IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3495, 1 March 1921, Page 39

IN A NUTSHELL.

Oratress finished fifth in the Wansranui Cup. „ ~ Bengeroop has been struck out of the southland Cup. -Nominations for the Riverton meeting are due on March 4. Acceptances for the Waimate meeting are due on March 7. The Ashburton Sapling Stakes for 1922 closed with an entry of GO. His Majesty the King has four colts engaged m the Derby of 1922. Genera l entries for the C.J.C. autumn meeting are due on March 11 -The Southland Racing Club’s autumn meeting takes place next week Handicaps for the Great Easter and Great Autumn are duo on March 7. Malaga is reported to have derived considerable benefit from his recent spell —lt is reported that H. Gray has been offered an engagement to ride in England. Bondage is the only horse to drop out of the fieid handicapped for the Peninsula Cup. i •. ll °y al . Stag has been standing up to liu work since running at the Dunedin Cup meeting. 1 Acceptances for the first day of the southland autumn meeting are due on March The health o-f the New Brighton trainer, *'!• . wards, is causing his friends grave anxiety. T V Kon^ 11E i t . ions for the Tuapeka County Jockey Clubs meeting are due on Friday, March 4. —An effort is to he made to keep Warplane m commission for some of the autumn meetings. -War Baby tb? winner of the Petrie Handicap, run at V. auganui, is a sister to .be be he a a. . —According to present intentions Listen mg Post will rejoin W. McDonald's stable'hi May next. The imported stallion Robert the Bruce recently broke one of his legs, and had to be destroyed Oratress is a conspicuous absentee from the list of nominations for the Great An t iimu H a n d i oa p. Arrowsmith is exercised doily on a lead, and an attempt will be made to give him another preparation. Within the last five years S DorcHiue lias twice won the Two Thousand Guineas’ Derby, and St. Lfger. The Birchwood Hunt Club will hold tncir annual race meeting at. Otautan on \\ ednupday. March 30. The Victorian Racing Club has extended L. H. Hewitt’s riding license until the end of the season. Seven mares were recently shipped from England to the- United States to be bred to the crack horse Man o’ War. Bengeroop has been off the , scene for some little time, but lie figures amongst the acceptors in the G.R.C. Handicap. Tamatete docs not figure in the Stud Book, but his dam is said to bo well bred but in what way is so fur a secret. —lt is reported that The Hawk will be raced at Riccarton and Merrnin at Auckland during the coming autumn meetings. Ora Direct 2.61, a son of the defunct Oopn do Ora, is the holder of the season’s four-year-old pricing record in America. Koikes Drift is at the head of die accentors in the G.R.C. Handicap, and his son Mettie Drift figures at the tail of the list. Nominations for the Riverton meeting are due on March 4. The prize-list totals 375050v5, or 65'Osovs more than last year. —F. Christmas is booked to leave Ricoorton for the North Island as soon as Mr Harold Brown can procure suitable stables. —lf Rorke’s Drift were .anything like the Rorke's Drift of old lie would make a onehorse race of it with the weights he is getting. The imported mare Bright Eyes, who was sent across on n. visit to Buckwheat, is being held up in Sydney by the shipping strike. The Wellington autumn programme will include a IQOOsovs stake for a handicap for two-year-olds. The maximum weight is to b? 9.7. —Mr R. M. Patterson has placed a Kilbionoy—Lady Wayward If filly with T. Stivens, to bo trained for future engagements Marshal Foch is to be the guest of the Earl of Derby at the Liverpool Grand National meeting, which takes place this month. The Wellington autumn programme will include five races worth lOOOsovs or more. The Thompson Handicap will be worth 1500sovs.

Bengeroop was handicapped to meet Rcrkes Drift on I.llb worse terms at Invercargill than he was at Gore over the same distance. -—Jazz won nicely when he scored at Oamaru, and his display of improved form may find him dangerous at Riccarton on Saturday. The Clutha Trotting Club holds <r guarantee of 1500sovs towards acquiring property to form a course if it suceeds in gaining a- permit. Otago a>id Southland are represented in the Great Autumn by Cashmere, Bengeroop, Twinkle, Linden, Eleus, Im Soldier, Filagree, and Radial. After the two days’ Tacing at Gore, the Invercargill handicaps may, and no doubt, will, bear a rather different aspect to what they do at present. The Clifden meeting does net seem to have caught on with owners, as - fields were small despite the fact that several horses were saddled up twice. I he Akarca meeting has attracted excellent .acceptances, and the fact of Itiocorton being the rendezvous gives unusual prominence to +he gathering. Tamatete had an exercise canter when he won at Wanganui, and it is to bo hoped that he will have a chance to measure strides Mermm before the season ends. The Lake County Jockey Club will give 810scvs in stakes at their annual meeting, to be held on March 17 and 18. The card will be restricted to seven even s each day. Lovematch, the winner of the Wanganui Cup, is a sister to Nones, a very smart, but somewhat unlucky, filly in her 'day. She is also- own sister to Menelaus. The 1500-guinea yearling sister to Humbug is out of the imported mare Eulogy, by Cicero—Kelibia, by Upas—Goletta, by Galpin—Biserta, by Lord Lvon B is reported that a compulsory spell has been given Statuette, but apparently the trouble is not serious, as she figures amongst the entries for the Great Easter. . The Gore Racing Club’s autumn meettakes place on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. A special train will run from Dunedin to Gore on c&eli duv of tlie meeting -The St. Swithin—Lady Cherry gelding India, scored a comfortable win in the Wanganui Trotting Cup. Judging by the stock he is leaving, St Swithin deserves every chance at the stud. Some little time back Mr R. Sutherland purchased the property formerly owned by B : Jardin, and lie has now shifted Boniform, Cattach, Kauwhero, and another to the new quarters. The declaration of acceptances for the Gore meeting caused a considerabl shrinkage in the fields. Eight out of the 18 handicapped for the G.R.C. Handicap dropped out of the race. The nominations for the Great Easter and Great Autumn are considerably less than last. year. The first race attracted 34. as against 49 last year, and the other 26 or 10 less than last year. The Timaru Cup, of 50Csovs, and the Autumn Handicap, of 350scvs. are the principal events on the South Canterbury autumn programme. Four other events carry stakes of 259sovs each. The Waimate Racing Club is amongst the applicants for an extra permit, and “ in the best interests of racing should get it in preference to some new club that is still an equipped racecourse behind scratch. Counter Attack is amongst the acceptors for the Forsyth Handicap, which is to be run over six furlongs, a distance which may prove more to his liking thon some of the journeys he has latterly been attempting. The imported horses Callaghan and Auckland have joined F. Ellis’s stable at Trentbam. Callaghan was got by Fairy Kin» — Penny Forfeit, and Auckland by Junior from Pasta. Both horses were winners in England. The two three-year-olds Duo and Gasbag figure amongst the acceptances for the Bsnnevirke meeting. They have not met since the New Zealand Cup meeting, when Duo beat Gasbag in the Derby and' Canterbury Cup. Up to January 31 The Welkin had sired winners o-f 35 races worth 18,000sovs. He had 18 winning representatives. Linacre had 32 winners of 53 races, worth 17,53950 vs ancl Eudorus 24 winners of 46 races, worth 13,908aavs. arc m training in the Victorian metropolitan conUnn. 1 0 r - e l lves * n ‘ * capital value of ±,VHUMO, and give employment to 2200 persons. It costs about £3 to maintain a horse m training. , Mr from Mr -V k-.dinner of a yearling brother to Surveyor. About two years ago Mr Stead made Mr Fa! kiner a present of Fluency, who has been showing excellent winning torm m bydney. Globe Derby is credited with trotting a mile m 2.10 on the tliree-lap-to-the-mi 4.l rack at the Sydney Agricultural Grounds Globe Derby was got by Mambrino Derby from Springhenl, bv Globe (sen of Hi. mi) trom t ldget, by A ancleve. Tamatete was handicapped at 108 ; n the Okora Handicap, and invited to give 9,u to. The Hawk. The figures suggest that there is good grounds for considering Tama tete able to give Morin in a good gallop if they happen to meet this season. _—An Auckland exchange states that “Mr Skipwith did not give any of the restless horses much latitude at Hamilton, one ’or two twists and they were placed behind the held, with the result that several with a reputation were much quieter than usual.’’ “ The well-known owner and trainer T M'Com be paid a firing visit to Dunedin last week prior to make an unexpected trip to England. He has been ordered a lorm sea voyage, and it is to be hoped that a complete rest will work o.n improvement in his health. On Foo Chow's form at the Dunedin Cup meeting he should help to make matters interesting in the Peninsula Cup, in which he is an acceptor with 8.5 io earnHe won the Chiclbrodk Handicap comfortably with 9.9 ill 2.K). 1 , and the Wiirrihdon Handicap with 10.4 in 1.43 1-5. nothing to spare when he heat Warlove. who had to- come from second last at the mile post to get second at the finish. In the Peninsula Cup Warlove is meeting Royal Stag at 51b better terms over a quarter of a mile less ground. Palospavos, who is one of the best, horses in South America, is a three-year-old prey colt got by Panauntas from Royal Picnic, a mare by Carbine from Royal Lass, by Royal Hampton from Galopin Lassie, by Galop in. Papanntes was got by Peppermint? from a Flying Fox mare. The late Mr M. Sherwiu, whose death occurred recently, wa.s a well-known and popular sportsman, and was elected a hie member of the South Ca iterbury Jockey Club about 25 years ago. He won the Great Autumn Handicap with Quibble, and another horse lie owned was Barmby, a winner of several races. Linden was finishing faster than Melee when they beat off Glcnshlne, who was in receipt of 91b from Linden. In the Southland Cup ! Glensliin? has to come in on slightly wjrse terms, although it is worthy of note that

he carried over three times more support than Linden when they met over the same distance at Oamaru. The V aim ate Racing Ciub has carried out considerable improvements on their courst since last season's meeting. This year's meeting promises to Ire a record success, as the programme has attra.ttd far and away more patronage than any of its predecessors. The Waimate Cup, of" 500sovs, closed with an entry of 20 of good-class performers, and it is" pleasing to note the fact, as tlie club has for very many years endeavoured to stimulate' tlie snorting spirit by attaching a valuable trophy to tlieir principal event. The Invercargill handic-apper seems to have taken a liberty with Barrister in the Southland Steeples in allotting him 10.7. Tor instance he beat Staff Officer when giving him 271 b in the Owhiro Hurdles, and at Invercargill there is only 111 b between them. Barrister had Manawa-ponga in deep trouble when the latter was attempting to give 31b in the same race, but at Invercargill the Christchurch horse has to allow Barrister no less than 251 b. Barrister subL '-' 031 at Oamaru, but of course has still to win honours over fences. He, howeii'i:. looked a sure winner when he ran on ,n the steeplechase at Winton. The following prices were realised at the sale of Mr G. M. Currie’s yearlings: } Br f by Absurd—Ursula, Mr W G Stead, 750 gs. Lot 2Ch c bv Absurd— Moma Machree, Mr E. Kiddiford. Wellington 9»ogs Lot 3—Ch fby Absurd—Sea Elf T^. e 7 n w’ Mr C ' Klgar ' Feathers ton, Bot 4—Br cby Absurd—Our Lady, 1 AL , Greenwood, IOOOgs. Lot s— Br f by Absurd—Cowl (sister to Rational), Mr G D Greenwood, IOOOgs. Lot 6-Ch c by Absurd—Bronze, Mr W. Duncan, Lot L R, f , - Aosurd—Leta, Mr C. Elgar, Featherston. T3oogs. Lot 8-Ch f bv Absurd Lulogy (Sister to Humbug and Fulsome), Tot qhri B ' Hawke’s Bay, ISOOga. Dot 9—B gby Absurd—Cintra, Mr W. DafnCan i " ai )t?anui, 150 gs. Lot 10—B f bv AbUr: Lacy Eta, Mr rl. B. Giljson, Hawera, T Lo f c ky Absurd—Graduate, Mi B. L. Jell, Hawera, 250 gs. Lot 12—B o 1000-s arrow—Grandeur, Mr H. Emmanuel,