IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2677, 5 July 1905, Page 50

IN A NUTSHELL.

— C Jenkins Has ridden 87 winners this season.

—Mr James Jeffs has sold Ostiak to a. southern buyer. — The death, is reported of tho King Cole gelding Avenue. — The Hon. J. D. Ormond has 12 rising two-year-olds in work.

— There are over 50 brood mares in the Hon. J. D. Onnond's stud paddocks.

— The V.R.C. sub-committee has been engaged revising the rules of racing.

— PhnctoDtia is booked 1 to take part in the. Wellington Racing Club's winter meeting.

— The annual meeting of the Dunediu Jockey Club will be held on Monday, July 10

— Convoy has been a source of -trouble to his trainer lately owing to going lame in on© of his sKoulders.

—In South Africa several of the racing clubs have decided upon confining speculation to the totalisator.

— A Sydney message states that Gold&n Knight has been scratched for the Metropolitan Handicap.

— It is understood that C. O'Neill will ride Slow Tom and The Mohican at the C.J.C. Grand National meeting.

—It is reported that Trumpery was withdrawn from the New Zealand Cup on account of the daughter of Dreadnought going amiss. —Mr kj. G. Stead has engaged Seal Rook (San Francisco — Miss Gladys) and Hua-sca-r (Hotchkiss— St. Elyn) in the A.J.C. Derby of 1900.

— The Carbine hor&e Dundonald, who cost £2000 for South Africa, and was a comparative failure in that country, has gone to the stud.

— Two "Wingatui colts in Tartar (Stepniak — Miss Betty) and Moudjik (Stepniak — Yatiltress) have been nominated for the Wellington St. Leger. — A Melbourne cable states 1 that Syringahas not appeared on the tracKS this week, though it is understood he ie getting along satisfactorily.

— York, the winner of the V.E.C. Grand National Hurdles, is by T-o-stig out of Conclusion, a, daughter of NordenfeJdt's brother Ennlade.

• — Melodeon and Starshoot, who have been having three months' rest on Mr E. J. "Watt's station, are to be put in hand again in the near futvue.

— Slow Tom has been backed for the National Steeples during the past week in doubles with The Mohican, Gclden Comb, aaid Handsome Rose.

— Street Arab, who won the Sydney Cup in 1903, but who since has been a. rank failure, was successful recently in a Welter Mile at Canterbury Park (N.S.W.).

— Every hanchcapper who has- been prominent sir "6 racing began has made what was deemed mistakes, and the man that never made a mistake never made anything else.

— The well-known southern sportsman Mr T. Ketl passed through Dunedin last week on a visit to Rotorua. His companion de voyage is Mr J. Loughhn, tho well-known inetallician.

— The Hauf Brion — Rtifine colt Fontenoy, who showed winning form last week. 3s trained by our old Dunedin friend Harry Jackson. Rufine, the dam of Fontenoy, is a, daughter of Abercorn.

— It has been decided, when publishing in th« Racing Calendar the names 1 of the jockeys licensed by the V.R.C. for the ensiling season, to include the approximate weight at which, each can ride.

— Latest advices from England state that the Manchester Cup, of £3000, was won by Mr R. H. Henning's Airship, by Ayrshire. Airship won six races last year. He is trained by J. E-. Brewer.

— Amongst Lbose who have been supported for the New Zealaud Cup during the past week are Nightfall, Sir Tristram, Achilles, Joa GhsinLerlain, Thunderer, Beau Seaton, Lyiist, and De la Rev.

— A book copy of the Australasian Jockey Club's programme for coming events, together with ent-ries for some of the principal classics to be decided at Randwick, is to hand, and acknowledged with thanks.

— Agnostic, who won the Trial Handicap at tha KalgoorUe meeting, paid a divielent in the tot&lisator of £89 4s for £1 invested, and on the concluding day of the meeting Minilyaboy, the- winer of the Kambalhe Hurdle race, returned £95 12a

— Two English-bred colts are being handled at Randwick by Earnshaw. One is by Melton from La Petite Duchess, and the other by Martagon from Red Cross, by Ladas. They are both the property of Mr W. Brown. — One of Lancaster's stock named Maid of Lancaster ran second at the Cantssbury Park (Sydney) meeting recently. Lancaster is a brother to Siege Gun, and a close relation of Havoc, Cuirassier, Niagara, and Trenton.

— The following horses were recently shipped to India' — Long ±om, a two-year-old filly by Haut Brion from Crimson a-nd White, Lieutenant Bill, Baritone, Silver, Manlock, Regio. Lamrock, Abington, and Munderah.

— Amongst the southern horses which ar» expected to journey up to Wellington ar« Pbaetontis, De la Rcy, Tessera. Mango. Rongoa, Wet Blanket, Tupara, Taxpayer, and Canniel Chiel. Blythemaid may also make the trip.

— Fontenoy, the three-year-old son of Haut Bnon and Rufine, who has been winning lately up north, was purchased in Australia by his present owner, Mr G. F. Moore, for 70gs, at tha sale of the Wilton Park yearlings in 1903. — Prior to disposing of Cyllene, Mr Rose stipulated that that horse should remain in Englsuid for three years. Mr Bass readily agreed, and, furthermore, added that, so far a-s he was concerned, Cyllene would remain in England altogether. — Golden Comb, -who has been mentioned in the market reports as receiving support {or the National Hurdles, is a son of Gold Reef — Lorelei, Hie dam of Noyade, whose daughter. Nadador, scored last week in the Napier Steeplechase. —Mr Matthew Laird, a. Queensland sportsman, who races under the name of "Mr J. Douglas," lias decided to start a stud farni, and with this object in view recently purchased th-3 Kemp Park es-tate. consisting of 1500 acres, s>t Glen lanes, N.B.W. — The total of 326 entries was received for 13 of the general events of the Y.R.C. Grand National meeting, as aginst 259 last year. Tha chief increase is in the two-year-old event and the Braybrook Handicap. Machine Gun is entered for two events.

— Gold Reef, whose stock bob up occasionpi] y as winners, was inrpoated by Mr J. O. Hay ward, who also brought Soult out from England Gold: Reef is a, beautifully bred horse, as he was got by Bend Or out of the Rosicrucian mare Crucible.

— A storm has been raging at Launceston as to the correctness of a statement made by Mr Gibson, M.H.A., that between £60,090 and £70,000 would be received from Tattersali's in 1905. It is contended that the amount will not go much more than £40,000.

— Trumpery is reported to be going to England , she is reported to have been withdrawn from the New Zealand Cup owinp to having broken down, and she is also reported as having been supported for the Grand National Hurdles. Why all this Trumpery, or is it only tiumpeiy f

— The Eklerslie stud matron Madder haa b?en a, good producer of winning stock, as Madrigal, Roso Msdder, and Rubin, are her thice first- fnals. Her yearling which was put up at the last annual sale of the stud 1 stock made 35Qgs, and was purchased by Mr G. Hunter.

—Mr D. J Price has arranged with Mr A. D. Playfair to take Ribbonwood for a term, and it is very likely that the son of Wildwood will be seen on the track again before long. Price is anxious to make a, match, and has issued" a challenge to trot any horse in Australasia for £500 n-side.

—At a reoent sa'e of polo ponies at Tattersall's well-known establishment, KnightstoTidge, England, three of these ponies realised 200, 300, and 400 guineas respectively. Breeding polo ponies for sale is evidently a paying industry in England, particularly when it is known that they are expert at their business.

— The Napier Park meeting was a prohibition gathering, but several of tibe club's patrons are reported to have taken more liquid refreshment than was judicious. In fact, on th.o second day the stewards substituted one jockey for another .in a hurdle race, probably because they deemed ths unseated rider had taken too much jumping powder.

— Just before the mail left some of the Australia pencillers were offering to do business on the Grand Nationals at 1000 to 4, and at that price over £-2500 was available. The popular picks in the Hurdle Race were Herd Laddie, Transport, Probus, The Wizard, and Adjuster: and for the Steep 'echase Cardinal, Laruond 1 , Syringa, and the General.

— The well-known Australian sportsman Dr State, who has raced horses on th& trotting' track in New Zealand, recently met with a serious accident whilst exercising the trotting mare Juliet, who fell and rolled over the driver. The doctor, when picked up, was found to be unconscious, ana suffering from concussion of the brains, but at latest advices was improving.

— They have a stagey way of doing things in some parts of Australia, as, following its custom, for some years, the Adelaide Hunt Club has accepted the invitation of the Port Adelaide Racing Club to finish the hunt on the Cheltenham Park Racecourse. The redcoats were to arrive just before the Steeplechase, and afterwards be entertained in theluncheon room by the committee.

— The Indian Government spend upwards of £200,000- annually in Australia in procuring reniounts. Last year about 4000 horses were shipped at a cost of £45 per head, and, ac-' cording to latest advices, Australia was in" danger of losing a goodly share of the trade because they could, not fulfil requirements, and test shipments are now being sent from Canada, Humgary, and Argentina. — In future all betting books used by bookmakers in West Australia must first be stamped by the W.A T.C., and upon each page must be clearly shown the place of meeting, and the date upon which such page was usedAnother order issued is that should bookmakers ply their calling at places other than registered race meetings, they must remove the words "Registered W.A.T.C." from their bags. — Nadaclor, who somewhat luckily won tha Napier Park Steeplechase last week, sccTecl twice over hurdles and once- over country lest season. She is a well-bred mare, as her sire. El Draque, is a son of Dreadnought and tho Musket— Lovebird mare Falconet, and her dam Noyade, was got by Lord of the Isleg fiom Lorelei, who was by Leolinus from- ther Traduce* mare Naiad, a sister to Lurline anel Le Laup. The London Sportsman, in referring to Newhaven's departure for Australia, says it is only fair to the Messrs Weatherby, in their capacity of secretaries to the Jockey Club, to make known the fact that +he refusal to admit Newhaven to the Stud Book was not taken withont careful consideration, and that the opinion of leading breeders in England was sought before the momentous decision was come to.

—An English writer, in commenting upon the success of St. Simon horses at the stud, says "Siinonside is making q\ute a success ati the stud in. South America this season, tha principal winning two-year-olds so far being by him. It really seems as though even tha most moderate sons of St. Simon were bound to go up to the top of the tree wherever they are sent. None more moderate than. Simmer (by St. Sitnon out of Dutch Oven) cou"d well be imagined, yet even he has scored a triumph in Australia." — Tho three-year-old Stepnia-k— CoVwe-d gcldr

ing -Stepchild, -who has been in J. Ruttledge's | •htble~*£nce "he was a yearling, was shipped | last week 'to Adelaide to "his owner, Mi J. Tennnnt. 'Stepchild h*s "been a iailure as a 1 racehorse, -lint 'te Tia-s- a bit of pace, 'and would probably do better with more age. If he should fail to -train on in his new home lie will be relegated ftoTitility work on the owner's station, wlier* Evening Wonder is at present following the sheep, etc. — 31-he Son. J. D. Ormond evidently contemplates »U invasion of "Australia, as he .has nominated five of his rising two-year-olds for the AJXJ. ©erby of 1906. The youngsters nominated axe Zimmerman (Birkenhead — Solitaire, by E'iridspord), Cantor (by Birkennead— Guitar, *by (Dreadnought), Idealist (Birkenhead •—Ideal, by Dreadnought), Idacus (Birkenhead — Mount Ida, by Apremont), and Golden Gate (»' '«on of -San .Francisco and Roie, a halfsister to St. Hippo). —It was :announoed a little while back that the Gertine horse Carabine was returning fram liidia^t'o England. However, he did .not reach England, ,dyii^ on the voyage. He was m good performer,' winning, among other races, tiie Chester >Gup, but he was never right after his arrival in India, and did not start for anyrace in that country. He wus~ owned by Mr ~W. Balsa, -who- paid SOQOgs- for him with a view to winning the Ticeroy^s Cup. It -is stated that ■*t3Ee- I horse .was insured for. £3500 at the, time of his death. ' - :—: — Tb* •Australian handicappera are rarely, ff"-eVpr, found- -guilty of meting out lenient treatment, to ivny Now .Zealand horses-who aro entered '-'lot -Australian events. The writer formed ;good.6p'mion oi Golden Knight when thVcon of : AWft made nis debut at Kicoarton, ' Irat *yen tEe colt's most flattering and beat friends -would not .liave^ placed lidm within 3lb of -Mahutonga, the some as the A.J.C. bandieapper lias done. If one of our New Zealand -weight adjusters did such a thing some oi those who ventilate their troubles in print would, b© Batisfied with nothing less than the iandicappef's lead. - — "Doping -and fedug" of dogs was much in evidence -{taring 'the runing of the Waterloo Cup at Root Hill. 'Watchful stewards ana an experienced vet. were .quite unable to compete with the "smart" men who ran the dogs, so ' they just delayed the r slipping till -the effects of the drag 'had fizzled out (says a Sydney paper), .mntTleli; the loaded animals limp and much below 'their regular form. Then the nmnsn changed 'their tactics -juid doped the dogs 'they "wanteff to lose ; and again iell in with % plutik, as 'the dog they wanted to lose more than any other was strong enough to win in spite ;oi tie fact that -he was "crooked." — A handy ilittle booklet containing S.V. , rules, for the New Zealand Cup, ' *nd oth«r *jcace*-~has been issued by Mr J. j Ijbughlia. The feature of the book is that t each horse in the TSiew Zealand Cup ha« a tpoem" attached to it, per example; ."AfwSlogue is -simply a yarn or a .fable. *Dhis horse will ceartainly win if he's able." And, . " . "jCalibra ia -the- boie of a> .gun, He ha* Tun many races, -and many he's won." : T^miscy .» TiOTee basing Each a Jump of dog- 1 ger-al *tacked on ifo his 'Cup .chanca in addi- j tion *>>4he Tiandioappcr's impost. ' —^Theifollowing is one of fhsbeat yarns told in America of how ,a smart man was taken Aown.:— rTJiere Jised, to 'be great times -at the «Id"Beacou track, near Boat Qn, in the -old days, and many a joke went -around, on afternoons after the j»ces. 13iere were all sorte of games going on when little {Reed, an old-time driver, called bo tor his diminutive stature, said to { Dan Mace, "I will .bet you a- lOdol note that I \ can <drive my horse a half-male before you [ can drink* .glass of beer." "Done," said Dan. ; 6o accordingly Reed -went into the clubhouse, ' and brought out -a glass of beer heated red hot. Now, it -takes <a glass of beer a long ■While to cool. Reed jumped into the sulky after handing the beer to San, and drove down the track. Dan threw the beer uway, and called to Reed to stop; that he would pay the bet. — It appears to be a general belief that Pipi was <well beaten when he came down in the iipwke's Bay Steeplechase, and all fhb opinions the writer has read agree on that point. That may he so, but as an interesting matter of fact the fence which proved fatal to the Natator gelding's ohanoe was €he same obstacle wMcb. brought him to grass two years ago, when he went out favourite for the Hawke's JBay Steeplechase, won by Jack o' Lantern. Pipi in the interim has successfully crossed dozens and dozens of fences, but he evidently bus a strong recollection of the , jump -at Hawke's Bay, rs he ■was inclined to shirk the first time | 119 was -sent at it, and thei next time he again went at it in a half-hearted manner, and came down. Pipi is one of the best fencers ever seen In the colony, but his memory can . evidently bring him, dawn at a jump which in the -ordinary course' of events would be negotiated without .an effort. ' — In .France this year Parliament has voted J60.000 towards the encouragement of breeding Itorses, and that it should be in a position to «lo so is due to the revenue derived from the totalisator. Since the machine was legalised in 1891, there has been a great increase of racing in T?rance, as in the year named there tsrere only 277 meetings, giving 650 days' racing, while Jn 1903 .there -weue 892 meetings, and

I discussed M. Ruau, the Minister of Agricul- | ture, said that the Government was able to dispose of 18 millions of francs (£730,000), 10 1 of which were derived from the 4 per cent, levied on the "mutuals," and eight representing the money paid at the gates of the course. Less than 2 per cent, of the turnover at the "mutuals" sufficed to pay expenses, and the balance, with the gate-money, went to increase the sum 3 distributed among owners and as subsidies for provincial gatherings. —Mr Agar Wynne, writing from London on May 19, tells me (say 3 "Terlinga") he and a friend arrived in New York in time for the inauguration of the Belmont Park racecourse. This is the finest course in America — they think it is the finest in the world ; but Mr Wynne does not think it beats Flemington. He admits, however, that the Belmont Park stand is much better than the one at Flemington. It seats 11,000 people, and has a separate part for members, also a number of private boxes. They told Mr Wynne in New York that the Flemington stand would only seat 3000; but Mr Byron Moore tells me the two stands at Flemington seat 80Q0 people. The bookmakers sit in two rows under the stand. They have tables and clefks, just as in an office. The club gets 57d0l "a day for each of the 80 stands, or about .£IOOO a day, Mr "Wynne says. Tne bookmakers do not give you tickets. You give them -the number of your entrance ticket, which they enter against the name. Tf the horse you back wins, you present the ticket and get your money. They hare a straight run of seven furlongs, which is ploughed and harrowed. The fast times surprised Mr Wynne; but he learnt next day , that constant use had made the track against the rails as hard as a metal Toad. There was a steeplechase. The fences are brushed, and easily broken. There is a water jump in front of the stand. Seven of the 11 starters fell, despite the easy jumps. Mr Wynne says most of them were too fat. The mile and mile and a-half tracks are grass, and good. The Belmont Cup, of £3000, resulted in a dead heat. The land and improvements at Belmont Park coat nearly £400,000. The attendance the day Mr Wynne was there waa 40,000. The Tace-card Mr Wynne has sent me is not aa elaborate as ours, "but it gives more information. — The Melbourne police have of late gone to enormous trouble and expense to suppress the betting -shops that have recently sprung up, like Jonah's vegetable, all over city and suburbs. Nearly all are run in tobacconists', hairdressers', or lollie shoos, and the Ikey responsible pays either starting prices (as per daily paper) or tote prices (the div. returned by Wren's Coniugwood tote). Wren is supi posed to finance many of these gambling places (says the Bulletin), they being, it is suspected, i only branches of the his barrioaded establishment that has so long defied the law. To get orer ihe judicial decision that a solitary wager, or even two or three, do not move a place to have been "habitually" used for betting, the notice have for months past been accumulating evidence, themselves making as many as a dozen wagers in each place, and between June 14 and- 28 over 100 occupiers and their assistants will interview the city or suburban I courts about the matter. Three "places," so iar, defy ihe law, and that decrepit entity has as vet discovered no way of getting at them. The conductors of these hax'e formed limited liability companies, and registered themselves under the Companies Act. Learned and expensive lawyers were employed fo draw up the articles of associaiion, and =o far iha'r i position has proved impregnable. Each j company ha 3 a share' register of very nianv ; shares at 2s -eo^h— — to he fully r>a.id up on allotj ment. Directors are regularly elected, a ! manager appointed, and evervthinef is in strict ! commercial order. The "objects" of the coinpnny include "the assistance of horse-racing," "the purchase of racecourses and other properties." and "anything else calculated to advance the intsreats of the members of the company" — which ,latter is wide and large enough to cover almost any object under the sun. These three are nominally genuine public companies, formed for a legal, uwful purpose ; but, in effect, anyone may go in, buy one shaie at 2s, and so become a member of the cmnpany, then pass into the company's back office and ' r a33ist horse-racing."

Messrs Barnktt asd GRA^ TTT T report as follows, subject to market alterations :— tti STEEPLES g The Mohican Trump'ry Regulat'n Waitsr're Hsndit'ine Kose Waiwcra Commonwealth Convoy Greusot, Romeo Lady Hune Rungarawa Inniskillen Comfort Cavalry 0. Gordon Levant lluku Exuioor Tupar* Newtown Sleepwell Wind Durable Woaderful Bagpipes Loc. Option Daredevil Magnificent Outer Baltic Valima ! Repulse Heroism Hydrant j W. Blanket faro Sec. Society Taxpayer Narcissus Taura Morehu lady's Link W. Macgregor Mi nerve Waimata Golden Comb i I ! Slow Tom Xaitere Fbaetontis 50 to 1 66 tol 100 to 1 15) to 1 200 to 1 250 to 1 3JO to 1 "Wuiiwrere Haydn Pipi Nidaflor Ner'-Wfrt CL-mfort 75 tol 100 to 1 200 to 1 250 tol 300 to 1 400 to 1 500 to 1 Euros Crentot Kofcatu IiODgOA ICO io 1 IdO to 1 250 to 1 300 to 1 400 to 1 500 to 1 COO to 1 I I i I Local Option iDßiskiflcm Lurcher Defoe 250 tol 300 tol 400 to 1 500 to 1 600 to 1 TOO to 1 800 to 1 Grand Jury Cath. Gordon Tupara ,' Tc Kohau 300 tol 400 tol 500 tol 600 to 1 700 to 1 800 to 1 1001 to 1 i y KttTCiBSUB Pjktnpmirehe Moreho / M«n»zona 400 to 1 500 tol coo to i 700 to 1 SOO to 1 1000 to 1 10GO to 1