WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2934, 8 June 1910, Page 67

WELLINGTON NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) June 4. Sir Tristram just failed to land the Ruakawa Cup for the third time. He did not compete for the race as a five-year-old, when, ho went into retirement after racing at the. Wellington Cup meeting. Sir Tristram is one of the few Sir Lancelots racincr. He has been a consistent and reliable performer. His sire was brilliant and his dam a good stayer, and Sir Tristram has done best in races up to a mils and a-quarter. Bourbon, who ran second in the Maiden Hack Eace at Otaki. is a New South Wales-bred colt by Louis Xlll—Felucca,: He is trained bj J. H. Prosser at Porirua, and is in the private sale list. From Tauhernikau the death is an< nounced of Mr Robert Ross, who has fo< some time resided in the Wairarapa disv trict, where he owned Chatsworth anaother stallions. The deceased came from Marlborough, where he was well knowrf as a trainer, and races Princess Cole an* other horses. He is a brother to Mr Ton; Boss, who trains Kill aloe, Hilarian, ant. other horses in the Wairarapa. E. Murtagh, who won a hurdle race on Gold Bird on the second day of the Wel< lington meeting, left for Sydney last weetf to ride Tikon in his engagements at Bandwick. Jack Cameron, who trained Merriwai an£ Waipu when thev won the Great Northern 'Hurdles, just failed to win that event with Woolloomooloo. Cameron's charges have ha<£ the benefit of the racing on the other sidfi before coming here. The horse with thef long name was unlucky to bump up against one like Wimmera, who knocked all vious time records for the race out ol bounds, and still holds an unbeaten -ecord. •He ought to be srood enough to send toi the other side with Maori King. He cut out the 20 furlongs at the rate of 13 3-sse<s each. The Wanganui Jockey Club recently granted W. Young his license, a.nd he made his reappearance in the saddle at Otaki. Mahuta. who was a fairly good performer on the flat before he was added to the list, won his first hurdle race at Levin yesterday. He is still owned by Mr H. M'Manaway, of Hunterville, and is trained by M.King, who also has Strathmoira. NorthEast, and Frisco in his care. Mahuta is by Mahaki. sire of Maui and Ataahuia'. He was ridden by W. Young, one of our best hurdle-riders, who was making his reappearance after being suspended on acsount of trouble at the last Foxton meeting. C. Jenkins had several mounts at Otaki yesterday, and was placed in three events, but failed to score a win. winner of'the Ruakawa Cup, did not score out of his turn. He has oroved the best of the Dazzle tribe, but has been a most difficult horse to train. Joa Griffiths, a horseman well known in the , H&wke's Bay and Gisborne districts, had tliA mount.

Royal Marine, winner of the Flying Hack Race at Otaki yesterday, was taken to Wanganui, but failed to do anything in the big fields. He is tailed at the old Hutt course by Dan Nyhan, who a*so has Havoc, Dick G., and other trotters. Royal Marine has so far paid his way, which cannot" be said of some of the Royal Artillery stock. Be is the first of the progeny of Culroy, a beautifully-bred mare by Wallace— Horteuse (Gang Forward—Josephine), one of the best families in South Australia. Fred Cress rode Royai Marine, and his brother (Charlie) was on Wimmera at Ellerslie. The former had his first ride .over fences on Gaelic at Otaki yesterday. The Renown—Tattle gelding Repeat, who paid a sensational dividends at Egmont, was saddled up twice at Otaki yesterday, and on both occasions acted as runner-up to the winner. Royal Marine beat him the first time, and on the second time St. Lumsden tSt. Paul—Vanguard mare) was the winner. He won the race for gentlemen riders_ on the second day of the Egmont meeting, and paid over £3O. He is owned and trained by Mr B. T. Bennett, who won the New Zealand Cup with Halberdier. Ukraine (sister to All Red) was among the also started division in the Maiden Flat fßace at Otaki. She was ridden bv W. Price. The winner, Ep6om Downs (Euroclydon —Epsom), is trained at Foxton, and ■was ridden by C. Price. Both horsemen named are brothers to the traine. of Boanerges and Co. The San Francisco —Waitemata horse Sir Frisco, who generally runs well at Levin, ■where the Otaki meeting was held yesterday, scored in the Rangiuru Handicap after a good finish with Gipsy Belle. Sir Frisco is now trained at Levin by F. Carmont, and was ridden by H. Carmont, who was apprenticed to F. Higgott, and Avon numerous races on Shrapnell Shell and other torses. He was off the scene for a couple *>f seasons, through a bad accident met with when riding a horse of his brother's in a Inn-die race at Otaki. After a long run of seconds the Leolantie gelding Leolanter broke the ice at Otaki yesterday. The Taranaki-owned Plantation (Sylvia Park—lrma), a winner at Egioont, was favourite, but failed to get a felaoe.