IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2181, 19 December 1895, Page 44

IN A NUTSHELL.

— Very good nominations for the Vincent meet~tag. — Alf Drake is promoting consultations in Tasm^nia. — Mr Joe Kean will commence training again in Sydney. — The Admiral has been allotted top weight in the Ballarat Cup—lo.7. — Morny Cannon is re-engaged ns first jockey to the Kingsclere stable. — Gipsy King's son Vagrant won the Welter at Wyndham (Vie.) last month. — They say that Captsjn Webb, now in Napier *gain, is very dicky on his pins. — The death is announced of Mr James Jones, ft well-known Greymouth sport'man. — Lord Hampden has consented to. become^ patron of the Australian Jockey Club. — Sainfoin, the Caulfield Cup winner, now owned by Mr A. Cameron, goes to the stnd. — D-nvnger, just shipped to England, was the — 'J he Tasmanian Racing Club intends to adopt a starting machine for the Summer meeting, disappointment of Nelson's Dunedin Cup field- — In the Perth Cup the Quceasland-bred horse Common & called upon to carry 10.9 over two miles. — Captive is now fhe propertyof a small «ynditate (two), who have placed the horse with J. Cotton. — Mr Robert Howie, sen., i« likely to give up racing in Victoria, And perhaps try his.luck in South Africa. —:.Ma"rtini-Henry?s sister "Wood Nymph is Bow in Tasmania. She h2S a filly at foot by Bill »f Portland. — Carnage -will be shipped to ffingland in a few weeks, Mr Wil-on having sold him to Mr Allnon, of London^as agent. — Patron is now doing good, ureful work at „ Fleiuitigton, and it is believed that he will stand ■mother preparation. 1 — Pr»mn i 3 this week placei with George Smith <ft«ber« trainer). The Paiwpa gelding has •been laid «p for a cyup.'e of months. — Minibitjs vmi Eix-furlong race at Monta TS.A.) recently. An exchange aays that he vas going stud duty on ths previous day. «* — Having to g 0 to nresa very early this week. 1

Lave not seen the Talnierston acceptances, therefore will give tuy selections in the Time 3.

— Becky Sharp, after missing for several saa- j sons, bas foaled a colt to Apreraont. The youngster is full brother to Wakawatej. — The five-year-old geldiog Manozona, a rou of Itfaua, who is brother to Fraucotte, won a double at the Euroa (Vie') meeting on tbe 27th ult. — Sir J. Fowell Buxtm, tbe nc%v Governor, has refused for the present to become patron of the leading racing clubs in South Australia. ' — A corrected list of weights for the Cromwell meeting appears in this issue. Presuming that both are well, 1 should take Specton for the Graud Stand Handicap and Dunluce for the Flying. — The racehorse Isaac, who was a couple of seasons pgo jjreatly fancied for tbe Caulßeld Cup, won the Turonville Stakes at Randwick on the 30th ult. — J. Stevenson, one of Australia's best lightweight jockeys, intends shortly taking a trip to England, and on the way will make a short stay at South Africa. — Word has been re:eived. from America that Straniboli has been put into work again after serving a season at the stud. It is exptcted that he will stand the necessary preparation. — I'heV.llC. Gommittee have di- qualified W. Clare ( Taxman ian trainer) and Morris (jockey) for six months, and Quickfire for 12 montha, in consequence of the lattcr's inconsistent running. — It is rather a coincidence that The Assyrian should have died the same year as Mr \V. A. Wood, the only backer who profited to any extent over the horse's victory in the Melbourne Cup of 1882. — The added money for next Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup will be ROsovs to each race. Theic will be a sweepstakes of 20 ovs in each case, which will be added to the stakes. — At a racing meeting recently held by the West Australian Tattersall's Club at Perth, a iockey named Cartv/right rode in five races, including a hurdle race, won the first four, and finished third in tbe fifth. — The starling inacbine, like the numbered saddle cloihs, has not " Caught on" in Englani. John Bull :a still as conservative as ey<jr, and is averse to adopting any innovation which has its origin on tbe Australian turf. — Victoria has retried thefla& for starting, with disastrous results. It was at W>ndham, \vher«, we are told, the delays were irritating, and irregularities were nnmetciw. One event was ordered by the stewards to bs run ogiin, as the horses were «taited in front, of the pDBt on the first occaBion. — Eiridßforde, well ridden by Holme 3. won the Sandhurst Cup with 8.3, duing the mile and aquarter in 2min 12Jsec ; but in the Bendigo Handicap, a mile and a distance, next day, he was stopped by his 9.1, and got beaten by KalUra7.s and Malula 7.3. — It has been arranged by the Messrs Gib'on Bros, that their crack steeplechaser .Daimio (-hall leave Victoria for England next March. If x>O'?sible, ammgecicnts will ba nia'le for ihe son of Swiveller to leave by the OdzVba 'steam hip, which carried Carbine safely to Eccrlani. — The highly-bred pony Siinonia, by Trenton out of the Etiglifch mare Elsie, by kt Simon ' which was taken to India by Mr f 5 . Murgetts a short time back, failed to go under-4he 14hds standard, and will therefore be of little use for pony race 3in the east It is said that Lord Wiliiam Beresfotd will probably take ihe pony to England. — Since her return to AdrUide Auravia has been treated to a dose of physic, and the filly has "been restricted to gentle exercise. The Hill Brothers will take her up later on to prepare her for the return battle with Wallace over the Champion course in March. Auraria is in the b.Et nf hfaltb. — Writing last -week "Te Whiti " says : Derringer is to be .taken to England to-day by the 8.6. lonic His owner, Mr J. O, Hayward, -of Kaivraiwju, Feattrerston, nccompauies ihe horse on the voyagd, -and it is his present intention for Derringer to take up stud duties at the celebrated Cobban) Stud in Surrey. —At Auckland Yataghan brought 15gs ; Porangi Potao, by CastoT— Marleap 21gs ; Deadshot (with a liability of £66 for a nomination, &c ), 50j?s ; The Sharper (with a liability of £22 10s), 2^fif. The horses were sold under a bill of Bale, and G F. BrimMecombe was the buy r in each case. Brigantiue was sold to Mr J- M Bride for 17gs. — It is astonishing bow differently different people see the same thing. The Anti-gambling League opposes racing and betting because these pastimes encourage "improvidence, extravaeauce in living beyond one's means, and a general disregard of thrift and prudence " Almost the first item on the balance sheet of tbe league is " overdraft at bank £187." —In view of the small amount of levenue received on account of the Distressed and Disabled Jockeys' Fund in theshape of fines since the introduction of the startin? machine, the South Australian Jockey Club Committee has forwarded a circular to the secretaries of all registered clubs asking them to apportion a percentage of their total'sator fractious to the fund. — It is noteworthy (says a Melbourne writer) how Sydney trainers keep their horses strung up month after month. The amount of racing the Sydney horses do as compared with the majority of Victorian racehorses is very remarkable. It is quite a common thing for a trainer to Btart hiu horse in two races in the oue day, no matter what the weather or the course may he like. — Drogo, one of the S'artera at Northnmpton (Eng.), gave his attendants no end of a time of it, starting by throwing himself down iv the open shed and biting at the woodwork. When at length he regained his legs,, he let fly with his "off hind" and threatened to demolish the structure. He fretted and fumed. himself into a lather, and yet he went and won his race. — Mr S. G. Cook fears that he -will not be able to race the two-year-old colt The Officer before next spring. .The injuries he sustained to his shoulder and leg during the Flemingtou meeting are proving very troublesoma. The Her. me, TUa Admiral, and The Harvester are still in the paddocks, and the only pair the Sandringhani traineT has moviDg along are The Parisiennc and Tbe Merry Boy. — The ex- Australian pony, Little Carbine, has been the cause of some trouble in India. He was one of the three acceptors for Cawnpore Maiden Stakes, and a red-hot favourite, but he reached thecourse late, was not weighed out in proper time, and the race was run without him. The 'question of bets was referred to the stewards, who decide d "that all cash bets on Little Carbine should Stand, but that all book bets should be off." — Kveo with Wallace and Auiaria both fit and well at the post on Champion Stakes day, it is no certainty that they will have all the fun to ihemeelves. They will encounter a formidable opponent iv The Harvester in the event of Mr S. G. Cook getting last year's Champion winner back to his old foon. Neither would Qoiver be considered an unworthy adversary, whilst Havoc, Dreamland, Music, Patron, Toreador, and Osculator may also have to bo reckoned with.— " Asmodeus." — Mr C B. Fisher, ex-chairman of the V.R.C., whose rmsf ortunes as a pastoraliot have evoked the sympathy cf sportsmen throughout Australia, applied to the Full Court to reverse the decision of Judge Molesworth, who re ctntly refused to grant an unconditional certificate of discharge. Although it was shown that the estate could not pay a dividend, and despite that the petitioning creditors in the Insolvency Gourt had since withdrawn their opp jgition, tb# ccurt refused to annul the decision of the judge. — Leader. — " Nemo," of the Sydney Mail, in referring to V» allace* and Auratia, says : There would seem to be a great difference of opinion as to which is the better three-year-old of Ihe two. .There is not much to choc se between them, but I must give n» vote in favour of Wallace, and for this reason : that Iris -Cup defeat can be fairly attributed to the fact that he is too sluggish to do himself justice except when aided by having a r>owevfu* boi.-e-n an, such *s Jamts Gough, Dawes, Ellis, or Martia Gallagher, in the saddle. — The story of Cadogdn, tbe Trinh >o^ktuaker, ■who won £10,000 of Prince Frar.cis of Teck(sayj the "Man of the World"), having had to change his teleftvaphic address -ince Lord Cadog»n became viceroy, reminds us that some time ago at Winchester Caihe<lr*l, as the dean was about to read the first lesson, a teltgram was hastily hs-nded to him, which read as follows : " Lecturer, Lothario, Proserpine." The telegram was intended far a

bookmaker whose name was the tame as the dean'a, and it contained ihe result of the Cesarc* witch.

— When Fred Archer died and Charley Wood came under the ban of the Jockey Club, everyone (says an exchange) pointed to George Barrett as the jockey of the futuie Their expectations looked like being realised until Barrttt himself got into disgrace, not for whit in thought to be the failing of a jockey— pulling, hut for over anxiety to win. He em-rgedfroni this little trouble satisfactorily, but then ill-health organ to affect his riding, and in the last issue of the Racing Calendar a notification appears to the effect that he has returned his riding license. — The stewards of the South Australian Jockey Club have further considered the Miraclum case, and have come to the conclusion that the owner, Mr G. D. Basnett, had been guilty of corrupt practices within the meaning of the S.A.J.C. rules, and they therefore disqualified him for 12 months. The inquiry originated after Miraclum had won the October Cup at Tattersall's meeting, when the S.A.J.C. stewards called upon Baenett to exp'ain the apparently inconsistent running of his colt that day compared with the form exhibited in the Trial Stakes at Port Adelaide a fortnight previous. A local jockey g*ve the officials a clue to the alleged suspicious, running. Stewards' meetings weie held and the sensational case „ brought to a climax as above.