IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Volume 25, Issue 2321, 25 August 1898, Page 36

IN A NUTSHELL.

-- R. Hasfcie took up Bunilop last week. — About £100 is to be spent in improving tile Winton course.

— The IMcrpe ropoita the death of Wapiti ?t \Wuganui.

— Mr G-. Holland, oi Wendon, has purchased tho trotting stallion Kentucky. — A full brother to Multiform was foaled at Auckland a couple of weeks ago. — By cable we learn of the death of Matthew Daws>on, the veteran English trainer. — Mr G. Gilbert denies the report that he has sold Merloolas to Mr R. Craven.

— Mr J. Latham, secretary of the Gore Club, is reported to be laid r.skle by illness. — The Melbourne Cup candidate Spencer is on the track again ut Cauliieki doing slow work.

— Patron, Amiable, and Resolute, hhipmates from Melbourne to England, have arrived in good order.

— The filly by St. Clair— Legerdemain, in K. Hastie's stable, has been finally named Witchcraft.

— They reckon Harry Sneaker unlucky to have missed a win at the Canterbury Trotting Club's meeting. °

— Absrcorn has been withdrawn from the sale of the Kirkhpm stud, and will be sent to England in October.

— Dnddingston and The Desert, winners at Canterbury Park (N.S.W.) on August 6, are both by Lochiel.

— " i\ative" reports from "Whiton that Grlenelg, a New Zealand Cup candidate, is going along nicely in his -work. — Swordfish, by Piscatorhis — Cririri.

— • -in, was benight at Christclmrch by H. Goodman, and has joined ilie Kew tearu.

— The Duke of Westminster is said to have refused 20,00Dgs for Orme, and Lord EoSebeiy a similar sum for Ladas.

— The renewing of the plough gallop at the Fortrary was finished last week, and the horses used it for work on Saturday morning. — Bob Allan went to Christchurch on Monday under engagement to Mr Seftoa, liverjatable keeper, who owns a few trotters.

— Eefugee, Cannonshot, Double Event, Seabrook, and Sequin are the New Zealand Cup candidates engaged in the Timaru Cup. — The trotting stallion General Tracy is being eased off training now, and putting on bulk prior to his coming covering season. — J. Allan has taken up Red Lancer, -who cut his foot a few weeks ago, but now walks soundly on it and is otherwise big and well. — R. Lewis, the G'aulfield light-weight rider, had his license restored the day preceding the opening of the Y.A.T.C. Grand National meeting.

—At Randwick and Kensington (Sydney) there are about 231 horses in work, the longest string being under the care of Tom Payfcen, who has 18.

— Toi Sloan appears to be keeping up his winning form in America, as up to June 22 he has this season had 103 nKrar<tß, of which 56 have been wins.

— "Terlinga " wriies: To the beat of my belief there has never yet been a case in which castration has benefited a horse cursed with want of coinage. — Mr J. Henderson writes me that I have besn misinformed as to Euroclydon being in training. The big horse will be standing this season at Glenavy.

■ — The American Tvirf Congress has resolved that neither initials nor numerals will be considored or accepted as a name for horses foaled after December 3] , 1898.

— Wimbledon broke down badly in the near foreleg while working at Christchurch for the National meeting, and was sold for £9 10s to an tip-country purchaser.

— There was quite an important move in the betting market on the Stli, when Manfred was backed for about J7OOO in connection with the Melbourne Cuw af, 100 to 4.

— At the Wellington. Police Court on Monday Simmons (us the keeper of a gaming house) was fined .£SO and costs, or three months, and the others £1 each and costs.

— Bob Rama^e, who rode Carbine when he won the Melbourne Cup., was recently censured b}' the -~oonee Valley stewards for his handling of Monte in the Jumpers' Flat Rac.

— Mr Hungerford has three in training at Koi.sington (Sydney) — namely, Wakawatea, Prenez Garde, and British Rose, the latter a three-year-old by British Lion — La Rose. — Jean Bereaud, the crack American two-year-old, is reported to have been recently sold by J. Daly to W. C. Whitney for 50,000d01. A nice price to pay for a youngster, no matter how cood.

— The D.J.C.'s programmes are to be submitted to the General Coirunittee thia evening. Rumour says that an innovation in the slnpe of hack handicaps will be proposed by the subcommittee.

— Euchre, who ran second in the Second Steeplechase at Deniliquin (N.S.W.), was disqualified on protest for running inside a post, and second money was awarded to Waterbury, who ran tlr-rd.

— Realgar, the Caulflold Grand National Hurdles winner was bred by Mr J. 0. Inglis, who sold him to Mr S. Miller as a yearling for 35gs, or only a fiver less than Floater cost his present ownrr. — Amiable, the V.R.C. Newmarket Handicap winner, nnd Reeolutc, whom Mr W. R. Wilson sent to England, have been purchased by Mr P. C. Ppiton, who bought Carnage from the St. Albans proprietor. — In Mere! 1 last the secretary of the A.J.C., Mr C'libbom, completed 25 years of service to the club. The committee considered this a suitable time to recognise the length of service by a donation from the fund& of £100.

— The T.R.C. possesses a tangible asset in its freehold city property, which is valued at co&t, £10,332. The freehold land at the racecourse is valued at £2736. The club has expended over £161,000 on tha racecourse.

— In the Victorian Supreme Court Mr Justice Williams decided in favour of the Post-mafcter-general in an action brought against him claiming i'soo for refusing to deliver a letter addressed " Ormonde." a turf adviser.

— Queen Regent, by Richmond from Queen Con.-ort, dam of Thunder Qneoji and Thunderer, suffered considerably during the Australian drought, and a poat-mortein examination E-hov/ed that she had eaten about 701b of sand.

— Pal ran a great horse under his impost in the Cenlfielcl Grand National Hurdle Race, but the light-weight division, by means of the pace, effected his downfall. There was some talk of interference, but the stewards dismissed the matter.

— Mr R. H. Combe's Dynamo, who won the Hare Park Handicap (iiboxit one mile) at Newmarkei on June OS, is a ball brother (by Peter) to Mr W. 11. "Wilson's stallion Bill of Portland. Dynamo started a strong favourite and beat a iair field.

— At the annual parade nnd sale of thoroughbreds at Melbourne on August 0 the bidding was very poor. Glenloth, who yon the Melbourne Cup in 1892, was passed in at 90g<5. l\'o offer was made for Ascotvale, the reserve prioc being 250gs. — "A new penny weekly sporting paper, *o "bo named "The To'talisator o? Sport,' 1 ' is to ba issued m Melbourne. Mr Georgp T? Bowen is to b? the business manager for the time being. His name wiH recommend the new paper throughout the colonies. — From Winton it is reported that Adam King has taken up Mr D. Taylor's Assyrian King — Heartburn colt to preps ro him for the Winton Guineas. "Native" psya tlut on inspecting tha colt in his box he ••*>•»? not nmch enamoured with his appearance. i-i Lochiel is at the lisad ol tha wimiMti; stal-

lions this year in Australia. His progeny have won 97 races, for the total of ;£15,222&. Carbine comes next with 37 h races, and a total of his progeny's winnings amounts to =811,138. Trenton's stock has a total of £10,810. Honeat Wilkes, who is looking very well ■will this season be restricted to a few mares and used principally for racing. In Allen's stable there is a magnificent colt, nine months old, by Honest Wilkes from Mis 3 Harewood. £20 was refused for this colt last week. — Leonalus, by Longfellow, dam Semper l A elix, by imp. Phaeton, died at tho Runnymede stud of Messrs Clay and Woodford, Kentucky, in Juno. He was one of the best three-year-olds that ever appeared on the American turf. He started ten. times and won all his races. — While doing a gallop at Flemington on August 5 the South Australian horse Hear Heax broke down. He smashed a small bone in the log, and is not likely to race again for a long time. He is engaged in the Melbourne Cap at 7.4, but his starting is very problematical, i During the last 10 years the Adelaide j charities have received £3326 from the S.A.J.C. ] The money waa derived from totalisator fractions. This is only one club. Probably the Adelaide charities have received nearly .810,000 in totalisator fractions during the last 10 i year.s — The Gore Club will give JE4OO in stakes ' at the Spring meeting on October 26 and 27, and the Summer races are to be held on the 25th i and 26th January. Mr F. Wallis resigned as j starter, but was prevailed upon to reconsider ] . his resignation, and also to accept oihco tor the . Spring meeting. — ■ The chairman's duty at the annual meet- . ing of the V.R.C. proved one of the most agree- ! able since Mr Septimus Miller succeeded to his ! responsible office. To wipe oft an overdraft j of £20,000 and replace it with a credit balance of i over £8600 affords (says the Leader) speaking testimony of the potency of the Miller regime. ] I have to thank the editor of the Alexandra j Herald for answering aud disposing of a misre- '• presenting paragraph concerning myself which appeared in an up-country paper. The attack itself I had not seen nor heard of — if I had seMi it I should not have troubled to reply ; all , the same I am obliged to my Alexandra j friend. | — The Morphetlvillo (S.A.) stud is estab- • lished a,- am. Mr Tom Barr Smith has- secured i four brood mares to mate with Light Artillery, j AJLmio- is- by Lochiol from Mantilla, by j G'>'dsVough; Escopette is by Carbine from j Her-i, by The Drummer; Flossie is by Bow- j mo-it from Cooday, by Grand Flaneur; Rupee j is X' Eiridspord from Coin, by Nordenfeldt. ; Albiiiia and Escopette were never trained. j — From Sydney Referee, August 10: Bob ; R^y has Icft"^ Kensington for Rnndwick, and ; since coming to headquarters he has put in a j couple of smart gallops. He was beaten yes- ( terday over a mile by Loch Long, but the lat- j ter was in receipt of a lot ot weight, and the } time for the distance was as good as anything accomplished during the morning. — One of the latest candidates introduced i into the betting for the Melbourne Cup is Car- S damon, the property of Mr T. Jones. The owner , ha-s taken £5000 to £150 about his colt straight oat for the Melbourne Cup, and also £5000 to £50 Bobaclil and Cardamon for the Derby and ' ■ Cup. Cardamon is a three-year old colt, by Gcasoon from Cinnamon, and is in Walter . Hickenbofcham's stable. His only victory as a , two-year-old was the V.A.T.C. Federal Stakes, | with" 8.5. , — The Waterbeach Welter, which, as cabled, ■ went to H. C. White's Form, was contested by 15 runners, Cyrenian and Rafallo being equal favourites at 4 to 1, with Form at 10 to' 1. Form carried 8.7, was ridden by Bradford, and won easily by six lengths froru Phenomenon 7.12 and Cyrenian 8.1. The distance of the rac9 was a mile. Form subse- '■ quently ran in the Brnmcole Stakes (one mile and three furlongs), at Nottingham, but with a ' 10lb penalty finished out of a place. i — lEankm3 took influenza at Christchurch, anl could hardly crawl out to see the races in which is horse Linkshot ran. , Te<3 regards the National as an unlucky meeting for him. His brother William was killed liy a fall with Magic about 18 years ago; Ted > himself has twice been taken ill there. Once > he returned to find a colt worth £25 lying dead j in its box; and when he took Captive up that , horse got caught in the tapes and gave Ted | no run" at all for the £25 he put on him. j — Says Sydney Referee: The clergy and the bookmakers stand a good chance of being ( downed by the advocates of the machine in Vie- , toria, and once it is adopted there no doubt a '■ big effort will be made on its behalf in New , Smith Wales. To some of our books if s advent , should be welcome, as according to their own '■ statements they are always losing;, and it is only pure philanthropy that causes them to remain in the game. It would be a pity to see them ; out of pocket through their own large-hearted- J ne^J, so the sooaev the tote saves them from I then: selves the better. j — Massinissa, a recent winner at Caulfield, is a strapping fine gelding, bred by Mr Frank | Reynolds, of Tocal Stud, New South Wales, j and cost his owner 235g<s as a yeailing. the ; highest price of the Tonal yearlings. _ As far as ; breeding is concerned, there is nothing to find [ fault with, but everything of promise Tor his j future. He is by the imported horse Splendour, from Algerine, by Hawthovnden from Algeria (inn).), by BlmkhooKe. Mnssinisaa is engaged in the Caulfield Cup with G. 2 and the Melbourne Cup with C.12. — "Caspian" writes: Wail-a-Bifc has more than once upset tho calculations of the BalIpnt party, notwithstanding which they pinned tLeiv faith, to him in the V.A.T.C. Sandringliaiu Plate.' He certainly ran a. good horse under his impost, but The Mu=keteev, who made all his own running, won cleverly at the finiah from Sayles, who just managed to displace Watt-a-Bit. Tho winner, who i<* a Cup candidate, is gradually but surely coming into m-oßimence- in the betting market. As far as Wait-a-Bit was concerned, his condition was not a c J perfect as could ba desired, and a few more such races will make him a difficult horse to beat. The figure system of breeding has not caught on to the same extent in the States as in England. A leading American authority sums up the new theory as follows — " MiBruce Lowe is not the only man who has sought to ignore the lows of nature and to set up new onea to please himself. All those little crotchety attempts to create mysteries and then to explain them without any regard to the nai-vei-aL and immutable laws which govern the transmission of qualities- I—physical1 — physical and psychical — from the parent to the offspring, never in the past and never in the future will amount to anything more valuable than milking a he goat in a sieve." . Malto wont out a red-hot favourite for the Balaclava Stakes at Caulfield, writes " Terlinga." He wa3 lumped off to win all the way, and might have done ao if The Musketeer had not been on the same game. Malto had his mouth open to the turn, but before the straight w is reached he had enough of the attentions of The Musketeer, and one by one tho others passed him until at the finish BuiTabari was : the only horse behind him. The Musketeer j waa another unbneked outsider, and hi-3 j easy victory only shows what a funny j ganie racing ia. He was last but one in the [ [Winter Handicap at Flomington, and l'ere he } won in a canter. j Concerning the Stewards Mile at Canterbury Park (N.S.W.) on the 6th, " Martindale " writes- ■ Though there were only ten starters, thero was-- more biunping and hard lenocks given than is usually the case-. One that came _ in for a lot of it was Farraday,, whose rider, ; Barden, had his leg badly bruised, while Sam ' wia interfered with, and in tlw Etm hoxtl^ w<*,s

1 badly crossed by the Wo leaders, a fact which lost him all chance of winning:, unless he had been possessed of wings, or was as accomplished a leaper as the famous Spring-heel Jack of olden time. Tho winner turned up in ! Pharainoud 9.1, who jiiat defeated Coal Queen ; 8.8 and Inspiration 10.5. — Shannon's victory in the Goodwood Cup : of 1871 from a field of five, including Favonins and Mortimer, was a startling example of the proverbial uncertainty of the turf, as the winner started, at 50 to 1. In connection with this an anecdote is told of the late Sergeant Merryweather. In Shannon's j r ear some fair lady had placed herself entirely, as regarded betting, in the learned sergeant's hands. Ho was extremely anxious she should win on tho Cup, and, by way of making the race a^ certainty for her, gave her the field against Shannon for an even fiver. When the mare got homo the sergeant was accused of having accomplished a delicate plant, and needless to add he was never paid.