NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 327, 30 September 1911, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Ireland is" very- fast:. . ■ ■ — ■■ There were' no fails at Otaki. •. • v Kina ;is*in the" private sale. list. .•; : The A.J.C. meeting- opens to-day.' ..,: Did you slight Full Rate at Otaki ? Progeny of Field Battery won two races at Otaki. . ,

Otahu was the only double -winner at Otaki. . -.•.-.-■:. •They won some over the victories of Otahu' at Otaki. Thetis looked very rough atOtaki, ana appears to be up no time. Adare is the first oi the progeny of Sweet Simon to - win. a. a-a.ce-Inviefa is a good double for Te Kahuranga, but on a smaller scale.. They made a great pot of TOmma m the Trial at Otaki, but she blew, out. They put it m on Gaelic on Saturday, and suffered defeat T>y a bead. The Achilles— The Shannon colt m the Porjrua stable is to be "known as Styx. Horses owned by Mr J. B. -McDonald 'won three races at the Otal 1 meeting. The common looking Otaim is considerably 'better than his appearance suggests. ' Whilst schooling a horse at Hastings recently Joe O'Conncll had a collar-bone broken. Inveran „ was ■ nearly securing another win last Monday, but Aurora carried too much. sail for hamAs was anticipated, the hurdler Oxton has gone wrong He has been fired and turned out for a lengthy spell. Morecambe is to be tried -at hurdle racing? and being a b'lg, ' strong sort he should fill-ilhe bill at that game, l ' ' Labor Day ought "to win at "ft averley on Labor Day. 1 The tip is strong* enough for the most sc2ptical , Though she can muster up a fair amount .:pf- pace, Fougaise is an indifferent stayer, and she tired to:nothing in 1 the Trial Plate on Monday. j Mi ft. H. Wanklyn, secretary to the C JC, was a recent visitor to ' Melbourne. IJo will be present at the A J G meeting, which opens at Randwick to-day., ' A Melbourne paper says "It is understood that, after racing at the A J 0 meeting, Lady Lucy, will be returned to New Zealand. The watchers at Flemmgton do not seem much impressed with her '• The Maiden Plate at Otaki resulted m a great fight between Adare and 'Our Queen, the narrow- margin by which the former won being due to the ime riding of TV. Youngt, who retains his form well The winner was bred by Mr G. F. Moore, off Kai Iwi, and was purchased at oniJ of his sales .; for 1 00 guineas. The first day's proceedings, at Otaki were carried through m bright, warm weather, and a good attendance turned out. On the second day, heayy lam iell early m the morning, and though it cleared up towards two o'clock, it i was too late then to be beneficial toithe club, for the damage, m spoiling the gate, was done. Deploy has not furnished much during the winter, and , still looks the same delicate sort she was as a three-year-old. However, she has improved' a lot, and at Otaki on Saturday she began very smartly m the Flying Handicap, and never ga\ c Te Kahurangi one and one for it The sucee&s of -Projectile came as a pleasant surprise after his poor showing at Marton On Saturday the Torpedo hor^e galloped m bold style, and , aided x by the mix- up at the start, , he r was able to win the race ITe naturally had -very few backeis, but nobody begrudged his straight-going owner his victory. St. Felix made a fair showing on the first day at Otaki, and it will not be surprising if Joe O'Neill picks up a race with Jus lecent purchase -very soon The St Ambrose horse is looking bigger and healthier now than he > did last season, so it should be only a question of a race or two for sharpening purposes The Awapiim tiained Kingswell cairied a considerable amount of com m the Maiden Plato at Otaki, i and though he hardly ran as well as was anticipated, he made a fan* showing He was considerably ham-« pered by the large field; but when he gets moie elbow room, and a longer journey, he 1 may exhibit form, good enough to win , Tho New Zealand 3-yr-old filly, ' 1 Peirene (Achilles — Bluewater) was probably somewhat unlucky ■■' to have been just , outpointed by the speedy Grist m the Tramway Handicap at JRandwick. As she was only m re;ceip't of 4tb from the 5-yr-old, it was a good performance on the part of the Maorilanderj whoT on last season's lorm, was not so good as Culprit, who has yet to sport silk m Australia. The &peedy Our Queen was all the rage m the Electric Hack at Otaki, and several- owners- considered il;< a beltei proposition to back her than their own hoises. W Young hud the mount, arid after going through the tapes several times he eventually got. Her out fairly well, and her speed quickly took her clear oi the-otheis She won very easily 'at the finish, , though the distance appeared to be quite fai enough for her. There was no litter horse racing at Otaki than Te Ru, whose pi esent -condition reflects the utmost credit on trainer Attwood. If the Birkenhead gelding would only run up to the , form he shows at home, be would have a chance m any race, •but like the most of this breed he likes, the, sting out. of the ground.. . Last- Monday he caught the .going to his liking, and jumping well and galloping freely he put paid to the account of the opposition m the hurdle race: . . The Southern . Jockeys who returned from Avondale after; the first day of that meeting tipped F.. D. Jones to win the programme on Saturday, as he had several choice mounts. However, as is often the case, the Unexpected happened, ' and "Jonah" couldn't catch the judge's, eye on a single occasion. . On. the contrary, the Northerners avenged their rout of the first day, and their star performer, Deeley, rode three winners. 'There is no doubt about the excellence o£ Deeley's horsemanship, and, moreover, he can go to seale I at a very handy weight—herides seven stone at a pinch. I-T e .is, cbming South for the Hawke's Bay 'meeting, and may then journey on to Blenheim, where he has been asked to take several mounts. At the. close of the Blenheim fixture he . will return to Ellerslie, but will be back again for the Wellington Spring, meeting. -..Owners- will bo ; pleased to hear Deeley's services are likely to be available at Blenheim, as" there has been a great dearth .of capable light-weight, .horsemen. at recent meeting's. - • _ '

' Light-weight jockeys were at a premium at Otaki. - Merry "Frank looked very rough at Otaki, and not nearly ready. Hastings Stakes and Hawke's Bay Guineas run next, Wednesday ; Royal Marine is now an inmate of W. Davies's stables at Trentnain. Several • top noteh 1 two-year-olds will bo running at Hastings next week. Brown Trout should be greatly improved by the racing he had at Otaki. Indra is iciy speedy, but like the most of the Henown stock she is. very cranky. Iranui has now a cleaner set of ,'legs than she has possessed for • a considerable time. Horses owned by Mr H. ■■Whitney were placed third on two occasions '<at Otaki on Saturday. St. -Bees ran two seconds at Otaki on Saturday. With any luck he would ' have won at his first attemptOur Queen has thickened out and .furnished a good deal, and she .promises to pay her way well this season. Vice-Admiral has been backed! -for the N.Z. Cup, so may be relied -upon to 'return 'here after the A.J.'O. meeting. Compliment did not do too well after Marton, and on this account was withdrawn from the Maiden Plate at Otaki. New Zealanders at present 'm Sydney have a high opinion of Flavimus, who they declare will be the hardest est J horse to beat m the CaulCeld Cup. Tho Maiden Plate was, as usual, the most popular event at Otaki. and no less than nineteen runners of oil shapes and siizes "went to the post. Trainers J. H Prosser and J. Lowe are leaving for Hastings to-day with Jan aud Evadne, .both of whom are to take part m the Hastings Stakes. Rill was, .produced at Otaki on Monday, 1 and her owner spilt a few pounds on, the chestnut mare, who did not look ready She was a poor third at the finish v Equitas is a big ' favorite for the Stewards Handicap' Every second guesser you meet "will tip the Advance mare to win the Stewards for tho second time. Miss Winsome still holds pride of place amongst the Auckland juvenil e s She was the" 1 boss two-year-old last season/ and looks like being the boss three-year-old this season Good moneys went on Floater"' for the President's Handicap on Saturday, but any chance he had was spoiW at the 'start through . overanxiety on the'pai't of his rider Golden Age is an extremely unlucky horse. He was again finishing faster than anything else m the Te Ilixni Memorial Stakes at Otaki, but, as usual, made his run all too late / Kingswell was heavily "supported by" his owner for the Maiden at Otaki, but though he was showing out prominently m the run across the bottom, bend, he faded out of it m the straight. Brown Trout v>as a marketablecommodity m the final event at Otaki, but he had no chance with Otahu, who did not cover quite so much ground m this race as he did the evening previous. ' It is understood that a fairly fatcoimnissiion was placed m the Empire City to siipport Adare, the the Maiden winner, at Otaki What a- shock the "Tommies" would get when they heard the price. < Septimus was sold at Otaki for 50 guineas. Tho Officer geldmg has the reputation of being unreliable, but perhaps a course of schooling would alter this. Tho baj- gelding ' should make a useful hurdle horse. Heavy rain fell at Otaki on Monday morning, and 'this militated largely against the attendance. The club .will-, not do much good over the meeting, as the special trains, which have to be guaranteed, did not pay. Monolmc was very unlucky m the Avondale Stakes, as when holding a good position she ran wide at the homo turn. On Saturday she evened things up with Monorail, whom she defeated when advantaged m weight to the ext-ent of'lOfßs The Masterton Club js calhng for tenders for its new buildings Plans have been prepared and passed by th e committee, and ity is hoped to have the new stand and 1 other buildings completed m time for the December meeting of the club The Flying Handicap at Otaki was a match between Deploy and Te Kahuiangi, and anothei second place was- recorded by the last named horse Tie looked very well, but I Deploy was always going as good as he, and the usual break did not "come his way. Erin was unlucky ..on both days at 1 Otaki. Consequent upon the. 'excellent run. she . put m the first .day, .. after getting away badly, heavy money went on her. on. Monday, but she and Deploy collided at the' start,-: and when they were straightened up, Te-.Kahu-rangi had won the race. ' ■ Commenting on the" form of the Australian jockey^ F. Woottbn, ' the London' "Sportsman" of a recent issue says :-— "ln connection with the doings of the ' leading winning jockeys during the past week,- the outstanding feature is the extraordinary success of F. Wootton. Cbming af the holiday season, it was just to the taste of that large body among: the public who i back his mounts; and though the. remarkable form ; shown at Sandown Park on Monday has not been repeated, the flow.- of '---the- youns jockey's good fortune has continued fairly strong, an tl at the, moment his score stands at 103 — a' useful figure to have reached with' such a considerable portion of' the racing season yet to run its course. Of Wootton's immediate rivals, Trigg arid Maher, there, is not. much to tell, the last-named has add- . c.d three, and as Trigg has had - a blank week his advantage shows a reduction to the same number of points,'. Trigg's 'total being ,70, and Maher's'67. Rickaby is a fairly good fourth,, with _40 wins .to. his credit, and " the .other riders who have , accounted for 3 0 rapes or over to. date are Saxby, Winter, Huxley, and Donqghue." It. is unC rstood : ; that "Vypotton concltide?, at the end of the present season, his engagement \ ' as first jockey to the House stables. ... . - - -

Marlborough weights are due today. Turna was placed -third m both his. races at Otaki. Nominations for the W.R.C. meeting close on Monday night. Melalogue looked too pretty at Otaki, and^ appeared- to want a race. Fangaasi has a bit of pace, but so far she cannot go more than half a mile. . ' Parewanui has all his last season's pace, and with a bit of time he will win again. . Brown" Trout is coming on fast, and can be ticked oS as a sure-win-ner very' shortly. , Backers had a pretty rough time of it at Otaki on Saturday, but they recovered well on Monday. ■ The N.Z. punters m Sydney are all broke. Will Lady Medallist and Vice Admiral get them on their feet again ? Melalogue was very costly to punters at Otaki, and her connections were quite at a loss to account for her poor display. Counteimme got caught m the tapes at Otaki, and when Droeison t^ot cleai the field was a fin long m fiont of him Abercold will not be a maiden long The Austi ahan-bred colt was slow to find his feet at Otaki, but he finished veiy stiongly Lady Volley ran ja feood lace m. Te ITiani Memoiial'at Otaki, but the *-Ti entham rnaie was no match for OtaEu at the weights. Thetis has apparently been up no time She and se\eral othei membeis of F Oarmont's team aie very much m. the iough at the piesent time Waiouiu scoied a long ovciciue wan foi S Medina on Saturday He was stopping to a walk at the finish but a little expenence will altoi tins J Fryoi thought Atu ora was sm c to win the Maiden at Otaki, but the Conqueior maie although she show ed a lot of pace, was outside the pJaced division St B»es paid a false price at the race he won at Otaki On all iecen+ form he should have been favorite, and on looks he was the only racehorse of the field. F Tillcy, the well-known Fordell Uainei, sustained a sad belea^ement last week b-y the death of bis wife The deceased lady had been ailing foi a consi dei aolo. time 0 O'Neill who stecied Waiouiu at Otaki, has a good recoid this ceason Up till Satuidav lie had had thiee mounts and two wins while m the othei iace his mount fell Aurora looks like coming- good this spring, though there was nothing of any note behind him at Otaki Still, J Frier's mare was always m a handy position, and won nicely m the straight Countermine is looking very well at the pi esent time and had it not been for the unfortunate? mix-up at the start of the Pies.dents Handicap, the Choke'boie maie \\oald probably have won Duge was very much on hei loe? before the stait of the Mficen Plate at the Otaki meeting T'eb rvenhead tilly despite this chosen t. lot ol pace foi thiec fuilong* iM could not go fu <rei Altei running three seco c>> Tfe Kahurangi got on the winruns L**, m Otaki on Monday Had uno t> ia for meeting with bad luck -s bamei, Deplo\ who r~^_ peril might have again beawi ti=- <Gjj&queroi geldmg In the opening e\e»t at C'.&i^ Turna got cut out lust o*^- > start and by this io*4 <-vr >1 lengths He put m »> * tr i acioss the bottom, out » c cc-^yivtVt sustain it and ,wp« n'ffr o^^r -la the run to the post The Waikanac owned Invict^ nice looking 1 ac\ colt ly*. Co* ni \ <.>r bioke his bndlo soor ru » t » -iv ~" of the Maiden at Qt ->VI .» ' t canng to ndc i ho>-^ »» "• iace without aln idle in* n^ jumped out 01 the siddlo Otahu won the opening- evoni * Otaki like a lacehoise lei 'i-w "» pounds hp aDpemert to iw--e*- 'i excellent chance m tho UeK" 1o c on m the day but his lidei co\ered a ver\ wide coui«e f ro t.tention need be paid to this , form. Accoidmg to some spectators who leit the lawn beioie tae list iau; Otaki on Seturda% ard -tood on tv bottom bend to the iseln -vcoi b-y them, it was onK b-v. n mi »«. c that they • escaped being: run ovcs~ by Otahu who was out a fix wide m the race m question, Voetgang was «?uppo^en to hn^e run louncT the Hns+uncrs tifu-k vi %oi\ fast time lust before the Otaki fixture. The way the San Fran mnrc finished certainly gave the impression that -had she left the mark smartly she' ■•" would have l>een hard to dispose of m the President's "■Handicap. 0 ■ Makara. got rid of. hfs rider just before the start of the Electric Handicap at Otaki, and, emulating the deeds of Gold Crest m the Stewards Handicap three years ago, he careered all over the place, and took fences and ditches, m -his stride. .; After a long delay he was recaptured, and then being warmed up, he ran a surprisingly good race, but was no match for Our Queen, who was a winner from a furlong upwards. For such' a well backed, horsox, even though the support was not justified on public form, Ebonite made a disastrous debut m the Hack Welter at Otaki. The big, brawny gelding did not jump oft with the others, but when he did get going he failed to improve his position, so that the bad luck at the. start practically; made no difference. A good deal of -money -was dropped over: him, and his owner and trainer were both at a loss to account for his poor showing*

Abercoed will repay backers for any attention they give him from this but. : St. Felix . ran on both days at Otaki, but this was. all that could be said about him. Mount Victoria got a bad kick at | the post on Saturday, and this did not j httlp him to gallop any better. Strathrnoira gallops a deal better than. 1 he jumps. He was well backed on Monday,', but: his poor jumping bea; him. ■"■■ • . Iriveran can jump well, and will win hack hurdle races. •He had his first .race.' on Saturday, and for a beginner shaped well. , - The. copious rain which fell last week -j- did- no harm to the Otaki tracks, which" were m perfect order for the Spring -Meeting. '" ■ . i Unhappy t tines' were experienced by backers ,at Otaki on Saturday. They were tossed about very badly, and then bank accounts showed a big dp preciation. Peotane looked a fiightcul wieck when he went out to ■ contest the Tluidlps at Otaki on Saturday He' staitcd blppJmg early m the race, a"d was pulled up Rongaman looked m gieat nick at Otaki, and C Pri^chajJ nas him m the condition of his life. The "Conqueioi geldirg looks like tne makings of a useful huidle hoi&e Cej-lon (Signalman — Tea Cacidy), a 3-yi-olii chestnut fllJv, the property of Mr II Whitnes made her first public appearance at "Otaki. She is only half reach, and ran accordingly With a horse like the brilliant Blairgom m the Epsom Handicap, the winner will have to lun a slick mile It's anjr odds on the Putuuty winner being out by. himself at the . half mile. Jim Gress went off bang about the treatment of . . Lady Volley on' the second da> of Otaki, and the populai Trentham owner is not likely to irusn the Maori meet'ng w ith manj dominations m futuie P Aleaghor is riding \erj well at the piesent time, and if ' Darkie Neale can keep him away fiom the porridge pot, the youngster, who is as sharp as a razor at the barrier, should earn good money, this season. Had Oiu' ; Queen left the mark anyway smartly m the ' Maiden on SaturJav she could not ha-\e lost The bay Jjllv was one of the last to move, but she put m «i wonderiul mn on the outride and appealed to ha\e the iace won but failed m the last few stndes, nnd Adaie beat her by a head Nothing mo\ ed bettei m the preliminary cantoi than Fiist Battery before the big race at Otak' on Mondp.}, yet backers _stood off^lhe pon^, and had the mortification of seeing him stroll, m and pa3 r a good dividend.' Ha is coming on witn e\rr\ aOe, anil both big races at Blenheim should bu within his grasp.-^ Scot's Fusilier was. pullr'ng double with a twent\ lengthi.' lea^i \ nen pass'nc iti" 1 Strrd the fi l st tjnie m the HurnVs at. Oti^i on "Mond^j nu v ""-^ cstn v oulJ not ci 'mi go as ih Ro\al Fos'her geld nj ft c -ss >-rv jacs.ji\ -Vltei a close ifia^si -r^ii i€ R-i J-'e was ont\ "■ ~r •< ~l»^_z.3 tcci n' his OJ'U -v. j-ir t.l O Jvi. Bye f>;;r\_ nts nothing I'll) r i£_ 0 " ir; - 11 «? 3 iric ma"cc ulli. 1* ■» Q.i_j - _ ~i< * >- . a ~^ "S^ -T J .»i-i r .«'»"• 1 wo/ JB3 Ebi l ~*» T ">■ -=■! r o.' I■* di. ctiir iun * - ""v ,- ~r -vint. i n «» "_» ~- * :rv i- \c, >- ii'e i ~ l -^ i Our <> U • "• "* "*S l - i - -•- f^-u t ' _. "^ *= On t -— vt f>' >.-""■ 3 aOl It) i < ir^a _-r -c 4._. >. n c n, »■• i-t>~ kj lii. \ *. k. i i'j (.oiir^a '•H , i. n r i \ » 53 i tn a ti * '-i j>e -s ..v ■« i\ v t . ox^ »x. ve*\ vcr i i^V. nl vh n i > >■< \>" ii on 1 \ n tin i\ o 1 i w l 3 v ' toi "i JMihiu wnn i \ »^i iK i>o a> j*»lo Jt v io 1k > ilvn 1 ; KbO lun n <■* > su i ho trmciuoul V tn " t v i'l\ Mo-c ot us to hi»"\o 'I 1 " 1 saint 1 cxporsence. $\u Mt'botu-'e T'u"h Tho ife i Ot «oivO looked t= ro Jiul a<- an uppic md as .fat as a seal; the crack sprinter iiom iealind was hacked fo a lot ot nonc\ m the Icr '^i? H"i tiieap, and started as good a favorlta Rheims Althotiarh the lav.i. \ o , lh« honors ye c with the "U •onlanci"', who had the big impost of 912 rid, if he had been stiuns ue^t no to concert pitch, the spoils -v «|ild also have been his. . There can be no dout>t about his being a real hummer."