NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 407, 12 April 1913, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

Hawke's Bay Cup on Wednesday. Entries for Hawera close on Tuesday next. Handicaps for the Marlborough meeting close on the l&th inst. '. The projected trip to Australia -withCoroniform has been abandoned. Mira's time m the Autumn Stakes, viz., 2min 20 4-ssec, is a New. Zealand record for eleven furlongs. Maul (Mahaki— Jeuzail) is again racing at Melbourne, and showed up well m a race at Aspendale last month. The New Zealand jumper, Gangway (Castashore— Stephanie) was knocked about on the voyage to Melbourne, and has not' been put into work, yet. It looks as if Bootie is coming back to form again, as he ran quite a good race in' the Suburban Handicap on Saturday. He should be about right for > Hastings next week. Bobadil got two "thousand povinders" out of Wallace mares, St-. Simon on Musket. ' The Wallace mare Burletta's Earlston colt topped the sale, 1275 guineas at the ■ yearling sales at Randwick last month. Undecided was m behind the leaders m the Autumn Handicap till about three furlongs from home when he was done with, and finished a long way back. l He will do (the Masterton meeting, and then may be\ spelled for a time. The St Leger was run at a crawling pace. The times for the various stages 'were: First half-mile took 53 3-ssec, the six furlongs lmin 20 # 2-ssec, the mile lmin 46 2-f>sec, the IVt, miles 2min 12sec : and the full distance 3min 6sec. After the Woodville meeting Falsetto was tipped m these columns to shortly win a welter. This. nearly came off on Saturday when Negative just pipped the Birkenhead mare on the post. W. Ryan, who rode the bay mare, thought that he had won by a gob& head. At the Sydney yearling sales the chestnut colt by Gold Reef— Kilmorey (dam of Moreykoff) was knocked down at 65 guineas. As the reports say, he was a well-grown, deep-chested youngster, with beautifully turned hocks, it seems Mr. G. Clancy got a bargain. The trouble is it is not every trainer that knows how to prepare Gold Reef's, stock. Lockwood seemingly runs his best races when fresh. After his showing on the opening day, he was considered the best of good things for the Hutt Handicap, but when .closely viewed m the birdcage, he gave one the impression that. he had been following some of the jockeys' example, viz., fasting: *or a day or two, and although m, -a leading position till fairly m the straight, he was doing it under sufterance, ; and stopped badly over, the final furlong.

Sanguinary just now looks better than ever she. did. . . It looked as if the "stipes" missed. one red-hot ramp at Trentham. Obiigant.was the unlucky horse In the Hutt .Handicap _6n Saturday.', Z>.,. .._ Tertterhook struck form m Victoria last, month, "won four races on end. A grey horse (Mira) and a roan geld-' ing (Patronale) were the winners m the double last Saturday. When going great guns at Trentham on Wednesday Recipe burst a blood vessel, and pulled up very badly. Semaphore was reproduced m the Welter on Saturday, but she was one of the tail division the whole" way. Reports" from Gteborri§ r st'af;e. that Cally Bridge . jg to Jbe^sent-.-to Sydney, at the -'conclusion! of^the * Hawke'^lßay Manltaii:fiTnished'7Close- tip 1 m; the Hutt Handicap -on ■"- Saturday,- and his new owner should win a, race with him very soon; > : Patronale has come on a lot lately. It will always be a matter of wonder how the roan gelding ever got beaten m a hack race. ■'•..•'■ • Imagination, ran badly m the Welter at Trentham. Her poor showing is hard to account for, as she was galloping well before the meeting. •',. Sea Queen was" started m the Autumn Handicap on Saturday m preference to the Welter, but. she ran badly and Is not yet back to her best form. Multiply was pulling hard m the first part of the Welter on Saturday^ but this was all. taken out of him long before the winning post was reached. J". Conquest, who has a winning total of twenty-nine so. far this season, went through Trentham without adding to his score, though he was knocking at the door several times. That, rare pocket of horse flesh, Pero-. nilla, showed all her usual dash m her, two starts at Trentham. Perhaps' she .was. not looking quite so well- as m the springy but after the racing she has done this was hardly to be expected. The Waikanae breeder, Mr. Lan Duncan, got 2120gns / for the eighteen mares sent to Sydney last month. The Birkehhead mare Monardo brought top price, 400gns, at which figure she became the: property of Mr; L Earnshaw. > A Complaints are frequently being made; to "Spearmint" ,about the , practice of packing horses at the barrier., This is all, against the slow beginners as they get, jambed back, and It then looks as If they have met with interference, whereas such is not' the case. ' ' ' . Portland Lady won 4 the Murital Handicap In good style. Emerson saved her for the final run, and when tackled by Tetikura over the last half furlong ■ she had enough left In reserve to stall off the Advance gelding, who was heavily backed away from the course. ' Grit Lawless, who was making his first appearance as a racer at .Trentham, gave a very indifferent display, of Jumping, but although he -finished a furlong behind each day he was enabled to pay his expenses by running third, as the. remainder of the competitors failed to complete the course. It Is no unusual thing for the Porirua stable to produce good 'steeplechasers, and this year seems no exception to the rule. -Fireworks, who hails from this stable, made his debut at Trentham, and, considering that he had never seen a racecourse previous to going to course, must have pleased his connection by his good showing. \ The St. Leger has always been a losing proposition for the Wellington Racing .Club, and it is little wonder that it has been decided to let it go . to the wall. Usually there are only two or three rnnTiers, and this year was no exception to the rule. Bon. Ton just cantered thorn e from the" moderate CaiVute, with .' Haskayne half a ,f urlpng r back 0 , ■ The little' "'Spill t mare? Mon' 'Ami," whom Mr. F. Martin picked up very cheaply, has done remarkably well since, joining F. Higgott's stables. In her race on the opening day at Trentham she covered herself with glory, but a furlong further and a rise of 91bs stopped her on the second day, though she ran a good race, being always m a forward position from j the barrier rise till well down the straight/ Cheddar is a typically colonial bred horse, his dam, Brown Alice, being a daughter of Ouida, who comes from the colonial- -tap root Gutty Sark. Merriwee'a female-. tap rfaot'' is' Sappho', 'another 'marewhose colonial descendants "have made their mark on the turf. Cheddar has, therefore, no 'figure on either sire or dam's side. Brown Alice was the dam of Lady Augusta, dam of Caher Davon and Multiply. ■ It is a common thing to see trainers sending their horses out for a race with martingales on. In one or two cases at Trentham, the writer noticed that the rings were very short, thus preventing the jockeys riding the mounts ..with their hands. It is quite impossible for a rider to tell how. his mount is going when all the weight is on the rings. In England, .ma^tin^pe^^ things 'of thjs jia^ cx t gep,t on the training tracks - - <— "-— •

Submersion Is only small,' but she is ! good. Grattan will be .a very useful horse next year. Naumai and Aema are to go South for the Timaru meeting. Sixty pounds was recently offered and < refused for Naumai. Specialform, 9.7, looks to be well-treat-ed m the Washdyke Welter at Timaru. At the weights she is getting now : Mangaroa will be more than handy In the winter. . — - ! Kina is being spelled. He wanted it,, [for he was very light after racing at u'Feilding. Coromandel, Awahou, and North East are already, being talked of m connection with the National Hurdles. When you find Innaladdo In a small field, be on. She is a very nervous little thing, and gets hustled m a big field. When he rode Bon Ton to victory Id the St Leger on Saturday, A. Oliver steered his fl£st winner m that event. > Merrivonia looked big and well on Saturday, and the gallop Bhe had In the Autumn Handicap should do her good. Gay Lawless is to be sent South for the hurdle races at Timaru; A. McConnon will go down and ride the black mare. ' Chaminade .will want to improve a lot on his Trentham form before his owners will be even on the 600gns they gave for him. > - ' Scottish Star gallops well on the tracks, but does not act up to it In races. She may do better when raced over a longer distance. . ~ ' i Wairarapa backers to a man were on Sir Knox m the Autumn (Handicap, on Saturday, m which he finished third to Miraand Brohze.i . The Gisborne owner, Mr. F. Hall, Is having a long run of luck. His horse Mira scored, m the big handicap on Saturday, and paid a good price. Outside Nightwatch and Briar Patch, the Chokebore stable is very weak m two-year-olds this season, and the balance of them are to be quitted. Age has served Negative well. When racing on the West Coast the Birkenhead gelding was, generally speaking, a failure, but he is now very consistent. Portland Lady is still inclined to hang out m her races, and Emerson had tj keep tapping her over the nose m her races . at Trentham to keep her , on the fence. . . The Riccarton apprentice, D. Anderson, was ridißg at the Trentham meeting. Ha was m much demand with owners, bu£ his mounts were not good enough to score. ' Merry Lad scored over two miles at Randwick, i which suggests that his' opponents were a very poor lot, or else the . Merriwee gelding is improving -m his staying. . W. J. Porter has been offered a retain-' er by Mr. C. F. Vallance to ride his jumpers, during the ensuing season. So far he has only Nedra and Renowned May to carry his colors. The Marlborough Club has received excellent nominations for its Autumn meeting. Included m the Cup field are Sinapis, Lockwood, Byron, Ariom, Undecided. Peroneal and Ceylon. Riccartoih-trained horses are not often seen at Blenheim, but this year promises to be an exception, as Kilts, Andrea, and Teviotdale are amongst the nominations, and ' are likely to make the trip. ; Submersion is a very solid little filly. She was under the stick for about a for-, long m the Belmont ' Handicap, but she stack to "her work without flinching, and got up m time to beat the unlucky Sura.tura. The winning Jockeys at Trentham were:/C. Emerson (3), A. Oliver, L. Wilson and R. Berry (2 each), and J. O'Connell, B. Deeley, H. Futcher, G. Francis, F. E. Jones, W, Bell and H. Low©; (1 each). \ Rendrock' jumps big enough over battens to suggest that he would get over brush fences well. He has lost a lot of "his pace, but may do well m hack steeplechases when the sting is out of the ground. y Submersion will be a good advertisement for Elevation, who, with the restricted opportunities he has had, has done really well at the stud. Already he bas got Submersion, Elevated and Veritas, all winners. The Southern horsemen,' Jas. Pine and R. W. King, did the Trentham meeting, but the former only secured one ride, while King did not get a mount Both horsemen went on to Awapuni, and will also be at Hastings. ' Bulletin, the half-brother to Bobrikoff, has caught it hot at Timaru, where, m his first essay m open company, he is allotted top weight. Plainly his form at Riccarton at Easter must have greatly impressed Mr. J. E. "Henrys. If Lord Soult can be got to stand a bit of work, he has been given a great chance to win a race at Timaru, where he has been weighted at 9.5 m the Smlthfield Handicap. The Riccarton trained Maple Leaf, 8.5,* will be red-hot In this event. Knutsford was not nominated for the Wellington Steeplechases, because it was thought he was going to be good over hurdles. Either of the 'big fence events would have been gifts for him last week, and it is not likely that any more meetIngs will be missed with the Birkenhead gelding. R. J. Mason was Very sore about the handicapping of Historiette m the Pacific Handicap on Saturday, and he could not see why his filly, who is still a maiden, should give weight to Briar Patch, a winner. His judgment was correct, too. for Briar -Patch should' certainly have 'won. Never m the history of the turf m New Zealand has there been so many jockeys under the ban. These include 11. Gray, C. Price, the two Copestakes, R. Berry, A. Watson, W. D. Young, F. Meagher. Stan. Reid, M. McDonald, T. Jones, R. Lambess, J. . Beale and R. Kelly. Presumably, the "stipes" are showing how active they can be. When are the owners to get a deal? The State Revenue obtains a good "cut" out of the sport of horse-racing. Whether the Racing Clubs make a profit or not, and considering the manner m which well-conducted clubs cater for the public, fair-minded people do not bogrudge them some return for their large outlay, the tax levied by the Government has to be paid. The amount of £537 Is 5d was paid under this head m connection with the recent Tauberenikau meeting. As an Instance of the expense of holding a race meeting It may be mentioned that the Wairarapa Racing Club paid m wages alone for the two days about £470.