NEWS AND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 882, 21 October 1922, Page 11

NEWS AND NOTES.

, Kilbird. should be uromnent at Waipawa on Monday. Merry Day, is a useful mare who will win m open company. She won m a jog at Opaki. The Linnet had every chance to win at Opaki, and is evidently a failure. She ia just as big a failure as a racehorse as brother Songbird is a success. , - Miss Rene jumped ..out clear m her race at Opaki, bttt over. the last furlong she faded out ofi the contest. The ijacing at ' Otaki had evidently got to the bottom of the biack filly. Although accepted for at the .Wellington meeting, the Australian-bred Nym may. be reserved for TaratahiCarterton. Insurrection tailea of£ m the early stages of the Masterton Cup, but over the last two furlongs he made up a lot of ground. Trainer Lowe is winding the son of Kiibroney to concert pitch, which may not be long now. Admiration got sent back when running prominently at the home turn at Opaki last Saturday. She may be more fortunate at th& Taratahi-Car-terton gathering. ■■' Haligan will be hard m the Morton Memorial at Waverley on Monday. Although not ,a.s good aa of yore, Inah is well and will be m the picture at Waverley. O. McCarten will steer Tame Fox m the Waverley Cup, but at the weights Warrawee should finish m front of the Fordell representative. Merry Ann goes fast, and has a show at Waverley on Monday. In a weak field -Island should pay expenses at the Waipawa gathering. Gazeworthy is good. Have her on your side at Trentham. Despite his weight Gasbag will keep the opposition moving m the Wellington Handicap, if the "elect" of the stable. As The Hawk has not had a race tpr nine months he may have difficulty m conceding ten pounds to Grotesque m the Shorts to-day. Volo is being hacked about the roads, and will not race before Christ-, mas. Gupidon was recently supported for the New Zealand Cup. If this was on the advice of R.J.M. it's worth considering. Mark Time is still on the easy list, as the result of the kick received at Otaki, hence his absence frJ&m the Masterton and Wellington meeting's. W. Pine intended putting Mixture into work immediately, but she/ unfortunately got foul of wire and will want a further spell. A few days ago the well-known studmaster, Mr G. CurrJe, was unlucky enough to lose a fulj brother to the brilliant Thespian. The foal m quesition only lived two weeks. - While our North Inland racing clubs are sfill suffering from declining totalisator returns southern clubs like Kurow and Oamaru 3hdwed increased investments. If the two hard races extracted from Matatua has not got to the bottom of the Birkenhead gelding he should make matters interesting m the hurdle races , at Trentham. , The racing at Masterton will improve Scion consideraDly and the bearer of the cerise and white chequers will be a thorn m the side of Gasbag and Co. this afterdoon. Gazeworthy should do good service for trainer Quinlivan, but, being somewhat heavily topped on light legs, trouble may be experienced m extracting the best from the half-sister to Stare. x Rational is getting through great work at Hawera, and having sobered down, should give his supporters a great run m the Stewards Handicap with 9.3 m the saddle. At 9.13 Solfanello is about m his right place for the big Riccarton sprint race. As. the son of Solferino is a master of welter weight he will have plenty of admirers for the Stewards. Solfanello is very well jusf now. Glaive (Martian — Esther) showed speed at Opaki, and Tom Quinlivan is certain to win races with this two-year-old. Bitters got a very bad run on the second day at Opaki r but for this he may have won. BiUers is nominated for the County Cup next week. Zouave is improving with every gal- ' lop and should be hard the next time he steps out

1 Karutahi has lots of speed and when seasoned Chakwana's one-eyed son will do his owner good service, and if "a runner at the Taratahi-Carterton meeting should not lack friends. Owners of horses engaged m the Rimutuaka Hack at the Wellington meeting are lucky that Zouave won a double at Masterton, thus incurring a penalty. Zouave form at Hastings and Opaki was much, above hack class. Penitent 'is. on the improve all the while, and as he will have the undoubted advantage of Roy Reed's services he can be depended on to keep his opponents moving m the Rimutaka Handicap to-day. The Hawkes Bay papers report that Black Art dislocated nis shoulder when he fell at Hastings. Seeing that the son of All Black has been accepted for at Trentham it appears as if the report lacks foundation. At the Taranaki Hunt Club meeting Halgina showed more pace than Inah over the first half-mile of their contest, and as the Hallowmas gelding will not encounter anything at Waverley with the pace ox Coronet's daughter'he should be the one to punt on. Owner J. B. Gaisford has decided to spell that smart mare Celmisia, who has been unsound of late. She will possibly be "fired, before going dut. The owner of Festivity was prepared to see the gelding win at Opaki providing he would do his best, for of late the son of Hallowmas has not been over-generous. Fleeting, the half-sister to Rebekah and Cold Steel, recently hurt her shoulder, and, m consequeunce, will be out of action for some time. Fleeting is fast, and her party intended backing her at Trentham. „ Tho betting public are very fickle. At the Wanganuui and Hawkes Bay meetings Uleaborg was sent out paying absurdly shorl prices. . He ran well without success.- At the following meeting (Masterton) Uleaborg is neglected on the machine m what one can describe as a moderate lot, and, winning, paid the best part of a "score." \ Royal Box wouid not lose any friends by his showing at the Masterton meeting. Quinlivan has the son of Nassau nice and mellow, and even if he fails m the New Zealand Cup Royal Box is sure to win good racesv * . In sending Rapine, King's Trumpeter, Bathos and Co. to Riccarton, m place of going north and getting easy money at the Ellerslie meeting, Mr A. B. Williams has shown a true sporting spirit, which one' rarely finds to-day. In going O outh Trainer Jefferd is throwing down tha gauntlet to strong teams controlled by R. J. Mason and Cutts Brothers, not to mention several other worthy foemen. Jefferd has a very formidable string, and even R. J. Mason will need to strip his horses at their best if he wishes to hold his own with the bearers of the Black and White jacket. Rivoli, the Derby winner, still belongs to Mr. Barnes, andi is only held on lease by*l. H. Andrews, the Canterbury trainer. Andrew Sand his followers "did 1 ' quite a parcel of money on him m the Rosehill Guineas and were doubtful ab,gut starting him m the Derby. However, as Andrews put it, the A.J.C. were laying him £7000 to £25, and he would start a billy goat on the chance of bringing off such a wager as that. One of the fittest horses that stripped at Randwick was Loyal Irish, and Price certainly has this horse thoroughly well. The little New Zealander showed great speed while he lasted, but like most of the Absurds he stops very quickly when he has gone his distance. He was a most expensive horse to several of the big punters m Sydney. Talking on the course to a man who saw the last English Derby, the i question came up as to what the English Derby winner, Captain Cuttle, would have done to the A.J.C. Derby lot. The answer was brief and decisive: "He would have lost them." A Brisbane telegram states that a race meeting was conducted at Strathpine m the darkness occasioned by the eclipse. Some of the punters went solid-ly for a' horse named Sunray, as a good tip. He ran third. It was i foolish — they might have known that Sunray was scheduled to be eclipsed. The New Zealand-bred gelding Chrysostom,- who knocked himself about considerably m his races over hurdles this winter, has been sent to Corowa for a spell. The ex-Ne-w Zealander Lou Robertson has again taken out a trainer's license m Victoria, and is getting a team together at Mordialloc. He will have charge of the importations Our Prince and Pethias. Mr. Robertson when private trainer for A. and G. Tye won the Caulfield Cup, 1915,. with Lavendo, and the Australian Cup the same year with own horse Lempriere. Caserta, m spite of his defeat m the Derby, reads like a likely Melbourne Cup proposition. He has 7.4 4n that race, and it is sure to be run from end to end, which should suit the Comedy King colt- He is unbeatable m the Caulfield . Guineas and the V.R.C. Derby. A Sydney writer says: "Old Gloaming is beginning to show signs of nearing the end of his racing career, and Mr. Greenwood is already talking of pensioning the old fellow off. It would be more' sporting to do so than to keep him on toiling round the tracks for a few pounds after his brilliancy has departed, as other owners have done with horses that have served them well." "Spearmint" thinks Gloaming will, have to round round the ring for a few months longer. There is a lot of easy money for him hare. Halifax has nevei looked better than he does just now.: A full brother to Bathos, at present running m a paddock at Bell Block, is described as being "something quite out of the ordinary. According to a New Plymouth sport they "haven't got a racehorse m the town just now." How are the mighty fallen? - The stewards of the Horowhenua Racing 1 Cluub at their last meeting considered the question of issuing ten shilling totalisator tickets at the forthcoming meeting, but owing : to the accommodation at' the totalisator house not being sufficiently elaborate they decided to retain the old £1 tickets. The racjk track at Levin has been got into fine order by Caretaker Yuile for the Horowhenua meeting next month. The club has also effected considerable improvements to the appointments at the course, including the renovating of the outside stand and the building of a casualty room. Royalßox won on the bit at Masterton on the .second day, but the officials never thought of asking the poor animal. what delayed him on the fiKst day. Deroalede will win soon. Idano, who was noised about- as an i exceptionally good two-year-old at Masterton, was never prominent m. the Gave Plate and finished absolutely last. T . The well-known Sydney owner, Ned Moss, has bought Stony, for 625gn5.. and given him to G. Price to train. Moss is coming to New Zealand for a holiday at Christmas and maybe Price will bring Stony and race him here. Moss had swop never to buy an-

/Other, horse, but thoso resolutions are much like what people make bn New Tear's Day — never to have another drink. A man who has once bought racehorses cannot keep away from them; and m any event Moss will have the satisfaction of helpings Price to make a start. How good the jumpers are m Australia can be 'judged from the'fact that Dick^won a steeplechase at Kandwick when m receipt of 71b from the National winner Bright Madd. How Dick got lOst 71b no one knows. The stock of Absurd ria.Ve been so successful m New Zealand fhaf a good deal was expected from the two fillies by Absurd that raced at the just concluded A.J.C. meeting. One of these is Kilkenny Lass (Absurd — Pennon), trained by Frank McGrath, and she is a very well grown filly, but was backward on account of having struck herself; the other is Ridicule (Absurd— Chelona, imp.), and is trained by J. Tuckerman for Mr H. R. Denison. This ia a very compact filly, but she was trained as fine as a greyhound and could not raise a gallop. It is estimated that over forty horses have already been ir. the market for the Caulfield Cup, which this year is regarded as the most open m the history of the event R. J. Mason does not usually bother much what the public say or. think, his argument being that, as a whole, it follows the dictates of its pocket and cheers when it has won. However, he must alter his mind after the Craven Plate, for the crowd of 80,000 people rose as one man and cheered Gloaming when he made Beauford look like a hack, despite the fact that the latter was a good favorite, though the ringmen declaro that Gloaming took more money o.ut of the ring than, would have Beauford had he been successful. The fact of the matter is that most of the Tommies were so crack- sure Beaulord would win that they kept him at a ridiculous price and fielded Gloaming. Tangalooma, who won the October Stakes at Flemiuglon this month, was successful m the same race last year, when he created something . of a pensation by downing his mate, Eur.ythmiC Lightning, who has the distinction of being a f ul! brother to Gloaming, has so far failed to win » race of any description, and Sir Bamuel Hordern, who gave twelve hundred guineas for him, has seemingly given up all hope of getting his money back, for the horse is now running out at Windsor. Lightning is a big angular gelding that may do well over fences. s After the SUUCCess of Princess Dighton m the Gimcraciv Stakes and of Lady Reynard m the Maribynong Trial, and'Coolah m the same race, one begins to lose faith m the high-priced yearlings, and the thought is forced upon us that buying yearlings is merely a matter of luck. Coolah only cost two hundred and thirty guineas as a yearling, and •on October 7 he badly beat the high-priced f Paradox, who brought sixteeji hundred guineas at the sale of the Absurd stock m February. Paradox had every chance, for he was out m front for most of the way, but his stable mate then came along and beat him pointless. Lady Reynard was^anothor cheap sort and cost seventy guineas as a yearling. She runs m the colors of Mr Yin O'Neill, who is well-known m New Zealand- As for Princess Dighton, she /was picked up for an outlay of fifty guineas and ia one of the "split sack" order, for prior to winning the Gimcrack Stakes she was never seen on the. track, and it ia reported that her owner got her ready on the hills and beach at La Perouse. One prominent Sydney trainei is now the butt of all the other trainers over there, for the owner of Princess Dighton asked him to train the filly, but he shook his head and laughed at him. Because he won the Randwick Plate, [two miles at weight- for-age, and is regarded as a first- claas stayer, David is now at a ridiculous price for the Melbourne Cup. Tno black horse will nave the hard part to do, for he is not a good beginner ana will be unable to get a position m the first part of the race, so that he will be fighting against adversity and under a big weight all the way. After racing at Kandwick, Loyal Irish, who was much inquired for by would-be buyers, developed throat trouble and was m a pretty bad way when the last mall left. Plttsworth, winner of the Hunt Cup at Ellerslie, only cost his owner one hundred and fifty guineas last February, so that Air J. Williamson is now well even on his purchase. It is quite likely that Pittsworth will later on be sent to Sydney to race over big fences there, and if -lie can spare the time the hurdle horseman, S. Walls, will go over to ride him. Walls, who ■is a capable rider, will mire than hold his own with the saddle flappers m Sydney, for, dutside of Moon, they are anything but -a good lot. Molyneux, 7.4, has only got to be back to his form of twelve months ago and he \will tickle up the best of them m the Caulfield Cup. J. M. Cameron has his horse going for' a fortune, and the steering gear will be iv the' hands of W. Duncan. Royal Box was not expected until Trentham,,- but arrived at Masterton.He will now have to carry 71b penalty m the Wainui Handicap and may not run m that event as a win would mean a penalty m the New Zealand Cup. There is a lot of difference between winning a six furlongs event and a two mile race. Slill turf history may repeat itself. A- couple of seasons back Sasanof 'and Muielaus ran m the Flying Handicap at Masterton without getting placed and went on to &iccarton and ran first and third In the Cup. ' Solfanello is top weight m the Stewards Handicap with 9.13, which is ten pounds more than he won with a year ago. -The Dunedin Guineas winner, Many Kittle, is m the New Zealand Cup with the minimum, and will have to put up seven pounds extra. Chimera, who always runs her best races at Riccarton, appears the pick of the Stewards Handicap with 8.4. That is 121 b less than she carried m the Templeton Hand' cap at Riccarton last Easter, whan she equalled The Haw;k's Australasiai; record for the distance. She is asked to meet the top weight on 101 b hetter terms than m the Shorts Handicap at Trentham. With some of the stipes m the Dominion there appears to be one rule for* the poor and another for the rich owner. Sembric broke a blood vessel whilst running m the Octouer Welter at Wingatui. -Stiff luck lor her backers as she would have been very close at the finish. Though she did not look ready the punters fell over one another to be on Top Score m the JM^Lean Stakes at Dunedin, and for once luck was with them. Harold Young mace a grave mistake m sending Counterstroke after the leader m the Welter on the first day at Wingatui, and a furlong from home she was all m. ! Why will southern starters persist m snap starting? Surely the good work of Charlie O'Connor, who always' persists m a flat-footed start, should be enougrh to convince all budding starters that there l« only one way to dispatch a field. If Emerson keeps on riding winners as he has been doiztg of late he will soon be the proverDial street ahead of the next Knight oi! the Pigskin. At Dunedin , the 'first -day Emerson had five • mounts • for throe wins and a second. Ardour takes a bie of riding and needs a strong boy to manage her.

Most of Balasor*? backers were bally sore after tho form he displayed m the Trial at Wingratui. Linhope is more than useful and should pick up a decent stake *• this season. , The Australian- bred Country Rose, owned m Dunedin, was very fractious at the post m the McLean Stakes and this cost her a lot of ground when the field got away. On his first day's running at Dunedin Almoner does not possess a chance m the New Zealand Cup. Bonnie Winlde wa& ridden a fine race by Emerson m the big event the first day at Wingatui and the Great Autumn winner scored a most popular win. Silver' Peak was as big as a house at Dunedin. She looks very well. The Wellington- owaed Jackaroo was very sore •when he contested the open sprint at Dunedin the first day. In the Pink will soon be -a winner. The touts say that Tione, a brother to Solfanello and Roseday, is going to prove very shortly that . he was worth the price J. Richardson had to give for him. Boughleen Dhoun uas a good turn of speed. . ■ .. In Red Gown Dials: King has a very useful sort of a more, and she will keep the wolf from the stable puririg the season. 4 i The riding at Wingatui the first day j was the cleanest seen on the course for a long time. The brood mares, Woodhen and Paradise Duck, which were Recently purchased m England by Mr T. H. Lowry, have arrived m New Zealand and are now located m their new home at Hawkes Bay. Pittswbrth, , who won the Hunt Cup at the' Pakurariga meeting, Is being ticked off as ■ & Grand National win- ■ ner. ■ • ' .■■'■■■ Boomerday has not sported 'silk for some time, bub \ ho is ready to race when required. . He is a good horse on a dry track. ; f. . .. . . Fingoland is a tearaway sort,' and when the going is firm he will take some heading off m a short race. Jack Vincent, who is pretty good at the barrier, dispatched the fields at the Whangarei meeting. Latest papers to hand show that No Surrender was favorite m the Steeplechase he won at Randwick. In Alteration and Stork E. George has a pair which would send a multimillionaire broke. In, Auckland £hey say the Mitchelson Cup is m Uncle JSTeu'cs saddle-bagl At the rocent Pakuranga Hunt meeting at Ellerslie silver would not be taken at-g the totalisator. It is only a matter of time and the outside public will not bo allowtd on the coarse judging by the way they are beitag treated. It is said that 'the non-appearance of Paul 'Jry amongst the acceptances for the Maiden Steeplechase at the Pakuranga Hunt meeting m^y lead to interesting developments. Bonnie Winkie, winner of the principal handicap event each day at Dunedin, has quickly struck form. He is engaged m the Champion Plate at kTrentham. Caulfield meeting concludes to-day, when the Cup .comes* up for decision. Matatua, who was hurdle racing at Hawkes Bay, ran a good race on the flat each day at Masterton. He should get v m the money m the Hurdles at Trentham. on Saturday. Solfanello is a notable absentee from the Shorts , Handicap at Trentham. Although he did not run either day at Masterton, Maioha ran a great seven furlongs gallop at Opaki on Saturday morning. He is m both tho Wellington Handicap and 'shorts on Saturday.. The Hawk is also m the short race. It is reported that he will be himself again and should, therefore, put up some record performances. Gazeworthy gave a taste off her quality on the first day at Masterton. She looks good and bred as she is by Roseworthy, sire of Rostrum, from Gaze, dam of Start,, a weigh t-f or -age winner m Victoria, she ought to be first-class. A penalty for the win will bring her weight m the October Handicap up to 7.7, a weight at which Ashley Heed can ride her. Many Kittle, winner of the Dunedin Guineas, and Bonnie Winkie, who has also got a double at Wingatui, will give Winkie a boost when the yearlings go into the ring at Ghristchurchnext month. "• V Razzle Dazzle was" taken out of the Taita Handicap and was thought good enough to take on the best m the. Wellesley Stakes. She ran second to .Bathos at Hastings. The absence of a band at Opaki jwas commented on by the club's lady patrons. Most of the winners at Masterton are engaged at Trentham on Saturday, and m some cases the form should be found worth following. The programme of the Mariawatu Christmas meeting has made its appearance. Compared with last year the stakes have be_en cut down £2600, Judging by the recent successes of Enthusiasm and Pantagruel it looks as if the imported horse Panmure was cast out of the Highden stud before his stock was- given a fair chance. Amythas has been takfen out of the* 1 Champion Plate so that there does not appear to be any likelihood or aim and Gloaming ever meeting. Kiritahi (Absurd — Chakwana) showed a lot of pace m the races he contested at Masterton, but doea not stay too well at present. He will have another chance to distinguish himself on thet straight six. at Trentham on Saturday. Top Score, winner of the McLean Stakes at Wingatui, is a full sister to Winning Hit. Sho was m the WeJllesley Stakes, but Sir George took her out m favor of Ovlscombe (Autumnus — Glenowlet), who ran unplaced m the Dunedin race. Chimera was allowed to drop out of her engagement at Trentham, but will probably race at Riccarton, where she has run her best races. The Wairarapa contingent quite held their own with the" foreigners last week. Horses trained at Opaki scored six times. T. Quinlivan, who scored with Roseworthy and Royal Box, was the only Trentham trainer to lead m a winner at Masterton. yuest looked fit enough, and his turn may come at Trentham. The West Australian champion, Eurythmic, has. now won the Caulfield Stakes three years m succession. On. each occasion he was attended by his stable companion Tangalooma. Mr C. E. Elgar scored his first wins this season atMastwion, where Zo.uaye and Pantagruel won three events., Zouave has furnished into a good, sort and will win again over middle distances before the season has much further advanced. Pantagruel will have : an opportunity of further distinguishing himself m the Wellesley Stakes at. Trentham on Saturday. R. Reed, who rode him at Masterton, will have the mount. The horseman named holds a good record m two-year-old" races. The Breeders' Plate winner. King Carnival, put up 101 b penalty and scored m the Debutante Stakes at, Caulfield on Saturday. Beragoon won' both these events, also *the Gimcrack • Stakes... at R'andwicl;, which is now confinedVtd fillies. .>'■ ,-', '. , Some of the hackj that were beaten at Masterton can ha\e little chance of winning /m the company they are likely " to meet at Trenthamr •