NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 571, 27 May 1916, Page 9

NEWS AND NOTES.

Otaki next Saturday. Multiplication soon. Ellerslie on Saturday next. j Wanganuivcbncludes to-day. Pariform ran badly at Blenheim. Sir Saracen changed hands during the Blenh-elYn meeting. ; Achilieus looked a picture at Blonheim, but h© raced badly, Bradamante, and Franbonnet were dual winners at Blenheim. '..;.'■ Great Northern Hurdles and Cornwall Handicap run on the opening day. R, Reed, J. O'Shea and C. Emerson each rode three winners at Blenheim. , Gold Soult is getting vary bad at the barrier and is always liable to be left. The Kaikoura crack, Manurewa, was 100 yards away at the finish at Blenheim. With a stronger horseman on top, Caraid Dileas would have done better at Blenrieim. 4 , Goldstream was sore at Blenheim, and his form there was much below what he is capable of. Entries for the Y.R.C. Grand National Hurdles and Steeplechase close on Tuesday next, George bolted on the first day at Blenheim, but on the second day the extra pudding stopped him. ."'Miss'. Sation (Sensation— Catseye) is a good sort. When she gets over her greenness she will win a sprint race. Bert Keeper, formerly^a well-known Blenheim trainer, is giving: up the game and is going to the Burnslde stud. It is said that Eric Connolly put a "cool thou" on Three when the Welkin colt won the Denman Stakes at Randwlck. Heel Tap took a very bad turn at Blenheim on the second day, and after arriving on the course he had to be scratched. Ballyhar was unlucky on. the first day at Blenheim, but he led all the way on tho second day. Hla people got well even, too. , . . Mai te garde, who had none the beet of the handicaps at Blenheim, improved as the meeting, went on, and should be handy at Otaki. The Levin maiden, Lady .Frisco, was m the boom at Blenheim, but she wae out ot it after tho mooting:. Out of three start* she failed to get a place. R. Hanson rode Merrle Gain every yard of the way m the President's Handicap, but, despite this, she finished on. and was close up to Maralnah when the peg was reached. H. Goldfinch bandied Ireuru very well m tho Marlborough Cup, and it was only In tho last couple of strides thatGold Soult got up and defeated the Maori-owned mare. Owners of Jumpers Bhould note that entries for tho Gisborno meeting dose to-night (Saturday) at 9 o'clock. Secretary H. E. Dodd haa put on a good programme and tho response from .owners should bo large. "Stipe" Gordon miascd many things at Blenheim that Hhould have been inquired Into, The bump Mania! Air got on the first day Bent her from tho front to ten lengths last, yot no action was taken against the offending party. Before returning to Melbourne tho Welkin colt, Throo. was stepped out to do hi» best m the Flying Handicap at MooreucTa" on ' May 13. He was a red' hot order, but 9.7 stopped bim over the last pinch and a rank outsider came to tho roscuo of tho "Tommies." Mount Victoria, as usual, gnvo «i heap of trouble at the posr at Blenheim, but he got well out each day und won by a «tre«t on the first day. On the swond day he wait going on woll ut th<> (liUhis, und it looked o» If U, Reed might imv«: lyot him there had ho used tho "but" on him. Mr. W. li Bldwlll ha* shipped Dolvrmlnntlon to F. MeGrath nt Uandwick. Tho Walrampa aporuunun )»lh th<? ambition of every oth«r owner, uiul that id to win an A.J.C. or V.R.C. Derby. and h<? hopo« that Determlnutlon will eftcct lhi» for hltn. Tho half-brother t<> RcputHtJpn i» a plain- look tut? Ht>tl mul not furnished at all, but b«?wiK «ut of 3tt<pfeldt he 1m bound to bo a K'kil!oj)>?r. Momtawa (All BJtick— KUindinl) ha* come down lv the world. At on«< thno ho wa« thought to bo likely U> turn out a flnst-clauH handicap horao, but ho did not corao ou an wu» oxpectod. j On May 11 h© won the Jumpers* Flat j at Gonford (N.S.W.). He la ntlll owned by Mr. E. J. Wn.tt. an<l In the ruc<? In qucsvion •«%'»« ridden by W. 11. MeLaoh- i lan. Mombatstk U Vq to tried ever I aurdleff. J

"Wonder -will Crown Pearl be out hunting to-day. First race at Wanganui to-day (Saturday) starts at noon. Some of the owners of jumping horses deserve a statue alongside of Captain Cook's. , If Ikemo does not ease up on the copOUt staJtea, punters will soon have nothing left to pawn. ■■■./•■ Stepney broke down badly while working: at Trentham, and the Achilles gelding is not likely to\ be seen out again. -, Franbonnet is nothing if .not solid.-In his races at Blenheim he was kicked from the fall of the flag and, saw it out well. Anzac won well on both days at Blenheim and it was quite uhnecqssary for his rider to Chop OUt the field tho way he did. •.'■<.■"• -...:.. After many failures, T. Higgins scored a win with Lady General, m the Maiden at Blenheim. The half-sister to Mullingzir was m front the whole way. Mr J J Corrv of Blenheim wns represented dt Vdie? TaSrsTlri meeting this-month by Barley King, a six-year-old gelding by Knight Errant Departure. A complaint which acted m boomerang fashion was lodged by a rider at Blenheim against a trainer. After going into the question the stewards fined the rider £3. Tha Rionh,,,^ i,^^,^ /-*„„,,„ fn-y~A rhe Blenheim horse, Casco, failed ir n wS Ctm^ hL^ th^dTi^^^^^ decided that when there are more than it must be run m divisions. The ex-New Zealanders, Ronald Cameron and Clarence O'Neill, both conSKSPSTnJ? /rJi S° OrmeJ rode two winners and^ O'Neill equalled feiawick. Tasmania. . On tho Victoria which arrived at Auckland thla week were Mr, E. W. Aiison's purchases which ho made at the Sydney yearling sales. They are: Ch c, Konllworth —Yandangarang, B c Persian Knight—Aello; B f, Flavus — SS^PtoHy a^^STwkSeJ PhSrt^loullln? Chc? Sands > of tno At the recent Gatwick (England) meeting, rather novel conditions, attached to the Mart Plate, a race for two-year-olds. Youngsters originally purchased at auction for less than 1000 guineas were entitled to claim 31b; for losa than 600gns., 71b; for lean than SOOgns., 101 b; and for less than lOOgniu, 14lb. From thte it will bo seen that th© scalo is based on the assumpUon that the higher the price paid for me can©, B. Deeley liad a re-bearlnp at Auckland last week, but ho failed to K©t Wa suspension removed. '•Spearmint" was not at tho meeting where the trouble occurred, bo cannot «">' much about It, but it does nor seem feasible that Doeloy, on a pony (Soultano), took on Interfering with Robinson, on a big draught (Thooloml). From what tho writer baa se<m of Thooloml, ho was a horse that did not know whore ho was going In a race. At tho Wan^anul Cup meeting, ho broke through the barrier a couplo of times and once wiu nearly over the inside rails. It's bad luck for E. W. Aliaoji.

One horse at Blenheim was nearly hoisted over the rails, but no questions were asked. , "Stepney has broken down." Thus Destiny climbs to the wheel of the cox of fate, and saves punters. A couple of horses which racod at Blenheim looked as if they wantec the service of a maternity nurse. Jockey W. McLachlan broke his jlas last week by riding" Mombassa home c winner at Gosford, m the Jumpers' *Tat race. There was a time when, etc According to "Deuttschor Sport," m . Quiries have shown that 135,000 head ol horses were lost m East Prussia at tiu time of the Russian advance into Germany early m^the war. Hopfield (Malster —Circe), who upended Three m the Flying Handicap ai Moorefleld, was recently voider offer tc a Now Zealand buyer for 200 guineas, no business resulted, "Racing is an institution not m the slightest degree intended forthe eraolument of individuals, but for tho imProvcmen': of the breed of horses," says a P«**!«t London sporting writer, Good acceptances for Otaki. and tlu meeting \which opens on Juried, should be a. very successful one h d\^ us^f K^af bf l^eTS £f tho M^den expected Mawea. T1)o Waikanul-bred Bourlang (Bezonian—Nervo) was successful In the Juvenile Handicap at the South Austraiian Torkov rii>h'<* mnattni* nn th* hors^ YauL them wiirbe ?e?tle7 dust bran, paper leather adn now Steel oats, sUentla (Royal Artillery—-Ouletejtn Hawke's Bay meeting this month, is a n,u sJater Modajte, the South Isperformers named, is by Qrafton— Slumber, by Trenton —Nightmare, to which family "Wakeful, Nightfall, Eligible, and many good performers belong, At the Sydney yearling sales last month a brown colt by imported Cooltrim from Quietest realised 600 guineas. TnUnerß »«*»*>*■ «• working •«»- dor very d °Pressin 8 circumstance^ and against it and endeavor to keep tho gamo going. Tho shortage of boys becomes more acute each month, and it is hard to say what is going to bo the end of It all. One has only got to stroll through tho Trentham or Featherston camps to see dozens of face* that one first knew on a racecourse. It can safely bo said that the sporting section ot tbo community has contribute its full ahar© to th*> ranks of the flghtera. nlng at tho stud m England, 17 of th« 20 mores mated with him proving m foal. Tho flr«t to foal to hlra was Baroness La Flechc but unfortunately »hor youngster died nt birth, and the tlrat living foal was a trroy colt out of Perfect Peach, a Persimmon mare who cost Mr. Lionel Robinson HSO Kuineasi. This year Tho Totrarch had 28 public mares, and needless to say they were of tho best. As his f«e is 300 gulueas, thtit number meant £8800 for his owner. to say nothing of what Unrprogeny of the latter*a own mar t?a ure likely to roallso. In Bngland v really suecossful racohorso i« a B\?lilmino when he commencea at Uu 1* stud.

Lord Lupin may be seen at his best to-day. If so, what a job he would make of the sprinters at Wahganui. Dunedin next week. Punters will have the Oamaru form to guide them, and m addition, "Spearmint" will have a special for them to get their exes, off. V • Tannhauser has been handicapped liko a back number at Otaki, but the southerners expect him to pay exes, at the Maori meeting, which" opens next week. The pickpockets at race trains are doing a splendid business. It's a far more pleasant and profitable pursuit than even being a policeman, and certainly safer. The New Zealand jockey, J. Graham, was disqualified for five years for. the way he rode Sweet Step, who ran second In a jumpers* flat race at Wyongr Park this month. Those who profess to know, say lleel Tap would have strolled m at Blenheim on the second day had he been able to run. There was big money m Wellington to say he would win tho President's Handicap. The punters attacked the trenches of the Bar Vons with deadly effect last week, and the latter had to retire to their second line of defence- after heavy losses. No doubt, after a little reorganisation, a couater-attaek will be attempted. Canada believes m, "Canada for the Canadians" m racing matters. The Hamilton, Ottawa and Dorval Racing Association announced that only would be employed on their totalisators, and that they would als,o get any other positions they could fill. Jack Stewart, formerly a well-known cross-country horseman m the Dominion and Australia, wrote to "Spear- i mint" recently from England and sent greetings to all did- friends. "Stewey" was heartily glad Jto leave Gallipoli, which he described as a hell of a place. After that he was m charge of some horses m Cairo and was then taken ill and invalided to England for a couple of months. Stewart hopes' to remain -with the Anzacs till the finish of tha game, ■ ' - v The veteran Flomington horseman, Sammy Cracknell, who rccontly celebrated his 69th birthday, has for many years been engaged In strawberrygrowing m the Lllydale district Sammy was always a midget, and left off riding at 6.T. A good story is told of him during his early riding days m Adelaide, his birthplace. Even- -at that period, Sammy could do bis longsleever. Picking him up at a pub one, night, his mother was carrying him home m her up-turned skirt, when she was accosted by a policeman. "What havo you got there?? As quick as lightning, Sammy sprang to his feet, exclaiming, "A man, you — ; put up your dukes." R. Berry succeeded m satisfying tho Ota go District Committee , as to hia bona fides when riding Redshiro at the Southland meoting, and the stewards of the latter club got araroenub when the Dunedin body refused to indorse the disqualification ot Berry. Owing to tho action of tho Southland Club, tno rider { mentioned was compelled to mtss several meetings and was put to considerable expense to free himself. Ho is to bo congratulated on hia good fortune, i At the eamo time, it 'should again be pointed out that there should be a right of appeal m all cases,' and "Spearmint" hopes the question will not bo overlooked at the Conference, wtoioh is to be , held next month. The Political Labor League conducted its conference m Sydney recently, and one of the resolutions passed on the voices was: "That the total - Isatdfcsbo legalised, owned, and run by the Government, the proceeds derived therefrom to become the property of tho Government." There is not much likelihood of the machine getting & "go" m Sydney. Premier Holman Js opposed to it and no caucus will make him alter -his mind. More power to him, for tho machine benefits the big man only and tho Political Labor League does not know -what it is asking for when it urges the Introduction of the totalisator. In England several attempts havo been made to got the totalisator but tho Government and Jookey Club alike ore up against It An interesting article m Dublin "Sport" on Eclipse nnd hte owner, O'Kelly, contains tho information Uiat the career on the Turf of the horse mentioned only lasted eight months, but during that brief period he won eleven King's Plates, m ten of which he carried 12at,, besides other stakes and ' matches. He was nover once bcaton or oven approached, and so groat was his fame that he was seldom admitted to subscription stakes Without a high premium and penalty. Thus In the last raco he ran, a hundred and fifty guinea plate, O'Kolly hod to pay 100 guineas entry foe to enable his horse to run, and the only bets his owner could get on him were by laying long odds that Eclipse would not only hoax the other competitors, but "distance" them, it waa out »f tho potfeny of Eclipse that the Colonel made bis profit, for ho twice carried off the Derby with sons of the grand old horse—ln 1781 with Young Eclipse, and m 1784 with Serjeant.*" R. J. Mason, who has made a good deal of turf history of one sort and another, has now got the worst team that ho has had for some time past, and unless the Comedy King colt turns out some good, Mason's prospects for tho corning season ar© anything but bright. The Danube stock »e«ms to bo of thoKunt order and ihoyoro fust getting pushed out of the stable. Mason enjoyed a large mead of success m bygone years, so ho must not complain If a few can ones come his way. How ho must lonic for another Multiform, a Maxim, v Manloo, n. Gold Medallist, or a Cruciform, lit tho tfaya of tliocio horsee the late G. G. Stead had tfven up betting, but at one time ho loved to go for the glovos, which, m racing parlance, means having a tilt at tho ring, which ho broke on one occasion. Mason's present patron is a very different man from tho hue G. G., nnd knows nothing of radni?. Whereaa tho former patron was an export u t maUnff mium Greenwood knows nothing of thto, so there is not tho brain power to pit winners that thoro wan In tho olden days. Mason wju» v vrouderfully clever man with two-yoar-oldw. Despite tho recent enactments of the Racing Conference una the vigilance or the "Hilpt'H" who rejfulnrly roport to headquarters re tho bookmakers vI«HJijk townu where mco meetings tiNs !u progress, the "Tommies" continue Jo <lo liljf bUKlnt'Mj} nnd none ot lUntn m» retiring from the pitne, Tho Hulpk s of Racing siiy that owner* must ,m»t boi with the "TornraJe*." This m only mnkinu Hum ami unttfik* of owner* whu iiktf to inv««t on their horvw to Uu> b*Bt advantage, which l» ci<rtulnly~ not on ih« toialUator, ho tht»y ur» com tfWlfltf »•> dishonor UutfniH'lvwj it mi tint ifcroujrh tm atjem, Who wouM nut bo j>ruud o( i ln* imaUiuaor which brIjJKH ntiout U)J* M«it<? of affair*? Th<* lUicluu Conference which tirlnK» Ut«s«« rult?« Uuu (urv*: m comjHH*^U ntftliUy • of Uio "ul« Uuen" ot th« rurf who want every >x>nny iKmnlblft to be put through U>« machine hq an to build up tilKger uUtk*!* t^r them to win. It will < nUo mciiij biaff*r prle*j« for their yearUnea. JVtt all graft to pu*h "»l the * Uaulin^ own«r, wn«i ix'tt only a tow )TP.r» vtif" w ft' uok»o¥i^i oa <K4 Xnvr ZwUand turf. .

Melbourne "Truth" soys: "If not utterly degrading; the at least undignified spectacle of seeing a female equestrienne riding straddle legged m a field of twenty, which contested one of the trots, was witnessed at Richmond lost Monday. What is trotting coming to? It is a sufficiently discredited Bport(?) and this latest Innovation, which is a West Australian Importation, is not calculated to improve its popularity or Its morale. No serious objection might •hold against 'a woman driving a Bulky, but to ride astride, booted and breeched, borders on the disgusting. It. la to be hoped the nauseous spectacle win not be repeated. Women riding jockey style m public contests is not on exhibition that should be encouraged. It is right enough at a circus, but it is Quite out of place at a racecourse." The Southland Club i 3 .now tho laughing stock of everyone consequent upon its attitude over the Borry case. The Judicial Committee of tho club decided to punish Berry on a question of fact for having "pulled" Redshiro. With Mr. Wm. Hazlett (a member of the Racing Conference and who should have known that on a question of fact no evidence was necessary) they then called Dr. Robertson (owner), Stinen (trainer) and Berry. Tho lastnamed m talking the caso over with his advisors, spoke of tha proceedore, and one of the tatter then seized on this error of tho club with the rosult that when it came to tho Otago District Committee that body unanimously upheld Berry's appeal. The next question is. Will Southland appeal? "Spearmint" thinks not, and for some tlmo to come they will probably emulate the ostrich. This brings up one point more and that Is, what do we pay our "stipes" for? If they do not know the rules and the correct proceduro it is high time they wore done away with. All sorts of rumors are afloat about the ail&god Coping of a horse at Blen- | helm. One jockey who put £15 on his mount has been running round telling everybody it was fillod on him. Considering that the animal lias been raced all over the country of late and that his owner lias gone to the "cleancnT It would not seem a wise policy for him to go post a stnko If he could get one. Further, it is not tho simple matter somo people would think to fill a horse. The animal will only eat •what it requires and no efforts will make it gorge when it docs not want to. Again, some horses often race better on a full stomach, as certain owners hayo learned to their sorrow m tho past 'Reverting to tho Blenheim business it may bo said tlmt "Super Gordon was present, nnd ivronfr doom would not rink any tricks with htm there. (Dlcken). "Stipes" tiro a most powerful (slo) influence. 'They do not see -what they should see and always catch wrong- doers when they are Innocent. Berry's case Is tho latest Instance of this and yet these sentinels of the turf cost over £2000 per annum.

probate duty amounting to> £9858 IBs 5d has been paid on the Victorian estate of the late Mr. Alec McCrackeii, an ex -chairman; of the V.R.C. The amount on, which. -duty- >vas payable was V £ 108,961.' ■;, 7 ■•■•"•■„;.' ; l '-. : '' ' At the. Wellington tnarts the fluit- ' sellers and every stak-a-da-oyst and da feesh ees joker were on Crawford for the lot. They got the tip off some fruit cases which came [from, a person named Crawford. Desert Gold's winning record as a three-year-old' (for fourteen wins) m the Dominion is small compared with the most successsful three-year oias m the Commonwealth this season. Patrobas, with five firsts, two seconds, and . two ; thirds, won 18,620 ■ soys ; Cetigne, with six firsts afid^even seconds, won 837G soys, bringing: ; his record up to 13,732 flova for two seasons; Kariplos, with two wins, dtfe] second, ; and three thirds^won 2993 soys.' Westcourt failed to win a race, bujf was placed on seven, occasions winning 2755 soys. Wallace Isinglass with one first and two seconds, secured .2032 soys. There is no totalisator m Sydney: or- Melbourne to make the stakes bigger.-