IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2527, 20 August 1902, Page 46

IN A NUTSHELL.

— First Shot was bought in alter his win in the. Wcolsion Piste at £105.

— The Australian colt Brakpan is reported to be doing good work at present.

— The Guard hurt one of hi? shoulders badly when he fell m the National Stecpleohn.se.

— The Swimmer is only a pony in height, and is. a gient horse foi o'ie of his inches.

— Mr R. E Harley TOvle three winners on the first day of ihe Grand National meeting.

— Roller recorded hia fi' - st fall in a race when he come down m the Lincoln Steeplechase.

— The Guard injured one of his shoulders when he fell in tho Grand National Steeplechase.

— Goldsr-ur is undoubtedly one of the best performers under Welter weights ever seen in tho colony. ?

— Last season tho V.X.C. gave away in stakes £10,090 more than any other club in Australia.

— Scotiy was galloped on in the Winter Cup and was s'jghi'y cut about on one of his lnnc't legs. — Mr R. E. Harley, the well-known gentlrn'an rider, steered five winners during the National meeting.

— The trotting sti'lion Brooklyn was recently put under the hammer in Melbourne and brought lOOgs.

— The bookniake-i fie'di-g on the ground during the National work h?d a bad lime on the lost day of the m-^t'.ng.

— The annual report 6f ths A.J.C., which propoaes rising the Derby to £1000 and the Metropolitan t-o £-2000, was adopted.

— S. Fergus broke a long spell of bnd luck when he steered Hayda to victory in the' Grtuid National Steeplechase,

—Mr R. W. Pfterscn supported his maTe, Waiwhera, to -fbe estent of A'lo, a.nd received the «sc«Uenfc dividend of £232 6s.

— In the la?t race of the National meeting thp gelding G. 8.0. broke his ft?tlcck as h-e was racing pest Ihe post at the finish.

— Catrsby. Ihe fire of Treaham, w»s got by Musket from Prunella, n. full sister to Frail ly, the dam of Trenton and co. — I~he C.J.C. handled £39,583 during the t!nec days of the Natio-.el meeting, as against £43,173, the amomsi registered laet year.

— Goldspur won £661 in stakes last season, nr>d commenced this yenr'« winning account by capturing £120 nt the Na'ional meeting. —An American writer, in alluding to some of the performances of the Australian mare Wakeful, rlass«3 her as a phenomenal racer.

— Shoiud Goldspur train on all right he will be a hard nut to crack in the Flying Handicap on the fiTst day of the Timara meeting.

— Several bookmakers who vrere fieldfng at Riccarton during the Christchurch nreeting are to be proseculed by the police for betting m a public place

• — One of the first flight two-year-olds in America this season is Golden Maxim, by Golden Garter (ton of Bend Or), out of a Maxim maie.

— Mr V. Harris's horse, Redoubt, who was an unlucky jmrohas°, haa become ft backed by paralysis and will probably be destroyed by his owner.

— Last year Ostiak won the Winter Cup in a caLter with 10 5 ou hi* back, and last week iie was beaten a nosj in lmin 49 4-ssec with 11.6 as his burde".

— Oslia-k wen the Winter Cup everywhere except at the winning post. Th» Stepniuk gelding was sent back to Wellington the day after his defeat.

— r lh* Wellington Park-bred horee (Lord Cureton) Ho'-ohkiss^ — Lady Cur&ton, who cost 595g0 as a j'earlmg, waa recntly eo^d i.y fld«l;cn in Melbourne sit 75gs.

— Blazer got chopped out at tho start of the "Winter Cup, and was never aiterwards prominent in the race. He was third last in, passing the post. — The C.J.C. study the comforts of their patrons, and considerately cohered the lawn and outside enclosures with hay to relieve the dampness of the ground. — The get of Sandrmgham, who is at the stud in America, and is a full brother to Diamond Jubilee and Persimmon, is greatly admired in the lard of fetara and Stripes.

— W. Wisby, once well-known in Dunedin, who has been standing- down "at the pleasure of the Victoria Racing Olab" 'since May 18, 1900, hus had the ban removed by the V.R.C. — In England the Victoria Cup, of 2000sovs, vras the chief event at the Hurst Park Coronation fixture. The race fell to Royal George, Wargiava, by Carbine, being second, beaten a neck. — A firm of bookmakers in Wellington cleared neaily £2000 on the fir^t day's Grand National meeting at Christrhurch. A local tobacconist nett-ed £300 on Haydn's win m the Grand National.

— Mr R. W. Paterson has now a string of nine horses sn his stable at the Hntt, ?nd the Dnnedin friends of his trainer, J. Lowe, were pleaded to see him land the Winter Cup with Waiwhera,

— The American jockey, J. Reiff, who has been doing the greater part of his riding this season in France, waa recently suspended for a month for striking another jockey at the Rouen races.

— A. grandstand possessing every convenience and capable of seaUng 1000 persons is to be erected at Tahuna Park. Messrs Foster and George have recfirpd the contract, and the structure is to be finished by November 1.

— The following hoisea, included in the acceptances published last week, were withdrawn at Melbourne from the Metiopohtan Stakes at the A J.C. meeting —Wakeful, Kinglike, United Stages, AmpieT, Eleanor, Hibernian, Free States.

— Hnydn overreached himself in the C-rard National Steeples, and badly cut his 'off foreheel. He v/as greatly distressed after his win, and proved himse-lf as game a, horse as ever carried a saddle by the unflinching manner in which he finished.

— Ostiak was reported to have run a great six-furlong go at Riccarton the day before the ICktional meeting commenced. He is said to have Teeled off Bix furlongß on the outside of the course in lmin 18sec.

— S. Darling, who prepared Ard Patrick for thp English Derby, is to have charge of the filly Niphetos. He has expressed himself well pleased with the appearance of the V.X.C. Manbyrnong Plate winner.

— When one attends a few trotting meptings at Chn3tchurch it is easily to account for the high favour in which that sport is held by the public of the northern city. Some great racing is witnessed, and close and exciting finishes are of frequent occurrence.

— There was a general concensxis of opinion amongst those who witnessed the race that The Guard would have won the C J.C. National Steeplechase had he stood up. lie rame down tLiough taking off too far from, the fence which caused his downfall.

— At Moorefield Park (Sydney) races on August 4, two one-time New Zealanders in Lochiel and Eussley had eaca a winning representative. Fitzroy, a gelding by the latter, won a milo race, and King'.ock (sired by Loehiel), won a mile Welter.

— H. Oarr frac lured a small boae in bia ankle when Tulto full in the Hunters' Hurdles on the first day at Kiccarton. The nnshsp, however, did not keep him out of the saddle nftenvar'ls, end he pluckily rode Pipi in the Grand National Stccu!echaa«t

— Several of ike horses which iiporied silk at the National meeting had evidently had enough of the game and did not display lorm equal to what thsy had previously shown. Cfavaliero, Cannongate, Royal Conquucor, and Waiwera wers each a shade overdone and stale

— Ths ideloid» Observer of August 9 states tha-t in the Hous« of Assembly Mr H. R. Dixaon gave notice that he intends to move to add to Mr Shannon's Lottery and Gaming Act Further Amendment Bill clauses providing for the licensing of bookmakers on courses where the totalisator is used. — Smithy was a rod in pickle for the Final Hurdles at Raccarton last week, and there was plenty of money for h;m. The good thing duly amved, but did not have too much to spare. Smithy is a small and compactly-built chestnut gelding, and he is o splendid fencer, with plenty of conrpgeous fim&hiag power. — Tres'iam put up a good performance in ' the Jumpers' F'.nt K^ce. After winning the National Hurdles, he came ont in the last race erf the day aici carried 10.0 over a mile and e-half m 2min 47 3-s?ec. He was full of lunning at the finish, and none of the opposition in the race had a chance with him. — The tnccc-33"'u' sires at tho National meeting were Gortcn (t-vo win<»\ St. Ives (two vrins), Gay Deceive' (two wins), Flpgeolst (two wins), Catesby (two wn:g\ and the following had each one winning representative : — Nelson, Puriri, St. Leger, Clanranald, Quilt., Sou - -wester, Ch.F.O3, Stepsjak, St. Andrew, Ingomar, Ticasoa, Rubazehi. Wapiti, and Armament. — At tha Hurst Park (Eng.) Coronation meeting on June 28, the Foal Plat-», of 1500sovq, was won by the Duke of Portland's colt Greatorex, by C»rbine — Mrs Butierwick. Mr W. M. G. Simper's unnamed colt, by Trenton — Gita-fc Dame, was third. Greatores, who raji at 11 to 10 on, is p, big, upstanding chap, an 3 ho won by "four lexgths from the distance. — Racing is iv a nourishing condition: in Sydney, judging by Ihe number of horses la the stables of the leading trainers. R. Wool- ' ion nas IS ou the active service list, Albert Corn-well li, J. Barton 12, I. Earnsbaw 14 (including seven two-year-olds), J. Alsoop 17, P. J. Gcugh 17, L. A. Cooper 9, T. Poyten 13 (ir eluding &evea tvto-vear-ulds), W. BrcEnen 7, and Fielder 8. — Mistakes v.ith the sUiting machine led to the appeajaoics of the following notice iv the Ei glian Racing Calendar last .-nonth F — "The stewards of the Jockey Club have decided that if the gate fails to act properly when the lever is pulled, or if the webbing is broken by a hiTse, it ohall not be a sta.it, and the hordes must return to ths post." There is also a notice that as horses from certain stab eh give a lot of trouble at the machine, the stewards will fine any trainer whose horses me net p'or/erly schooled. i —-.The tnost successful horseman at the i C.J.C. Nationnl was Mr R. C. Harley, who sue- ,' ceeded in catching the judge's eye on r.o less than five occasions. F. Lind had thiee vinrmg ri<3e3, A. Julian two, and C. Coohrane had also two wins. The following horsemen [ had each one winning ride: — M. Ryan, F. I Da\is, G. Price, S. Fergus, ilr G. L. Stead, Mr , B. M'Donald, J. Greyham, T. Wilson, J. M'Comb, Mr J. H. Selby, T. O'Brien, and J. Stewart. — Tho prlza-money distributed by the cluln in the Syanoy metropolitan district during the j season just ended, says an exchange, totals £46,080, of which the A.J.C was responsible for £24,770, Tattersall's Club JE3OOO, " Sydney Turf Club £2110, City Tattersall's Club £900. • Rosehdl £4400, Moorefield £3600, Carrtcrbuiy , Park £3600, Wiwwick Farm £2700, and Hawkestmry Race Club £1000. In addition to tho above the unrogistered pony ai d galloway meetings in the me'ropolitnn area have- disbursed over £20,000 during the past term. — Old turfitc-3 at Home ha^e now, says the Melbourne Sportsmmi, conic to realise that th 3 one rui&tkJie cf the ago has bdon the Amei.can system of ndmp Here i« Moraey Cauron, one of the best orel mo=t trustvorthy of horselnea, disqualified for 't-wo big stakes in a &hort aix weeks, and in each case exonerated from blame by the atewßrd* If he v.as not to blame, then why was he disqualified' But hs could not stser clear of jockeys riding all o\ cr tho place through having no purchase or seats to give the necessary power for guiding a racehorse at full speed. That is just the eondrtkm of things in Kngland r.t the present tune, and. it is very nmch to be deplored.

— D«eds of daring have been co frequently allowed to go unchallenged on our racecourses t?ays c Sych.ey wiiter) that the practice- nmsi hz stopped if the turf is to be prevented from reaching such a level that honourable men v. ill ba a#barned to associate themselves with it. Honorary stewards cannot well Le expected to beßr the blnrne of passing disqualification on evil-doers, s-ome of whom they might be well acquainted with, avd though it will be B aid that the position should only bo accepted by those determined to do their duty, it is not in human nature to rnforre hca-.y penalties while there is a way of avoiding it. But if a salary worth competing for were attache! to the office of steward, those hoMmg it vrculd be. compelled to do th'-ir duty fearlessly, because there would always be tho chapce of removal. Until we get well-piud, competent stewards, it is idle to hope for the -muchneeded improvement iv the conduct of 'owners generally. — At this time of the year there is always it great deal of "unrest" amwiß jockeys. One prominent horseman has already been politely informed that liis license will not be considered -until after the A.J.C. spring meeting, and, says a Sydney exchange, o'Jiers ere hi gieat diead that theirs will not be considctcd at all. The attendance of jockeys at Randwick has been very regular tvery morning during tho past month . but whether this burst of industry comes from a desire to pleaee, or from natural insomnia, 13 not generally known. However, the majority of unattached riders are fairly regular in attendance for work ; in f«ct, a few, very few, keep in strict training, following an excellent example set them by the American jockey, Ames, who was here a while back. A prominent middle-weight jockey, who a few years ago did a great deal of riding, told tho writer recently that no jockey can do full justice to a. horse unless he trains like an athlete, and he reckons himself 101b a better rider since ho trained daily than when he didn't; but in spite of his application and industry, he gets very little riding. — Two prominent V.R.C. Derby candidates in Strata Florida a-nd Bullion sported silk at the hurt Caulfield meeting. Strata Florida wa» more forward than the other, and in the Balaclava Stake* ran a fair third. The gallop will sharpen him up, and he will probably be seen in a winning vein before the big spring fixtures com-o round. Bullion looked well, but somewhat lusty, and he showed no form in his rftce — the Moondah Flate. Mr Macdonakl started another Derby candidate in Irwell in the Norwood Trial. This well-bred youngster looks a galloper all over, and will no doubt (says the Melbourne Argus) be hea-rd of lateT on. He is by Bill of Portland from Mersey's daughter, by Trenton from Carbine's dam. Another Bill of Portland in Free States ran in the Trial. He is in James Scobie's stable, and ia as good-looking as any of tho more prominent Derby candidates. H© ••showed on Saturday that lie knows how to gallop, and with ordinary luck is ajmost certain to turn out a racehorse. Martingale, the dam of Free States, is by Martini-Henry from Galatea, by Epigram. Another Derby candidate m War-i-an run second to Mhmc m the UxoncUh. Purse x&eb* tnnomeiicnig % cry slowly.