NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 177, 7 November 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

C,J;C. Derby on Monday. . Concluding day at Flemingfcon, ' Williamstown Cup run' next Monday. Racing at Auckland and Riccarton today^. -„.■'■■' '.; ■ '" ' '■'■ ' ,' ' : ' , . Whar'eicura is to be tried at tlie jumpr ing business. -„. N.Z. Gup to-day. Also Stewards' Handicap and Welcome Stakes. Very poor nominations for Marlfoorougn. Handicaps are due on Tuesday next. Zimmerman is the putty horse m the N.Z. Cud. that is handicapped' above woight-for-age. i . Gold Crest will , be ridden m the Stewards' Handicap by ,C. Jenkins and, Gipsy Belle by G. Price. " Lebeccio is :the makings of a.fair hprse over hurdles. He is a fine jumper, but. wants a bit more pace. . •... The party behind Cuirosettia ' had a good win over the success of their colors in.the Flying Handicap at Gore. W. Price, took Tan San to Auckland last week, and when the; weights permit he will ride him m his . engagements. ' ' Sunglow is stated to be Mason's Derby representative, and it is no moral that she will be a starter m the Stewards' Handicap. ■ ■ . ■ ' Swimming Belt was about the ondy one of Chatelaine's foals that turned out any good, and strange to say,' he "'is " hot m the Stud. Book. The Diamond Jubilee colt and the New Zealand-bred mare Mien Terry, by Multiform—Helen Faucit, arrived m Sydney last Friday by the Medic. They were purchased .m England by Mr Francis Foy. . The scratching of Tangimoana was a facer to local backers, though she had gone out of favor lately, consequent on her poor track showings. The many friends of Mr Buick will trust that it is not a bad omea for November 17th.

San Julie has not struck form yet and was only started once at Masterton. Trainer Kemp hais got hold of a pretty , useful -horse m Vi. Just., the sort to take out when backed. Kelso was. m commission' on both days at Opaki, and his trainer was unable to ; understand his failures. . • . A well-known Wellington- sport ireckQns Lyrist, will have to fall down .'to . lose • the HiircMes at liiccarton to-day. ■ , Mikotahi developed influenza alter competing on the first day at Masterton and was- in a bad way the same .night. The chestnut mare lioiret lobks well to . the eye, but the class she met m the ; big race at Opaki seemed to. be beyond her compass. ' ;", ' '; •'. \ "'.: • Frisco Maid has foaled a, bay filly, to Sylvia Park, and the Johnsonville sports reckon on getting as much tin out of her as from Sir Frisco. : Supporters of Hatley took bad luck on, both days at Opaki. On the first day he got galloped on and on .the second day he failed to leave -the mark.. Loftus ran two seconds at the Gore meeting. He looked very rough m the coat,, but as he is perfectly sound he should soon pick up a few races. : In future C. Price will ride vLord Soult m his engagements. The Foxton horseman has been j. associated^ with most r.of the victories of this hprsa m the past.; Several jockeys and trainers who will be engaged at' Riccar ton ! to-day, are leaving' to-night for 5 Carterton, -and will return for the two last Uays of. the' C; J;G. meeting. .. . : ' . '.... ' \ ■ ■' Routine looted very rough m the" coat at "Masterton, but still -he ran a .good race m the October Hack- Handicap^ '.,, and mos.t people . thought he ; had^'gamed "second money. Sfcirter A. C. McDomiell and assistantstarter V. O'Neill mado sdme very cred-' itablei d&-:patJies at Opuld^ and somo very fractious ..animals were .persuad-ed to 1 (begin with the field. ;-..- '„.'■■• There will '"be a plethora: i! of ''racing throughout the Dominion on' Monday when meetings will be held at : Ellerslie,. Kiccarton, Waipawa, Waverley, " Taratahi, ■Winton and Taieri: : ; ' ' . ' - V-- ; On Eull Rate's Opaki f qrm ,it v seems useless taking him to Riccarton, "but a nuirtber who were present . at Masterton declare the horse was not allowed to ex-, hibit his best. form;. ;... . .i Windage seems; to be not hhnselßand.aTi Masterton he failed to. sse out .'six- furlongs of jthe October Hack Handicap.. Perhaps the .fast pace set by Lucretius ■ contributed tot his downfall. .. :. : ■.■■.. Kiltie Lass, had the" easiest, of wins iii the Maiden Scurry, and should win. races , m. much bettet company. Young Cress j ! who" rode her, wias not ;takiiig any chances and won by a very big margin. ;;,.. At; Jast EL> ■ Goadman has -won a[, race With his; filly Liza.; Op the first day. all Gore. she filled a place m two races, but on. the second day she went. otic- r .bettei and prevailed ,m the" Shorts- Handicap..- [ Rock Ferry and Kiltie " Lass were the public selections m 'the - Maiden Scurry and they both ran , into placesl The "for-: mer has been slightly overrated and will Want .placing before be can win a race. Sir Antrim was m heavy commission, on both days, at Masterton, but he .was. not goodi enough. "rhe,.full brother to Lprd Soult is..slo.w . at the barrier, and until he improves he , ; will , never ..win.;' a 5-fu4ong race. ' . ; ..;.'.;H'.:^r.,, ...... .'..- "•^, ' - All Side; who won- a double at the Gore meeting, ;ls a cast-off' of W. J. Taggart's. He got hurt -some time ago and was 1 sold for 30 guineas. ; Asi i he ;is ; sound now 'He ought to go on winning -at country meetings. , • ' -...a;- V- -o;. • !-, ..' ■•-■•: •-. ; i' Scenery seems to 'h]e 'a. light of '-..- otliei day^. At Otaki and ittastertori she, TVas tailed off ; in : " mile event's. 1 understand ijiat; her owner is .going to .give her a ; chance of earning 'distinction* over the hurdles. "- ■* : ' ' " .'' " ; ' '"" ..•.•"'V.'.'. 'I'll': Hiro seems to be improving with the i racing he ;-is getting; and , may wiha decent; handicap shortly. In fhis latest' efltorts.he has been showing a lot of pace m .the early : part of the , race, but the finish has found him wanting. ' ' ; .-...'. . The .great-boomed . Osiris was produced [on the second day at Masterton and rar like a squib. He was out m front at tlie start, bjut when tackled .he turned it .up, and finished very badly. The, : race, : , niay . 'improye him,^.arid it, willwari^ : to. „, ;i , ; - ( The defeat of Mooltan by Peru m the ; Melbourne Stakes came as a great blow to backers here, Who (reckoned they ..onij . had to put 'their money iiirto take it? out. Mooltan s subsoqiuenfr form ' atl'Uemington would suggest that' he had gone ■ off.;- > • San Fernandq *asj ? given" put ' as a good bet m the Presidents' Handicap,' biital-; though., he was m 'the' lead ; in c the ; early part of the rade,' he" wad' done' with" long ■■ before the end pfthe' journey. ' The , class was abo ve, hiih in' the race •m question. ' Silken Rein, had a shocking;' run. 'm the Masterton Cur, and. ion ; . the, second; ,,day was well backed by 'several good judges. fc?he ran. a Igood honest, fae^e. but.., could only finish .third, a" ppsition ; she pccupieil on the opening day. She may So better In. her next. attempt. . ••■..•>.... '.■.■'•'■: At -Masterton, m the Second Hack Hurdles, GoSden Butterfly, who -won the Ladies' Bracelet, was entrusted with - a good bit of coin, btiit the.- second fence proved fatal* 'to 'his chance :,antli but; he went, The backing; he received was'mainly the cause of Yosami 'paying- such a good price.; • .-.* !.•■■•■; " ' ; ■ : ; " ■ P/oiyanfchus ' is b^ck to "her best form ! , and won the Pubficans' Handicap m -her best style. Paddy. O'Brien, Who had the mount, rode with a lot of judgment and ' when Simplex and Lpthair were'eutting at each other' he-dropped ixy- behind. When; the two former had cooked : themselves he went on and scored by a colipie of lengths. Backers who took . the,- advice' tendered m these columns, some months ago ., to; back ..the first day's Hurdle, winner on the second day must be showing a.good profit. Since then, Exmoor won both hurdle races at Wanganui.; Arpha both at Has- r ; tings ; Leonardo both at..Duhedin '; Lyrist both at Otaki ;' Reservoir both at Poverty Bay ; and Yosami hdth at Masterton. : There were only three starters m the Hurdles each ; day at Poverty Bay, and. Reservoir won both races. He was a good favorite -on the first day, and had odds laid on him. The -next day,- how-., ever, Ruabon was the horse that the odds,, were laid on, but be could' not ! fast enough, or, rather, Reservoir eoiild not, go slow enoughi and.had; t^win.^'vThe; steward's saW'^nbttfirig; .\vroiig '^ith ; the, runnine of the two races. \.^^''\.,~ a r\ . Bobrikpff, .with a' biK-^yeiglit-upVran'a; trial with Chanteuse at .N^pier Iftst week. The latter "got a length or , two .to go on with and finished a length or two to the bad the journey taking lmin. 12 3-ssec-His connections are very-anxious that he should not fall or run the opposite dirtion, as they think if he does something else will land the Stewards. At any rate after the finish of that race, each of his backers will he able . to . decide whether Bobrikoff has been "mon:ami" or not. ■>

They say m Napier that Moral cannot get beaten m th© City Handicap at Ellersiie to-day.- — There were four grey horses racing at Opaki and two of them won. This is an unusual occurrence. Kiltie Lass gave the defunct Kilcheran his first, "Avin : when she bolted away with the' Scurry at Masterton. Ballyneigh, who showed good form at Poverty, pay, is a good sort of colt that should .dd i ; vrfell 'm future.. Rangihatea is to be sent ( up to Waverley to try- arid win the Cup there. He will be ridden by C. Price. Gleam (10,12) and Climax I 10 .4) should have the finish to' themselves m the Hurdles at Waverley on Monday. Mildura. is 'a pretty speedy colt and should.,' win again shortly., lie is not a good beginner, but finishes very fast. . There are very f ew outside horses nominated at Blenheim, and the Rivcrlandstrained prads shoufld secure,. most of ijvb plums. •".; . . ' vi .'" ' „ A. Oliver • was ' doing the riding of Mr •g. P. Vallance's horses at Mastertan as their usual pilot, Sid. Reid, had grown too bulky. ••■■'■..-, On his running at Gore it looks as il Lone Star has gone right off and will have ho chance of winning a race at the Gup meeting. It -is when the 'big punter /and the Bar Von both get a- whisper into the ear of a jockey! that the owner of .the hbrse goeth home unhappy. "Advantage .has been sold to the owner of, Truganini stt , a price said to bq SOU .guineas. If this is correct, the seljsr had all;: the best -of the 'deal. Hcrmia, a full sister to Wirrall, greatly impressed;; byi Jier efforts at dpaki and when she is a bit more seasoned stioulrt score m a few : sprint races. "." " ■ Eons'/ l vni6c won the Waikaka Handicap at the Gore meeting, is-a cast-off of the Karamu' stable. ' He had the minimum impost m the race m question. "fl'dinutvUiiis.. heaps of pace, and In the Pash' Hack at Opaki he was compelled to puii up. a v£ry sniarfr's 'furlongs to land tht: cqin ?tftat was put on him. ; Perryfnan. ., (Lakeshell-^Moneybox), w,ho was running at Gore last month, Is a useful sort for country meetings, and should clo well m the Otago district. - Some, very speedy animals are engaged m the" two half-mile events- at Waverley next wfeek. They inolude Guiding Step, Rooseveldt, Overtime,- and • Crucinelia. - " Grandstand soon rewarded Ms new owner ..with a : win by securing .the : Spring Hahdibap at the Gore meeting. He pulled '.up^Yery lame and will want a good spell. Investment ran a good • race on the first days at Opaki> when she just failed to;con-cede.-,151bs to Passive, but on .-second . day ..she showed very poor form/and may be going off. , .V . j*,*£i{ ■ .-Harry ..Hickey took the , Cockatoo, to Masterton,-. but; though he. ran. two good races he was unable to get ; a stake* .He' x.was, .a bit unlucky on the first day or he might; have beaten Tumut. ;- •' ' Aorangi took bad at Trentham and has had' to be sent home. Bad lupk for All. Shearsbyi' as t; \vith only 10.1 on his back iri'the Hurdles at Riccarton to-day you coujfd Dot-have named the odds on him: ,6n the strength of a reported good gal,lop, .Fiilminator , was .well backed m... the •fflying Hack .at Master ton, but he looked fin., poor .condition and! ran like a yellow dog.. On .Friday he again cut up badly. In the Trades Hack, and it would seem that hte.is not h¥lfhimsell yet. ■■■ '■ '.'■'■ By, freely it out that Galden Eagle: had: only been up a couple of weeks : Alby Rhodes was enabled to obtain a Ur- . 'it-; dividend on the second day. at. terton. The. report may or may not 'b« true,, but it it was so the St. Clenwate utiare races : best on no worK. ■;,■". EspWWp Iran well m 'the first- part or therLsidies'' Bracelet, but his big weiieh* ■Kampefed rh'iift at the finish.' He wta not paid. up for on the second day, wlicb* was /unfortunate,: as he would have wan tiKe Highly Weight Handicap when opposed by two moderates like Netherby and i. awei. Mr W. Cowan, one of Wellington's saoet Popular pencUlers, has been- h&ving- a Bad time of it during the last- mdhth with a severe attack of rheumatics. Fortunately, however, the malady has run itself out • and the'patient is leaving next week for r ari J ' extended 'trip to Rotorua, m the 'hope 'that' -the sulphur baths there will benetU \ him.' ■'•■__ . ' • ••■)■ '-.. • ;..'.Ta'hgeV6a'i f is very well ) just at pr«e*nt, .and /..woiC.at Masterton 'm a very easy manner. . The bay horse is a -very lazy .Mlo.w^and^had to be kicked along" t;i keep .field m the early stages oi his ■race,; bu,t as . the finish nothing' could, go him. ..The second day he was called ,^upon' to cancede several lengths' start to jsfc; Brandqn ."arid he just failed t.o do it „ The :Waikanae Handicap at Poverty Hay brought" out a field' of two nor es, Andrew Mack and Tariua. Hea.y odds we're laids on- ihe latfc r, and the von uy 'a' length. :Af.-er . the rote, b. i eel y, ! r-ider of ; ' Andrew Mp c'k, was-suspei dei for Six moht'hs^fbr nllrgedly not ridinji to rt'in, amd;.:rliße': same sentence . was passed on. the ho f rse.^ • After ajseries of disappointments, the WairarapaS sportsman, Mr Jno. Savage, scored a win ..with St. Brandon m the Welter Hack, Handicap at Masterton. The horse was- allowed to pay well over £50, as his chance was not greatly estimated -by.,. his owner-trainer. Now that he has "struck fbrm he may goon winning, but there is no getting away from the fact that hti ' was vety lucky m the race m question. On . Thursday at Chri*tohui6h° ? flli«tw; Pelavah was a pronoluncea favoriU IbiiMia W.Z. Uup, with Heorthen next m ttweMtan. Frisco ,has ; -receded somewhat owbij to lus'!havnig split a hoof, but hs isa j sur» starter in' the Cup. Armlet was reported' to haye dbne a very fast gallop ©h WeO* nesday and is most likely to start favorite m the Stewards' Handicap, while Broadsword, who is reported to be a flier, will occupy a like position m the Welcome Stakes. Yosami, ridden by H. Cairns, • won both hurdle; rades at Masterton. The Officer mare gave a, finished exhibition oi jumping on,. the first day and led all the . way^.lnY.. her-' 1 second attempt she was again;.o.ut m ifrbnt till the last fence, which she. jumped badly, and Joe Ward moment* arily C". Cress on the,; latter 'haU every "Ishance'to cuddle Vosa&iL, but "he pulled clear' anil gave Cairns 'plppty oi : room and suffered defeat by a ctfuple ot •'The stewards met for the second time on Thursday to consider the running ot -Toa'r'TiiMi if^'the Publicans' Handica 1 ?. Tha chestnut "gelding swung very wide at t>ne home .turn; and then his - rider , sat - perfectly still on; 'him and ■he was just beaten by a head for second money. The case : looked very bad, but the owner was able to produce evidence that he had backed his horse, and as the lad bore the best of /i characters, nothing was done' m the matter; but next day a new horseman was found and this time he ran much better, though beaten by Golden Eagle.

. Mr A, (J. Pilmer, one of the vice-presi-dents pi the Masterton Racing Ciuo, was (teputed to act as stipendiary during the pecent meeting. He was generally to be found at the entrance to the straight or half-way down the running, and the jockeys, knowing of his presence, took no risks. A waiting policy was pursued with Saudstream on the first day, and the dough was . put up to hack him m the President*' Handicap, which he landed- , in a very easy manner after getting a very bad start. A few sovereigns put on , a horse makes a wonderful difference tip his showing m a race. : The Blenheim trainers are up m arms fegainst the local club over some . track questions. My informant states that the • local horses are never allowed to gallop anywhere b on the plough, which is not to any great condition, also,' though the. -Wacks are situated 3* miles from Blenheim, no training work is allowed on fc?un.iays. Probably the authorities only want ;a poke to liven them up, and if the Bienieim trainers were to wait upon them, iheir grievances "would be satisfactorily idjusted. ; •As usual, Speciosa looked the best-cpn-iitioned horse m the field of hurdlers 'at Opaki. She was made the public fancy on both days, but m each race disaster • overtook her. Contrary to expectations, she left the mark smartly on the lirst day hut rapped the second fence very hard and nearly unseated her rider. After this she' rah very wilcfiy ami covered niore ground than anything else m the race. She 1 Was a poor third when the post • was reached. Tie second day she ran off at the very first hurdle and was pulled up. That good -sportsman,' Jim Bull, is having a most persistent run of had luck and cannot win an argument of any kind. During the last, six.. meetings^ >he has,, only -w,«n a single race, though his hprsesjiave rUn into; places most consistently. ■< Irish Rifle was supported for a lot of. money ;-,,.in the Cup at Opaki, but Sir Frisco carried too many 'guns,, and m tlie ;i Presidents'; Handicap' the chestnut, got chopped about and knocked all over the pourse. His great run at the finish suggested that he would Save won -with anything like a decent passage. .■■_'.<;_ King Post is a most peculiar animal, and evidently races best when he is very fine. On the first day at Masterton he could not ; go with his field, but' at his next attempt he was' ud lucky to miss and- was apparently improved a stone or more. He was a/neck m front of the field about two chains off the post, hut then his saddle slipped round and Price u&rly fell' oil. Indeed, it was a teat to stick on at all, and the jockey was all but off both when the accident <Mte red M*d .after- passing the post. There ijglyttle doubt but that it affected the result of tha race; 0 and Mr A. Liskirk can : console himself on his bad luck. During the running of the Waikaka Handicap at Gore J. Rae, rider of Uuirowettia, was guilty of foul riding towards Ebus, ridden by E. Price. Rae deliberately crowded mon Eous - and caught hold of the latter 's bridle, but still the Birkeoliead horse won. ,Mclvor, trainer . of Eous, at once entered a protest, and so bad did^ it \ look that everybody thought Rae would go put for five years, hut to the surprise of the public the stewards decided to administer a caution only. ' Rae can consider himself very lucky, for '• If ever he does such a thing again before stewards who are alive to their duties it will go doubly hard with huh. ' . ; Sir Frisco was the fittest horse lti the fold m the Masterton Cup,;, and the bonoj Ison of; San Francisco made common backs of the opposition. Hatch, who rode him, was m a bad position m the early - stages of the race, but he. got through m a marvellously lucky manner till he reached the straight Here the rider, of Irish Rile appeared to interfere with him, but the stewards who sat to deal with the case had just partaken of an excellent luncheon, and decided to take a lenient -view of the incident and to administer a caution. "Spearmint" trusts that the boys • m general will beware m future, or dire ■ trouble will come upon ' their heads. ' -What a great old, battler Ballance is. He is thirteen, years old and can mgister .. lip a lot of pace when half well. Since he was a .six-year-old he \ has not been raced •; but has been used by his owner as a hack to go round the sheep, and never Baw , a racecourse or a hurdle. Prior , to tflie Mar ton meeting, he was taken .to ,the track and given one gallop and also popped over a" couple of fences. In the race he ran second to Janella. At JtJuKs he fell the first day and \von the next day. At Masterton he ran over twice as ■ much ground as anything else m the Lad- ' ies" Bracelet and then finished close up. The second day the .services of George Hirst were secured, and. when this was known, punters rushed ttie buck. In the race it was a case of Hirst first and the others nowhere. The grey" horse was generally on the rails, with the others m a line on the outside. Consequently at the finish most of '< them were pretty tired and Ballance, won easily. It is just probable that had Hirst been on the second or third hoTSb he would have still won.