IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 54

IN A NUTSHELL.

— The New Zealand Cup candidate Crlchton has broken down. — Solution is doing very well in her preliminary work at Caulfield. — The New Zealander Swimmer fell ear'y in th« V.R.C. Na.tiona-1 Steeples. — Grand Stand. The Seer, and Straihfillan leave for Riiscarton this week. — During the past week Leeside has come into favoui for the National HuTdles. — The well-known Gorton gelding Rawmore has been sold to a Melbourne buyer. — Seaman ha* earned a- 101b penalty lot the Winter Cup by his victories at Wellington. —In Iceland horsea arc shoa with horn, while in the Soudan they wear socks of camel skin. -At a recent Ascot (Melbourne) meeting a- xider's license was cancelled for careless riding. — Sir George Glifford has been re-elected chairman of the New Zealand Racing Conference. — There is a probability that the Eng.ish Jockey Club will at last give a trial to the ■walk-up start. — Jolly Friar has incurred a 7lb penalty for th« Winter Ctip by hi* brace- of wine at Wellington. I —Mt "Boss" Croker is credited with landin«r £40,000 in beta over Orby's wi» in the Epeom Derby. ' — Prior to leaving for Sydney, Mr J. Loughlia offered JB6OO for Pagritutu, but failed to do any business. — "Follow the money" ia the usual tip when we get on a racecourse. Most of ua do so — and never catch it. — Ben Jonson has incurred a- 10lb penalty for the National Hurdles by hia win. in "the Final Hurdles «t Wellington. — The Turanville Stud (N.S.W.), comprising 12ft brood ma-res and several stallions, is to be under the hammer next month. — Regulation has incurred a 51b penalty for th» National Hurdles. This makes her burden. 10.0 for tii« Riccarton event. — Grand Stand, The 3oe<r. «id S-tra-tfifilla-n F«ave for Rjccmton on Thursday to fulfil their engagement* at the National meeting. — The four Ststest trotting mac** that

ever produced foals are Lou Dillon 1.58J,, Alix 2.3J, Nancy Hanks 2.4, and Sunol 2.8 J. — Lou Milton, the dam of the world's champion trotter Lou Dillon, 1.58J, died in California last month. She wae 26 years old. — The National Hurdle candidate Southern Cross, who won the Jumpers' Flat Handicap at "Wellington, does not incur s peaaity at Riocaxton. — Some lucky ones threw in for a. good win over Orby's Derby success, and early birds- got as much as 40' s to 1 about their pick. —Of the 42 afarters in -the four steeplechases run at the V.B.C. Grand. National meeting 19 fell or failed io get the full course. —We often hear of "good things" at racing, but after all there is only one certainty in connection with the turf. This is its uncertainty. — The motion to debar the issue of dual trainers' and jockeys' licenses to the same person was lost when brought up at the conference. — A Christchurch Press Aaaociation message states that Te Aroha and. N^iaior have been scratched for all enga.genu.~w3 »t the Grand National meeting. — The Derby -winner Oiby has never been rugged except in the depth of winter, and the- top door of his box" always remains open, summer and winter. — Stay boy, who got amongst the winners at Wellington, is a- belt-brother to Muscatel and Sultana, both; of whom have been good winners over country. — Three horses were killed during theV.R.C. Grand- National meeting — Bisl«y on fhe first day, Homa on Wednesday, and Australian on the last day. —If Uie form of' some of the horses seen out »t Wellington is true they will have to improver a good deal before they can have a winning chance at Bieearton. — The New Zealander Lionhe*rt was put under "the hammer at the conclusion of the V R.C. National meeting with a 400-guinea reserve, and was passed at 300gs. — Maniopoto is reported to be^doing good useful work in the North. Island, and at latest accounts- was to be worked at Wanganui. during the next month or two. —Mr R. H. Henning has decided to sell off all his racehorses- in training at Newmarlrefr, England", and his trainer, A. Ferguson, •intends to return to Melbourne. — Good progress has been made with the widening of the Tfuhun« Park track, and when completed' the improvement will no doubt be? much appreciated by owners and trainers. — TEb Trotting Conference delegates threw out the proposal that all trotting dubs should provide one race per day for trotters only. Evidently they are a J>it hobbled in their ideas. — Of the 359 jockeys who were licensed lastyear no less than 67 did not ride in a race; 44 rode in one race, 27 rode in two races, and. 21 in three races, whilst it is believed thait some jockeys rode without licenses-. — The proposal to license owners of racehorses was not made into law at the Racing Cenference. and the ousting af the motion would owuse more pleasure than sorrow amongst the majority of horse-owners. —It was the intention some little time back to send. Bellis to England to race, but according to present arrangements he will compete in the Caulfield Grand National Steeplechase, and will afterwards go up for sa.e. — Orby's win in the Derby has placed his sire, Orme, at the head of the list of English" -winning stallions, with £11,252 to his credit; next come G*llrnule (£7589), Desmond {£Sti&), Isinglass (£6050), end Lov© Wisely (£3689). — The yearling colt, brother to Orloff, by Stepniak from Sortie, which, waa one of the numerous "team taken to Victoria a few weeks ago by D. Price, has been sold, and has gone into E. A. Connolly's stable at Mordialloc. — After beinjr passed out of the ring at the Allendale Stock. Farm's sale, the New Zea-land-bTed iarse Dan Patch was sold at 400^s to a New South Wales- buyer. Dan Patch is a son of New Zealand's great sire of speed, Rothschild, and Ruahine, a grand-daughter of. Berlin. — Although the train which conveyed the Derby winner Orby back to Dublin did not reach the station until an early hour in the morning, there was an immense gathering and a couple of brass bands awaiting his arrival, and a most enthusiastic scene was witnessed. —In England a magistrate has ruled' that if a bookmaker stands his ground after a race and promises to pay when able, being wthout the means to pay on the spot, he is not ipeo facto, as it used to be supposed he was, a wel&her. — Some of the English scribes contend that Woolwinder should have won the Derby. He got blocked, and lost i lot of ground during -the race, but still was troublesome at the finish. Otto Madden is said to have ridden a bad race on the colt. — Useful work is being done each galloping morning at Randwick by Proportion, Collarit, Proceed, Lest We Forget. Maori Girl, PospoKte, Noreen, Comely, Melodrama, Lord Fitzroy, Hapsburg. Scot Free, Tartan, Barbican, Poseidon, and Blue Book. — The weU-known Victorian sportsman, Mt Albert Miller, has decided to give up breeding thoroughbreds, and the whole of his Broadlands stud will be offered for sale on September 2. It includes 40 mares, 25 yeariings, and 20 two and three year olds. — Highball, an eight-year-o.d gelding who has shown a mile better than 2.10 to waggon, was recently purchased by his present owner at £3500. He has a private reputation which will prove him one of the fastest trotters seen out in America, in the coming year. The French Grand National Steeplechase, worth £5858 to the winner, was won by the fouT-year-old mare Giosse Mtere, who carried 9.12, and got over the four miles and i-half in- 7min 48sec. The conditions were weight for age, and the highest weight carried was 11.6. — The operations of the various trotting clubs in New Zealand during the past year, as a whole, show an increase of 3500bovs in prize money, and of £51,080 in totaliaator revenue. The trotting clubs entitled to use the totalisator put £280,038 through their machines dining the year, and gave away £29,023 in stakes. — The imported fcwe-year-oild :olt .bora How*rd, by St. Serf from a mare by Galoi pin. from Lady Superior, by Sterling from a aister to Hermit, has left quarantine and eon© into I. E*rn«oaw'B stable to be trained. Hennas (by Galliaule), who was a fellowvoyaeer with Lord Howard, is. rlbo to be •trained by Earnshaw. — The motion for payment of jockeys' fees at bc»1« was carried at the conference, and in future ho jockey shall weigh out for any race unless the amount of his minimum fee as for a losing mount has been previously deposited with, the club. If the jockey wins the balance of the riding fee will be deducted from the stakes payable to the owner and paid, to the rider. — Secretaries of racing clubs will uave to be careful in future trben receiving nomunr tions and acceptances, as amongst the business transacted at the conference was «n alteration, which reads, "go {gr«axs due on

account of any horse permitted to start at * the meeting at which such arrears were incurred shall be placed in the unpaid forfeit list." — Hadyn is amongst the acceptors for the National Steeples, but a Wellington paper states that the S«-u'-wester gelding will not be a starter in the racfe Haydn won 53550 VS 1 in. stakes a* Wellington, and- by doing so incurred a 14lb penalty for the National Steeples. This briEgs bis weight ups to 12.3. —A- report from Melbourne- states that a boxing- contest has taken place- at Philadelphia between Johnson, the. coloured heavyweight, and FitzsimmozLs, formerly champion of the world The match, was of short duration, Johnson completely -Jutclaßsing Fi-tzsimmons, a>nd knocking- him ouit in. the second round. — The three-year-old colt Montagu, who scored easily in the Lawn Handicap, six furlongs, on the last day of the V.R.C National meeting, is a balf-brother by Benvolio to Malfearn, a very promising filly which Mr J. R. Mackenzie imported from- Australia, but which was unfortunately put on to the roils- and killed whilst racing- in the North Island. — About 200 years have, been, spent, says the IX ew York Spirit of the Times, teaching the English thoroughbred to run, to run jfr ., remember, and now we insist he 3ha<ll come to a barrier and stand still. It is the one unnatural, irrational, ridiculous blot on, our fiat racing. By-aod-bye we will make them, come to a dead standstill within 10 yards of the judges. — The weak points of a horse can be better discovered while standing, than while moving. If he is sound, he will stand firmJy and gracefully on his limbs without moving them — with legs plump and naturally poised. A fine, spirited horse may have a. bungling gait or lack of endurance from bad feet, which will hurl his value very materially, and too- often, it is- all the owner's fault. — Pipi and/ St. Kooringw. were again achooled in. company at Wiugwtui on Saturday morning, and it was evident by the style in which they shaped that their previous- bout bad sharpened the pair up. They put a- bit more da*k into tbeir work, and after jumping in capital style came along faeb over the last four fences. The pair are booked to leave for Riccarton an Friday. — Cross Battery, who was one oi the ruling favourites, for, the- Winter Cup-, for which, she was backed down, to 10's to 1, is amongst the missing after the- declaration of the first payment for the race. It is rumoured that the daughter of Stepniak has been giving her trainer some trouble, and consequently ia not likely to make the trip to Australia. —An important sale of imported stallions takes place on August 8 at Sydney; when several horses recently brought out from England will be put under the hammer. Amongst the lot are Penury (Gallinule— Doweriess), Wauken Phast (Galloping Lad — Rose Clark), Red Ruin (Red Heart— Scatter Cash), Clay don Common (Ugly, — Maiden of Flodden), and Dowdingstone ' (Galliaule— Downey). — Lameness in horses- is far more prevalent than among any other species of animals, and this is due to a highly-organised and complicated internal structure being encased in mi unyielding horny box. In keep, iner this external portion oi the hoof in a natural and healthy condition, the internal sensitive tissues jre thereby more securely protected from injury, and this is the main secret of having a sound-going horse. — Th© gentlemen appointed to fill the positions of stipehdiary stewards to the West Australian racing clubs are Mt H. Roulston, who was the turf editor of the Sydney Referee, and wrote under the pen-name of "Umpired ; Mr F. Morris, who has been acting as a stipendiary steward at the pony meetings in Sydney; and Mr A. M'Dougall, of Melbourne. Each of the stewards are to receive £700 a year. — While a Tasmanian horse; bred in Victoria, won the Grand National Hurdle Race, a Victorian-owned horse, bred in* New South Wales, was successful in the Grand National Steeplechase. The combination, of Bribery and Divham for the two big jumps was probably not laid by a single bookmaker. It ia a long time since the members of the ring have come off so well in connection with, the bi ff double; but (says an. exchange) they caught it' over the minor events. — The financial result of the V.R.C. Grand National meeting was highly gratifying. All the returns are not yet in, but the secretary stated that the returns showed an improvement on each of the three days. The profit on the fixture should constitute a fair advance on that of last year, which was about £1300. This fixture, at ona time failed to pay its way, and as recently a# 1904 the loss amounted to £583. — lii a private letter written a few years ago the King declared that he had » honor of gambling, which, in his opinion, like intemperance, was one of the greatest curses that the country could be vfflicted with; and lie went on to add: "Horse-racing may produce gambling, or it may not, but I have »iwavs looked upon it as a manly sport, which is popular with Englishmen af all classes, and there is no reason why it should La looked upon as a ' gambling transaction. A'afi! those who gamble will gamble at any—%Li C. Hood Williams and Mr T. H. Davey, M.H.R., waited upon the Premier laat week" for the purpose of urging that trotting should be included in the provisions of the proposed Gaming Bill. The bill, as drafted, provides for horse-racing and pony-racin& and apparently leaves trotting out in the cold. It was also asked that the minimum length of course should be four furlongs instead of six furlongs, as proposed. The sixfurlcng limit would prevent the use of the Metropolitan Trotting Club's track at Christcnurch. which is rega-rded as the best m the colony. The Premier said that lie would look into the matter. —An exchange reports that a remarkable operation was recently performed on laaao Earnshaw — perhaps- one of the best-known Australian trainers of the present day— an operation which saved his life. He was suffering from a growth in the throat, which the doctors deemed advisable to ■"•emove. They opened the throat while Earnshaw was under the influence of an ansestbetic and took the growth out, but during the surgical proceedings the patient ceased breathing, and it was only by the speedy injection ii oxygen that his life was saved. At a meeting of racecourse proprietors in London last month it was resolved that strong 'epresentation should be made to the various railway companies respecting the number of cardsharpers, whose presence on race trains ia a serious menace. Steps will also probably be taken to suppress the whistling on the part of the "Tic Tao' fraternity. This ia a nuisance which is becoming 1 intolerable at courses near London to those who attend race meetings for pleasure simply. ■ Sir laa Hamilton describes the test -to which the Chines* farmer in Manchuria subjects a mule offered- for sale:— Ropes, arefastened to the mule's collar, and six strong coolies hang on to these like «rim death. The animal is then whipped xtp, ana' it _iv can overcome the resistance of the- coolie* it is bought ; if not, it ia wjecteef. Sometimes the coolie* lose their footing, and «B»

dragged through the mud apd trampled on by the' mules, gsently to the amusement of the women' standing in the doorways, who simp'y shriek with laughter at the fun. — A meeting of the committee of che Aahburton- County Racing Club was held. on_ Friday last. It was resolved th'ufc the clnfe should not use a double-event tc4«lisator. The Chairman oi the Ground. Committee reported that the erection- of horse-boxes and improvements to the jockeys' room- at the> racecourse were almost completed. It was deckled to apply to the Railway Department for special trains to leave Christchurch at 10 a.m. on September II and 12 for- the cMbe'a spring meeting-. Mr H. Reynolds was appointed to start tie trotting events- at the meeting. —Mx J. Colvin, the Westport delegate in the Trotting Conference, stated when speaking against the motion that in all pro— grammes these should- be- afc least one raee> per day for trotting hcries only that there was little difference between trotting acd:paoing: That, may be- so, but with m«ay, and perhaps the majority of j people toting 1 an interest in. -the- eport, tfrs> <£ifferenc«- between, the two gait* is anything baft narrow.; lii fact; oompaawtivaly as; wids* a» tbe poles. Tin pacer is an: ambler or gambler pure- taaA sinrp-le, and' excels the' trotter ia tfiat pom* and" no other. — Messrs Scot* and M«ttind»le>~ report tbe> following: front Wellington: — Grand National Steeple and Hurdle: 400 ta* 6- Kiafcene^Lwl^ 500 to & Kiatese-Idaaav 608 to ft PhMtoniaSen. Sun, 508 to 6 Pha«toiitia-Mahoei. 10GO to Xfl Fhaetomttis-Ijeeside, 500 to 1C P3ms-tontis-Luli, lOW- to & Phaetontis-Royai SfceK, 1000- to. 4 HaydnrßagttUktkm, 500 to 4 HiwrjifcP«ritutu, 680 ta 4 Na*axJ<»r-UTanium, 500 to 5 Romans Lad-Lull, SOO. to 9 Romany Lad<ShrapneJ, 1000; to> 16 Kv<mlode-LuH 600 **• 5-Evenlode-Sfcsiannel, MOO to 1* Evralode*Idasa, 600 to* 7J: Evenlode-Merriwaa, 1000' fc» 6 E-wmlodfcUranium, 1000 to 5 Eolair^fabcei. 800 to 4 Bawa'-Gceuaot, 1000 to 2- St. Kooriiig*Magical, 500 to 1 St. Koaringa-Top Row-. — The. annual meeting of the Strath-'Eaieri Racing' Clvi was held on. Saturday,. July 29, and, considering the extremely cold, nighi, tbe attendance was fairly satisfactory. Aiter the. election of officers and stewards, for the ensuing year, ways and means- were carefully considered, with the resuft that the. i»m* amount ins stakes as hut year (JESS), ia ta be given. Owing- to the date oi the meeting clashing last year with, other fixtures^ it was resolved to change the date this year to Friday, November 2% when, -with good, clean sport and- fair -weather, the club- hopes, to secure fair and liberal patronage both from owners <fr horses, and. the sporting public. — Messrs Baraett and- Grant report the following business — National double: 800 to 12 Loch Fyno-Paritutu, 800 to 10 Eclair-, Paritutu, 800 to 6 Eclair-Leeside, 700 to 2 Evenlode-Cavalry, 600 to 9 MouskillerMerriwai, 600 to 6 Phjaetontis-Uranium, 639 to 4 Kiatere-Uranium-, 600 to * Irish-Kiatere-, 503 to 10 Phaetontis-Leeaide, 500 to JT Tnnis-kilieii-Urannun, 500 to 5. Haydn-Ben Janeo», 500 to 5 Phaetontis-Creusot, 500 to 5 Even-lodie-Merriwai, 509 to 5 Pawa-Faritata, 60t> to 5 Irish-Ma-hce* 500 to 3 Pawa-Cteasot, 500 to 2 Evenlode-Top Rose, 500 to 3 BvwilodeRose, 500. to 2 Evenlode-Abilfty, 500 to 1 Ability, 500 to 1 Inmiakillen-Sen Sim. —It was given out some little while back that Achilles, would- be- retired to tfte stud' if sufficient inducement w*«-' fbrthceming from breeders, and evidently' such has- proved' the oase, as a stallion notice on the son of Medallion and Nereid whick haw appaazedin a northern contemporary^ may be as the death notice of the- crack's inrfcareer.' Achilles was such a good and successful sesvant that it is a pity tt« commercial side of the move was mcd*- so promi. nent. That, however, will not- stop- him ' from, gaining fame at the stud, wfiei»> it iato be hoped" his individuality will aseerfe itself, and the blot on his pedigree- in, theshape of his "poor relations" will 1 not tend to make him bleed to the weak side of his family tree. — The way in which blind Batsea caa go about without getting into more difiwtttoea than they ordinarily do ir »<*y- *emttrkabl»They rarely, if ever, hit their beads afloinsfc. a fence or stone wall. They will' slide oftr when, they come near one. Ib rap Mrs. ftom. careful observation that it is neither shade nor shelter which wains them- of tbe d*nget. On an absolutely ° suailese and windless daji their behaviour i» the same. Their olfactory nerves doubtless- become wy sensitive, for, when driving them, they will poke, their heads downward in search of water 50 yards before they come to a stream dossing ' tbe roadway. It "cannot be an abnormally db< veloped sense of hearing which lead* them to do thia, for they wall aot alii© though tiw water be a stagnant pool. Men who have been blind for any great length of time develop «om€what similar instincts' to btiztct horses. — Trotting enthusiasts in New South Wales ara jubilant at the amending of the Gaming and Betting Act of ISO 6. According- to fih« bill, in the metropolitan area the New South Wales- Trotting Club can Bold 20 meetings per annum. Outside the metropolitan area, trotting are permitted six meeting* per annum, to be held on any day the* clubs desire. Tho New South, Wales Trotting Club is allowed 10 free days, when they can lacm unopposed by horse- or pony meetings, and the other 10 days' racing must talo* pike* en a Saturday, Wednesday, ox a public holiday. The clause applying to tbe circumference of the track (six furlongs) applies only to horse and pony-rocing, so that tie trotting olttbs and agricultural soojetiee can hold trotting emewts- on their programme*, on any length 'of course they desire. Th» New South Wales Trotting Club has already held leven meetings on, Saturdays, so that during the six months ending December 31 tlio ohib can. told 13 10 oi which may take place on any day of the week (Tuesday for preference). "* —Mr A. E. T. Watson, one of the moat experienced 7 writers on all sporting mutters, in England, says of the Tiding at Epsom : — " I never looked on at such deplorable erMhibitions of riding as were seen last week, and this in the three chief races of an historical meeting. Had Higgs given- Sliever G-allion a chance — that is to say, not sswt him along 1 as if he stayed for «rer— -and' handled him neatly round the- Comer, £ believe he would have won. the Derby. Next day Lynham on Polar Star comsnttod peecisely the same -nistake. He> drove the hors* a» hard a& he could split, and had him. stone cold nearly half a mile from, home. L do not say that he would, in any oase, have won-, but I think lie- ffould fc*e* been. a. creditable second to The White Knighfc Whether J. Thompson; the. Irish, jockey, wasait Epsom on -the previous days I do- aot know. Ii he was; it is mwrveHc-UB that he did not take warning by the- melsneholx, examples Higgs and Lynham had set him. On the contrary, he followed' sedulously the lice they had laid down, of riding their horses to » standstill as soon as* possible. L have no hesitation in. asserting, that Lady. Hasty would have worn the O«ks had not Thompson* galloped' hex. head off." — One- notices with interest that ihe criiic* ■trho poec air authorities an noxse- rations •!• divided in. their opinions as to whether crushed- owte are- not better than whole <mtm aw koxse food. Thm reason advanced ia sup-

porting crushed oate is thai they are inoxe thoroughly digested than .whole .oats. That, however (says .an American -authority), is not the reason which mainly influences ihe iarmer. He finds th*t when his horse-feed is crushed, the power .of the wild oat which may .be .mixed -with it is destroyed, and thus has paddocks are kept clean 'longer than ■would be the case if £he oats were not crashed. As * matter 4 fact, the crushing ef -oats fees net increase or promote their digeiftibiKty. The molar tee* of horses possess great grinding or crushing powers, -and a hoxae whose ieeth are in a normal condition is -perfectly -well able to chew or masticate whole oatte in a thorough and complete manner. Crushed oats require less grinding .on ihe part of the horse -than whole oats, and the former are therefore ■■' more suitatle than t3» latter for feeding to animals that aae troubled with their teeth, lien, inch Jtmg -experience of horses .generally hold the laifli that crushed oatß are not so suitable as whole oats for horses that «re xeQnixed to be in bazd condition «nd to -do work at a 4ast pace. — "Under " &a»oerfn3 Morny" " Vigilani.,' o in the iiondon makes the followiag pertmeat xernvrks *>n the . "Sioanine" of hoiees.:— "l was glad to see 1L Gannon win > -the Maiaen' Three -year-old Plate. It is wealth .noting ' that M. Cannon, who rides in the pie-American -style, with stirrups of ordinary length, .makes a curious contrast wish most xtf Jh© Tumched-up, enxnehing jockeys -who oppose ham, -and aa he finrinh>« looking Tike Ihe powerful' harseman that be ■ is, the others- aajfier from' the contrast. A more awkward and ungainly position than : the^eeat generally favoured to-day could not, in -my «pinio«i, be imagined. the outness -oi the Amerie«n crouch, I have little doubt - -£hat Tnoat -of tbe accidents which have, reoeatly occun»d are drreotly attributable to this metfaodi of sftting iSaa hanvj "for the jockey ! has irttle command over the animal, and cannot expect to keep him straight. 14 was probably owing *to this thai little TempTennui got has smash ait Gatwick, for he liad no control over his horse, and* most of fie other accidents -were due to the same cause. Besides this, the act of race-riding has -been steadily deteriorating since fixe introduction of -this posture, and the ernrtic -coarse* pursued by many «f the ridete both in the Derby and the Oaks, as wefl «a m the mother xaoes at Epsom and «kewbere, mhsm 4h«t the exordium of the senior steward of the Jockey Chub to the jockeys is Jifce «e*d tiiat fell in ■stony places." — Horse-breaOcinfr in Azgentme is « rough-and-ready business. The wild colt to be dealt with is driven' into a corral and lassoed round -the meek -by a' man on horseback. . White he kicks and plungee, a man on foot watchee his chance and lassoes his forelegs, and throws him. He is then swiftly hobbled and a headstall with « .green hide bit -is pot on Aim, the lasso round his neck being loosened to prevent strangling. When lie gets on his feet, and before he can renew the 'fight, the breaking saddle with crosspieces, for .the knees -to give the rider firm grjip. is \girthed -on his back, and he is ready lor the breaker. As he springs into the saddle a helper removes the hobbles And the corral gate being opened, away goes the colt into the .open like *n arrow from a bow or a creature possessed with seven devils, bucking, squealing, kicking," rearing, then off again lor a league or more, straight as the crow ihes, mad with -rage «nd terror. Eventually the breaker contrives to turn and bring him back to the corral. After three such gallops the colt is considered to be sufficiently broken to be worked. When 10 or 12 young horses have been thus broken, it remains to -teach them not to run away when turned out to pasture. To do this each in turn is tied neck and neck to a tame zaaxej who -wears a bell. After running thus for Giree weeks the colt will .never leave the man, following her wherever she goes. Thus, by hobbling the bell mare over night, the owner can always make sure of finding his horses around her in the morning. — Thwt the Maori battler can look -alter himself (saye "the Auckland -Beview) a proved Vy '4be ifoltowing:— The facto aw vouched tor as correct, and the Auckland district was the happy hunting ground. A. racehorse that was a bad roarer had been operated on, and a pipe placed in *s thro«t. s?he operation in veterinary language de . termed tracheotomy. JFhe pipe in his throat was for the pucpose of .relieving hie breathing, but it made little difference in .bis music when he -was going fast. His owner, an Australian trainer who brought him over here, tried to •win a small race with him, but in vain. He wae -at the Mmc absolutely "no class." So in disgust the Australian sold 1 him for a fiver to a Dago Syndicate. Then the horse began to -win. In the "smalls" be- secured sevaral -rwoee, and finally the owners sold him ftt a good figure, but minus ihe silver pipe in his throat! For the benefit of the uninitiated I may mention that the bole in the throat -grows up in about 24 hours. In the -back country district whe&e he w«s sold it -was impossible to procure another pipe. The buyer discovered f.Kia, and expoatulaited with i £ne Dagoes concerning their sharp practice. Suit they were equal to any emergency. "My omt !" -exclaimed the dusky BpsfceimiHi. "Yon .*ant us to sell tie big racehorse an te bagpipes too! No pheair! We te Scotishmtca. We w*mt to do te Hilan' Flin' !" " But where the devil am I to £et another pipe before bis throat closes?" argued the despairing buyer. "I doan not" replied Ichabod. "We all > gentle- . man, not plumber! By clipes! you buy te hors, you fin' te bagpipes!" And the Tesult was that they bought the horse back for half what they sold him.