IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3418, 19 September 1919, Page 47

IN A NUTSHELL.

Nearly 400 people arc employed at Trcntham on race- clays. Author Dillon is tho ruling favourite for. the New Zealand Trotting Cup. Sleight o' Hand and Reformation have be-en turned out for a lengthy spell. Golden Grozler, engaged in hack events at Geraldine, is a half-sister to Almoner. Tho Wanganui Jockey Club intend? giving a Peace Ball during its spring meeting. The- Birchwood Hunt Club's race meeting takes place en Monday next, September 00. * * " -Kewi Poto landed safely in Sydney, and should soon pick up a race over the email sticks. J. W. Lowe's team for Otaki will consist of Mascot, Royal Exchange, and Motuihi. Friday, September 19. is general entry day for tho Bunedin Jockey Club's spring meeting. D. J. Price trains Stephanotis, a- winning two-year-old at tho recent Adelaide meeting. The New Zealand Cup i'avour.te, Gay Lad, continues to train en in his work at Biccarton. Acceptances for the first day of the Geraldine meeting are due on Saturday, September 20. Tho imported stallion Marble Arch has been purchased by the Northern Wairoa Racing Club. —-It is understood that the price paid for Some Bey. who is engaged in the Avondale Cup, v,-3s lOOOgs, Judd's Sundown broke the high .jump record at Alburmy Show (New South Wales), cleai-ng 7ft 92in. Tho" stallion Stitfl.la has been brought back from Queensland to Mr G. B. Greenwood's stud farm. An Auckland owner has claimed nine different names for a. Gluten gelding, and none of them were allowed. The brother to Brackenfield. owned by M,: "W. T. Plazlett, has made his appearance on the Invercargill tracks. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club will include a race for three-year-old trotters in its Easter programme. E. J. Mason's team w<as augmented after arrival in Sydney by three youngsters purchased as yearlings last season. On his form in tho Grand National Hurdles Signature should bo worthy of respect in his Avondale engagements. Air King, a six-year-old brother to Biplane, won one of the minor events run. at the Bendigo meeting held last month. The colours carried by Grand Parade to victory in the Epsom Derby were "black, red-white-and-blue belt, and primrose cap." The Sydney critics speak favourably of

Some Boy, a recent arrival In Auckland, Ho is described as a good, honest hois©. According to reports from Sydney, Spanner is likely to see a shoTt price for amy race he starts in at the spring meetings. Waxlore, the three-year-old sister to "Warstep and Wardancer, is shaping well in her work. She did not race a* a two-year-old. A gold cup will again ho attached .to tho Wellington Trotting Cup, and .a, goldmounted whip will be presented to the driver of the winner. The riders in the- Epsom Derby are printed on tho race card, as well as tho usual information as to ownership, breeding, and colours. Hiero finished well up in, his races at the Grand National meeting, and may shape well in seme of his engagements at the Gcraildino meeting. Love Match is reported to be training on satisfactorily for her New Zealand Cup engagement. Love Match is own sister to Mcnelsus and Nones. resume riding on the flat, and there should be plenty of demand for his services when ho can do tho weight. A brother to Surveyor has been foaled at, Mr B. Charley's Sherwood Park stud, Victoria. Mr Chaffcy purchased Surveyor's dam some months ago. —Leaping Burn is said to bo shaping fairly well in his schooling over hurdles. He has a fair turn cf pace, and should develop into a -useful sort, of hurdler. Tho Wellington Racing Club paid £19,985 19s 9d in Government tax last season, and the total paid since, the outbreak of war amounts to £77,921 14s Sd. The Wellington Racing Club hopes to have the Premier electric totaiisator installed at Trent-ham in time for the Wellington Cup meeting in January. Full payment must bo made for any horse allowed to remain in the. Dunedin Stakes and Dunedin Guineas after general entry day—Friday of this week. ■ — Some smart sprinters are ensraged m tho short, distance events at Geraldino, and if the club can gather fair fields they should provide some- interesting racing. —There seems to be no fluke about Keysee's win in the English St. Leger, as she was followed home by two fairly well proved horses in Dominion and Buchan. .. —The New Zealand Cup candidate Eleus is reported to be training on satisfactorily in his work, and is one that lias already received a considerable amount of support. At tho Newmarket July masting a'two-year-old entered to be sold at 200sovs made 1250 gs after winning the race. The owner of the second and the race fund divided £lll2. The. Kurow Jockey Club's programme met with a very pleasing response, and their annual race meeting (which is to take place on the Oaamru course) should prove a big success. Richmond Main, winner of the-Chelms-ford Stakes, and Prince Viridis, winner of the-Spring Stakes,, are- both owned by Mr J. " Baron," and until lately were trained by J. Barden. Lord Glanely, who won the Derlsv with Grand Parade, has endowed the South" Wales and Monmouthshire University with £25,000 to establish a, laboratory for agricultural research work. Owners contributed £6OIB to the funds of the Wellington Racing Club last season in payments for nominations and acceptances. The total amount given in stakes amounted to £9.6..8D>. The New Zealand-bred Beltane-, who has been racing over hurdles at the Melbourne- meetings, sold at GlCgs when submitted to auction, after running second in the Australian Hurdles. First Blow, the winner of tho Trial Handicap at Dannevirke, is an attractivelybred filly, as she was got by .Finland from War Talk, and thus ranks as a sister in blood to Estland and Finmark. The Nassau-—Ormolu three-year-old gelding Orange Bitters has been liberally engaged in classic events, and on that line should shays well if sent to fulfil track engagements at the Geraldino meet'ng. Bon Spec was given a sprint over half a mile last week, and shaped in a manner suggesting that he has made a good recovery from the trouble which caused him to be thrown out of work- last autumn. Owners will be pleased to learn that tha threatened lack of accommodation at Gore has been averted by J. R. M'Murray obtaining a lease of the show grounds, which contains 26 boxes and a large number of stalls. -r- A copy e$ the Auckland Trotting Club's, programme for the season is to hand, and acknowledged with thanks. The Auckland Club is the only one connected? with the sport in New Zealand which issues a progi amnio covering the season. Cetigne, who ran third in the Chelmsford Stakes, ranks second in the list of winning horses in Australasia to Carbine. The son of Musket and Mersey won £24.476, and Cetigne £23.157, in addition to his place monev in the Chelmsford Stakes. Bright Night, who beat the New Zealander Colden Bubble in the Novice Handicap, started eight times as a two-year-old without scoring a win. He was got by Wolawa from La Noite, the dam of Midnight Sun. Noctuiform, and Nislilfall. The three-year-old gelding Mustard Pot, who is showing improved track work at Riccaiton, claims engagements at the Gcrakline meeting. As a two-year-old he ran n, moderate third in the M'Lean Stakes, and finished second to Link Up in the Dominion Handicap. Richmond Main, the winner of the Chelmsford Stakes, is a chestnut colt owned by Mr J. Baron, and got by Prince Foot from Australian Gas. Richmond Main 1 failed to win a race out of several starts as a two-year-old. His dam was got by Traqua-ir from Sundial, by Kendal—Sunrise, by Springfield. There is a notable difference in the handicap between Mascot and Kilrush in connection with the Wr.nganui Spring Handicap and their treatment in the New Zealand. Cup. The former race is, of course, over a much shorter course, but Kilrush has to meet Mascot on 19lb woi*sc terms for the difference in the distance Mr A. W. Cox. the well-known owner and breeder, who died in May last, left estate of the value of £.3.31.927 7s 2d. His horses in training and at the stud were left to his brother, who has already won a race with one of the team. The late Mr Cox left his trainee, Alec. Taylor, SODOsovs, and his stud groom received 2000sovg. The English mare Irritation was backed with plenty of coaßdence for her race at a recent Moorcfield .meeting, and won with, a good deal in hand, f.fter taking chargo at tho entrance to the straight. Irritation cost 800g3 <in England, and waa sent out to Australia by R. Wcoton. She is an aged mare by Dinnefcrd—Scotch Fiddle. The New Zealand Trotting Cup Handicap contained several mistakes as it appeared in southern papers. Christchurch exchanges show that Admiral Wood .has been handicapped at 2sec, and not Sscc according to the wire sent south; whilst Aga-thcs, John Dillon, Dob Cdwox, and Sherwood have'Gsec,

an:l not 7sec; and Moneymaker and Minston have Osec each, and not lOsec. A copy of J. J. Miller's Sporting Annual for 1919 is to hand, and acknowledged with thanks. As usual it is lull of information of interest to sportsmen. The performances of all the horses engaged- in the big springevents in Australia form the chief feature of the book, in which the various records in every branch of sport arc brought up to date: The placed horses in the principal races run in Australia, bloodstock sales, and winnings of notable performers in Australia all find a place in the book, which is sold remarkably cheap at la 9d. The Nov/ Zealanders engaged at the Sydney Tattersall's meeting failed to get amongst the money, but the fact is not altogether surprising, as after their sea -voyage (in the caso of Mason's team lasting 14 days) they were not likely to be go forward in condition as. some of their opponents. Golden Bubble ran second to Bright Night in the Novice Handicap, and may improve as the result of his race and more work 0,1 the track. Golden Bubble is a chestnut colt by Absurd from Catchfly, by Cuirassier — Cobweb, by Ingomar, from Titania. Paraofl, who ran second in the Grand National Hurdles, reads ileniently treated in the Geraldine Cup, and, if in anything like the form he' exhibited when winning the Feilding Cup, he should make an excellent trial horse for Gay Lad, if both go to tb.3 post. Pcraoa was rather sore on tho last day of the National meeting, but has since been woi'king away at Riccarton, and with the sting out of the going he should run a good race. In fact, the handicapper has taken a liberty with the King Rufus gelding, who reads tho pick of the handicap, apart from the class distinction carried by the top weight. Moorhouse (one of the directors of the English Bloodstock Breeders' Review) by M Miguel Martinez de Hoz (president of the Aigentine Jockey Club) relative to the working of the tota.lisator tin the Argentine contained a lot that was interesting. Tickets cost two Argentine dollars (about 3s 6d in English money) each, and the turnover at the Palermo Racecourse (Buenos Aires) last year was £4.213,114. The expense of working the machine was £20,811. Of- the 10 per cent, commission, half goes to the club, one-fourth to the city of Buenos Aires, and one-fourth to the Government. Last year the Government received £106,077, and of that sum £20,000 was placed at the d'sposal of a commission entrusted with tho purchase of remounts for the army. Unless facilities for transporting racehorses improve a . good deal in the near future, it i 3 doubtful if there will be anything like a strong field seen out in tha Wanganui Guinens. Warplane, who was one of the bast two-year-olds seen out last season, is already on the scene of action, and will under anv circumstances probably go out favourite. Warplane i 3 bred to stay, as he was got by Martian from Adelicia, by Charlemasme ll—Augele, .by Multiform— Happy Valley, by Wallace—Faraway, by Bjill o' Portland—Happy Land, by Musket—■ Atlantis, *bv Thormanby. It will be seen that Adelicia has a wealth of Musket blood through Multiform, Wallace, and Happy Land, allied to two strains of St. Simon through Charlemagne II and Bill o' Portland, and a mating with Martian should result in mere than a mere flash of speed.

A Press Association cable message from Sydney announces that six New Zealand horses, shipped by the Moeraki, were landed fit.