IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2517, 11 June 1902, Page 46

IN A NUTSHELL.

— Mars is 11 years old. — Nonette figures amongst the Melbounw Cup entries.

— The Stepniak pony Ivan has been sold to go to South Africa. — Mr J. E. Henrys is handicapper for 37 racing clubs in New Zealand. — Royal Conqueror is a half-brother to the Auckland Cud winner Lottie.

— It costs £30 to register an assumed name under the English Jockey Club rules. — Traducer, a father of the New Zealand stud, was once sold in England for 35gs. —Mr R. S. Sievier's racing- colours are black, gold facmg3 and sleeves, red cap.

— Up-to-Date, .i winner at tho retent Auckland meeting, is a half-sister to ltecord Reign.

— The death is announced of the brood niare Zip, the dani of Castashore and other good ones.

— Mr R. S. Sis\ier, who is one of the world's most promment racing men, now trains his own hors9«.

— The Hotchkiss horse Battkaxc hr.s been nominated for the V.X.C. Grand National Hurdle Race.

— Vedette, who became famous to tho sporting world as the sire of St. Simon, was ones sold for 42gs. — Doncaster. one of the most famous stalhous in the wcrkl, and srre ol St. Leger, cosfc 950gs aa o, yearling. — Mr Spencer Gcllan's Ocean Blue ran tinpir.ced in the Great Cheshire Steeplechase on April 18, at Hootou Park. — The price paid for IJLo fas is said to be £500, and Abevgeldic, his full brother, is under cffti to Mr Goltan nt 300ge. — The Stepniak pony Ivan ran unplaced in cv 14.-2 Handicap at Brighton (Sydney) on Msy. 23. Ivan went cut at 7's to 1. — The Royal Artillery entwe&.in the Melbourne Cup is probably the South Australianbred colt by Light Artillery. "" — Several Australian bookmakers intend t© sample South Africa, as a field for betting operations in the near future. — - The death of James M'Curley is reported from Sydney. iTCurley lode Tiicolour when that horse won the Sydney Cup of 1897. — Mr S. H. Gollim is on his v.ay out to tho colonies, ar.cl i« cxwected to he present at the Uawkc's Bay Jockey Club'h Winter meeting. — The racing colours of Mr J. Gubbins, who owns Ard Patrick-, this year's English Derby winner. : >-- •''''' •'■■'<-. crnr.'o". buttons and

. tl .\. .... .... •> -iiorliy on a trip to At'.stral:<i. Dining ii is ab^eii r, which -will extend over six weeks, hib business will be conducted as u.-ual. . — This year's New Zealand Cup entries total 66 The followii:s» ar* the mimbcrb for the previous six years-— 1896, 61; JS97, 59; 1898, 49; 1&99. G6; ISaO, -16; 1901. 43. — The Carbine— Melodious hoise Wallace 19 in great leqiieat amongst brsefiers, at a fee o£ 50gs. He was cheap at TSOgs when sold at the late W. R. WiUon'a dispo-al sole. — The Xev. Zcnl.nid-bred horse, The Labourer, by Th ■ Workman — Si«ter Agnes, who \.-;is taken to West Australia 'for stud purposes, and did a season, is now lacinp in that State. The D.J.C. have la-id eliarges cgamsb three men for alleged trespass at, Wingatui during the progress of the May meeting. The oases come up for hearing on Thursday next. In. America jockeys receive £Z for c winning ride when, the stake is £63. 0r under, and £1 for a losing rneiir.t. When tho stake 13 over £60 the winning fee is £5, and the losing fee £2

— St. Olga_ the winner of the Winter Welter ami Farewell. Handicaps on the last day of Uie recent Auckland meeting, is a full sister to St. Clements, St. Pan}, St. Ursula, and St. Fetcr. , . .; Mr Speuccr IT. GolUn ran Seahorse m tae Tadworth Plate, lOOsovs, on the concluding day of the Epsom Spring meeting, but he failed to gain a situation with 0.6 over six furlongs. — The mcUired pony Clansman ran two seconds duriug the last week in May at Sydney. He made amends at his third effort, and won the 1i.3 Handicap at Rosebery Park, after going out favourite at 5 to 1 against. — i The Australian-bred Raiding Oban. by. Lochiel— Veiuata, won the Ilooton Park (bngInnd) Hurdle Race, of b23sovs, two miles actf a-q\iartei-, on April 19. Oban started at 6to t on and won easily by six lengths from seven, others

outers. _ /-ii t — The stewards of the Irish Jockey Club have icmoved the " wammg-off " sentence nas-ed on Capta-n Scott in connection with the luuimig of his New Zealand-bred mare, Ray. nsplumc, in the Welter Plate at the Currash October meeting, 1200. — St. Florian, the sire of Ard Patrick, the winner of this year's English' Derby, is AcoS. Last season St. Florian's sfo?k won £5227, which amount was won by nine horses. St. Florian belongs to the No. 20 family, and is the first horse of that fsiniily to sire, a Derby winner. — In thih jpsuc there ib advertised a trottuicr sulky and harness, which may be seen at Tahuna Park on application to the caretaker The advertiser mfoinis me that both sulky and harness are in first-clasa order, and that his only reason for selling is that ho hss no further use for them. _ — An Aniern a:i trainer who went to England in order 1n form his own ideas as to whether it would bo worth while taking a teami of jumpers to the old couufry. expressed himself on" his return to the Str.trs to the effect that American jumpers had better remain at home. They had r.o chance of succc&s in such a race a.s the Grand National. — S. Loates, the crack English horseman, who had his thigh broken last season, is able to w.i!k :ibout a gum new, but one leg i= an inrli "-.hotter +him the other. Loates, just prior to ths despatch of the last English mail, had been granted a riding license, and was expected to make his appearance in the saddle before tho present Engli-h season had grown much older. -. Mr R. Sievier was so confident that La.vengro would win the City and Suburban that prior to the race he reniaiked to an- acquaintance: "If you take me for .such a fool as not to know that he is well and worth backing-, considering what else 1 have got m the stable — well, don't back him, that's all." Sievier's judgment was at fault, as it turned out, aa though Lavengio was heavily backed, he failed to get closer than seventh. ** —On the concluding day of the Epsom Spring meeting the Hyde Park Plate, for two-yeai-olds, fell to a young Carbine, in Salute. An English writer, dealing with the iace, pays:, "Backers shouldn't have- forgotten that Salute, was the Festa gelding who, after winning at Kempton, had scored again at Warwick, and, a good second to Girton Girl at Newmarket, pot no penalty in the Hyde Park Plate, but, on tho contrary, had the benefit of an allowance. Tho young Carbines arc making their sire's name ie?Z2OU9.' — The Melbourne coric-sponclent of the O. W. says that Mr Barney Allon has abandoned hi 3 Sctith African trip. "Hr> has received word fronn Capetown that there i= not likely to be tux openin" for racehorses in South Africa for. some time, and the large and valuable team, winch he has got together will instead, be despatched to India. He will only send away, a couple of the yearlings which he purchased:. Tho others are being leased. J. Lynch goes in charge of the team, which will leave Melbourne for Calcutta by the s.s. Euryalus on July 16. — Mar°h, the English trainer, has 66 horses under his ca-ta^ in.cTuclin£ 16 for ifis Maieaty

the King. His Majesty's horses comprise 11 two-year-olda, lour thTee-year-olds, and one loilr-year-old. The four-year-old is Lord Quex, by Sir Hugo. Of the three-year-olds Pole Carew and Ecila are by Persimmon, while Thonia is by Amphion and Nadejda by St. Simon. Seven of the two-year-olds are by Persimmon, the rest being respectively by Juggler, St. Angela, Sir Hugo, and Onne. The JKingsclere trainer! John Porter, has 72 horses in -training. Last season Porter's horses won £26,062, and Marsh's charges, £14,362.

— The English Grand National course is admitted to be trying alike to horse and xider. "When, therefore, it hec&me known that "*V. "Woodland, iJie son of the horse's trainer, vrouid iide Magpie in the Aintree contest of 15 years ago, there were many people who prophesied that the lad would be beaten long bafore the ihorse. Their prediction was not, however, verified. Though only 13 year an-d eight months old. the juvenile horseman not only negotiated the various obstacles, but contrived to have his mount placed fourth. Woodland, by this undoubtedly smart performance, gained the credit of being the youngest jockey that had ever taken part in the race mentioned.

— Betting and other sporting folk in West Australia seem to be m for troublesome time 3, According to a Perth correspondent, who says : "The new criminal law, which came into operation on May 1, is causing considerable tincasiJiess' in the ranks of betting men. Keepers of betting shoos .are liable -to three years' imprisonment, without the option of a fine, and Ijookmakerß are not certain that tlity are not liable to severe penalties for betting on racecourses. It is also. an. offence to play ' devil's pool' or 'snookers' in licensed billiard rooms. So' far no action has been tafc"en by the authorities, and the gambling business is as brisk as ever in the city." The sports say it will soon be' a criminal offence to be found alive.

-^- At one time in England trainers and owners used to adopt all sort 3of plaus in order thit no outsiders should see their tuals, but now-thing3 are changed, and they go so far as inviting press representatives to be present, perhaps with the idea that the more they see the greater will be their confusion. About a before the decision of the City and Suburban the "Special Commissioner" and a few other prominent London pressmen want out to see First Principal do his trial. The go -was a. very solid one, six horses with light weights up being put in to ensure pace. After going seven furlongs two dropped out, aud First Principal, who carried a big lad, ws»s beaten three-quarters of a length by the lightlyweightcd Herminiua. As the mile and a-quar-ter were cut out in 2min 11 4-sseo, there was evidently no loafing done. Fir3t Principal, starting at 100 to 7, subsequently won the CSty and Suburban, one mile and a-quarter, in Smin 7 2-ssec.