NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 252, 23 April 1910, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Hastings on Wednesday and Thursday. Magneto has gone lame and is being spelled. Celeano most be one of the worst ; horses m the Highden stable. Boanerges and Polymorphous were very lucky to win their races at Awapuni. Woodhey ran two good races at Awai puni, but he was not quite good enougn. As the result of his two defeats at Awapuni, the John stock has fallen considerably. The ancient Ballarat ran two real ... good races at • Awapuni, and a win should not be long m: falling to her bid. . "- ... .. : Tc Puia was putting m, good' work "at j the finish of the Longburn Handicap, hut her rider could not uo her justice. Bob Barlow had Golden Loop m just his best nick at Awapuni, but the going was against a long-striding horse like the son of Lupin. The Poxton trainee, A. Wright, has been having a lot of trouble with Sir' Antrim lately, and the. son of Soult has shown signs of lameness behind. The half-brother to Maniopoto that was shipped from Auckland and sold at the recent- Sydney sales, has gone into W, j Hickenbotham's Melbourne stables. Excel* who is a two-year-old half sister: i to Effort, looked sadly, out of place inj the Blaasawatu Stakes field, and, on' looks, it -would be hard to. get a £10 note for her. ...■,. ■ The pony stallion,- First jtJaitery, ran , m open events' at Awapuni on i each day. In the: Longbuxn Handicap he presented a bold front for a mile, but on the second day he was not prominent. ! The Wins of the penciilers doing busi- 1 ness at tne Manawatu meeting were unusually large, and one firm alone arc credited with "karoupling" well over four figures from an individual client. , '.' The steeplechaser, Tilsou,. who is iur» a stable mate, of .Gold Bird, at tbe Hutt, is showing signs of lameness after working, and his trainer. will have some difficulty, m keeping him on his feet. North-East is to be given' a short irespite from active work; and there is no doufct that ha deserves it; as he has been raced very hard during the- past few weeks and always carried big imposts. MrE. W. Edwards filled starter O'Connor's place on the concluding day of;. the Avondale meeting, and . was the recipient of a very hostile demonstration., on returning to the paddock after the Flying Handicap. .. ..: .; - The Wanganui trainer, ¥. Lind; bad' bad lucli: - m missing the Telegraph ■ States at Awapuni with -Overtime: It lit doubly hard v/hen Hendip won, as Lind bad'back- led the Overtime-Menctfp combination for a good sum. ■' ■ The Waikatq trainer, R. Haniion, givesit as his opinion that Millie was the fastest mare he ever trained. This will surprise, most people, as the general verdict was that Salute and Miss Winnie were both faster than Millie. I Whatashot toppled over at the double I m the Steeplechase at Avondale when 1 going very well, and treated Ackxoyd to some bumping during his endeavor to hold and remount him. The son of Muskateer promises to develop into a useful chaser. . „ ... ■.■■..■ • B. Deeley had his first ride after ire* instatemeut oh Master W.airiki, in ' the' Nursery Handicap, and, after passing the post ho was unseated, Irtit escaped injury ; he finished the day by -landing .Kakama a winner by half ''ahead m: the last race. ■ • • . The idea of jumping Rangikapua, if carried out, would be a good one, as stallions usually make safer fencers - than ; other horses. Ahu a was' a stallion whea, •he won the National Hurdles, and „ one could hardly wish for a better fencer than Billy Clarke's horse. : . Waikaraka is very forward, despite the fact that he has been up vno time. In the Taikorea Welter he ran a good. race,, but could only run second to Marton. The connections of the chestnut weze getting a good price about a • win for their horse, and they -lost nothing when he ran second. :-,.■]'■■■ : ' ; Starter O* Connor was missed on the concluding day of the Avondale meeting. On the whole, the manipulation of the lever could not be called successful, but' m the Flying Handicap the start was bad enough to make spectators think it was a false one, Turbine and Hikuai being entirely left. . The Opaki trainer, R. Knox, was quietly confident about the ability of his mare, Mcrrie Rose, to win the big handicap at Awapuni. She performed remarkably well, but the race was thrown away on her. In the. straight she had a commanding lead, but at the finish hex rider was bouncing up and down on her like a football, and the race was thrown away, Her trainer was so disgusted that he would not run the mare the second Uay. ■ At the Avondale meeting on Wednesday last Durability, who was m good condition, took command from Conquest just before the Dominion Handicap started, and jumped the pickets surrounding the birdcage; he struck the fence heavily, and sustained injuries sufficiently serious to put him out of action for some time. Conquest got a nasty . shaking, and was at first thought to be badly hurt, but cuts and bruises cover a description of his injuries. W. Ryan seems to have mastered tne idiosyncrasies of Truganini, and the mare runs more kindly for him than for any previous rider. As far as one can judge, the only difference m Ryan's riding from | that of the numerous other boys who i have failed on the Mcrriwee mare, is that he keeps her on the outer the whole way. This suggests that she is a timid mare and frightened of the iielu. Though on the outside she naturally covers a lot of extra ground, still it has proved good business to keep her there. Hermia's owner reckoned that the gallop his mare had m the Telegraph Stakes at Awapuni would improve her enough to enable her to win the Borough Handicap on the second day, but the re? verse proved to be the case, and it knocked her right out. Jenkins, who rode her, drew No. 1 position at the barrier and had everything m his favor, but after flattering; th.c hopes of her backers to Hie turn she faded out of it. A peculiar feature of the running of both Mr R. A. McDonalds horses was that on both days they were favorites and led as far as the home turn, where they compounded. There is an old saying about the best laid plans* etc. This is \vha;t happened to the Voca people at Awapuni. The Stepson filly /liad bolted m at Warregate and beat Loolanter by a street. This was interpreted as gootl form and the WangaDhu owner, Mr Sam Woodhill, was going to put the usual tenner on her at Awapuni m the Karere 1-Jack Welter, m which she had the minimum, but bad luck came her way m the nature of a bad chill, ami she was unable to start at the meeting. However, by Hawera or Wanganui she should have thrown oft all the ill affects of the chill.

Himiiangi is getting no better as a jumper. I C. Jenkins did not ride a -winner at the M.K.U. meeting. Manawatu was distressful for punters, several of whom had very big losses. Teotace sfcill bleetls at the nose, and he is not likely to do much good m future. Leolanter is improving; with the racing he is getting, but liis game is not Hat racing. . ; The St. Hippo mare, Speciosa, is again m work at Marton, ' and will be prepared for winter : racicg. Magneto developed a bad cold at Falmerston North last week, and she was uaable to start on either day. Moree was" offered for sale- at Palmerston North on Thursday, but failed to find a buyer at the figure asked. The horses purchased by j. McUombe at the. Manawatu sales m December last were shipped south during the week. Lothair still goes fast for a mile over the bobs, and then he stops as if he had been stuck to, the heart with a knife. The litigation' over the ownership of Mart on has been quietly settled, and the disputant received 200 guineas for a:s share. The Welcome Stakes winnot, Danube, has finished his racing career this season, and will now go into comfortable winter/ quarters. ' Miss -Sylvia, who showed promise m the summer, has left J. Sullivan's Ashhurst stable, and is now- trained by her "owner at Pahiatua. 1? ' ■■■'■' Nightmare, though a winner, is a very poor hurdler. For such ; a well bred one it seems remarkable that she should be such a failure on the turf. R. J. Mason is taking two horses to Hastings next week. Lady Reina is engaged m the 2-yr-old events, and Perls Dor m the open handicaps,. . . Flitaway has become so unreliable tnat it is doubtful, if her owner will persevere further with her, and next season she will probably be retired to the stud. John is a perfect jumper, and quite recently little Cress put him over .a post and rail fence with pnly v .a halter on. He will warm them up m hurdle races later on. '■ ■ ■'■;■■ ' - . ■ ' .■ - . .;■- ( '.'..'' ".'•'.-■ : Miss Alba, a good lookiog 3-yr-old > filly by Kilcheran, attracted favorable attention at Awapuni,- and should be heard of later. She is owned by W. Holmes, of Bulls. , Trainer T. Lloyd handed over Equitas to P. Tilley after the Trentham meeting, and at AVapuni last .- week he . received Amprosian m exchange., It was a good swop— for Tilley, i; . ...,-.. • The • Manawatu! Club would do well to consider the. advisability of ' patting '■■. on open hurdle races instead of the hack events which at present dp duty on tbeir autumn programme. ' ' ■ ■ • It was bad policy not taking Longner to Awapuni, as he could ;,b,ardly have missed winning the double. 'T Here was nothing to beat arid ' nothing to jump. " What more could a green horse want ? ; The piEJbteat against .Pikopp. on, tne. second, day ai; Awapuni was... a, most frivolous affair, and the stewards did quite, right m dismissing it, .though why they isadk. so long about it is a mystery, , / • There is every probability of the steeplechaser Tilsbn- "shortly finding his" way into a Hutt stably and Wanganui steeplechase "'*fcime will -again find him ' at :the starting post and out m front for a ■bit. ■ ■'■. ■ ■•- ■■ : ■■■■■■■ ■■ ■■ ■_■ ■■• ■' ■ 1 Waianki", jrixo has, been . winning Braice- ; let events, is beii'g| ' schooled at Mar/ton, and,"tnough hc ; is no great shakes as a fencer, he may ■'improve, enpugh to win races, as be is built the right way, and looks to be up to weight, carrying. G-uitling Step, when doing his preliminary before tho seven furlong, back race at. Awapuni on Wednesday, attracted, favorable attention by the resolute manner ] m. which Ire moved, but m tttc race ne would not try a yard, axrd ran BKe a "yellow cur." > . . A well-known Oamaru buyer recently offered 800 guineas .for Penates. It is un- ".: dersfcood. that the ?son; of ■ Ruenall . was : wanted for the "stud, but, as Mr Paterson contemplates :. a • trip, to Randwick with him m the^ spring, he would not entertain the offer. , ; \ ■•.--.. . Stewards would dp' 'well to weigh m all tbe starters after sortie of the races. A favorite got- ''stoushea I at Awapuni 'last: 1 wieeic, ana it is said that it was" carrying about 211 b more than its correct weight. Wideawake stewards could mid these matters out and deal with the offenders. Mentiip, though a trifle, lucky, ran a splendid race m the Lpngbum Handicap, and at tbe finish he galloped as true as steel. . liis owner, Mr ,BL Spratt, was present to see him win, and as he . invested : largely and lie " I price was a good ! one, he: would has* , no i reason to regret making tbe trip. ; : The starting of Mr. Cj O'Connor contributed m do small degree to the increase m the totalisator turnover . at Awapuni, as owners and the public, were not afraid that t&eir .horses would :• be left. Tho appointment referred to was one of : the very few sensible things that the Manawatu Club have done. ... Followers of the Highden stable had' a right royal time of It at Awapuni, when the little man "from Wapping Lodge turned out four winners at prices m the regions of 10!s. Price was heartily can- i gratulated on bis success, and the wine spilt would have served the- hospitals m Palmerston north for twelve months. The Auckland owner, Mr F. Ross, accompanied by his ' trainer, R. -Hannon, visited Woodville on Thursday to have a look at • G-|erigowrie. Tne , Soult horse has been under offer to Mr Ross since the New Plymouth meeting. Itis understood that, as a result of the trip, the stallion will shortly take up new quarters m the Tauranga district. Pikipo actually -won a race at Awapuni, but he was not allowed to take ii m peace, and had to undergo toe ordeal of a protest for boring. The stewards quickly , decided it m his favor, and to the. ordinary observer it. did : not look as if they could possibly da anything else, though,! there was a little money changed bands on the result. King Soult ran so badly m the Haoawatu Stakes that the owner was mystified, and wired for the Auckland horseman, Phil Brady, to come down for t&e second day ; however, the latter did not get the message m time to catch the express. The services of C. Jenkins were then sought, but as he could not ride under 8.3, it -was decided to scratch him. Supporters of Ascaicon got a severe check on both days at Awapuni, when Mr McDonald's chestnut failed to materialise. On the first day bis rider was uneasy on him after going two furlongs, though he kept his head m. front till the home turn was rounded. The second day tie ran iruch better, and plainly the gallop had vfts-ipened him ' up, but he was again defeated at the death. Apropos of the purchase of a halfshare m Vice-Admiral by Mr G. D. Greenwood, it may be mentioned that the Stead Bros, offered to dispose of their throe two-yr-olds, viz., Sunburnt, Crown Derby; 1 and Vice-Admiral. However, the first two would not fill the bill, inasmuch as they are not m the A.J.U. Derby, and this is what the southern owner wants Vice-rAdmiral for. .Nowadays, on the principal racecourses iiiL Victoria, bookmakers doing business are required to undertake to lay the ottds to' a fiver before tieiag granted « license. This ; is, a , move m .ths rigiit direction, and *shouid be copied here. Some of the lolly fielders roar but S to 1 a horse, and when an o.wner : .comes along and Wants to. invest £5 or £16 on his horse, he-;, is told he can 1 have the odtls to »t>s, i or, perhaps &1. Backets wouW be plc&swl Yfrere such-. » rule to ;*otue into force io New 1 Zealand, . .- •" ■ " J

Weights for Marlborough are due today. The N.Z.-bred horses Soultline and Master Delavai both won races quite recently m India. r Pikipo "vvas the only Hawke's Bay owned horse to gain distinction x% tho M.R.v<J. meeting. The Rait, by the Possible fuona Lifebelt, won the Ararat Oup In Viotoria . eariy this month. , The ex-N.Z. rider, Jno. McGregor, has jaccepted a retainer to ride for Mr JBJ, Manifold m Victoria. It is quite on the cards that one of our most prominent horsemen Will shortly take up his residence m India. A lot of money that was won over San Lass at Trentham was returned to the bookies when she failed at Awapuni. When being schooled at the Hutt last week the Birkenhead gelding Miscast overreached, and a badly-cut tendon was the result. As a two and three year old Prince Foote has won m stakes £15,377, including the AilOO trophy added to the Melbourne Cup. ' Ambrosian ran her best, race for a long ' time m the Longburn Handicap, and the ' way she finished suggests that she is returning to form. : A Feilding owner has leased a 2-yr-old filly by San Fran from Ngaio. The-., youngster is the property of Mr fcri' v." Pearcc of Patea. ■ \ '. „r The Wellington horseman, H. Ga'irns, left for Australia last week, where he has an engagement to ride the bbrse^'''' trained by; D. J. price: .;".' . ' .-;; •-.-;» Jockey Deeley has only been reinstated a little over a week, but he is not letting the grass grow under his leet, and already he has steered three winners. '- At Ellerslie, F. McManemin has a full v -, sister to Dolores m work, but, judging by her efforts m public, she will never be as good as her sister. She is named Haurabi. . • A couple of the high-priced, yearlings recently purchased at the' Randwick sales have taken it into their heads to snufiit. They evidently preferred being dead early. . ; v. It is the intention of J. H. Prosser to give Lady Medallist, a spell, . but the* Sft. Alwynne mare has been entered for the Maryborough meeting, and may yet -make the trip. i .. .; Though trainers are continually. grumßling about the scarcity of boys, itie price of feed, etc, and asserting there is nothing m the game, still none of them turn it- up. \ The Tommies will long remember the last Manawatu meeting,, for at it they scored all along the line, and gave tne punters the worst gruelling they have had for years. Taka, who won the four furlongs hack race at Papakura on Saturday, is a pony gifted with a lot of pace, and before appearing on a racecourse, had won several races at polo sports meetings. "This is a funny game," said an pb'^ server at Awapuni. "When you lose ypSj lojse, and when you win you lose." 'is&, reference was to a horse that;, had wtSr; a race when palpably a non-trier. **'^ % Cyreae, who is now owned and. trained; by T. Brown at Hawera, and who wasi; racing at Avocdale last week; .is to.M;. kept m Auckland until the conclusion of? tie Takapuna meeting next month. . .'.-.&' The Sou' Wester gelding,, Ngarurohe^ which W. Keith took to Melbourne sometiifie ago, and has run prominently there' oh several occasions, was to be offered? for sale at Flemington on Monday. ":^ That good filly Emblem, going out'-ja^ any old price m the Karere Hack Welter" at Awapuni, landed that race from another rank outsider m Leolanter. i The favorite Ascalon finished out of a plac^,,-..-The travelling Lares had to -Neison ! will do the black, fellow.. goo£ r^s^ji£^willj~_as4.' - sist.to ijuieten Mm ,dowa. When being 1 , shipped on the wharf he reared and fell, over, but no damage resulted from r the fall. \ . i&sG When Mozart fell with U. Uress m '^g Avondale Steeples, it was first thoiu'ghy that the rider had escaped injury, but onfurther examination m the evening it wag; discovered that his collarbone had besif broken. ■ -• . porando, mA. Ellingham's Hastings stables, is turning out a 'good jumper. 1 over fences, and will be useful later „3iiin hunt club steeplechases, when the son, of the popular owner-trainer will ".take charge of the steering gear. .. ..,,- Most likely C. Jenkins will have tie mount on Merriyonia m the Hawke's Ba^ Chip. The presence of the crack jockstet on ttis back of the Merriwee mare, wiM' not tend to make her pay the limit, but that will not weigh with' the owner, M¥ James, who is one ol the few sports wh<r do not trouble about the price. " • ■*>*■£ Mulga Bill was working well on - $$ tracks pxior to the Manawatu meeting"; and on the morning of the races, he was as good as Mendip m a brush over foW furlongs. After the latter had won tBJ| big^ race, it made Mulga Bill out as '^a| moral m the Woodhey Hack' Handicap^ and several good Judges had solid wiris over his success. . v : ■ „.'-,T<! . After Hector Gray had firtished riding' at Avondale be went on a week's sh'MTfc ing expedition, and missed the I au-nctra meeting. He was offered plenty of rid' ing at the lastrnamed meeting but rer fused it all, as he has written the country meeting off his list. Reason of this. was bis suspension by this club some three years ago. ... The concluding event at tbe Manawatu meeting : was contested by only four run. r ners, but vit resulted m the best finish of the meeting, and the quartette finislied k a line. Young Reid, who rode the winner, got a very lucky run .through on the rails, and had it not been for this his mount would have finished fourth, and Bpurrasque would have won. r Te Arai and Capitol are already m the boom for the Auckland Nationals, and some people say the lirst-nained will win the double. This may be, but how is be going to get round Ellerslie when he runs off at the simple fences on the Avon? dale course ? It has been said by some disappointed punters that be was badly ridden by J. Dcercy. "Spearmint" does not agree with this, though he admits Deerey rides better on some days than on others. For instance, on the coupluuing day of the O.J.U. National meeting be was seen to much better- advantage on Scotty than on the middle day: A well-known Wellington sportsman^ and a mau well able to judge, who is at present revisiting Auckland after niaqy years' absence, writes an interesting letter to this scribe, m which he discours'ep on racing m the north. Inter alia, he says, "Racing has improved out of all knowledge here, and - the wholesale disqualifications imposed by the several clubs have got the jockeys m such a blue funk that they will not even look round m a race. As for getting a boy to stop a hoise— such, a thing is next door to an impossibility." The correspondent visited the Avondale and Papakura meetings, and at neither -place was there any sign of a "joke. ' There were 41 perwiilers operating at the last-named meeting, and they, had the time of their lives, as not a favorite scored on wie day. while the lowcsl-priced winner was well over the .limit paid by .S.P..merchants. Sir Artegal was favorite m tho Papakura Cup, but be ran stones below his best form, and Lady Dot, who has won no less than sixteen races at country mcclinps, has just about had enougfc «if it, and wants spelling. Tbe Great .Northern Hurdle winner. Bully, w^io has b«*n turned out .since last, is to be brought m at one* and prepared f»r the winter season. He will, of wwrw-., be unable to rw» at T*Ka»una, and perhaps net at the El'^rshc meetiflg, lint Yruhtbain the fcllowing month ami Riccartvn sfceaid fina him at tba »o«&»" • ••" -