IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2179, 28 November 1895, Page 37

IN A NUTSHELL.

— Starling has gone into Haukins's stable. — Mr Wilson intends to ship Clarence to England. — Jack Stevenson, rider of Auraria, ia not yet 20 years old. — G -raint is said to have been bought by a Hokitika owner. — The Lancaster Park Club made £256 out of its recent meeting. — Delaware had a foot injured while running in the Melbourne Cup. — The V.R C. expects to make a profit of £9000 over the recent meeting. — The new grandstand at the Hawkesbury ract course will be 82ft by 35ft. — The Meddler, winner of the Flying at Rosehill on the 9th, is anotuer of Tienton's get. — Colts and fillies are now equal in numbers on the list of Maribyroong Plate winners. " Totara" supplies this week some very readable information about the West Coast stable?. — Paris started in the Manchester Handicap last week, and finished tenth iv a field of 16. Ivor won. — "The Guv*nor," Mr H. Redwood, has Kinglake and King Lear nominated for the West Coast races. — The Mandeville Club decided on Saturday week to give defaulters a seven days' option of paying up or being posted. — Bert Cripps thought so little of Brain's clißnce in the Melbourne Cup that he wouldn't waste to ride him. — The first half mile in the Melbourne Cup was i run in 53sec, the seennd in 52sec, the third in 53sec, and the last in 51sec. — The Southland Racing Club decided ro hold the summer meeting on January 2. Local handicappers have been appointed. — On the day before the closing of the St. Albans lottery Mr G. Adama received 7000 registered letters at one delivery. — A South African buyer has vainly offered BOogß for Music. This horse is on the dam's side I bred much the same way as Malua. I — Mark Thompson, the trainer, and W. De- ! laney, the rider of Waterfall in the Caultield Cup, , have been with Mr Oxenham for 12 yeara. — As the V.R C. Derby field was pulling up it was discovered that the first letters in the names of the pi iced three spelt "Woa."— Bulletin. — Mr D. Jame3 stood to win £15,000 over Auraria for the Derby and Cup, but his only bet for the last-named event was £500 to £9. — Wallace is said to have run his Melbourne Cup trial in 3min 26sec. He took' nearly lOdec loDger to cover the distance in the actual race. From the Wairarapa the death is announced of the etallion Grand Duke, by Perkin Warbeck — Wild Rose, who broke a leg and was destroyed. — By winning the Guineas and Derby Mr W. R. Wilson repeated a dual coup he successfully accomplished by the aid of Strathmore four years ago. — Seven Otago men were placed on the forfeit list last week. And a payment of £15, or an average of £2 33 per head, would have kept them clear. —Mr Oxenbam has made a present of Plain Bill to Mr J. E. Brewer. Ths horse knocked his hip down' recently, but is now getting right again. — The first Melbourne Cup stake didn't include anything tor the second horse, and it wasn't until eight years after establishment that the third was given £20. — A match for 500 rupees was recently run over six furlong 3in India between the Australian mare Flicker and a horse named Willie. Flicker won by a neck. — Auraria is not eDgaged in the V.R.C. St. Leger Slakes, but she is nominated for the Champion Stakes, three miles, in which her weight will be 7.9. — A sum of £40, paid out by mistake on Torpina in the Tattersall's Plate, has been auonymously returned to the secretary of the Canterbury Jockey Club. — Mr Oxenham is credited with the observation concerning Waterfall that though only "a little one, sir " (Little Wanzer), he had turned out a perfect Niagara. — Mr Templeton advises me that £160 will be givtn in stokes at Waikouaiti on New Year's Day. The course, he adds, is improving every year and is DOW in good order. — The November issue of the Australian Monthly Racing Chronicle is to hand. This is one of Mr Miller's ventures, which ia equivalent to saying that it cm be relied upoa,

— Mr \V. Allan, the well-known vefc.. had £10 and his V.R.C. member's pass Btolen from him while making a post-mortem examination of the horse Royal Master on Cup night. — Before Mr Wilson commenced the nejjotiations for Wallace he told the winners that Wallace had shown trials which made him out to be a better horse than Stiallnnore was. —Mr David James was one of the chief supporters of the totalisator when the agitition fcr the restoration of the machine in South Australia was a burning question some time ago. — Mr Wilson docs not intend to race again on the large scale which has distinguished his occupancy of St. Alb^np, but he will always try to keep together a smill string of good horses. — Adams'a £25,000 sweep on the Melbourne Cup was drawn by Mr W. E G. Salter, a member of the Argus staff, who journeyed to Brisbane to report the drawing of the St. Albans lottery. — Auraiia and Delaware are somewhat similarly bred, each being by Trenton ; the*filly out of a_ Richmond mare, and the horse out of a fullsister to that famous little son of Maribyrnong. — The American home Strathmtath had up to the close of last season won 42 races and £20,000 in money, being one among the very few horses that have earned £20 000 on the American Tuif. — Waterbury was very lame before starting in the V.R.C. Steeplechase, and he made a poor attempt at jumping. He just managed to scramble over the first fence, and he altogether refused the next. — During the drawing of Adnms's £25,000 sweep, some one tried to secure a £100 cash prize with a false marble, but Adams, who personally superintends the drawing, detected the fraud at a glance. — The Waimate Club has electpd the following officers : — President and judge, Mr E. T. Studholme ; clerk of scales, Mr J O'Brien, jun.; h'andicapper, Mr Dowse ; clerk of course, Mr Freeman ; starter, Mr Teschemaker. — A member of tbe Australasian staff drew Eureka in the St. Albans lottery This horse, brother to two Newmarket Haudicap winners, was afterwards sold nt auction for 15gs, and is to be used for drawing a doctor's dogi art. — The first half mile in the V R.C. Derby wav ruu in lmin IJsec, the second in 51Jm2c, and the third in 5 - 2Jsec. The time in each instance was_ taken fiom Load On, to that Wallace probably ran the last half mile in about 51sec. — Friendship and The Shrew are full sixers, and while the lattt-r is fast retching a hifeh pl;<ce in Ni>w Zealand handicaps, the forreer is doing well in Sydney pony r ces. She started first f.ivourite f->r and won a iaoe of this kind (13hQs 3iu class) on the 7th inst. — Before she won the Cesaie witch, the Irish mare Rockdovc joiue.l Jewitt's stable at Newmarket, and finished her prep.iraticn under the supervision of Captain Machell, who generally manages Mr C. J. Blake's horses for their English engagements. - —Mr William B.tiley's thrusand-guiuea colt Coil put up a very brilliant performance in the Second Nurseiy Handicap at Flemington. With the steadiei of 9 8 in the saddle, he had the race in hand all the way, and won easily." He is now regarded as a likely one for the next Derby. — James G .ugh was very anxious to waste to ride Wallace in the Melbourne Cup, but as wasting would have made him too weak to do Wallace justice in the Derby, Mr Macdonald persuaded him to give up the idea of trying to get down to the colt's weight in the Cup- — Australasian. — Sir Visto's St. Leger will be remembered for two things. Fir&t, for the fact that several of the best three-ye*r-olds of the year were not entered ; and secondly, for the extraordinary long liht of casualties which prevented the best of those animals which were engaged from coming to the post. — American files record the death of the celebrated thoroughbred stallion Enquirer, son of imp rted Leamington from Lida, by Lexington, at the Belle Meade Stud on September 13. Enquirer was tbe sire of many distinguished rac-horse3, includi'g Falsetto, Inspector 8., and M'Whirter. — By the conditions of selling races in Belgium a horse may be claimed before the race, and thus stopped from running. The winner is not sold by auction, but tender's for him are put into a box, and he is allotted to whoever offers most money. The owner of the second horse does not get anything from the sale. — "Brickey " Colley has been successful in getting a. portion of his three months' disqualification removed in Queensland. The Gympie stewards were not too sure when they sentenced him that he was guilty of wrong-doing, and as they decided to let him off about half the term the Q T.C. Committee offered no objection. — Cartridge will be voted a duffer if he doesn't soon win a decent race. One of his bad failures was in the Birthday Handicap at Rosrhill. He had but 7.0 to carry, and led to the home turn, where he completely dried up and finished out of tha fust seven. The winner was Abercorn's son The Sketch, owned by Mr Crick. — Melbourne is a city flowing with beer, tucker, tobacco, doubles, and dead-beats : "(a) For gour-mands—Half-pint beer, plate of hot curry and rice, and sausage-roll, 2d. "(b) For .sportsmen — beer or rum, cigar, counter lunch, and pick your own double (£ls to nothing), 3d." The above is the programme at several reputable pubs.— Bulletin. — There is a legend that the wife of a wellknown owner and trainer, a particular friend of Mr Cook's, begged for the riband with which The Admiral was adorned after winuing the Derby, and was met with the reply that "he was sorry to | refuse her, but she could have anything else in the world he could command." This just to show the honest rivalry the Derby excites. Sportsman. — In every race for which she was started during the V.R C. meeting Quiver showed a decided disinclination to face the barrier, a. fact which recalls to mind the Oaks fiasco of last year. In view of the mare's invariably bad behaviour at the post ever sines that disastrous race for punters, the V.R.C. committee may see their way clear to resture Moore's license at an early date. — Sportsirsan. — The PrixduConseilMunicioal, run at Paris in October, was wou easily by M. E. de Saint. Alary's Omnium 11, a son of Upas and Bluette, that had carried off the French Derby and other good stakes this year. Baron A. de Schi^kler supplied j the second and third in LeSagittaire and Le Justicier The Eclipse Stakes winner again showed a lot of temper, and considerably delayed the start by his fractiousness. — The winner of the Kuberenderous sweep in the Caulfield Cup was the superintendent of a Sunday school in Ballarat East. The amount of the prize money, £90, remained in the bands of the conductor of the sweep until a few days ago, when it was collected by the lucky winner. It is believed, says the Courier, that the person referred to will be called upon to resign his position in the school. — The Orepuki Club has a credit of £5 odd, and will race on New Year's Day. The officebearers are : — President and judge, Mr K. Hirst ; vicepresidents—Messrs F H. Wilson, R Ralston, W. Simpson, and W Armstrong ; starter, Mr A. M'Pherson ; clerk of course, Mr J Popham ; clerk of scale?, Mr Beezley ; handicappers— Messrs W. Hopcroft, J. Hall, W Simpson, and J. Wallace ; secretary, Mr W. Crowther. - — After the Lancaster Park Trotting Club's meeting a protest wa3 lodged by the owner of the second horse against Nile being awarded the stake in his race, but the protesting party subsequently wished to withdraw the protest. After considering the matter the committee decided to hear the particulars, and have called upon those interested to attend a meeting to be held on December 5 to go into the matter. — The Tasmanian horse Music made a surprising run in the last half mile of the Melbourne Cup, and on one of the off days of the V.R.C. week he distinguished himself by winning the Williamstown Cup in brilliant st?le. Says one spectator : " Music was hopelessly out of it appareutly at the straight entrance, but when his jockey pat down to ride him he passed the others like a flash. Malua in his palmiest days could not have shown anything better. The stable just managed to get back their Melbourne Cup losses over the race." — The S.A.J.C. Committee have finished the inquiry into the case of Miraculum, who won the October Cup at Tattersall's meeting at Morphettvilla on October 5 after runuing nowhere at Port Adelaide. They found the jockey Matthews had told the truth, and not onU was there no reason to cancel or suspend his license, but the committee had satisfaction in finding that ho bad

done his duty. They had not powor to deal with Miraculum or his owner (Basnet), but intend to forward the evideuce taken to the stewards of the Port Adelaide Club for them to take further action if they think fit.