NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 166, 22 August 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Most likely Red King will be trained at Awapimi m future. \ Ahei is m the private sale list, so reports Trainer Freti^ Davis. ' v. Mr 0. O'Coanor will , act as starter at tl.e Horowhenua meeting next month. ; The Dane will be running m hurdle race 3 this season and will- be' ridden by H. Telford. ■ ...f ■■ ' ;-,il } The leading horsemen, Jenkins, Oliver, ,Deeley and Hatch, have all begun, the season well. .■ ■' . ■ ." Leeside ran a good face m the centre part of the Sydenham Hurdles but he was wanting at both ends. ;.' *•--; . ' . „ One of the leading Victorian horsemen, E. Turner; has this year been refused a license by the V.R.C. v ' Splendid nominations have been received tot the Marton' meeting;: which is • to > 'be held on September 2nd and 3rd. 'Whilst at Riccarton Jos. ' Prosser purchased the mare Aimee Soult and intends to use her for 1 breeding purposes. ' L/ingerer was suffering .from a cut on his stifle on Saturday and should not have been started 'in, the Styx Hack Hardies. v / ' Pierre cut himself so badly while . contesting the C. J'.Ci Grand National that 1 the trip . to Australia; with him \ has hatl to be abandoned. : •■ - , Chief Lochiel can gallop pretty smartly at times, 1 and on Thursday, he was m the humor, and gettinig out early he just: laste<l enough to win the Islington Handicap from Wailethe and Kurawaka. • Several of the clever {!>■) bookmakers refused to lay Cannonier"; .m the Bracelet last. Saturday and consequently tumbled iiii- badly... Their faces wore comical cxpres'simis! when the son of Royal Artillery was defeated. At last Vasa has rewarded Alt Shearsby \yith a long overdue win. In the past this mare has lost sevei'al races by her fractiousness ,at the barrier, but on Saturday with Jenkins on her back she stood as quiet as an old cow. There is no doubt about the command Jenkins exercises over unruly horses at the barrjer. Audax is" a wonderful jumper. He never puts a toe on a fence, be it brush, stonewall, logs or sod fence. He was allowed to pay a false price on Saturday because it wiis his first race over country, but the "heads" knew all aboiut him", ani first race or not,' it made no dilYerenct to their wagers, and they duly collected. While at Riccarton on Saturday, Mr H. F. Nichol informed me that he intended having a holiday m Australia next month but he had not definitely made up his mind as to whether his horses would race there. He was experiencing ' some difficulty iiwgel«ting a suitable trainer to talcp. the team ; acrosis as Taggart had stated his inability to go. Most likely both Cross Battery and Sea King would go over, but at present nothing was decided on. The former is not -herself, but Sea King is very forward and should run well ixx any thing he starts m at Randwick^

Hilarity was last the whole way m her only start at Riccarton. Janella was originally bought by Mr H. Enderby for £20 and last week he sold her for £150. Farley Grove, is a beautiful jumper' atiti will win a hurdle . race or two at the South Island meetings. ■> -. . , -^ The well-bred Persuader ,-was fancied -m tHc August Handicap at^liccartpn, but he was not good enough. ;' • ': Uet Beau ran vrellin alLhisSefiortis over the big fences at Riccarton. On Saturday he just missed second money m the last few strides. The owner of Sen Sim, who has been seriously ill for many months past, "">ijs shortly leaving on an extended trip to the Hot Lakes district. " . -: ; Contender looked! well' at, Riccarton aiid . had been galloping In . a talcing manner . on the tracks, but he was not up to j the likes of Motoa and Penates. ' !■]• • The Auckland-bred Hauraki, by P-hPeb-us Apollo— Musket Maid, again got bnshe • winning list m Western Australia after being off it for two years. l '; 'Aorangi did not show up m the National Hurdles, but on the concluding day he ' ran a good race, but Showman biiist '. b,im up and himself as 'well.. „-.'. '•'<' >, The stewards of the .Worth Canterbury' .'Jockey Club have decided to suspend-H. Carr for six months for his handling-: of .! Pacific at the recent meeting. ;\; .Don Orsino was a very hot order in-'the , Summer Handicap, but he never got i'pne and one the whole way. It seemed as il j he was hampered by h s big burden from the very start. ; , .-• ■■ : Albury ran, a real good.' race m i'the Hunt Club Cup,, but his rider, -.was outgen- , eralled.by Cahill. on Pilot at ,'a critical point m ,tte race "and 'this rhatle a Riot: of difference to him. ' ■ ' # » : North Head failed haaiy m ' both ;his. races at' Riccarton. Ho; was never m Kon-t ' $h either day and seemed beaten for pace. If, he takes kindly to •^ -the - jumping Me | should turn out a .daisy. •'■--■- ". -" ■ ■: /Whatakura rah theoface bfihis life in^the? National Hurdles and:, was :4n-. it at rphe 4ast fence,. ; but after: that ,fae stopped, to a- Walk. , ■■•'Oa.. Saturday : h'ej was quietly fancied, but he fell at the hurdle opp'o-'---siteCuttsl..'.',.51..'.',.s 1 ..' .',. „.■■.'.'.■ „ .;/.■."'"/' •'". |! .; The gallop ' Gold Seal had m the |la- ; tion'al -greatly "improved him and he won., the Beaufort Steeples very • comf ortaljly. . He fenced well the whole way and hig.'^su-;; . per ior, pace ■carried ,hin\ away .from eyery-i /thing(;ih t^i^tim homeV'Aiy^ ./yr\ [',:•.,•/<& , : niaie 'i. ; i,ValfinlpC-- : s^ems^' toi ,^erfc '•! out afjer X raosiifc dpjiiian^her : seci|jnd^atSsnipt Vat- .^iccartc^ 'She'.waswev-: iier^rigar ; ':le^ing*^i^sipnv^"HM rfext"appear'arifce-. will ' be 'act*- the 'Hunt tjlub.' .vmeetog^^atjv.y^angajaui-i;..;. .: : ,: : .^ ■*■/:, B '- ; iiPiibt :wirf ''&^^i^y^|taiien;:t6 Aus-; tralia^and' given" arun'in' the S^cple6has-i es: at-; Rantlwick m, Octol)er: : ." Thepld;-; fellow, was; m.. t a clas3ahy-himseltarabii£thai hiniters at Ricoartoir and on the last day' he was weighted , at S 13.13. v . ' v ; . ; , .^. ...- : • Janella ran withVbad luck at Ricciartpn'i She. is a beautiful fencer butc^nnbt stay.; On the last day-rshe might 'have won vthe' Hunters'. Plate but blundered badly just ! after the start and nearly ' came 'down.: Her rider was very lucky, m escaping a; very ugly-fall. ; ■:,-'■' -„•'■■■>■■".•, ■ .-. : •■■■-. ■' .:;-:: ,; Nadadbr iievei ,liad : i chance 'm 'the! Beaufort or Lincoln Steeples and seemedi anchored by her weight the ' Whole ' wayC* Pro^bably her fall the first day did not! improve her. '- She is : to be given ; a ... loiqig 5 spell and will not' be taken' up again - tailabout January next-.-, ' ,"■ '.' .' r; ! i \ The form, shown by Monkey Puizle "ss; Riccarton was . consistent; enough, "~b'ut the company she met ; was .very poor on 'the second day and she- l&d'/! a bit 1 the; be^tr of it m regard.. .to .. the way she.was )ri.a-i den.' In the. Sumkner ' Handicap she" just^ succumibed to a late run /by Heorthen"., '. The owner of .Penates, can safely;:coh--sider himself the luckiest -man m New Zealand. His horse should have won. . £,125 i a»d not . £575. In other , words h.e. should have been; placed; second, in, both his raois.. It was horsemanship alone- that -did the trick, and no doubt A. Oliver Will he rid- 1 ing Penates till he re dres from the turf.. ; Love Wisely, trained and ridden by W. Pine, tried to' steal a march on ■ the field m the Summer Handicap and at one part of the race he had a six 'lengths' break, and it looked any odds on him coming m alone. However; he tired •at the death, and though he battled it'but under, the whip he could only run fourth. Still it was a good performance and the . next time he is ip. a six-furlong race it will be good goods backing him. ■ .. v■ ". The New Zealand-bred Peterhof, full brother to Orloff, : opened up his winning account by appropriating a l small race at a Melbourne, suburban meeting m decisive fashion. He,was not prominent '.in,' the early part .of the race, but put m; sonic very smart work m the straight^ airitii is evidently the possessor- of- a : brilliant ; turn of foot. His appearance suggests, •the idea that sprinting rather than staying' will be his f orte, -aiid he is < a nice, blood-like colt. : ' ■ ' . ' Heofthen was 1 the be,st bred animal-en-gaged m the Summer Handicaps -She. is by Phoebus . Apollo fr<(m a really .good mare m Hilda. Slie was allowed :to pay a false' price at Riccarton because she had been up only five weeks .arid ; her connections did ' not fancy, hpr ability to v get to. the end of a niile..^ Billy' O.'Connell, wlio. rode her,, showed 'good judgment by giving his mount pleiyty of time to. get -on, to her v feet, and. she \vas <?lear" of trouble; the whole way. She, : should , win lot's ,ol races among,?t the. poor' company she, will meet down South. ''.'■.•""^■,.\.-'".\ ; -.-. ':'_',; Motoa won 125 soys m place ,:money;'at Riccarton and Ayith ordinary luck? it should have been 1000 soys. He is* that, good that despite reports to the c'ohtrai'y l L he is m a class by himself up to a mile. ; In the August "Handicap he was rurning twelfth entering the straight, , but then-he bounded along, with his 11. G on his back and just failed by the narrowest margin to. catch 'Penates. On the third day he carried 11. », but finished' out of a: place, so it may be ; that he was - feeling, the effects of his hard gruelling of the two previous days. Several offers were made for him during the meeting, but none ot them reached the owner's estimate. .•:• c

Anybody' present- at Riccarton during National week would quickly find' out that Jenkins was the public Jayor.ite amongst; the jockeys. When he made his re-appear-ance on All ; Red he was a hearty' cheer, but it was very •"•. insignificant-''- tb? the rpar ' he got .."when he passed , the .post' a winner on ! Vasa: The crowd : on 'the outer were the first to raise- the cry, ' antl' it was taken up m the paddock and, coiiUinued for quite a long tinic alter the weights had been declared. Jenkins was then compelled to hold a levee, and bis' hand must have been nearly shaken off by his numerous admirers. The P.orirujv horsefnan has been a great favorite with the Christchurch public ever since he carried Lady Lillian home a winner m the C.J.C. Autumn Handocap m 1U03.. 'i. V ' '.

Weights for the N.Z. Cup are flue %n | September Ist. I Prospector was the last horse to finish m the National Hur.dles, ... Zetland is ! " not .Jiimself, but .maybe things will be dinerent m "about a month's time. ' • ' " ■ ■ '■"■''■ '•' '■■•' ■■•'■' ■ The, owner of RoseMoble has grown tired: ,of him . and the colt, was ottered ': for sale last wqek. . : . . ' fetar light is •done. „and, and could .not go fuiither than about two miles m any of his Riccarton. .efforts. ..■'.' • = ; .• Truthful was the:favorite m therWooL-. ston Plate' on 'Thursday, but he- had no chance with. Pretty -IsJeliv. ■•■ ' . v '•:../," Sfr. Possible, Sir Antrim^ Sir A^ttegal, and Sir Single are all- engaged' at -the Marton meeting next month. ■; ' C.AII, Ijed: w.as;. ; hbt. good enough ;at Ric- ' carton',; .'The big -Horse ; caniibt begin' 1 Well i enough m a short race /and. should.be tried over longer" , distances.. .'.'"~-_"j.~1.. i:: .'' d Kiatere will be.nbmuiatQdfpr ;tbe.A;J, ; t|. meeting m October,: but /whether .:$&" will' make the trip, of : npf; will' " depend •• upon the weight he receives. " ' ; . 'Pretty Nell, was backed -for, £„• 5... id. m the Sellings Race on. Thursday. She met ,i, very poor/ lot ,and.a cojnniission., clever- : ,ly worked. dutthe.Tommies: right; but>,/ ; Multifid-was sold last weelci ;to ''a ; Ui&-; borne -Breeder for.: something like 800 gns. ' The son. 'of Multiform should makaa great Sire and at 'that price must be accounted ' dirt cheap;- ,--■-; -•.-.<.-.': -•■>::. :■ ;:•&;■■ ■■, -. t-.«i

Mr Henrys will supply the handicaps for the Winter and Spring -meetings ;<: "of the ' Hawke's Bay Jockey 'Clu.'b, : ahd : Mr'H^ Goyle ■'"■ynii " : act m ' a""similar capdeity -fbr the Summer and Autumn meetings. c - - ;

C. Jenkins has already been/i<teju'ged ; with requests to ride/dine'rent /horses, 4 n ' the ivf.Z. Gup..., He/ accepted ..the"' , rnptint" : on Mahuta and since/then has refused i;n'e> ride on Frisqo, . Apa and Grap,d.^iam,, ., : •; Oasis-met a very^ bad^ lVijn .tha Hack Hurdles on the middle day. of the "C . J" . C . meeting, and just su;(geeded/ m .landing Ityie odds .that were laid on " tiim; He 'was 1 offered for sale' \ast ?week::but. no ISid. w^s, : > received for him,/ "' ./.'/. '/;.-'/;// The old battler _.Kaitere.._is.siiU amon~gs"t ; the foremost of our steeplechasers and' ran two seconds : at -Riccartdn: It was-; bad luck for him -bumping such an/ out-: and-out good one' dike Autfax m the LinCoin Steeples on. Saturday last. ' ,-•• The.j Ladies' fiekL.iW.asy a.iVeryi .poor one and uOdds^were^laid on the^.op.e-i eyed vCaunonier; but he never, held g. wjn-i riingr;liandv;!aji.d'N.ortihern: :Star, was 1 , purchased- by/ Mr;. D; Rutherford? at"ttie la^ti tHawke's -Bayi meetings easily .; Red » Kang/~ the ; only other <■, startexyV ivas; vtaijed, off; ;--.f'. .:-j-. .•;;. V .-fc-.svr: VviT! ::■?.<■■ / In. the' Hardies, .two !: fences from home,;; ghowman "was.- running jtfStj m /behind f- the ' leaders: j but -' he struck"?. the< last- fence -tiadlyr;&nd.cbuld'.vonL7 rumthird. On Saturday hewas matte- -;very.liotV .but was 'the first horse beaten 1 ..- He~is4ikevfche[ rest of Workman's progeny an!<l one trace /'--. •/'•'''■■ •'-'■■■> ■.'*?■■'; >; :r n*^- „.;.. ; T What a sh^me /ft was ttiat- Parltutu-didi not ;wih' at jleagtf p n e race'-atl KiiicartdnJ ;In the 'JumpeKs' Flat - Race J he ivas ''euch-f /ted 'by' a^siipefior liorsem?ih Hurdled ne c'oyeffed -Hwie6 '-ttie' .g^buad' of ; anything else m -.the face" '^-and : then' ■jr'au ' ; isl j^opd Truiry . hte is- ''an unlubky'- hprse: ' ;: iJ : --' : . .J;i '■ ■'^y--] "'?•':".;; > ,-v The .Winning jockeys , at the Canterbji^y Jockey" Cliib's- G^and' National mcetHig "wero, A: . Oliver," A. ' Jjujiah; .T7l O'ebnp'eU,: T. Oahiir, l and Vf. Jarvi's'two'eadhV J.:-:i>e-: laney, . H. JQonbvan, Jas. Pine'; ' "a. • ' To-i---moana, T. Pine, E. Cpttbni D. Price, R. Hatch, D.-i-Wiltt, Rii'KingiVand C. Jen.kins one each. ~ ..... ,

; ; . : tttpuiitev bad three;-; ba.rd crapes- lqs&weeli and will' iejfluirc -, a spelL . The. chestnut ran .-.much bettei: last Saturday, b;j# thqse w,hq know,. /the bprse .wel^,Efredicted.»tJiatj r .-h"Q would be) .;beaten .when. > V'pi»dia,">was 'going with him. JHoweyery 4e^ioqk,pft.yol=o.^la. b,ut qpyidionot:, withstand .a final „run>Jby ifr^ini.VwhQ ■ finished ■ very- /fa^/'yvf j-^< : ■::Auda3c--ran the>; Lincoln-jSteeples. o^dlst iance n(i^ is; well .over "2%-C njiles) m, i>56, : Slid did- it von- bisr headj:: He ; was never "out of ;a canter -the w;hole iwayM.and . ..w.on by '100 /yards. Beyond question,- ;.. he ' -is the, best; steeplechaser. ?in Maoriland .-and had lie-ibeen. m the. National cvit -wiqiuld have '-been* '(anexercise canter. for iim.r'.-f'J '

Simplex .is very well' just ti'bw biit' could not break- it at I; Riccartbri. - 'ybu hSvegot to owna tob^-notcher to win at the C.J.G." meetings, but m: -the . greater ndmher i^of race' meetings Simplex iwouldj have .won two. good awakes . with the efforts, he. displayed at Riccartoh.i: Instead pf;that <h&. goes; upa.'few pounds: andiiisi 'Awper..., :is very little richer, -x -.;.-; , ;i, -V;.^ : y.;, -■■■■ '

\ i ;'J:'--SfeWatt,:-'wh6^SS'-Teceh^iy' ; 'r&itetat» coi by the/V^R.C:, arid subsequently grantr ed a license, by the Wanganui J obk6y- OluSb-, was m ' the saadle at :i P-jccartbili but .was ttot lucky "einough^^to^ break it - for'>a W;in: An Auckland, trainer- was anxious ; 'to' -ger cure"; Stewart's services','^buf the letter preferred to' remain attachetl' to : -Ul P!' Moore's stablest ; .' ; - ! •""?.-■/:-...■.:.■;•;••:■■

• J^tfongtiold ,, was unlucky va- the. Sydenham Hurdles . ox he. '^ould .haye/V -bea,lfen Stormorii ?At the last. lence", ti^jrie'd . to get up pn tKe .rails, bus- -the ", Dune'dm horse : closed on" hiniVand he-had" "to .go round the field.; Even then n'e waV'oriiy beaten r by. a short bead. .'. iYb.u ,cahs name . • the odds ion him nex^t 'time he is 'iaatiirdle rac& m ;the.'South . Island. . ",'.■ .-,V/' £[ > ■ • -Scotty badly ran down; the. first r fence .m the. National Hurdles;, ahdy nearly brought; serious trouble to the ; whole fiel<U lAs it was all jumped the hurdle.? safely except Sen Sim, whp ran off. Scotty then continued on safely, but. -though he had- a clear run-on the rails h&was be,aten i-liall , .a mile ; frora.'Jiome.. and on' pulling ..up. he was; very lame and most .lively he will , be pensioned off. , .•■■'■■•. ■.-. ' r , •■■:■■ .-- •. : We.' have been accustomed to- ail sorts ■of names for racehorses that- are. 'favor* ■ites with -the, public; and nearly everyr body knows,: rthat' Penates ia* commonly called "'Peanuts." : ■ A -local ■ boniface who witnessed the Winter Gup .. running; however, has given.. Mr Barclay^s horse a new name .-Discussing Mofcoa- and Senates' he said of' the latter : ''Peritonitis is a beautiful galloper and could, beat Motoa any 'day of the week* " „. .. ; - \— -■-.-. ■..*■■■'

Readers of racehorse history, have oiten seen v mention made of ''The Prophet's Mares,", bat "-perhaps. Have iicft happened across. .their origin. It' is, said' m the East that Mahommed' set a' great 'store by the readiness of horses, to :' obey any; signal to wjiich they had been accustom^ ed, and heseldcted riiaref Htii • breeding purposes ;byV. a test of the>ir obedience. fi[f) shut up a droVe of^ma^e's within ' siglit bt ■water, and kept them a drink' uljtil they Were almost famished; wltli thirst, Then the drove " were released and naturally started at agnilop for tfye/wj*ter. Whep they were m full 'flight 'a trumpet.' sounded the J'halt." Only five, some say three/ '^bej'Sd^iSne call and stopped, the rest being bent on assauging their thirst. The • obedient ones, were {•-chosen as dams, and honored, -by the titji?; "The Prophet's Mares." _, ■ , ,; ci

There are no Porirua horses nominated at Marton. The Hon. J. D. Ormond has donated a tup. for the -Hawlze's Bay Cup race next autumn. There v.ere three reinstated jockeys ridiu^ at tlifijCJ- J/.Q. meeting, and two of them lode winners: '

Compass w.as' sent home to Hawcra last Tuesday and is „to be given a couple of months' spell. .

The general vrun of backers are thinking that trying* ; td back winners is not at all. a profitable occupation.

' Wairarapa Hunt Club next week,' then Marton, Hq.rowtoenua, Rangitikei and Wan^anui, : fn ij th;at order. „ ■ ,

Saga .ran well m. the early part of the Islington ■ Handicap 'but '■ her. condition -wpuld vfoi let her see it out.

' Sen Sim was suffering . from a swollen joint and was" not started on the concluding day of the O.J.U^ meeting. .

There were ~>i : great many, falls at Riccartpn durjing 'the three days, but happily none of them were of a serious character.

Jn -reply to an enqjuify from Napier, 1 might say that. Chan tress won the Fitzherbfert .Handicap at Trentham m January last. ■■• . 'lf. Vis^ij .'great pity -that Prim is unsound or shVwould .turn out a beauty. R.King rocle .a beautiful race, oi> her m the Selwyn- Hanjflicap : and she ran the six furlongs m -1.16.- .

r RoyaL^-Fusilier's stock is very highly spoken of m the Hawkij's "Bay district, and the opinion is freely' expressed ' that with a. ; fair,, {chance the" Hptchkiss horse ..will- sjre- many winners. ."■'..

Swimmih^-Belt ran' well on /the first flay at' Riecar-ton, when he got "badly away from the barrier, 'but on . the two succecdifl§c. days he ran much ' below his best f€j#m. ; -^Probably one hani race 'is "enough for nini". .

j, : ■T^ame.r, .»pava" Price , is ' baying a long run ". of "outs";.' .ja Melbduttie, and, ;of course^ is ! : p^Jng subjedtfedHo /ail shirts", of adverse criticism. But-/it*s- always the '.gime,J;anji w;hen his luck turns his detracntp^WjlJ- tiffta. also. .•"'■'. /. ■■ i piiGhborka «was very, .sore after " running f in'thei N4tj<mal Hurdles and will require a/spell.. TJjisi" well leave the, Porirua. stable without a jumper, as Exmbpr. was laid low. aftej^Trentham a^nd Playmate bias not y,et rbcten" taken up. ;"•""

■ -The : A^piidale Jockey -Glub will $his dr&tf Sbute £4000. m stakes, l^he is £400; 'more thar last 'sea'sbn, ' anfl. a substantial ibcrease on^ ,the first season"'^ the Ciu"b', L 189Q-I, when $he! 'addW'lhoney'arQibunted to £495.- 'V ' ■rrliy ttidfef' has a team of /cripples' at ptese.njty/ Kaipetipeti ' w.edt long ago^i'aro r f4llo^"ed',. shortly afterwards, and 'fcpth Black Keynari arid Raiiatu went " alter them at Ricc^riioivJ '•• It/ %ill take many * months to patch them up r again. ■ . ..- ; ■ •••■.; . •' V • ;'. ■•' ;."• ...

Jockey Tib'Pritchard; got Wn. ugly Afall .*henii-Tilson : > tipped over at the last'fence m the Beaufort Steeples, but ) next- day ho : was. upland about; though x ii£i hose a«id disfigured. The horse njjist 'for generally, fegjs a 'beautiful jumper.' / . . . r;->f ; t, Fra,iii 2 'Wpottpn, son" of the sensational-ly-s^ccessfur v ßichard, 'well known/ but her^; v was; severely reprimanded; by,'- English' /hiait'afgement for careless riding 'at 'aVrJßce"rii;;:';AsCot; meeting. 'He Was also 'seye'rejy . respecting his future condtict "ib tie saddled

A special^ word of praise is due to starterH.^l*iper; for the excellent manpet m which he effected the 'despatches throughout tb» i4 O.:J;C. meeting. As iong as Har.ry keeps Jn'lKis present form there, will jje nb^gcutohlings from owneray-at : nieet- : ihgs ;!where'he presides '< at {the^rrier. .". StprmoTat- was origipally purchised for % ;£50,, anid-what a.bargain he has; proved forthe Dunedin sport who owns him. He won ;bpth' ( ;:his ; races at Riccarton . by bis superior ;Ssayang' powers., h On . Saturday; be vfibuUl :': noikgo with Adrangi and-Showman, but fie'jsteyed on and. won his race by /that -alone"., / ' ' '„:■"'

It : vptiuld have been bad ' luck/ had Wai--lethe °nol^ secured a bxacket at : the;' Na-'tional'-mgeting;. as. she got badly away mi "the' Islington Handicap apd then ran close up ScctJnd. r However, her luck was different- ; bn : -Satufda.y; and' pelting -weH la.way m the Heathcote Handicap; she won comi fortably from Simplex. I ::''.'

, v 'kui;awaka would nofr gallop at. the ptatt ! ;^f the Islington handicap, but m the sjrai|^it Jenkins sat down on her and J fairly jaFbVie her along.- VVlth a couple more strides she wpuld/ihaye won instead of ., being .placed third. It looks as if she ;is; a. lazy .mare and ""wants riding the whole wayr I :;7lfe..lQpked v "any odds on A* aanua when ihe unshipped .R; Wilsbri at the second last : obstacle m. the Australian Hurdle •Race.j It .^syas through i L .np fa^ilt of the .irider .that v.the " mishap becufred, and he ridden a- 'really masl»rly waiting raca •m ifrort, .easing" his mount at v intervals, and then gaining ground again, v. so that itjvfas indeed: hard lines on him^o have ■the fruits . of victory, snatched away. when .they, were' so nearly m his grasp.. X>^ to the time thaS. Ataahua' stood too far aw.ay and dipped on landing, the New 2ealahd•r.er, had>never:.yoneeput a foot wrong.—Mel.bourne ''frutii:"v .

;^W. "O'Coriheill-who^rode XJurus to victory Yin tfafe iGrtand National Steeplechase, ■'last week told me the ; story, of the race the following day. "'Really speaking," said he; '.'I - had a very easy ride, but of course it was an anxious. v one because ■ 1 -'was -frightened all the tirn^i that my horse WouW take and rpm^bfE. It never entered- my- head that he ; w6uld fall, . as when he keeps on the course he is a beautiful- •jumper, ' I honestly thirk that- he could" have run away from they field at any time, but I preferred : to keep, him with the leaders and make, him . jump " v on the ' outside .of thfem. You saw how he came "away once he was safely over the. last fence. From the start -he' was on the outside of the field the whole' way, and must liaye^galloped a quarter oL a mile further than' any: other horse .in' the race. 1 met with no^ mishap except at Cutt's. the first N •time, whefe^bid Seal,' who was just m front of me, stopped and bucked over the gorsfr fehde'and Ay 1 . 'horse landed on top of him; 3 *but f aftet > -- ; shat it was plain sailings the whole way. It the last fence my brother Jack, on Le Beau, jumped it. with ime, <b'ul?my horse^'had too much Moot for liini-. Fcduld BS*e been -to this ience first ; but rwabted^ something to jump it "With me. I wais^'flatair-ally delighted-'tb win such an important race, but lam sure with • the sa'Me-' t weights''and the-s*me field the position' 'wriiflfrSße ttie same iSVerS? day m . the* week! .This horse is mapW better than ' Most?' ■peSp;ie%ive>xhim creditf ih*,. and a good hupflle rko».Ms' not beyond him. Up to- =date'%'ehaß 'tarried me to viOtory m Kev«n fa'Sesv^five- Steeplechases ■ and two hurdle races." , ■