IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 32

IN A NUTSHELL.

— - Bob Ellis has Tiger Lily, brother to Blazer, ! in hand. j — ?.Ir Arthur Smith has sold Stimulant lo j a i luvcrcargill owner. ; — Lord Fonrhyu's King's Messenger won the . Goodwood Cup l ast week. ) — Amberite and his bi other Pclissier are • doing good work at Randwick. i The Queensland gold output this year is ; estimated to reach 1,000,0000z. i — Up to tho 7th July Lochiel's stock in Aus- 1 i,a!ia li^d tin, r- \vo,\ 93 races. | — Plotcsr'h , '„- Healed up nicely, and he ' i--. ready lo j-L-i, v ai.img onco more. — Mr V. T anltl2ii has courteously forwarded ■> tKKet for the Cir.ijci National meeting. ' — Wolf hns been put over hiudles at Plemington, but he shaped only moderately. ' — I should not be surprised to hear of a j vacancy in the D.J.C. Committee before long. — Mclor, an unpprformed son of Mentor, who was handicapped r.t 7.10, is scratched foi the Melbourne Cup. > — Caibine's son Sppncer, who was n decided, tip for the two Cups when the weights appeared, is said- to be amiss. j — Nansen has been backed for the New Zealand Cup. Thai, is tho only important line , that I have heard of this week. — South Canterbury nomination and acceptance fees xli.s spring are reduced to a little over 3\ per cent.; pctually, 3 61-137 per confc. - — Mr J. Buekcridge has, it ia stated, secured the s:rc Tasman, and intends placing him at the disposal oi breeders in the Wairarapa next season. —Mr Buskland's trotter Fritz has beaton his own record by trotting a mile in New South Wales in 2mni Msec. r lhis cuts the lecoid by <i-ssec. — The Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's report shows that the net income for the season amounted to £805 ( i and tho espcnditmo to — The South Australian Jockey Club has reduced the stakes for the Spring meeting by £200. Owners have lately been asking for an increase. — Notwithstanding the weather drawbacks on the final day of the V.R.C Giand National meeting, the financial results show a profit oi over £600. — Auraria has been scratched for both Cup: , aii'l will probably go to the stud tins season. S'ae ha; not won a race since the Sprang meeting of 1895. — "Phaeton" states that P. White, who steered Waiuku to victoiy in the last Nev Zealand Cap, has been cn3&ged to rule Boreas in the same race this jear —In Adelaide Thunder Queen is neatly fancied for tho Caulfield Cup, and will be cm "lying a good deal of money from that quarter if she continues to do well. ' — The I)e\by of 1663, Macaroni's year, suroly holds the lecord for false starts. " The Old Guvnor" says there were no fewer tha.i 30 attempts before tbe flag fell. --"~Tho Wizard" lepoits i'i.xt Mr J. Gny has bought Silver Ciest, and tHt Mr Gcr',-h. , of Lander, has bought tha trottci Ophu- fiojr. Mr PitcLei, t]io i rice being £55 — Pir.ce, who" 101 lin the V.R.C. Steep'cchapi., is credited with having made a leap of 32ft m private, taking off 20ft from the jump and landing 12ft on the other side. -Eleupinian lias been taken out of tbe Cpulfieli) Cup, but he remains in the Melbourne Cup, and this as the race lor which Hie Adelaide people fancy Mr James's colt. --James Cotton lecently applied to the D.J.C. for compensation for being thrown _oul of woik by the Looo disqualification. His letter, I find, was minuted as " leceived." —Mr Golinn's lepicsentalive has bought Ploia Bill. It is understood that this horse will be taken possession after lhe National meeting, and then go to England with Waiuku.

— Citj r Band, v. ho won the Lawn Handicap at Flemington, liails fioui Tasmaiua, and has win 1J out of (he last -doson races in which he hc> ; started. Ho is by Mozart from Nmeveli. — The late Mr Davis, the biggest bookmaker of his time iv Englard, once wagered £100,000 to £1000 against three horses owned by a 3L.' Clark, and entered in the Dc'cy ol lb's6.

— The Derby was 'timed on the first occasion when Mr John Gully's Phyrihus. the Fir&t won in 1316. There were 27 staitevs, Sam Day iod> the winnci*, and lhe recorded time is 2nim oSsea.

— At the Towers Jockey Club meeting, Queensland, on July 8, a .lockey named O. V/iHiam& was killed in the Steeplechase. He Wai ridmg Laiicewood, who fell, ana was also killed.

— FacUadeen, who went from New South Wales to West Atistialia, and is engaged m the Catilfield and Melbourne Cups, is reported from Perth to be lame, and not likely io repeat h.s ', i

best form

— The South Canlcibtuy date this year is a ! foitnight ahead of last season's. Want to J catch some of the Giand National hurdlers, 1 suppose; and i^iobably the inducement will be clcemed sufficieiit.

— After his fall in the Grand Nation? 1 Steeplechase ab Flerumgton, tf-old sik! Black was remounted, and chased his field for aboul, six furlongs, but lip came down again :uid mjnied oi'm ot his stifles. -- ' Peeping Tom " says it is rumoured that Mr A. Barnctt intends to place Wild West Wild Wave, and Gold Ring in Mr E. ai'Xulty'* hancis to lie tiamcd foi the forth coming season's lacing campaign. ; — The list, of Otago tolalisatoi permits as ' published in this issue is the same as last sea- j sou's with tho pxception that the Southland j Club has two insfrad of one and that Alexandra and Vincent aie lick! over. ] — fio'd lor the Open Stecplccliasc at FlerningtcHi 3i>st moiith inchitled three of the biggest horses at present in training in Australia—viz., Wlie.-ns.df, Tiiol. and Tremolo, each of whom is over 17hc"k high. ,

— The fir bt mjlp of the Steeplechasers' j Flat Eace at Flemington was run in limn i sSsec, tho las>l in limn 53sec. and the last, lu>lf- ; mi'c in 56occ, koocl time fov staeplcchoscr-, ■ con' idei ing tho state of the yjound. | — 'J'lio Australasian says tlril His Oiaoe* 1 was palmbly puJlotl off at the Jini.^/i of the Grand National Hurdle Eace. Even the V.li.C stewards themselves do noi pay much attention to (beir new rjdinjj-oiit ii'le.

— .Bushy Pink, 0210 of the icceut winticis at Melbourne, is by Ecsf Bower (a frou cf .Sheet Anchor) from JiXeeiv, by Horatio fiom l^aid, by Kiug Colo fiom Nightingale (clam of Acolyte!, by Porihos, from Approbation (imp.). — The Aitshahtin bird liorse Sprig o' iMjit 1 © (b.' Tienton— Spring fJlossoni) btaited m Lord 1A ilhani b'eresforci's colours in the Surbitoa So! I'lia; Handicap, one mile, at Hurst P.u'k, on May 30, and finished sixth in a field of niae. ~ Pat's dam, The Pet, was got by Mercury from Nightshade, by Obscuuty from Bntneltc, by yl'Hlier fiom Mcdusn, by M£eonul?3 fiom Counteas, by "\Yhi?kpr fiom a raaio i\v Gia=.ohoppor Irom' llothcr Bndy, by Model (Arab. —Ai KejJipton Park (Eng.) a colt nanicd , F >..i i' Fie]'] won a two-year-old felliiiy xnio,' ni i.'il>3 c o easily thai though entered to he fckl for XIOO, he was run up to iOCIO^ briruc lie vmj kiiOLkcd down, his osvuer buying him in

A member of thr Victorian Club nho started to bet 2000 to 1 the two Cups double soj'i iircl of laying that, puce, al'egmj; that too little sunpoit was foithcommg for linn to hd'/e a possible chance of getting near ioiujcl on h .i book. — The odds olTcrecl about the N.Z. rational dovible by Ba. - uett and Giant,, after the acccrA-

a.ices appeac=J, ranged from 500 to 20 to " any ] price," (or I notice that 500 to J was obtainable about the double of Great Britain and ' South Pacific 1

— The New Zealand-bred CuHoden, by lS Tordenfeldt from Nellie Jioore, therefore half ' brother to Lochiel, is still tho property of Mr. S. Golkn, and :s standing the season in Ireland at 5g.3 for thoroughbred mares and Sga for haltbreds.

— Pirate, winner of the Maiden Steeplechase at Flemington, was fancied for tho National partly because backers remembered that Fearless II won the Maiden Steeplechase and tho Giand National in 1890, and Hayseed performed a similar foot last year.

— Floater's owner was afiaicl only of HayscM, nnd as the horses were leaving tbe bird- ' ca,je, ho endeavoured to save £50 with Mr 1 Miller, ilr Beazloy'a offer, however, was clrclinc.i by Mr Miller, who would not hear of 1 Hayseed being defeated. 1 — The Cranbourne Jlacmg Club (Vie.) Las ! cirried a resolution strongly supporting the [ Tetahsator Bill introduced by Mr Murray. 16 [ is held that the legalisation oi the totalisator would be a great benefit to sinnllpr clubs, and enable the payment of better stakes.

— The Malua mare Disfigured, who was some months ago taken to India, did iiofc manage to thrive 111 that country, being affected at intervals by fever. In consequence of her ailments, &he was never able to race, and she has been brought back to Victoria.

— Tumult, was not allowed io start in tho Trial Steeplechase afc Fleminp.ton because Ins owner had disqualified himself by running a pony at an unregistered meeting some three years ago. He admitted the fact, and will apply to have the diftquahfi cation removed.

— For getting a hoise into mm, one race gallop io v orth two private trials. So say the profession 1 1 tiameis. Hence, some of the horses lutn^ied for the A T eiv Zealand Cup meeting 01 c fame to have :i go at the .South Canterbiuy St.ikes, v;liich aie worth winning.

— That jiopular work '' Centaur's Index " s to hand. Ab xisual, it gives full paiticulars of all horses engaged in the CimliieJd and Melbourne Cups, together with a lot ol vafuaoJe informaiiOii to those who follow the tmf. There is o.ily one " ConLaiii, ' and its price js la.

- Anipicr, v/ho won ihc Two-j car-old Hauclicap at Canterfauiy Pork (X.S.W.) on July IG, 13 a well-grown young&tcr, and one of the large? t of Fur ISTiente's stock yet, seen. His dajn is a daughter ot Ucngal Light, the dapi of Light Artil'ory. Ampier is trained by J. Allsop

—A^it is now , an acceyi/cd foot that Wood sto Is redied on hmeftonc laiid 111 Ireland cicveloys more power and bone than at most English ttuds, the Cobhain Stud have made anai'gemcnta to soud then joiiiigsteis occr to M" 11. C Luws-on's. "place ai Clogjuiui, near Dublin.

--As the result of their success at the V.X.C. National mettuig, the iollovmg have a 510 penalty 111 the Melbourne Cup. — Tho Chevalier, Wayiafor, Bunyan, I'llgiim. The following have a 3lb penalty m tUe Caulfield Cuji: — The Chevahci, Waiiavei, imujstn, p.iid Husky P A rk.

— The Takapuna Club :uei I.ed £7031 per daj> through the Lu;a)isttlor la«b teuton on ;ui average of £5'M) per d,'y i.a skiLt 1':1 ': Dune' Lii, with average stakus ot X 750, cook! 015 H pii* through the machine an average ol £5552 per day. Otago sports don't play it u> bo &,*sij aj the Aacklaudeis

—H. Holes, who jodo Ploatc- to vittoiy in tho V.ILC. Giand Kat'onal to^iiiJecha^e, is brother to '£. Hales, who v/is i-re-^O'it to see the family prestige -upheld. This waa HaJcs's ficst mount in an important c:osd-country event, and hs is said to have hnudled the winne- v,'ith excellent judgment. — Wayfarer, who won the \'.lt C July Hjmdiwa on the 16th ult., thereby getting a pe.ii.iHy in each Cup, has so far an unbeaten record. As a two-yeai old ho won the Flying Stokes at Caniperdown, and during the current season lie annexed the Uunhehn Handicap, five lurloiijs, at Moonee Valley, under 3.4.

— Eighteen of tha llecnhara House stud yeanlings, were .sent up for sale at Ascot, the ;>-;••: i eipal sireo reprpsented being Cliittabob, Buccaneer, and Florentine; but the poor aver- &?,?, o! ]52gs was all that was leaLsed. Among the Jot was a colt by Carnage cv 4 , of Devil-a-btt, which was knocked do--v:i io Jj»/d Berkeley l':;§t'j for lOOgs.

— Pilgrim won the Convention Handicap, « mi'o and a-half flat race at the V.R.C. meeting iast month. The w inner, v/ho is engaged in the Melbourne Cup at 7.1 slb penalty), is by Pilgrim's Progress irom Cerise, by Wellington from the American-bred mare Daisy C, by Macaroon (son of Macaroni) from inve/snaid, by Leamington. '

— A small boy named, Parlser, hi "Mona£;ha,n's employ, met with a nasty accident on the l'ith ult., at Eandwick. He was riding the yearling sister to Gipsy Gland a three-lurlong gallop with a Churchill filly, and when w»il on their way the Guuidmaster filly ran off, and, the stirrup-leather breaking, the boy lost control, and she dished him heavily against a post.

— Carbonate (Coionct--H:'idee), who wrs successful at the- Y.E.C. National meeting last we "Or, was offered at auction in Melbourne, bei-jjj passed m when bidding ceased at £10gs. He was fciibscquently sold to Mr X M'lvoi. Ax, tn } same bale Duhallow, who was going to win Coulfie'id and Melbourno Cups, hub '.lidn't, wab purchased ly Mr C F. Glasscock ior SO^s.

— At, th» p>)nuo! meeting of the Win to i Jockey Club, presided ovei by Mr Jamo-s Woods, <ho balance sheet for the yepr sliowcd the club was starting this year v ith over £250 to its credit. The following gentlemen were elected office-beams President, Mr James M'Tavisli , vice-president, T\iv '!\ Miller; scictary, Mr J. h. Wilso»i , treanner, Mi C. L). Moore.

— Tho Kiikhfiiii <?a!p list shows 57 lets, 10 of which are marcs, amongst wincli are included Cinnamon, Copra, Etna, Lava, Lady Vivian, Kuskimte, Trafalgar, Uralla, Wliecl of Foitune, ?nd Raven's Plume. Thcie ate 10 yearlinrs and seven sires — vjz., Abeicoui. Gossoon (unn.). Martini Henry, Ayr L;id'li<' (mil).), Filz JJonov.iu (nup.i, jjaimeny (iui.) ', and Valero, i\

— Tlu Y.li C mcoiing, says "Aiax." v.as , reinaikable for (iie unearthing of three nood : liorses by Pilgrim's Progress — viz., Bunyrn, j Pilrriim, and V/ayfs«rev, each of whom wen ; a lace. I think Wayfarer is the best ot the j trio. Ho won the July Handicap in great j style. Mcne gave linn a great phowmg-up, j as" ho sat back" on 'lim and pulled 50 donblo j to pi evert h>m winning by too many icj'^tJis. ! •-••Geoigo Dawfon sms thrown i; ; > tlio liaiii- j iiii, o r tli"e Duke of PoitJand'o hoi c e<j. m an- . of the Pu':e lcsohjng to fend his J pi'oseu* bat^h of yeai lings to Joiiu Porter for j training mupose=\ This i)a\vson takes as showing want of confidence. For sevonl j yea's: tho hoi ties tiauicd by him foi tho Dnlre j won an average of 123,000 m strikes; but, the j la-it two seasons have been comparative f pi lures. j

— A wnfer in Sydney Re'cre? tells a s,to?^ of a paisoa to whom a conscience-stricken ' p.iii'-hioiiei came one day and jniiocertly af^J it hi thought \t was sinful to v.n roonev by betting on hoise races It j-o ii lp.iened • that the good father had dropped a little vi ( th it line a few days before, and so, with a ; sly smile, he quickly said. "I don't think : it's sinful, my fuend, I fancy it is meiely j lmwsible."' — A. Hoy prcp'ired Floater, and had a job With the horse." Mc l bourne Sportsman de- j clares that Floater's legs were none too sound, , and that his poor feet were in a bad way. For vi oaths the National winner had to be stood

daily in a clay box, anil then it was owly careful exercise in the biiny at Mordiailoc that gut the brown gelding sound enough to stand the picparation which enabled him to mal£9 pinends for a'l the trouble he had given.

— An English exchange says there is soinethi'iEj wonderfully curious m a French racecourse on the occasion of the Grand Prix compared to Epsom Downs when the Blue Riband of the turf is on the point of being awarded. Everything in Prance seems to be earned on in. a quiet manner. There are no hoarse shouts from the gipsies or showmen, no welsher limits, or any of those nimblefingeretl gentry organising rushes, which mean Watorburys or chionometers.

— Tno VB.C. Grand National Hurdle Ttaco was a sylenditl race, ti-ys " Tcrlinga," and J. ii. Brewer, who n^ver rode with more clash, would ccrtunly ha\e v:cn on Reindeer. I quitcs thought that the judge's verdict would have been reversed on the protest, as from where I sat on the top stai.d I had no doubt that Reindeer rec^ivod more than one iop on the head from Brewer's whip, Ijiit the stewards in their cage were in <i splendid position to see what actually occ irrecl, and they decided that Reindeer was to blame for the collision.

— C'ocos is striding along in good style at Eanclwick, and provided he goes on as "satisfactorily as at present, lie is almost sure to start favourite for the A J.C. Derby, and, says " Un,pire," he will probab'y win it, too. No ii also engaged in* the V.IJ.C. Derby, and thci:<:h "Bobnchl may beil him, it is hard to ■Die's out anything else cfi {.nut of doir.g >,o. "Why an unknown quantity like George Fjoderick should stand 'higher ir. the betting quotations than the chestnut is difficult to comprehend

— The Spirit of the Times says : Father W. D. M'Kmnon, the well-known priest, o[ Suisun, Cal., who has bred and owned many good horses, has volunteered, and will go to Manila with the boy? 01 the Fust liegixucat as chaplain, &ays a Cali/ovnian paper. To show the esteem with which the reverend Uther is held at his home, all the stores in the tovu> cosed then doors, pnd the entire population of the town escorted him to the tram, where farewells were said and patriotic addresses made by Judge Buckles and others. — Floater was bred in the western district of Victoria by Mi Whitehead, of Goodwood, near Warrnambooi. He is by Skipper (son o£ Boatman) from Esineraida, by Stockham fro 21 Mary Ann, by JBoiardo. Ho was not lacA until six years old. In his second, season he won under such thumping weights as V6A and 13.5, at Flornmgton. He went anii-ss a couple of years pgo, and his next success wps at Csuuficld a few weeks since. Huiine his retirement fioni ihe tiack Floater changed hands, and was ■-•eenred by his preccnt owner, Isit B-^.u'cy, for ~100. — " iia^orek" thus V.WA-rl to the victory of Jecklah m the English Derby — "It is just about 40 yean ago that Jeddah rose and massacred its Christian re,:kients. There is a good deal of the massacre ol tlie Christiana about Jedddh's performance in 1898. Jeddah is a splendidlj'-naiKed horse. He is by Janissary — Pilgrimage. Jeddah is the seaport for Mecca, i 10111 which il is only 10 miles distant, and the Janissaries were the Turkish soklieis rpcruitcl originally from Christian pii c oners, vho were disbanded in 1826, alter Sultan Mahmoud II hod displayed the flag 01 the Prophet, and called upon the faithful to assist him m slaughtering them. The flag of Uie Propnefc did not wave •victoriously over Jeddah this time. In fact, the pioyliots were all caught ' uavming.' " — The Steoplccha^ers' Flat Race, on tlio second day of the V.X.C. National meeting was perhaps the most novel lace that has ever been seen at Flemington, says the Australasian. To handicap the horses inoyctly was an impossibility, even for such an expert as Hr P. F. Dakin, as theJioises' merits on the flat; wtre ab«o!ut"ly unknov/ii. Still, backers cTicl very well ; Ihoy took n fancy to Virago, and iho 31 [■<<■.}=■, Manifold's mara was made favourite, but Irish Stew, Floater, and, Ditto were only a point behind at the close of operations. Ditto and Virago were always 111 tbe first flight, and Virago, drawing away ■■» the. straight, won easily by three lengths from Floater and Bmg?ia. yirago, who carried the niiniimun wtiL'ht, i* j, diughter of Wellington, aad evideatlystays well.