IN A NUTSHELL

Otago Witness, Issue 2604, 10 February 1904, Page 46

IN A NUTSHELL

—La Russe, the sister to Pctrov/ip, fave a poor cLspl.iy in each oi her laces at Xj.se — Golaapur s h.:li-sisiCi.- FxOrodoia epoit a d silk at Naseby, but was nevei TJiOniiiient in hei lace.

— A Melboui-i i e cable reports that Abundance and Sojouiiier hpvc been sciatched ior the Austiakun Cud

— A Melbourne cable stats = s that Westerley has been allotted G 7 la the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup. — Of a total of 1705 laceq run m England; during 190,1, only i7l events were deeded over a gieater disiance than one mile. — Annoyed, the pomfied v inner of the Takalitmii llacing Club Handicap, was sold as a yesuhrg under the hammer at 7g«.

— Tugela and Soutlierly Buster aie liable to be reiiano capped fo^. then engagemonts on the firbt dry of the Tuapeku meeting.

—At B<.lmont Paik (W .A.) cluiing a dry's racing thiee of the iac^s on the caid were won by s'.ort heads and ai.cthei by a neck.

— Reports fiom iho north state that it is feared that the piomising two-year-old filly Albufera has bioken down permanently.

— Messrs J. Ro3s and F. Carter, two of the stcv. aids of the Fo^bury Park Ricing Club, were present at the 2Caseby meeting.

— Aissnal, the Melbourne Cup winner of 1886, recently changed hands at a figure somewhere in the neighbourhood of £30.

— The Mentcne (Victor.a.) stewards recently fined an owner £25 for usirjf?- abusive language and insulting the olub's handicapper.

— Mr F. Cartel, who purchased the gelding Gunshot at the M.J.C. meeting, reso.d him again at an advance on the price pmrt. — Umbra, three years, by Clanranald — Black Cloud, has been puicha&ed by a Southlander from Sir George Clifford, and has been brought south.

— Bulawayo has smartened up and improved all round m looks of late. He looked veiy healthy and well at Naseby when he scored in the Cap.

— The number of races for two-year-olds ill Errand last season was 460, cr a little more than ot.e-fourth of the total number of rnces decided

— The handicaps foi the Gieat Easter and Great Autumn Hfn-dicaps, which are a favounte combiration for doubla betting, are du^ on the 19th of March.

— The trotters Georgie ~\l , Geneial Pet, and Lieutenant J. have arrived, a.-id will complete then pieparations for the forthcoming Tahuaa Paik meeting o.i the- local tracks. — Kremlin, Flower o' Clutha, and Blazer have left foi Cliristchurch to take part in the C.J.C. midsummer meeting, and the former should he hard to beit in his races.

— The Phaeton mare Phryne, who paid £19 183 jn the Farewell Handicap at Naseby. ran consistently throughout the meeti.ng, and filled a place in each of her previous efforts. — Apparently all hope of landing a good stake with Mcii="hikoff s sister Stepclanccr has not baen abandoned, as she figures amorgst those engaged m the Grpat Autumn Handicap. — The country h?ck Kremlin has been entered for the Greprt Easter Handicap. The Slepmak gelding should lun well m some of his engagements at the C.J.C. midsummer

meeting. — Qu.igga, the wei.-bicd son of Gipsy Grand and Cie3t (dam ot JCiiuwayo), was amongst the starters at N^ssby, and ran well under difficulties. He should pay his way in the pony ranks. — Cerise and Blr.e, the =oa of L^keshell and B 'comer, who up to date has failed to earn c'istibcuol oa tac ttuf, fi o iuss amongst the entries for the Great F.astei -and Cucat Autumn Hund-caus. — Ko eal, tlic Itosa'md celt who played such a pionnneat part at the jpfat Cup meeting, bus been entered for ths Cheat Easter Handicap, but does not claim an engagement in x.he Great Autumn. — The New York speedway cost over a million uounds, extends over two miles and threequarter*, mid 10 to 20 men are busy at work with five teams of hoises all the year around keeping it in older. — In this year's English Derby a recent payment reduced the original entry of 269 to 109. Of this number America supplies seven nominations, xUistraha two, Ireland two, Hungary one, and France 10. —It is said that IOOOrs was paid for the Soult pony Sonica, who was lecently shipped tc India. The kidc buyer offered 5000gs for F J.A., the ponifi^d winner of the last V.R.C. Dei by, but the offer was refused. — Cajolery, the ton of Apremont and Flattery (dam of Musketry), has not had many _ representatives on tho Uuf, but judging by the j way 'ome of hus stock shape he wou.d get race- . hoisrs it mnled with feiivUble mare.=. — Mi (r. G. Stead's Er.ghsli colt Martian, t le pon of MjuLigon (Vioth^r m V.cod to Ormonde) and ti>e S'lecs msue Otteid«n, has been engaged m tiis C..T C. Greit Ea>ter and Aiuuraa | Harchoaps. l!.rti;m was bred to- Engasa uime aiid ioa'.pd in 1001. , -, . .i — Under the new conditions attached to the j Er^hsh Derby geldings w-ill bs debarred from the* race ior the first time. The nearest ap- j prcauh to a geldi^r winning the race was when : Curzon was defeated by three part 3of a length • by S.r Visto in ISSS. — Moutere, the Del Ppso gelding, who was the wmner of the Mile-ar.d-fi-hplf. Tiot on the second clay of the AEamotoLo meeting, is a full-brother to George L, and a half-brother to The Wizard, who was a well-known performer both as gallopei and tiotter. _T. Burns, a well-known rider >f a ic-w yea^3 bi<.k, but who has not been very prominent .n the saddle lately, had a winning turn at N?,&eby lpst week, by getting home on Phryr-e m the' Farewell Handicap, who paad a dividend of £19 18s m a field of four. — King of Trumps, the seven-year-old fullbrother to Flower o' Clutha, changed ownerslwp at the .conclusion of the Naseby meeting at a price said to be £*5. The gelding has a, reputation for possessing the gift of going, but last week he looked "L ght and sta^.

— When the well-known trainer J. Wird (who has been m a bad state of health for some time) arrived at Naseby last week wuth the mare St. Elma, to take part in the M.J.C. meeting, he had to become an inmate of the locul hospital, where he now lies in a precarious condition.

— On the concluding' clay of the Newmaiket Steeplechase meeting the Duke of Portland's Caibine horse Msinnhcli2r (who used to ret as pacemaker to William 111 in most of tho la+ter"s raced) won a two-mile steeplechase, aiicJ is spoken of a-s a promising candidate (or tlie Liveinool cross-ccuntiy blue ribbon.

— A follower of r-cirg who attended the Mamotoio meeting last week backed evcrv winner on the two clays' cards, pnd m one of the trotVng events wer>t one better by backing the first and second horses, who both paid dividends. Several other punters located many wmneis, and came avay on excellent term 3 with themselves.

—Mr R. M'Skimmng, the starter at the M.J C meeting, wns -\ r ry successful in getting bis fields away from the mark on even termi, but was over-anxious +o make Ihp horses stand on, "chalk nisvrW when at the tppes. H s patience, however, was rewarded and if one or two horses appeared to be left the fau't did not lie with the s'.aTtpr.

— With a fve yoms' disqualification tac-Vd on to him. Patron was an exti ripely cleai horse at the £36 paid for him "by Sir F." Carmichacl

I after the <;. d..ij .„ c , ;'-,j .Si '^'.g i\ace aii ' 2>a^cby, biit .'.iMuiiij; to l^po.t ii^v^ u\\r.&r of ilc hoi' 2 ij-c'v^d lnai x^ieii he cow .e<l Soathcrly Uu-. er, iwd n-, n.co\ei^u li.t, ordinal oiitliiy.

— Plpjbill, a ha!f-b' other by Gdltee sir-s itenda! to the clef a u.t Castor, jS oa Ins way out from Eng.L-.nd to join ihe Ddd.esujr <.ttid, (N S.W.). The other I'cises being impcrtsd by th? sane ownr are Lucan, a hvc-yeji-o d eoa of St. Florin (Arc! Patrick-, sire) a. d tho MacaioM niiie Sleeping Jieau'y, and U'ce, a son of St. Serf and tue Hampton mare Wedd ng Bell.

— The following aie the draweis cf paced hoises m 1\ ttersall's No. 1 Coi. citation on. the Launceston Cap, s'J,lmo, at ss, Hilly subscribed! —Fust, Southern Cioss, Beit Jones, Me unt Moigan, £40Uu, second. Timbrel, Cro*e, Ciane, and Co.. (irahnmsiown, Adelong, New fcouth "Wales, £1250, thu-J, Xapibundum. Tiarni Sjndictte, care E. J. Tear.c, Zcehan, Tasn^ama, £7oQ. Too amounts rrc net.

— Just before the last trail left the wellIt! own Victorian tiauier James Scobie met witU a serious accident, by which h.s right cellar bone eneb lett thirh woie Lioken. Scob.a was oriv.ng in a bu^gy, whtn the hoise boiled, pncl in endeavour. i'c, to puH up the lunawny one of the imns bi'-.ke. Y'hTst attemptir^ to ri'co^er the bioken lue Srob-e fell out, and the wl.cch of the trap p.'ssed over him

— Tu^e'a, the w.nner of the nri-cipal handicap on the second day of the I'.r.J.C meeting, is a mne-year-old daughter of Mpnuwariui (Sonuius — Y^airuareka.), out of the Louis d Or mare Lignite. Lotus dOr wns a half-biothT ta Spade Guinea. Apiopos, SJvermprk, an-d Merrie England, whose dam (.Rupee) wps the daughter of Dollar, one of the most successful hoi<-es that has been at the stud in France.

H. Goodman, the we "-known trainer, who has been close'y identifi ~* with the ?port here for o^-er 40 yeais, left j t,si<;rday for Wellington to take charge of ill R. Paterson's team at the Kutt. According to present airangements, the position is not a permajient one, but his many friend 3 will be pleased to hear that hs has at ir-st been afroided an opportunity of breaking the long spell of ill-luck which, has per^istentlv stick to him in recent years.

— The We'Jington Ricing Club contemplate buying some land at the back of then track, and shifting thp stancl=? and saddMng pa-ddock to that part of the couree. It is also intended to extend the rai'way on to the ground, which, is an idea that is sure to meet with the anpioval of thenr patrons. In the event of ths cub being able to pmchase the land sought after, the club, it is said, would be in a position, to exclude bookmaker fioi-i the'- course.

— Ihe acceptance? 'or ihe Tuapeka meeting: are not yet due, and, owing io the ifact that se-veral horses who claim engagements at the meeting are ]i abe to be rebandicapped, or have incurred penalties, the original handicaps for the fii3t djiy are practccally nu. lifted by lecent form. It would hai'e been more satisfactory to have deferred the appearance of the weights until the conclusion of the Tapaiui meeting, if not until after the Naseby gathering.

— During the Paris racing season of 1903 the cum of £9.600,000 wt>s put through the parimutue'. The Government deduct 7J per cent, from the total and di-id-- it &3 follows: —One per cent. (£05,000) to the State foi the encotvrajemer.t of lioise-broedmg ; 2 per cent, to the A*:-is J ii>nce Publiqus, or peer law authority; \ v>er cut. to poor par shes for additional varks to provide- them with a water supply; and 4 per cent. (£334,000) to the racecourse societies for excensf-s.

—Of a lotal of 1705 races run in Erg.and dur'ng the 1903^ sreson, 627 were run over five and six furious : 229 over six and under eight furlongs ; 305 at one mile ; 444 over a mile and■uuder two; 30 over two miles ant? under three. In Ireland, out of a total of 318 events. 77 were lun over five and under six furlongs; 56 were lun over six and under eight furio^grs ; 40 over eight furlongs; 70 over one mile and if-der two; 61 over two miles ar,d under three, one over three miles and und-er four; and one over four miles.

— The Palrnsrstoii Jookey Club's inquiries into the lunmng of the Novel Race on their programme at the last mesting cc the club was brought to a conclusion last week, when. John O'Connell was disqualified for 10 years, James O'Connell and R. Riddle for five years, and the horses Flossie, Patron, and Saladin for five years , whilst E. M'Lean received a oneyear disqualification, and L. Llcyd's previous punishment of two years was aKcvid to stand. R. Riddle, the owner of the winner, has apparently come, out the worst of the "ot, but probably the chib hai substantial grounds for infiicbing this punishment.

—J. Blythe, who rode Bulawayo in the Naseby Cup, is one of the latest additions to the list of crouch riders. At present it cannot be said that he is capable of assisting bis mounts a great deal, and if bad hor3ema.nship could have lost the race Bulawayo wou'd not have earned his latest winning bracket; but tha Cre«t gelding had a good deal m hand, as after running wide rt each turn he won full of running. Blythe is, however, stii] young, and being no more or less dangsrous m a field than other ciouchers, he will piobab'y h=> made a hor&eman some day if he does cot meet with disaster during th:\ process. — After Prircs Lyon had won the Amateur Plato with 12.10 at the Sydney Turf Club'? a^mveraajy meeting, his owner, Mr D. C. Baylor, was asked b\ the A.J.C. stipendiary stewards tb explain the performance of the hoxse a fortnight previously at Rosehill, vi here he had run =ocond m the Parramatta Mi .a to Firewater, whom he ba-d allowed to get &o long a break that it was inrposs.bie to catch him. At that time a lot of grumbling was lrduV? 1 m at ro notice bei'ig taken by tha Rosehill stewards, and judge-f by the horse's later form there mti*t have been omnle grcurcls for the complaints. The explanation giver, by Mr Nay lor was not deemed satisfactory, and the stew aids disqualified the owner, the hcr,e, and "E. Fieher, the jockey who lode him pt Rosehill, fot two years.

— The winnings of owners whose horaes lace over hurdles and across country in France run into figures which should make Australasian cwi.ers look with longing eyes to that nart of the woild. L-ast year the bst vas headed by M. Laenait, whose horses won £17,503 during the season, and his total winnings during the la<=t seven years amount to no less than £111.000. M. Lrienart's mio^t successful year was m 1901 when he earmtred £24.500 m stakes.

— The Aiiteuil Steeplechase Societj (France) gives an annual premium of £600 and a handsome pieca of plp.+e to the owner of the siallica whf~'?e progeny hnve won the most money in steeplechases and HirrVe races. Last }'enr ihe premium was won by St. B-amien, a »on of St Simon, whns^ stck won -C 12,450 The thud horse on the hst vp-s Simouian, another so'i of St. Simon, whose stock won close on £10,000 over fences, whilst th"V also captured £0300 on the flft.

— Ixu^ning ho""spg out of co' rl.t'on h««! become such a coromo'i occtiTence that the prpct.ce -,i tolerated w'thout rlcmtu- (remarks tha MpT^rurnc Sportsmpn). ~Xc-vq the less it is aa evil thp.t ran avd oiif-ht to be, to some extent, regulated. It is a pocu'nr tlurg that thore a-'j owi er- who wonikl m o t dream of "otonwi"r" one of their ho.s°s in the nccepioc! sersf, b'lt *boy c"to not at Ibe s.ttoo time, coneidor it a t)rr-cn--sion {.-. allow tlio.r iepic=oulatn r=? to ca-'y tlirir co' ini =i while ( h« amnii'^ aic sN l ' i.ni- f rom icv'y to do them-<A^ ir^tice. Th's. to &i" th" I'ist of it. i" lnihe- inconsistent. It is quhc probable that in man?

isses no harm is meant by cr coires of giving a horse a public outing while he is still unfit to back, but it is to be feared that this is a method often adopted to put tho haridicappsr off his guard. And, unfortunately, the ruse too often succeeds. E\en vnen nothing of the sort is mtorded, cr even thought of, it ;s not a spoitsm'anlikc action to start a fat horse.