NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 473, 11 July 1914, Page 8

NEWS AND NOTES.

' Trentham on Wednesday and Saturday next Kilmeny is one of the best backed horses for the National Hurdles. The New Zealand Cup nominations are not as good numerically as last year. ' . /•...;■■. J. Hennah haa quitted Forest Prince, who is now owned by Mr. R. W. Clancy. Wellington Steeplechase, Parliamentary' Handicap and Winter Hurdles "on Wednesday. "It's duck soup" is the latest way the "heads" have of saying a h.orse , is a certainty for, a race. Poor old Mundic is still battling away at the pony meetings m Sydney. He wins m his turn, too. The track watchers at Randwlckaay Valhalla Is a "cert" when fancied at any of the suburban meetings, The New Zealand pony Berg has been granted a "14.1" certificate by the Associated Pony Clubs m Sydney. There- • are broken-winded horses galore at Gisborne and the vets, have been having a harvest there lately. Morning has been suffering from a dry cough lately, but his National pre--paratipn has not been interfered with. Record acceptances for the Wellington Winter meeting. Only requires fine weather to finish it off into the most successful winter gathering yet held by tho club. Rtiupanl is the best horse that has bcon m Glsfoorno for some timo. Hti is the present favorite for tho Winter Cup, but is closely pursued m favoritism by Muramor. Said a well-known racing official the other day. "There is too much money going through tho tote nowadays, and It cannot last. A big smash will occur sooner or later and out will go the machine," . •, Owner- trainer W. £onnellan, wellknown on the West Coast of tho South Island, died at Nelson Creek last week. The deceased had many horses through his hands and was particularly good at patching up broken down horses. Qoldemar was operated on lout week for a throat affectlou and at present C. Morse's gelding la In the paddock. Birklino, the property of- tho sumo j 1 owner, is also running out, but he will | be put into active service again any j 1 day now, ' Tho Hon. J. D. Ormond has three . representatives In the Now Zealand Cup. viz., Miscount, Hyettus and Snakl. The former will try and emulate Jim Jeffries and "come back," but Hyettua will be the only on« of the trio that the public will norloutily consider. i it In said that J. M. Cameron contemplates another trip to Sydney In i ihn, spring. If he doea go over the: wator Sir Jj©the will be a member of j hI.H team and, Jf he con muke satl«fac- , lory arrangement*, the well-known horHcmun J, Dccrcy will also make thu i trip. _ , , , . .

Matawerewere broke, down badly on the first day of the Gisborne meeting. The ex-Aucklander Heyboy is now racing at unregistered meetings m and around Sydney. Grand Idea is a very likely sort and one of the most promising horses trained at Gisborne. Ranf urly was s.ore at Gisborne and though he seemed to warm up after §oin,g a few furlongs he always, had to give the field too much of a start Lady Alicia is. hardly up to welter weights, , but she struggled on well m the Flying Handicap at Gisborne and, thanks to the superior horsemanship of Deeley, she was able to dead-heat with Chprtl£ - Haumakaka is very solid m a finish and puts a lot of ginger into his work* jHe was under .pressure for two furlongs m the first hack flat at Gisborne, but m the finish' he wore down Grand Idea and secured second place behind Raupani. ' " Attempts are being made to save Icel, who fell and broke his fetlock while schooling at Gisborne prior to the meeting last week. It was anything but a lucky meeting for his owner, ~blr. T. i>. Gordon, of Auckland, as he also lost Napper Tandy at the same meeting. The last-named broke his. neck at the sod wajl Jn the Gisborne Steeplechase. ' ... Sir Lethe outjuraped the field m the Gisborne Steeplechase and throughoul the three miles he never once put a toe wrong. The ancient Game looked like .giving, him serious 1 trouble when he fell two " fences from home. Sir Lethe , has been a great stake-earner for J.-.M., Cameron, but the latter has been' lucky enough to several times strike very weak fields m good race's. Considering the, unsightly knee Merrle Lad has had^for some Considerable time, it is a wonder that he can jump or gallop at all. , In the Tramway Steeplechase at Gisborne he got into the' top ricker fence and came down, making a hole m his damaged knee and causing one of his hind legs to fill. The next day he was started again, but, though he got round safely, he was unable to raise a gallop and finished out of a place. There was joy m the camp of the Gisborne folks when Tatimi scored m the Winter pats iast week. The bay gelding is so named as a compliment to ' Sir James Carroll, who bred him and made him a present to his owner, Mr. John Pettie. Tatimi is engaged at Trentham next week, and though the opposition is stronger, than he met at Gisborne, he .should nevertheless be able to give a good account .of himself m the Stewards" Handicap m which "he has only 21bs above the minimum.

The Explosion gelding Exotic is now a member of 0. Pritchard's stables at Trentbam. Winners took a lot of finding at Gis-r borne on Saturday and the bulk of backers had a bad time! Jln the first Hack . Steeplechase at Gisborne Jerry O'Connell rode Zak for over a circuit without irons. Stroller had a careworn appearance at Gisborne last week and he looked a very sick, and tired horse after racing, j Unless she sports silk at the Hunt Club meeting, Jessamine will race no more. She will be used solely as a hunter. There is likely to be some good schooling over ths Trentham Steeplechase proper this ( Saturday) morning. At the conclusion of the Gisborne meeting Oraanawa changed hands for the modest sum of 65 guineas. This was probably his full worth. Sir Alba, looked over light m condition at Gisborne and he will want a good spell. It is a lucky thing for the chestnut that the flat season is over. There was a splendid afternoon's racing at Qlsborne last Saturday when the weather was delightful, the course m splendid order and the attendance a bumper one. j Old To Kainui very nearly "camo back" at Gisborne. ' In thu second Hack Steeplechase he was Walking m, but his rider became excited and fell off at the last fence. Sir Daniel had substantial support m both his races at Gisborne, but though he was advantageously placed m the early part of the race he could not go on with it at (he finish. The Maiden Plate at 'Gisborne was a smartly run race as it only occupied 49.2:5 seconds. This is a record for this event, and it makes the winner Haupanl out to be pretty useful. W. J. Porter was more seriously hurt than was at first supposed wtien Klwitea foil with him m the Hunt Cup at Napier and during the last couple of weeks he has been confined to his bed at Palmerston North. F. W, McCabe, who went to Melbourne to ride Obi m the National Hurdles, is due back on Monday.afternoon and will be up on Peary m the Wellington Steeplechase, for which event the Blrkenhead gelding la certain to start favorite. At Glsborno the Auckland people said Gojbqrno would be able to go with Sir L.otho and would outstay him at the finish. The revorae proved to bo the ease and after completing a circuit Golborno hooked a couple of fences very badly. He struggled on and got third place at tha finish, but only because Game fell. Clontaft, winner of the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race .last Saturday, is owned by the ex -Now Andy MaiblesQn, nnd was ridden by another ex-New Zcalander In Hughie Calrnß. The runner-up, Lord Groy, Is owned by Eric Connolly, but it is known that the latter, In addition to supporting his own horse, also hat} a parcel of money on the winner. Probably the moat unlucky horse racing at Glsborno was Fond Memory. On the first day ho started In the Hack Steeplechase and when looking likely to defeat Zak he got into thu last fence. The next day he took on the big steeplechase and wiu? winning by any dititanco when iho lam fmtce once more proved hia undoing. His trainer, 0. MorrjM, wuu commtaGruied with on all ald,e» for his bad luck. That nnotont battlor. The Chief. would havo been closer up to tfir ! Lethe, if bo had not actually beaten him m the Giuborno Steeplechase, had I h«j not roi tunglcd up with iho fallen | j Niippcr Tandy. It Hecms flying .it too high a same to *p«»k of The Chli»f m connection with thu Omml National Bte«<l)lechn»6 at Ricenrton, but the old fellow will h«s fountt pht^iring along when Borno of the mor« fancitU otu«» will be foiling and ©them will be trmi"bled %*lth ft pain In their »Ulej»» (

P. Tutchen was unlucky enough to break his collarbone when Merrle Lad fell with him at Gjsborne. Lamsdorff was put up for sale after the hurdle raco on the second day; at Gisborrie, but nobody wanted the old Stepnlak gelding. Dlspatoh Carrier seemed to gallop m patohes at Gisborne. The chestnut colt wants a lot of. room In a race and if anything comes near him at all he quickly puts the brake on so as to avoid a squeeze. Ormolold (Gold Reef— ldeals,) was bred at KJirorau and ooat hts present owner two hundred guineas.. So far he has not returned much of the purchase money. He is a good-looking horse, but ho goes sore, and Trainer C. Henneasy is unable to do anything with him. Sir Daniel was macjo a warm order for the final at Gisborne, but, after en-r Joying the best of the hop out, was soon done with and finished m the ruck. "Spearmint" la afraid that there is very little hope for the Mujth fid gelding and ho will never be Jn the same class us hla half-brother Pink I'Un. • | After his double failure at G labor ne , there was a disposition on all sides to decry Chortle. "Spearmint" thinks that It is yet too early to decide as to the real merits of the Multtfid gelding, as he has only been m work since March last and is not yet half the horse that ho can be made. It would be much better to wait until -he has had a fair chance Although not wishing to detract from tho merit of Mistie In winning tho final, still he was very lucky, as m tho writer's opinion he should have been beaten by both Gazette and The Summit. Oliver, on tho former, had a bad passage through the rape and had to come round his field ajt the turn. The Summit after being the last to leave the mark was never given a moment's rest by his rider, but was rushed Into second place before they had reached the bottom stretch, with the result that when called upon far a final effort the little son of San Fran was atone cold.

Rising Sun looks like turnips out as big a failure over fences as he waa on the flat He regularly fans -when schooling and also m his races. ' The Napier horse, King's Host, fell while contesting the Scurry Handicap oh the second day at Gisborne. He was very lame after it; as "was hia rider, EL Tricklebank. Owner H. McManaway had a winning turn, at Gisborne with Melodist, who is the first of Signer's progeny to win a race. The Main Trunk sportsman was not present to see his colors, carried to victory* Multione, who finished just behind; Melodist and Onholoid m tba Maiden Handicap at Gisborne, is by Multifld, from the once brilliant Eone, so that it is not surprising to find that he his plenty of pace. He was out m front for a time, but ran off the course at the turn. ' • ,J. Jones, trainer of Grey King, is having a, lot of bother with the Strowa,n gelding, and, owing to hia lack of condition, his .trainer is unable to do anything with him. As he is not engaged at Treiitham, there is - every possibility that he will not be anything like ready by National tjme. 'During the transfer of the passengers from the tender to the Tarawera on Sunday night at Gisborne, two well known sports, owing to their eagei-hess to board the steamer, got tangled tip m the gangway gear and were hoisted high up In the air, where they remained suspended for quite a while to their apparent discomfiture and to the intense, delight of 'those looking on. The well-known Karamu horseman, W. Ryan, was i?pecjal|y imported from Hastings, to ride the Mesajs. Willlams's horses on the second, day at Gisbqrne^ In the case of Chortle he wai beaten by the barest of noiajrgins, JtfUUlpiicity, who had nothing to complain ofa< far as the ptajrt went, was very soon done with, and Multiply, the third string, w&g, scr^chsd, owing ■'*• his dicky leg flying trouble. ' A feature of the Gisborne meeting was the way the first day's fpnn worked out on the second day, especially m the flat races. In the Maiden Hack %h. the first day Raupanl won with Melodist and Ormoloid second and third respectively. On the second day, m £hV absence of Raupani, Melodist won, with Ormoloid second. In the Hack ; Flat on the first day,' Raupani won with Haumakaka second and Grand Idea third. On the second day, with Raupani out, Haumakaka won, with Grand Idea m second place. Our King makes an awful noise when galloping and it looks very much as if, his day on the race tracks is nearing a close. By the way, not much has been heard of the bj-own horse's trip to Sydney, or of that eventful race at Kembla Grange, when with a few pounds above the minimum he started a goo 4 favorite m a sprint race, but when the barrier went up he was left at the post and his many backers from. New Zealand were left lamenting the loss of their gtjqd gold? Thp handicapper must have beeri impressed with the performance, for the next day the horse's weight was raised Just about two alone. j^mougßt the horses seen, out at G laborne one that stands put as ahpwlng the greatest capacity for improvement and one that is likely to pjay an important part In events to pq>mo, both !on the fla,t and over. the. battens. . is Chatrnpss, * big upstanding gelding by Blrkenhead out of old Mobility, Ho is stiii very green and is only half ready, but has great pace which he has demonstrated on divers occasions, both at Hastings and Napier Park and more recently at Gisborne In the Second Hack flat, running a good third to Haumakaka and Grand Idea after coming from the rear of the field; Raupani has a bold, free stylo of galloping and ha la likely to (urn out a first-class performer next season. Hln party have backed him fpr £ a. d. for the Winter Cup and it wilt bo no surprise to find him land the pig mUe, which m past years has frequently been won by hack , performers. The ■gray gelding is a smart beginner and, m his second winning attempt, although he started on the extreme outsido of a field of twelve, he hit the front inaldo a furlong, leading all tho way, and winning with his hen d on his ohent, as he did m the maiden race earlier m the day. The second day he was paid up for with 11.4 on his back. He was hot started, and it turns out that his owner had no intention of running htm, but merely wished to express his approval of the weight adjuster's estimate of his capabilities. The compliment to the handlcapper waa no doubt richly deserved. It was very bad tactics, all the same, for when the weights for the Winter Cup are being framed the C.J.C. handlcapper might take a line through the figures of Mr. Coylo. If he does, who can blamo him? Has not the owner of 1 Raupani endorsed tho Northern handicapper'a figures?

The ex-New Zealander, ... T. Cahlll, struck more, trouble recently m Meltwurne and was sent into retirement for 12 ; months. ' ;G. Jones will , have two, strings to his bow m the Winter Cup, namely, .ttfUltiply. and Chortle. The former, if ha stands, will surely be the best of the pair on the day. Mistie does remarkably well on the race tracks, considering the state of hia understandings. Each race he had at Gisborne improved him and he finished up by scoring m the Final Handicap, after a close finish with Gazette and, The Summit. •Form worked out equally well m the Hack Steeplechases; On the first day Zkk.vott, With, Fond second. On thY iseqbnd day Fond Memory took on y»e , big steeples: and yfould have %ottundbu^iedly y oiily for falling at ti» last obstacle, when well ' m the lead of thb faat^tirihg Golborne. This made Zak look gfood' goods 'for the Hack vSteeples, later Von m thelaf terBoon, which he duly won. ' The only s^urpris^ was ; the false price the public ailowed^hini to pay m view"' of his form on the first day. . 'Another question that urgently calls for) the consideration of the Racing Conference or some of the more influential racing bodies is the neoessity of . deputatlonislng - the Railway Pepartment to have better facilities provided for the sale of tickets for excursion race, trains. On the occasion of the last- Hastings races the Bcramble for tickets at the v Palmerston Nbrth ■tatioh prior to the departure of the mall was disgr*acef ul. A great many . H&& tq board the train without tickets and were penalised sixpence for the neglept of the department to open the ticHet box earlier. This state of affairs could be easily obviated If the Department would only get-a move on dnd try to properly cope with the increksed trafilc. It is the same at nearfy^every important l centre m the North island when excursion trains are leaving. One hears complaints on all sides, but^ the matt,er seems to end with the complaint, because no one •yv JU take the grievance to the proper quarter. - The racing public constitute . one bf th«i best assets the Railway Department has. They are amongst its . best customers, and something more pbould be doho for their comfort and convenlentfe. Ahother) matter that could easily be remedied is the issue of exoiirsion tickets over long journeys <m the morning of the races when it Is utterly impossible to reach the place 6t the meeting Until well on fti the evening when- the first day's races are nearly Over. If the Cohcession is made for the racing public, why are not the ♦Xcursidn tipketir issued on the previous day ? This would give the people for whom they are obviously intended m opportunity; of ; rijiaching the scene of action m some sort of reasonable .'.lime..; -'■;>■■ ■; : ; .. ■ ■■•■' ,'" •'. '•";' \