IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2175, 31 October 1895, Page 31

IN A NUTSHELL.

— The hurdler Piloi Boy has gone into Brewer's — The Wanganui Derby was iuu in a heavy —H. Goodman's trio went to Chiistchurch on Saturday. ' , „ . ,TT, TT . —Mr Taaffe is the new secretary of the WaiEiftte Olub. ,_ . , — lv the St. Leger, Matchmaker, Utica, and VHIU-i'3 ran in blinkers. „ ,- „ a . , — 1 lie Hova affair in the Caulfield Stakes is coin turn tod on as "quisby." — An artesian well now supplies the Wangauui coiin-p. with an abundance of water. — Mr H. Pip*r has been appointed starter for the Na;ier Park Club for the season. —It is ruracurod that 'Jl.J 1 . Buddicomb has an offer to ride for the Hon. J. Ormond. — M'Ginnfcss was booked to ChriSxchutch yester<li»y with Man-mina and St. Ouida. — As a Riies3 1 should say tbat Legislator has a sho* a', the Taratuhi-Carterton meeting. - Kuroclydon'B two-mile g*llvp last week did not cud well. Ha tire i towards the finish. — OxtJiham pays, wi'l there ia no leason to doubt it, that ho never Uj s his own hots<s —Mr J. II Ktwen baa ch< stn " Corvette aa the name of bin filly by Hotchkiss-Bi«ca. — P^xter was the man who la-id thesGoo to 10W on Auraria against Waterfall for tho D» rby. — : Hudd>corub waa married last w«ek. I with him and bis bride a loDg and happy life. — r mpul--e niay again start in the Cup without beirg ricviously tried over th 9 full distance. —Mr J. J. MiHcr brings with bia trotting how. a pneumatic sulky that weighs but 401b. Bixltop'* team for Christ-church, consu>t»ngof Output, Gipsy Grau-1, and Marlin, co up to-day. — Mr G. Vowlea owned Jack, tho winner of the Hftllarat Cup, about a quarter of a century — ihe whole of the mares served by the itnpo»t..d horse Bill of Poitland last season ha»e — Curtain Maclvell has made up his mind to •end Uavrnabujy to the atud next season at a fee ©flOOtfH. „ — Britomart is temporal ily thrown out of training, and is to be sent, I understand, to St. — Waterfall's half sister Lockstitch, by Sardonyx from Little Wanzer, died recently in Aus.ra.ia. — Ki.rbnry is taking his ease up-countiy as a mate for the grand old cob that Mr J. Stephenson used to rifle. — Mr J. B. Clark has leaded Autonomy to Mr W. A. Long, and the son of Chester will in future do Btu«] duty at H^bartville. — Asbburton summer races are fixed for Jannary 2, when £222 will be raced for. The meetiDK follows that at linw*M. — I fancy Forma for the Auckland Guineas, First Nelson for the Prince of Wales's Handicap, . and Levanter for the Hurdleß. — The Waimate Club has a credit balance of JE6I 5- lid, but against this there are outstanding liabilities amounting to £42 3i sd. — All There is still racing, and at Warwick farm on the 12 h he beat Bungebah in the Flying, but lost by half a length to Enid. — Two of M'Ginnesi'a team have been cvt — namely, Maximilian (Maxim— Lady Evelyn) and St. Cloud (St. Lesfci— Puwerewere). — 'Ihe Tastnanian horse Sllvcroid. by Mozart — Silvenhread, died at C*ulfi*ld from pneumonia, the result of hu stormy voyajre acros3 Bass Strait. — Liitlc Jack and Waterfall are lb* only three-ye«-c>Hs that have won tUs Ciulfield Cup. Of late yearn it has gone regularly to five-year olds till — BArd of Avon, by winning the Yorkshire Hanoicap, had a 101b psnalty for Ibo i esarewitcb, for which he ran second: His weight was thereto" 8.2. „ — B*y Bell, who was served by Occident this sprint, "has gone iu*o M"Ginness's stable, and though her legs look very queer, she is standing the w >rk. . . . „, — Pora ancl Victory are being traiaen at Mr Ten u .nfs placo atHeddon Bubh, and the latter is rep.ite \ to be going well in spite of his great age. "fc.irMo.ired." . — A vl.uighsd track just inside the cinder path is talked ahout a3 lik- ly to be made at Tahuna, bo as to give trotting horse trainers the option of soft or firm going. . — Our Chtist church representative noes not seem to have been much impressed with Marino's two-wile callop on Saturday. Tee horse blew badly ni pulling up. ,„ „ „ . , — Waterfall, winner of the Caulfleld Cup, is by Trenton's half brother, Niagara (by Anteros), and Trei.c'-ant and Quiver, who finished second and third, are by Trenton. — K. Kllis takes Bmmeline to Chrifitchurch on Thuisilay (to-day); J. Loughlin goes up with Stock lUli and Irish Girl on Friday ; and Alder-flhe-t travels on Saturday. — Sh or Ram.eness brought home Dan CBricn's colt Cartridge (Carbine— St. Odille) in the Warwick F»riu Handicap, six furlongs, on the 12th infrt Hi? time was lmin 17sec. — Gipsy Gr»Dd shaped well in a mile and a-half gallop oa Saturday. He went with Outpost, the pair b«*H| taken along first by Marlin, then by Hippomenes. Good trying tackle. — It is reported from India that Fortunatus has been implied favourite for the Viceroy's Cup, and that Highborn seems to be sound again, though he has not been given any strong work. — htromboli, who has been racing in America during tho la"»t two yea»s, will return to Australia in a mouth or two. The son of Chester-Etna has been fairly successful in San Francisco. — Matchmaker broke down so badly in the race for the St. Leger that no farther attempt will be made to train him. and the racing career of the Bon of Donovan and Match Girl is now closed. — Little Wanzer, dam of Waterfall, was foaled in ISBI, by Maribyrnong or Malta from Milliner, by the imported horae Milliner from Caress, by Indian Warrior from the imported mare Sweetfieart, by Red Hart. — Royal Oak, tho ancient steeplechaser, son of Royal Oak aud Diiub, who was killed at the o*kLnds (VicJ meeting on. th« 10th. had five days

earlier won the Hunters' Cup at the Melbourne Hunt Club meeting. _ — Darisg is very much inbred to Musket. His sire, Dreadnought, is a grandson of Mosquito, who was si&ter to Musket ; and his dam, Elnock, , is by the Mueket horse Nordenfeldt from the Musket mare Elfin. — Lupus has a good show of winuing tha Hurdles at Winton, and I see nothing batter than him in the TT«de>men's Handicap, while for the Cup it will take a good one to beat Lobo. Lingley reads like good goods in tho Flying. —Mr M'Emm is askiag the Gore Club to rescisd the motion fixing the rate of training fcos at XI all round, and to enact that the fce3 ba altered to £1 for the first horse and 10s for each horse over that number trained by one party. , — Many people entertain a suspicion that the I Lochicla are tot too g*me, but Pay ten has a firm belief in the son of Prince Charlie as a sire, and will not hear a word as to the softness of his stock. Probably timo will prove that Payten is right.— Sportsman. — Owners have been taught by the totalisator that he who is content to play fm- moderate stakes with the prospoct of good dividend* lasts longer and onioya racing better than the party who tries to enrich hinuelf at the expeusa of the ring.— Australasian. — Ovuleis's &tock Beems to be continually coming I to the fore in Austcalin. Ordinary, a nico-lonking j filly by him from Aoiason, trained by J. Gardiner at Malvern, was backed down to 5 to 2 in the Mcntono Trial Handicap, and won easily from Be^gmuan and Grimace. — S. Loates this year won his firet St. Leger. He rode a dend heat for tho Derby ou Harvester in 2884, won tbe blue riband this year ou Sir Visto, and two dayj later his first O.iki oa La Sagesse. He htw not yot won either the Two Thousand or One Thousand Guiixaa. — T. C. R-->bion ; the jockoy recently from Australia, is no relation to the Robson that won tha Melbourne Cup on Glenloth He ia a native of DurxuHu, but learnt bis riding in Australia, where he lias a good pamo. Ho can ride 7 7 comfort»b)y. O.ie of bis recent wins ia Australia was on Dorrueur. — WhL-ton, wiuoer of the Portland Plate at Doncistur, cost only 27%s as a yearling, and he has tiwnul out ft bargain to Mr Dobvll, seeing that the tbne races he won as a two year ol I included the Coventry Stak** at Ascot (of tbo value of .fiIWM 10-) and the John o" Gaunt Hate at Manchester, worth not far chort of j£(l(X>. — t'f Mr G. Vuwle^, recently appointed to handicap for (/'aulfield, " Goodwood" writes :— " It is not claimed for him that he is a scientific hai dienpper, but ha has the knack of bringing fields together , and flow that be can aei about asain freely be ought to have the form of the large nujonty of the lo:al horses at his fingcra' ends." —Mr S. H. Gollan'a bay colt Tir, by Maxim— Florenco M."O*rthy, hiw betn sold to go to Townsville, Queensland. Some months ago Tir git away from V.ia boy p.ml Bprang a suspensory li^ani?n''. He looks like standing a prcpaiation, however, and, although bought for stud put poses, m*y pos ibly carry bilk in Bananaland.— Sportsman. — The Open Steeplechase of the O-Alonds Hunt Club, at Moonee Valley on the 10th, resulted in a dead heat between Warrior and Orient. The owner of Orient refused to divide, and as Warrior, who had injured hiimtlf, and was unfit to race again, had been t»ken away from the course, Orient went ti the post and was declared tho wiuuer. — 'Ihe Victorian Trotting Association has dismissed the appeal of T. Trice (brother to Dave Fric*.') aghinst the decision of the Australian Trotting Avociation in disqualifying him for 12 mottthi iv connection with the eriatic pevfor- [ inance of Gvren at tho inaugural meeting of the ' Au*traJi*n Trotting Association, and endorsed the I dbquilification. ; —Thunderbolt, bred at Auckland, is well appreciated m a bire in South Anatolia. One of hi* daughter*, Marryatville, won a two year old rac« ;it South Austr-li tn Tatbersall'fi meeting, and Fiivt B 'X accounted for the Spriug IlamlttMp the same day, paying -£20 128. This colt is a g od one at big dividends. In hia previous win he paid £32 7s, and before that £M 2s. • — Up to IS7C tho highe&t price over part for a yearliiiß in England was the 4100gs at which M:»xiuii'iau went at tha Cobhaui sale. This figure was reached in Stpt-nuber this year for a St. Sitnon filly auctionsd at DoncaUer. It ia not, however, near the EncHah record that crow stands, this being the 5500gs paid for La Fleche, while £7600 has been reachr d in America. — Tbe horjws th»t Preston 8.8 met and defeated over the 11 furlongs at Kpsom were T«urus 7.0, Rewi 7.4-B«cond and third— Bonnie Scot'aud 8.4, J5 8.% Palo Alto 7 I*. War D*nce 7.11, Duhallow 7.10, 'iar»naki7.lo, Royal Msaitrr 7.8, Miracu'eux 7.4, Straifhtfire 7.3, Knimalea 7.2, Strahaa 6.12, L«cid 6.9, and Pitchery 6.7. Preston won easily by five lengths ; time, 2inin 259* c. — Mr Reid, of Elder.li*. kindly apprises me of the following foaling* :— Tempest (by Now Holland—To rnaoo), bay filly to Occident, and visits Stepniak ; Messrs Stephenaon and Haslt-tt's Illusion (by Apremont— Fiilkcy), biown filly to .Stepniak, and vi-its him again ; Lady's Maid, dam of Vanilla (by Hotspur— Waul of Honour), brown colt to Stepniak, and visits him again. — Says " Peepinit Tom " : Mr J. Flynn's Derby colt, Kap»i Trnai, ig all right again. The little horse waa suffering from a slight injury to the shoulder, but all Jack's old friends will be glad to leara that it was nothing »eriou-<, and that this game little three-year-old son of Silvermark is likely to see tha post fit and Wrll next Boxing Day. A filly that shows a marked improvement of late is Mr Cowau'a.Phyi-ne (by Silvermark, dam Frances). Tha party behind hor fancy her chance for the Derby, and they are willing to back her for money.