NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 309, 27 May 1911, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Otaki next Saturday

Weights for Otaki are due to-day

Miss Advance ran two fair races last week.

Tetikura should have been a winner at Hawera.

The Great Northern Hurdles will be run next Saturday.

Te Roti is to be sent to, Otaki, and will be ridden there by C. Jenkins.

Ambergris can be bought for a century, at which figure he would be dirt cheap.

Auratus is as big as a draught horse and can have little prospect of success a l Ellerslie.

Topic, a half-sister to Volume, by Campfire, made her appearance at Hawera, but she did not show up.

The failure of Merry Lawn m the Ladies' Purse at Hawera, brought much grist to the mill of the bookie chaps.

No mistake was made with Mulga Bill at Hawera!, and Goddard's black gelding was m front from the barrier rise.

C. Jackson was a bit out of luck with his team .at Hawera, where Bonnie Lasd and Con the Shaughran secured minor places.

Old- Clemency had three runs at the Egmont meeting,, but he .showed no pace at all, and on that form could not win with minimum imposts. '

- Fuketotara was well backed by his owner* for the first day's hurdle race at Egmont, but he jumped badly and was a beaten horse half a mile fi*om home.

Though the rain spoiled matters on the second day, the Egmont Club nevertheless had a most successful meeting, and will be able to show a good profit over the fixture.

Tetikufa will yet justify the high opinion has owner, and trainer have always had of him. He has grown into a beautiful horse, and is more like a Multiform than Advance-

After her performance on the second day of the Egmont meeting, it looks as if Gay Lawless has got to have the track and everything else m her favor or she will not do her best. '**'■;

Sylvia .Park seems ( to get horses all shapes and colors. One of his stock racing at Hawera was Sylvania, a grey filly, the property of Mr Bremner, the well-known Waverley sportsman.

Trainer Attwood promised Wallace Young that if he schooled Captain Bell he' could ride him m his races, and' the youngster will make his first appearance as a hurdle jockey at Otaki next week.

The Auckland crack jockeys, A. Whittaker, was as quick as and a hit quicker at the barrier than most of the boys opposed to him at Hawera. Invariably his mounts were m charge over the first few chains."

Starboard, who ' cost bis owner a deal of money last year, made some amends by taking the big race at Hawera on . Wednesday week. His win was a fluky one, and the Daystar gelding is not of much account.

Waterworks' was well backed m both his races last week, but he made no showing worth speaking of. On the first" day he hung out badly, and on Thursday he could' not go the pace, though he was putting m some good work five furlongs from home.

Zante .had a large following on both days at Hawera. He finished second, to Euroco on the first day, after appearing to loaf badly over the first mile. The second day he was up with the' leaders m the early part, but could not see out ,the distance.

It would be a brave man who would dare to say which horse will start f avorite 'm, the Hack Hurdles at Otaki. At ' the present time several horses are supposed to be going to gave National performances at Otaki, and their connections are threatening to put bundles of money on them. " '

The WaMki— Daffodil . colt. Mortite, was backed with much confidence for the Telegraph* Handicap, m which he finished third, a head behind Ambergris, after getting a very bad run.. r His showing quite justified the 'support he received, and he may be 6. winner m the near future.

Secretary J. Turton, of -the Egmont Racing " Club, occupied the position of tinie-keeper on the second day of last week's gathering, and judging by his complete knowledge of ticking the gallops it lo^ks as if •he must have been a trackwatcher m the early mornings on many occasions.

Eight tickets on Axis at Hawke's Bay last week, a Maori one, a Chinaman four, and four ; , Europeans. Not bad. The Chow was was safely carted- home m a cab under the wing of the law. History doesn't say what happened to the other five, though the Maori would probably get speechless. Good luck to him' if he did.' ""

A paragraph has been going the rounds of the press lately, m which a Southern writer gives Los Angeles the palm for the best gelding m the Dominion. The said paragraph duly -found its way to Hawke's Bay. It was too much for the "Barb? v however. In reflecting on the statement he writes, "Evidently they think Bobrikoff is a mare."

A horse that created a favorable impression -at Egmont was Patrolius, on whom a lot of money was invested on Thursday. He showed a lot of pace m the early part of the race, hut got into the last three fences and just struggled boni e m second place a head m front of Euroco. The bay horse Will be racing at Ellerslie next week and may win a hurdle race before the close of the meeting.,

Sam Pan, a four year old gelding by San Fran— Waikaha, brought off a surprise m the Ladies' Purse at Hawera, m which he paid a big dividend. He is a fine stamp of a horse, and the following day he gave further proof of his worth by again scoring -Iv different company. His owner wanted to get rid of him before the meeting, and it "reported' that £30 would have bought him, but it would take several times that amount to get him now Tie is one of Oney Cox's team, and is owned by Mr J. pawson, who used to rac«- Stay •).■>/}»

There are a few shrewdies waiting to be on Gold Circle.

A few hard heads were whispering Maniton after Hastings. Clomora has gone wrong, and it will be ' some time before he will race again. The failure of Avaunce at Hawera was vory costly to followers of J. Fryer 'a stables. It is said that Auratus can jump country as well as the next best, and already he has done a season's hunting. I Unlucky Haku ran yet another second last Saturday when he chased Ruatangata home m the Maiden Plate at Takapuna. The time put up by Gay Lawless m the Tawhitli Scurry at Egmont, viz., 1.2, was the best recorded on that particular course.

Captain Jingle has been tried over country and has fenced well. He will be useful m the hack steeples at Hastings and Napier next m,onth.

The useful Coronetted, who has had a nice spell, is again up and doing. He had a couple of races at Hawera, but did not show his old form.

Mulga Bill was a dead snip for the Mcßae Memorial Handicap at the Egmont meeting, and the opposition to the black gelding was very weak. '

Lethean made his first public appearance over hurdles at the Egmont meeting on Wednesday week, and acquitted . himself well, though he did not get into the money.

Smilax had done no fast work prior to the Egmont meeting, and those who were aware -■ of this had a good win on him when he defeated Gay Lawless on the second day.

Sam Pan, who won a double at the Egmont meeting, has not been up long, so it Is only reasonable to expect that he will make further headway and do credit to his high breeding.

The form shown by Con the Shaughran at Feilding fully justified backers m selecting him to win the Mahaia Handicap, m which he beat all but Starboard. His backers should soon be re-imbursed by him.

After the good showing of Puketotara at Feflding it was not surprising to find his party putting a lot of money on him at Hawera. but he finished out of a place and is clearly not as good as was supposed.

At the conclusion of the Hawke's Bay meeting Eiya was sold to Mr H. Syonons, a brother to Lord Soultfs owner, for £150. The Mahaki gelding . is ■• all right up to li miles, but after that his broken bellows trouble; him,.

An apprentice who is , working his way to the . front is H. Griffiths. The younster had several rides at the Egmont 'meeting, and acquitted himself well, though he did not succeed m saluting the judge. As he teeems to be a well-balanced youngster his prospects are good.

The Hack Hurdles at Hawera on Wednesday was run m 2.49, and was won by Euroco from end to end. The Euroclydon gelding won like a champion, but a rise of 19Ibs, combined with the heavy going, stopped him on the second day. He is a good game sort, and should not be long m hack company.

Strategist, who had not had a race for nearly two years, made his re-appearance, last week, and showed form good enough to suggest that he will be. an early winner. His owner was asked to put a price on him after- the race, but he did not care to do so, as he intends taking the handsome bay gelding to Australia very shortly.

; The winner of the Hurdles at Hawera on Thursday week proved to be old Mallet/ who is taking kindly to the jumping game, and may turn out very : useful at it. The soft going . suited: the old warrior, who was able to hit outi'freely m it, and as there was not much to jump he .was not troubled over the last half mile, and won rather comfortably.

Clemain hady done well m her schooling work at Wanganui m company with John, "and on this form the black mare was quietly fancied for the Hack Hurdles at Egmont on the opening day, but after being m the leading division for about a mile she dropped out of it. She kis now trained by W. Rayner, and 'may win a race In secondclass hack company.

Mallet stepped out for hurdle honors at Hawera last week, and m his second effort he scored. The first day he hung out badly and covered more ground than anything else m the race, but put m a good finishing run and got fourth. The second day he seemed to be quite at home m • the heavy going, . and was a winner half a mile from home. The rading will sharpen him up, and he should not v be long m scoring again.

Gaby showed good ' form m .the Waihi Handicap, m which she started a good favorite, and won easily. Luke Wilson had her m behind tall the turn,' where he let her/ go, and the Menschikoff mare spreadeagled the field., Seeing that recent winners m Silver Bullet, Stevens, and Bay Paul were behind her, the form is worth remembering. Her poor showing on the second day, when well backed by her owner, was due to the heavy going.

Australian files last week brought particulars of the South Australian Autumn Carnival. The Victorian sportsman, who races as S. A. Rawdon (Dr. Synie, son of David Syme of the "Age") who won last month the Dconcaster Handicap with the New .Zealand bred Broadsword, took the Maiden . Plate with Salvator Rosa (Foundling - Rosamonde). Kalos, by Bundook (son of Carbine), beat a good field m the first hurdle race. The Dominion played a prominent part m the decision of the Goodwood Handicap of 500 soys., six furlongs. Musket Belle, by Pistol (son of Carbine, imported from England), won from the Waikanaebred Lord Kilcheran, with Braw Scot by Wallace (Carbine's best son 'm "Australia) third. The first and. third are owned by Messrs J. James and J. Rowen, the best known sportsmen m South Australia. Sir Rupert Clarke won the South Australian Stakes of 300 soys, seven furlongs, with the wellbred Tfidi (United States- La Carabine), who was ridden by Bobbie Lewis. The owner of Musket Belle also won the St. Leger with Lord A 1 wynne (by Lady Medallist's sire from Douiure).

The visiting horses have nearly all arrived at Ellerslie.

Backers had all the worst of'matters at Egmont, and all the money went into the pockets of a few.

W. Young will ride The Native m his Ellerslie eagagements, and not Paisano as was previously reported.

Jackpin was well up at the finish of the Tawhiti Scurry at Hawera, but he failed to get amongst the placed horses.

P. Johnson stripped Sandy Paul m great nick last week*, and the chestnut was equal to downing a hot favorite m Master Sylvia.

Glenfern is named after the Glenfern Estate at Bell Block, which was purchased by the Messrs Pitt bros. from the Hon. T. Kelly.

Another second has gone down to Piriwai, and m the last couple of months the Soult mare has not finished outside of the placed division.

J. H. Prosser is going to Auckland with his team of jumpers, who are to be ridden by H. Telford. The Otaki brigade from the Porirua stable will be looked after by C. Jenkins.

Sandy Paul, who won the Railway Handicap at the Egmont meeting, had not been successful for twelve months. H. Gray has only ridden him twice and has scored on each occasion.

W. W. Audry, . rider of the winner of the. gentleman riders' race on the first day. of the Hawera meeting, formerly owned Lethean. He is the Taranaki correspondent of the Christchurch "Press."

Mr W. Grace, owner of Gay Lawless, was present at Hawera last week to see his mare win. : The Wainui sportsman is one of the old school, and he -does not often, attend meetings these times .

Though she is an occasional winner, Bowbells lis only a . second-rater and more fitted for West Coast racing. Mr Bonnor's mare can go very fast if she gets to the front, otherwise she will not do her best.

The opinion that Stourton is unreliable was set at nought last week, when the half-brother to Kosella ran three good races. Like the rest of the Birkenhcads, the Gis-borne-owned gelding seems to relish the soft going.

Mr . Wanklyn took the trouble to cable to Adelaide about Lord Kilcheran being on the forfeit list. He did not know there was another horse of the same name down Martinborough way. Mr Harvey Patterson, who owns Menschikoff , is waiting for apologies from some of the Christchurch know-alls.

The substitution of Tate for the less experienced lad who rode him on the first day caused a lot*, of people to consider Patrolius a stonebroke cinch, but though he ran much better than ; on the first day at Egmont he had no chance with Mallet on the second), and was lucky to beat Euroco for second place.

As the day approaches the issue of the two big jumping events at Ellerslie becomes more confusing. At the time of writing the favorite selections for . the hurdles are Paisano, Wimmera, and The Native, while several of the lesser lights have been nibbled at. m the Steeplechase the chances of Pved McGregor and Sol are most highly assessed.

Afterthought ran a sterling race m the Mcßae Memorial Handicap, and Mr McGinn's mare seems now able to get a distance. Though she had no chance of beating the winner, the Merriwee mare would have been second had it not been that she was slow to move, and after that her rider rushed to the front and tried to wear down Mulga Bill for six furlongs..

Having shown an aptitude for jumping as far back as ■ March last, it is difficult to know why the pub-^ lie allowed Euroco to go out paying such a good price at the Egmont meeting on Wednesday. The Euroclydon gelding showed plenty of pace on the flat, and he won m the commonest of canters. He fenced boldly and cleanly,, and N. Williams, who rode Mm, must have had a very comfortable ride.

The Soult filly, Julia B, who when owned by Tommy Burns, was valued at something like lOOOgns for sale purposes, but who was sold at a considerably reduced price when Tommy quitted her, recently made good m Western Australia, where she is now racing, and won a welter event at Canndsig Park. Julia B is a half-sister to Annapolis, who was the champion of champions m the West, but whether she will ever be as good as her half-brother is extremely doubtful.

At Wanganui a couple pf seasons back, Mr A. W. Budge sent some of Bowsprit's progeny m the rough and let them go at hack prices. Euroco (Euroclydon) , winner of the hurdles on the first day of the Hawera meeting, is the first of the progeny of Bowsprit, who won the Sires Produce Stakes on the Egmont course mi n Mr Budge's colors. The Shannonowned South East, who competed unsuccessfully last season, is a full brother to Euroco, a year younger. There is a full brother, now fouryears old, and a three-year-old filly by Sir Laddo. These are the only progeny of Bowsprit, who died m 1907.

.Generally speaking it is remarkable how well the betting public successfully analyse the chances of the various candidates m Scurry Gelds ; and though there are often as many as twenty runners, the first and second favorites generally run into the places. An exception to the rule, however, took place at Egmont last week, when the machineshowed Jackpin, Piriwai, Tetikura and Smilax backed m that order, but a rank outsider m Gay Lawless took charge at once and won pulling up by — the dailies said — five furlongs, but if it was only five they were mighty long ones. Then the question is studied out it is easily understood why the punters are so successful. Take, for instance, the Tawhiti Scurry field. Of the fifteen runners placed m Starter C. O'Connor's hands, more than half of them had only one or two runs! previously. There is also the backwrrd-in-concHtion mob that are only b ig given a race to bring them into form, and as it often happens that another aple are known nontriers for a supposed good thing, the issue quickly becomes narrowed down. This, then, explains how m nine cases out of ten the totalisator correctly forecasts th«i result of the race.

Sam Pan, who ran three good races at Hawera, is owned by Mr J. Pawson, who used to race Stayboy. He is by San Fran from Waikaha (dam of Waiwhera). A full sister, a year younger, named Winlove, was sent to Victoria.

Mr R. E. H-arley, who has made a name for himself as starter m the south, is offering his services .to North Island clubs next season. He is fixing his fee at so much per day, and not taking on the "no start no pay" principle, like some of the new starters.

W. Clarke arrived from the south on Saturday with Mr Duncan Rutherford's pair of jumpers, Corona and Eurus. The last-named is becoming a well-known competitor at -North Island jumping meetings. Last winter he competed unsuccessfully at Hastings. Twelve months previously he acted as runner-up to Jack Pot on the second day at Wanganui. At tahe last-named fixture three years ago he finished among the unplaced division each day. The ClarkeRutherford association is getting an aged one. They were connected with the double win of Alraa and Knlnine m 1892.

Probably the best horse that ever won the Egmont Sires Hack Produce Stakes was Vedette, who went to India after racing m Australia. Mr F. H. Lambert, who bred Truganini, Miss Vera, and other horses, won the race with Otaio (Ha^re— Strayshot) , and Gipsy Queen (Gipsy King—Voltarina), the dam of Starboard (by Daystar), and Mulga Bill (by Merriwee), winner of the principal event on each day of the Egmont meeting last week. Like Gipsy Queen, Heartwhist (by Artillery— Loo) got plenty of racing at Egmont. One afternoon she ran second m a flat race and an hour and a half later ran second m, a hurdle race.

Mallet, winner of the hurdle race on the second iday of the Hawera meeting, is by Dan O'Brien's Malatua, the well-performed son of Malua — Emily Faithful, who sired a Caul-f field Cup winner m Maranui. Mallet is from Pauline, dam of two decent performers m Maharanui and Silva. Pauline was herself a successful hack along the West Coast, and competed m the- Hack Produce Stakes m the biggest field on record, when Evening Star won. It is not surprising that Pauline's progeny take kindly to the jumping business, as she was a **& sister to that good all-round performer Jenny, winner of the Hawke's Bay and Great Northern Steeplechases. '