NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 184, 26 December 1908, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

!" Manawatu Cup run to-day. " The starting at Plumpton was very poor. Prophecy is still on top m weight-for-age events m West Australia. Excellent nominations for Trentham and the meeting ought to be a record one. Punting is the most fascinating means of making a living under the sun — and the most precarious. t . The Christchurch and Dannevirke' meetings were very disastrous from the layers point of view. King Post will he given a run to-day at Martinborough and will then be turned out for a good spell. Waioroki, who has been enjoying a spell lately, has again' joined Atlas White's active brigade. An attempt will be made to get a race out of Fauxpas, who will start m the Cup at Waikanae on New Year's Day. At last Prim lias run up to her private trials and at Plumpton she won the Anniversary Handicap without an effort. It is generally considered that Sunglow will land a race at Ellerslie before tdie contest for the Oaks comes on for decision. . * * Jim McGuiness turned Vologda out m great condition to contest the Plumpton Templeton Hack race, and Len King on top did the rest. The: Palmerston North-owned Ben Glitters will he given a run at Waikanae with a view of seeing if he is worth persevering with for flat racing;. . At the C.R.C. meeting St. Michael was started m the Midland Welter, hut the old. horse pulled up very lame, and no doubt the Auckland Cup winner will be pensioned off. The New Zealand-'lued Idyll, whom the Caulfield trainer, Adam Skiraing, bought last August, has been turned out at Bacchus Marsh and is to be left severely a- | lone for six months.

Awapuni races oh Monday and Tuesday. Effort will ,'cc "quail on" m the Hack Welter at Tauhernikau on Friday next. The Dunetlin horseman Jimmy Beale is the latest addition to the ranks cf the benedicts. The Manawatu Club received 387 nominations for 22; races. The Wellington Club received 612 for 20 races. Rangikapua, a full brother to Tangimoana, may make his bow to the racing public at Trentham next month. . Pikiho, who is engaged m the Welter races at Trentham, hails from Waikanae, and is by Conqueror from Punawai. The Auckland Racing Club have de-. cided that no. stand blackboards shall be allowed to: bookmakers at their coming races. . • . Fitagrafton' is said to be "off color," and the stable will probafoly rely on Mallard to win the Viceroy Cup, run m ladia to-day. •: - The Multiiorm mare Nightfall has been showing poor form m. England' this season and according to the latest advices she is to be retired to the stud. ' Balaclava, a full brother to Petrovna, who ran second to Miss Mischief ..at Plumpton, is a taking sort, and should win a race during his next few starts. The Southland Racing Club ' begin their Summer meeting on Saturday next and conclude it on the following Monday. The Southern club ' are giving away £800 m stakes. Despite the inspired paragraphs, m the daily papers, the field for "the Manawatu Cup is still dwindling, down, .and : this writer's estimate of half a dozen starters will be pretty near the' mark. , ;,,-', The American crack, Colinj- is -to have a chance of earning distinction on. the turf m England, as he is included m the batch of 16 horses which. Mr J- R. Keene has sent over to toe trained. . by S. Darling. . ...-.-._ ■;,:. , The jockey who pilots the winner of the Auckland Cup, will receive a souvenir m the shape of a gold-mounted whip, presented by the Royal Pictures Syndicate, whese company opens m the "norths crn city on Boxing night. , The Foxton trainer, A. ' M v Wright, intends sending The Dunce to the Waikanae meeting, where there are a couple of ; half-mile events on the programme. • If the starter can succeed iai getting : this unruly brute away he should win.'. The two-year-old Formosan fil'y Boutade was m a class by ■•' herself- a* Plumpton, where she won both Nursery Handicaps. The way was made much easier for her on the second day byipine getting hee away with> a' flying start. What is the use of : the Racing Conference forwarding a list of bookmakers who had misconducted themselves at recent meetings to the country clubs wheii the latter refuse to take any action. The latest club to offend m this respect is the Wairarapa Racing Club. „. Mr H. F. Nicholl's Santita, . who: won the Maiden at Plumpton, started red hot < -«d, ridden toy Dick King, easily: landed. The owner of the filly hag not won a race for some considerable time, so the victory was dou'oly ple-nsiiig to him. The winner is a full sister to Sea J&ing/- t : . The C.R.C. meeting, held at Plumpton was a very disastrous one for 'the bookmakers. It is related of a Wellington bookmaker that he journeyed South' for what he described as a cert £280.- When he returned home his lrni- ing account had diminished some £300 bdti pounds. The West Coast sport who owns. Sweet Angelus went for a solid punt on his mare # m the Electric at Plumptonj. but the commission was relumed,: marked "no business/ However, on . the course, one of the Coaster's henchmen got :a : good few pounds straight out on to the bookies. . The recent heavy rains have done the Trentham tracks no end of good, - and' caretaker McGlashan says that ' by the time the Cup meeting comes round they will be better than ever. This will be good news for, visiting trainers who remember how hard the tracks were at this time, last year. . Tramor Mick King announces that he is very pleased with the way Tangimoana is galloping, and expects her to be there or thereabouts m ;the Manawatu Cup.' Both Tanftimoana and Rahjiipapa are to be taken on to Bulls at the conclusion of the Awapuni meeting. Last year the mare, ridden by G.. Price, won the Rarigitikei Cup m a canter. : Though now a resident m far-distant Africa, Mr Duncan Briniians,. one of the most popular and hard-working members of Ihe Aloxanrira Club and a former, president, still retains a kindly feeling for the welfare of his old club. Ida recent letter received from him, "Dunca-n" enclosed his- usual annual subscription, and conveyed, at the same time, his best wishes for a record meeting". Ah owner was interviewed at Dannevirke last week m reference to ; having a bit on one of his prads, but as ' the animal m question was not out for keeps no business was done. There might not appear to be much m this, .but when the matter-of-fact, careless and cool manner m which the reply was given is- considered, the incident assumes one of apparent effrontery. The reply (given with a yawn; and drawling his words) was, "No, don't touch him to-day, I'm just giving him a run to get a bit of weight off!" : That's all, but there is quite enough m it for reflection ! ; The wholesale disqualifications imposed by the Avondale Club will have a very beneficial effect upon those who are guilty of wrong doings m the Auckland district, and.* indeed, 'throughout ■ the whole of New Zealand. The Auckland suburban club have only arrived : at their decision after a great many sittings, and it is to be hoped that the result of their labors will be for the" good of the sport as a whole. In future we may expect to hear less of the reported crook racing m the Auckland . , district. MeanAvhile hats off to the ; , Avondale. Club, which set a good example to the other clubs by making an honest attempt to cope with the wrong doers. For some time past the question of the appointment of a stipendiary steward to supervise the racing m and about Brisbane, hag been m abeyance, but .last Tuesday week a conference comprising -re^ presentfatives of Q.T.C., Brisbane' Jockey Club, Tattersall's Club, Sandgate and Ipswich Jockey Club, was held to ' deal with the matter. The outcome of tha conference was that such an appointment was unanimously agreed to.' Each of the four minor clubs are to pay three guineas per day towards paying the official's salary and the balance to be defrayed by the Queensland Turf Club. The appointment of the official and the salary were left t o the committee of the Q.T.C.. For the sake of the sport all round, as well as m the interests of the clubs, it is to be hoped that an ounce of influence will not take precedence over a ton of ability, as is the case ) m the majority if not all these kind of appointments !

The San Remo gelding Auldearn mu3t be a horse of great merit judging by the way he won both his races at Dannc^ virke. Jockey Bert Donovan went through to Auckland last week and will ride Sunglow and Armlet m: their Ellerslie en-» gagements. Which of ibs two should get pole-axed, the. owner who gives a good horseman instructions, or the rider who is foolish enough to carry the instructions out '! Pin,money, '' dam of Don Carlos, has foaled to Ghoorka and visits the Lochiel horse again. Ghoorka's stock are very highly spoken of and he has had a big season. • The pooling business did not last long with the bookmakers. As usual, they could not agree among themselves and m future it is to be, a case of every man for himself. it would. seem as if Mr G. Beatsonhas hopes of Waikaraka standing another preparation, as he has nominated the chestnut for the hack events at the coming Trentham meeting. * The Bitkenhead mare Consolation is nominated at Trentham, and if she continues to stand up to her work, Jack Farmeu will make her one of his team for the Cup meeting next month. Aberration has been kept right up to the collar since the WoodvilTe meeting, and his owner expects him to run very well at Tauherenikau. Presumably H. Telford wiDl ride him again as he has won twice on him out of three starts and the other time he .was third. ißoth from a quality and quantity point of view, this year's field m the Manawatu Cup will be the worst for many years.If you except Apa, Tangimoana, r Kopu and Muskerry, the remainder are- a : very "sorry, lot, although they, contain "several Cup winners, including Bourrasque, Moj loch, Riflemaid and Arc Light. The owner of Lapland has decided not to persevere with him at the hurdle game? When the son of Finland was first schooled he fenced splendidly and hopes were raised that he would win good races over fences, but from that onward he was getting no better fast, and at the finish he stolidly refused to go near: a Jence, let alone jump it. Though there is a mug born every minute, most of the said mugs will not believe that they comprise the gullible divi-i sion till they are "rooked" into' believing it. There is sure to be a big -batch of them at the various Christmas meetings, and as the* guns will be on hand m full force a practical demonstration will bo given the flats that they are flats. Though she is only. a pony and built on very light lines, Miss Mischief carries weight /well, and- won her. face, at Christchurch like a good one. It was only at the last moment that her trainer c'ecid 7 ed to start her, as he waj afraid that her big impost would prove too much for her, but the contrary was the; case,, and the /Treadmill mare won comfortably. ,' , . . ' There will he enough racing ■, this . weei and next to satisfy the most exacting. To-day races are being held' at Thames,: Auckland, Taranaki, Palmerslon North-, Muxchisonv Reef ton, Cromwell, Dun* din, Huninui, Kaikourai and Martinhoruu K h while on Sat"id y the following meet* ings will be concluded— HawVs I'ay, \ incent; Tauhernikau, 1 Stratford, Bulls, and Ellerslie. Last year the Wellington- Club re-, ceived a total of GOO nominations for their Cup meeting. This- year that "number has been eclipsed by 12,.: and thera are still three races for which nominations have not yet , closed. How dißereat was the, fate of the Manawatu Club. for the AVellingtori meeting are due on January 6, and acceptances six days later. ' . The big- New Zealander Ngaur.uuqe, titie pronunciation of whose name is. -a bit of-a poser to layers and backers, . treated his persevering, owner-trainer, W. H. Keith, to a- win m the Coriq Purse at tree* long, and did it m such- style as to de^ note the probability of his repeating She performance at no distant date.' Ngaur^hoe is just the cut of a horse "that should do good service over hurdles.— Melbourne "Truth." Either the Birkenhead— Miss Never colt, Mischief, must be a smasher, fer else 'the other 2-year-olds m Queensland are very moderate, for he stands right out irora them on performances, and it seems to have been no trouble for. him to put up liis penalty and land the odds laid on' hihv in 'the Champagne Stakes.- His- sire, Birkenhead, certainly seems to get verjr fast stock; though the majority do not seem to stay over well. ; Moral has gone wrong, and will not bo raced during the. holiday meetings. Men- ' tion, of. this horse rcmiiids me that his former owner, Dave Pilnier, was m to mi last week, haviug come over frum Blenheim on a business trip. An. one who courts a punch on the nose has only to ask Pilnier why he sold Moral. Dava says it is bad enough to have lost the horse, without all the mugs m. the countryrubbing it into one. Several horses competing m Hie Mana-; watu Cup to-day will be ridden by horsemen who are strangers to their mounts.. Kopu is generally ridden by C. Jenkins, who, however, is en^a^ed at Ellr»rslie today, the same remark applies to Taugimoana, on whom Sid Reid will have the mount. R. Hatch , usually rides Mus,l-eri7 but he is at the Lower. Valley meeting to-day. Fred E Jones is Glenculloch's pilot, but he is on Stratagem m the Auckland Cup. Moloch rims best wh=n Sloaned by Hatch, Riflemaid will miss Luke Wilson, also at Auckland, and White Lie has run her best races for Arthur Oliver, who rfdes Apa to-day. These' alterations will all help to tangle' punters. Quite a bombshell was hurled Into tha Bobrikoff-Downfall circle last week when it was whispered around that if either ol T. H. Lowry's horses won the Auckland Cup they would not get the stake, as they had been trained m a stabile whereja disqualified person was employed and, further, had been rjdden m their track gallops by the same person, facts are as follows : Lowry's. prads were.shifted into Paddy McLoughlm's stables at Greenmeadows. The said Paddy believing O'Brien's case to be a hard one financially, and on seeing a letter from the Wellington Racing Club authorising him to work m a stable, employed him to ride work. The very first horse he rode was .Bobrikoff, and since then he has been up on dozens of horses at Greenmeadows. Now the question is raised that the Wellington, Cluh had no power, to grant O'Brien permission to work m a stable, so Paddy McLoughlin must have been etnploymg a disqualified person; and as the latter had ridden Bobrikoff ana Downfall, a win by. either of them at Auckland would be' objected to. As the .. matter of | a stiake would mno way affect ; .a wealthy man of the Lowry type, but only tha long-suffering punter that woufd tumble m, it would not be unreasonable for Sir Geo. Clifford, as President of the Racing Conference, to give an expression of opinion on this, matter. . '