IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2210, 9 July 1896, Page 33

IN A NUTSHELL.

«— Mr T. Barnett is away on a trip to Sydney. — Hova's "other leg " Js now troubling his trainer. — Marusa is one of the first fancies for the Caulfield Cup — The stud owned by the late Colonel North has beon sold for £40.000.

■— An offer of £85 for tho trotter Claret was recently rfcfused at Tarauaki. — The Lindenow stud (Victoria), where Escutcheon holds court, is to be sold off. • — Mr W. Blackler, of Adelaide, was d»wn with pneumonia when the last mail left. — La Fleehe, the property o£ tlys late Baron Hirsch, fetched 12,600g3 at auction. — I hope it iS'true, as reported, that Mr Bobbett, of the Thames, has come in for money. — J. Dawaon, who rode Trenton to victory in tho Auckland Welcome Stakes, is dead.

— Mr Tom Hales has tired of his little string of horses, and has placed them in the market. — Music is returning to Melbourne from Brisbane, and ou arrival will go into J. E. Brewer's stable. — Buzzi, winner of the Hurdles at Flemington on Siturday last, is not engaged in the Steeple- — Nswhaven is reckoned 21b better than Coil by both the Melbourne and Caulfield Cup handicapped. — If the weights suit, Belmont may be given a run in the Maiden Hurdles at the National meeting. , — Canterbury Times stateß that Con Boyle has taken a position as trainer to Mr A. W. Cave, of Jlasterton. a — Malua's two-year-old sister, named Manarda, made her appearance at Oaulfleld, and ran well In the Cambria Purse. — At the Taranaki trotting meeting last month six horsss in a race carried each £1 in the machine and the rest nothing. — On the appearance of the weights for the New Zealand Cup the odds list showed Euroclydon to be favourite at 100 to 7. " , ,„ „. — The Warwick Farm Cup was won by Waihine, by Trenton from Lady Grenville, carrying . 6.7. Royal Rose 8.0 finished third. — Two well-known racing men, and. formerly members of the Victorian ring, Mr Ben Severs and Captain J. -Cowen, died last month. — Rudings has a promising-looking Derby colt under his care at Caulfield. The youngster s name is Trentmore, by Trenton from Nelly Moore. — Queen Bee (by New Warrior— Busy Bee), dam of Sting and other good performers, died recently in the Mudgee district. She was 27 years old. — Mr W. R. Wilson tells his friends in England that Wallace's heel will get all right with time and will not prevent his being prepared for the Cup. — Bloodshot, by Maxim— lris, has arrived at Flemington, ft&i lem. placed in charge of B.

Power, who formerly trained Fortunatus for Mr Harvey.

— Commenting on the Jubilee Stakes, the Field says : Clorone is not one of tho grand horsed of those later days. To carry 10.0 requires another Minting.

— I havo not seen the announcement myself, but a correspondent of Canterbury Times ha-i news of the death of Woodnympb. in South Australia.

— Oaculator, now in Sydney, has had to be spelled. He got staked, not seriously, but bad enough to make a wound the curing of which requires rest.

— Silverbeet, a son of Oudeis, fell while taking part in the Hurdle Race at Caulfield ou the 20th ult., fractured ona of his shoulders, and was afterwards desti oyed.

— The South Canterbury Club ha 3 definitely lowered the subscription to a guinea, each member to get three ladies' tickets, extra ladies' tickets to be charged Ba each.

— A likely-looking filly, 18 months old, by Berlin Abdallah fronfthe Bucephalus mare Lone Star, was drawing Mr J. M'Kewen about the street's on Monday. — The telegraphist* cablad across the Melbourne Cup weights so well that only one correction is needed after comparison with the official lists. Ddstiny h»»8 7.12, not 7.13. — Mr Honry, by his handicap for the New Zealand Cup, says plainly enough that 'he does not agree with the opinion that Fabulist is a 71b better colt than Euroclydon. —Mr Frank Reynolds, of Tocal, has presented the Morpcth trainer, Pat M'Ctirtny, with a full brother to Jewoller. Ho is two years old, well growo, but has uot the best of legs. — Bollman won the chief event at the Taranaki trotting meeting, doing the two and a-half miles in 7miu 25* ec ; and Hordorn won the mile race in 2niin 59sec. Both are by Judge Belden. — Mr D. S. Wallace, whose colours are likely to be seen more frequently on the turf in the future than for some time past, has given James Scobie a two-year-old filly by Carbine from Wilga to train.

— "Caspian " says that a full brother to Floater, the famous steeplechaser, it barely 14 hands high, and will never be fit for anything boster than galloway racing ; and that Ebor has a galloway sister.

— Quadrant, ouce very nearly if not quite as good a horse over short distance* as any we hnd in New Zealand, was lately sold for £59 to Mr J. Tulloch, after winning' a selling race at Canterbury Park. — Mr Hordern's colours were to the fore at the Warwick Farm races on the 20th ult. with the New Ze»land bred mare Collarette 8.3, by Castor from Necklane, who won the Federation Handicap from Glare 6.9 and Malachite 6 4.

— The death is announced of Captain James Shaw, which took place In London in May last. Captain Shaw was well-known to spoilsmen on both sides of the Channel, having distinguished himself as a gentleman rider in the "sixties." — Hova will bo sold without reserve on tho Monday after the Grand National mooting, to dissolve a partnership. He belongs to Mr Richards and Abe Davies, the latter havinp: been presented with a half-share of the horse after he had won the Newmarket Handicap. — Amberite, who won a race for Mrs Langtry at Epsom in May, is by Ayrshire from Cirtridgo, by Musket from Rosalie by Patriarch. Cart-idgo was bred in New Zealand and sent to Knglaud. Amberite was bought by Mrs" Langtry for 700,?s at the beginning of the present season. — The Australasian *ays :— ' ' Bloodshot met with a slight ace 'dent to his knee coming over in the boat, and has only be?n cantering. .Ho is a most beautiful horse, a bright bay, not a big one, but with marvellous ribs and back ; a bit short in the neck, but he covers a lot of ground, and looks all -•• A orantlemaii " •

over a gentleman. ' —MrH. W. Varley, of Adelaide, has presented to Iho ■ Roseworthy Agricultural College his thoroughbred stallion Paacarel, his only condition being that the horse's services may be made available at a fee within reach of the general farming oommuDily. Pascarel is by Robinsoa Crusoe out of Ouida, by Yattsndon. — The A.J.C. has decided that the added money at meetings within the Sydney radius is to be increased from £350 to jStOO per day. There are not to be more than six laces in one day, the money given to a selling race is not to exceed £50, and £100 is to be added to a handicap of not less than a mile and a-quarter. — Some enthusiastic Australian, who would be properly guyed if known, has written to London Sportsman j You may rely on Mr W. R. Wilson winning th 3 next Derby all right, as Oydnus and Resolute are two of the finest colts ever foaled. His Strathapey, by Struthmore out of Melodious (Wallace's dam), is & beautiful horsa too. — Mi- Gollan's horses for Eugland left Melbourne by the Warrigal on the 22nd ult. It is understood that Mr Gollan will sell Pounamu, MouEquetatre, and Cullodcn aa stallions* Sternchaser will probably be raced, and Eri King, who has lately displayed a particular aptitude for the " illegitimate game," will compete over hurdles. — It w»3 intended, saya " Aemodeus," that The Possible should accompany Mr S. H. Gollan's horses to England, but at the last moment it was decided to keep him at home for the New Zealand Cup, to be run at the Canterbury Jockey Olub Spring meeting. After fulfilling his spring engagements The Possible will probably be sent to England. — From Turf, Field, and Farm : When a young horse gets tender in the feet, joints and cords, he finds relief in pacing. There is leas concussion, less sting in the stroke. The remedy is rest with intelligent balancing of' the feet. Balancing through shoeiog is a profound science, and it is unfortunate for the home that so few have mastered it.

— A French "vet." relates his experiences while entrenched within the walls of Metz during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, when, in the absence of forage and gtaiu, he was compelled to feed lm horses ou meat, sometimes in a raw condition. Since then he ma'Jle some experiments which led him to conclude that meat and blood may be fed to horses. — The Victoria Amateur TuriClub Committee have found that the false rail at Caulfied has a tendency to shoot the hones out at the turn too far, and as a result of a survey which has been ruacU, it has been decided to alter the fenco by bringing it in 3£t— a change wbich is expected to give the advantage of an'iin perceptible curve, such as is designed by the V.R.O. Committee. —Mr Joseph Thompson, who says that the English ring has had a bad time since the Grand National Steeplechase, writes that iv Colonel North he has lost hi* best customer. The colonel was a splendid friend to bookmakers. He was in the habit of running as many as three horses in an important handicap and backing them all. This may be sportsmanlike, writes Mr Corlett, but it i* not the way to play the " great game." — Lawland Boy, a three-year-old, said to be by Ormond— Lowland Maid, won a couple of events at the Palermo races on April 12. River Plate Sport says the colt is the first of the produce of Ormonde to get winning brackets in South America. Sydney Referee, however, points out that the Argentina Stud Book returns Lowland Maid as haviDg no foal during the years 1890 to 1893, so seemingly there must be a mistake somewhere.

— Says "Terliuga" : Outside Carbine, Malua is probably the be3t horse over all distances Australia has seen, and he haß established his reputation as a sire. AH his stock gallop, and his son MalvoHo is one of the finest horses in Australia. Malua has had 17 winners running for him tkia season, among them being Malunia, DUfigured, Foliage, Aroha, Te Whiti, Mercia, and Eildon. His stock have won over £4000 in stakes since August 1. — "Reginald," in the Sportsman, says :-Should the Carbine— Hera colt, Avar God.live to be a sire, «nd the Ruenalf, Redavni, Esirnuß, <fee. style of equine christening bs in vogue at the time, somethiny particularly choice iv turf nomenclature may bo looked for. Backwards, War God spells ' dog raw,' and it is not a thousand to one against an- unfortunate animal 'having" same day to bear that outragao'us title. — Golden'Thistler, says London Sportsman, will do credit to Goldfinch, who was one of the fastest two-year-olds ever* trained at Kingsclere, and would have won the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby of his year had he not been given a leg as a two-year-old,' at which age he would never have been Btarted— any more than his brother Common —bad he been sound in his wind. Nev«r.vas.th.e

fallacy of thinking more about a horse's wind than his legs more convincingly exposed.

— " Reviewnr" says that old Tim Whiffler was recently sold for £2. His want of height has always been against a profitable stud season with him, but, strange to say, his stock are fine, big, strapping animals, and there in not a betterlooking racehorse on the Wanganui const than his son Carrick, from Barbarin*. This o It won the first aud only race he started for, but a leg ailment, from which I am glad to hear he is recovering, has prevented him from starting since. But when he is well I can assure my readers ho is 18-carat. — Since Mr Septimus Miller wa3 appointpd chainnau of the V. U.C. the club's position has been improved to the oxtont of £14,000. Mr Miller look charge when tho outlook was anything but bright. No other member of the committee was anxious to undertake the setting in order of the club's finances, but Mr Miller tackled the matter in a resolute fashion, and has already accomplished wonders. If he continues chairman for a few years more the V.H.O. may again become the most prosperous racing club in Australia.— Australasian.

— " The Ohiel," after se&ing Liberator on the boat at Wellington, Eays : He' was in a bad way. Hif) near knee was cut on the inside rather badly, and although the cub was nothing ia ib-elf, yet, as is generally the case with horses, hit knee had swelled up until it was twice its natural size. Holmes, who wai in charee, said that he pulled up lame, that the cut had given a good deal of trouble, and in fact that it would prevent him from boing seen at Hawke's B.\y. The knocking about at sea combined with the injury had made old Liberator's leg a sight to see. — The Leader thus describes the finish for the Flying at the last Mentone meeting : Sixty yards from home Sinking Fund Beemed to have everything settlod, aud Holmes afterwards took things leisurely. As the field neared the post Man of Honour dropped from the clouds, and dashing up to the favourite in the last stride he fairly pulled the verdict out of the fire by a head. The winner, whose first appearance it was in silk, is a remarkably fino two-year-old, by Trenton from Maid of Honour, bred at St. Albans and bought by Mr J. Redfearn as a yearling for 450g8. The winner was quite unbacked. — Tho Prince of Wales took Nasr-ed Din to Sandown Park races, and invited him to bet on a race. The Shah assented, and intimated that be expected that any horse that the Princo wished to win should win ; at any rate, his Mnjeaty explained, that was the way matters wero arranged hi Peisia. As the result of a bet, the Shah received a £10 note, and he handsd it to his favourite boy Az'z to play with. The boy tore ib up, not knowing its value, but Colonel Roberta, of the police, hid the scraps picked up and pasted together, and the Prince of Wales now holds the mutilated note as a memento.

— It Ib reported, says the Sydney correspondent of the Australasian, that we have seen the last of the little black horse Hindoo on the race track. Mr Hordcrn has had him thrown out of woik, and he will now go to stud duty at Winton park. Lately, while galloping, a small blood vessel in the head would break, otherwise he is perfectly Bound. Another good one that it is said will shortly leave for the paddock is that sterling little filly Acmenn. Without a doubt she is one of the best animals for her sizi that we have had in training during the past season or two, but the is so small that in ttmong3t a field of horsos she ia heavily handicapped. — Colonel North's firat start in life was as a water merchant. About T.irapaca (Peru) the water was bad, and not fit to drink. This was North's opportunity, and he took it. In return for certain concessions and privileges, he guaranteed to supply Tarapaca, the province in which he was, with water fit to drink ; and this he did by capturing some of the unwholesd'me underground streams and simply distilling the water. Having amassed a competence by this procedure, he built some water carrying steamers, and having taken them to Arica,- where water was good and plentiful, he brought it back to the Port Iquiquo, and caused it to be distributed for and wide.

— Thus an English writer : The first day at Gatwick was somewhat spoiled by the presence of Paris, who frightened away all opponents, save the good-looking Bentinck, to whom he conceded 241b with the greatest possible ea3e. It is said that Paris was tjo leniently handicapped at 9 0. What, theo, are we to say of the Australian form generally when it is admitted ihat the old geldiag never was within a stone or 211b of the best weight-for-age class out there? Is it not strange that nothing can be found here to tackle him »r a 1000s jvs stake, the excuse being that he ought to have been given more than 9.0? How should we have had to handicap horses like Carbine or Trenton ?

— The London Sportsman's special writes :— lt would be interesting indeed could we bring a horse like Wallace to this country, for seeing that Paris 111 is not within 141b of thiit be3t weight-for-age forcn, it can hardly be disputed that the reasoning of those who have sought to decry Walers is, to say the least of it, defective. Quiver, too, must be an extraordinarily good mare, and Mr J. E D. Ezra, of C»lcutta, who has bought her to win the Viceroy's Clip, has already had the chanco of a good profit on his bargain. As a matter of fact, it is almost a pity to waste so good a mare in India, where something of about 2Slb lower class would be quite good enough to beat such as Sprightly, the existing champion. It is quite on the cards, too, that the Indian climate may upset Quiver and render her useless, whereas if sent to England she might have won anything from an Ascot Cup to a Ccsarewitch. — Says the Field : The vast assemblage at Kempton on May 9 had gathered i'self together in honour of Victor Wild and CJorane. The crowd, especially the feminine portion, divided itself into two campi— the partisans of Clorane, and the opposing pnalanx, the friends of Victor Wild— and we believe if the two factions had met in fight before the race the Clorane men and women would have won. We met many weakkneed women who had lost all confidence in Victor and were getting rapidly demoralised, and when the last canard came on to the club house, to the effect that Lord Rosebory greatly favoured Avilion, they flung up the sponge, and we feel sure many were inclined to cry. They had suffered from over "tipping," and women-like— also man-like— after the race they turned upon their tipster*, and the latter unfortunates had a bad quarter of an hour. When your fancy, or what you have been told ought to bo your fancy, wins, and you, the sorrowing woman, have gone astray, you want to kill somebody, at least we did in our unregenerate days when we had wagers. But it was a grand race, and the gamest of the game won it.