NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 299, 18 March 1911, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Masterton Cup next week. Captain is m the private sale list. Vi ran very badly m the Dannevirke Cup. • . .".' \! There were some rough hacks i*ac-. ing at Dannevirke. . ■' ' i ' -.' ' JLovell is back again at Porirua, and looks well after his spell. Milleiiial finished a long way back m both her events at Dannevirke. Tribulation has proved untrainable and has been sold to go to the stud. Well backed horses 'weVe to the fore at Dannevirke on"* "the opening day. .Horses trained on the west, coast of this island scooped. the pool at Dannevirke. itapu broke a blood' vessel when contesting ihe hurdles on the second day at Dannevirke. The Parisian, winner of the Australian Cup, was ridden by the exiSlew Zealander, Cyril 13olton. Ascalon, ridden by C. Jenkins, was favorite on both days at Dannevirke, but Tigerine defeated him each time. All Trumps made a bold showing for a time m. the Hack Welter at Dannevirke on the opening day, but did not see it out. The locally-owned Abercold is a rather striking looking 2-yr-old by Sir Dove from Floradora. As a yearling had his jaw broken, and is as y \. backward. Our Queen is not turning out as g-ood as her relatives who raced before her. Plainly, Birkenhead does not suit Indian Queen, and ttfe nick is not likely to be repeated. Tigerine had not done much on the tracks prior to the Dannevirke meeting, but she easily accounted for the Open Flying on both days. It is her owner's intention to give her a run at Hastings and then spell her till the spring. ■ . ; • Judging by the manner m which she shaped at Dannevirke, Avauncee is a bit too green to back with any degree of confidence yet. However, there is no douibl as to her pace, and as she is rapidly becoming seasoned, she should soon be worth following.

Mr J. Corry, owner of Beacon and Bracken, paid a flying visit to "Wellington last week.. A cable message received -on Tuesday ■... from . F. McGrath stated that Lady .Medallist'- arrived .safely, at Sydney. . "' ...;-. C. Jenkins decided not > to- make the journey to Australia to ride. Lady A Medallist m her - A. J^Cj, cnr gagements. Jackpin had lightened up a good deal between Wanganui and Danne-. virke meetings. It would not have taken much to beat him. The owner of Sinapis was . not present to see his filly win at Danner virke, and Trainer , H. Fletcher ap-. prised him of the result by urgent wire. One day last week Makara (fullbrother to St. Toney) was purchased |by a patron of A.. J. Shearsby's stables, and is not trained with Floater. Throtigh Marton (who ran fourth) not weighing-in on the second day at Dannevirke, Mr T. Cameron (owner of Te Whetu) got first and third money. -'":■■' Avauncee ran out. badly, m both her races at Dannevirke, arid defied the efforts of Ben'Deeley to keep her m: In the vernacular of the sports", "she has no mouth." Some hot favorites were defeated at Dannevirke on Thursday; - A peculiarity of the racing was that the second favorite invariably/ won,: with first choice second. „.-,_ The people ;behind- : Toanga w.ent,.for a win at Dannevirke, and. the ''Tom--mies" ran for their lives*. As the little chestnut finished out of a : place, the layers missed a win- ' ; The presence of Lady Medallist' m the w;f.a. events at Randwick will' prove of great interest to New Zealanders, a number of whom will,nd doubt, journey across ito put it ori~ her. ■ '. - ./• ;-.:;: .-... :••■■.. - „;■; .-■-'- :.• ■ E; Murtagh has got rid' pi his aldermanic dimensions, and lately .'fie' took off over a" £jtone. Thi^s proved too much for him, arid he had to take to his bed J after the Darinevirke meeting." ■ ' "■ •' '■ ' ■•-• '.' " . Mr A. R. Durrani did not journey across from Blenheim to see his filly. Sinapis race at Dannevirke... Neither did Messrs Buick nor Douglas "prtt m an appearance to se6 t^eir representatives run.; .... . ' . Bayardo 'is fairly, rushed m Eng-r land by breeders, at the" somewhat' unusual fee of 301gns. His list for this, year filled -some time back, and not many subscriptions are remaining for 1912 or 1913. Allurement stopped very quickly at the finish of the Hack race at Dannevirke on Thursday, suggesting that the effort to catch Fond- Memory had taken too much out of her. In addition, she was moving short m hex* preliminary. .\ •...., The ex-New Zealand. : mare Celerity is a sterling animal. \ Last year she annexed the Oakleigh Plate, and this time acted as runnw-up m the" sanie race to Biairgouiv iVVitii the vwiriner out of the x'oad, Celerity would-have: had a soft snap. •:..-•■-. .- '-:■■■ The old adages "Horses- > for courses" was exemplified hi the case of Tigerine at Dannevirke. The Mer-' riwee filly won two races at the November meetingj since when she has failed to run respectably till last week, when she won a double on the same course. " ' "' : l Unlucky Apple Pie has once again tilled second berth, m a big handicap this time, the Australian Gupl : One New Zealand fielder had the nice wager of 1000 to 2 about Dearest^ Rose (Newmarket) and Apple • Pie (Australian Cup) both of whom were placed second. . • '. '"'J-~- • • Waikaraka seemsto have one .short rim only,! arid that wants, husband-: ing till over the last fence. : The Waiuku gelding changed Hands again last week,, this time for. a consideration of £40. He is now trained by William Kirk, who a150 "... has -".' Missl Sylvia m his care. . \. "... , . The late Harry Yeend, whose death was recently announced from \Ticr toria, was for many years a promi.nent figure m New Zealand racing circles. He owned King Philip, Rory O'More, and others,, and ran the pair named m the Dunedin Cup won by Pungawerewere. St. Bryde, a iight-framed. filly "by j St. Ambrose from "Waiongaraora, was m the boom at Dannevirke, and was supposed to have run three, fdrldrigs m nothing .or thereabouts on the Hastings tracks. In the' race She showed no pace, and was a long way behind the placed horses. ;;;.. ;: \. Sinapis wasi the most forward of they 2-yr-olds. that raced-_ at Danner virke. She ran two good'races> victory resting .with ._her. .on the first day. It looked as if she was unlucky to niiss the . Juvenile Handicap," m which she- got carried out very wide by Gold Bond and Our Queen. V , . ■."/■'' Deeley was put up- on Fond Memory m the first hack race at Dannevirke, and W-. Holmes expected : him to run well, but he could never go the pace set by Allurement,.- although he jumped out well. .The next day he ran much better, and ..nearly brough off a surprise m Floater's race, m which he was unlucky not to win. .; "*".... "'. .. Jackpin is invariably slow. to find his feet m races, and on -this account he is usually takeii to the putside of the field. W. Ryan tried an experiment on him at Dannevirke by taking him into No. 1. He began smartly, and though Ngakau and Waitoke were with him for a furlong, he then shook himself clear and was not again headed. Mr R. E. Harley was a vdsitor to the DanneiVirke meeting, and left for Sydney last Friday. He has been appointed, to act as starter at the Ashburton meeting next month. ''Bob" Harley was formerly a successful rider on the flat and over fences. He rode Slow, Tom to victory m the Winter Hurdles at the ofd Hutt course, and some of the professional riders standing on the ground, objected to the gentleman rider being put up m a race not confined to amateurs. x It was generally considered - that Fond Memory, and not Floater, should have won the Mangatera Hack Handicap on Thursday week. He was going well and had a commanding lead at the distance, but the little chap who rode, him was of no'" assistance to him "at the finish, and when Oliver, on the favorite, appeared to be coming, the. youngster drew his whip and let go his mount's head. The Merriwee gelding stopped, and could only struggle past the post a length behind the favorite. . .'.

Llanwern is coining on fast, and could win a mile race now. s Katua has been leased by S. R, -Cooper, who formerly raced Sir Artego.l. Tina Toa looks more sound now than h<e has done for. some considerable time. . ■'■.■■•■ Ruaparaha and Teotane ran best of • the raiik and file' m the Danrievirke Cup. S'tourton has any amount of pace, ' but he is a sour brute that will not do best. The Soult pony, Hopscotch, formerly m Auckland,, was amongst the winners m India recently. A> Jot of puntgrs were bar bound after; Lethean had downed the favorites m the concluding event at Dannevirke. Icel put m good work at. the 'finish of his Danneyirke races, and it sho*uld not be long before he is knocked into a bit of shape. After Masterton next week, there will be a respite from racing for a week. . . After . this, Awapuni will claim the attention of backers. The' Dainnevirke Club worked a 10s totalisatpr ort the first ' day of the Cup meeting, but it was not m operation on the second day. Why ? Mr W. Donald, of Foghili,-owns a yearling colt by Elevation, from a mare by Gipsy King— Polly (dam of Aboriginal), that is well spoken of. > Mr J. Tocicer got a bai-gain when he secured Livonia for breeding purposes for 150. guineas. He refused that amount for her filly by Achilles. . "Snowy" Lonergan intended to give ■■■•his filly ,S -Blue Lake? -a run at the Dannevlrke meetihg,'; ' but- - she went sdre, and had to be -left at home... •.-....; ■ * Bacfceps axe , now turning" their . attention to the Easter and Autumn double at Christchurch next month, but "until".' the weights appear not much business will 'be done. To secure: the services of H.: Gr-ay, the owner of Passive, put up 121 b overweight m the: Autumn Handicap, at Dannevirke. "Truly, this is mak-. ing .handicapping a farce. . Starter Angiig Keith left f pr the' West Coast on' Tuesday, where he officiates at the, Westport . (for. -the ■ first time), also Greyanpruth; Reefton, Kumara .and Hokitika meetings. . : . Moree was running on-.: well; at the end of the March Handicap, on Thursday, and had she been better placed, m the earlier part of. the race, she might have troubled .Tigerine. Tawhaki is again m work under J McCoihbe's guidance at Wingatui, andy if the weights suit, the son of Mehschikoff will be given a run at the Southland meeting on April. 5 and 6. ' ■ ' : ... A. Whittaker is now leading H. Gray for the premiership of flat .ipekeysf. In the jumping .class, W. Young has. already won the. gold watch,;; and is, adding to .his score each week". : <; ; , . • On Broadsword's good 7 finishing run "iii- the"- All Aged Stalces at Ffemihgt.on on °M6nday, he should be a pbssb m the • Doncaster Handicap, out, tlien, the weight he will receive may. alter' kalkerlations. However, the New 3 Zeyander is well- up to a bit o' puddin'. 7 ' r " ■ - The will o£ the late - Mr- W. . W. Bailey directs that his horses m training shall be. spld, and the proceeds distributed by his wife for the relief of the poor m the county of Limerick. Mr Bailey, left a vast fortune, which he accumulated out of rubber- planting. . . .:: • " : ; .ReceJßitlv "at".: CalcVitta (India) , A. A?- Apcaiv secured "the Merchants' Plate with Lawn Saiidl He appears to . have a'imbytgage oh this event, as Lawn Sand made the eighth horse owned .by ..him to win that, event. It's like Pick Mason and the Hbyal Stakes ,qX Auckland. ;. . •Gh account of the palpable shortness he displayed when doing a canter prior to "the Juvenile Handicap on Thursday, several wiseacres stoott - off : Rangiatua, • but it pust only be his usual action when going slow, for m the race there was no sign of anything like soreness. The- dams of the three place-get-ters m. the Australian Cup . are all descendants of Musket. The Parisiepne(dam. pf the. Parisian.) ■is v a daughter of Trenton ; Praleen (dam of . Apple 'Pde) was got; by Grafton, from P/iecrust, by Martini, Henry ; and.Ardea (dam of Diabolo) is one of Wallace's get. ■ . There are two matrons named iSTereid at t°e stud m Australia. The dam of.. Achjilles is by Galdsborough r^Sea : Swallow, imported daughter daughter of See Saw. The dam of Aur6fediina".(who .finished fourth m the Australian Cup), is by imported Splendor' (who raced successfully m the late Mr G. G- Stead's colors m the Old Country) from Nardna, by Grand Flaneur (from imported Dcvii). . , Two. of the progeny of Bobadil finished first and third m the Australian Cup. The same day the champion racehpi'se and successful sire went under the hammer for 2300 guineas. When Bobadil-'s racing career closed he was offered to a breeder m this island for 500 guineas, but the; purchase Was not completed, and a great bargain ' was missed and stallion lost to the Dominion. . /,]': .'':".'' ';""'

Gold Bond 3s unlucky enough to be always m a place, btit does not land a stake. Astraea has a lot to learn about the jumping business, and^£he .spoilt "Bronco" Coleman's winning average by her, two poor displays at Dannevirke..