NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 351, 16 March 1912, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

It is reported that Mallow Has changed hands. Sublime is carrying a good deal cf condition just now. B. Deeley has a good lead • m the winning jockeys' list,. The Gray disqualification case has T.een the sole topic of conversation during the week. Kilosteri' went slightly wrong at Dannevirke. His immediate engagements have been cancelled. Several of the runners at Dannevirke looked as if they would be benefited by the racing they had. Judging by the recent form of Wolawa, the Wallace colt will be m demand when the next Derbies come \ round. According to the daily reports, there cannot be any scratchings on our courses, as everything passes off without a hitch. Prior to winning at Dannevirke last week, Golden Loop was priced by a Melbourne sportsman, and 300 gns was asked for the chestnut. The v i.%uare cut Ermengarde was given a lew days' spell after her Jackson Stakes victory, but she is m active work once more . in view, of her Easter engagements. , . Neirene has been thrown out of work as it was found that the filly was growing, very fast; Her trainer thinks she is now ' the biggest two-year-old filly, m New Zealand. . Trafalgar has been most consistent m. squelching Comedy King this season, and the question once more arises : "However did he. lose the Melbourne Qup two years ago ? Galtee is a, long time winning a race. He was placed second on each day at 1 Dannevirke. So far, the best race the Coronet gelding has run was when Dirge defeated him by a head at Hawera. Sea Queen won the Dannevirke Cup solely on her' "merits, and at -the. business end of the race she galloped over ] everything-. She was raised 171bs : on i the second day, but, though accepted i for, was not started. j It is a noticeable fact that horses"; I trained at Awapuni have been carry- I j hig all before them. .. It is claimed for i j the Paimerston North tracks that /they' j j are the' best m New Zealand, and [horses trained there never go sore. j Polymorphous, who, it will be remembered, struck himself under " the ■ knee during the W.R.C. Cup meeting, , fhas not made the improvement, desir- j ) crt with his spell m the paddock. Most '• j likely he will be blistered and turned., (out; ■_'.•■■.. ■ Just after the start of the Danne•j virke Cup, Loch Maben got on to the I i heels of another horse and came down, ! 'giving young Lorrigan a bad shaking. j The ■ second day Deeley was ,pul i;p '. ; with- 141bs overweight, but he finished ; ] tailed off;.- . | After a long .run of bad luck, Mat-.. j low broke the ice at Dannevirke,' , ; where he won the hack race on the.! j second day' of the meeting. He was j all out to defeat Florence Nightingale, ■ who seems to be coming back to win- ■' ning form. . . ' j j In spite of the boisterous weather experienced on both days the DanneI virke Club had a record meeting, and ; Secretary Nightingale,, v/ho took Mr ; J 'S. Freeman's place . owing,. to the '■'.continued illness of the former, will' be : able to show a good credit. , ' Mr F. Martin, who purchased Mon \ j Ami -at Wariganui, has already refused ' an .advance on his price m a couple of v ; places. The mare got galloped on at 1 Wanganui,- and is at present spelling ; m the paddock at Otaki. Her new i 1 owner intends Uo breed from her next i season. N ■ " ■ ' . : : According to the betting barome- .[ ter; Epworth was, good goods for tha . ; Trial Stakes at Dannevirke, but he ■ got away badly, . and the run to j catch the leaders took too much out of him. He materialised m ths Maiden Plate, when most of his first day j supporters were on Sylvia May. ' Hutu, the Signalman filly m J. .. M. Cameron's stables, was well backed m i the Trial at Dannevirke. Prior.' to the i start, she reared up and got her front legs over 'the inside rails arid then dragged her hind, legs over. This must | have left; her pretty sore, as she showed 1 no dash m- the rac«S and. was hot started on the second day. During the Austrian racing season, B; Carslake.and R. H. Hewitt, wellknown m Australia and New, Zea- j land, filled second and third .places ' m the winning jockeys' list. Carslake. got home on seventy-eight occasions, and Hewitt pilqted seventy-two winj ners. The. latter intends next year . to try his fortune m England. | A New Zealand-bred (gelding, m j Ngauruhoe (Phaeton— Vapor), won /the j First Division Handicap at Mentone (Vie.) on February 2S. The ex-Maori- . lander, who is still owned by Bill Keith, had not won a race for nearly two years, so that his win did not , come out of his pun.' He was ridden i by C. Bolton, who used to ride at JRi?carton. Though , looking anything but well, ; Aberbrothock (A. Oliver) closed up favorite m the Dannevirke Cup. He showed very little -dash, and was unplaced at the finieh. It is a difficult matter to "come back" after being off^ the track for two yeajs, but A. Neale has hopes of winning a big handicap with Mr, D. Buick's horse before the < season closes. Next week G." Price will commence breaking m the lour youngsters purchased at 'the spring sales. Throe of them are by Charlemagne 11., and one i is by Martian. . The Vasco- Madder ' youngster, who was left behind m ! Christchurch suffering from a broken • jaw, has made a good recovery, and ; will be brought home after the C.J.C. '• Easter meeting. Once again the Wanganui horseman, W. Price, did the wrong thing at Dannevirke. He was engaged for another horse m the Cup and got off the win- 1 ncr, Sea Queen. While this well- j known horseman is doing everything > wrong, his brothers, Charles and I' I George, are having a run the opposite j way. The former has ridden a consi- j derable number of winners, both on j ] the flat and over fences this season, while George has saddled up winners 1 galore for "Mr I-lighden." 1 The Australian jockey, W. Bullock, i ] who was aboard Slgnorinetta when j j she won the Derby and Oaks m| ' 1908, has accepted an ofi'er to ride • m Germany for two of the leading owners, Herr E. Bischo/T and Hwr G . G . Buggenhagen, whose horses are trained by Robinson at lJoppegarten. Bullock leaves England early m March. His engagement is a very remunerative one, aud he haa undertaken to scale at 8.4. which he can i di coaifortablv without wasting.

.: Nelson,- next week. '■/;. ■ ..,■ :■'■■ '■'■■' >■■ - »' Miss Augusta is '- smdlV but ; y^ry speedy over a short course.; :' _ ,1., The maidens seen, under silk r at Dani rievirke were a Very poor Jot v ;,;;-,^. ; : , It. is intended to. geld; -Mailard, -who r -i has lately, contracted a vicious- habit. I Merrie Emerald - broke down at ■ ' j Wang-ahui, and has been • turnfed\\put. • ' I Te Pui'a ran. very .badly-.in-the,.Dan-ri'c-virke Cupj and -was -in the. rear the j.whqle' wa,y. „ . ... •• • ,■-'.-.:■ J Bercola was taken- -to Dannevirke, 1 but he' did hadly while tlief'e, and was I not started at the meeting. • "• ! With a" bit of-^luck, "Qiiean o£ Scots might have won th£ concluding event, ! at Dannevirke, m which she got a bad ! run. ' ' ..-.'•' "..[•■ .j. It ,is • reported- that, the • Ha-jvera. pwn- .; er Mr D. J. Goodwin, intends, selling! ott: the whole of his racing. stock m the rear future;. „v % . : . ' •; v. •-.-.. i ?.lescal seems to require a' man to „ ride him properly, and- with the minimum m a welter lie would be ■ \ r eT.y" ■ hard to beat. •""'.. ■' . •' ; ' : .''. Fighting- Maid,! one of C. Millen's team, put up a good showing to the j turn m ~the Trial at' Dannevirke, but i 'then faded cuV of it. ■'"" \ '. ' . ' \ j . At Dannevirke, Sylvia May, who ran fourth m the Trial .Stakes, was heavily j backed m the M.ai'dsir Plate, but »co.uld { g<s'L no closer than third. . ■:;, ■ -St. Petersburg was on three 'legs after his fall at Wanganui, and. there-' ig little chance of lii» ' being seen out . at any of the Easter meetings. ' Tuatahi v/as sold' at the conclusion of the Dannevirke meeting to a Weber • sportsman for £40. His new owner ; intends to hunt the Possible gelding. I Epwortli was unlucky not- to win i the Trial Stakes at Dannevirke, but i '; the T.upuhi gelding made amends the : second day by winning the Maiden f P.'ate. •.. ■ ' • ■ ■ j, : Mere Mere failed to show up m the Dannevirke Cup, but m 'the Autumn Handicap she looked to be, a winner at . the turn, but faded put of the contest i ,m the run home. .- . • ' ' • I Ireland is now m constant work at ' Randwici-r, under H. . Rayner. „ .. The Kllcheran will m all .■probability make his first appearance m Sydnt>y in' the Rawson Stakes at Rosehill next .Saturday. . , As has been the case many times, Desire, .winner of. the --Newmarket Handicap, appropriated the Bburke Handicap on the second day. of the meeting. The Tasmanian horse, is now trained by J. Scobie.v . • ; A well-known trainer 'writes of one 'of. his. employers, who recently died : "1 trained for him. for twenty-seven 1 years. We never had a cross word, and he was always -ready- to -pay his .bill." These': lines will cause many • a trainer, to heave a sigh. Sid O'Neill, rider of. Bright Mist m the Steeplechase at Mentone, on February 28, was ' before the stewards to explain his handling of the top- weight, ' who finished second to Clovelly. The explanation was considei-ed satisfactory, and no action was taken. J Out of every half-dozen horses that are .spoken. .of as being dead, there is only about one corpse. '. It does not i pay to chance it with mug [jockeys up, .and unless an owner is m close touch with a good horseman the latter will not "catchold." Prizefighter, by Havoc, who made \ a dead-heat "with Saxonite for , the recent Australian Cup, is a stable companion to Comedy King, and is 'owned by Trainer James Lynch. This is the only dead-heat m connection with the Australian Cup. Paddy Neagle got a rare turn up at j Dannevirke. last week,- with his two- , year-old filly Evadne, who won the ! Nursery Handicap m hollow style. The i youngster did not reach the front il 11 > i well down the straight, but over the j last bit she had everything wM beaten. Advices by mail show that Prizefighter was lucky m making a deadheat of it. with Saxonite m the Aus- , tralian Cup. At one time the lastj named was nearly iOO yards behind 1 the leaders, but he put m a most sen- • l.sational run, and most people present ! thought he had won. j Progeny of Wallace, by Carbine, I have been carrying all before them In Victoria this year, and m Wilari, the ', triple crown winner, the son of Car- ! bine seems to have got a great filly. In the V.R.C. St. Leg-er she once again j , ! finished m front of Jacimar, who is • ( j clearly not as good as, Jiis brother, j , I Poseidon. ' •;'■•■' i. Prior to Mangaroa winning at ! t Dannevirke, it was given out that 1 s the chestnut mate had been respon- j sible for a particular^ smart < sprint the afternoon before. As she £ paid quite a good price, due to the I rider being" an inexperienced lad, t those m the know about the gallop f were able to tb^ow m for a fair win. ' i

Ngakau is a long time breabin-g his maiden status. .. It is said that Obsono will shortly * be returned to DuhedihT' ' C. Price, "'who has been scoring heavily of late, pulled ofl! another .double at Dannevirke'. " -At Uahnevirke, m the Hack Welter oil -the iirs^t day, nothing' had "a chance" -with IMangaroa, who ' gallops well. * '' Ri Hatch.-is ' and Ladroiio tp..°ni'e jNT'elson;, '^meeting . for F. Hig'go^t, ? "ws3o^is ' tdp'v.busy to get away.' ,^*. / : " '.". :. Avaunce, jfloplting asvwell as -ever she did', quite uoutclassed. ths opposeI tion • m the > ; Makii'ikiri Hack -at Dannevirke. . ' ' .;■ ' Queen o' Scots, winner of the Oak-' leigh Plate, has definitely retired from : the ■ turf, and will iiext season <o to tha stud. . ' Blakeney had- every chance m 'the Tamaki 'Welter. He was -nicely placled thrqughout, but he failed miserably at the cmi. ..„,-. . Consequent upoh ihis good showing at Wanganui, Koyal : : Scotch is likely •to get some weight m 'the C..J.C. JEaster Handicap. Florence Nightingale showed a ; nice turn of speed,, ln the ' Mangat:-ra [ Hace race at Dannevirke. and may ■ be worth watching.' Bonnie Bay, who ha 3 been a little i IClondyke to his owner lately, was ;. not started at Dannevirke o.w-ng to the soft nature of the going-. Adare put up a good race m the Hack Welter at Dannevirke. Atwobd j has the Sweet Simon gelding looking 'very well, s,o his turn will not be jlong. -■.'■•• .. f Khamsin made a one-act race .of the Tamaki Welter, being m front <from the start to the finish. Those j,who noticed thej^Jjad luck the (illy j had at Woodviiiet,r got even. 1. That rare little packet of horseflesh, Peroneai? 5 ran a good race m the Nursery Handicap at Dannevirke. She beat everything but the winner, Kvadne, to whom she was conceding 301t>. ' Sylvia May showed pace m the Maiden Plate at. Danucvirke, but soon petered out when the pressure was put on. She is. a mean little thing, and will never be as good as her sire. In the circumstances; St.. . T.oncy had just enotigh to effectively stop him at Dannevirke. ■ On the first day Winning Post ran across him. and" knocked him back to last, j and then, with 9.11 on his. back, the | mud beat him on the> second day. There was nothing of the bowling' green order about the course proper at Dannevirke. Indeed, it looked as if a crop of hay had just Ibeen taken of! it. .Trainers complained loudly about it,, and if the chib wishes to reteiin its patrons it will attend to , this. . I It is said that the owner of ; Makara would have landed a good stake had his horse been equal to ; taking out the Klectric Handicap at I Dannevirke. Judging by the finish, it looked as if the St. Clements gel- j ding would have been a winner had he left the mark on terms with the others. -r • I The well-known starter, Mr T. j Cameron, has notified the Feilding, j Otaki, and Hasterton clubs that he will be unable to act for them m j future. Mr Cameron, who is a sheep j farmer, has recently purchased ah- j other tract of land, and he finds | that he cannot spare the time to attend the various meetings. Evidence of the severity, of the recent strike turmoil at Brisbane is to be found m the poor totalisator turn- i over, which at the Albion Park meet- [ ing recently only amounted to £350 j for the afternoon. It is stated that the ■ attendance was good, but as only this : amount was put through the machine ■; backers must have been investing c n ! a particularly small scale. I It would be folly to say that all sudden and marked reversals of form .are due to malpractice, still there ( have been instances of late which ( can safely be put down to "cronk" work on the part of owners and jockeys. Quite recently an owner remarked to a backer that he didn't j give a for anyone, and appeared to take special pride m having the day previous "mucked 'em | up" by scoring. Any owner no | doubt races to suit himself, though ; there is nothing to be proud of m \ gloating over those who had inves':- | ed on his horse when it was sant out ; a non-trier. It is not at all iniprob- • able that, the stewards will keep i their lamps well trimmed for the [ •special purpose of snaring this, bom- ! bastev, for they must surely know j that the prad's sudden reversals of i form are due to the machinations of j its unscrupulous owner. I :

Aberbrothock ran like a cow ir * the Danneyirke Cup. . jfT Weights ■ for the Easte»-^p Autumn. Handicaps arc due W^ Bliss is m regular work -'f^ tings, and will be a' f runner I 5 '* 2 . puktirau 'on Easter Monday. \ There was an excellent attend 4 at Dannevirke on both days, an-? racing T^as brimful of interest. \ W. Yoiing was fortunate m d| ing a broken collarbone when i\ fell with him at Woodville. '!*v Feilding-. horseman hopes to be rigttj again by the Easter mestings. 0. Warlight did not shape as we- j the Nursery Handicap, as was an-f pated by her trainer. The wee tl did not jump out too well, and I terwards had none the best of luck. . "" Mescal was always prominent m i the Autumn Handicap at DannevirkeJ and down the back he, looked a cer- \ tain winner. He, however, failed tq j come on, and "the fast-finishing Got*/ den Loop beat him. j There were long delays at the bap»j rier at Dannevirke, which disguster'/ the crowd. The northern starters ar/ not m the same .street as Mr *? Piper for quick despatches. This /' the lliccarton starter's long sui .. t Probably Ran Pluie wai unl-.:i.\ to be beaten iii the haclc rac.^ on , %. first day at Uannevirks. .Sha' i.i un*'< derstood to haVe met trouble early ' m the race, but was certainly put- * ting m great strides at the and. The \ second day a short prkv was taku-n about her, but she had to f o undar . to Cullinan. who went well m ths j mud. .... ; With decent, luck, Obliiant would ,-' have won- the Juvenile ll aadicap at / Danneyirke, b;at he was stopped and j blocked m every' direction, arid at j one time, Meagher. on King's Fay- j orite, had him up agaiusi the outside fence, pyen thus v hampered he 1 . ran a good second.., How the st.j\v-r j jards canis to miss inquiring into tha / riding m this race is a mystery. I The last race of the day will „.f- \ j ten pull a backer through- when ha i j.has been having a bad time oi it, / but how many can come up to "the ; scratch' when the final event cornea ■' ,on for decision? Most backers hacl ' ]a bad time at JJannsvirke on the i opsnin£- day. though m any managed ] jto get out alive on Avaunca m I,'h9 \ Makirikiri I-lack.ia. which- the H^a- \ wcra mare was a general favorite, j The uaugHtei- of Advance -was back- { ed down to a- short pric^i and,' at tor \ ,a . stubbornly-contested race, she won ■ by half a length. ; : / I .- -■ ■■■ ■-. : ■-.-•■ •■ ■: '