IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3494, 22 February 1921, Page 39

IN A NUTSHELL.

Alagrlala is reported to be looking bright and vcl 1 . The Racing Comniissioii will be in Dunedin this week. The hurdles at AVingatui and Oamaru were set up rather too straight. Ruddy Gold let his followers at Oamaru clown bo ell v in each of his races. —-AVliiplock is the first of Kenloeli’s stock to give him o little postlu nious fame. Acceptances for til. first day of the Gore meeting are due on thc 25th inst. --The Manawr.tu Racing Club paid £9Ol t in taxes to the revenue over their Summer meet big. Co'-crock has apparently lost nil form, as lie ran badly at both Wingatui anti Oama rn. Kilbroney had four winners at Oamaru in the shape of Kilcullen, Songbird, Kilkoe and Kdlala. Air Alf. Dickson had some close finishes to decide at Oamaru, and gave prompt decisi ms. Handicaps for the Waiinafe meeting are due on the 28th ins!., and acceptances on March 7. Bonny Mac. the winner of the Burnside Handicap, belongs to the same family as Bon Spec. Biplane has shown some evidence of a return to form by making a good show in a recent race in Sydney. Prior to the Oamaru meeting, his owner stated that Melee was to be thrown out of training if lie did not score. Nominations for the Giea‘ Easter and Great Autumn Handicaps arc due on Feb rtinry 25—Friday of »' - week. Bahiiron won to fine style on the first day at Oamaru, and came within an aee of scoring again on the second day. The imported stallions Sunny Loch and AVinkie are booked to go under the hammer at the Great Autumn meeting sales. The Nassau gelding. Premium, who was seriously injured by getting across the- rails at 'Wingatui, is again in commission.

J —-Handicap? for the first day of die SoutkI land Kacinp Club's meeting me due on the i '2oln in.-t.. , ad acceptances on Glared i. j Mandril _■ .vatlied wiiij cf lus huid.cS j at Oam a in, out with u little uioio experience ; should pay hi- way over the small sticks. I ” A '* wh was cut out at tlie start • j Ueneral Ad vane j of his races at On mm it, m.d is a 1 ng way j b irk fnnn the- form he displu'-cd hi-t year.* ! —Old John Baric; . ; t j ai was < of tli nmkoi in the i Parks:dc Welter, but faded into four.h r.’ato at the end. The Solterino—Madame. two-year-old fillv, Dante Fortune, cut; --e last, nut should prove ratltor useful with more experience a: the game. Chinatown got a lucky run on the rails when lie wen the Grange Handicap, but | he came from the tail of the field to first j past tlxo post. J - much has been heard concerning i *his season's Waimate meeting that it will I not be surprising to find the club experienc- | ing a record gathering. The Hon. J. 0. Cord s Minister of Public Works) was the Forth Otago Jockey Club’s guest at lunch on the second day of the Club's race meeting. Two outsiders in Melee and Linden gathered the money in the Buckley Memorial. Linden came with a catish run and just failed to head off the winner. War Hawk was sent out second favourite for the Talahuia Hurdle in which he seemed to have a chance until he struck | fairly heavily at the second lad, hurdle. ! —Jazz scored fairly comfortably when he won last week but unfortunately jarred one i of his legs and had to be withdrawn from j the rest of his engagements at the meeting. ! —lt is reported that the grass on the I addition to Invercargill track has come on j splendidly since the Summer meeting, and good going should be on hand lor the Autumn meeting. Bellshire displayed a glimpse of his best form by beginning smartly and helping to show the way in the early part of the Purkside Welter, but he faded out when he struck the hill. The South Canterbury Autumn programme includes a 500sovs stake, a fioOsove stake, four worth 250suvs, and tw. of -20080V4 each. Other events range in value from 130sovs to KSOsiOva. The Oamaru track was in excellent order last week, but some were doubtful if Vice Regal ran a mile and a-hulf over lnmlies in 2.13 when he won on ttie second day of the meeting. ... J- Each of ti e four runners :ii the \\ aitaki Handicap carried over 1100 tickets on tlio totalisator, and there was a mart'll of 363 ticket-: between the favourite and the run* outsider of the quartette. lvilkce is a half-brother to Snnart, amt finishes on so well at the end of a distance that is would net be surprising to see him win over Jar more ground than he has successfully covered up to date. The principal event on the Tuapeka programme will be the Tuapeka Handicap of 105covs, the Laurence Handicap of 105sovs, and the Presid, nt’s Trot of lOOsovs. Nominations arc due ot: March 4. Blazer was a hot favourite for Die Apprentice Pure at Oumr.ru. but ire whipped round at the rise of the barrier. Hi= form on the second day suggested that he was parinsr a false price in hi- first race. | Glen shine war finishing on strongly when ho ran second on the first day at Oamaru, and was sent ■ ut less, than an can money chen-e for the Buckley Memorial, in which the best !•■• could do was a. close fourth.. .. ~ Sunny C-rner appeared to have Radial 9 measure in the North Ota-.o Cup, when iacin,v phnut UK) yards from home, but tne latter finished ix shade the b ttcr and got there by a nock wi:h not. apparently an ounce in hand. The Kilbvonev—Esther filly. Ivilcullen in nil probability registered a track record when she galloped' five furlongs in 1.0 3-5 at I Oamaru. It is at least a rather smart gallop to record on a track with about two furlongs uphill finish. Kleus and Sihv Peak have been nominated fur the Haste: Handicap of I 1 iQQsov , to be run at tl c Aiu klan ' Autumn . i, g. Eh is also engaged in th* ! Autumn Handicap, . 1100.*ov». cue and a- • quarter miles, at the same meeting. I * Tiie well-known Wingatui trainer. R. R. M'D maid, met will a painful accident whilst. U . at tin North Otago ni< - , i! ;’ slipped and fell whilst in a porcelain bat a and lost the n til of a big toe, which, got j a tubed it the v.a-t, water plug. glance at the list of trotting events on til® Sou’hland Racing Club’s nrogi ami..e and notice bow well ’hey have been patrcn.seu, it should not require- miu it her < iu< ei c® to pi we th.at thro- i- room foi a trotting club in Invercargill. - Ivilfane w:t c strong! l fancied, but he l 1 : ....... ( \ • 4 1 ... r, I e f.

vreut nr.ctei >tii in- run 'm u.c day Kilculler. boat him comfortably. and on' the- p •••one! ho found Songbird a shade too troocT. for him. Kilfano lin« not trained on well since he landed a double at the Timnru Spr '1 ■' ineetiv". - Kill:-la pot verj well away in the Windsor T-l:• ndicap. an.l althon :!> Corn Rigs and Palladium got t » her aider going about a furlong, she came away in the straight ;md won comfortably. Kill ala is a sister to Ivilboyne. and this will probably 1 her last season on the turf. Killowcn has not always displayed too much resolution when called on at the finish of his races, but he- ran pnic-'y enoush at 0 a ni a in when V ill O a b i a i 1 d short-Headed, him in the Wait:, hi IJ-indVup. Killowcn was firs! out, and led until the tael few strides from the post. Tirunga looked tit 1 <■ n 1 ■. a good chance when lie tool; choirof tile field who; racing inside the distance for the Parksido W c-lter, but. Kilkce. vigorously handled, gol up and beat him a length Bi:d a-liolf. Tiranira does not appear to slay well, and th l Oaninru course requires one able to finish well into the collar. There was not much pace on dining the early part of the race for the l’uckley Memorial, and the field seemed t he playing right up to Sunny Corner. She looked, to have a chance at the distance, hut then Melee and Linden both raced past her. Sunny Corner seems, however, to he staying better with age. One of the most disappointing horses that ran at the North Otago meeting was Corn Pigs. He ran a fair third in the North Otago Cup. but seemed to cut it when saddled up amongst the hacks on the second day of the meeting. It may, however, simply he a case of an over-grown young horse not being seasoned enough to stand up 1o a couple of races on consecutive days. The winners of both the two-year-old events at the North Otago meeting were bred by Mr J. B. Reid. Kilcullen was got j by Ivilbroney from the imported mare | Esther, who was got by Santrv (son o£ Oallinule) from Feracpolie, by Persimmon. I from Mo dor be Bond Or. Songbird was got

l>y Kilbroney from Grey Linnet, by Thrush from Marie Legraye, by Diamond Jubilee — White Lilac, by Springfield. The attractively bred Cambrae is one of the few of Absurd’s stock that lias not boosted the reputation of his sire. He, however, displayed improved form on the second day at Oamaru, where he came from second last away in a struggling start to fourth at the finish. Cambrae was got by Absurd from Remission 11, by Black Sand from Coretta, by Cylleno—Penitent, by Hermit from Strayshot. Although Canterbury horses are conBpicuous by tlieir absence in the list o<f nominations for the Southland Racing Cluu s Autumn meeting, the general entry is so good that success seems assured. The principal events have filled very well, although the class does not read particularly high. A gratifying feature of the nominations is the excellent list received in connection with the cross country events, which should form a star attraction for the meeting. —At Oamaru last week two owners of considerable avoirdupois made a wager concerning their respective weight. The match was to be decided on a penny-in-the-slot weighing machine; but as it only registered up to 20 stone the wager had to be cried off. One owner is ciedited with being able to tip the beam at over 2*2 stone, and the other, who can only go around 20 stcnc, would have been a bad second with scales able to measure the bulk of both men. It at least was demonstrated that we have some owners of considerable weight in tlr* country. The betting in the Waitaki Handicap was remarkably close; in fact, in a long connection with racing, the writer cannot recall anything like it. In a field of four any two horses could have been backed to a profit, and yet Will Oakland, the rank Outsider of the field, paid considerably less than threes to one. It was also a remarkable race to watch as the quartette, with Jullowen at the head of affairs, follewed by Will Oakland, Palamon and Red si lire, after getting away together, ran in single file iflor about half the jousr/ney, when they closed up and fought out an exciting finish. Songbird is one of the finest-looking two-year-olds seen out this season, and his good looks are backed by an attractive Jjedigree. His win at Oamaru was his second success; but he lias never ran up to expectations based on his early spring form whilst a green colt. His win last week was gamed by a narrow margin only, yet it was noubly pleasing, because in spite of looking » trifle jaded when in the birdcage, he fought out as game a finish as one could wish. It was, however, noticed that he displayed considerable reluctance to face the barrier, and met 1 links he has had about anough racing for his first season.