IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2004, 21 July 1892, Page 27

IN A NUTSHELL.

— Carbine's stud fee is 200gs, — Sydney Tattorsall's has 650 membors. — Mr Itees is introducing a bill to abolish the totalisator, — A progressive stake in America has securod nearly 2000 nominations. — The Canterbury Trotting Club has a credit balance of noarly L3OO. — The three-mile record of Huntress (7min 21isec) has stood unbroken since 1872. — It is reported that a now sulky has been built for Allerton that weighs but 4tilb. — A cheap trainor can do more harm in one day that a good ono can remedy in a veir, — Forbury, the 1887 brother to First Lord, is being used by Mr J. Stephenson as a lady's hack. — Someone has figured out that Flora Temple (2min 19} sec) won 99 heats in 2min 30dec or better. — Engagement (by Musket— Sylvia) arrived safely in England and will be mated with Torpedo. — The Wellington hack hurdler Potaka broke its neck while schooling on the Wellington course. — About 400,000 worth of trotters havo been sold from Palo Alto Farm, California, since January 1. — Mr Sydney James has resigned his position as secretary to the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association. — The veteran Tommy Tittleinoiiae won another race at Manchester in June, and was bought in at 310gs. — Viola II (by Natator) was sold to Mr M'Shane for L3O after winning the Selling Hurdles at the Wellington meeting. — There is a track in Ainci ica that can be entirely watered in five minutes ! They are smart people. — Reflection, a daughter of Zulu (who won the Melbourne Cup in 1881) won a double at Jloorfield Park recently. — For the French Derby, run on May 28, there were 11 starters. Of Baron A. de Schirkler'.s two colts, Ohene Royal and Fra Awgejico, the first named had the market call at 2 to 1, and with the issue fought out by the pair, the verdict was in length favour of the son of Narcisse, who covered the course (one milo and a-half) in 2min 34sec. The value of the stakes was 1502/. — Occident has been scratched for tho New Zealand Cup, and Derby for tho Grand National Hurdles.

— The Musket # mare Cartridge, taken from N.Z. to England, is to be put to Ayrshire. — At a Calcutta race meeting a bookmaker has to pay L 25 daily license, and to nut up a guarantee deposit of L2OOO. — Direct, the champion pacer of the world, and Jlal 1 omter the ex-champion, have been matched for a 5000dol purse at Buffalo. „ ~,? ir i*y>; (by Leolinus-Naiad) was so injured in the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race that it is unlikely ho will race again. —Mr Gordon P. Wood forwards the "South Canterbury Club's programme for September 15 and Hi. Ihe date is noted above. — Haeremai is described by " Vigilant" as the best-looking horse on the course at the Wellington Steeplechase meeting on the 9th. — Whalebone, the steeplechaser, was bred by Mr Brotherton, of Alton, near Patea, and was sold as a three-year-old for L7O. — Megaphone has not run his last race. Mr Wallace says he will carry the colours in a few races before retiring to the stud. — A uew kite track, down hill all the way, is one of the newest things in America. It is a mile track, pear-shaped, and has a fall of 4ft, — The brood mare Miss Laura, brcp in England in 18CS, and dam of Cremorne, Lenore, and • Town Moor, died recently at Taranaki. — A Melbourne bookmaker charged with permitting betting on his premises admitted that he took L7OOO across the counter over the last Cup. — The Arab is usually white, and 729 times out of 1000, if ,the mare is white and the stallion is not, the foal will be, says Professor Wilkinsof Vienna. — Lord Bradford won LSOOO by the success of Sir Hugo in the English Derby, in addition to the value of the stakes, and a yearling bet of LIO.OOO to LIOO. — There was a suggestion made that the Tahuna Park executive should hold another meeting on Arbor Day, but tho idea is now definitely abandoned — The Hawke's Bay Jockey Club is making extensive alterations and improvements in its grand stand, and is increasing the size of its saddling paddock. — The Narandera Ensign remarks that L 20.000 was offered and refused for Carbine. At Urana, the other day, a stallion was sold to a syndicate for " two bob." — The many friends of Mr William Gannon will be pleased to hear that he has so far recovered from his severe illness that ho can now get about. — Attention may be directed to Parnell's record of a mile in 3min at Lancaster Park as a wonderful performance for a trotting pony that stands under llhds 2in. — A brother to the trotter Rarus was last week offered to the recent owner of Colac, who declined to purchase. He does not want anything more to do with ownership. — Sir Hugo is the first of Wisdom's progeny to secure Derby honours, though his stock have greatly distinguished themselves of late years in many races of importance. -_— Narellan, one of the horses sent to England by the late Mr James White to compete in the English Derby, is being usod as a farm stallion at a fee of one guinea per mare, — An English jockey named Hall, while riding in a race at Buda-Pesth, Hungary, on May 19, was thrown from his horse and trampled to death by the seven following horses. — Brown Jacket, by Martini-Henry— Brown and Rose, died recently at Warwick Farm, from the effects of coming into collision with a fenco which he attempted to junjp. — Nothing is doing better in Sydney, says an Australian correspondent, than Allsopp's Derby and Oaks candidates, JAttalus and Mascara. The latter is growing into a splendid mare. — There are over 1200 trotting associations in the United States and Canada., not counting the numerous organisations not in membership with the National or American Associations. — So well has Splendor's stock been performing that it is not at all surprising to hear from Tocal that his subscription list for next season is full. Mr F. Reynolds had to refuse several. - Mr J. R. Champion, of Michigan, has a live and healthy_ three-legged colt ; one fore leg being absent entirely. He thinks of taking in the World's Fair with his Qquine freak of nature. — The Australian sportsman Mr W. T. Jones, who is at present on a visit to England, was very fortunate at Epsom on Derby Day,' h,aving taken a wager of L4OQO to LIOO about tho winnor, Sir Hugo. — The great American Stakes, a five-furlong spin for two-year-olds, 20,000d0l beingguaranteed, was run on the 26th May and won by Sir Walter (by Midlothian). Garrison received 2500d01s for his ride. —Mr John Marshall of Auckland, has intimated to the Dunedin Jockey .Club that ho will not take advantage of other owners' consent to his entry for tho Champagne Stakos being re. celved, — At a recent meeting of the owners and lovers of horses held in London, England, it was unanimously resolved that of all the materials used for paving roads, asphalt is the worst for horses' feet and limbs. — In the Orloff Museum, in Russia, there is a skeleton of a horse which shows two more ribs than ordinary horses. This is tho skeleton of Smetanka, the great original of the Orloff family of trotters. — It is not perhaps generally known, remarks " Ribbleden,'.' that the dam of Prince Edward, winner of tho Bendigo Trot, is the disqualified trotting mare Princess. Priuce "Edward was bred in New Zealand. — ■ The Manaia Racing Club has decided to pay tho stakes for its Post Stakes race to the owner of Norah, the second_ horse, and intends to demand back the stakes paid to the nominator of Bookas, the winner of the race. — Orme is evidently getting over the poison or the decayed tooth or whatever it was that was troubling him, for last week, the cable informed us, he won' tho valuable Jubilee Stakes, beating Orvioto and St. Damien for places. — Young Buccaneer, who was bred in 1870 by the late Count Henckel, and was purchased after standing at the Romol Kwitz stud for ma.ny years by Count Saint Genois some 12 months ago for Eleanorenhof, near Pressburg, in Hungary, died in Juno. — Newman, the winner of the Winter Handicap at Flemington, Is engaged in both tho Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. He has incurred a penalty of 141b for each race, making his weight for the Caulfield Cup 7.8, and for the Melbourne Cup 7.10. — Two Melbourne "welshers" named Henry Alexander and Henry Stauhill were sentenced to one month's imprisonment each, the last wook in solitary confinement. This should help to dispel the opinion entertained by some that welshing is not an offence punishable under the law. — I see that the Australian papors are beginning to copy and ve-wrlto that v\ onderful story about Orient having run in over 500 races. Moanwhile no ono has addod anything to the factful history of this horse which I compiled recently. — Standing with Loughlin in the street the other day a chestnut passed drawing a doctor's gig, and Jack pointed htm out to me as Holmsdale—"tho fiist horse I evoi' won a jumping affair with, It was at Timaru, in the jump at the show," ho said. — It is reported in Victoiia that the question of framing a rule which may make it possible to review the form of a horse that, after running badly on one course, subsequently on another course .shows any remarkable improvement, is to be considered by the V.R.C — At the Derby Spring meeting Mcdmcnhani, a full brother to Mr Morriu's stallion Castor, won the Chaddesdim Plate, of 250a0v, b\x furlongs. Mcdmenhanibtirterl first favourite, and won from s-tart to finish, after repeatedly refusing to joiu his horses at the starting post. — 'Twill give some idea of the scale on which racing is conducted in Yankeeland to mention that during the 12 days of the Brooklyn ineeting in May there were 72 raoes in which 257 different horses appeared. Fifty-two stables won money, and the total divided up was close 0nL45,000, (not dolki-b). — Someone who is either ignorant of the faots or utterly unreliable has been relating to a Sydney paper his experiences in Maoriland. Racing, he say 3, hi fast ''going to the dogs" there, and he attributes that state of things to the totalisator, which is said to trust chiefly to the patronage of women and children of tender years. — One of the sights of Melbourne after a race meeting is Barney Allen and his wondrous riding pants, When Barney returned from his trip

Ome, he took to riding to the courses, and, wiiat he does is good form, his example is being followed by his brother books. So far none have fallen off.— Bulletin. — Colonel Eraser, one of the most uncompromising opponents of the totalisator, is endeavour^ ing to get consultations legalised. I hope he will fail again. The mischief of the consultation is its secrecy and its continuousness. There may be a dozen consultations on one race, and who can guard against boys and girls gambling that way? — When Satyr came down in the Grand National Hurdle Race, Knight of the Garter, who was just behind, crushed right into him, the result being that Satyr had no less than nine ribs broken Knight of the Gartor was also a good deal knocked about, but is likely to be all right again in the course of a week or so. Porcius broke down badly in the race.

n nuy su ?! ly > tho I l e - rby is de cided in the month June, being, m adition to the present year is Sw 7 ,^ 1^, 1^ 1^ ISoTISIO feu? IS7S ill' iir' S W s;2&°> 15(52 - 18 7<». 1874 187S, ISM, 18S5, 18S9, and 1890. The day of the week for the race to be run was normanPiiViv altered to Wednesday in 1838 P°»nanenttj „—„ — , A Bulletin par.— The president of o blackblocks racing club had a horse in the selling race and put him in the bag," a bookie standing in! One of the stewards hearing this went to tho tlireo other jockeys and promised them a fiver each to loose Then he got a caution administered to the rider of the stiff. The latter heavil Wl "' a ' Ul owner and bookmaker lost — Sporting Standard says that while running pretty forward about a couple of furlongs fron. the post m the Two-year-old Race on the first day ottlie V.R.G. National meeting The Shrew fell but fortunately neither tho filly nor her jockey Darby was hurt. The lad blames M'Gowan for the accident, and states that he was deliberately fouled Ihe matter was, however, not brought under the notice of the stewards, and therefore no inquiry was held. — Indignationis felt in French sportingjcircles at an incident which occurred at Milan. An important race—the Grand Prix dv Commerce— of tho value of L2OOO was won by Odin, a French horse belonging to the Vicomto d'Harcourt, and ridden by an Jinglish j ockoy. As the winner returned to the paddock for the rider to weigh in ho was greeted with a storm of hisses by the mob, which was evidently furious at the idea of so much Italian money being taken out of the country ?«.— An American payer says :— " Artificial' impregnation has been practiced successfully at bagmaw Stock Farm. Out of. five applications three were successful, one mare by Coaster, 2miii2t>lscc, producing a filly sired by Sphinx, and two others are heavy with foal. This is the first foal produced by the novel process east of the Rocky Mountains. The mare that produced was repeatly bred since ISSB, and was supposed to. be barren. The filly is a strong one and resembles her sire." i ~",^ h R Einpross of Russia hns been at somo trouble in order to procure a unique present for the golden wedding of her mother, the Queen of Denmark. The present consists of a team of six horses, perfectly white. In order to get the six together the imperial studs all over Russia had to be searched, and the present, which is about to leave St. Petersburg, is said to be one of the most beautiful, as well as one of the most costly, that will be sent to the golden "bride and bridegroom" at Fredensberg. — Only eight ran in the Grand Steeplechasede Pans on the 3rd June, and Surcouf, who was greatly fancied, was made favourite at 2 to ] with Fleurissant and Silversmith both well backed. They formed the first three at tho finish, but Silversmith and Surcouf, stood no chance with M. Pardiao's colt, tho nidges verdict being 30 lengths in hi< favour. The distanco'covorcd was.four miles and, half a furlong, the time occupied by the winner l' c . m . g . Blt JJ n 17 35sec - and the valuo of the stakes L4.M. Fleurissant is French bred. — A trotting dog, Doc, is one of the attractions in America. He draws his owner, Willie Kctchum, to a miniature sulky and is a squaru trotter. Any pony, not over 12hds high, is challenged to speed with him in a raco at halfmile heats, or any man runner, or any boy under 15 years old on bicycle. Further. Doc will give any trotting horse 25sec start, the horse to go a milo aud the dog a half-mile, or Doc will ba trotted a half-mile against any horse running a mile. Ihis dog trots quarters better than 50sec. — The Melbourne Cup conditions as regards three-year-olds, says the Bulletin, need amonding Experience shows that the weight-for-age scale in the spring, ovor two miles, Is not equitable as concerns the horses of that age. Look at the anomaly, too, of a crack two-year-old being .weighted at 8.0 in the Cup, when there is every chance of his defeat in tho Derby, the winner of which, most likely the best colt of the year, is only asked to carry 7.6. It happened in Titan's case, and will happen again. The scale ought to slide down if it be just that it slide up. — - Doctors Pierce and Butler recently operated on a stallion, the property of W. Y. Norris of Minneapolis, Minn., for the cure of stringhalt. The animal was very badly affectod in both legs, aud when excited would jork them up to the abdomen. The operation consists in severing the tendon of the peroncus muscle below the hock, a,nd does not necessitate the animal losing a day's work. After tho operation the horse walked home sound, and still remains so. This oporatiow has been performed very successfully by German veterinarians, but American veterinarians have been slow in trying the experiment. — The Cromwell club has appointed the following committee for next year : — Mossrs J. Cowan, D. A. Jolly, G. H. Stephensan, C. G. Mountney, J. Kane, S, 11. Turton, V. It. Moss, A. Cowan, T. Huddloston, F. O. Denham, T M'Craokon, and Merewether. Mr J. Cowan was elected president Mr- D. A. Jolly vice-president, Mr &. 11. Stephenson treasurer, and Mr J. Marshall secretary. A committee was appointed to draw up a programme for the annual meeting ; stakes not to exceod .L 335. Messrs Solomon ajid Murrell were appointed to work the totalisator at tho same rate as last season.