NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 180, 28 November 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Waitaia races or Thursday. Feilding on Monday and Tuesday. Takapuna to-day and next Wednesday. Belario won over fences at his first time o( asking.Delionaire will m future be trained by P. Tillcy at Pordell. C. Cress was the crack jockster at the ,Waihi, Sports meeting, where he rode three winners. : In the Hack Hurdles at Woodville Yosami has received 9.13. This is a bit less than the je.l2 she was set tp carry at Taratahi. Belario, ia company with Weary Bill, was frequently schooled at his owaer's place, and is reported to hare become a very proficient fenosr,

JHaeremai won a double at the Waihi meeting last week.

i Nobel has been scratched for. the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie.

Most likely George Price will ride Diabolo m the' Auckland Cup. *■

They say Shuja 08.9) will start a hot favorite m the Hack Welter at Feilding on Monday.

Bobrikoff has incurred a 101 b penalty m the Feilding Stakes, and his weight will now be 9.10. v

At last Durability has won a race. The Maiden Plate ,at Waihi last week was won by George's prad.

Kairoma has been nominated for the Grafton Hurdle race at the A.R.C. Cup meeting, and his weight is 10. 9.

The Avondale Jockey Club stewardsarc still pursuing their enquiries relative to the happenings at their Spring meeting.

If he starts the recent rains should greatly assist Sir Frisco to win the St. Andrew's Handicap at (Feilding.

Lull, who^ has been off the scene for some months, will probably make his reappearance at Feilding on Monday.

The 7 two Sea Elf, who defeated the top-notcher Salute at the recent A.R.C. meeting,' is engaged at Takapuna to-day,

Jockey J. R. Flynn is reported to have only received Ms bare percentage for his winning ride oji Lord Nolan m the Melbourne Cup.

, The carrying of No-license m the Eden district will prevent tjie Avondale Jockey Club .having [a,' licensed booth on their course next season. ( ■-„

Matters are very quiet on the tracks at Trentham, but with the Christmas meetings m sight most of the horses will how 'oc pushed along.

The owner. of St. Eenis, who was killed m Dunedin recently by being run over by. a. tram car, has received £65 damages from the Dunedin Corporation.

Woolwinder,. who won the Doncaeter St. Lfcger last year, was recently placpd under offer to the Hungarian Government for £35,000, but no business\resulted.

. It is the iut.entipn. of Mr J. Mayo to spell the Melbourne .Cup winner, Lord Nolan, and maybe the -little.- son. of Positano will not be stripped t ill", next Aiit, umn. v -' . ' / . ' . .-:"' .., : '' -*'■'", ]• Here is the usual conundrum which -the Melbourne Cup is always responsible for: When Lord Nolan upset Lady. WlWe * m Peru, what did Parsee ?— Why,; Dyed Garmerits, of course. -; .-i.- ;.

Hugh Cairns and "Skippfer" Ryanl who both hail from J. Lowe's! Trentijam stables, were 'the crack horsemen at' -the BleShheim meeting, where .they rode nine winners between them." ;, V

, Onee \ again A. McOonnon- rode- into second place m a hurdle race.' Hev:occupicd this position on Jolly. Rqi'er . and finished a head away from' Belario, who won on the second day at Blenheim. .. /

If Gold Lace were kept to spriiitinjk tasks she wpuld he better than r when racitig over: a /distance. With 7.4 on back she should stand 'a good chance m the Railway Handicap at .|3llersUe/ : The Dane was well backed, .locally for the Ilurdles; on: both, days at JBlenheira. but, apparently he is not worth two shillings, and his owner should ■> shoot-: him before .he loses any ■ mote money ■ ovei him.. „ •.■: . * . > . . .. ■ - .-.. ■ ;■;,-. -,■

A Northern paper says: YThe; ljbcallyqwned racehorse Liberty placed" two; mpre' twins :t|o his credit on Saturday &t Wajhi. ••" Five firsts m a week is hot lja'U, •though, of coursey the company was not of much class; - "

A Melbourne paper says :, : ' -it > seems that there ■ was,.. just enough . of Lord K'o-: lans head m froritf at the judge's sbox. to swear by}'" But it also appears that there were, many outside the box who wouldn't swear by it,"

The N.Z.-bred Waipuna, who was sold to -the Melbourne trainer -Charley- CJiiinn four 3QO guineas /at, auction .early tills ' month, was i> tu- chased 'on account cif ; ai sportsman resident In Adelaide, where the Souit gelding should well pay his way. .:.'-.. ..•■■■

If Tui Cakabau really ran a mile m t.30 3-5. at the A.R.C. meeting, he should run bis 1£ miles m the St. Andrews" Handicap to-day m about 2.7. II •he d.ops he will be a. long wa. ahead of the rest of the field when the winning post- is reached.- ' ! ,

Followers of the Porifua> stable, who had a ver time at Riccarton, will have to wait some time before ge.ttir.T even, as, with the exception of Gold Crest, who v ' contests the Feilding Stakes, the stable will >not be represented v at any i; c. tings till Christmas. ■• • • . .:

The Auckland-bred I"*') X who was iecccently sold m Melbourne to. go to Western Australia, has succeeded, m getting on the winning list there, and on Novemfv'r 9th, "at the W.A.T.C, meeting -at Perth, he won the November Sjbakes, weight- for-age, and . Windsor Handicap, going.' out favorite each time. *

Barney AJlen, his disoualification having been lifted by the C'al.utta Turf Club, was fielding in ' the paddock at the V.R.C.. meeting. He is reported to have paid out £10,000 over Lord Nolan's vicijiy m the Melbqnrne" Cup.* What a .shock some of our . Tommies would get X they had to pay out one-tenth of. this 'sum. ■■-■„■■

There would seem, to be no truth m the widely-spread ,l. c... that the Goveiv nor-General,, ha.d purchased .Pilot, and was going to use him as a hunter. This was said to have, been the reason, for his- elimination/ from the Victoria Steeplechase, m which he" was ceftainlv not over-weighted with 13.3.— "Melbourne Truth." ; •■.-.■■

Even money was taken about Irish Rifle ' winning the Handicap at Blenheim on Ft:; y before the home turn was made, but he never got a drum. , The horse certainly was going well when tho straight was made, but the couple ,of others were not half beaten at the time. Some of these backers, who do most of their betting while horses are running, manage to keep their end up, or, at least, appear to do so, but the many times .they are observed to fal). m, (foes not mate it appear, that they stand on velvet at ttie year's .end. .., . _.. ..'-■.

A large number of sporting men wlio attended the first stages of the ConnoN ly-"Sunday Times" appeal case at Perth wore confronted by| a couple of coincidences, which made some of them back Post Town for the Melbourne Cup. The first was that the case was ciilliHl on for hearing <on the same day as the "Dunreath" owner had horses running m the Melbourne Cup, and, secondly, his appeal books were' all .bound m his racing colors—red and white. The superstitious sports ' the omen wronjrly. Had t'hsy remembered that the usual ' custom is for such books to be bourn! "i dark blue, green, or black, they might have backed the other Pbsitano— -Lord Nolan— ■whose colors were i« conformity with the said custom.

All Red Is to be given an .easy time of it for a few weeks.

lolaire and Delaware ran first and second m the Williamstown uup.

If Count Witte keeps sound he should win a race at Plumpton next month.

Apparently Mr D. Buick's luck is m, so Tan^imoaha may win the big; race at Feilding on Monday.

Backers were very fortunate at* Blenheim and the balance of the meeting was much m favor of them.

Though it is a tipng way off, the Auckland Cup looks as if it will be contested by a very rubbishy field.

Tulkeroo has related Devon's 1894 performance by running second m both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup.

As Whistlecraffc. is not to make the trip to Feilding, it looks as if all ' is not well with the Birkenhead colt.

The double, Carl Rosa and Royal fcJoult, is much m favor with Aucklanders for the forthcoming Cup and Railway Handicap.

The Electric Handicap at Woodville should be an especially interesting race with such a high class field of sprinters engaged. ,

Lochbuhie B.G is not harshly treated m the Railway Handicap at Ellersilie. This horse is the most consistent winner m the Northern province.

I-nchbonny has been sold and has left the Chokebore stables. The C'lanranald filly is very "small,.-, but, properly placed, she should pay her way m short races.

Overtime, m. F - Mnd's stables at Wantsanui, is doing fplendidlv m his track essays, and at Bulls ori NeyKYear's Day he will be found amongst the hack sprinters.

The Wanganui sportsman, Mr G-. F. Moore, was not satis' d with the handicapping of Signor at Auckland, and scratched the little fellow for all engagements as soon as the weights appeared.

■ The?B are North Island horses en- ■ iert.d f or the G.R.C. meeting at Plumpton .next month. Mr A. Liskirk, owntx of Hiro, intended nominating that horse, but, unfortunately, he overlooked, the matter. ' '.'.-." r

The .horse sales at Christchurch at Cup time- cannot but be named as failures. This -is not ,very encouraging to breeders, whose sales are to come on later. There must be . i.n underlying caUse . for it, so what is it ?• .. .. : . ; v" . / ...

v Tawhaivi is kow quite sound again and on his trainer's return from Feilding he will, resume worK with Mr' Gaisforu s colt and try to get Him into' rating trim again by the time the Manawatu fixture comes roflhd. ,

Since being taken home ffom Riccarton, Zimmerman has completely thrown off; his spreneas- and should he progress favorably m the meantime he will be takento; E'llcrslie with a view of again winniiig Hitie Auckland Cup..

The Auckland horseman, B. Deeley, who was /r. si.'brisible for a sensation at Gisborr.e ;raeeting, has' won his/appeal to the Metropolitan Club. \isitdrs to* the Gisbbrne meeting deVlared that Deeley was wr(;n2,firlly punished, find their opinion has now been upheld. '.> ' ,

AVhat a lucky man Mr Gr. F. Moore is to possess such a fashionably-bred brood mare . as Ma Mie Rosette, who is by Trenton from Bonnie Hossette (imp.) from Uarcaldinei Ma, Mie Rosset'te is a halfsister to Majestic, Kin<rii»e and MounLain King. . Many people woiald' like to own the Trenton" mare.

V Just as this paper had ?one to press last week, word was received 'of the death of^ "K<>nny" Mclvenzie, owner of Sen Sim," Sherlock Holmes; and other horses m the Wairarapa district:' For a lone: time McKen/ie ■ has been afflicted with the dread disease consumption, and m the end it got the upperhand.

Harry Cutts went to ' FeiWing on Thursday morning and took with him Husbandman, Fl '.-!... way and Broadsword. The first-named will .the lug handicap, Flitaway the Flying Stakes and Broadsword the FeUding St^'fts". After the Feilding meeting the horses will De taken on. to Elltiiiiie to fu'.'il their engagements at the A.R.C. Cup meeting., . ,

It will not surprise manyi persons throughout this country if an is made next session" 1 j a.mend the Gaming' Act m the direction of refusing to allow bookmakers to ply : their catling on' the racecourse. . Wh' ther such a Bill would pass the House is a matter for conjecture, hut it cannot be denied that m the new House there are several of the toook;maUer's champions mis' ing while several vigorous opponents . of the Tommies are electetl. . \ ' .

S. P. Mackay., owner of Mazarin, purchased f outline privat.ly on , Tuesday for 1000 guineas, after the brilliant' Maorilander had failed to realise that sum when put up for auction. It. Bradfield will have the future training of the Soult gelding. Sam P.- McKay is a wellknown ,Westralian owner, and bought Scotland but never did any good with him. Mackay's best gee-gee was the Bill pf Portland horse Fifenoss, which for Tya.s the best m weigh t-for-age class m tne' Golden West. •

At the Newmarket (En land) races •on September* 29, Lord Durham's Finchale, by Aurum.ll.— Witch Hazel, had a walkover m the Fifty-ninth Triennial Produce Stakes qi £372. In commenting on this, tbe special commissioner of. VThe Sportsman", wrote : "This was indeed a stroke of luck' for Lord Durham, since Finchale has never yet won a race and probably never will win one, unless it be a walk over. His character is that he neither stays nor goes fast, and of late he uas developed wind infirmity, while he also breaks bloorl vessels." A nice sort of an animal, truly.

Of, the 48 Melbourne Cups decided, the race has 'oeen won only nine times , Vy first favorites, namely— Archer, Tim Wh'if^ flcr, Don Juan, Martini Henri, Uaruine, Newhaven, Merriwee genual favorite witia Wait-a-bit), Revenue, and Apologue. No less than 37 favorites which missed started at fives or under, ( and the hottest of these \. -Alawa, Goldsborpueh, Circassian, Tim Whiffler, and Musidora. Ten unsuccessful favorites started at threes, and Solution ' started at a point , longer. The biggest outsiders . were The Pearl, Zulu, Glcnlotli, 'Karcocln, l)prri\ve;l, Assyrian, Patron, and Aurarta.

It is often cause for wonder' how Starter Piper retains his rotundity and good temper m face of trials, tri! ul tv ns, and worries the boys give him at the .post, It is evident that m the majority of cases the boys sin through infompetency and inability to control the movements of their mounts, .some of the boys ride like a sore-heeled turkey on a barbedwire feiice, and their wobbling ways are wonderful and suggestive of a knockkneed man walking a greasy pole. With such riders on hiffh-mettle-d prads anxious to dash away, the starter's task it of no small, difficulty, and that he go well succeeds speaks volumes for his skill and fairness.

North Head is a doubtful starter m the Railway Handicap at Jfillerslie.

Dear Dolly, who won several races last season, has, been mated with Maniopoto.

It is stated that F. Tilley expects The Lark to run a good race m the Auckland Cup.

The hurdle horse Otaroa has been entered m the flat events at the Taranaki meeting.

The diminutive Royal Soult is a very hot order m Auckland for the Railway Handicap. ,

Gold Crest is to be taken to Feilding to-day, and will be a Starter m th« Stakes on Monday.

Well-informed persons stat^hat a good double for Auckland will he the last year's winning double. .

Despite Gold Crest' j failures at the C.J.C. meeting, he has not come down m the weights at Auckland.

Surmount, who won the sprint at Blenheim, is by Conqueror, and is reported to be very fast over snort distances.

Aeolus was nominated for the Kasouka Hurdles at the recent Caulfield meeting,. .He was weighted at 11.11 but did not gc to the post.

Swimmer still keeps pegging away m Melbourne. With' 10.5 on his back he ran unplaced m the Tara Steeplechase at Caulfield on November 14.

What a long tune it is since Paritutu had such alight impost as 7.1 m a Oup. This is • the -weight the Castor gelding has m the Auckland Cup this year.

After the Feilding meeting the doughty sprinter Armlet will be taken to Auckland and will , be a starter m the Kailway Handicap at the forthcoming Cup meeting. " " • ■" ..

How is .the :totalisator . getting "on now? Well, "Truth" thinks it will not last very long if -the No-liceose cfanks are allowed to elect' any more of their champions.

BelariOj who was a decided favorite m the second Hurdles at Blenheim, was very lucky to win, as- he got a clear run on the rails after both JoMy Roger and The Dane had" headed him over the last fence.

Lapland, who has been a great failure on, the flat, is to Be given a trial over fences. The Finland geluir-. o.nly won a solitary race last, season, and that was ■when he beat a large but poor field m the Timaru Cup. .- . .■ - :V

.It may not be- Ogenerallv .known that when Shuja wpn at Waverley, he ran m very heavy shoes." His owner had better see that he does not run m similar shoes at Feilding or the; stewards may have a word tq say \to him..-

While on his way home frdrii Riccarton, Mick Kin?, private' tr»ineir to -Mr D. Buick, iiitormed .me • that the Field Battery youngster m his ruar^e ii:til;ifls very satisfactory progress, m his . training and, all going well, he would be seen out at D,annjvirke .m the Maiden' and Shorts. " •;. ' " ■: '■?■ '"

Some weeks back a well-known punter, who has got considerably more m his} stomach than m his, head, offered' to bet an even hundred, Fisher to beat. Hi§lop, all up ,Wei)b to beat. A.rnst, all up Burns to beat Johnson. He was cot. accommodated, but. had be-been he would have had a "leg m." Still; 7 to lis a ridiculous t price about . a feeble' unless you have a lot of dead wood. ..-'.-

This writer can lake credit for leing the first m the Doininicji to successfully tip the winner of ' the Parliamentary Stakes, weight-ioi>age, decided at Palmcr^ton North on - Tuesday. Although it was only after, -a second ballot that Mr D. Buick prevailed, s til' his victory, willi please the .spcn.- loving public m Palmerstyn North 'and surrounding districts and not a. little tree it; of the victory, rests.- with the racing public.

Sydney papers 'are suggesting the rwd for an inquiry into, the running of Lord Nolan m the y.R.C. Derby, and his iUbseciuent improved fo'rjn m Alelfcourae, Cup. Said papers 'are ; recalling tie lact that- Blinker rah fourth m the Derby and third m -the .^Kluourne tup, ami V.-R.C. then sujgj» espied •'•.ari' : enijuir>:, J • 'Jsq disgtisted- was l .owiii;r' r ilas- WiL-pn wiln tfte action of V.R.C. that he 'sold his lirge racing string- and retired from the turf. , . ■•■'■• <■• . ,

The N.Z. Cup being over, and his solitary charge, Grand Slam, havine been so.ld, the w.ell-knosvn-i Hastings j tarainer, Ft. Moore, has ' : relinquished -hip [conntctionwith the trarf,' and svill m future b$ found engaged m the less arduous task c f attending to the wants., JiAewise the thirsts, of the.: traVelang ipuLlie ia , \\m, Hawke's Bay •fli-s-t.rict.' Moore has ' »U ways ' been popular In "" the. squatter's kin dr-'m," and js sure to do well („ln his new sphere. : ' ■ -

There would be a measly lot of horses competing m ■ Victoria were it not for New South Wales-bred horses taking part at meetings held there. -On the' first day of the V ; R,C, spring meeting winners bred in' this State comprised :— Alawa.; King's .Cross, Bropkong, Peru 1 Lord- Nolan, lolaire, Amati; Mazarin; Moani, Hayfiqld, Nushka and Lady Sani The principal performers are by import-, cd. liprses, and. they^ woul4 never naive graced the Australian turf had it not been for, the ' enterprise of New Souf'.i Wales stiidmasters .-^-ib ydney • ' 'Sportsman-. ' ' i

A price list issued by an : Auckland paper has been forwarded. to me, and' it bristles with information of* all kinds; The first thing that strikes the eve is that the Tommy is going ,to "hold up" Master Delaval and Bobrikbff and lay the rest to the mugs at his price, riot theirs. Two horses are priced at 10 tol, eleven at 12 's, thirteen at 2Q's,,and six at 33's: By this it will be seen what sort of booK this penciller will have. He stands to win a large amount and no chance / ot losing. -When will- the punters wake ' up' and demand > a fair price for their money ?

The bookmakers cannot be feeling t>66 com.forba.ble after the result of the gen« eral- elections. ■ Everybody, knows bow the likes of T. E. Taylor, R. A. Wright', Vigor Brown and' Co. will vote if a short Bill is brought m repealing • the clause m the Gaming Act which enables bookmakers to ply their . calling oa s} racecourse on payment of a license fee, Truly the bobkg lost a good friend whe^ Mr A. L. D. Kraser was removed into political oblivion, but one and all will Wish that the day is not. far . distant when he will again be Been gracing the legislative chamber with his manly" pres- ; cnee. ... . ...

. Melbourne "Truth" has the following concerning the inquiry into the running of Pin 'Un m tfie Melbourne Stakes Oft the concluding day of tbeMelbourne Oup meeting: "The strong pace m the U. B; Fisher Plate soon found out *the wealc "spot" m Pink 'Un, and a mile and a nail is clearly too long for him m. a truly* run race. As was generally anticipated,; the inquiry requested by Nettlelold and Price Into Pink 'Uns running m the Melbourne Stakes ended in' , smoke, there toe-, ing no evidence forthcoming to suggest that there was anything suspicious about it. Had there been an investigation into .some of Pink Uns earlier performances since he came to Victoria, not so much) surprise would have been expressed »a there was m the present instance."