meeifing, having ran second -m his three races. Mr J. C. N. G-rigg purchased Bay Lupin at the Dunedin meeting and intends to make a hunter of him. Afer, the f oar-year-old full sister to Vladimir, went through the Dunedin meeting without scoring a win. De Witte accompanied the other members of the Chokebore team to Dunedin, bat did not succeed m winning a race. Luresome's form at Dunedin must have been very puzzling to her owner and trainer, but perhaps it was only puzzling to the casual observer. .. Stormont was easily the best jumper seen under silk at Dunedin. The Apremont gelding held his own on both days and was well handled by Jarvis. , • Zetland was placed second on both days at Dunedin. Does that indicate that his rowner's < lock is turning ? "Clay's luck" ; used to be a bye-word m Cbxistchnrch. Gold Dredge scored an unexpected win at Dunedin n the Saddle Hill Hack Handicap. Tire second day he ran another good race, but could only finish third. White Cockade made amends fox 1 her 'Oamaru failure by romping m. an easy winner m the Tradesmen's Handicap of six furlongs at the recent Wingatni fixture. The Wellington bookmakers who pat-, ronised the Dunedin meeting, report hay-* ing had a most disastrous time of it and Otaki and Ellerslie Tommies fared very little better. At , Dunedin on the second day The Libyan appeared to be winning the Welter Handicap, but L. King brought Lady Disdain along at a terrific rate and m the last stride got up and made a dead heat of it. The Tasmanian jockey, Mick Dunn, was riding at the Dunedin meeting, and then left for Hobart by the Matai on Monday last. He will return m August, as he is engaged to ride at the C.J.C. GJSf. meetiner. At Dunedin Stratagem won the Birthr day Handicap very easily. The . daughter of Dudu must be at her best now.-! It was a good performance to give horses J like Medallist and Probable ten pounds and a beating. Matters have been very dull all the week, but the tifi-season is with us, and those who cannot afford to go to Sydney must perforce turn their attention to football or some other form of sport equally boresome. Visitors to Dunedin are warm m their praise of J. McCombe's handling of Probable. They declare it was a treat to see him at the finish of the Provincial .Handicap, when he fairly lifted his mount past the winning post. Mr S. Messena is determined not to pnrt with Motoa for a penny less than £1000. After the black horse's great race on the second day at OtaKi he received two oilers of £800 for him, but refused to entertain them. W. Smith, who brought Peregrine down from Auckland to win a hack race at Otaki, is greatly impressed with the class of hacks down this way, and m future he will want a champion before he sets out down the Coast. . Mulga Bill, Miss Vera and Speciosa were offered at auction during the Otaki meeting, but they failed to find new owners. A genuine bid of £50 was submitted !or the former, but Mr Lambert -wanted more. No one seemed anxious to own the latter pair of mares. The starting throughout the Ellerslie and Dunedin meetings was beyond reproach, and not a murmur was heard from owners or trainers at either place. Messrs O'Connor and Piper are a long way ahead of anybody else m the Dominion at that particular branch of the sport. Stbrmont must have had a good bit up his sleeve when he won thq Pacific Hurdles at Dunedin. On the second day he was raised islbs, and; the others were all dropped two or three pounds, but Jarvis's mount won just, as easily and is the best bardic horse m Dunedin at the present time. Petrovna and Lupulite were both weighted evenly m the Wai-Rongoa Handicap at Dunedin. Needless to say, they were at the top of the Handicap with 9st 13 Ib opposite their names. The former was made a good favorite, but ran nearly last, and her failure was attributed to the soft state of the going. The Chokebore light-weight jockey, F. E. Jones, had a "life" at Dunedin last week. He had just weighed out to ride Shimmer m the Trial Plate and was preparing to mount, when Bay Lupin lashed out and gave the lad a nasty kick m the face. The force of the kick w"as nearly spent before reaching Jones, who was very lucky to escape with a swollen, but tinfractnred jaw, Whilst m the paddock at Ofeaki Speciosa' very nearly inflicted mortal injury on Charley Pritchard. She lashed out and caught the Hutt trainer a pearler, sending him sprawling to the ground. Those present were relieved to see him get up and find himself little the worse for his fall. The St. Hippo mare is very dirty .and has a bad habit of running back to kick at anybody and anything. That pair of erratic animals The Dunce and Wharekura delayed the start of the first race for nearly half an hour, on the second day at Otaki. The former used to bound through the tapes and his jockey seemed unable to hold him, and the latter resisted all efforts made to get him up to the barrier. However, after the delay mentioned, a very fair start was effected, Wharekura getting slightly the best of it. -j Horses who are Known to be of bad behavior at the barrier should have their nominations refused.. In this case two horses delayed the start for half an hour, upset the other horses' chances and threw the whole day's arrangements out of order.

Locn Fyne Ts top-weight m the Hawks's Bay Steeplechase. Stronghold is again been schooled over hurdles at Riccarton. Hawke's Bay on Wednesday and Thursday. Napier Park the following week. The Yaldhurst horses, Count Witte and Nobel, are entered for the N.Z. Cup. Masterton sports say Letherin will win a hurdle face the first time the sugar is m. Aeolus has been turned out and will bo spelled during his owner's absence m Australia. Ahei, winner of the Ladies' Bracelet at Ellerslie last Saturday, is-, a full brother to Moral. v The Victorian Grand National Hurdle Race will this year be worth £1250 and the Steeplechase £1500. A "head" who put a tenner on Mania 1b the Scurry at ' Otaki reckons it was more than the filly was worth. The fiat racing season is over, and from now till September - all flat races will have to be run under welter weights. Kiatere was not prominent m either oi his races over country at Ellerslie, and it seems as if the old horse is not himself. Sylvien Park is an aged full brother to Volume. In his early career he went wrong and has only recently been put into work again. Nadador will be improved by her racing at Ellerslie and should play a bold part m the settlement of the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase. Saga, 'Frisco, St. Joe, Mahuta, Master Delayal, Grand Slam and Zimmerman, who started m the last N.Z. Cup, are nominated, for this year's contest. Guidwife's success m the Farewell Handicap at Ellerslie was her first win since Mr Ralph bought her from Sir Geo. Clifford at the last Auckland Cop meeting. i The Hawera-owned Maharanui made up tor his . defeat m the Cornwall Handicap By winning the York Welter. Sid. Reid got off him to" ride Certainty, and C. Cocbxane had the winning mount. Before the Scurry at Otalri Mania stoclt was very highly assessed, but the chestnut mare failed very badly, and it is safe to assert that if she wins at her next attempt she will pay a good dividend. D. J. Price started four of his team, Pink 'tin, Bribery, Idealfst and Otira, «!i the recent Epsom meeting, but the lat- ' ter was the only one marketable, the other trio being evidently not strung up to concert pitch. . • The jumps were not solid enough at Otaki and both days they were all knocked to the ground, consequently those owners who sent out green jumpers to give them a schooling gallop were defeated m their purpose. Pink 'Un, who has been on the retired list for some time, had an outing under, silk m the Moorabbin Handicap, but ha was very much on the big side m condition, and seemed a bit lame as well.— Melbourne "Truth." Royal Soult, who , won the Fitzroy Welter at the A.R.C. Winter meeting is by. Soult from Bavaria, , a good pony that raced with considerable success is. 'the colors of Messrs Nathan at Auckland about ten years ago. Mistime, must surely show trainer Waddell some gotrd^ track gallops, or he would not take her tb the meetings Her Otaki efforts would not make her out to be oi much account. ■ She . was left at the barrier m the Scurry on the second day. Atlas White gave Pronun a good chance m the Scurry at Otaki. and'thebay gelding very nearly provided a boil over. Ronald Cameron on Timothy had to do his best' to beat the tray gelding, who sho.t away from the barrier like a red shank and was not caught till the judge's box was well m signt. The luck of the game. A Hawera sport wired- to. a frieml m Wellington to invest a few pounds on Timothy on the first day at . Otaki when he got beaten, but tlie wire was received too late. However the money, went on the second day and the horse won. The writer's 'experiences are generally the opposite way. Patrons of the Otaki Club will be very pleased when the new course is finished. The present course is a long way from the station and the appointments are inadequate. A much bigger lawn and stand arc required, not to mention the totalisator house. Mr Jos. Ames, who runs the machine for the club, will surely bo glad to make a shift. General surprise was expressed when it was found that Diabolo's name was missing from the list of nominations for the N.Z. Cup. Questioned on the subject, Mr J. Monk stated that he did' not wish his colt to be prepared for a hard race like the N.Z. Cup, as he wanted to give him plenty of "time to mature. This opinion was^ borne out by Jos. Prosser. A very nice horse indeed is the recent importation, Idealist (Birkenhead— ldeal),' who has won good races m New/Zealand. He had an outing under silk m the Plato at Epsom, and showed good pace m this for a while. When D. J. Price gets him to his liking, and elects to snpporthim, it may take something very smart to beat him, and he is well up to weight.—Melbourne "Truth." The Stradbrooke Handicap, the most important spring race of the season m Queensland, run. on Saturday last, resulted m an easy win for the 3-year-old filly •Satisfaire, by Birkenhead— Content. Satisfaire, who was bred by the Hon. J. D. Ormond, of Hastings, was imported along witn several other horses into Queensland last year by Mrs A. C. Cox, and is now leased by the veteran trainer J. Stone.. Another Birkenhead m Minnow, (late Minos) finished fourth, and it would seem that the stock of the English-bred station are likely to make their mark on the Australian turf, as they have already done m New Zealand. Of; the New Zealand bred and owned Otira, Mefbourne "Truth" m a recent issue says : — "Some weeks since attention was drawn m these notes to the fact that Otira was probably a deal better than her form then suggested. Until Saturday last, however, the New Zealandbred mare was an unmarketable commo : dity. and figured modestly m the rear m races m which she took part. A change, however, came at Epsom, for m ' a field of twenty m the Purse Otira was backed us though she were a certainty, and a look at her at once showed that she had been "standing up to it" lately and was m something like condition Purses are, •however, notoriously hard to win, and once again the supposed good thing miss- | ed fire, as Otira, with Murchison up, only ran second. Probably she was most unlucky, but D. J. Price and his friends have now lost their good money, pod tho-. roughly exposed the mare for nothing. | That is all m the great game, and they are not singular m their experience." I

Woodhey ran well on both dayi at Otaki but was outclassed.Mistime was priced last week, and £120 was asked for- the Birkenhead filly. St. Amelia will be on hand shortly. She ran two good races at Otaki but her condition is not right' yet. The racehorses Peregrine and Pohutu wili shortly be shifted to Waipukurau, wnere their owner has taken up his residence. _ . There seems a general feeling ; that Paritutu has only to be nominated for the big Hurdles at Riccar^oh to become a firm favorite. Rifiemaid was. produced on the second day at Otaki, but though she was" prominpnt at the start of the Huia Handicap she could not see it out. . ... '.'.'.' Jolly Roger jumped well at Otaki but the going* was too hard for him and he would not hit out. It won't be so hard at Trentham next month. Mr D wan informed me during the week that it had been definitely decided not to persevere further with/ Cohsuello, and next season she will be sent to the stud. Seaman did not run such a good race on the second day at Otaki, and his effort m the Cup must have been tod much for him. He will score before lpng. At last King's Birthday has won a race after battling for three years. This proves the correctness of the old adage, "If at first you don't succeed," etc., etc. In the Ohau .Welter at Otaki Buoyant had the bad luck to get hung up m the tapes, and his backers, whose name was legion, did not get' a run for their money. Last week Messrs Ormond, Lo wry and Watt of Hastings' 1 left on a trip to Queensland.; A Hawke's Bay meeting ~with these gentlemen ..absent "will," be rather a novelty. ' ""■ ■ - '• " v'| .■■■'-■ Splendid nominations have 'been received for the N.Z. Cup, arid quality, is there m abundance. Tangimoana was] the first horse backed on the appearance of the nominations. Just wait till the nominations for the C.J.C. Grand National double are published and then 1 the punter's, will rush m and take ridiculous prices about Tilson and Par-itutu. > With only 7.8 on his back, Swimming Belt looked to have a good chanofe' m the Railway Handicap at Otaki, but he ran. absolutely ' last. , and was never ' r a%, P . any stage prominent. ' "" "'""'' - w °~ Gazeley's efforts, at Otaki ; were very moderate and Tom Quinlivan *has not got the English-bred horse at his best. Perhaps about July at Trent^am . we can look for him, as a likely winner. • -, Signor disgraced his patents at Otaki, and the son oi Ma Mie Rosette seenis to have gone right Qfi. Probably he will' be given a short spell before ' lie undergoes his N.Z. Cup preparation. '■■- i : • Last year Mariopoto was top-weight m the N.Z. Cud with 9st., and Zimmerman had 8.3. This year the latter will be top-weight, but who can pick the horsß that will be second m the hanuicaps ? It is up to the handicappers to lcH Rangihatea down a bit. The chestnut horse is always up m the weights, but his winning account is riot a big one. Apparently he is a genuine trier on every occasion, so i deserves some consideration on that pointf alone. Mt. Cook had a very easy win m the second Hurdles at Otaki, but several of the other runners were not bothering much. One of the stumers and Ins rider adopted .a. most comical posture m jiis efforts to stop .his mount and at the same time appear to be a trie?. ']-. All" Red ran - a much-improved race' m the Huia Handicap and was evidently Jrencnted by his gallop. in the Raukawa Cup. He is a big lazy fellow, and W. Price had to punch -him along the whole way. When he returned to the paddock- he wrts much distressed and could not speak. Cross Battery hung out Ladly bit to*«i days at Otaki. •In the I-lula HajiAiehp F. D. Jone.-; had' the mount, vica llick King, too fat. The mare, put m a great run at the finish, but hiiug out too tnttch' m the earlier stages when All Red was making the pace a cracker. . The mile Was run m : l.<i2 : , "Which will sbbw : *hftt -ttiiste-; was no loafing on the way < . ' •" " v Peter Keith, the well-known \ tnuuer, who has recently returned from Soutb' Africa, informed me during the week, that ne was on the look but for a couple of, good horses and if he' was sueeessiui m' obtaining them, he would start training operations; at Trentham. Keith, is a good . man with a horse and is sure to do Veil 1 here. During his stay m South • Africa he won some forty races m IS month 3. Mystification ran the race of his career 1 when he won the Huia Handicap at Otaki. By the way, it is stated that Mr Hunter will offer several oi his. horses including Mystification for sale at the Hastings meeting next week. Latterly we; have all been inclined to belittle ''the chestnut horse, but his Otaki efforts have altered all that and now he will once again be regarded as a first-class perforjner. ' ■./'■.'- '\ The Telegraph. Handicap^ at . (Halo provided a very close finish between Nnumai and Wharekura and the latter gained Mr, Hartgill's decision by a nose only. Later on the same day the same gentleman "had a bit of trouble, to separate Simplex and Motoa m the Railway Handicap. In Wje latter case Simplex began very smartly while Motoa was slow to find "his legs and got chopped out. At the four-furlong post he was absolutely .last m a. strungout field of ten horses, but then he settled down to his work and when the straight was reached he put m a most sensational run and fairly flew over the ground. He just failed, liut -it was that closs that there was no v difference though the honors were .alj with the defeated horse. i?o wonder some good judges wanted to buy him. He would make a. <pe&-% E])som or Doncaster horse with about 8.7 on his back. Last year's Grand National Stlpr-Vv chase winner, Divhani, who was doing, famously m" his work, unfortunately met with an accident that necessitated h|s\ destruction. It was- intended to tcfaool him over fences at Flemington, but ha made a mistake m taking-off at the first one, and, putting his foreleg through the two top rails, he snapped it short at the forearm. The fracture : was a dreadful one. but the assistant, ranger of the course, Sim Doster, was soon on the spnl. and put the poor, brute cut of his misery. W. Ray, who was riding him, was stunned for- a while, and "was -verr lucky m escaping serious injury. Div-, ham was still the property of the Bruns--wick hotelkeeper, Mr G. F, H,odjrkiiis6n, for whom he won the Grand National last season, and was undoubtedly a really good horse, though never a thoroughly reliable fencer.- Mr. HodVrkinsoa has exexperienced bad luck lately, for Delatroy, for whom he gave 330 guineas last July, became a roarer, and Abdallah has gone wrong. — "Sydney Sportsman."