IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2273, 23 September 1897, Page 32

IN A NUTSHELL.

— Laurel, dam of Lorelei, will visit Rangipuhi.

— Goosander, sister to Merganser, is to be tried again.

— Poverty Bay and Auckland programmes to hand.

— Kattcrns, the Auckland rider, was marred recently.

— The next Coolgardie Cup will be worth lOOOsov?. •

— Riniany Lass would be a good name for the sister to Arline.

— Itubina, dam of Florrie, has given birth to a colt to Cuirassier.

— The stallion Stormy Petrel is for sale or Icaoe for the season.

— I understand that tbe Ashburton meeting will ba held on the ilth December.

— The Tinwald Racing Club has resolved to hold only a one-day meeting— on Nt-w Year's Day. — It is said that Indian Shot made his last appearance in hack company at the Matton meeting. — A northprn writer states that two lads who were on the forfeit list were lidiDg at the Marton meeting. — Waiuku is entered for minor handicap* .at Wansranui and not for the chief event. What does this nie»n?

— Genesta, the dam of Delaware, has this season been mated with Grandmaster, to whom she missed last year. — Pony race meetings fire becoming the rage iv Taunceston. At a recent meeting a dividend of 120 to 1 was paid.

— Wait-a-Bit was second with 7.11 in the Newmarket Handicap last season and third with 6.13 in the Australian Cup. — The North IsUud mare Koromiko, bred by the Maoris, died recently at the age of 32 years. She was a gieat stayer. — Mr Garden Collins, who won the Veteran Stakes on Con Amore at llockhampton recently, is just on 70 years of age. —An idea, is gaining ground that Day Star will be Auckland's most formidable representative in the New Zealand Cup. — The first foal at St\ Albans is a filly by Bill of Portland from Wild Rose, the winner of th-D V.U.C. Newmarket Handicap.

— Before Paul Pry ran second to T^e Var in the CoolgHnlie Cup Mr Nayl"r sold a half interest in him to Mr Kaufman for 300?s.

— Captain RuMell has given the lengthy title of ICkiterini l'jssaiopoule to the yearling filly by Dreadnought from St. Katherine. — Westmere, who as a two-year-old was regarded by some personß as likely to climb to the top of the tree, has gone to the stud. — Paul Prr, who has been well backed for the Caulfield Cup, will be ridden by Powell, who had the mount on him in the Coolgardie Cup.

— A Mel bou rue cablegram states that the hurdle horse JJlitz met with a mishap at the Monne j Valley races and had to h-i destroyed. — A Melbourne cable states that the owner of Loyalty has dec : ded not to persevere with the pieparation of the horse for his spring engagements.

--John II Gentry wears a fiv<;-ounce sire forward and four ounces behind, while Robert J. wears six ounces in front and four ounces behind.

— Mr Mace, when in Dunedin last week, iofortned me that Watlass (dam of Brooklyn) had missed to Wilclwood. She is to be put to Elect;oneer.

— By bis win of tbe SpriDg Handicap at Moiphettviile Foliage has incurred a slb penalty for the Ciulfield Cup. His weight for that event is now 8 3

—It having been found impossible to train Cydnus at St. Albans, the Tienton c<ilt lias been leased for stud purposes to Mr J O'Brien, of Gippsland. , — At Croydon (Queensland) the Jockey Club scratched a horse fiom his engagements on the ground thst vrong peiformacce3 were given in with the nr.miuation.

— Mr Nhrimpton has resigned the position of judge for the Hawke's Bay Jockey Cluh and will be succeeded by Mr G. L. Sutherland, the master of the Hawke's Bay hounds. — Elswick, thou h not yet retired from the Melbourne Cup, in winch he is engaged at 7.7, is reported by one paper to have gone to stud duiy, but I fancy this is "a mi*taki>. — .Most of the Hawke's Bay candidates for the New Zealand Cup are entered for the Napier Park Slake.", and Auckland" proposes to send Haria amongst other to this meeting. — Toa, the Dreadnought colt engaged in the New Zealand Cup, has arrived at Waneanui, there to train, for his big engagement He is described a<? handsome and like his *ire.

— Ju the Spring Efaudicao at Adelaide on the 4th inst Foliage (Malua— Verdure) orried 9.12 and won by two lengths from Thunder King G. 9, doing the mile and a-quarter in 2min Mi ec — Mr T. O'Beirce, the Fremant'e sport, holds the record of having started his horses in Western Australia 117 times, and only on s*ven occasions have his colour failed to obtain a sitmtion.

— Galant made the pare in the early pait of the contest for the Coolgardie Cup, he munine the first six fuiloTigs iv the fait time of lmin 17^ec. He subsequently ran against a post, injured his knee, and finished last. — The V.A.T.C. stewards, determiued to put a stop to welshing on the Caulfield flat, have resolved that all who desire to bet there wi lhave to come befoie Mr Wright, the racecourse detective,' to be registered. — Bombshell started in the Welter Ilanriicip, cf 131) ovs, one mile ''and a-half, decided at Brighton on August 4. Ihe New Zealand-bred colt, who was handicapped at ijafc 121b and started at 10 to 1, finished sixth. — The prizes »r»ouey paid away for the four days of tbe Asc.Jt meeting amounted to £35,739 10s. The be~.t stakf- was the Coronation Stakes, won by Goletla— £3sso. Persimmon's Cup, the next most valuable race, was worth £3380. — Refciringto Bloodshot's pale after the Melbourne Cup for .£3OO, a New York paper sets out the tabulated pedigree of the son of M-»xim and Trie, and say-= : " Soch a horse would easily fetch from £1600 to £2000 in this country."

— I learn, from " Sir Modred " that the Winter Guineas candidate The Fop, is by Wendouree (Eon of Boolka and Cultee) from Flirt, by Cloth of Gold. I had been wondering how this colt was bred The Fop is training at Invcrcaigili.

—T. Buddicombe returned to Dunediu from Timarn on Saturday night, apparently in his usual health'; but oa Sunday he was suddenly se'zed with brain fever, and at the time of writing (Tuesday) two doctors weie in attendance on him.

— Harry Satherly, a Marlhorough trainer, has died under circumstances which in the early part of the week were being investigated by a coroner's jury. Satheily's corpse was found in the Opawa River, and report says that weights were attached to the body.

— Sporting Review cays that Messrs Richardson and Donnelly have removed Douglas and Golden Plover froni Alf. KUingham's establishment at Hastings, and these horses are now located at Cris«o#e, where J. Atkins superintends the doings of Mr Donnelly's horses. — Prince Carbine, who scored hia first win at Hawkesbury, was bred at the Lerde:dfrg Stud by Mr Donald AVallace, being out of Taihoa, by Malua from Norna (Darriwell's dam), by Conrad from Thalia (imp.), and is trained at Rand wick by J. Mouaghan, who was rather, confident he would win.

— " Peeping Tow," of Lake County Press, says : Old Langley is looking very wel'. So are Nomad and Bendumeer. Mr Barnett'a Derby colt is coming on nicely, and those two good mares Wild West and The Orphan aie just right to start fast work. Rebec is slowly recovering from her recent ailment.

— A well-known light-weight .was heard to complain, en returning to weigh in at Marton, of having been struck several timea with the whip by the u'der of a winning hoi se. His statement was verified by another lad riding in the same race, but no notice was taken by the authorities. —Sporting Keview. — Mr C. Wynn- Williams informs the Canter bury Times that Telemeter did not break down through any inability to stand the necessary preparation for the New Zealand Cup, but slipped while gallonin-r and wrenched the sheath of one of his back tendons. A rest of three months and a blistering are accessary.

— Imp Orestes, bay colt, 3yrs, by imp. Ormonde, dam imp. Kissing Ciust, the property of W. OR. Mncdonough, picked up a nail just before the Realisation Stakes at Shecpshoad Bay (U.S.), and died recently from lockjaw, the result of the injuiy. Great things were expected of him, but he had not shown much clasi in public.

— The greatest pacing race uf the year was that which occurred at Columbus (U.S.) on August 6, in which Joe Patchen fairly covered himself with prior/. The mile in 2min l£sec equals the fastest race record, and indicates that the black horse is at his best. Patchen won in straight heats, his only leal competitor being Star Pointer.

— Notwithstanding the large stake Persimmon won iv the "Eclipse," his sire, St Simon, was still behind Kendal on the season's winnings. Galtee Afore alone has won £1(5,220 for Kendal, the total winnings of whose stock amount to £20,409, while St. Simon's sons and daughters have amongit them wou £17,818 in stakes.

— Says "Marlinflale" :— Not long since a jockey was disqualified for a long period, and au offer made to let him off if he would tell the truth as to who got him to pull his mount ; but it was of no use The stewards were pretty sure as to who were the guilty partic, but could do nothing without evidence. Perhap3, however, there is a way to deal with them, and that is not to allow them access to the rac- course.

— The sp-cial meeting of the American Turf Congicss at Cinoinnat i on July 20 is said by a New York paper to have been a "rather" stormy oue. The lie passed between E. Corrigan, owner of the Hawthorne track, and Col. M. Lewis Clark, representing the Harlem track, and the* latter drew bis guv. What promised to be a seyei'e tragedy was » verted, but between the Corrigan and other faction of the Cougre3s bad blood still exists.

— Victorians are treated to far more racing than we are, remarks a Sydney writer, notwithstanding that the population is less. What ia more, there appears to be ii profit made, except the weather is very bad, at all race meetings held at Fjemington ; yet such is not the case at Hand wick, as last season, had the A.J.C. not received £'Mi 7 for le.iso of the course to the Sydney Tiirf and Tetter-call's Clubs, it would have actually incurred a heavy loss. — According to the Canterbury Times, Mr W. Douglas intends to give up racing, contenting him olf with carrying ou hi 3 now extensive stud farm. He has pie&ented Mutiny. Chiis, and Torpina to his daughters, who are using these well bred racei3 as hacks. Mr Douglas, however, wilt see the New Zealand Cup meeting through. He has The Brook and Saitln to represent him there, the foimer lookiug at present the mow likely candidate. — After Sea Nymph had won tbe Ladies' Bracelet at the Coolgardie meeting Mv Stewart Brown, who was riding, fell off after passing tbe post, owing to the stirrup leather breaking. He picked up the leather and ir<-n and walked back to the weighing enclosure. The "owner of sTale Lock, who finished second, protestpd, but tha stewards dismissed the protest. Notice of appeal to the Western Australian Turf Club was given, but subsequently wit- drawn — bays a writer in Melbourne Sportsman :—: — Although that fine old sportsman, Mr C. M. Lloyd, carried the majority with him against Mr Albert Miller on the question of early two-vear-old racing, I find practical racing men and most of the train era I have consulted in favour of owners being allowed to ju<*ge for themselves whether to race lat- or early. One reßiilt of the im oyati.ai is that there are fewer youngsters in training in and aruund Melbourne, aad that must be a doubtful advantage to breeders.

— "Milroi" writes: Grand Flaneur was an infirm legged horse, with a sound, hard body. _ Consequently his trainer could not give him a preparation that a Derby or a Cup horse usually requiies, yet be won all his laces, and more than once he presented Progress with 14!b and give him a hand-ome beating. "When Khineur's ligament snapped Progress was left with a clear field,' antl then he demonstrated that he coxild give any othpr hor^e then racing iv Australia 14)b and brat him. What a champion l<'laoeur roust have been !

— The American racehoise Domiuo, who as a two-year-old won Ihe aim of 17C.0C0dol, died a couple of months ogo. As a three- ye*i -old he was a failure — no doubt owing to the amount of racing he hart done the previous season — but it is generally admitted that he was the fastest ho ran ever seen on the American Uirf, and he is credited with running s>ix fuilongs in lmin 9soc with 9.3 on his back He was a six year-oM at the tims ?>f his dentil.' Jncludpd iv his wins were tbe Futurity, Gteat Tiial, Great American, aud other valuable stakea.

— It was supposed at the time Hie Ilawke's Bay flooos svept over the pl.xce that amongst other horses that had been destroyed by iv effects was Canard, a hurdler belonging to Mr Donni-llv. This supposition wow turns out to be incoircct, says Spurting Review. Canard, in&t- ad of setting swept away by the water*, had somehow or other got loose from the paddocks, and s'raying »bout got ultimately Janded in the x>ublic pound, fr.-im whic'% without knowing his peisonality, a tradesmau in the town purchased him. — The Cromwell writer '-'The Fly" writes:— I regret to notice that the Cromwell Jockey Club's big trot haß cot filled, then? being only LI miini nations. Doubtless, the club will meet *oon and discuss what is to be dope. Following are the nominations :— lt. H. Baira's Dick 1 1, Allan Mitchell's Thclma, H. Mountney's. Pearson, J. A. Boy d's Patience, IJ. M'Ka<i's Ned. M. Hawaii's Mirror, K. Gerkin'.s Design. J- Wh«-lau's Hilda, J. Robertson's Schoolgirl, G. Mason's Lorna Doon, J. Perriani'K Frjnk, II Craig's Auorew, H. Craig's Leo, A. M'Unnald's Dammar. — The Winion fcribe "Native" writes: Mr Hamilton informs me that lhinrigelli is not doing well at all, being apparently out of soits all over, and, as a cSnsequence, lie does not expect much from her in the ea'ly p.\rt of the sea-ion. Hiss Guinea's .candidate, First Mate, is, however, doing splendidly, being a glutton botb atliis work and f<.od St t atrick ha« gone a hit off during the lat.t week or two. It wns at first thought that his teeth were troubling him, but after these had been attended to no visible improvement in his appetite was obseivable. — Here's a'tip for trainers, both, of athletes and horses, remaiks a Sydney writer. The Dutch champion four-oaied crew that raced at the Henley Regatta are in thtj habit of eating eight or nine lumps of sugar before starting. It teems that two boss doctoi-s have proved that sugar surprisingly increases vital power, especially temporarily. On second thoughts, however, this news is stale. Any punter in Sydney knows that unle»s a horse, a bikisl, a fialitist, or a ruonu>t gets plenty of sugar laid out for his special benefit his energies are sapped and he's troubled with the s'owp. — Mr K. Mathiesou, a South Australian farmer, has been keeping his horses in splend.d_ fettle on ciushed maize and ra ion sugar. He said had he known of this article of food sooner he would have saved a few hundred pounds in hoJse feed alone The allowance each horse receives daily is 81b of crushed maize to 21b of b own sugar— 101b bulk, — and this reduced the cost of feeding from 22s per horse per week to 7s The equities not only put on condition, but show any amount of spirit, and are full of work. They like to clean out their mouths with a bit of bush after having emptied the manger.