IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2565, 13 May 1903, Page 47

IN A NUTSHELL.

— Stepson is out of Britomarte, full sister to Euroclydon. — C. Jenkins has ridden 80 winners up to date this season. — "Inquirer" is informed that Edelweiss won 34 races out of 34 starts. — The weights for the D.J.C. winter meeting are due on the 16th inst. Seahorse's full sister Zealous scored easily in the principal race at the C.R.C. meeting last week. — Snapshot, a- half-brother by Trenton to I«a Carabine, won a small race at Gorowa (Vie.) on April 22. — The death is announced of F. Healey, who will bs remembered as the trainer of Cannon6hot and other horses. — Ordnance, the winner of the Flying Handicap at the C.R.C. meeting, is by Son of a Gun, ■who is a half-brother to Canteen. — There has not been a iour-figure yearling sold under the hammer at any of the bloodstock sales held thi3 season in Australia. — It is reported that D. J. Price will shortly leave for America, with the object of purchasing some trotting stock for New Zealand. —Mt F. Griffon, owner of St. Denis and other horses, is to become " mine host " of the Brighton Hotel in the near future. ' — Although the crack English mare Sceptre ■was recently cold by Mr E. S. Sievier, that gentleman still trains the daughter of Persimmon. — Ouidaform. the Multiform — Ouida colt, owned by Mr J. Ellis, got hung up in a wire ffcncs a few days back, and cut his hind legs about the hocks. — Stapdancer, the full sister to Menschikoff, registered her first win, ?.fter several failures, by scoring in tha Maiden Plate at the C.R.C. meeting on Saturday. — Melossi, a full-brother to the dpm of Bla-ckstone, the two-year-old in M'Guiness's stable, was amongst the winners at the Forbes (Vie.) meeting on April 22. — Trochon, who won the Adelaide Doncaster Handicap last week, is a son of the Wsrringtonbred St. Swithin, who vast got by Cadogan out of the Traducer rnaro Malice. — The Stepniak— Cobweb colt in J. Ruttledge's stable has received the rudiments of Iris education during the -past few days, and lias taken kindly to hi« lessons. — By a printer's error in last week's notes the prico paid for tb.3 trotting stallion Baron Rothschild, who was recently shipped to Melbourne, rer.d £900 instead of £200. — The Sylvia Park stallion San Francisco is a full brother to St. Frusquin, the sire of Quintessence, the filly whom the cable ir formed us won "the One Thousand Guineas. — Snapshot, by Trenton out of La Carabine's dam, recently won a email race in New South "Wales, and was afterwards put under the hammer, but only £10 was -offered for him. — Mr Chas. Affleck advertises that the trotting stallion Lauderdale is for sale. He is a good-looking horee, with plenty of substance and bone, and should easily find a purchaser. — Some people are .anxious to get on early for the next New Zealand Cup, -as during the past week inquiries ha-ve been made for Orloff, Treadmill, and Pnllaa for the Riccarton twomile;. .— Ballyros&n. ths ha-lf-brother by Projectile to Mr J. "Ellis's Abercrombie, was purchased by his trainer, J. E. Brewer, for llOgs at the recent sale of the horses in that trainer's etable. *— Carbine had his first winning representative on -the English turf this sv-on in a EEE-y«rr-o!d gelding called Uncle Meary, who won a small steeplechase a couple of days after the season opened. — Of the 23 horses which started in the last Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, not one •was under six years of p.ge, and the ages of the placed horses were: D-rum/cree, 9yrs; Detail, 7yrs; and Manifesto, 15yrs. — "With a view to guiding them in the selection of a handicaroper, the stewards of tho Irish Turf Club ark? Irish National Hunt Committed recently decided to offer for competition prizes for the bast handicap msde by amateurs. — Mr W. J. Stratton. who has been acting as secretary to the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club during the illness of Mr F. D. Luckie, hns been appointed permanently to the position, •which was rendered vacant by Mr Luckie' s j resignation. — Tho Duke of Westminster's Flying LemuT j (brother -to Flying Fox), who broke down last summer in England, p.nd libs been turned out at Eaton foa several mouths, will return -shortly to Kiugsclere, bs it is hoped that he will stalid another -preparation. — "Ir W. J. Coughlan writes to say that the Dowse Testimonial Gammittee is desirous of closing the fund that is beir.g collected in connection with the movement, and asks a.l intending subscribers to kindly forward their subscriptions at ence. — Melodious, by Goldsbrough— Melody, the dam of Wallace, will probably journey from Australia on a visit to Stepniak this sop-son. Farewell 11, n daughter of Melodious by Bill of Portland, is one of tho matrons of Mr G. G. Stead's stud at Taldhurst. — Drumcree. the winner of the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, started favourite at 13 to 2 in a field of 23, ay.d won easily. Ever since the market was ocen on the race, Ihe winner was accorded solid support for the cross-country blue riband of the turf. —W. Lane, the young English light-weight rider, who waa at the head of the list of winning riders in England Inst season, opened Jiis winning account this year by winning the first flat race of the season on March 23. — Nomenclature in England is illustrated by a horse which recently finished second in a race ■which took place on the second clay of the present season. The equine alluded to figures as follows in the result of the race: — "Mr So-and-So's colt," by Jeddah, dam by Gallimule — Hhond«lle. — Salute, a gelding by Carbine, ran third in the Earl of Softon Plate, a. liar.<!icap of BOOsovs, six fnrloirgs, at Liverpool, on March 26. Eight started, and The Page ;6.1) won by half a length from Pelisson 18.11), with Salute (6.9) two lengths away. Sslute started at 7 to 1,-pnd the wiiiner at 6 to 1. — Lady Brandt, who paid the handsome dividend of £10 8s in a field of six on Saturday, is very fast, but not over sound, and consequently difficult to train. Her dam, Credulity, is a half-siscer to Becky Sharp (dam of Whaka■watea), Flattery (dam of Musketry). Welcome Jack, and Miss Lucy (the dam of Barmby). —Mr H. V. Fny, of Sydney, intends to send to England to raoe the- youngsters Eve Royale, by Lochiel— Cbaiuos Tllysee, and A»!d Acquaintance, by Lochiel— Serolte, both of whom started in the Youthful Slakes at Randwick recently. The pair are bred to English time, and are therefore at a disadvantage in Australia.. —In the bar pp.rlour of the Criterion Hotel at New Plymouth, owned by Mr T). O'Brien, is the framed receipt of MessTs Hunter and Nolan, auctioneers for the New Zealand Stud and Pedigree Stock Company, for the sum of £651, bearing date January 7, 1657, baing the amount paid for the bay colt by Musket from Mersey, afterwards known aR Carbine. — Amongst the stallions in the Australasian yrinning list is Puschka, the son of Musket and the imported Voltigeur maro Lady Ravens■worth. This is probab'y tho first example of Musket being mated with the Blacklock strain, made famous by the success of St. Simon. Lady Ravensworth wa3 by the great grandaire

of St. Simon, and was one of the matrons of the New Zealar.d Stud Company. —As the race train passed the picturesque villa of a bookmaker, who was a passenger, a well-known punter, who sat next to him, said, " I believe I must have built about half your pl-ace. By jove, I think I'll turn the game up !" "Oh, don't do that," responded the metallician gaily ; "good punters are getting awful scarce, and the missus is always bothering mo to advi a ballroom!" — The Australian-bred Kiora, who was shipwrecked near the Cape of Good Hope at the same time as Chesney, won the Ashton Steeplechase, of 40aovs, two miles, for Captain Scott, at Haydon Park (England), on March 21. There were eight starters, and Kiora carried 11.10, went out favourite at even money, and won in a canter by 10 lengths from Orgaresdale (11.3), with Jack Gubbins (10.3) a head away third. — Mr Walter Baker, of the ElanS Holt Company, who has for some weeks been riding the winner of the steeplechase in The Prodigal Daughter, is as fond of a bit of racing on the coiirse as on the stage. As he was recently journeying to a suburban meeting another passenger 6aid, "Well, Mr Baker, bto you going to get the favourite home again tonight?" .Said ihe Thespian, "It's how he'll shape this afternoon that's bothering me at present ! : ' — "'Javelin. " — Billet Doux, whose half-brother Bombardo was amongst the winners at Chriptchurch R.C. meeting on Saturday, was broken to harness last week. The unsexed son of St. Leger and Valentinia at first resented such plebeian work a.3 pulling a cart, but after a few preliminary bucks and kicks was afterwards driven about town like a veteran of the road. It is to be hop?d that after a turn at utility work Billet Doux will improve in his manners, arid be giad to become a pampered racehorse once- again. — At the Auckland Trotting Club's meeting the sum of £22-10 10s was put through on the second day, making a total of £4707 10s for the meeting. "Results :— Novel Trot: Bert (£4) 1, Imperator (£i 9a) 2. Handicap Trot : Sir • Robert (£2 Is) 1. Durbar (£1 9s) 2. Class Trot: PoUy II (£.5 Is) 1, Sierra (£2 2e) 2. Pony Trot: Bert (£1 17s) 1, Daystar (15s) 2. Autumn Trot: Durbar (£1 2s) 1, Rosalind (10s) 2. Shorts Handicap: Cuisine (£1 14s) 1, Inspiration (15s) 2 May Handicap: Orange and Bluo (£1 12s) 1. — Ukase, a pony by Stepniak oitt of a mare by St. Clair— Leg?rdemain, and who was bred by Mr J. Eliis, is to be sent to South Africa from Auckland. The dam of Ukase met with an accident which rendered her unfit for racing, and she was purchased when m a starved condition for £1 by Mr Ellis. After endeavouring to get her into condition she was put "to the horse, and the result was Ukase, who was her only produce. Lage-rdemam's offspring alluded to is on ths forfeit list for £10. — Talk about the ruling passion strong in death (says an American paper). It is strong in life! After seeing Jockey Booker killed one would have thought his heart-broken mother would never have wanted to look on a -race track again. Yet, at New Orleans, so runs the story, she and another son, J Booker, successfully engineered the Centie coup, and placed it a win nor et 60 "to 1, with a be-t of 250d0l to lo.OOdol. Centie is a three-yeaj-okl 'Balgowan. filly, bought by the Bookers for 125dol! And Nasturtium cost 50,000d01. — Owing to a decision Tecently in California, the question is now being agitated in the East whether in case of two horses from the same stable being started in a steeolechass the disqualifiration of one shall entail disqualificalion of his stable mete (says an American writer). Recently a horse was disqualified in California, and his stable mate was cwarclcd the j race because he vras obviously the next best. Tbo pair had finished faT in swivanco of the remainder of the field. This is in direct opposition to American rules, and leaves the inattsr entirely at the discretion of the judges. — The Onkaparinjra Racing Chib totalisator fractions totalled £72 15s fid, and -ths* money has been apportioned as follows: — Seed Wheat Fund. £20; Disabled Jockeys' Fund, £12 15s Bd ; Adelaide Hospital, £5; Children's Hospital. £5; Blind, Deaf, and Dumb Asylum (Brighton), £5; Kapunda Hospital, £5: Narracoorta Hospital, £5 ; Queen's ijaternity Home, £2 10s ; Catholic Benefit Society (Mount Gambier), £2 10s ; Convalescent Home (Semaphore), £2 10s ; St. Joseph's Provident Society, £2 10s; Mi!!icent Cottngp Hospital, £2 30s; Adelaide West branch of District Trained Nursing Society, £2 10s. " ■ —It is not unlikely (Eays an American ex- ' change) that the b:ograp!i will be used on Borne of the principal tracks there next season for the purposs of recording close finishes, and to be used in the event of claims for fouls. Represenfo.tivvß of the biograph libvo put thf roattor before the Jockey Cub, and the sti wards hava discussed the advisability of such v scheme at two of its meetings. No definite action has bet>n taken, however, but it i 3 believed that the biograph will be given a trial at one of the tracks, possibly the one nt Saratoga, in which Mr W. C. Whitney and other prominent horseman are interested. — A .Sydney writer states thai members of the betting ri:;g have made strenuous efforts during the o^st few doys to induce speculation on the Melbourne Derby and Cup double, but wiehouVmfich 'Success. Last week it was said that 1000's to 40 were wonted about the combination of .he two Emirs, but if it was jh<? cas? there wus plenty of it offering- yesterday that no one cared to accept. But a more difficult ta.sk still wns attempted, -and by one of the =hr?w"est of the many shrewd men who back horses. It was that of pickinpr the next Caulfield said Melbourne Cups doable. Usually when ihe weights for those races appear the Tuling price is 1000 to 1. but on this occasion 10,000 to 20 was accepted in one hand aljout the stable combina- I tion of F.J.A. and Emir. — In connection with the recent diFoualification of thp wcll-knnwn performer Elbargo nt i Taxcuttn (N.S.W.), a curious cass is revealed. According to the owner, the gelding was sent, in care of a servant, to a paddock to be {Ttned out for a spell, but it appears that, instead i of carrying out tho trip as arranged, the man in charge took the horse to Tarcutta Taces, wherp he entered and ran him, acting wholly on his own. The result was tlint, through Embargo's running not being "arcording to the regulations," the stewards disqualified the horse and his caretaker for 12 months. Thus the owner, who was hundreds of miVs away at the? time, is made the innocent suffcreT for a totally unauthorised action on the part of a , servant. An am>e«l against tho disqualification has been lorlsed with the A.J.C. on behalf of the owner, end it will be interesting to see how it will end. — In making mention of R. Lewis's effort on The Victory in the A.J.C. Plate, decided at the recent meeting held at Randwick. in which, unexpectedly to himself, he got inside the tone limit by 20aec, "Terlinga," of the Australasian, snys: — "Very few jockeys can jiulee the pace they are going, but I can remember the lato Mr Dakin telling me that when E. Power was riding work for him he could put him ou Commotion or Fryin^pa-n with orders to go 1 (see. losec, or IGsec to the furlong, and he v.ould do it to the tick. H. Cusdin, according to Mr Macdonakl, had the same faculty whon he was Tiding work at St. Albans. Years ago I was fitandin^ with T. Hales, witching Caspian pud S^vanaka do a gallop in Adelaide. I had a watch, nnd when they pulled up Hales said, ' I suppose they ran round in about lmiu 54see.' This happened to be the exact time.

He had no "watch, but judged it by just looking at the horses. Plenty of p uple think they can judge the time of a gallop by sight, but very few possess the gift." —An important development in connection with the weighing machine scandal at the Newcastle racecourse has occurred. James Kingsley, of Maitland, owner and trainer of tho horse Gentleman Jim, and Herbert James Moron. r ; der of the horae in the Pace Welter Handicap, have been arrested on warrants issued at the instance of the secretary of the Newcastle Jockey Club for alleged conspiracy to defraud. Moran was p.rrested on board the Sydney-bound steamer Naomi, and Kingsley was apprehended on the Newcastle railway station, being a passo'i; by the Sydney train. The accused weTe brou;.;iit before the Police Court and charged tha . on or about April 20, at Newcastle, they con^aired with other persons to cheat and defraud the Newcastle Jockey Club (Limited) of the sum of £22. the money of the said club. Sub-inspector M'Vane gave formal evidence of the arrest. When charged at the police station, both accused replied, "All right." Application for a remand for eight day 3 was granted. The accused were allowed bail, themsslves in £30 and two sureties of £40 each. — "With regard to the Randwick accidents, Mr Clibborn writes to the Australasian: — "In my opinion the causes of the accidents which occurred during our meeting are due to (first) crowding on the rails, the inexperienced riding of apprentices, and the Sloan style of riding. After any race meeting an inspection of the track shows that immediately after the start the riders nil clo3e on the Tails, and from the p.ix furlongs to the Derby corner the hoof tiacka r.how that the main body of the horses has galooed within a space of 12ft from the rails. Not one ounce of street sweepings has been placed on the course for 25 years, nor has Et?ble manute been used for over two years and p.-half. "Vtthere hoof trncks aTe observab'e in the course proper they arc filled in with screened soil and sand mixed, and beaten in. and the brush and roller used in the ordinary manner. The course proper *as originally ■formed by Discing 4 in of soil over the natural sand, and from experience I find that if sand is placed on the top of the present surface of soil it will not blend with it. In dry weather it blows into little heaps, and very wet weather affects it in a similar manner."