IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3415, 29 August 1919, Page 45

IN A NUTSHELL.

Vascular, is to bo treated.io a lengthy 6P L Biplane has come into favouT for the Eneora Handicap. *.- ■- ... " ■ _. Acceptances for the New Zealand Oup are due on September 5. ' . .■'. Nominations for the Geraldine meeting are due on September 6. ~ • 1 •* The Auckland Racing Club received *331 in track fees last season. . ... The imported stallion Gazeley has been sold to a Taranaki buyer. • ,/.-'■ The Elysian mare Rangi Aroha baa joined T. H. Gillet'e stable. ' ' # -, .:_.. The hurdler Paraoa is now in H ,. iJ« Jones's stable at Riccarton. . • . . ', ' ' B. Deeley is to leave for .Sydney ait tn« first available opportunity i The Sarto gelding Nobility jb to m schooled over big country.' _ The speedy but unsound Wrestler la again in -work at Riccarton. Marvelite has been purchased by ; ft patron of P. T. Hogan's stable. The New Zealand Cup entries do not include a single Auckland-owned horse, Burrangong has been shipped from Bluff to Ly ttelton, and will be trained at Riccarton. ■ Th Q ' Great Autumn Handicap winner Punka does not figure In the New Zealand Cup. ! ■■;■■.'■ '" ,;:.,; Several North Island horse* are still at' Riccarton, waiting for a boat to ship thein home. '". y• '•'■ ;-... ''•.'■'.r Spanner is to race in the. joint ownership of Messrs W. G. Stead 'and W. Rich* mond. ;-.;'., -."'. '■ The Demosthenes mare Elocution baa been purchased by a patron of J. Stewart's stable. '•■■■' "■?;■ ?■• Henry Clay will accompany Rewi Poto to Sydney. t _ . ' • ■ - > Rebekah has been showing eigne of lameness, andl in consequence will be treated to a spell. ' ■'•. Mr E. J. Wetts's Pershore is regarded as one of the most promising Derby colta in Sydney. ." Three . imported horses, in Gay Lad 1 , Cynic, .and Bonnie Briar, figure in the New Zealand Cup. Rorke's Drift, who broke down at Wingatui prior to the Dunedin "Winter meeting, is- again in work. The smart galloper Bisogne, who did not race last season, is • again in commission at New Plymouth. J Scobio has 30 horses in work at Plemington, and the list includes a two-year-old sister to Gloaming. Gay Lad was awarded 5.7 in the Melbourne Cup, or 91b more than he has received in the New Zealand Cup. The Auckland Trotting Club paid JE9539 8s 9d in taxation last e~«w«i, including Government tax of .£9352 3s sd. •» The well-known breeder and sportsman,

Mx J. B. Reid, joined the ranks of benedk-le shortly after his arrival in England. "W. Robinson is making a steady recovery from the effects of the accident lie met wn-'t during the Grand National meeting. The Ashburton Racing Club has decided to carry Gut their opnng meeting irrespective as to what the. train service may be. The Demosthenes geldmg Amyihas, who •was a rather speedy iwo-year-oid, will join F. D. Jones's stable at Ricoaiion. —lt is doubtful if Wardanoer will eland a Cup preparation, as his enlarged fetlock joint has been troubling him again. —Mr S. F. Reynolds purchased Sir Prim at 500 gs after the gelding's success in the V.R.C. Grand National Steeplechase. Gold Kip at Riocarton through being indisposed, is again riding work at ELerslie. The stakes on the Kurow programme lange in value from lOSsovs to 20Osovs, and nominations are due on Monday, September 8. —Mr R H. Skipworth has been reappointed starter to the Wanganui Jockey Club, Feilding Jockey Club, and Stratford Jockey Club.

The Auckland Racing Club gave £39,560 in stakes last season, and during nine days' racing registered £615,558 10s on the toialisator.

—lf extra permits are not granted, some of the North Island clubs intend to, agitate for a redistribution of the number at present in use. . St. Amans, the sire of Gold Kip, was got by- Soult from Lottie (winner of the Auckland Cup), by Muskapeer from Ladybird, by Feve. The Oamaru Trotting Club has decided to give 1050sovs in stakes at their next meeting, which is to be held on their own coarse. —Mr E. M. Smith, who had been overseer at Flemington for 50 years, was recently made a grant of lOOOsovs by the Victorian Racing Club. The alterations at Wingatui will necessitate a removal of the totalisator house from its present site to the northern side of the saddling paddock. " The Canterbury Owners and Breeders Association are endeavouring to obtain railway transport for stallions and breed mares during the coming season.

• The total amount raised! for patriotic purposes by the Victorian .Racing Olub up to June last totalled £102,019. About £16,000 of the money rern&ins in hand. Battle Array, the winner of the W.R.C. Parliamentary Handicap, who went sore and did not race up to expectations at Ricoarton, ia to be given a long epell. Block Mountain, Hardshot, and Grand Duchy arrived in Dunedin on Saturday afternoon, after making a smart passage of seven days per road from Riccarton.' Reports from Christohurch state that J. M'Conibe is making good progress towards .recovery, and) will probably be able to leave the hospital in about four weeks. The Ashburton Trotting Club has made the following appointments for the season: Handioapper, Mr H. Brinkmun; judge, Mx A. Dickson starter, Mr H. Reynolds. —-Red Ribbon was handicapped at 7.4 in the last Wow Zealand Cup, and has 8.2 this year. Nobleman was allotted 7.9 last year, and received 7.13 in this year's race. The Finland mare Marretotara is reported to be well forward in condition for early spring engagements as a result of being kept fairly busy during the winter months. After spending £lB9 13s 3d on improvements, the Wyndham Racing Club holds a credit balance of £728 6s 2d, assets valued at £2247 4s 2d, and there are no liabilities. This season's Geraldine Cup will carry a stake of 200sovs, an increase of 50sovs over last year. The balance of events on the programme also show a liberal increase of prizemoney. Gay Lad is regarded in some quarters as the ruling favourite for the New Zealand Cup. Kilmoon, Mascot, Red Ribbon, Volo, and Vagabond divide the honours of second favourite. Grand Parade wa_, according to some reports, a bit lucky to win the Derby, a 3 the rider of Buohan, whom he beat half a length, was not strong enough to fully extend his mount Kilboyne cam© home by road from Riccarton, and arrived in Dunedin on Saturday morning. He was a bit knocked out by the journey, but a few days' rest should set him right again. Mascot was fourth in the last New Zeaand Cup with 7.2. She after wards won the Auckland Cup with 6.13 by three lengths in Smin -2Gseo and the Summer Cup with 8.4 in 2min 8 3-ssec. The committee of the Dunedin Jockjy Club .visit the Wingatui racecourse on Saturday of this week to consider on the scene the improvements which are to be carried out on the course J. O'Shea has been granted a license to ride at pony trots in Victoria, and it is ieported that both he and Stan* Paid will make that part of the world their headquarters in future. The "unknown quantity" element is larr-ely represented in the New Zealand Cup, as several of the horses claiming engagement have no public form to provide a line as to their chance on paper. The Emulator gelding Eminent was amongst the winners at a recent Richmond meeting, where he won from 160yds behind scratch and travelled a 2.18 J on a slow track. The stake was worth 75sovs to the winner. The thoroughbred stallion Balboa, winner of the Auckland Cup, New Zealand Derby, New Zealand St. Leger, and other races, a* well a'3 holding several highly creditable placed performances, is advertised in this isaue. Amongst the winners at Cnu!field during the steeplechase meeting was Fadtelma. a five-year-old mare by Bobadil from the New Zealand bred mare Celerity, who wa» cot by Seaton Delaval from Monsoon, by St. Clair— Mstral. The New Zealand-bred stallion Ribbonwoodl is still owned by Mr A. D. Playfair. and holds the distinction of having sired 66 horses with records of 2.25 or better, and is also the grandaire of 45 with record from 2.12 J to 2.30. The latest mail to hand from England reports that The Panther started at a very short orice for the Derby, but only made a poor show in that race. He showed terrme-r when at the barrier, and lost several lengths at the start Mr T. E. TThelch, owner of Merry Dad. purchased the All Rod gelding Red Cent after the National meeting at a orice paid to be 150srs. On Red Cent's winn-'n? form in the Hunters' Hurdles ho should prove cheap at the price. Onslaught is re-p.oried to havo filled out well during his spell. Ho has reeen*ly been taken in hand, and so has Nightraider, the colt who defeated Rcssini in the Ru=slcy Plate, in which both youngsters made their debut, on the turf. The imported mare Gvoy Linnet, purchased nt 750<rs by Mr J. P. Reid at the sale of the Stud, has produced a filly to Kilbronev. A Kilbroney—Grev Linnet foal Sold at Hie same sale was -purchased at 290 gs by Mr "W. Couser, of Mataiira. Rorke's Drift did not finish in the first

half-dozen in the last Ucw Zealand Cup, and reads to have none the best of it on paper in this year's race, in being asked to meet Rose Pink (second) on about the same terms and Menelaus (third) on over 31b worue terms. The ilarold Dillon gelding Asturio sold at 2G'u~~ ".inciter the hammer in Chris.church la-3t week. It is it-dsrztood that ho was brought south with the object of qualifying for tne New Zealand Trotting Cup, hut spoilt his chance by failure to get into his gait. Kilmoon, who gave Kilrush 12lb and a beating when they finished behind Devotion in the Metropolitan Handicap, meets the latter on slb worse terms in the New Zealand Cup. Kilmoon was second in the Canterbury Cup, when heads divided Snub, himself, and Sasanof. The Nassau —Prim three-year-old Primrim is being schooled! at Riccarton, more perhaps with the object of making hirru mend his manners than with the idea of making him a hurdler. As a matter of fact, a horse under three years and six months of age cannot run in a hurdle race. Lord Glanely started two in the Derby, and expected to make his best bid for victory wiih Dominion, a colt by Polymelus, but his stable companion, starting at a longer price, proved the winner, whilst the other was in the ruck. Lord Glanely is one of the biggest bettors at present racing in England. The New Zealand-bred Beltane was first into the straight in the Australian Hurdles, run over about three miles and a-half, but was beat half a neck in an • exciting finish by Sir Mnemon, who carried the one-time New Zealand rider J. N. M'Gregor, who won the Grand National Steeples on Slow Tom. When Lochella commenced to show indications of developing into a gocd horse over country, his owner, Mr R. Acton Adams, sent C. Christie to Timaru in order to buy Grafton Loch, the sire of the Grand National winner, but found that the Australianbred son of Grafton had died some time before. —W. Pine, who was at one time a wellknown rider in this part of the world, has taken charge of Mr W. Spratt's team at Hawera, which was formerly trained by his late brother, T*.* Finer who died from influenza contracted whilst at the last New Cup meeting. W. Pine has just returned from the front. The Auckland Trotting Club will give 16,100sovs in stakes this season, as against a total of 11,25050 vs last season. The Auckland Trotting Cup will be worth 1500sovs, and the Great Northern Trotting Derby will be worth 650sovs. No race at any of the club's meetings will be worth less than 150sovs The Auckland Racing Club will distribute 49,55050 vs in stakes this season. The Auckland Cup goes up to 3Ooosovs, and other well-endowedl events to be deciedd at Ellerslie will be the Great Northern Foal Stakes of 1500sovs, Great Northern Steeples of 1500sovfl, Great Northern Hurdles of 1500sove, and the reinstated Auckland Plate will be worth 750sovs. Two of the placed horses, Rose Pink and Menelaus, in the last New Zealand Cup, are engaged in this season's race. Menelaus now meets Rose Pink on 3|lb better terms. Mascot, who ran fourth last year with 7.2 and subsequently won the Auckland Cup with 6.13, now has 8.6; Battle Song, fifth with 6.12 J, now has 7.3; and Kilrush, sixth, with 6.7, now ha 3 7.3. —Mr H. F. Nicoll, the well-known Ashburton breeder and sportsman, has been elected a life member of the Ashburton Trotring Club. As a rule such compliments are generally bestowed when the recipient is approaching the climax of a long and honourable connection with sport, and as Mr Nicoll is still a young man, he has really received what might be termed a gold-edged compliment. Nine of the runners in the last New Zealand Cup are engaged in this year's race. Rose Pink, who finished second to S'asanof. goes up from 6.11 Jto 7.4; Menelaus, third with 8.11, goes up to 9.0; Mascot, fourth with 7.2. goes up to 8.6; Battle Song, fifth with 6.12|, goes up to 7.3; and Kilrush, sixth with 6.7, goes up to 73. Rorke's Drift carried 7.12 f, and now. has 8.5. Volo carried 7.13. and now has 8.0; and Cynic goes from 7.2 to 7.11. The principal events to be decided at Wi -.gatui this season will be the Dunedin Cup of 15O0sovs, Otago Handicap of 750so>vs, M'Lean Stakes of 500sovs, St. Andrew's Handicap of 500sovs, Publicans' Handicap of 700sovs, Jockey Club Handicap of 75050v5,. Hazlett Memorial of 500sovs, Otago Steeplechase of lOOOsovs, Birthday Handicap of 750°ovs, Wingatui Steeples of 50030V5, Otago Hurdles of 700s=-ovs, Dunedin Steeples of 60090V5, and King George Handicap of 500povs. The total prize list amounts to £24 975, as asrainst £18,455 last season. —-Mr W. H. K Wakelyn has resigned the secretaryship pf the Canterbury Jockey Club af+er holdinsr the position for just under 30 years. Mr Wakelyn was also the first secretary of the New Zealand Racing Conference, and did valuable work during the period of his association with the controlling body. Re i.a« also acted as compiler of the Stud Book, and has made it a much appreciated and instructive production, as it contains much that is mining from similar volumes elsewhere. Mr Wakelyn has also done breeders a great service by writing- and yubIkhing the "Australian Racehorse" and the "Great Sire Lines," two productions of great value. The Ashburton Racing Club has oent the following circular, to owners and trainers: "It has been definitely decided to hold our "urmsr meeting on September 18 and 19. and, although we are facing «, probable heavy financial loss, this decision was arrived at in ord°r to keep the sport going in snite of the railway restrictions. The committee, therefore, specially asks for the support of all owners and trainers by st'artinsr their horses at our meeting. We would al=o point out that the Geraldine meeting takes place the following week, and horses could go on to their fixture. Trusting you will make a arv-cial effort to r.esist us under the present <*7a»r>tional circumstances.—J. Grigo, president.' A Press Association cable message from Sydney reports that the Hon. E. W. Alison, of New Zealand, purchased Some Boy and Khublai Khan. The prices are not disclosed. L. Hegarty established a great riding record at the Grand National meeting last week (says the Lyttelton Times). He won the Enfield Steeplechase on Mamawapango nn the first day, and scored in the Grand National Hurdle Handicap on Sir Solo on Thursday, while on Saturday ho put up the unusual performance of winning three lumping races in succession, taking the Styx Hurdle Handieap with Tip Up. Sydenham Hurdle Handicap with Sir Solo, and Lincoln Steeplechase with Merry Lad. In addition to these five wins he was in a phara in five other jumping events at the meeting.