IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 1994, 12 May 1892, Page 28

IN A NUTSHELL.

— Leeson is now with Mr S. Mercer. — Correze and Malvolio are at work again. — Yon Tempsky pulled up lame at Ashburton. — Greygown was lame after the A.J.C. meeting. — Atlantis was not in foal to Foulahot when she died. — The French mare Alicante has retired as a racer. — They say that there was one horse very stiff in Wellington. —It is rumoured that The Workman will shortly change hands. — Corinna, by Apremont— Mignon, has returned to Australia from India. — A steeplechase club has been formed at Gisborne. How many more? — Dudu's half sister, two years old, by Torpedo, has been bought for Napier. — Emperor has again changed hands. Mr T. Holmes bought him at Ashburton for Ll7. — Rewi is still racing in Victoria and won a selling race at Warrambool on the 26th ult. — Audacity is in daily work at Melbourne after a spell which has done him a world of good. — Mr W. R. Wilson returns from England in time to see win the Melbourne Cup. — The L2O fine imposed on Mr T. Kett by the Dunedin Amateur Trotting Club, has been paid. — After winning at Ashburton the Cheviot gelding Pennine was sold to Mr W. Brown at — Of the placed horses in tho Two Thousand, only Bonavista and St. Angelo are engaged in the Derby. —Up north there is a hack called Escalade. And there is a brood maie of the same name in Canterbury. — Referee's correspondent says that Mr Paul's filly Variety strained herself while exercising ou Petone beach. — Tho will of the late Mr A. F. Smart, the N.S.W. sportsman, has been proved at approximately L 30.000. — Prime Warden with 10.5 and Liberator with 9.5 were the two top weights for the Geraldine Autumn Handicap, one mile. — Mr Keene, the American sportsman, recently visited England, ana he describes Amphion as the handsomest horse he saw there. — Stuart Waddell is breaking in the yearling brother to Gipsy King. I expect to see this youngster prove to be a good one. -- Of the New Zealanders in Melbourne, Namoa, Medjidie, Kimberley, Tiraillerie, Kapo, and iEgyptus are doing good work at Caulneld. • — On each day of the ensuing D.J.C. races the first event will start at noon and the last at 4.30, so as tq get everything finished in daylight. — Swordbelt was a quiet but confident tip for the Electric Stakes in Wellington, and the colt gqt off well, but stopped when asked for an effort, — The Canterbury JoGkey Club has voted LlO from the Distressed Jockey's Fund to the }ad who was injured by the Dreamer falling at the autumn meeting. — The V.R.C.'lost L3OOO on the Autumn meeting. The club would like legislative authority to charge a shilling a head to those who patronise the outside. — Mr D. O'Brien has bought a colt by Trident from Etiquette, This youngster is therefore halfsister to Rubina, a good performer and famous as the dam of Florrie.

— Until Jthe last moment Mr Markey did not make up his mind to start Aquarius in the race which he won at Christchurch, the horse being rather short of work. '•"The Onkaparinga course is 20 miles from Adelaide, yet there were 16,000 persons present at the last race meeting when LIBOO was given in stakes during the one day, — It is a far cry to Derby Day, say " Ribbleden,' and many changes may occur in tbo interim ; but at the time of writing I haveno hesitation in expressing a preference for Meli. —It was reported at the end of March that Captain E. R. Owen, who successfully piloted Father O'Flynn in the Grand National was about to sail for Africa on military duty. — A London cablegram states that the latest quotations for the Derby, to be run at Epsom on June 1, are :— Two to 1 agst La FlSche, 100 to 12 agst Bonavista, 9 to 1 agst St. Damfen. — Just as migit have been expected the Great Easter Handicap is being termed the Great Eastern Handicap in some Australian papers. There is really no need for the " Great." — It is moi'O than a mere coincidence, remarks the Bulletin, that in all hip winning races Mat Harris stakes Marvel through on the outside, while in the losing ones he chances to take the inside. W. Peech, the English bookmaker, laid 20 to 1 that Mr Maple would not win the Union Jack Stakes, the Prince pf (Wales Plate, and the Molyneux Stakes at Liverpool. The taker landed ;bhe odds. '— Rollesby, who was one of the lot that came to grief in the Grand National, was brought out for the Champion Steeplechase at Liverpool next day, but at tho last fence but one he fell and broke his neck. — It is reported from more than one quarter that the Messrs Hobbs think of taking horses to Australia shortly. The team may bo Palliser, Prime Warden, and Saracen, but I don't profess to tye in the know. — The first recorded wager laid on the Two Thousand was on the 30th March, when an admirer of Orme accepted an offer of even money that the Duke of Westminster's champion would hot defeat all pomers.' , — The totalisator money invested on Kulmno in the Thompson Handicap was not LlO7 but LIQ7, thus making him first favourite. Somo think that this horse has lost his brilliancy since being tried over hurdles. — General Owen Williams announces that, in view of the strong objections expressed by many prominent breeders, he has withdrawn the;motion %Q had intended to bring before the Jockey Club \o alter the age-date of racehorses. ' -r- Merrie England's, brother, Silver Knight, is to be put to hurdle racing. This is the youngster that was kept hidden away as a two-year-old, and regarded by some who caught a private glimpse as a possible winner of V.R.C. Derby and Cup ! = I understand tjh,a£ Kunenga won n° tqtalisator money for his owner m fche Thompson Handicap, but that, not oxpocting so large a dividend., tho owner had got on at From 10 to 7 to 1 with the books. Cynisca was well supported by her owner next day. — During the Wellington meeting, says Sporting Review, Mr T. W. Hungerford took 1000 to 40 about each— The Dreamer, Wyvern, and British Lion for the New Zealand Cup ; and Mr Cousins, the local owner, took 500 to 7 about his recent purchase Ranee Nuna. — Recluse, a fast hoise but an unfortunate one, gpes" fjo tjhe s tud. ' The best race I ever saw him run was fn the P.il-C, Jubijeg Plate of 89, when he beat Ruby, Fmncotto, and Oynisca at six furlongs, and was himself just done on tfre post by Scots Grey. — Mr Ormond has selected the name of Martyrdom for his foal by Apremontr-Martyr. He will have to try again. The name is already in the Stud B.ook, having been 'claimed for a half-sister to this very foal— a mare belonging to Mr faggarfc, and bred from. " — A narrow escape from a repetition of the Caulfield Cup accident occurred at the Rosehill Tiqny meeting recently, when no less than half a dozen ponies came dpwn on top PI mm Nous, One broke its neck, but the jockeys and other ponies luckily escaped serious injury. v — The incited Government need some 1200 Ausfciulian horses this year. The average pride w 650 rupees (at Is 4dJ jn Calcutta, Bombay, ov Madras. The classes are medium QaYalry, hussars, and artillery, there are about 0000 Australian horses actually at work in the Indlftn cavalry, — »' Ribbleqen " heaps on undoubted authority that many qf the yearlinga wbioh were knocked down at high prices at Randwiok did not change hands at all. The sales were of the bogus kind. Such a prooeeding is not Wcaly to do ?ood to

breeders who advertise their yearlings "to be sold." n . . — The formal announcement that the Prince or Wales' colours will not appear on any racecourse this year has excited among turfites more regret than surprise. All the Prince's racers— The Imp, Derelict, Pierrette. County Council, Serpa Fmto, and a goodly number besides— have been leased out for the year to Lord Marcus Beresford. — The committee of the V. A.T.C. have settled the protest-in the Apprentices' Handicap at the recent Caulfield meeting. The objection against The Doctor, on the grounds that his jockey was not eligible to ride, was upheld, and the stakes consequently gd to Lord Hopetoun. who came in second to The Doctor after the pair had run a dead — St. Simon of the Rock, the four-year-old colt the property of Colonel North, by St.. Simon out of Blue Bock, broke down while taking part m the Cesarewitch last autumn, and was then placed in slings. Last March he broke his shoulder m getting up' in the box, having been out of shngs only a few days, and it was found necessary to destroy him. . , T . . — A coincidence in connection with the Lincolnshire Handicap and the Grand National lies in the fact that the field for both races numbered 25 runnersj and in each instance No. 23 on the card proved the successful number. Curiously I enough, last season the two races were of the i same numerical strength, 21 competing both at Lincoln and Liverpool. „.„.,.. - — We are told by "Vigilant" that in one of the hack races of Wellington Cyrus 11. was going very strong when he came down at the last fence, and there are those who say the issue was affected by' his accident. The horse was determined to be in at the death and finished home by himself. After passing the post he stopped and walked back to the judge's box, evidently under the impression that he had won. — On the subject of roaring jn horses, the following letter by " Proteus, to the editor, appeared in the Sportsman of March 19 1— Residence for over . a decade in Kentucky, U.S.A., Australia, New Zealand, and for several decades on this island, has caused me to entertain the opinion that the humidity, density, and specific gravity or weight of our insular atmosphere are the principal causes of roaring." — Mr'W. R. Wilson has given the following names to his yearlings :— Colt by Nordenfeldt from Frailty, Havoc ; colt by Nordenfeldt from Mersey, Carnage ; colt by Nordenfeldt from Pearlshell, Warfare; colt by Chester from Etna, Pilatus (late Vulcanius) ; colt by Gang Forward from Josephine, Argent; filly by Nordenfeldt from Ouida, Moth ; filly by Nordenfeldt from Nelly Moore, Saide; filly by Trenton from Tuberose, Nada. , — Sportsman remarks that Lady Roseberrys form over the Liverpool Cup course at Aintree has been so remarkable and so consistent, that it may be interesting to reproduce her record, as follows :— Won the Autumn Handicap as a three-year-old in 1888, carrying 5.12 ; was fourth in 1889 with 7.0 ; won again in 1890, carrying 7.8 ; last year won the Spring Cup under 9.0 ; was third in the Autumn meeting with 8.9 ; and ran second this spring, carrying 9.0. — The following mle has been finally adopted and cqnfismed by the English Jockey Clvb :— ' A dead heat for the first place shall be run off on the same' day at a time to be appointed by the stewards, unless the owners asfreetc divide ; but, if any one of the horses running a dead heat be two years old, the dead heat shall not he run off, and the owners 'shall divide. The other horses shall be deemed to have been beaten, but they shall be entitled to their places (if any) as if the race had been finally determined the first time. —It may not be news, but it certainly is refreshing, when we say that the world-renowned thoroughbred 1 sire Musket was really leased by Mr "Tom Russell from the Glasgow stud for the purpose of serving hack mares at Fencourfc, Waikato, for L 550, where the celebrated stallion was actually located for about six months under the cave of M'Lean and Co, The price paid by the Stud Company to Messrs M'Lean and Co. for their lease of the son of Toxophilite was 1400gs. Echo enquires, Who can judge a sire after this ?— Sporting Review. — Bulletin narrates that when Pans was bemg saddled for the Doncaster a gentleman took a lady up and introduced her to Colley, Paris' jockey i as the holder of Paris in Tatt. s sweep. Brickey's face expanded as he saw a big "bit" to nothing in prospective, and with a bland smile he asked her if she had laid any off to the owner and trainer, " No," she replied, " I have never even seen them. I only wished to be introduced to you to wish you luck, Mr Colley, and to tell you that should you win to be sure to call down and see us." Brickey's smile collapsed, and his face was a picture as he turned to mount his horse. ] — Deutsoher Sport announces that the excitement caused some time ago in turf oiroles by the result of the private inquiry which proved that a jockey ring existed for the "milking" of the totalisator lias toned down considerably, and that possibly some understanding may be arrived at giving satisfaction to all parties and obviating a continuation- of those lawsuits which had been poinmenopd by private individuals, who did not consider that they were under the immediate jurisdiction-flf the stewards and committee, and held that'fthey had been cruelly libelled by the publication of their names in the Racing Calendar as having been ".warned off."