NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 604, 13 January 1917, Page 9

NEWS AND NOTES.

. Wellington Cup on' Saturday next Bunting a good favorite for the Wellington Cup. . The "heads" are waiting and watching for Parisian Diamond. For the English Derby of 1918 an entry of .287 has been received. The New Zealand Cup winner Slnapis Is believed to be m foal to All Black. : Keeping' a racehorse these days is nearly as costly as keeping a society belle. • ; Sea Lord looked well enough but did not act up to his best form at Hastings. • Tavistock was a bit above himself at Hastings, but may be due at any time now. Two of the finest-looking fillies bred at Longlands claim that, good sprinter Athenib-as - their sire; / •- ■•■ N Wolowa's stock shows plenty of size and, on appearances, should turn out a cut above the ordinary. It is common talk that some of the; things done at the Porongahau annual meeting were hotter than mustard. Sleight-of-hand made the opposition m the Hack Welter at Hastings look like goats over the last hundred yards. The Nile' is very "ratty," and it takes a rough rider to sit to her and about five or six to hold her while he gets aboard. 1 \P. Hazel'mn h, late trainer to Mr. W. E. Bldwell, was m charge of the Williams's team during J. F. Jefferd's absence m Auckland. V. Collello has Braeburn m steady work again, and the Wanganui Steeplechase winner, has greatly benefited by his respite from toll. The starting at Hastings was not up to Mr. Harley's usual standard. Probably on account of the number of Inexperienced riders taking part. Wapplng was In front all the way In the Summer Handicap, -and when the pressure was applied he answered gamely and eventually won fairly easy. Black Heart has improved out of all knowledge, and he accounted for the double m very convincing stylo. Another win is sure to fall to him m the near future. It is common talk that there has boon a big split up In a certain stable and that the jockey who usually rides for owners with horses m that stable will no longer don their livery. , It looks as if there Is only one way to ride Wishful and that is out m front. .It was tho way he was ridden In the Auckland Cup and Grandstand Handicap. Opposite tactics wero employed on the day he failed badly. * Mr. J, Tlmm's recent purchase, the Now Zealand-bred 'chaser New York, is now one of F. Burn's team at Flemlngton. Burn la also going to mako another attempt with Cherubini, with whom ho won tho Australian Cup last year for Mr. J. Timm. The three-year-old Watta (Achilles — Steplna), owned by the Queensland sportsman, Mr. A. B. Nazel, and purchased by him an a yearling for GlO guineas, won the Novice Handicap, six furlongs, on tho second day of Tattersall's New Year meeting at Randwick.

There are about a dozen ' rods m pickle for the Douro Cup. , Vermillion had every chance at Hastings, but was not quite good enough. Chuckle has grown into a fine big filly and is the image of her brother, Chortle. v There would be less oaid about Inconsistency- of any horse if we all backed him only when no won. If ahv they say about Marqueteur (King Mark — By By) Is correct, be on it next start, even among the best of them. La Tasse was left m each of her rapes at Hastings, but showed up well the first day, when she finished m third place. The Gisborne trainer, P. Malone, scratched his horses for the Hastings meeting owing to the late arrival of the boat at Napier. Zeus never looked better than he did at; Hastings, and but for being left several lengths m the Flying he might have outed Mazama. Some good judges say' that Blsogne would tickle up a Newmarket Handicap .with 8.10. It is understood that his owner intends having him weighted* It is said to be a fact that an Auckland punter put £1 on Tobasco and the lot then went on Depredation, which investment netted him just under four figures. Owing to the illness of the Porirua mentor, J. H. Prosser, his team is to be thinned out considerably, and Naupata, Portland Lady and Co. are to get their marching orders. Old Mysteriarch was . expected at Hastings the second day, and ho chased the Highden cast-off, Wapplng, tho whole way. A minor handicap will not be beyond him m the near future. At Hastings Multiplicity looked more like a stud mare than a racehorse, but she got tho best of a bad start and stayed m front all the way m the Scurry. She was rolling like a ship at the finish. ~ ' - Perfidy will score again when tho company is not too select. Ho is a good beginner, and was galloping while the others were standing m the Maiden Hack. Of course, there were a lot 1 labelled "not wanted" on the voyage. Analogue waa flying at the finish of tho big handicap at Stratford, but it was too late to get up. He 'will never do his boat for a light boy, and is always better In a raco whero he can get the services of a strong horseman. It Is common talk that the Manawatu stewards received a request asking them to examine a cortain horso which won a good raco as soon as ho had a change of ownership. The seller made the request and suggested that the animal was doped . A well-known commercial traveller i had bad luck over tho Auckland Cup double. A well-known rldor wrote and tipped hkn Depredation and Bisognc, but tho letter went astray and he did not get it till nearly a ft* rt night after the race waa run. lie wont on the bust then. T-lie four- year- old All Black horse, Bunting, who ranks as favorite for the Wellington Cup, Is evidently a better horso than his public form would suggest. Hla full-brother. Red Pennant, who was sent to Sydney last spring, but wont wrong, had tho reputation of boing a swallow -catcher.

The double, Bunting and Chakwana, is now at such a short price that backers will .get -a bit of spending silver if they win. Blue River (Merriwee — Bluewater), the dam of Blue Lake and Black Lake, lied at the Longlands stud farm last week through breaking a blood vessel, tier colt foal by All Black is being reared by hand. Hendra has improved out of all knowledge since being brought! over from Australia, and Alf Quinliyan turned him out In really . first -class fetUe. He is sure to come right later on. He would make an ideal hurdler, j The starUng all over the Dominion : was bad at the holiday meetings. AU of the starters could not be off color at the same time, 6o probably the explanaUon is to be found m the fact that so many tenth rate jockeys had mounts at this time. The Longlands estate, which m the iast few years has dwindled down to a few hundred acres, is being cut up, and will be sold m a month or sol Mr. Watt, however, intends retaining: that portion upon which the breeding industry is carried on. Mr. J. Truman sold Humakaka prior to his very easy win oh the second day at Hastings, and the new owner soon got evens on the deal. The Achilles gelding was always well placed, and won pulling up by several lengths. The price paid for Haumakaka was 100 guineas. Though there was a string team of visitors at . the Greymouth meeting, Uio locally- owned horses held their own. F. Christmas won the Cup with Slogan and the Petrie Handicap with. Partisan, . both of whom are owned by Mr. D. H. Roberts, a well-known Greymouth sportsman. "Spearmint" received a communication from Lieut. "Tip" Broughton written from Sling Camp, Salisbury Plains, early m December. "Tip" reported, it to be very wintry, but the b*dys were all well. Amongst others he mentioned Sergt. Percy Coyle as having left for France and Capt. "Juicy" Grover as being attached to the staff. The programme for the WoqdviUe Cup fixture, to be held on Wednesday and Thursday, February 14 and 15, appears m this issue. It is framed on similar lines to previous ' years, and owners should carefully study it All classes are well catered for. Entries close on Monday, January. 29, at 8 p.m., with Secretary W. A. Lyon. Some people think a bad horse is no good. \ What about the good he does for the* trainer, the jockey, the stableboy, the farrier, the cum merchant, the railways, the clubs and tho Government. Yes, even the Government, while benefiting indirectly along with several of the aforementioned, benefits directly per, medium of the totalizator tax. Ergo, bad horses ore good horses! Muitifual looked a bit above himself, as his form m the big handicap subsequently proved. .Tho other member of C.- Morse's team (Otara) was backed for big money, but though prominent at'thie turn, failed to run on arid had no chance with Hygia, who, despite her good showing on the first day, and with a stronger horseman In the saddle, paid a really good prico. At Hastings, Parowanul was backed down to a very short price for the Jumpers' Flat, but he was soon tailed offhand it was afterwards discovered he was bleeding badly. Backors, howevor, were not satisfied with his showing and went for him again tho socond day, but though he struck the front at the start, ho. cried enough after going threo furlongs and finished a long way m the rear. % Flash Lady (Gazeloy — Ladylike) went near to '^bringing off a coup and returning her supporters over a score on the first day. She went out and made the pace a cracker and was fully ten lengths m ( front three furlongs from home/but' thoy gathered her m half way down the running and she vms beaten Into third, place. She made amends tho next day m Uio gentlomen riders* race, In which she -was well supported. Despite the strong support accorded Bunting, the writer Is' going to give Client a chance m the Wellington Cup. Bunting, . of course, cannot bo left out of consideration, m fact, he must be entitled to every., possible consideration, lot tho money that went on him last week talked volumes. The people, who put it on are usually well informed, and the volume of business done was bo bis: that it looks as If Bunting must be a smasher.

Notata (Maori King— La 'Notte) nearly brought off a surprise m the Nursery at Hastings. , Her track form did not suggest that she would have a chance with Marquotta, who, it is said, showed a better trial than did Hymonostra, but she knocked her connections bandy 'when she finished In front -of La Tasse. The Karnmu representative is tho first of tho King Marks to raco. and besides being a "Bobby dazzler" at tho p«g, is gifted with great galloping jkbilltieH.

Nominations for all events at tho Poverty Bay Turf Club's Summer meeting' closo at 9 p.m. on Friday, January 19, with Secretary D. R. De Costa. It is a good programme, there being no raco of less valuo than 125 soys, which Is the sum given for tho hack events. Tho Tauranga Stakes, one and a-quarter mlloß, Is wqrth 300 soys, and the Sunderland stakes, ono mile (run on the second day), Is loaded with 250 boys stake money. There are two hurdlo races of 1&0 soys and open flylngra of 175 «ovs each day.

The two ex-New Zoalanders, Poter Keith and H. Mooro, fonmorly wellknown tmlnor and rider respectively, ore at present on a businena visit to the Dominion. Keith In anxious to drop some Hnifllsh horses to mako way for another shipment that Is on tho water. Mooro waa ono of tho beat-known hurdle riders m tho days of Torpluo, MU»sIlro and Co. Durlnfif tho pa«t few yeara he ha» bedn mine host of a hotel m Adelaide, but six o'clock closing luw boon no tfood, an j he Is now looking roundft;r a business In tho Dominion.

(Avners and tralnera are reminded that t'nirU'M for all evont« at Uio OJ«---borni* mrctlnf: close to-nlKht nt 9 p.m. Secretary If. K. Dodd's prognimtno la ft «l>)piuMd ono, and th« «takn money compui't'H more t)»an favorably with any other club of tho &amu s\v.\> In tho Dominion. All dntufe* ar« well catered for. and n» nauul it Jx ea«y n> win n rncQ til OlsUorixs thero will doubtlean ln» n good response* from the AucHhuul and Hxiwkp'n Bay districts. The Cup iuHuUcu}) thiM y*?ur carrlo* with Ii » beautiful trophy Jn th« »hmp<i of a ;uni<\ «iiv«-r ntp prfjtontod Uy Mr. John Murphy. «ud noloetod by tljo Hon. Blr Jup.cnrr'itl In Umdon. The gup U nd> Y<-j!.M'ii mi worth £2f», but thoao who l».i\iT wai iK »uu<! that H S4 well worth double tli!« num.

Sleight-of-Hand looks like winning races at Trentham. Any hack that can run ten furlongrs with nine stone In 2.9 is worthy of support m a hack welter. ■■■•■;■■■■ Visitors bock from Auckland state that a Judicial Committee was not apt pointed for the recently concluded Cup meeting. If this is so it is a direct violation of the Rules of Racing. Pall Mall was sold during the Waira* rapa meeting and has gxme back to C« Prltchard's stables. This leaves tho Wellington sportsman, Mr. Kirkdale, without a horse to carry his colors. Up till 9 p.m. on Friday next entries will be received for events at the Te Kuiti meeting. -Secretary J. H. Trinnear has made arrangements with Mr. R. Wynward, of Auckland, to take entries up till the closing hour. The action of the Walrarapa Racing Club m selling its privileges tp a set of. Chinamen was much discussed last week and very few had a good word for it. The Chinamen were detected selling sly grog and it is said are to be prosecuted. Buyers were very shy at the yearling sales at Auckland and though the leading owners were present at the ringside they were silent spectators of the proceedings. Owners at the present time are loth to Increase their" teams owing to the difficulty of getting labor m the stables. Mr. J, S. Adams, whose address is Otakl railway, advertises tho Signalman gelding Arlington fqr sale m this l9sue. His sole reason for disposing of the Manawatu winner is that he. Is going m for farming and haa no timo to attend to tho training of the gelding. Arlington is y winner on tho flat and over fences, and should be a good proposition. It was gruelling to tho "heads" at Ellerslle to sec tho "mugs" , collecting ott Depredation. The "mugs" collected because they "knew nothing" and simply backed "Old Jack's" grandson. Tho "h'cads" lost bocause they knew all about Depredation and how R. Barlow had tried to send him home, etc., and as a Cup winner he would not have him on his mind. Still he won, and won easily. During the Auckland Carnival a well-known Takapuna sportsman received Instructions to put £5 on Depredation In the Cup. As tho horso waa unaer a cloud tho sportsman would not inVest tho money «a he felt it was throwing it In tho sea, and ho wanted to aavo ltls mute, a- fiver. His good offices cost hfan just under £80, for when >he horse won he felt that hoshould shell out, which ho did.

(By "Waiinangru'7

War or no war, the amount put through the tote during the four days of the Auckland Cup meeting was well over a quarter of a million pounds: Some of the running at/Ellerslie was very puzzling, and horses which ran last or first one day would subsequently do just the" opposite. And nobody says "reversal of form." Depredation won the Auckland Cup so easily that he looked to have a royal show m the Grandstand Handi-' cap the final day, but he was never m the hunt at any part. When Torotoro won the County Handicap he carried lllbs over- weight. But this did not stop him from winning on the bit. Though . the Waikato trainer, R. Hannan, lias a very poorly- bred team, pompared with some trainers, he can hold his own 3 r ear after year, and on the average must do as well as • any trainer" m the land. \ Bimeter was only given two runs at the meeting. On the first day he ran nowhere m , the Railway, and on the final day was made a less than evens Chance m the County Handicap. This time he finished second but had no chance with Torotoro who had the race . won at the home turn. ■ Independence got galloped on wh\Je racing on New Year's Day, • Kitty Bellairs was given a run m the Grandstand Handicap, but she was right out of her distance m a mile and a- quarter race and finished a long way behind the leaders m last place. Tlnoreka ran nowhere at EUerslie with 6.9. We may expect her to bob, up any time now. S •" Rekenui carried a tremendous amount of money m the Grey Handicap, but the bay filly could not foot it with Sheila, who ,1b a pretty warm hack over a short journey. \ In neither of his two starts at Ellerslie was Chortle sighted^ At present he appears to be the only horse who might possibly break El Gallo's trot of Great Northern victories. During the progress of the Cup meeting Hyginas ran a couple of very fast gallops, and m the County Handicap the last day he led for half a mile and then blew out. He is worth remembering first time out m a five furlong race.v ' Several who noticed Chakwana's unplaced run on the second day punted heavy on her next up, and they were un.lucky not to get a dividend as she got a very bad run and was going very fast m third place at the finish. Fisher has the appearance of being far from genuine, and his running would also ■ suggest it. In the Grafton Hurdles he led for a time and then finished last. In the New Year Hurdles he lbaXed behind' the field and then came on to win nicely, but on the final day he was tailed off all the way. As he tried to lay the fences flat, the rider (C. Scott), showed good sonse m pulling him up. Shrill and diploma are two . nice hacks to have running m the back yard. If sonje trainers had them they would put the hot water bottles m the bedding. , The iinlucky prad at the meeting was Vagabond,' and with the least bit of luck he should have scored at least dno if not two races at the meeting. Ayah showed a lot of pace m her races, but the All Red filly does not stay too well. However, she is only a three-jyoar-old and should turn out good later on. With Tinopai. Rebel, Tinoreka and Rekenui to battle for him at the country meetings, R. Hannon will be receiving a few cheques. » A race between King Lupin, Eisogne and Tete-a-Toto at even weights over six furlongs would excite some interest. Who would win? 1 Ulster does not seem quite good enough for Town Hall company, but the chestnut should catch one or two at the country meetings. The big disappointment at Ellerslle were Blackall and Ardenvohr, neither of whom could even return a dividend, though Ardenvohr did manage to struggle home third m the A.R.C. Handicap. The best performance at the meet-' ing was Bisogne's easy win m tho Royal Stakes with 9.10, when he downed a good two-year-old m Biplane. Bleriot Is not showing enough pace to win a hack race, and if she does not hurry up and get her punch back she will be weighted at 6.7. Whether Sasanof was lucky to beat The Toff m tho Derby is a point over which many differ, but' there is no doubt that The Tofl! won the Auckland Plate fairly and squarely on his merits. Cheloma can go some for five or six furlongs, and with an ounce of luck at the start of the Grey Handicap she would have won with Deeley sitting still on her. When Llanishen won the Maiden the chestnut was knocked all over tho course, and to win m tho circumstances makes her out to be sonic good. Tho withdrawal of Tote-a-Tete, Chakwana and Koheslan from the County Handicap the last day may possibly have caused double bettors to have been lumbered for using obscene language had there been nny "John Hops" about when tho numbers were hoisted. . What a lot of races Auckland horses would havo won had tho first, second and third place getters not started! BJorneborg was staying on well In ali his starts at the Cup meeting, and ho might win any big handicap. Hyllus does not seem to bo any good. Buchanan belted tho life vory nearly out of him one day, but it was useless. Harbor Light Improved with every race and will bo a better horso next tlmo out than he was when ho won on tho final day. After filling second place to Blsogno m the Railway, Downham seemed to go all to pieces and m his subsequent starts he ran like a goat. Though not good enough at the Cup mooting. A. Robertson is «uro to win mccs wlih Bellaclty, High Jinks njul Chilblain. Tho Auckland I wo-yrsuwtUlH seem io bo much of a muchness*, without a good one. or even :t medium umonjtfii thorn, nnd any southern owner lias only (o brlnf? a yining-ster up to win. Rneinfr Handbook, post free 7d, «co ftdvertlaem«»r>' patt*» *J.

So far this season nothing has been unearthed that would be likely to top Desert Gold off. Spectual was whispered about as a likely winner of the Grey Handicap, but the chestnut was never m the picture. The parties behind Marconi fully expected- to win a race at the meeting, but the son of Soult was not m a galloping humor and would not stretch out at all. Mr. Harry Hays, senr., left for Sydney on Monday on a holiday jaunt. The indications at present are that none of the Auckland horses will be sent to the Wellington meeting. Mr. F. D. Tdnge, secretary of the Otahuhu Trotting Club, has not been enjoying the best of health lately, and his friends. all hope to see htm shortly at his best*. , Tinopai and Mullingar are noticeable absentees from the Takapuna Cup. Evidently both are feeling the effects of a , lot of racing. The Waikato Trotting Club will bring off the annual outing this (Saturday) afternoon. The acceptances are good and some speedy horses figure j m the various, races. , The Te Aroha Cup this year will be ! worth ! 250 soys. Nominations for the mecti;? close on February 30. The Taumarunul Club will pay the railage on horses which start more than once at the meeting. This step could well . be adopted by other clubs, as very often when "exes" are deducted there is very little m it for an owner even if his horse wins a race. They were a pretty rough lot of horses running at Northern Wairoa when Kaiwhakahaere could win the Cup. The Ngaruawahia Club, will hold the annual non-tote meeting on Saturday next, January 20., , The nominations for the Takapuna J.C. meeting are very satisfactory, but there is almost a total absence of outside horses. However, local owners will not regret this after the cleaning up they got by the visitors at •EllersIfe. ■ ■ ■■■■ . ■•-■ - ;•■ .• ■; ■ ■..;■• . ,•• /■■-■■ ■.:■ MeitchikofC is coming down m the weights and when he .hits form it will be "good night." Though Jack Delaval did not start at Ellerslie he will probably be given a run at Takapuna. ' Gaycium wants the ground hard and when its that way. be on her. J. Lambess did no harm with Soldier, Kauri King,' and Hi ero at Stratford and won with each of the trio . The Northern Wairoa meeting on Saturday was not negotiated without one regrettable incident, the death of a young jockey, John Cannon Chaafe,' aged 16, whp met his death whilst riding Gold Lac m the Farewell Handicap. Gold Lac had won a race earlier m the day, but m the final event, after going nearly a furlong, 'the horse fell arid as neither horse nor rider rose it was apparent there were serious, consequences. It was found that Gold Lac's, neck was broken, and the little rider was at once attended to by Dr. Crump, .but he died m a few minutes from concussion of the brain. The lad resided with his parents at Ellerslie, his father being Mr.' Jack Chaafe, a popular trainer, and who, together with Mrs. Chaafe> will have the sympathy of all sportsmen m their sad loss.