NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 217, 21 August 1909, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

N.Z. Cup weights are due to-day. Grenadier is to be schooled over hurdles. Los Angelos was" commissioned all over New Zealand last Saturday. At present it looks as if the Spring meetings will be contested by lug -fields. The- platers at Riccarton were a poor lot and a commoner m Zetland beat them pointless. Since racing at Roschill the M.Z. mare Ar'tillerie has come into favor for the Epsom Handicap. The wins of Scotty and Los Angelos were severe facers for the stay-at-home S.P. merchants last Saturday. Iranui galloped well enough at Riccarton tp lead the impression that she will soon be amongst the stake earners. Grosnevor cut himself very badly by coming m contact with a hurdle at Kiccarton, and he will require a rest from active service. T. Wilson has struck Riccarton ofi Waikaraka's visiting list, as he is of opinion that the class met there is above the Watuku gelding. • St. Aidan looked fit to run for a kingdom last week, but Riccarton track watchers say he was looking still better a .couple of "weeks back. They were a vary nod lot of hack hurdle horses doing duty at Riccarton on Saturday. The winner, Klaney, is a fair horse, but is not reliable.. An Auckland patron of 0. Coleman's stables was anxious .to buy Kelso after seeing- him race at Riccarton, but his idea of the horse's value .differed very much from that of the owner. Mr S. JS'ettleford sent the writer a post card lroni Austria, .'.where- he has gone to take the waters of Carlsbad. His illness has left him very . low, and ho lost, over two stone m weight. Eaglestone, who is a. full brother to Signalman, , showed a lot of pace m -tha hack race at Riccarton. on Saturday, and when racing m less pretentious' company, he is sure to catch; the. judge's optic. , The Hawera sportsman,/ Mr .W. Young, sold ' Glcngarift > before "he won the Hunt Club's Steeplechase. The consideration was 200 guineas ' and half his lirst win. Seems to the writer, that tho horse was well sold. ' " : The rider of North -East tried hard to get a "%"on Starter Piper m tlio Islington Handicap, but the olticial wasn't having any. McManaway 's horse got well away, but the weight was too" .much, am! he failed to land the boodle. Tho capable Auckland horseman, A. Julian, was not long m riding a winner after having his ticket handed back to him, and t«e manner m which he handled Slaney showed that he has lost none of his ability m the pigskin. Grenadier made a bold showing m the Islington Handicap, won oy Gwendolina, and the big Soult gelding should be ticked off for Avondale~ next month. Deeley and he get on well together, and if ho could begin quicker a lot more races would fall to himThe crack Irish-English jocksfcer Denny Maher, has been ordered to recuperate owing to ill-health. Most of the punters about this city arc on the recuperative racket, but it's their kicks they're continually trying to place m a healthy state, not their konstitutions. The Birkenhead gelding Kairoma has changed hands, haying been purchased by a patron of H. Hickey's stables at the conclusion of the G.N. meeting. ,lt is given out that the price was 300gns. and that tbq horse will race m the same colors as Mundic, and will accompany the latter to Sydney next week. H. Tolford seems to have mastered the idiosyncrasies of King Post, and tho Trentham horso runs more kindly for him than for any other rider. Tn his races at Riccarton he was always last into the straight, but he flew after that and success rewarded his efforts on Saturday, when he got away with the RedcJiUs Handicap, Backers of Ringdove m the Hedcliffs Handicap did not get much of a run for their money, and it is no moral Tihat they backed oven a ''trier." The Englishbred mare looked pretty big on it, and she was never prominent at any stage of the journey. At the home bend she was galloping well within herself, and when King Post was close up to the winning post the rider of Ringdove got busy and rattled his mount up a bit. The I'ositano horse, Mooltan, whoso meritorious performances on the Austra<Jinn turf has brought him into prominence, was represented recently at Hosehill by Moldavia, a colt out of a Prime Minister mare, who, however, is very closely related to many noted performers, . The youngster, who, was reported to have tea ten Borodino m a trial at Randwick, won fiis race very easily. His Sire lias now retired permanently to thq stud. Tawhaki, the full brother* to that good performer Armlet, will need to place a few wins to his owner's credit this season m order to get back his original outlay of 850gns, which he paid, for the son of Menschikoff two years ago. At present the colt is <loing nicely m his preparation at Porirua, and no doubt his appearance at future fixtures will be watched with interest, despite his failures as a two-year-old. He is really a splondid specimen of tho thoroughbred ; but with racing men it'B a case ol "handsome is ns handsome does." King Post's finish m tho Winter Cup was an eye-opener, but the skinny went one better last Saturday, whon he again pvb m good, work m the RcdcHfls Handicap, and scored m capital stylo. As a you»cster King Post was ono of the waster tribe, and did not look like being anything of a racehorse till he split Bobrikoft apt" Gold Crest m the Mawkc's Bay Stakes- He has shown fair form repeatedly sinc£ then and as .J. Avers has got him pretty yMI just now he should soon win aa;a'.:\. as he has shown that a bit of weight dp«s not trcublo him.

Wan.canui Hunt Club meeting next Thursday. The Wairarapa Hunt Club meeting takes place -next Thursday. The well-known Southern horseman, L. G. King, has become a benedict. Several horses will sport silk for the first time at the Marton meeting. Inchbonny showed a lot of pace m her Riccarton effort, but the class was above I her. The Wavcrley trainer, M. Gardiner, intends putting Crucinella into work next | week. ] The National winner Compass will make his next appearance at Wanganui next month. The New Zealand horse, Aborigine, is i moving along nicely m his morning work | at Randwick. j .- There was a suggestion of "hookedy" j about some of the horses racing at Kic- i carton last week. With such big fields assured at Marton the bookmakers may take heart and don the satchel once more. Aberbrothock will be a runner at JMarton. If he is available. A. Oliver will be up on Mr D. Buict^s horse. The champion colt Provocation and the two-year-old Tribulation are expected to leave for Sydney next Friday. Hard times or not, there was a big increase m the totalisator turnover at the C.J.C. meeting, which concluded lasb Saturday. The victory of Nightlight m the Australian Hurdle race was wholly unexpected, and his success was a big turn up for the ring. Tyrannic was under offer to a Southern buyer last week but he did not (-range hands, and will be a runner at Marton Marton m the. Welters. Otira, who disappointed on so many occasions when m D. J . Price's stable, was equal to winning 'a Welter Plate at the Belmont races (W.A.) recently. The Chokebore-trained Stratagem and Whistlecraft were amongst the horses otfered for sale at Christchurch on Monday but they failed to find new owners. New Zealander Nofcel by Seaton Delaval—Problem, managed to get horns by a bare length from Sweet Bird m the Balaclava Stakes at Caulfield on August 7th. The shapely Sir Frisco, who has been given an easy time of it since Trentham, is to be sharpened up again, and will probably be racing at Levin next month. Though not professing to know Mr W. Wilson's plans, the writer would hazard a guess that Lovell, who has 13.13 inthe Hunt Cup, will not be a ruimer at Marton. The Auckland horseman, A. Julian, who has been retained by the Hon. J . D. Ormond to ride the Karamu jumpers, will, it is understood, take up his residence at Hastings. Though only recently emasculated, the ex-New Zealand prad, Seddon, is reported to be so well after the operation that m all probability he will be put into work again shortly. G. Morris, who was formerly m the employ of R. J. Mason when that mentor presided over the late G. G. Stead's team, has now joined the stable of the Hastings trainer, R. Gooseman. The Daystar gelding Rawhetu, who has been off the scene for the last couple of seasons, will be amongst the runners m the Trial Hurdles at Marton. This horse is now trained by T. Wilson at Bulls. Tho United Hunt Club Steeples at Riocarton was a slashing race,' and the finish very exciting. It was only Cochrane's vigorous riding that got G-len-gariff home, as the horse was tiring very fast.. On Wednesday morning >J. Stewart passed through Wellington- m charge of a good-looking filly by Vladimar from Ma Mic Rossette. The youngster, : who is a half-sister to Signor, will be turned out at Kai Iwi. '. The good thing of Saturday was (Hengariff,. but it nearly came undone. Had he been beaten it could' only have besn put down to. the fall be had .on ttye mid- . die day, and which must have'attected" him and left him sore. . f , ; King's .Prize will make his first i.'i-peur-ance m open company at the Marton meeting and if his trainer is able to secure the services of . a suitable light--weight:, the hi;; bay gelding should give a good account of himself. ; - A New Zealand rider, T. O'Connor, 'bad his jockey's permit cancelled ■on account of the .' indifferent manner m which he handled Etonia at Richmond (.Victoria). Thß whole performance was regarded with suspicion . by: the stewards. The W.It.C? are co-'Sitierino; the advisability of putting a Steeplechaser's Flat rnco on their next Winter programme, m Victoria such: races fill wel.l, and if the innovation 'were- to ha tried ' here it would undoubtedly- prove a success. There was a good deal of fun over the. Hunter's Plate at Riccarton. Some of the bulky riders were fearfully blown by the time the race was finished, and, judging by the figure they cut m the saddle, it is hard to believe that they ever havo a ride, other than m a train. The yearling filly "by Oallinule from Concertina was sold recently for 5800 guineas at the Newmarket sales. She was purchased by Sir Robert Jarcline, This youngster is a half-sister to the Newmarket Handicap and Caulfield Futurity Stakes winner, Playaway. Mr W. J. Douglas was asked to put a, price on Pikipo atj Christchurch last week, but he, refused to even think of it. Mention of the Maori horse reminds me that his name means "Roman Catholic" His owner was asked why he gave his horse such a peculiar name, but he only smiled and so far he has not dropped his bxmdle, though other Hastings sportsmen who were present at the time also smiled broadly, so apparently there Is some reason for the queer nomenclature. The Cartcrton jockey, S. Reid, who is at present under the ban, has been on a visit to some relatives m Christchurch, and Avhile there he was responsible for an act of bravory, which, curiously enough, escaped publication. As he was walking along High-street his attention was attracted to a runaway, and, without pausing to think, Reid dashed out and made a grab at the reins. His luck was m, for he caught the reins and after hanging on for a few yards, hs quickly mastered the runaway, and possibly prevented loss of life or damage to property. , Though many good judges declare that Scotty is affected m the wind, bis trainer (F.MacMenamin) says that it is all nonsense and the St. Leger gelding has always been a thick winded horse. His race m the National Hurdles seeroert to have worked wonders m him, as he won the Sydenham Hurdle Race m a very comfortable manner. His owner can thank his lucky stars that the handicappers always regard his horse m the light o* a "has-been," but surely he will m future he set to carry a littlo more, weight. The A.R.C, W.R.C., and C.J.C. handicapped all mako the same mistake with the St. Loger gelding. Says tlje "Sydney Sportsman" :— The stipendiary stewards on Saturday held an inquiry into the running of Artillcrie m the Flying Handicap. This mare from sevens and eights was backed down to a very short price, starting favorites. Ttw New Zealander behaved kindly at the barrier, and when a start was effected, she jumped away fairly well, -but appeared to get squeezed back after going. From fourth place she gradually went back to third last. However, from the half-mile pole the daughter of Royal Artillery l;o- ; gnn to make up her lost ground, and sho ■ eventually finished third. After a fairly ! lengthy inquiry, the stipes, came to the conclusion that the owner had lcgitiimateI ly backed the mare, but they considered ■ rider W. Osborne had ridden a very bad j race. After the rnco, when being dried |by an attendant m the paddock, the mare was observed "v'^rncd" with n, big ■ patch of white on )> iff quarlor, there- ■ suit of having; come m contact with the i rails. That she must have bean jammed | hard on the rails is sure, for despite the I lad's efforts to wipe, the whitewash off I with the rubber, he failed to do so ; and, i moreover, some hair appeared to have I been rubbed off through the mishap. 'Though, apparently, no one suffered by j the inquiry, it might go hard with Os- ! borne should he unfortunately meet with ' similar bad luck.

Showman is pretty well just now, and may gather a stake "at Wanganui. On Saturday, VV. Young bad the vide on 1 Continuance m the Rcdclffis Handicap, but I he finished out of place. Adjudge is nominated m the New Zealand Cup, but he will want to improve a lot before his Dunedin owners can support him for that event. RangiK'apua who, as is well known, is a full brother to Tana;imoana, is a long time justifying his relationship. His form was too bad to be true m his Rioearton efforts. Chiarinian has apparently not been up long enough and wants a bit of racing; he ran well m the Kedcliffs Handicap last Satdrday, m which Holmes's horse finished third. I Volodia is a good' little mare with a lot of pace, but Timaru, Ashburton and ■ Oamaru arc where she should be raced, | us she is hardly class enough for Melro- [ politan company. , Iney got well shown up at Riccarton and missed a stake ; but it is sale to I assert that" the next time her par by fly her along it will be a case, of collecting from the ringmen. AVhistlecraft galloped kindly , lor once, and he flew home m the Sumner Handicap. The Birkenhead gelding wants a lot of kidding to, and apparently Jockey K. E. Jones is just the boy to do the trick to perfection. The Gisborue horse Continuance was well backed on both the second and third days of the C.J.U. meeting. Jenkins was m the saddle m the Sumner Handicap, and managed to get the All Green into fourth place. Merry Lass is a pretty slippery sort ol mare, and m the Sumner Handicap, won by Whistlecraft, she set the field a very merry dance, and was not gathered till seven out of the eight furlongs had been travelled. ' There were very few better looking horses than Claymore racing at Riccarton ; but the brown son of Multiform who shows lots of pace on the tracks, refuses to do his best at races, aid is, 1 am afraid, unreliable. Regulation, who has proved a failure m the paddock, may be tried at racing again. The Hegal mare is quite sound now, and next week her . owner intends to hand her ovet t,o Percy Cofiey to train for future engagements. j VVaiata was started on all three days of the G.J.C. meeting ; m each of his i races he began very smartly and was generally m front to the turn, but ha failed to sse them out, and could not get a place on either day. It was astonishing to find the amount of support accorded Mundic m the August Handicap ; the black gelding had done absolutely nothing since being taken to Riccarton, and at the conclusion of his race he nearly 'burst his betlows. Several attempts were made to buy Lovell ; one would-be Australian buyer being particularly persistent m his demands, and Mr Noel Wilson (who, by the way, was not present to see his horse win) refused to treat for the purchased It is one of the greatest pities that Mr G. Aynsley cannot get Bonny Glen to keep sound. Everyone was pleased to sec the chestnut horse . score a well-de-served victory m the Heathcote Handicap, and Mr Aynsley's numerous friends are trusting that it will be a forerunner of many more victories during this season. Exmdor was the first horse to beginin the Grand National Hurdle Race, but he got into the first fence, and, on landing, slid on his nose. After that he tailed oft tne whole way, and finished with Lion Heart nearly a furlong behind the winner. His bad kneee is again affecting him, and he will require a spell for some time. Mr J. Oasserley, the Hawera sportsman, and owner oi the dual winner Compass, was at the head of the list of winning owners for the C.J.C. .National meeting. Mr Oasserley was a good winner from the ring over the success of his colors, and more power to the son of Erin, who is, without doubt, a genuine sportsman. I "Tiltuira went right off after being taken to :Riccartoh, and his owner was quite prepared him?. -defeated irt-:;the . big hurdle race. The son 61 Mahaki fencea faultlessly throughout but he. did not exhibit the same pace as he did .at Trenx tham, and was m trouble when the last hall mile came to be entered upon ; he finished about sixth. . Many and varied were . the excuses made for the failure' of the imported .filly Wet Day, who was generally regarded as an absolute moral for the Sumner Handicap last Thursday. The "Dazzler" got .her out well, and she was m ' the van the whole way, but Whistlecraft made dirt of her, and I suppose her failure must be put down to want of time. The Hunt Club Cup winner, Lovell, carried his 13 stone to victory like a •good horse. Some doubt appeared to exist as to whethef he would have tea ten Glcngariff had the latter stood up, but the luck was surely v. \th Mr Young's horse on the concluding day, when Deerslayer, who had him well gone, fell at the sotl wall half a mile from home. There are very few worse treated horses m the Dominion than Ucn Jonson, who has never yet shown himself to be a topnotcher, yet is always found at the top of the handicap. C, Coleman's horse, who ran third m the National Hurdles, had to carry an additional 81b m the Sydcnham Hurdle Race- His supporters would not hear of his defeat, but Scotty triumphed over him very easily at the finish, and the Auckland horse failed to return his supporters their money. A big commission was worked for Los Angelos away from the couiso on both the second and third days of the C.J.C. meeting. And the San Francisco geltling must have got his party well even for his disappointing displays at Trentham. The graft was slyrcwdly worked, especially on the third day, when Ringdove, who wasn't anxious, was well boomed by the Los Angolos people and their own horse was given out as a "not wanted." This accounts for the limit dividend secured by the fortunate backers on Ihe bis; chestnut. What a wonderful thing double betting is, and what a mint of money must ho m it for the bookmakers ! After the Wellington meeting, it would have been a brave man that would have foreshadowed that Capitol, 'Te Arai, Le Beau, Jack Pot) und Irish would have been amongst the failures for Grand National Sloe;lechase honors, and that Tauira, Auratus, Bon Jonson, and Scotty would have had a similar report furnished about them m the hurdle race. The failure of all these well backed horses must have brought a lot of grist to the mill of the bookmakers. Though he only won by a nose, Los Angelos would have been very untortunata to have missed the August Handicap. McCombe's mount failed to leave the barrier on the occasion referred to, and at the turn into the straight he was a long way rrom Incy, who was Roing great guns. The long straight was all m favor of Los Angolos, who put m 6ome great work, and, catching Lowe's mare at the very last stride, he beat him by a nose. 'In the Selwyn Handicap he left the mark on something like even terms with the others, and during the race ho , allowed Federal, Sea King, and Longner j to make the running. In tne straight ho ran past the leaders as if they were commoners, and won his race by a couplo | of lengths. j The failure of Penates is the chief ton- ; io of conversation m sporting cirotes lit i Riccarton. The bay horse looked a bit ! too Big before he contested the Winter j ; Cup, but for the first six furlnas m this • i event he put m some great work. In ' the straight ho was nouriy brought down ' twice by faulty riding on the part of some of the boys engaged m t'.'c race. On the siwend dtay of the meating ho was made a very solid favorite m the August I-Inndicap, and his usual i llot (Oliver), had tho mount m place of W. Young. Those who scrutinised the bovsc oloscly before he left the blrd-cote arc o. f the opinion that lie was a trifle linno In the near hind log ; Trainer Pritcharrt made light of this, and stated that it was just a little soreness due to him kicking m the box, an<l that he would throw it. off m the race ; however, though he ran prominently, he could only finish m fourth position, and his owner was so disgusted with his display that; ho decided not to run him again at the • -leetiag. — -

Pukenui was under suspicion Lefore , ho left Auckland, and broke down badly m the National Hurdles. Southern Cross ran two good races at Riccarton, but he finished fourth m the National Hurdles and third m the Sydenham Hurdles. It was stated m Christchurch last week that Lion Heart will shortly be snipped to Sydney, and *hat m future he will race at Caulfield and Flemin^ton. Diplomatic gave a splendid exhibition of jumping m the Beaufort Steeplechase, and if Graveatock can get any condition on Mr Hodge's skinny chestnut he might win a race before the jumping season closes. The Hutt trained Whatakura was the only horse that fell m the National Hurdles. Mr Whitney's horse is generally a very sure jumper, but ne did not get a look at the- second fence m the race referred . to', and he went right through it. Though Gold Dust failed to win a, racp. at; Riccarton, a different talc will | probably be told next tims he steps cut. . Munn's gelding is galloping well on the track at Riccarton, and some of his trial gallops were just as good as those done by the favorite. El Dorado could have been bought for sDogns befqrc the Lincoln Steeplechase was run. As the stake was worth 31)0 sovereigns and El Dorado won it easily, he would indeed have been a great bargain for the Timaru sportsman who failed to secure him. Deerslayer is a notoriously unlucky horse ; when he appears to be Winning a race he generally topples over and falls. T. Cahill, who came over from Melbourne to pilot .Fred Holmes' charges got a shaking when Deerslayer came down m the Hunt Club' Cup ; but it was fortunate that it was nothing worse than a shaking. • Great credit is due to Trainer P. Ooffey for tho excellent condition m which he landed Compass at the post for the National Hurdles. The Daystar gelding is generally of the skinny order, but this time he was nice and round, and his condition attracted many to his side who otherwise would have gone for Auratus and Co. It was doubtless his easy victory In the Trial Hurdles combined with the fact that Tauira was known to have gone off that made Auratus first favorite m the' National Hurdles. The: Gold Reef gelding looked well, but , he was on the big side still, and would have been considerably benefited by a couple more races m public. C. Cochrane had him m a good position throughout " and his jumping could not be- improved upon, ' but he was gone at the turn and finished out of a" place. It was stated the next day that the horse had gone wrong and that it will be come time before he races again.