NEWS AND- NOTES.

NZ Truth, 6 January 1917, Page 9

NEWS AND- NOTES.

Foxton entries,, close, to-night. JGlation is m 'the private sale list. . Balrnsdale'was'not raced "during the holidays . Elation is to be taken home to Rototawa and gelded. Racing at Tapanui on Wednesday and Thursday nest. Weights for the Wellington meeting are due on Monday. Westland Jubilee , meeting on ' Monday and Tuesday/next, The Whangarei meeting takes place on Thursday and Friday of next week. Golden March was very sore at Awapuni and could not hit ''out on the; hard tracks. Probation, Maimatoa, Lady General, and Sir Wallace were dual winners at Tauberenikau. Money tight at the races this week. Quite 1 a lot of our friends the same. Festive season, sir. Merrie Poto is one of those unfortunate animals that seem just ,good enough ,to be beaten. A Demosthfenes-For-mulao fllly belonging to Mr., R. Acton >Adams is to join the Portrua team. Moula was a very hot order on the; tote m the Ohura Hurdles, but 1 Captain, easily defeated him. The investments on the, Stratford; Cup totalled £4245, -vr^xich is said to be a record for Taranaki. { A new addition to C. Pritchard's* T^entham tes^rn is an All -Red mare, who was bred m the south. •C. Emerson hastened south after the Auckland meeting to ride Mr. D, H. Roberta's horsos at Hokltika. ' . The tote arrangomonts at Stratford on Mondky last were shocking. Hundreds .of pounds were shut out. Spain! and Sail Home, winner and runner-up m "the Now Year Hack, at Marton were 'both expected by their owner. , Nothing makes,' a man sit up sooner than owning a #ws,t woman and o. slow horso, unless it "is. owning several of them. Depredation's fine win m the Aucjy^ land Cuo was summed up by o^Mt^M m/^m^j^^^t^j, "Eciipso^^^^H

:•• Carillon, was very unlucky not to:win : the Claudebbye Welter it' "■Awapuni,' - During the three days at Awapuni there not an : ihcuiry of 'any kind!: There were several very „■ sore horses racing on the. last day at Awapuni. ;"■■-■■■' '- ■ .'.■■.■';:;■:■'''■■. .'■■'..• - ; - . -■'■.■' ''/<■ ■ Fo'r ■•-.being 1 late into the ...birdcage at Awapuni, the owner of ' Arlington was^ fined' one sow >'• \ 7 ." ', Turehaua continues ? * to disappoint, and he seems to be getting worse m" stead .of, -.better.', ';•» ' . , • t; A gobd jump-out materially^ assisted Otter to score m the Claudebpye Wei-, ter at Awapuni. . •'_■■• \ " , Big money for Tarania Jack all over the Dominion when he won the Poni.'sonby Hurdles. Orleans could not act on the Tauherhikau' course" and he finished tailed off m the Cup. ; : ,- : ; ;.. taken, to the Taranaki/ meeting Hiero got hirrt on the boat . and could not start.;: ■ - ;■ \' Vladineau did not win out of his turn when he up,' ended Pohe^e m the liash Hack atMarton. " •■ •. ; ; Reported that -Mr.v^^ Stesid '*£.-? 'Writly" M&^yoii&l: ifee whbleVof his ' * blood stock for £10,006; V- ! Class was not well represented at Tauhernikau .but there was* a very' big attendance of the public. '- t . When she won the Te Matai Hurdles at Awapuni, Portland Lady ran an Australasian record for 1 % miles. After failing at New Plymouth/ Veto went on to Stratford and scored m. ! the open sprint on ' the first day.: ; The principal handicap .at the Porongahau meeting was won by the imported Kaiserine, who; paid the limit. ; An unlucky bump 'at the 1 barrier spoilt any chance Trentham JRose had m the- Nursery Handicap at Tauherni- 4 kau; ..■-.■■.;_[ ; . ■..'■"'.'' •= ■• *.'~;:; ... '■ '; Percy -Johnson had a fair' outing- at ■-, Stratford on Monday, 'Svihnihg with Captain Mira, Madam Riston and Movement. , - . l They had it on Moulii the first day at | Stratford, but thes- B6riiform gelding could only run third to", ; a couple of moderates. ' ,- / 1 . Montana seems to be getting over his l soreness and m the Wairarapa Cup he c nioved much am ore freely than he has done lately . ; i C> £ Prom Wellington alone nearly £ 6000 ( will' go to Taranaki as the results of £ the. win of Depredation Sand Bisogne at Auckland. . 'v -"' ■"■■■. ■.'■) .Janitor made his first appearance m. ■"] .-\hitf; hew owner's colors at Awapuni oh £ the] concluding day, ,but he ''failed to' run into a place, r ;J Toa Tere was not producecf m the holidays, but P. Coffey ' >hppes to have ' him' ready to race at the EJgmont meet- ] ing next month, r , -.•■'.. • ■■/•'. ■ - .■ ■-' ••■ ..• ■'.-. . : •'. ■■. ■.■■•■ Plash Lady -was well; fancied by the ; Gisborneites for -the: Terrace Hack Welter at, Awapuni, but at no stage, did she threaten danger. On his Taranaki running, Tree Lv- .. cerrie was fayprite for the, Douglas " Handicap, , at> 1 Stratfordi" on Morxday, - bjit^fpurtb,- *was.his pprtipßup: t? ' fe>- ,;■ Consultatipn got cut out at the barrier m the Rimutaka Hack Handicap at the' Wairarapa oieeting which spoilt any chance the mare had.". When m H. Fletcher's stables Te Opal had the reputation ' of being ungenerous m a race, but he acted eolidly v enough at Tauhernikau. Altitude had only been up a few weeks when, she raced at Tauhernikau, but she showed a bit of pace, though she was no match for Walmatoa. . Some, of the sharp shooters .'were on R©wa Rewa on the firstsday at Marton, but, the black mare could only finishthird tioWladineau and Pohehe \,[':\y- "<■■■ '■: ? Coropett was m the market on the cpncluding > day .at Awapu"nl, ; but A he was not quite ready, and the seasoned , Golden Glade soon, ran past him. The -native owner, who xaces asv"Mr. Egraoht," '.recently purchased . a yea.Tr ling half-brother tp Encore from his. breeder, Mr. J. Casserley, of Hamilton. £ As was freely predicted, Kilrea was equal to winning both juvenile events „ at Awapuni. The two-year-old filly is ( tho best asset earner m F. D. Jones's ( stables. " ■ '- ; - . ■' '..>■■ ' .-■■_ .•. • - -. . ( /The two defeats of Lady Edith at Tauherenikau were very costly to f ol - . lowers of A.. M. Wright's stable. ' On neither day did ths mare have any the beat of the luck; ;/ The Gisborne filly. Likely, was well fancied for the Westbury Hack Handicap, at rAwapuhi, but she was troublesome at the barrier and failed to 1 get away with the field.

So tar, a two-year-old has never won ttiev Palmeraton North Stakes. A youngster )hfUi; to be good to beat the older horses/ over a six furlongs course at this time of the year.

Cooing (B<^form~-R4r#lQVe) gave a very go*t&~ sHawln* 4h th© Nursery Handicap at Tauhernlkau . She ran. very rreoi, but with the others trtppplng she got up m time to win. j Q^lflae la bred well enough to win | Sho comes from the Rubina dam was picked. up for by her present owner, who Gozcley, with happy reaberration cost W. He rode Mar - last In a field of Welter, and m. hence the "cough - requiring: owners as to the necessary orscs, was revived when the Manad to fine Mr. W. notifying the and Pohehc. making her first apwhen she went I^^^H^^wtt the Whitmore Hack Awapuni. Sho was to a very short price, flattered her backers, to hit out. pot making good as a as was thought would his initial display 1 V&"h*n racing on the torally out' m/ front <>t©d h.irn, and m the 1 1 Is much the same -i-W-y.-vf. ■"■;■ **.>.••. ■■„-< was winning the others of 'the stock 1 ' U P hold ( n e tho fame uf Carbine at Now wore Clavla, from scored m (he Hunfrom HlnuStakes.

■Haumakaka is no good on top of the ground and. wants the sting out of thetracks before he will hit out at his best." ( \ _ .'■ -* : .. .. ' •■■■. -■ ■. ...-•.■;.'■■ ....'. When T. Metcalfe won the Waira- i( rapa Cup, on Want . it ,waa the English* lad's first success since coming to this ■country. , "/".■"■ l ;-U. .-;.'.'' '. •■' ■ ■"■ '/ ■ -.' \ ; "v '< Ohoreka vrpn a double 'ftt;Mar,toh and anothers-of J. M. Cameron's string, m Golden- Glade was successful on the: second day. The Auckland trainer, J. Lambess, had : a very successful trip to Stratford, where Jtauri King, Soldier,, and Hiero ajry&m'for him on the second day. : .Owing ;;;.to a bereavement ln^'the* i family, s the horses owned by Messrs. it; A./ and X.. McKenzie ' were with-; drawn from, their! Awapuni engage'i. ments, : ' : ■ .■■ ■ ' '••' . : ' '. ; '•. Prior to the start of the Liverpool Handicap at Awapuni, the C.J.C. Oaks winner, Devotion; was badly, kicked by BronkDelaval, and it will be some "time before she can race again. : ; Mr, G. Hume informed, "Spearmint" 4ast week that/ his Martian— -Neva -youngster was stfymk' satisfaction', to :hia ; ; trainer, Jjut he, fwou Jd j rio't^ -b^. yrer 'quired" to' fa.cc ''uritll' the"' autumnT ' v '■■''. ''■ The Klaramu stable, which has : not had the best of luck for some time past, scored -four wins at- the. Hawke's Bay meeting^ In addition, Gladf ul and Hyraenestra were runners-up at Ellersliey so followers of the stable would have a good 'week. , ' Frbrn all accounts, Bimeter-was unlucky not r to win a race- at Ellerslie. The black son of Malster, was bang up with, the front division at'the flnish of . the ■ Railway Handicap, arid m the County Handicap -on the last day he just failed to' concede Toro Toro 341 b. : Arlington had a 'very easy, win m the second hurdles at Awapuni. He was taken to- the front early m the piece and then had the pace of the field though; he reached badly for his fences and did not jump as well, as he vdld when m behind the leaders.," ' ' / V- '. '■.-■, The rain which fell at Hastings on second day was all In favor^of Haumakaka and with the eting out of the ground the old fellow waa able tohU out with something like' his former dash. Under these conditions and with only 11 lbs. above the minimum he was a good thing. Sleight of Hand was produced at Hastings tills week and proved equal to winning the Hack Welter. The hurdle gelding was credited with running 10 furlongs m 2 mln. 9 sec, which, is eorae galloping for a jumper. Thevunlucky Fore ulle second place behind Sleight of Hand and she was similarly situated j behind Haumakaka on the following day. , .. / . ' -■■ .; ." /• ■'

vAt the Manawatu- 1 meeting on the opening day, Kurapai weighed "m 2ov. short and was disqualified for third ..place.,"' „ : -. . '■ ■-.■■.■ v; '- '•" Day -Fly,' who now runs\in 'thG^col.ors, of Mr. Keith White, ot, Pofongahou, Vfon a doubte at, the local meeting on Boxing Pay. Mr.' F.Armstrong, of Akitlo, who has been to Samoa to don khaki, arrived back m Auckland lost week and was present at EUorslie on race days. ' Desert Gold stiU the top dog. Tho Australians will how begin to think she is some good when she easily defeats Sasanof at weight-for-age. Bisogne's showing in i the ■ Royal .Stakes attracted considerable attention knd the handsome chestnut Is now entitled to' rank amongst, -the foremost sprinters in' the Dominion. /■".Tho Wairarapa spoilsman, Mr. T. Beriton; has Merrle Gain and Try Again to carry his" colors. At Tauhernikau this week' each of them won' a race and paid; ft good dividend. The brown' ware, Mahzoltov,- who does not win but of her turji, was successful m the concluding event at the •Maytoji. -meeting.; , 2 -^bbajjly, she( will be tried at jumplh^lateriri the season. Interlude had; a soft snap m the Flying on. the first day at Marion,' but on the, second day she was asked to meet Rangitero at a concession of lib. only . There is no need to tell anyone that Rangitero beat the "W^anganul ihare Both two-year-old races at Hastings fell to the Kafarau 'stablee. On the first day Hymeona won and Marquetteur prevailed on the: second day. The later is by trie imported King Mark and is the first of that sire's progeny to win. " Acting on instructions from Mr. John Murphy,, of "Gisborne. the Hon.' James Carroll secured a; solid silver cup m England,- which Mr. Murphy has donated to the Glsborne Club as a : trophy . to go with this year's cup, to be run next month.

Want scored an overdue win m the Wairarapa Cup In which h© was well handled by T. Metcalfe. v The Ehgliah rider went up on the?- fence the "whole way and over the last furlong ho; £ let nothing get near him . Some of * the other riders gave him a cheer on his return to the dressing-room.

The ex-New Zealander, P. Porter, who has been resident m Sydney for a considerable time, attending to Mr. J. j. Corry's horsea, and Co., Is returning to the Dominion, and the horses are ; also , being brought .back. It is stated that as a result of protracted proceedings the AccJdent\FuhU trustees have given Porter a grant; of £300 m compensation for the bod accident he' met with at the Walroa meeting. ;'

. Independence is not quite ?ood^ •enough for Ellerslie company, but vn}^. win a lot of races 'at the eojjmwji&i meetings, ' v ' -**• Whenever* they have met this, year the elder horses have downed the' two-year-olds; which suggests- that we have not unearthed a really good youngster this season. *< McCa^tin did the hat trick' on the N first day at Stratford, being successful on Movement, Inah and -Crawford. He rode a -well- judged race on "Crawford m the Cup. Encouraged* by the success of his last venture at the Sydney sales, Sir George Clifford has decided- to send another shipment of blood stocky .to this year's April sales. \

Kurapai proved what a really goodt horse he' is by winning the First Hack Hurdles at Martota under 11.10. Such a good horse should not be racing now as he would be more profitable m the Winter. '

• Balboa was very lame after racing *at Awapuni. It would have been better^ play to hay« reserved him fdr the April meeting/at Inyercargill /w.hen the_ „tracks. tracks .-would/ m all t prdbabiilty hWve I the sting; out of' them." ( v Entries for the Doncaster Handicap r and' Sydney" Cup close on, Tuesday next at' 4, p.m. Secretaries A. -E. Whyte.,l J> F. Hartland, H. £. Moss, or H. E. Wanklyn are empowered to receive entries up till that hour.

5 Lady. General ivaa allowed- to pay & false price, when she scored m the Pukio Hack Handicap at Tauhernikau. She drdvv^ the.' extreme outside at the barrier -and this put backers off her, but it ctyt not $top her from winning.

The GJsborne is out with a great- pro&r&mrae for this year's Cup meeting. "'There is not a race oh tho , programme which is less than 120 soys. ■*SeveraJ new owners intend visiting Gisborne for the first time next month. j" ' a short course the NgataraWa hack, Shlela, Is very useful. This she j demonstrated again, this week when she" scored m the Grey "Handicap at EllersHe, ,the runrier-upjbeing Cheloma, who failed to concede >hier* 151 bs. C. Reed made altogether too much use of Mascot in.Uie Wairarapa Cup. Evidently he had been told to take her to the front and he, carried out his instructions, but overdid itj 'with the result that the mare wag ' very . tired at the end of seven furlongs. Sea Pink is still racing m Melbourne but' with not much success. At the Moonee Valley meeting 'he finished third to Torbano and Sir Duff and at th6V.R.C meeting on New Year's Day he wasisecond to Xides" m th» Bagot Handicap, 1% .ralles. "':'> ' , The Golfer- met with had luck at New Plymouth and could not race diir- ( ing the holidays. His owneri took him' out to give him a jump . over a )csouple of fences, and through the ground .Spying way he fell heavily at the: second one and badly ricked himself. .'"■''■'■ V\. 1 Some well-backed horses won 'on New Year's Day, but several tailed badly. Amongst the latter :clasa were/ Portland Lady, at Marton, 6nd Indigo; at Hastings. These two were?;.heaytty/ punted . on by the^ brea^d . and; bvft^er brigade; and their failures were costly. Prior to tho .Wairarapa meeting Humorist galloped half a mile with Trenthain Rose and had the two-year-old doing her best at me finish. This caused her to come m for strong support for the-Pukio Hack Handicap, but her rider lost his irons soon after the start aridvwas of no assistance to the mare. '.-,■ Client has** paid his t way lately. In his.last three statts he has won twice and been second once. His wins at Awapuni and Marton wjll place hun on the credit aide of the ledger for the rest of tho season. He, Red Ribbon, and Alteration look like, giving Elevation a much needed lift on the win* ning sires' list.

Mr. H. M. Campbell was not long m getting back some of his purchase money with the Hlghden cast-on* Wapping. » The Advance gelding won the Summer Handicap on the second day at Hustings and paid quite a nice price. The ruhner-vfp was tha unlucky Mysterlarch, who has run. good races several times lately, .■butrso, far, has not won for his new owner. > A correspondent, "Investor," writes complaining that the "broken money" is not paid out with the totalisator dividends, and he asks why the clubs should pocket it. He says that if anyone presents a, cheque for £1 10s lid

at the bank he is paid m full, so why

should not the clubs disgorge to the Investor that, which is properly his? All that 1b needed la a plentiful supply of change. ■ '- The Te KutticoursoJis such a pretty one and those who go there usually have such a glorious time, that there will certainly be a big entry for the ; different events >t the coming meeting. A nummary of the programme i appears m this issue and is well worthy of perusal. That up-to-date .official, Secretary J; H. Trinnear, Will ftx up accommodation for yylslting horses upon receipt of a post cord. , < The Auckland form still leaves a doubt as to whlcli is the better, The Toft or Sasanof, as each has a narrow victory over the other, '" A, -returned visitor gives it as his opinion that the running was a good guide ©a to their' merits. Probably there is not much between the pair and each would win as often as the other. The visitor expresses tVfe opinion that both horses could have stripped better m the Derby and Plato.

Tho WaJrarapa course was In \ its usual fast eta to this week andfsecohd-

,c\asa luickn were putting up times good enough to win a Newmarket Handicap. It tho WaJrarapa Clab movca ahead and puts a weight. f or >ago event on Us programme which would attract eoine of the beat horses, all existing time records would go to the wall. Want was timed to run the Cup 10 furlonga In 2 mm. 3 sees,, but m previous years several horses have bettered, this time by a second. ,^. '

*hpje present ' i»t New Plymouth state , that m the flm hurdle race one of the starters, went wtdo out tlio whole way, and down tho back tho other riders thought this horse woa qn the way to Jnglewood, The practice pf appointing asiiutont uUpwOlarlcm during, tho holiday* ta an, absolute waaff of money, for the lp.t -pttfc. Pin. w? incompetent. The regulars ,coss enough, heaven known, but t her? arc no Valid reasons tor Jumping up tJi« tixptfnfie* during, the holidays by 'Our employment of ft h;eo*p of Imbecile^ vlim eouW not pcundi v living ai any | other uarnp. Where It l« Jmpowlbld «> ««t-tt regular Wiipcndlary, th«i local aiewards in*y ba wt*ll Ivft to louk aCter their own