NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 181, 5 December 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Glenullin has again gone wrong. Separator "still runs disapp.ointinglyi ■ The Avondale enquiry is still going on. ■ Overtime, dpes not like the hard- going. It is time Buoyant came down a bit m the handicaps. , ■

Peiirovna keeps on winning and one may well ask when will she stop.

T. Cahill has take* Pilot back to Sydney, and is quartered at Waverley.

Fine Weather /pn both: days at Timaru Bookies explain that betting was poor.-

Cute, who won the Mpvember Handicap at Timaru, landed a big stake for her owners.

Three of the progeny ,of Stepniak and Irene were running at jumaru, arid two of them scored wins.

Early this month P.ositano became papa to a youngster from Eloping Lady. Wei), what could she expect ?

Now that "Vologda has won a race, she should keep on earning her oats, as there is no questioning her pace.

The win of Tikitere was very popular atTimaru, as MrH. A. Knight' is well liked throughout South Canterbury.

Toa Tuhi, Andrew Mack and Catapult got badly left m the Flying at Feilding and their chance was dough after that.

The Hopeful Stakes, at Timaru, was ak exercise canter for Boutade, who won easily, and run the four furlongs m 19sec.

Silkweb won his double at Timaru very easily, and the spell has benefited the Soult gelding considerably. He should go on winning.

Dick Wootton, the Sydney pony trainer, has had some good prads m, his stable at different times, but the stable's king pin is his son Frank.

What's the use of owning a racehorse if he is always handicapped to an extent that he cannot earn his oats? It happens now and again you know.

Coy will not be long before lie catches a race. He . bumped a very tough pair m Shuja and Eclogue, but- he easily disposed of the remainder of the large field.

Caspian, who won the Sapling Stakes at Timaru, looked to have ho chance 100 yards from home, but then he put ia a great run, and just got up. Len King was pilot.

You say,- "I'll turn this game up !'» after a bad day at the gsa'ops!- But it is marvellous how soon you will again find yourself back at the heart-breaking task of beating the book.

The champion New Zealand filly, Golden Slipper, who has been spelling for a couple of months near Windsor, m N.fa. Wales, is again at Randwick, where she will be prepared for racing by J. Finn.

A few months ago an offer of £2 M«° Was made for Perth/ winner of the French Derby and Grand Prix de Paris, but it was refused. The horse died a short time after the offer was made. Such is mossoL

Flitaway galloped m patches at Feilding. T. Cameron will start at the next Rangitikei meeting. * Hiro thrives on racing, and m the Manchester Handicap he ran his- best race this season. They will have to travel pretty slick if they want "to catoh Muskerry on Wednes- I day a j t Woodville. Guiding Step is to bo put under the knife, as hjs trainer declares he will not do his best m his races; ' Xavier jumped well at Feilding, and the two races he had there should bring him on for the Christmas meetings. , Riflemaid ran so badly at Feilding that her owner has decided to end her racing career and she is to go to the stud. Vi has plenty of pace and she: showed] it at Feilding on the first day,r. when, after a bad start, she just missed get-' ting second money. : - •, Mahuta looked nice and fresh at Feild-r ing, but he got "a very bad run m the? early stages of the big race and his' chances were never good. After the Woodville meeting, C.. Jenkins will come down to Porirua aDd assist Jos. Prosser to prepare his team for the Christmas campaign. ' ? The gelding Duart, which was badly : galloped on during the recent Otaki meeting, has not yet recovered from his injuries, and is still at Trealharri under J. Lowe's care. • The owner of San Severp : had a, ticket^ •on his mare > when she won the flying at Timaru and paid over fifty . pounds, just got up M the last stride and beat Lupulite by a nose. , ..",. Master Douglas was not taken, 'to the Feilding meeting owing -the 1 death of a brother of, the owner . : The horse is 'all i right, and will make iris "heit^appearance at Woodville. „ \ ■ '■. : .. ■ -■ Though it . was freely." given out. by some of the "day-lies" that A. ;Oliyer would" ride The Lark at Feilding;, it was noticed Ihat his usual pilot, W. Price, was up when, the time for starring came round. D'Nil was given a run m the Hack; Welter on the first day .at Feilding , and., on the second day he collected the Hack • Hurdles m; a manner that betokened bad luck for the rest of the . back hurdlers, for some time to come. ' Some of the pencillers. on the Outer are marvellous mathematicians. The rapidity -. •with which they ca» figure: oUt: what is< due to a punten who takes one >and a .tray. bits worth at .6 to 4 against , and such ( bets is a staggerer:. .'.;. „ '» ; "'" Apparently. Oryx ; has ; taken a .new lease of life,; and judging by his efforts .on; the first day at Feilding he is very -weti just: now. He only won ,by a nose, but f be; will be able to meet a ■lot 'of weaker fields before the season, closes. ' : Showman does not do, too well away from home, and ; his trainer was unable ■; to start him on the first' day it i^eildina;, but he ran a fair race on Tuesday, ,when ■' he finished ... 'third after a good set-to with Mahoe and Paparaehi. / Mr John Corlptt takes Touchstone, The Flying Dutchman, West Australian, Stockweil, Blair 'Atholj 1 Gladiator, ;RpV; crt the Devil, Ormonde, Isinglass,. FlyingFox, and Persimmon as the best: eleven St. Leger winners m his experience pt over fifty years. , ' Sir Antrim looked a picture when sent out m the Hack Flying at Feilding. 'A. Oliver pushed him off first, and stirred ; him up the whole way! In the end he won comfortably, ; but there .was a good, race between Rooseveldt, Vi, and Advantftge for second place. Verenice, who won the Sandhurst Cup last week, was recently sold, by- Sol. ; Green to her • trainer, J. Lynch, for SOOgns. It ,was /the. intention ;of her owner to send her to the Shipley -.Stud, but owing to her near relationship ■ to Positano that was impossible. O. Emmerson, -yv-ho rode San Severo m the Flying at Timafii, is a brother to the well-known Riccarton lightweight. This was the youngster's first' winning ride. The father of the boys was present to see them ride, and was fortuoajte enough to have a pound on San Severe Horse racing is catching on m. Japan, and big meetings are frenuentlv held. It would pay ' some of our roarers of the. odds to learn vie- n}> slanguage m cas^ the wowsers finally manage to shut; down local, racecourse betting. .It would be real -handy to hop over to chrysanthemum land and carry on deVpisness. Moral looked as fit as hands ' could make .him at Feii'ding, .and he ran two good 'races V after getting a bad ' passage on both days. He was ridden by >Jno O'Connel), wn o jumped him out like a Price or a. Jenkins, but Ms weight was too much m the ,hi£h-elass field on the first day, and the pace set by Muskerry killed everything oa the second day. The Stead Gold Cup, won by Mr T. H. Lowry's Babrikoff , ' -was manufactured, m England. It could have been made squally as well and Ketter, if required, m Mew Zealand. So many ; Cups have found their way into, pawn-shop's and the smelting pot# m this country, that the old custom of ''Cup" .racing is pretty well defunct. However, it's hardly Mkely. that the Stead. Cup of 1908 will go out of the Lowry family. ' ■■':■"'. At Feilding, the hurdle horse Lull was" produced on the first day only. He looked very well, but evidently requires 'a' pace to sharpen 'him up. Jack Hall had the mount, and he must have held his : tareath when bis mount too* off at the first fence, for just as Papareahi, who was a length in^frontt of him, rose, so did Lull, and be had to pive a very: big leap to clear the hurdle, but he did' it comfortably and. after that settled down and jumped cleanly. . ; Tangimoaha had a lot of friends for the St. ' Andrew's Handicap at Feilding, as it was given out that this good mare" had run 1J miles on the plough at. Awapuni m 2.13. In the big race pri. the first day she was m all the trouble that was going, but on the second day she ran a real .good race, and is evidently nearly at her best. This writer ex.f pects her to be m .the next 1£ mile handicap with about eight stone, and cannot for the life of him. make out how she always gets so well treated. Punters'should put a tick opposite her iiame, as she is a very dangerous mare m any race over a mile. ''' ". . ,\. Rangipapa looked a bit on the big side" when he went out to contest the Flying at Feilding, but notwithstanding this and also that he had just pot over the strangles, he finished up second favorite on the machine. He did not" eet out too well, but ,was just behind the leader at the turn. Here his condition told and he faded out of it. Many hard heads then, pencilled him for the morrow; arguing that tho gallop would improve him, and with a rise of 31b and Jenkin's ' services, he was again solidly supported. After a most exciting finish between four horses he secured the verdict by a head, and Jeakins was loudly applauded on returning to the , bird-cage. •■•'•.■

v'Stayboy looks as if h« will win a lot of jumping races this season. The usual Feilding weather was experienced on Monday an* Tuesday. Peregrine ran, two gpod races at Feilding, and his jumping was of a high order. ' ' Papatawa broke a, rib when . she fell at Feildißg, and she will, probably go to> the stud. Lothair did not show up at all wjell at Feuding^ and must haye gone off stew 1 Carterton. ■ . : . Gold .; Crest was- railed home .to Porirua immediately after winning the • Feild- , ,ing Stakes. -: ' ,\ . " < ... Paione looked very 1 stylish at Feilding • and on looks' should 'wins any sprint race but -she does npt;.xun up to her looks. : Mr McGabe,.an, ex-ipubjican. pf -feijibprne, has ppmpleted the purchase of a tlyreer year-old fullr-brother ,to Martyriuin f ..'T.hev price was 300gns. ■;'. /.'.-■-■ Don Carlos, who is very well, was unlucky tp miss thfe' Spring Hur,dles at Feilding; and then" Oryx fell and brought :■ him '-'dowpf pn the '>iecond day. ' : • Old r Mahpe has landed at last, and as he is very-well just , now, he should be able "to score again before . the handicapr pers put a stop to' fiis i little. prahks." ':. The distances^ Were too far -for Papar--eahi at Feilding and he should do betterat Bulls at New- Year time\ as "off -both days there the ~ distance ■ 6f the' hurdlfeIrace is-' l-t : -.miles.'. ', '•' .':-'-. - ' It isa .great, pity .that ikon .as r none ■too sound , and P^iitiPit be; wound : up^l or, she. wpiild -Iturn , v but. .' a good perf ornaer :.-. She won bpth3el3fprs..aV'Fefl4in'^,.ia.^'a,-/ very pleasing manner. '■,"■ ' '::'Z, ' J .■ ; ■'" , -.~ r Gold Dust is coming oh fast and will .secure shortly. ' He ran a good '•? race on. the second day -at Fbilding, but his weight hampered him and he fell back at the entrance to the straight. At Feilding on Monday 'last; after win-, ,ing the Stakes en Gold Cregt, .C;;'/<Je'hi. kins was presented with a gold-mtoijiited !whip by tihe President, of the; Club. ' The' ■whip was donated by Mr At Dunbar of JFeilding; ' ' : \l'.'' :: '-\^: ■■ ', '..':■»'. ;."' • ' Bob . Barlow .was 1 .not satjsfied •with the jway Sir Artegal rah the ; first -day^, at jPeilding,. so tried » change pf;, pilots on the second- day but it- , y^as of-; no^. avail , . ■audit will ..probably be found that., the rhorse was -racing out rof : bis :Class. •. •/ 1 'Provocation is' ; - still ; spre, ; aiid v; to keep ;him' strung u,p is ' surely courting- disaster.; The colt got a y«ry. ppor sta.rt m the Feitdirig' Stakes, as . did Broadsword, and ihe^ race ; bettween ; this pair fbr second money was an ihterestirig onfc; , /■ - The Poverty. Bay Club are going}.;, tpappeal 1 to the,; Conference pyetv'the Meti ppolilan . Clvb r s . decision i in .ref'isiiig'.j'fi) • 'endorse the disqualification. 0f : .,8. De.eley.r country . club- will -prpljaUly: find thWti they have been: wasting their time;; „■ ■; ; Last mpnth- his Majesty K ittin Bd ward's ; fillr,' Princess de Galles, defeated 1 ■'- l t ue n;- --: vrpther m the Bexlcy ' Stages; at :NeWi-; •mrrket. . Should hay« thbuaht^it"w6uid : ; have been an act of chivahy to have a|lowed Queen Mother to lead the wayi;' 7 J. Pine took, on a Wig task when he trietf to get do%i to "eight stone to ride ijohe : Wisely m the Hack Race at TinSartu; and •he just . managed to do it," and ' 'also- to just \yin from Vologda,, who is, a full sister to Petrpyna.andV. is gifted with ajpt X)f Race. ■ ; . ;..-:-.- '.ylr.-v.- ■..■...'.:'_ ' L-v/ir" ' Jessie Lewahs, who ran •m 'bo-th >^ the' hack races ! at TimHiru, had her chances ■: spoilt by being afraitl of -the barrier..: Her owner evidently lieems her the- pbssessor of a lot of speed, .as' he; nbmiiiated her for the Stewards Handicap at- the >f.Z.. Cup meeting. , . 1- -■ "' In the Hack Welter tin the first . day, i Hatch, on Aorans^i, was.'. too, eager, An& : fe e horse took trre barrier tapes _m M& . inoutK and got /badly : away.. His; for-'.-ward ..running on the second day would, suggest -that" bnly for thjs.-he might, have troubled Shuja and Eclogue. ; - . Crucinella is very well just now,, and 'twas nothing but bad' Buck that beat her owner out of the ' York Stakes at Feilding;. Three, furl ings from home she was last, but she . put m such a sensa-V fcional run from there as to surest vhat she is an absolute moral for the ■ first six furlong race she starts m. ' •"Melbourne Truth" says: That •■goodloolanp; N.Z.-bred horse Eqtiiform -v.has" fnvshed bis racing..- career, ipr H. 'Awer'y has disposed ; of him to A. C. MacDpn-v aid, pf Station, Tibpphdara,. N T .S.W., where- he will ; dp duty at -■the « Had -'i<& ndt met with a severe accident uh^h being Lrolfen i»,- it is quite possible: Equifbrin" would have made ■aliii? name for himself an t-he turf.^onfj even disadvanfaged as- he : 'vas, 1 he- exhi<ifed pood speed on several occasion'?,' and such ; a .weH-bred :Korse 'sfcpuld get' osd, serviceable stpek. • \ - ;•:■■;/ a Seme, of the ..r.iding, at, tie- Feilding", meeting was shocVipgiy bad, andt -parti- . cularly so m the big race .on both flays. Several accidents were narrowly /averted, and the .stewards should have .taken acfe 'on. on. what, they must have seen.; ,; If; fchey did not see; Wie bumping, and cross-. , wig that was going on they have, :no rivht tp be : m their Rositions, because.' they are blind. .: The t ateyrards •■■ ot most qlubs, prefer to wait till some boy is ; - badly hurt or perhaps ..killed I , before, hplding an enquiry. •' If .they; would- take., action occasionally and give . some pf tihe. offenders a spell till they learn ; tp ride, much good would be done and, then we would: see less ■ horses interfered with, : and the chances of accidents jninimised.; That good old. timer Ballarat .ran ; twice into third place at the Fftilding meeting. She was 'heavily backed on] the second day and for a long time it looked as if she, ovould go out favorite, but m the end : Flitaway held 'that position. • When a start was effected, the black mare was first. away a? usual, and Price sPon put dayiigiit between .'himself, and the. field.;' All down 'the back axtd across, the bend Jenkins oh, Rangipapa was riding hard to cdtoh the leader. As they turned into' the .straight the two were at it .hammer and, tongs and it looked like furnishing an exciting finish between these two: 'Exciting certainly it was, for,, at; the distance, Cfuctnells, (R. Hatch) 'and Flitaway 1 (F.E; Jones) joined in,', and 'iri a -finish never, to be forgotten, 'these .* four, hpfsernen ;pf the first grade 'were 'all riding as 'if for their' lives. Price was the only one'* to use tbe stick, the others reiving onr ;.tjjeirj' hands and neplsl' 'Tlie scene was a y«ry' exciting one, and there was a look' ; ot .expectancy m the fnces of backers '"' for these four hors-s oarr'ed nearly— all the, money. The judge hoisted his' 'number?, and there 'wa s cheer ma; f r ora, ■Raneipapa's supporters, then the. numbers Were hauled, down again, a.nd there was' a ; hush from the crowd, but the fust 'two' -horses were not altered, only Ballarat was .placed third instead of Flitaway. whose number first went up. People fprg'ot all about the next race, and were ' nrgtifog about the first fnisW for- fully half an hour.' This writer was very, pleased that he did hot have to decide that particular finish.' ? ' :' • l

Defeat is not himself, and lookei pretty light on it at Feildiag. . Who can pick the Electric oa Wednes* day ? Take jny-*£t(lyice and don't try. Yosami still jumps badly, but wherever the fences are light she will he hardtg beat. ■•■■'■"'- --; Tan Saa likes the going a bit soft '.*' and it was very much the other way at . Seatoa. Dale is on the improre. He .was recy unlucky not to win. a caco at Feildiag. I FieJd. Guityhad a very comfortable win ;'in,the v \loc^ev Club' Handicap at Tiaaru, jDieV King piloting «he Hotchkdss geiiaing. . Since the irtcw Gaming Act came into, force .twelve, "months ago, something over ,$100,00.0 -haa-Ueen. paid m .license fees !by bookmakers. , %yrio;. Was, -very sore 'at Feilding and [m the Spring Hurdles his was iailed off * the T whole way. He will require an easy time of it for a bit. H. Dcfhovan'came up from -Riccar ton tp ■cide. Armlet.an the States at. Feilding, ; :bu't she "finished out of. a place m consequence of becoming pumped m her. efforts to catch Gold," Crest. Prior to being railed from New ply-; ■mouth to FeiFding, Haeremai struck himself'• while 'doitig a schooling jump. Ths injury-was not considered serious, but ir? .the train): the leg filled,- and Rhodes was unable to start him on. either day. Peoßie wild were present at Timaru . aver that iih|: rider of Outlander lost tbo ibigrace oV over confidence. He bad a [comman.ding lead . .10.0 yards.,. from the , :Pbst, .but:!then stopped ridingi arid young ' fCbtiton,.: on" Harvest, just got' uj» - and . stole the' 1 race. ' .' ' ' . Jos; ..Lewis was. compelled to., .scratch ; Obligate ..<&t> Timaru, as he broke down badly on the morning, of; ;the races, This is bad luck for 'the Ashbucton \men» tor, as they-have a lot of "smalls" just coming on, and the son of Obligado would be: ; very useful for them. Slavey; who ran second : m the Summer Handicap at Timatu, is a- very wild sortof a customer, and his pwnerf deemed it advisable to send Orloff down- with -kirn as a ; 'travelling cpmpaniouv W. Browa is npw m. charge of him, and no dettbt will make every attempt to quietan Mm. • ; The/ Maori owner-feameJv Weriroa' Kihgij bad. . his team at Feiidiuig, ijut jie ; faikd ito' score a win, .but" as Plying. , V£ii.tf , has plenty of pace ' and is. p.t«tty. well just now yhe may score soon.., On the .second. .day she gat' out first and led .to the jfciir n, where sjie ran very wiio and ruined -her chance. •■ ' ■?] TThe .owner, .of Shuja had/ &>. royal time at Feilding," and m consequence of hia visit -some of the booVcmaker s bags w«re considerably, lighter, .'lie said gentleman does not: play the game for fun,, and ; when *hp . bets it is not m jnacfcles. On.;lihe first day' he picked the- first six winners : and also landed- two winaing . doubles. i -The Lark'- 'ran into his usual pkce ihthind tlie *]$iiin:r) at FeildLig, andv'.tji* ;gaod-ldoking.; ; ijay was another ho^se that got *£' bad : "dealing throughput tlie ra*e. •When he returned to" the paddock he "was ■lame m the'' near fore'legj and bis owner may have to ,be : . easy with him fcr a bit, \^hlch'' > v; ill not tend .toj bring him < |into : prominence for the Auckland Cm, ■.tne',Feilc[!ng Stakes was: con*«et«il by |a yery, f highl-class field of two, thr«e, *ad !f6ju'r,-year-Qlds, but a poor start unde it •a one-boise race, as yi hen the start was mads, Jenkins, on (J old Crest, wm oat !uy himself, .and,/ of cquise, . all kn»w Smt the; race.was. was over then, as it wi*W taire a, better; bWse than is m New ZesA *nd to-day 'to , give Gold Crast two lengths' start m- a five furlong race. \ Golden. Eagle won the FljrJag at Feilding -fin ; a ery **sj rouaer , and those- who -reckoned "fcer Y.ery w*i nabeS--capped had- thpir opinions uptedrf. She. ot away best and was n«Ter beaded. The' secondv'cfay size >ut up wHoWier stdne, but ; was never promin^t. Hewever, sbe never does run two rases, and is strictly a first day mar*. ■■'•' Ran^ihaeta stripped Very fit at ' Fdid- ; •ing; and another turn for Mm' caiK*Bii l;e, , far off. It certainly looks' i^s tf vk?>an- . dicapper treated him very well whan hie put him m at- the minimum m tk# big race at Woodviile, thereby scor,aii.f hW Waverley dotfJle. However, han'dicappers ' ' afe'tbe' inost lucky of ai; uiea^ ami ,W» . chfefetnut'Tiiay get beat thouah aia »wn*« will not= ! hear of it and has s«*ired fta , serviced' of Bobby Young to lwatrkte him. / ; .All .doubts as to . whether HusiMutdmatt / isTa jgddd* colt was set at rest or Mosday, / when -jie "flew m a winner of the St.-,' An ( dre~Ws •., .Handicap. He was m a good \. position, ; at' the ■ tt-->rfc, and his ridw Tsaa' haying, ;gteat •difficulty- to keep hiaa from'i goiag tb" the front, later on h< got „ «.: bad ?bump s and went well back, but a^ . the -bottom, of the course his victory witat being proclaimed, and he finished foil /cf running and won m the . hollowest ta&h* ■ ioni':' i; . '~. ."*>;.■ '■■ '• •■ ' • ■•■■ ■■- ■: Shuja is only a little fellow but fie is' a hummer and had he been anything else he iwould; not have won the Hack. Welter at ..Eeilding, as Price on Eclogue got „a vbreak of half-a-dozen len?ths on ;the. .fiel,^, the favorite got ; badly; ,aw»y and :his rider was at him ttye whele ; way. He responded very gam»ly^ amd ( just got-up and Leat Eclogue by a he a d. The .time .was a fraction outside I^B, which, will show the calibre of both • colts. It is needless to;, say that the :rest pf ihef field was well behind this ;p'air at. .the finish. ' ■■•' ; Muskerfy; looked, very well at FeiWini, .and ■ was 'pHha'is a "bit iinliJeky m nox' hieing a dual' winner. ■ She did noV get any too a stiant on ;'-thi first slay, and\ then ' ran a fair second ts GoWen Eagle m the opening event of the meet*, ing. Id the Manchester Handicap she was weighted at 7.10, and she w«at out. at the barrier rise, and took tk* f»id along at such a smart pace tbat 'aifffi' people thought she would stop befora a niile was covered. However, ak« vr»? , still going so strong at the six fwljng post that Luke Wilson ©s Tmisinml thought, he had .better go ajftw, and m doing this he lost second moaey, but h« c would have 'had no chance of Iraatix^ 1i»« winnerV 'as had he adoptsd any olfcwi:,.; tactiics, Hatch, on Muskerry; would hsKg' a ; been able to give his mouct a brwitHi^ ■/., and 'would" 1 have won easier; at the fmss)%. ' Muskerry still lead across the b«tli£)it\ stretch, with Ttuganinl a oeuisle . s g£'" ,;Jen.^-bn4 r b'ackj and the res* 1 ; of Xb»-. *w<»tv scra^cmit^ . "Just "befofet the *tt**«*4r,jV -\Vilson' gave his mount a J&ell, with ,-tn^,. j .intention , of making a late flash foi/'lhev-v leadef, but irt was of no. avail, as'M^s^/ c kerry went up the straight fvll of P^jr,>' ningj and woa by three ''!.'•' l&ftlis tiQio, ■, Hirb, who beat Truganini' fpr ■ocoad L - x . money.. The remainder *of.;the fleid were m great trouble when' tKe post wat reacn-^ cd. In' her present forrb :-jfc. would t»av«!' r taken , a very smart anifcal to have* beaten Muskerry, as she made all hbr ' ; j own running and orarced^' tie" full dis- . tance m 2min. 6 3-ssbc:, 'which has only once been equalled m the dominion, and that wa« when Marguerite Won. the Ran> gitikei Jubilee Cup; -'-■--