NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 161, 18 July 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Trenthani to-day. ■ The aged gelding Aroha won a' double' at ; Q-ishptrne. ; „:.■ ;The bookniakeiS "report good business on the Qf3:<3. -doubles: .,'".;: ' . ' Douche was weii'baGked for the Farewell Handicap at Gisborne, and Von fairly easily. • , ; 1 Spate, who won the first Hack Flat at Gisborne, was well backed by Wellington commissioners. ; Mistime, who was sold last week, quickly recouped' ber owner 'ay winning a double on the second day at Gisborne. Haipuka carried a lot "of money m the Maiden at Gishbrne: but second place behind Mistime was the best the chestnut could do. ';/."'•, Cinque had a Very easy win m the Te Hapara , Steeplechase at Gisborne after runnii)" unplaced In the Hurdle Race earlier 1 m the day. ; The consistent White Lie ran another brace of seconds at Gisborne. She finished next to the winner m the concluding event oh' each day. Starlight, is doing well m his track essays at Riccarton, and' so fair there Vis no sign of unsoundness about hiitn. He; is a -hea.dtiful jumper. ; Frisco i.6, won the last -N.JS. Cup, and now receives 8.8 m 'the -Melfatpuine Gup, Mooltan 7.11; ran second m tbe last Melbourne -Cup, and Is now weighted a^t--9.2-in this year's race. .Compared with Frisco the Australian has- all the worst ofvit..'--/. '-.•■ O.y-A-- A.. : f A . A very old Queensland sport died recently m Brisbane. This was Mr John Little, who had "reached thfe age of 82 ■'-"'afs. fie was 'a member of the first Queensland Turf' Club; formed over . fifty years ago. apd for many years he was the clubls handieapper. Mir P.; A ; G.onnoliy- s Post Town has been weighted .at '8.5 for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and with this impost, the colt must be given a chance. He Won the Perth Derby and Cup like a racehorse, but he has yet to prove 'thaj. he is • a top-notcher amongst horses of class. . The topnotcher Poseidon has beck given 10 -stone' in the Melbourne Cup and 10.1 m the Caulfield Cup, and he has earned eVerry ounce Of. it. In the big race he lias 61b less than Carbine's ' winning weight, and it is quite on the cards that he will score, with a start, as he. is undoubtedly m a class by himself. Unless something exceptional comes to light from the^three or fqur-ycar^-qld division lie should repay followers m all his coining weight-for-age races. The tracks at Trentham were m such a heavy condition last Monday morning that W. Davies would not work Seaman and Yqsanii. Nevertheless, the "Post" reported that -the Parliamentary Handicap candidate ran a half mile at top, and the '-Times" repeated the assertion next morning and added that he wanted to increase the pace. Evidently the last named paper copied the news from the evening rag, .. and when the latler tripped'the "Times" had to follow suit. What, must the Dublic think of reports such as these. The ring will be well represented at Tientham to-day, when some twenty odd bookmakers will he plring their calling. Principal among these I might mention Scott and Martindale, who claim to have stood the test of time ; Ross and Bradshaw, who have been so many years established m Wellington : Arthur Law, whose motto is •'Nulli SccunUus" • Charles Westhrooke, recently of South Africa, and for several years a leading Penciller in* Australia, who makes a speciality of big bets. He was for many years a member of the leading clubs m London, and was the first to introduce cash betting into Australia. Then we come to Paddy Flanagan, "The Irish Bookmaker," and all sons of Erin will invest their commissions with him. Lastly, there is VT illiam Whitja, the Silve? King of Christchurch. i The last-named makes up a contingent of ' reliable penciilers. Whitta advertises that Ihe bets first and second ia all races with I 'sic star (.era, '

Iranui is to be treated to a long spell. Lady Hune is a doubtful starter m the Winter Hurdles. F. D. Jones rode three winners on the second day at Gisborne. W. Davies has chosen the name of Waxy lor the full .brother to Sen Sim is going well on the tracks, and looks to be quite himsejf again. C. Cress will ride Le Beau and Tumut m their respective engagements to-day. Most likely Merrie Zealand will be raced m Sydney after the CU.C. meeting. J. Hall got a rather nasty fall when Papatu fell, on the second day at Gis- ■ borne. . The black mare Volodia has changed hands, and is now an inmate of W. Taggart's stable. St. Amelia was sent to Trentham on Tuesday. She Will be ridden m her races by C. O'Neill. If Leonator. 9.3. happens to strike his best form I don't, know what he will do with that Winter Cun field. It is a long time since so many Auckland horses took part, m the winter meeting of the Wellington Racing Club.* JVaihekau has been jumping very wildly or late, and Mohberley deemed it advisable to send him home from Gisborne. : _yjr':; C. O'Dorioghue. oW ner of Ton Rose, was recently laid aside with a bad attack of influenza, hut is now fauite recovered. ■-..:■ Lady Disdain and Paragon arrived from the South on Tuesday' last. The former will be ridden hy T. Cahill and the latter by D. Price. White Lie is now quartered at Tren-, tham. -She (Will not he raced, there, but is under orders for Foxtoh where she: will he treated, to a well-earned spell. Landwern is very* backward m condi- .-< tion and blows very hard at the conclu-,' sipn of his work. He may win a race later on, but certainly he is not rezwiy yet. < The N.Z.-bred Spotty (Birkenhead--' Spot), who was. until recently, m R. G. Bell's stable at Caulfield. received ; fatal injuries while going by steamer from Melbourne to Brisbane. At the conclusion of the C.J;C. National meeting, the Auckland 'chaser Pierre will he shipped to Sydney.' and will take part m the steeplechase events at the A. J.C. ' Spring meeting. General, surprise- was expresssed this week when it was fbpnd that the Riccarton trained. w : Clarke, was not bringing any horses to the Trentham meeting. Surely his ; team would have been all the better for a gallop m public before tlie NatibnaCl comes on. Paragon is reported to be going very weli hi his work, and has auite thrown pfi the scratchy .action that used to • characterise his. efforts m last year's races. If this is so, he will finish m front of most of the held in' the Parliamentary Handicap to-day. Quite, recently 'Scotty fell a couple of tunes when, schooling at 'Ellerslie, and .apparently he is not yet a proficient iMinper. Still, McManemin must 'he credited with knowing when a horse has a chance, and he states that he Will go on to Riccarton at the conclusion of the local meeting. Creusot , was fancied for .the open Steeplechase on the second day of the Gisborne meeting, but he ran off. at the first fence. It > looks as if Fred "Davis was qiiite right to. part: with him at Qhristmas tinjie. , as bis ne\? owners have so far failed, to get a race out of the son of Torpedo. .•...*■ If the best bred horse was to win the Trial Plate to-day, the stake, would go to J. ' Goodwin by the aid of Campfiue. who is ,by C,arbin,e from Revelry. This horse was impprted by Mr E. j. Watt some years ag;p, but when Tom Qitinlivan had, him he was unable to do afiy goSd with him. and during the last two years he has been at the stud m the Hawera district. Spinning Flight came up from Milton early this week. .. Hogan informed nic that his horse was very backward, and; 9 wing to the (bad weather, he had not been "on- the tracks for three weeks: ■ m addition to this, he had to walk thirty miles through water as % the railway line was submerged.. Bearing this invmiind. ..we can safely leave Spinning Flight out of our calculations to-day. • ' It is' stated on the best authority that directly after the National meeting Jack Lowe, Trentham trainer, will hit out ijor Australia; and will take Artillene, Aeolus and Sir Frisco with him. The filly, who is freely engaged at the C.J. C. ; Spring meeting, is reported to be .quite the eijual of Sir Frisco pn the tracks. Aeolus Will shortly be put into work again and should win a hurdle race m 'Sydney! . Sir Frisco is improving every day. and if the tracks at Randwick do not become too hard, he should run well., forward: m his efforts. '.■.;■.' • That capable cross country horseman,: A. MeCohnop, is experiencing a long run of bad luck and last week at Gisborne he again failed tp break it for a win, •He was ridi_ng Kapakapa m the Gisborne S'teeplephase and a good chance of winning was spoilt by a dog getting entangled m the -horse's legs and nearly unseating McConnon. . In , the Trial. Stepplephase he was piloting , Kuranui m a winner when his saddle slipped and he finished with it underneath the horse's barrel. Everybody will wish McConnon better luck .tOtday. Attention is drawn to ah advertisement on this page notifying the racing puhlic that the racehorses Hiro. and Possession are for sale. ' Hiiro is a beautifully-bred horiSe, being hy Cyrenian (son of St. Simon) from Epihe (hy *The Barb), a wellbred mare from New South Wales, who was specially purchased (by the Auckland -j Stud <3p,mi)atty to mate with Cyrenian. j Hiro's. performances on -the racepourse I are too well known to need . rep-iatirig here. Possession is a rising threeTvearold. full fotother to William. ■'. He is full of condition, and is a fine horse to look upon. Particulars can be" obtained by reference to this office or to P. Keith at Trentham. F. B, Brennan, owner of Lady Quiz, is m his way about as lucky a horse-owne-r as is '.'Jem" Brennan, of Sydney. The Gippslander has not been long at the game, and has had very few horses altogether, and yet m two years he haa won tWo Grand: National Hurdle Races. Public form pointed, to Realm scoring, and he was aaturally at a short price, hut ■ Ijady Quiz was unite an outsider, and her previous runninE' did hot warrant her being much fancied. She certainly had won on the occasion of her first appearance over the obstacles at Meritone, but her after efforts at Flemington and Caulfield had left a seemingly general impression that she was not an oyer-too-good stayer, hut she quite dispelled this by , always being one of the leaders last Saturday, and she had plenty m hand at the finish. Her condition reflected great credit on her trainer, Edgar Watt, "who prepared Realm for. this same event.-f-Mel--bourne "Truth." v

Waipu started at very long odds m the V.R.C. Hurdles. Motoa and Lupulite are both reckoaed sure starters m the Winter Cup. This year the prize money for the Stewards Handicap at Riccarton will be 1000 soys. ; At Trentham they are very sweet on Wailethe's chances Sn the Parliamentary Handicap. The Riccarton horseman, R. W. King, will ride Glen m the last race at Trentham to-day. / It is reported that Kapakapa broke down badly at Gisborne m the Te Hapara Steeplechase. It is stated that the N.Z. ponies Lady Zion arid Mighty Atom are both hors de combat m Melbourne. '. Consuello looks to have improved • . a great deal, and may run well forward m the Trial Plate to-day. *- If it is wet and heavy at TrenthanT to-day a good "roughie" m the Parlra-' mentary will be Maharanui. The Auckland-owned Leonator, who was very well treated m the Winter Cup, * will not make the journey to Riccarton. At Otaki last week Mr C ! . + Sufi, .of Gisborne, purchased a very , nnerlboking son of Cou^iieror from Hikomai for 80gns. The last of the speedy Grenadier- has heen seen on Australian racecourses, as he is being returned to Auckland next; week. ■-.'--.' Yosami looks very well just now. I notice she still wears a covering oh her hock, so seemingly she continues to hit herself when galloping. . All Red is a doubtful starter m the Winter Cup, . but Swimming Belt is sure to go to the post if he remains sound after the TrenthamV meeting. '■'■>•-. .'Whilst at Gishorne last week tlie owner ; of Faro backed his horse, coupled 'with Black Reynard, for the Grand National double at Riccarton next month. Slow Tom is djie to axifiye' rroni^ii^ telton this morning. E};' S.cqullar O x '^ 1 bringing him up, and will' ri,de'hini v Oi* \ the hig Steeplechase, on WeMesdafy' J/,'J The Caulfield Ni_vtiq.nal^ ( pii^le§ . will run next month. , The^ Zealand ho_qses engaged are Maui and Ataahua (i 0.3), Waipu (10.1), and Cachuca (9.3) r - Mr Jno. Clark, owner of Faro, Kaipeti-. pcti, Black Reynard and Co., was a passenger for Sydney yesterday, so will not be present at the, Trentham meeting today.. .."-■:■ ■'■_■ . .-. ' .--- The Flemington National winner, Lady Quiz, only cost her present owner iOOgns, and she has .but a short pedigree on ncr dam's side, a common failing with" ' so many good jumpers. ' i The / winning jockeys at the Gisborne meeting were :-^F. 'D. Jones (3), F. Porter and F, Whitehouse (two each), J. Jones, T. O'Brien, G. Murray. W. Wilson and R. Broadfield (one each). The 'Australian jockey; W.'^E vans, who rode Apologue m tlttuaVfeSVoUrife Cup, had the mount on MetdPfcibrtift ' the- English Derby, but he cbuljp not icdfifcrqt the 'colt, Iwho is a mad-headedV ■Wretoh\ and after taking charge, was spun BUtTat a mile. iWhen Bullworth was 'purchased at Elfcrslie last month, it was ' pfenerally understood' that Mr A. F. Douiglas was his new owner. Howeyer,' at Gisborne, the chestnht gelding rah m the' nomination of 'Mr E; J. Harris.; . c t v , As was generally anticipated, tlie'Jubilee Cup has. been struck out of the programme for tlie N.Z. Cup meeting and instead \ a w.f.a. race, to he called the. Stead Memorial Gold. Cup, of 750 soys., will take its place. Dave Price, cabled oh Saturday night that Idealist, one of his team,, had been successful m the July Handicap of one mile at Flcnaington on that day. This is the Birkenhead gelding's ilrst success since being shipped to Melbourne. 'f ':■■'. The' Blenheim trainer, B. Keeper, arrived at 'Trentham on Wednesday last. Ho has brought over Jolly Rober, who will contest the Hack Hurdles on Wednes-* day and Saturday next, and Glen, who is engaged m the hack flat events. The Torpedo gelding WaipU was gallop-, ed ,qn m the Grand National Hurdle Race, -a£ Flemingtton and was so inucli i.hurt that the aid of. Veterinary Surgeon S. O. AVood had to be obtained. It is ..understood that the New Zealander will not sport .silk m Victoria again,! but will next run m Sydney m • the Spring. . Shrapnel arrived Jrom the North on : Mondajf night, and on the following morning he was on the course, but was X not worked, and m the afternoon he was led on the road and given long walking exercise. The son of Workiiian looks very hi g —too big, m fact— and his mentor will no doubt be glad to race him here with a view of fitting him for the National. If any horse could win the doubleWinter Hurdles and', National Hurdles— ftt should, be Scotty as he is only w° i s ll t ec ' at 9.12, and a stone penalty' would make his Riccarton ' weight prohibitive. However, I would rather see the Auckland horse with a race into him, and While giving him a good chance m the National; I cannot say that lam partial , to his chances to-day He has only got to mako one faulty jump and he will lose, and it is very rarely you see a horse jump cleanly l?he whole way m his maiden effort. ..; A Wellington lady who likes the races at Trentham confided m me last Wednesday t ha * she dreamt a big bay horse that had just been shaven appeared to be winning a race very easily, but all of a sudden a little black sleek ' horse rushed past and just won the event. She desires to know which horse it would be likely to _be and which race. I repeat her story word for word but must leave it to my readers to guess it' out for themselves. There is no one so enthusiastic as a lady punter. Watch her face wreathed yin smiles . when the horse she is backing is romping m and watch how excited she gets when the finish is a close one. An exchange is responsible for the account of a somewhat humorous m connection with the recent Tingha races. The course, which is about a mlile and a half from \ the town, was very well attended, principally by townspeople and residents of that locality, After three events had been disposed^of , proceedings were arrested by the alaryi that there was a big fire raging m the town. Every man becoming possessed with the .belief that his place was being \rapidly consumed, there was a wild rush for horses. Uuggies and sulkies, and the crowd rushed awfly for Tingha amid a cloud of dust, the thunder of hoofs, the cracking of whips, and, the yells of the multitude. According -to a visitor.the judge,- the star-, ter, the rest of the officials, and the committee made strong running fin front, and m a couple of minutes the course was deserted. There wasn't a soul left ! "None ?" queried a visitor, doubtfully. ! ''Well, I stayed, because, you see, I didn't have a house m Tingha ; and when 1 peeped into the publican's bo6th, I'm blessed if the dashed caretaker hadn't also remained," he added, with a sorrowful tone. After the fire the crowd came back and finished the programme— and the beer.

Pink 'Un ran third m the Lawn Handfcapat Flemington last Saturday. Douche must have been carrying a very strong bridle on the first day at Gisborne. \ • Spate, a winner at Gisborne, is a full brother to Kaipetipeti and' is owned by J. Clark, of Gisborne, ;■' '. *;'••- \ . None of the registered trainers or jockeys took any part m the ' running *\ ol Wren's famous thousandrpoundcf. N - The Hon. Geo. McLean has again been elected President of the Dunediq Jockey Club, with Mr Jas. Hazlett as vice-£r«i-dent. . ;* Lady Quiz practically led. from end Ik* end m the Victorian Grand/ National Hurdle Race, though "Wollara headed lier for a little while. The' Wanganui horseman, G. Pupe, T& turned from Sydney by the Witrijppo last Wednesday aud" he • will, be ndirjg at Trentham tcnday. ' The New Zealanders will need to have a deal better represerctafeye 'than the slow-as-a-top Waipu if they want t^ Win Grand Nationals.— Melbourne '''truth.'' Pencillers Bradshaw and Lewis were amongst the Warrimoo's passengers last Wednesday. On looks, I should say the pair enjoyed themselves thoroughly m Sydney and Melbourne. Garches, who ran. fourth m the Flemington National Hurdles, won the D.outha Galla Hurdles of 2J »miles on' the final day of the meeting. Lady Quiz, who Won the big event, -Was placed- third. . The Sydney Jad; F. , Woottoh, according, to the . .latest r English files', has climbed into third place amongst the winning jockeys. His score w&s 21 wtjis, only one behind the great I), Majier. " The Australian jockey,. W. Evans, . ap^-i pears to he m . f f air- demand .; \in;. En^ahd. He rode m the Norbury -.plate the day -he- — ... fore the Derby. Since then a cahle. ahnounced the fact that he rode two Winners m one day. ;' -They bet -in England. Just hefore the Derby was run Dr. McCahe, who used terrain for "Boss" Croker, took 2000 to -20 about the winner, Signqrine'tta. Odds r like these would paralyse a- ; Nfew Zealand bookmakerIf time permits', : J. O'Connell will return from Melbourne m time, for the C.J.C. Ghrand National meeting, w&ere he has been engaged -to ride Slrawjnan m the big HUfcUes and. Mooshen m : the Enfield Steeplechase.According to .. well-authenticated . accounts.. Cachuca was very unlUcky riot'to Win the Keillor Hiirdltes-at "the- V^.^R.p. meeting. He started second favorite, Tjiit got into the last fence,^ and this' : v sjH?Xlt an excellent chance of" winning. ■ . '' It is reported 'from Waverley- that Breretori has '"' MoOsheu m first-cla^s fettle and that he is. a sure Starter at Riocarton/ next month. Moorhen is a beautiful jumper^and can' run' \ at a ciipVl-ne^" pace over two miles 'of'; steeplechase course. - '.»*/' . The connections of Idealist' are reported to have had' a good win qver " the success of the Birkenhead .^ldinjj m Me July Handicap oh. Saturday list. Tlie horse opened up at _a, goqid prlice but finished very short am 'Was a hot favorite when tlie harrier rqse. ! ' ".."■-' The Melbourne jockey, _,C. \Bqltqli, 'has refused to carry . out, his contirac.t to _side for. the . Hon. . Apear- m, Inflia, and, the] latter's Australian "buyer, ; R." McKehria, has reported him to the V. R.U. "BoiCdfn signed a contract , to go to lhjdia.in plaice pi E. Turner, w^o recently broke fi^s arm. "' : ; The Victorian Chief Secretary has given; orders that* all wooden posts erected round country racecourses to indicate the track, shall he removed,, and Hambeo poles put m tsieir place. filing; this, a renewal of licenses for the courses will be refused- This will reduce.^the Ijisk of accidents to horses and riders. , The Victorian Grand Nat_iqnal ;HBjrola Race was run during a heavy ska w« of rain, Which rendered it- atoiost i____R»sSs_t)*_v -to distinguish the various tor s«s,, w»e aaajoritjj, of whqm and their Jqcfeys vrejre fairly covered with mud and slush wiien they returned toy scale.. , ( lt: was no wonder that. under .such conditions so mahy horses ram -below- ex'&e^atiohs. - ■" •■"*'* ■*■ 'Speaking of one of 'the prqmiiieht Fk&rhingtoli failures, Melbourne V'l'ruth^'aa)^ : —"Poor old Emir ! 'impotent at' 'the stud, and apparently qow. ohite iisaLess as a racer. ' <■ A sad winding ujii for this once most hililliaht horse, Who has unfortunately always been cursed' with- a diabolic temper. If it had not been for this drawback his turf career; would have been even more brilliant thanit' waa. . The ex-New Zealand pony, Cocky (Wiuuk'u — Daisy) still continues on Its victorious career m Australia: Cocky originally came from Hastings 1 and was taken to Sydney by A. Vincent (Carbine Jack) for whom it won four races. Quite rer eently he- disposed of the little' 'fellow ; to C. I-lorarn, who has since secured three wins out of four starts. Cocky is reck-' oncd tq be the a- best 14-hands pony ?ln Australia, „ -.<,.•.,- ■ ' '-... . A leading New Zealand, spoilt who has just returned from- Melbqurne, . gave it as the reason for Waipu.'s defeat, that' he was not brilliant enough, and after he had gone 100 yards he was . m dead trqu•hie. Only once did, he flatter his . backers at all and that was about .five furl o£g3 from home, when' he ran pags . . a dozen horses, but the effort was not' sustained and he went back again. At v the finish of the race the field Was strung out forover a furlong, with Lady <iu._z, a rank outsider, m front, while Phillip ' -Worjbh, who was one . of the most heayily-baeked starters, finished ahsp'lutely last. Writing of the landing of the Hon. Ueo. McLean's stud stallion jSarto at Dunedin, the local "Times" says c,-—' 'The aiiatxH era tic son of S'fc Simon— Miss . MvbWfid walked ; n_imbly to the t rbad A but when ha saw the wide expanse oi ' mud he' Stood irresolute. Presently a plebeian lulsfclsk past with a van, then Sarto wi_._a__.io_t., threw up his head like ah Ara'bj, and sfeawed himself to be a superb aniiifial— dahrtj^ clean cut, and without a single hi*pi|^g after his long yoyage. He is a very diiS bay, almost black, stands ' about i# hands high, is six years old, and apaearS to have a very amenahle <__ijJO_itMMit? " Sports who attended the *i*h»wus meetin- had a good laugh, even if tt»y lost their money. A certaia Uvvsti changed hands just hefore the n_M.tJb«s_ and tbe deal was duly made vuVtik at the races. A Wellington horsemaa wa* talkin,e to an Auckland jockey, wh« teW him that he owned the horse and »«_*=£ •now "strip off -to ride-hint. -^N^ct-".-'**'^- --' a brother of the last-named stated to the Wellingtonian m confidence that ha owned the horse. His surprise can he imagined when, later on the same day, the. father announced his intention of paying up for his horse. This was too much for the lad from Wet and Windy, ro he let out at top : "Now. look here, who really does own the horse 7'^qu.eried he. "Sam says he does. Jack says he does. and now you say you do." "To tel^, you the truth," the old man replied, *'my wife owns the horse."