IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2251, 22 April 1897, Page 33

IN A NUTSHELL.

— For the V.R.C. Derby £800 to £100 has been taken about Fleet Admiral. — Fortunatus has been sold to H.II. the Kour Sahib of Patiala, for 5000 rupees. — It is Pearson that Mr Mountney has bought, not Tiapo, who wa? reared by this owner. — Mr A. M'Kay's Contractor won the Hurdle Race and the Cup at Huruuui on Saturday. — The V.R.C. hat) fixed on 13.7 as the n.aximmu ■weight for all jumping races held under the club's ruled. — It is wired from Sydney that Cartridge, by Carbine from St. Odille, has died. He used to run for Dan O'Brien. — The death of dreadnought is reported from Hawke'H Bay. I shall say something about his career in next week's issue. — I hear that Tricolor, winner of the Sydney Cup, was drawn in latt's. sweep by a resident of Caver*ham. Hope it is true. — The license of Boardman, a jockey, has been suspended by the A.J.C. for making improper use of an admission ticket given him by the Rosehill Club. — The A. J.C. Committee has decided that action be taken immediately to secure the legalisation of the totalisator during the next session of Parliament. — Congratulations to JMr Sydney James, who last week was specially honouied by the Fieema^ons on the occasion of his completing the jubilee of liia membership. — The English testimonial to Mr Joseph O.iborue ('* Beacon ") had reached the sum of £StiG ■when the last mail left. It is proposed to increase the amount-, if possible, to £1000. — According to an Indian exchange, M. Trahan has been commissioned by the Kour Sahib of Patiala to go up to 20,000 is in the purchase of a hoise suitable for the next Viceroy's Cup. — Searchlight is in steady exercise at, Hastings, " aud all going well with the daughter of Maxim she will, it is stated, undergo a special preparation with a view to the uext New Zealand v^up. — Valutas 8.12 started *t 5 to 2 in the Autumn Handicap at Rosehill and won comfortably by a couple of lengths from Battalion 9.2, his time for the eleven tuilongs beintc 2u.iu 24aec. Hopacotch 9.12 was among the beaten oued. — The Victorian steeplechaser Iremolo was recently measured, aud n« lifted the bar at iShdu. He is the talleut horse ever known to compete between the flags in that colony. Mernder. who was nomething of a giant, measured 17hds 2Jin. — The Britannia Steeplechase and Britannia Hurdle Knee, each of SdOOsovs value, projected ou novel lines byHihe Warwick management for their Spring m> eting iv 1900, have failed to till. The races are \o be reopeneu with akeied conditions. — H'ully a dozen horses were well backed for the April Stake*, six furlong--, at Rosehill (N.S.W.), among them Tricolor, who has aiucs wou the Sydney Cup. aud the winner proved to be the Kiugshorough maie Frolic, who s arted at 10 to 1. — The followers of Mr Ley.aua's raciug fortunes had no little confidence in the ability of i?canipanio to hold Norton in check in the Liugfield Park Steeplechase on February 26, and at oue time odds of 2 to 1 were kindly Ukeu, but the interest was prematurely cut short by Scuupanio turning head over heels, and Bridesmaid having twice run out she did not complete the course, wherefore Norton finished aloue. — The hero of the last rleimngton meeting was Blackwcod, a four-year old gelding, named after Mr Aithur Blackwood. who owned his sire, Vengeance, winner of the Caulfiuld Cup aud Australian Cup. Both the sire and the dam (Benzine) cf Bluckwcod are in Mr A. S Chiiuside's ttud. A half-sister to Saturday's dual winner was purchased by Mr R. G Guodison for 75gs at the recent sij of the Newmiuster Park yearlings. " Hlo" Trahan, a well-iinown jockey, who has just returned to Australia after a successful career riding in the "land of rice. and raj ahs," says that an offer of £2joo has been refused for the ex-A'ew South Walos gelding Courallie. It will be remembered by readers that he lan second to Mamm a for the V It C. .sewmarkei Haudicap, and a c»uyle of months aftoi wards, under heavy weights, he won the A.J.C. Doncaster and Flying Han'iica^M. — After a long and busy time in the saddle, H. Luke haw closed his career ax a jockey, and settled • clown as trainer in England. Luke began riding as long asjo as 1870, and came into prominence by steering P«-triirch to victory in the Two Thousand , Guineas In addition to riding iv England he had , a career as jockey in France extending over five years, and as for the last 16 or 17 years Luke has ridden a stove under his natur&i weight, he finds himself compelled to give it up.