IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 1911, 25 September 1890, Page 26

IN A NUTSHELL.

— Stonehenge may be bought or leased. — Emmason ia to ba blistered and spelled for tk while,

— The steepleohaser Victor haß gone into Allan's stable.

—Lady Mab and the trotter Keilawara bave joined Poole's string. —Either Watts or Osborne, probably Watts, rode Memair in the Leger. '—English papers now publish the handicap for the Melbourne Cup, —The Hawkesbury Guineaß winnet has never won the V.R.O. Derby.

— Milord is now in strong work and takes to it with a will, being in splendid health. — Ataliotty, a atarter in the Hawkesbury Produce Stakes, is brother to Wakatipu. — I regret to learn that Mr G. Ellis, owner of Lady Florin, has recently lost hiß Bon. —Little Shamrook (by Trump Card— Josb) has been bought by Mr E, Weekes for £135. — Duntroon's son Civis fell in the Elsteruwick Park Steepleohase, won by Hortense 11. —Engineer is the name of the Amerioanbrad son of Darebin entered for the Epsom Derby. —Colonel North's Philomel has ran her last race, and is to be henoefortb used for breeding purpose?. — Mr H. Partridge, of Lowbnrn, has been appointed handicapper to the Cromwell Trot ting Club. — Lardner, a Dunedin boy, rode the winner of the Mentone (Vio,) Handicap, Advance, on the Sth inßt.

— The proposed amalgamation of the Southland Racing Club and the Amateur Turf Club has fallen through. — Mr W. A. Donald advises me that the Waimea Plains Club's races will be held on thet Bth December ; — There are, I believe, six entries for the Winton Guineas. The nominations have not been seen in these parts.

— Mick O'Brien had a recent attack of asthma ; hence his standing down in favour of Ramage as Carbine's rider — The protest against Teksum in the Hawkesbnry County Purse was for alleged interference with another horse.

— A Sydney telegram states that Mr Donald Wallace has purchased Megaphone, the Hawkesbury Handicap winner, for £3000.

— Cheddar, by Darriwell . oat of Gruybre, won the Adelaide Derby on the 6th inßt,, and Umslopgaas took the Glenelg Handicap. — "Nemo" says that Gibraltar is one of the finest specimens of a racehorse that has ever laid a hoof on the Randwick training tracks. — Ike, just acquired by the Southland Stud Company, was bred by Mr De Mestre, foaled in 1880, got by Piscator out of Lady, by Daerfoot.

—A Melbourne cablegram announces tha f . Trident h*s been bcratcbed for tb.B Oaulfisl 1 Cup, and Dreadnought for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

— The poor form shown by Cuirassier in the Craven Plate at Sydney resulted in bis receding in price for the Melbourne Cup, and he was quoted at 100 to 4. — The Duke of Portland's Donovan was at exercise again in the laßt woek of July. It had been given out that Donovan had finally retired from the turf.

— Mr J. F. Clark, secretary of the Reefton Club, sends the programme of his club's Christmas meeting, the date of which is added to our list of fixtures.

—Lord March wauta to see. a rule passed making it compulsory to name horses before entaring them, and prohibiting the Billy repetition of famous names.

— Canterbury exchanges record the death of the steepleohaser Moody, a fast horse in his class when well. Amoni? other eventß he won the Grand National iv 1885.

— St. Symphoriem i 3 soon to leave the tnrf for the stud. He is to take the place of bis half-brother St. Gatieu, who haa been .sold by Mr Hammond to go abroad.

— Mr M. F. Danneby has resigned his position as secretary of the South Canterbury Jockey Club to take up an appointment as assistant town clerk at Timaru,

— The Hawkesbuiy Club have deoided to aboliph " produce " events from their raco programmes, and the Sires' Produce Stako3 this yo»r was the last of that clasß. —The Duke of Portland's riding Bchool at Welbeck Abbey, where his hunters are exerised, ia 385 ft long, 106 ft wide, aud 50ft high,

and cost £100,000. It is lighted by over 8000 gas jetß. — The Junior Champion Stakes, six furlong?, run at Monmouth Park on the 12th August, was won bvStrathmeath, by Strathmore out of Flower of Meath. The value to the winner was 25,045d01. — Without professing to know all about the present form of the horses engaged at Kurow, I should say that College Boy ought to have a say in the chief event. Mr Dowses handicaps appear in this issne, — Secretary and Oivis were unplaced in the Mentone Steeplechase won by Waterford on the 9th insfc., and in the next race Little Shamrook and Soudan ran seoond and third to Coronation in the Disposal Stakes, —As to the Palmerston handioaps declared by Mr Dowse, I fancy that Dunville will be heard of in the President's and that Enfield may speak up in the District Handicap, but it is rather early to venture on a trip, —Tom Cannon tossed with George Barrett for ohoice of mounts in the Ham Stakes, and won. Although Orion was known to bo the better, the natty Hampshire horseman chose Dereliot because he belonged to the Prince of Wales.

— Prince Imperial was four years old when he won the Hawkeabury Handicap, and carried but 6,12, whereas Megaphone, a three-year-old, had 7.3, including 31b overweight, in the saddle. Megaphone is not engaged in the V.R.O. Derby. —Gibraltar isengaged^in the V.R.C. Derby, Leger, and Champion Stakes. Let us hope that Medallion will go over and challenge him in one of the back-end events. I hear a whisper to the eff eot that Medallion will not go across this spring. — Mardan's stock were so successful at Goodwood that the owner of the horse is now asking lO.OOOsova for this brother to Nautilus. Marden is the horse Mr W. R, Wilson pronounced the handsomest sire he had ever seen when be was in England.

— Inchding "the Goodwood meeting, the Duke of Portland had already won nearly £20,000 in stakes this season. This Bum is likely to be considerably increased, but the total cannot possibly reach £73,000, with which his Grace was credited last year. — A meeting of the River ton Racing Club was held last week, when the balance sheet in connection with the last race meeting was adopted. Mr Hutchison, hon. seoratary, tendered his resignation, which was accepted, a vote of thanks being passed to him for his services to the club.

— An English paper remarks that there was considerable loss of time during the racing at Goodwood reoently, and the programme was concluded 20 minutes late. If only 20 minutes were lost at some of our New Zealand meetings we should be congratulating the stewards on their punctuality, —When it was first proposed to photograph the finish of horse races in order to facilitate the proper deoision of close oontests the idea met with some opposition. This has been overoome at Coney Island (TJ.S.A). where a photographer is always in attendance to photograph the finish of every race. — Long-distance racing is not so much in disfavour. in England as some would make out. There are 95 subscribers to this year's Cesarewitch and 57 entries for the Weight-for Age Plate that is to be deoided over the last two miles of the Cesarewitch course, and to which £1000 has been added by Mr O. Rose. —The following table shows the relative strength of the entries for the Derby, Oaks, and Grand Prize for the past five years Bide by side with thoee for the next two years :—: —

—St. Serf probably started in the St. Leger. When the last mail left (August 8) it was the Duke of Portland's intention to run both St, Serf and Memoir in the Donoaster race if they were fit and well on the day. The two candidates would not be tried together in any way, and his Grace would not make a declaration to win with either of them.

—The grounds of Mr R, Goodißon's appeal to the V.R.O. against the disqualification passed upon Beetroot at Moonee Valley are that Barr had no necessity to finish on Beetroot, as all the other jookeys went inside the post, and Beetroot was the only one to take the correct course. Notice has also been served upon Mr Cox not to pay over the stakes to Chester 111, as Mr Goodiaon claims that Beetroot was the only horse to go the course. — A Timaru elegram states that at the settling up of the S.C.J.C. meeting tho following amounts were paid over : — Webb, £133 ; Matthews, £80 15s ; Spring, £66 10s ; Stewart, £61 15a ; Lambert, £52 153 ; Daly, £42 15s ; Sheenan, £38 ; Kerr, £33 5s ; Sherwin, £28 10a ; Rhodes, £23 159 ; Butler, £14 ss ; Williams and Hobbs Bros., £9 10s each ; Wood and Healy, £4 15s each ;— total, £603 ss. At a committee meeting ifc was reported that the financial results of the late meeting had been satisfactory. — At the annual meeting of the Wyndham Jockey Club Mr John Templeton was reelected president, Messrs Milne and Bishop vice-presidents, Mr W. J. Currie hon. secretary, and Mr Raymond hon. treasurer. Mr Hewitt was appointed starter, Mr Buttolph clerk of the course, and Mr H. Howella handicapper. It was resolved— " That the olub support tbe Dunedin Jockey Club in opposing the formation of a New Zealand Jockey Olub."

—The latest horseshoe in Berlin is constructed of layers of paper, glued together and subjected to hydraulio pressure ; each layer is treated with oil, turpentine, &c, rendering it im parviouß to moisture, and tho specially manu factured glue U insensible to the influences of moderate heat and water. The paper shoe is attached to tbe hoof by gutta-parcba, and being very elastic, permits the expansion of the hoof. It is very tough and durable, does not become brittle with use, and wears rough, thus greatly preventing horses from flipping. — " Pendragon " witiely asks : When turf reformers who don't own horses are all clamouring for long-distr-nce raceß, a Goodwood Cup run as this year's was makes^ you ask what is a long-distance race— and is it, as fashionably carried out, considered satisfactory by the authorities? If bo, is it looked upon as a test of stamina equalling a mile run from end to end? Supposing the Beacon course connoisseurs get their way altogether, and short bursts be tabooed, will it not be necessary to ensure enough being taken out of horses sent long journeys on end to stipulate for a minimum time, as used the Henley management when crews were lucky enough to get walkß, or rather rows, over ?

lerby >aks „. rrand Prize 1886. 1887. : ' 05 196 141 163 246 206 1888. : 162 133 205 1889. 171 112 172 1890. 237 172 175 1891. 209 151 140 1893. 265 194 191