IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3004, 11 October 1911, Page 55

IN A NUTSHELL.

The death is reported of Malakoff, the brother to Orlcff. The A.J.C. Derby winner Cisco cost 1050 guineas as a yearling. Glade, the winner of the Hastings Stakes, is a sister to Forniby. The Southland-bred mare Cooee was taken north lost week on a visit to All Red. —lt is said that several more American owners ocaitemp'ate racing in England next year. Miscount's success in the Hawke's Bay Stabos bring? his weight in the Niew Zealand Cup up to 7.6. The flying Bobrikofi was out far a stroll at Hastings. He took up 10.4, aaid won comfortably in lmin 14sec. Contendent, who won a double at the Kuow meeting, is a half-sister to Success, tho dam of Kilwinning. Mere Mere, who got amongst the winners at Hasting®, is a sister to Kopu, and half-sister to Mahutonga. The breeder of Cisco, Mr J. M'Denalri, of K.S.W., receives 25Gsovs from the money attached to tho A.J.C. Derby.

started a good , favourite in the A.J.G. , Derby, and Cisco was tho outsider of the naniied horees in the betting. Aryan, ihe sir© of the winner and runnerup in the South Australian Darby, was got by Ayrshire, the sire of the Elderslie srtaillion Dovi shire, who is the first Ayrshire horse imported to this country. cate is unlikely to see the post for the New Zealand Cup. Be has been suffering from bad heels, and in consequence can only be treaited to easy exercise. Acooiding to reports from the north Fort William is not likely to remain in J. Lowe's etab'e, but will probably be trained by A. White at Waipawa. White will also take charge of Our Queen and the other horses belonging to Mr C. J. Parker. The ex-New Zealand jockey Hewitt, and the Victorian B. Carslake, both rode several wiiui'Srs in Austria in the month of August.

Los Angeles looked well to the eye, when ha went out for his races .at Randwick, but was inclined to be -fractious at the post, and put up poor displays. Midnight Sun started second gavourite in the Trial Stakes run on the first day of the A.J.C. meeting, amd finished fifth, and was within the leading bunch in the early stages of the race. Lady Medallist started favourite for the Epsom. Blairgour was second choice. Los Angeles went out fourth favourite, and Broadsword formed one of a quartette, which aW- included Volsloane, that started fifth in the betting list. Since 1691 only four favourites have scored in the Epsom Handicap. In the Metropolitan three favourites have scored, since 1892.

Los Angelos was shipped at Sydney on Saturday for the return to New Zealand. R. J. Mason and J. Franks sailed with their teams.

A punter at Rand wick started with £1 on the winner of the first race at the opening of the A.J.C. meeting, and wound up a winner of £IOOO. < Out-lander's win at Ohoka last week broke a long spell of non-sucoess, as it is the first he has scored since winning the Great Autumn Handicap. The Oamaru Trotting Club ha« received very satisfactory entries for its meeting to be held on Labour Day. and the gathering promises to be a suooe33ful one. The Taranaki Metropolitan Committee is advised that the Egmont Racing Club has lodged an appeal against the decision in Barlow's appeal from the decision of the club. Formby as a two-year-o'd was a raking bis colt, but his sister. Glade, who won the Hawke's Bav Stakes last week, is referred to as an "exceptionally fine-drawn little thine" . The New Zealcmd-bred Soultline won the Midsummer Plate, run at Pcona (India). The Australian horse Tangaroa filled third place and Aborigine was amongst the also started.

Sal T«*ker and tha American-bred mare Norice have arrived back from Australia. The former will go into /work for the November meeting at. Addington, and the latter will be bred to King Cole. A visiting trainer informed the writer that stable accommodation at Riccarton is being rapidly booked up fc>r the Cup meeting, and evidently a large number of owners intend to give their horses a run at the fixture. A well-known New Zealand racing man; who now Tesides in Melbourne, was present at the A.J.C. spring meeting, and is credited with winning over £6OOO. He commenced with £io on a good winner, and played up the proceeds. "Whilst schooling with Stayboy last week Forest had the tendons of one of has legs severed, and it is very doubtful if he. will) ever race again.. An effort will be made to save him for light harness- work, as he made a stylish roadster. A visitor to the A.J.C. spring meeting remarked that the ISew ZealandeT3 were the only bad horses at the barrier; and as

far as handling their charges is concerned it is said our men are a considerable dis* tance behind the Australians. The added money to the A.J.C. spring meeting, which concluded on Saturday, amounted to 21,800sovs. No flat race carried less than a 500sovs stakes, each of the w.f.a* events were lOOOsovs or 2000sovs, and the JJerby carried a 4000sovs stake'. —An interesting point has arisen in Victoria The V.R.C. rules prohibit juvenile, racing before October 1, but owners of two-year-olds which do net measure over 14.2 hands claim that as ponies they are exempt, and talk of racing their charges at the pony meetings. ■ —Land Rose won h?r race at Kurow in! meritorious style, although she had nothing much in hand at the finish. In fact, tha Finland mare was a trifle lucky that Thistledown got shut out in the second furlong, as otherwise the latter in all probability! would have gained the verdict. Volsloane's win in the Epsom, took a good deal of straight-out money from tha ring, but he was a good winner for tha double books. Yolsloane was originally backed at. rank outside prices, and event though a good deal of money was placed ojj the day, he still started at a good price. This should be a good vintage year for thoroughbreds reared in the North Otagof district. The whole district is looking bettea t now than has been the case for several'; seasons pasit, and a good season, in a splen>did horse-raising country should mean ai crop of winners from thev white stone land.

—At a meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club Committee the question of providing a 10a to tall sator was discussed. Owing to the expensive- alterations it would involve, it was decided to defer the matter until after the Cup meeting. In the meantime ; a number of extra windows would be pro- ' vided in the existing totalisator house. Czar Kolohol was cent out a good) second favourite for the Otekaike Handicap, and a little over a furlong from home, ■when lying handy to the leaders, apparently had! a fair winning chanoe. The Stepniak gelding, however, had hardly commenced the rum home after surmounting the rise when ha dropped back, and finally failed to gain a: place. 4 '

Midnight Stm' was started in the TriajjStakes at Randwick, and forfeited his en«, gagement in the Darby, which was run thej «wne day. In the former event Midnight Sun evidently forgot to rise to the occasion,' and remained in eclipse. His Derby chanc* must have been small, and does not lead one to about his jS?ew Zealand Cup; * chance.

Miscount, the winner of the Hawfcefa, Bay Guineas, was one cf "tho best two-year-olds out Infiifc season, when he won four races out of 12 starts. He waa second fivettimes and once unpLaecdi. Miscount wias got' by Birkenhead from Miss Never, by DxinJop (winner of the Melbourne Cup) from Straight iShot, by Niewminister. Dunlop was a son of Neekersgat. The views of the dispersal of thel Eldersli© and Canowie studs, where Mr J* B. Raid has some of the finest • blcod stock ever gathered together in Australasia, was received with genuine regret by racing mien* It seems the fate of our best studs that they shcnld be broken up when the merit of, the stock has won the general attention of sporting men. ; ' Red, White, and Blue has failed to do any good on the turf so far, but if her. rider had not delayed his run in the Dadies'' Bracelet at Kurow the sister to Blue Ribbonwould have scored. The Golden Knight filly; Good Times won, and her success was in[ a great measure due to the riding of Mrf R. Maed'onald, who rode a well-judged) race,' climaxed with a vigorous finish. The Kurow meeting, which has been a ; growing success for the past few years, ia said to be "a 'fixture that was within an ace; of being deleted from the racing calendar.' Last week's meeting was the most successful ever held on. the course, end the bulk of the attenctainoe was drawn, from o>a.moxu, whilst Timaru, Waimate, and other far distant spots helped, to build up the attend* ance. ■

Despite this extensive and recently*. increased accommodation provided in thV lawn enclosure at Baccarton, it has already, been found hardly adequate to meet demands, and at a recent committee meeting, the advisability of limiting the membership was discussed. The matter was deferred for ) consideration at a future date. The C.J.O. ' has a membership "of 292, and a subscribers' list of 75.

The South African Derby winner season is full of Australian blood, although? both his sire and dam were bred in England. He is by Greato-rex (son of Carbine) from a mare by Trenton (son of Musket)' from Sahara, by Galliard (son of Galopin) from Madge Wildfire, by Blair Athor.' Sahara is the grand-dam- of Boyal Eealm, at good performer, bred and raced by Colonel' Hall-Walker.

—An interesting ra-ee over half a mile, amongst i:ine two-year-olds was witnessed at CaulfielcV recently. They were started with*, 1 the barrier. Oxzslle won rather easily. She Y 3 a bav filly, by Orzil (imp.) from Kirry (dam of "The Owl and Zilka), by Will o' the, Wisp from Young Miona. by Manbyrnong, and is framed by C. Wilson for the owner of Alawa. Orzelle cost 4-50 guineas as £U yearling in Sydney. —?A11 Bed has missed one excellent oppewV tunity of making a name for himself owing, to Herniiosa (the dame of Oiyoi) slipping her foal to the son of Madder. During <a visit; to the Kurow meeting the writer ran across; several people who spoke in terms of high praise of All Bed's first crop of foals. All B-ed is evidently not lacking a strong individuality as a sire, as he seems to be stamping. himself on all his stock. : The nominations received for the Gore' spring n reting make a very pleading list, • although it is regrettable that the chief event ba-s not attracted more p-atronage. Evidently there" is room for a- useful horse' or two able- to act over a mile and a-quarter at some of our meetings. The minor events at Gore- have filled very well indeed, and, taken -all round, the nominations should furnish ample material for a successful meeting. Cashier Tan two good rates at thai Kurow, but failed to gather any money., He showed pace in the Otekaike Handicap, and after getting a bit slow off the mark was up with Thistledown at the home turnv He, however, could not stay on, but on the rvn looked to have « fair chance irs the Belfleld Handicap, in which Contsndent* beat him about a length or more off the! mark, and won by the advantage gained atj the rise of the barrier. «

When it whs in England last month that F. "Wcotton would CMioLude his' engagement as first jockey to the Stanley House stable «lt the ©onclu-rion of the pre* sent season there wa« a perfect rush t« secure his services, offaro coming from mo?M unexpected qwsrtera. In refearing to this;,, one writer pays that Frank "Wootton is in •a position to earn next season more money *han any jockey ■ in any part of the worltS has ever previously earmed in one year. Only two horses started in the Moande* ville Welter Handicap at the Ohoka meeting, and the w»:th&«. Sea Dog, was protested against on the ground that he crossed

Aunt Sally at the back of the course, compelling her to run insode a post. The stewards dismissed the protest, but there was a good deal of discussion *s to what would have been; the position had it been sustained. According to the rules, the race would have had to be declared void or ordered to be run again.

The Kiirow meeting, which took place' last week, was the most successful ever held by the club. With one exception, fair fields faced the smarter, and the sport was'doubly interesting because the flat events were apparently run at the real merit of the contestants. Punters complained that winners were not easy to catch, but the real complaint of the day was the long and absolutely unnecessary wait after the last race before the Oiama.ru train commenced its home journey. The Kalgooriie Racing Club made a profit of £5700 on-its recent meeting, while the Boulder fixture yielded £3OOO. Racing is obviously once more on the up grade on the "Western Australian goldfields. The totalisator returns at the recent meeting at Kalgoorlie showed an increase of £9834 on last year's total, the figures being £52,141, as against £42,307, and, despite this substantial increase at JCalgoc-rlie. a serious deficit of £ls-,470 occurred at Boulder, the separate totals being £32.744 and £48,214.

The ciack American jockey Domini ok 18 claimed by his admirers to be superior to the" famous Tod Sloan when the latter was at 'his best. The English sportsman (Lord Beresford), while on a visit to the United States, was greatly impressed with Dominidk's abihtv, and offered one Cook, who had Dominick under contract, a large sum for. a transfer. This offer was refused. It is aaid that Tominiok captivates the spectators with his brilliant finishes. Dominick's best year was 1909, when he rode 250 winners out' Of 1000 mounts.

"Whilst passing through Waikouaiti last ■week it -was noticed that the local club has been pushing an the work of enlarging their track. The bill on .the for side has be?n partially cut away, the top turn and south turns <actencted and banked, and a couple of bridges wore being decked in. It is understood that the club has received valuable assistance from the local farmers, who Slave participated in a "working bee" with excellent results. With a good track the local club fiiould attract a better class ot horse to their meetings than what was formerly the case. When stripped at the Kurow meeting Thistledown looked a much improved mare. Sinoe last season she has filled out and strengthened a great dctal in appearance. In her race las* week Thistledown (on the rails) jumped out with Land Rose, and aiter going two furlongs along the back the latter -sues running lees than half a length in front. At this stage Cashier joined in, and Wilson, who rode Thistledown, got chopped out- and had to steady his mount. This gave Land Rose an improved chance to win, as ThiiStledown bad to come round on the outside, and in ia good finish only suffered defeat by a short half length. —-The eight-item card frequently taxes the available strength of horses on band to build up "a day's racing, and this was very evident at I the Kurow, where out of the 10 horses figuxinjr in the book for the Hakataramea Hack Handicap only two went to the post. During the race Glearbead's saddle' slipped'. ani tliis allowed Miss de Vere to come borne without an escort. After the race the stewards decided to give the full stake to the winner, as thoy held Clearhead to be distanced, but as the latter finished' his owner was ei .titled to second money. Some of the officials bad evidently been reading history of some old-time racing, and imagined they were adjudicating on beats. The Kilcheran —Neva colt St. Petersburg rftn ■* close third to Miscount' and Royal Scotch in a great go in the Hawke's Bay Stakes. The Neva colt (half-brotber to Danube) was not so forward as the others in condition, and "Sir Bedivere" expressed the! opinion, that be is the best colt seen out. this .. season. The same writer also speaks of another of Mr J. Buckley's horses «« . a prospective winner. In referring to tha. Charlemagne ll—Janet colt Jan, who was amongst the field that' contested the Hastings Stakes, the following remarks were given :—"He is a well-grown one, and cannot be expected to come to hand so early a» some of the smaller fry, but he Tan a good race, and is sure to turn out right." ■—When those present at the Hawke's Bay spring fixture (noted that MteTemiere and Mangairoa, each of whom was engaged in the Flaxmere Hack Handicap, were both described as four-year-old fillies by San Fran from Maude (dam of Mahutonga), they concluded the card was in error. As a matter of. fact (says " Sir Bedivere"), such was not the case, and still, astonishing as it may seem, the pair are not twins. The position arose through Mangaroa, who is nearly 12 months younger than her sister, having been foaled a day or' two before Ist August. Thus, though she is really only a three-year-old, she. has to race as a four-year-old. It is doubtful whether a similar thing has ever previously occurred in connection with a race in this country. Goldfinder, who is one of the ruling fancies for the- New Zealand Cup, was seen out__ at Hastings, and started favourite in the Spring Handicap. His run at the meeting, is referred' to by one writer, who said: "The Cup favourite stripped in gross order, and though he ran a good race, it is almost impossible that he can be got readv to do himself justice by November 4. There is. moreover, a distinct risk that if an attempt be made to put the necessary amount of work into him during the next, four weeks be may go amiss." Another scribe said: "Notwithstanding Goldfinder appeared somewhat on the big side, tbe race should sharpen him up considerably. He was. finishing well, and is evidently in excellent fettle. The time (2min Bsec) shows that there was Ho loitering on the journey."