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IN A NUTSHELL.

— Mr C. de S. T-eschemaker. the owner oi : Bulawayo. Hemlock, and others, is at present : in England. i — AiJsa ran badly in' her rares at Riccarton. and looked much lighter than when she \ was trained at Wingsitui. — Black Reynard badly injured one of hia legs whilst schooling at Riccarton. and wca not seen out at the meeting. — Hydrant looked w-ell and gave a good display in the Na-tianal Hurdles, but had to be Content with second honours. — Phaetontis, the hero of thi3 year's National Steeplechase, was bred by Mr J. C. N. Grigg at the Lcngbeach Stud. — The Canterbmy J.C. distributed JE5020 in stakes over thp National meeting, and this sum vris shared Jiy 42 owners. — The mm of A's2 077 was passed throu™h tho tote at Riccaiton l;:st week, as compared with £44.584 haudlsd at last year's lneetmfr. — Welbeck had his broken fctlcck set in piaster of Pans bandage, and an effort is to be made to save the horss for sfcud jjurpoc-s 0 . — Zetland looked well to tile eye when );e I tras stripped last week; but judging by his 1 showing 9he is not at home under weiter weight". — The well-known trotting stallion Geo. M. Patchen, the sire of Ideutenant J.. will probab'y travel in the Qore district this season. 1 — The trainer and rider of Phaetontis were laid a hundred to nothmjr [n addition to their ! ordinary percentage about the horse's cbance I in the Steeples. I — Wallace is liaiiteJ to 20 public mares at lOOgs each, and at latest advices irom Melbourne the son of Curbine bad 18 of the number booked to him. — There weie some good types of hunters seen out at Riccartoi' .n-t week, and in many cases they looked well iin to weight and showed a faiily good turn or sped. — Maiijess ran throe t/ood races at Riocar- ! tun last weak, a:id it he retains his form should get amongst th" winning list Leioro tlie season gets n.uch oldsr. — The many friends and acquaintances of the well-known trairrr, Stewart Wadde'l, wore pleased to see that popular 'Heritor having a winning Inrn with his hor^- 5 ". — Stronghold made Ins d?hut p.s a hurdler last week, but lie wiil require a good deal more experience before he gr.u.s a winning bracket over the- small sticks. — Nocus was a mueh-adinired hoise at Riccarton, and no dtoubt he is a splendid typo of horse, and if put to the business should make a gcod horse over country. — Comfort moved along the back stretch as if he were going to have something to say in the finish of tho National Hurdles, fcait he died away aftex^ turning for home. — Grand Stand looked very well when stripped at Riccarton, and although he ran a couple s of good races, they were uofc good enough 'to get him in the' money. — Kllerton, the son of Seaton Delaval and tbe Trenton mare Kllerslie, showed a bit of [ pace in. his races last wek, but was doubly | handicapped by being a bad beginn-er. | — Maiiarofl stripped well last wee*, but although he has previously shown that be _s at home in soft going lie faKed to get prominent at the business end of his races. — A good ciit of a mare that got amongst the winners at Riccartou last week was Aqua jxegia, a daughter of the Americaai-bred hor^e Sa.vandan, who was imported to Auckland in 1901 ■ — Sona« of the fencers seen out at Riccarton last week looked big and strong enough to pull a dray, but in some cases they merely pulled some coin out of the pockets of their '. f i iend I*.1 *. — Only ono fielder, who was betting «traj|2ftjt-oii-t prices, clonxiecl tU-o te-fctveg- fcra^" at Riocaj'ton, and h» was arrested and subsequently admitted to bail on the second day of the meeting. — Crichtoii has come on since he has been in commission, and his- colours were fairly ■ prominent in one of his races at Riccarton, but he is not forward enough at present to score at headquarters. | — Three horses in Welbeck, Bulawayo, and Teretonga are amongst the horses handicapped in the New Zealand Cup. The last-named is dead, and it is extremely improbable the others wi'.l ever race a^air,. — The O rand National winner Cuiragno was bred by Messrs R. and R. Duder, and ' was got by Cuirass.er out of phe Nelson mare Lady Agues, a daughter of the imported Rosicrucian ware Sister Agn^s. — F. Howard stole a bit of ground when • riding Kiatcre in the Beaufort Steep'es. He , cut off the la«t corner m clever ptyle, and \ the grou'.d saved materially helped him to | beat Phaetontis in the run home. j — Mr T. Mortim«r has purchased the stallion Roljert Macarthy. the son of Robinson Crusoe anr] Be3*ie Macarthy, and the horse will probably bo placed at the disposal of j Southland breeuos this season. j — Judging by ilie way Shrapnel beat Cuis- ( agno in the Junipers' Flat Race the Workman gelding wou.d have been a moie reha.ble horse than his stable companion Kremlin to start in the National Hurdle?. — Flaying, the half-brother to the well-known sprinter Chivalry, won the Lincoln Steeples in good style on Saturday, and had to keep siu-h useful sort% as Slow Tom and Pipi at bay in the iuii from the last fence. — The Southland hor»e Black ""Friar made no race of the Hunters' Plate nhen once the field turned for home, and no doubt some of tho moTiey won »ver the race will find its way to come of tha i-cti'lieni meetings to be held during the year — Jolly Koger has improved considerably in looks since he joined F Holnves's stable. He has filled out, and is not nearly ko angular as when ho was Peen in public last season, and it is evident that he is staying better than formerly —Mr St. John lii\<',i'cy topped the h->t of winning- owners at the National nieetu g with i'7so to his credit which amount was garnered by Fhap'ontis's win in the Nation.il Steep'c-s and 'us second in the Beaufort Steeple* — A promising colt hy Pallas from Greek j Maid is in work at Riccarton, and i« attracting attention to the horse's capabilities as a sire Pallas wi"? a very brilliant hor»e, and should do well at the s»tud. a-s he is ptoutly bicd and a "good looker." j — King's Guest, the son of Bill of Portland and Madowla, was bcoked to race at Riccarton !ast week, but injured oup of his fetlocks whilst being shipped i<> ■•ih© meting. an 1 it is pmongpt the popgibi'it »s that he will take up stud du*ip<s this sea-on — Rananu. who wps- fancier] in «ome quarters for b->th tlie Xi.tions'l Hteep'e= and Hurd'os, is probably the chanrpioii hollcw-backprl equi'if in Au«tra'a»ia^ and has to be ridden with, » !

r- specially-constructed- pad to fill up the valley- •, like dip which is behind his withers. - — Cuiragno and Phaetontia are trained by two t, brothers, and, strange to say, neither of them ', bad tlie hcr?es coiipled for their races last 1 j week. Af t-er this it is evidently not true tshatu :, trainers put their heads togeth-er, even when 0 , they miglit reasonably be expect-ed to do so. 0 — A splendid finish was witnessed in tha Islington. Handicap, in -which Lyrist, Ellerton. and Waikato flashed pa«t the post almost, in line. M'Combe rode a not-to-he-denied finish on the Hon. J. D. Ormond's hoiae, and gained the judge's eye by a. narrow margin. — Judging by results the brush -fence in t fiont of the Riccarton stand is more cl«it gieous than any oiier fence on the course. | This is probably because a. horse thinks he - ! is jumping a brufh fenje, but finds that it 3 ' i^. solid post and rails disguis«<l with brush. — Bnlawayo broke down badly last week, s ' and it will be some timej if ever, before he ; sports silk agaan-. He was wed out in fronft and going well when his lej- colltipsed, and had all gone well he wou'd hay« proved the j Winner of the Islington Handicap instead of i Lyrist. . ' —MrJ. R. Mackenzie has decided to piaco ; i-'alias at. the disposal of Canterbury breedersI this season, and seveTal m»res arc already \ ' booked to tho hors*. Pallas is lea-ving [ good stock, and an offer of ovpr QOOjs was ■ rofused for a two-year-oid colt by him oni t ' of Greek Maid. 1 | — Cu't'ositv <znve Rieeartnn.ijr;3 a- fas;? of t his speed \vhe>i he- bolted out in front oi the , i field he met m the Summer HandSfap. He i travelled along- at a great r-»tp, but was in> ,' trouble at pe\en furlongs, and at present h« . rould be moie relied upon to show speed than. . to get over a journsy. — The National winner, Phaetcicti"', was put under ttie lianirii-er on Monday, with a. i :oserv9 of 3Oogs. on him, but w*s p«L=se<l at 270gs. The sou of Phaeton had lightened up a bit. as a result of the two solid races i be ran last week, but appeared bright and i fresh fitter his exertions. — The English-brad coll Gazeley, the imported son of Grey Le? and Lygia, w*s much admired on the first day of the National meeting, and wen h-m "ra.ee in good , stj'le. His dam is a gran<7-d-u>ghtor nf Isononiy, whilst his sire is cv' of a Bend Or mare and got by Pepper and ",ait — Mr R. Patterson, the owner of Solution, loaves for Australia in the near future in order to =cc his marc raca m the Commawealth. Solution is a big f.moy for the Kpsom Handicap, but up to date it is under-fct-.iod that hrv owner has rot invested a cepppr on hor cliance in the wc^ — Duung the National meeting 3- flight of hurdles was left standing on the back of the course while a fiat ra^ce was being run. This did not mtertore with tba race, which was o-'er » six-furlong course; but had some of tha lied taken it into their heads to bolt the wrong wsy there would have been trouble. — Prospector's display in the Trial Hurdles gained him a host of friends for his National chance, but Cuiragno carried too many guns for him when they met in that race. In the Sydenham Hurdles the Gold Beef gelding turned tlie tab.es in good style oa his Natioa»l victor when the latter was a'tt«mptinc to give him 131b. — The form of <tho hurdlers at RLec»rtor\ was fsiirTy consistent, as Prospector, Faio, and Sa-r^ donyx. a> trio which filled 4 the places in th» Trial Hurdles, were aub^equently seen again as winners, whilst Prospector gfeined a. place in the Nationa/1, in addition, to his dual win. Cuiragno was once third and once second, in addition to his National victory. —J. M'Oregor, who rode Welbeck in the Final Hurdles, stated that tlie horse broke his fetlock before ri«ing at the last fence-. He felt the horse go, but was under the impression that he had only struck himself, so that poor o'd Welbeck rose at his last fence with thivo logs, and then struggled on with , remarkable gameness to gain a place in his lar-e. -- lied Gauntlet proved he is far from fc^ing a back number by the corrvincing way he strode horoa in the Selwyn Handicap. The # outline of his front legs is not quite as . Nature made them, but the son. of Lochiet races soundly enough, and ho should be heard from again during the seaeoß, as- he gars arapTe evwier.ee that- ho still c&takiaa a goo& deal o£ his well-known brilliancy. — Mr H. Piper did not lose his happyknack of getting his fields well in line for the start of their races during the short vacation. . which occurs in our racing calendar, and his despatches were -well up to his weU-knovm high standard. The start for the Whiter Cup [ was a splendid effort, and tbe 22 horses moved off as if worked by machinery, but naturally it did not take long for the hares a;:<! tortoises to seperate. Pipi wag fOTlnd to be favourite when the machines closed on the National Steeplechase, but although he gave a gall ant display the going wa3 dead against his chajice. No <Joub6 I many siipported "him. under the belief tfca-fc with a. light weight and heavy going to act ' in he was good business, but those who know the old fellow best gave him. a good chunco with a firm track, but were very dubious about his chance iv t.ie mud. — Some of those who have purchased horses out of tha Hon. Geo. M'Lean'a stable have made p,ood bargains occasionally, and the latest one. in the- shape of Avma-niento, has proved ho is a cut above the ordinary. Annamento has proved a frequent winner since he was fold by his breeder, and should train into something better than he has yet shown, whiltt Rod Gauntlet, Vladmir, and Crichton, are also from the same stable. — A dot; on the tiack is fraught with * lot of danger to a field of horses, and it wan astonishing to note a couple of them wandering about on the infisM at Riccarton. During the race for the Grand National Hurdles a, chance of disaster was momentarily in the air when Cuiragno, who was running in the ian of a close' y-packed field, stumbled over a dog; but fortunately it ended withcut further trouble. — A regulation in use at Riccarton appeaia to have for its effect that no one is allowed on the track once the horses have left the paddock, and this was enforced with absurd rigidity last week when a trainer who«e horse fell in a race was debarred by a stalwart gentleman from going to the assistance of his rider, and also to regain possession of the animal in his charge. Rules should be observed with intelligence, and not in the manner alluded to above. — Welbeck gay« a good display when ha made his appearance in the Final Hurdles, and it was a. matte r oi great regret that he broke his fetlocfc after landing over the last fence, but it was a pity he was started. He had a ba<i cut on the back: tendone of one of his front legs and on© of his hocks did not look very rpassuriiig for hurd'ing purp/ises. Sound and well he wouMI have probaKy proved another Record Reign, bui Fate willed 1 it otherwise, nnd a bad ending ha<? to be recorded to a good-hov-.c — When one sees horses getting badly hurt and alto notes thct the unfortunate animals have to hobblp back t^ their stable as best they tan, it is qu.te cv.dent th»t a. horse ambulance m a much- needed'" thing at Riccrrton Welbatk's iaM «houid be the mean* of attrPtMng th& Riccartcn club's attention

to the fact that sn?h a thing i 3 very necessary, as it was not a pleasing sight to see the game son of Reverie painfully working 'his way home after his disaster in the Final Hurdles.

— One of the most popular racing banners on cur turf is the Bed, Blue, and White of Mr J. Buckley, and the victory of Phaetontis in them was a very popular win ; but it was regrettable that the horse's owner was not present to see the race. Mr Buckley has been seriously iIL but is now on the tnend, and as Tie ones started to the writer that he would ?ooner win tin; National than the New Zealand Cup, the victory ehoald So T»*n more -good than a medicine man's prescription which might be * mile long and a yard wide. — "Kremlin, who was a strong fancy lor tbe National Hurdles, was produced once orly at the meeting, and did not give a very pleasing display on the solitary occasion on which -he sported silk. He looked very well, but moch lighter than when he won the Winter €np*last year, and considerably lighter than, -when he ran in the -Great Easter. The Stepniak gelding -was inclined to fight for his head Tvhen racing over the first mile, but appeared to be ' -well beaten before the home turn was Teached. He jumped well, and on firmer -ground he should live to win on another day. — One of tbe riders who .parted company ■witrh M% saddle during one -of ibt> races decided »t Riccwton -doss not «ntertain a very high opinion -of those who had charge of tlie' ajnbulanco waggon on the- coarse. X appease -be "was a -bit dazed as the result of his 4a.11, *nd lay for some Jittle time oa the ground. The ambulance van came within easy distance of the fallen rider, but on those in charge seeing the prostrate roan rise they whipped around jukl drove away. It would liave .been xuar* humane to have driven up and made inquiry as to whether the rider Tequired assistance, which, indeed, he did, as the unlucky jockey was rather distressed •when he nliixua-teiy reached. th« weighing loom.

—An astonishing thing about Phaeton tis's cha«ce in the Steeple* was that quite a number of people who «re oonsiAereA good judges would smt bay* Mm at any price. Overnight talk oa ifae cv« of ihe xaoe .appeared to be strongly against him, and the critics voted Mm over-trained, wad that -bewould rn)i see the journey cut. In iact, one prominent trainer is -believed to have said that Phaetontis would not complete the first mile in the race, and -nn -even more prominent Canterbury owner expressed * great antipathy to the horse. Phaetontis, however, when he was in the parade,* looked big, bright, And well, and won like a raoefccrse. It is safe to say that Moraghan had the horse better than he was last year; but he was a bit distressed after his second race, when he failed to beat Kiatere at a difference of 7lb.

— There were same flood horsemen seen in the saddle *t the National meeting, and both W. Higgin* and W. Wilson .made no mistakes on the horses entrusted to their pilotage in the National Steeples and Hardies. Higgins broke orders when he went to the front after turning into tb9 back stretch for the last time, anu his judgment wss right, -«« the solid pace he set from that • vi gace his ojiponents no lira© to rectify (heir ai>istakes, but probably assisted in bringing them about. Wilson also found the soft spots in some of the horses which followed Cuiragno .home, but although he was Iceeping the "pace solid he did not appear 1 o be making ~too much u"»e of his horse. F. "Eowaxd, D. Watt, and H. Carr, in addition *-i others, proved themselves v«ry competent horsemen, and it is a wonder "the last-named tlopa not visit tbe North Island, where has services would no doubt be eagerly sought « after. Amongst th-.se who wore riding "across tho flat," J. M'Combe stood out, and his hosretnaaship. particularly his finish on Lyrist.s was tbe Bubject of a good denl of favourable comment amongst the sports at the meeting.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2736, 22 August 1906, Page 50

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IN A NUTSHELL. Otago Witness, Issue 2736, 22 August 1906, Page 50

IN A NUTSHELL. Otago Witness, Issue 2736, 22 August 1906, Page 50

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