IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2516, 4 June 1902, Page 47

IN A NUTSHELL.

— Tliree horses won six of the 1* races on the Oamaru programme. — Turcoman began very badly ir each of h.s races afc Oamaru last -week.

— Ithaki has a fair amount of pace," and should be a decent stake -winner next season.

— After winning the selling race at Oamaru, St. Elma was bought in by her owner at £38. — There -were three double winners at the Oamaru meeting in Goldspur, Bill Perkins, cmd Narcissus.

— Horses owned by Mr T. Dempsey, one time * well-known Dunedin sport, won three races in one -week recently in Victoria. The date for receiving nominations Tor the ICew Z^ahcnd Cup has been extended up to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4. A new Ohio law makes it a crime to own ct horse whose tail has been docked. A penalty of from 25d0l to lOOOdol is provided.

— A London cable says that tho Manchester Cup wad won by Rambling Kate, with Syneros second and First Principal third.

— Don Bell, by Phsethon from BeHadona, ■who was Tacing at Oamaru, somewhat resembles on a smaller scale our old friend Nihilist.

— Carbine's fee was lOOgs when he first did mtvtS. duty in England. .Last season it was lowered to 50gs, and now it is up to lOOgs •gain. — The Hon. W. C. Whitney has engaged H. Coehran, an American horseman, to ride for him in England. His salary is to be 10,000dol «nd expenses. —Mr H. Craig, president of the Tuapeka, Jockey dab, was granted leave of absence by the club prior to his departure on a tiip to the. old country. Mr H. OxeHham, the well-known bookmaker, has left for England, and from there will probably go to South Africa at the conclusion of the w«r.

— Mr N. O. Potts, secretary of the Tuapeka Jockey Club, kindly sends along the information that the Opportunity case has been further ud journed for -three months. — Bill Perkins, a double winner at Oamaru, is a. compactly-built colt by Perkin Warbeck II out of Kathleen, -who is probably the mare of that name sired by Taiaroa. — A London cable says: — The latest hetting en the Epsom Derby, to be run on Wednesday, TJune 4, is: 11 to 8 ag«t Sceptre, 6 to 1 Ard Patrick, 8 to 1 Pekin, 10 to 1 Fowling Piece. —An Adelaide telegram states that the City Handicap resulted as follows : —Clifton 1, Fortune Teller % Lucky Dog 3. Sixteen started. "Won easily by four lengths. Dividend, £11 12s. — Emmeline, by St. Clair — Lady Emma, i 3 to visit Obligado thi3 season, and another mare •who has arrived on a visit to the same horse is Nayborn, by Sou- wester, out of a Nat© tor mare.

— The fund which was collected for the wellk»own Australian sportsman, the late W. R. Forrester, ha* been closed with £1387, of which Bum the committee paid £800 for -a residence for Mrs Forrester.

— In the past, Fighting Mac was a particularly smart horse off the mark in his races, Taut in his efforts at Oamaru last week he began very badly in -each of his races, and did not display his brilliancy until too late. — George Robertson is breaking in a good sort of a chestnut filly by EuToclydon out of Primrose. It is to be hoped that she turns out a decent performer, as Robertson's luck on the racecourse has not been too good oi late. — Since the exportation to America of July, the full brother to Sir Modred, he has not been a conspicuous success at the stud in Ins new home, but on April 11 a three-year-old colt by him won o mile and half a furlong race from tfour others.

— While at Osmaru I was invited by Mr J. O'Brien to have a, look «t the English-bred hoT&e Obligado, by Omlle out of Shotover. He is a rare type of a stallion, and his first crop of foals are highly thought of by those who have seen them.

— The Musketry — Dione filly Caliver was well supported at S. P. for the Winter Welter, run on* the first day of the Oamaru meeting. She got badly away, but made a fairly good showing afterwards. The race was won by Narcissus, and Caliver finished close to the third horse.

— When Vulcan fell in the Belfieid Hurdles at Oamaru, W. Higgins, who had the mount on the Artillery .gelding, jarred the arm which he had broken some little time back when riding in a hurdle race at W-elhngton. A few days' rest would probably restore the arm to its former usefuness.

— Teiemetei bore a very healthy appearance at Oamaru, but was not in anything like racing condition. The son of Artillery and Adventurous looked more fitted for the show Ting than the racecourse. His tendons look big but callous, and probably he has not entirely Bevered his connection with the turf.

— The successful horsemen at Oaniaru were E. Wilson (three wins), A. Godfrey (two wiu«), W. Brown (two wins), and the following had each a single win: — H. Can-, R. Derrett, G. O^JKcefe, T. Shaw, and J. Pine. R. Wilson adopted the crouch Eeat when ndmg Dundas, T»ut in his other mounts he rode m the old Btyle. —At the Richmond (Melbourne) track last week Mary Daly trotted a anile m 2min 24 2-ssec, which lowered her previous record of 2min Jojsec. With a. flying start she covered the first half mile in lmin lOsec, but subsequently hung out and broke. However, she quickly got going again, with the result above stated.

— The statement of Mr Stead's winnings in ntakes during the past 10 years (compiled by "Phaeton") is an interesting document. It runs as follows— lß92-93, £3172; 1893-94, 5£3109 ; 1894-95, .£3361 ; 1595-9G, £3609 ; 189S-97. t£5&W; 1897-98, £7128, 1898-99, £3238; 1899-00, .£6185; 1900-01, £7135; 1901-02, £12,235 ;— total, £55,11 G.

— During the past season it has been fre<ji c.illy noticed tliat a lot of money has been shut out of the totalisator rwing to the fact that the officials could not cope with the late a-ushes of intending investors. An idea has occurred tc me that if clubs wpre to establish v five-minute bell it might hurry up dilatoiy punters.

— Skirmisher — who has the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes, a C.J.C. Derby and Canterbury Cup, besides many other races, inscribed on Ins list of wins — was recently competing at a small unregistered meeting on the West Coast. Other well-known horses running at the same meeting were tire Duntroon Keldmg Rebel and <Juiltiri. The latter has a D.J.C. Birthday li.uidicap to his credit.

— The Ad'niral, who was the first horse to win both the Manbyrnong Plate and Y.R..C. Derby, died recently. He wa* by Richmond from. Footstep, and a full brother to Port 'Admiral, Fleet Admiral, and the S.A.J.C. Goodwood Handicap -winr |r, Footbolt. The !>est horses The Admiral g >4 at the stud were IFlagship, The Victory, Man-o'-War, The Sailor, and The Pirate 'Kins. -— At a. sale held in Oarfaru on ths morning ot the first Oaf's racing the Aiistralian-Ured luare "Little PanMJwe, br Cheviot (imp.) out of Paradise, was purchased by Mr A. M'Donald, of Maheno, at S2gs. Tin mare is. in foal to th« imported horse Ob igado, and, with ordinary lnck, should not prove dear at the price. The seme gentleman also purchased a filly 7>y -Enroclydon out of Primrose «t 2Qgs. — The North Otago Jockey Club made arrangements to proceed againet five of the bookmakers who were present at "the recent

but the five men whom the club intended to prosecute formed a deputation to the club and promised that they ■would not bet on the Oainaru course again if the prosecutions were not gone on. -with.. The chib decided that if the bookmakers adhered to their promise the charges would be dropped, and as none of the offending quintet were afterwards plying their calling it is understood that nc further action ■will be taken in the matter.

—An English sportsman, congratulating R S. Sievier ('"Bob Sutton") on the happy naming of his filly Sceptre before she won the Two Thousand, said- "By the King's horse out of Ornament; by Jove, Sievier, nothing could be more appropriate." "Oh," said "Suttou," "you're clean ofi the track! I called her Sceptre lor two totally different leasons: first, because the present King of England wanted to get her when I bought her; and secondly, because she's going to win the Triple Crown in Coronation year'" If Sceptre fulfils the prophecy and -wins the Oaks also (which she can hardly lose, all going well) she will have done what nothing or four legs ever accomXJlifihed before.

—Mt John Corlett, writing in his paper, the Spoiling Times, says: "We have become rltogefcher a convert to the French system with regard to two-year-old racing, but as there is not the slightest chance of that system bemg adopted, it would, looking at the experience we have gained, be well to xednce tht distance early iv the year to half a mile, and this is what we hear Lord Durham will teke in. hand. Running a two-year-old early in the season for speed, perhaps, does not hurt lum. but it is sun incongruous thing to see a two-year-old run five furlongs in March with 8.12 on his back, and in the very next race to see a four or five year old over the same distance carry 6.0 or less. It is the l»3t furlong that does all the mischief with the two-year-old."

— A new rule which has been laid down by the English Jockey Club thi3 year is that a jstarter must note the exact time a race is started. Hitherto this has been arranged in a rather slipshod way from "home" by the clerk of tlie course or deputy instead of at the post. For the future there need not be any misgivings as to the exact tune of the start, and correctness will be quite a boon to backers and layers. At the post the starter will, in the event of the horses arriving late at the post, have to find out the cause of this, either an the spot or on his return to the enclosure. Again, if the start is delayed at the post owing to frequent breaks-away, the fractiousness of a horse, or disobedience or incompetence of a jockey, it will all have to be clearly stated in a concise official report.

— Writing about Trenton's progeny, the "Special Commissioner" of the London Sportsman says: "All Gay, by Brag, has a filly, own sister to Rack a Rock, by Trenton, but it has unfortunately gone all askew on its joints. There seems >to be some strange fatality attending the produce of Trenton and Brag mares. Three such mares were put to him four seasons ago so as to give the second Fisherman cross, which is found in almost all the bc3t of his stock — e.g., Auruni, Auraria, Quiver, Wakeful, etc., and of these mare 3, All Gay foaled Hack a Rock, who split a pastern, Blow slipped a colt foal, and Resin had a filly which showed great promise as a two-year-old, but died. Again, Resin had a Trenton colt called Rosslyn. but this also died. Blow had a colt, which died as a yearling, and now All Gay has a crippled filly. There is a two-year-old colt, however, out of Blow (by Brag out of Mons Meg) in training at Beckliampton, also a yearling fi'!y and a filly foal.