IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3495, 8 March 1921, Page 39

IN A NUTSHELL.

Nominations for the Lake County meeting- are due to-day. The liezonian gelding Sumum should so-on pick up a race. Great Northern Oaks Stakes. Acceptances for the Great Eos ter and Great Autumn are due on Friday. March 11. Latest reports state that Ora'revs is not so -seriously amiss as originally announced. Air R. E. liar icy did gold work at the barrier on both days of the Gore meeting. Thaddeus scored a rather comfortable win in the final event at Gore. The New " Zealand Cup winner Oratress broke down whilst running in the Wanganui Cup Despite his 14lb penalty, Korke’s Drift is entitled to Bt-.trt a go >d favourite for the Sou - hi and Cup. The smart two-venr-olc! Tam-atetc mav be next •seen under silk at the Auckland i E a r-ter mee t i ng. General Advance did not add to his laurels at Gore, but may do better with the sting* out of the going. Do: an; st can begin well, and will bo dangerous in weaker company than he met at the Gove meeting. —Eros would have landed the Telegraph Trot if he had escaped a bad mix after going a little over a furlong. Vera Mauritius and her two-year-old colt by Harold Dillon were passed in when sent under the hammer last week. On form Kilkee looked a formidable rival to Thaddeus in the Borough Handicap, but lie was never in the hunt. The Southland Racing Club is probably the only club in the Dominion to retain selling races on the programme. Botanist displayed a good deal of pace in his races at Gore, but failed to stay on. Ho may do better at Invercargill. Sembric should be improved by her racing at Gore, where she looked rather too big in condition to' reproduce form. j Palamon if; proving a. rather useful winner this season, and now seems to bo a better liors? than at any part of his career. Rorke's Drift was withdrawn from his engagement on the Second day at Gore shortly after winning tho G.R.C. Handicap. Kilkee ran a poor race when he made f his only appearance at the Gore meeting, where ho shaped a good deal below his form. Narcotic was well backed in belli his races at Gore, but put up such indifferent peri'nrmi.nc-:s as to suggest that ho is overrated. Rothbell changed owners before the Gore 1 meeting*, and was expected to win the Electric Trot, but he failed to get the money. Twinkle has not trained on much this season, and is not running up to expectations based on his form earlier in these a son. General Advance was expected to gather a race at Gore, but did not shape too well. He nicy do better when the going is not so harri. Th: Sheik lost a bit of ground at the start of the Hi vers dale Trot, and had Quick Maxell under punishment to beat him at the finish. Marching Order again proved himself a horse worth b -aring in mind hv the so!id r.i-che rap when v;rm. inv the Crow!on l' mdieau. Who., he* sc- Bed. down in his rere nc Gore Oakmu was putting in good work, and should sc . r. get closer to the* thick end of a pose. Coni Rigs ha« 1 :en turned out for n spell. He is a big. overgrown chan that will require plenty of time to come to his full strength. B'-ngeroop move 1 rsDwr short and cramped when cloksv hi pro 15 n in ary fro* the G.R.C. Hand l ' cp. and was never dangerous in the race. Tvillowou jut heat Palamon at On mam ove»- six furlongs, and under the penalties at Invercargill the latter will have to race on *2lb worse term'. As Sr-mum. neat Sunlit at even weights when they met at Gore, lie should beet her again at Invercargill, where a penalty makes her tank n bit har:V>\ Hillard is again v work after a lengthy spell. At his h.-s; Kill a. rd is a rad h. r *r useful -•ob.. hut lias been unlucky since owned in I v> A u ■ k la \i d d I > t r i < t. Sunlit, the half-sister to Kihnoon. got w.-'ll a way in t ae Hckormi Hack Handicap, and her smartness otf the mark materially isto.l in. her success. ■•During the second day of the Gore mee Dim* an inquiry was held into smue of the rii! : m.r. but so far no infoi mu Don as to the result has com to hand A recent vi» nr : n Sydnev j? r> fine two-venv-old celt n-.med ißia-ehcad. who was got bv M<om J ain King from Toli, by Birkmihead from isolt. by Multiform. Rartel itc t .m a good solid race in Dm Ot:?; c !a Heel; Vw b c»*. and was prominent at th- honu* turn, hut three others were i<)o good f- him •' the v.vighG. Sat'sfc't ion ran b • - * a h.ir race in the Sum nun* II mm am Sh v-v alvavs ch up. but not ch.se rwanm. On the second dav she i :n a sjiM'Dv ’-e* a* rn e. C ErrraoTSOT’. 1 1 o «=» left fo>* Anvrma. en route to England. He is accompanied b\M -s Fun -iv n. and will iiub l cn ov Vnd 1 tour before returning t ■ New /< Pa ul. Radial doro no* s’w too well beyond a mile, but what should Id--- chance in Die Sout.h.l an- -1 . Cop Die r •* that there is nothin? et • -d v Id h • 11 . r-t ■ r "d pace. Th;- cross-round- on Dm C ,oaid uin n prngra mnu a 1 \va vs as use . ■ able intm-.--si, 1 .of il *• • ■• • i- mcerai'-.- far too hard at. D*d ■ tin: of D. • • iw r A. - between Dm f 1 To * he Sm-D ho-d < •■ , i; :: i r»r,p. in" Kilk<-e «-.i 1-’d.- 1 Dan v-l-en he R •* t ! o hr*. - in t’ V o G:-u (*•”> run ov--*r three fu V* . r i,: d than 1 be-.- lpe-'t hi- v i‘. - h ■ b. ,r v--n i. I •■■: •■ e o- • • * ! • Trent lr m < bdd Co !> D-- • 1 ■ Dm ra ,• of D..« if Duo. iai'-hu, Scsauof. and ore or two * ■fliers •.»i n in the fvav. - I Vue Crm-v. who uri the Y.RG X •*«.*- market FT-p-dvar. is a four-year rd 1 gelding by Li.: acre from Lady in Blue, by

Niagara or Kitawa from Blue and Cerise, by Marvellous. Fields threaten to be a bit small in eoine of the events o-n the first- day of the Invercargill meeting, as Palamon, Linden, Jock, and Thaddeus each claims two engagements on the- card. The Sunny Lake—St. Sophia filly Sunlit upset- backers’ calculations when she hopped | out smartly in the Hokonui Handicap and j boat two much-bet ter-hacked candidates in I Ostoi ir.- hi and San olite. -it v. : iilrl l,e into routine* to know why! Bell W: 1 1 ia .-e carried 72 tickets on tho first day at Gore and 728 on flic i. -xt. In one face plie wa« fevouri-e and in trie other the The HDOfovs handicap for two-vear-obb lo bo run at the ’Welling: on uutuum meeting is aif'using considerable interest sports, and may .prove tho best | j uvend? r a 2 o f th e se a son. Foo Chow, the winner o. r the Peninsula i Cup. run at Riccarlon on Saturday, was j bred by Air J. F. Reid, and got by Selferino from Tea Cup, the dam of I)e Gama, who was a really good horse when at the top of his form. Air W. Stone states that he is ponding Elcus, Silver Peak, Roseday, and Primum up to the Auckland Ea-s-er meeting. It ( would not, however, lie surprising to find the team at Rice art on if the weights read attractive. Red Tape was very sere when lie ran in the Welcome Steeples, and was making hard work of the jump-s until he finally came a cropper. Despite his poor show, Red Tape found backers on tho second day, when lie again ran a bad race. into third 'place behind Rorke’s Drift and Tin Soldier in the G.R.C. Handicap; hut nothing had a. chance with the winner. On the penend day ho did not get too good a run when chasing Palamon. Borodino was putting in good work nt. Pm finish of the Summer Handicap, and Miss. Muriel had io be kept busy to beat him half a. length in the Summer Handicap. If the sting is out of the going at Invercargill he may land a stake. Red Pal won bv a. good margin in the L n«dord Hack Handicap, but -appeared to he doing her best all the way. Lima appeared to have a chance with lie) 1 until about two and a-half furlongs from home, when she seemed to stop for no apparent reason. Killowjen runs his best race if allowed to stride- along without being pulled about. On the first day at Gore he was pulling double up to the home turn, but then dropped the bit; whilst on the second day he was allowed to bowl along, and ran a much more generous race. —Ai a -sale of trotting stock held in Gore last week Air A. Pringle purchased a three-year-old gelding by Harold Rothschild from Niman. at 145 gs. A. tv/o-vear-old gelding in Donside, ,by Adonis-—Sutinwood, sold at 202 gs to Mr J. H. Reid, of Nightcaps. Duo and Gasbag are amongst those paid up for in the Great Northern St Leger. There was. not much between them in tho spring of the season, and it will be interesting to note how they shape in the aut nmn. The Nelson Cup winner, Insurrection, was presented to his trainer, J. W. Lowe, by the Alessrs Riddiford Bros., when they transferred their horses in training to another stable. Insurrection is a three-year-old by Kilbronev from Ruthful, by Ruenalf. Judging by tlie fact that Mornhn has been allowed to drop out of Die Great Northern Champagne Stakes, he will be seen out at Ri; carton. If Alcrmin. Tam-atote, and The Hawk meet at the "Wellington autumn mseting ii shculd provide a race worth seeing. Thaddeus was in receipt of JSlb from Rorke’s Drift in the G.R.C. Handicap, and as both are penalised for the Southland Cup there is only 211 b between them for the latter race. The margin does not seem to give Thaddeus much chance with tlie Calibre : gelding. The death Js -announced of the. Frenchbred horse Le Samnritain. He waa a great stud success in tlie Argentine, and is best known as the sire of Roi 11 erode, who got The Tetrarch. Grey Fox, son of Le Samaritain, who was a crack racehorse, lios been brought to England to join tlie Cobhani stud. Dun mu re was mad-: a strong favourite for the AVidea Hoe pies, and was going strongly when he bumped APOhesney off. Cazna, how ever, won so well Diet it G doubtful if Die f.iYourPo could have given him fist and a b aling. The second day’s running confirmed tlie opinion that Cazna could nutc 1a ss Dun m u re. ! —Nautical, who proved to be the winner of this vwar’s T.R.C. St. Leger, is a chestnut gelding got by Sea Ibince from Mo nodi a. by Curtain Lecture from C'leis, by AYallace from Wig-.-liuar. by Bill o’ Portland —Etr;i AYnnie. by Trentcu—Nellie, by Tim AYliiftler—S’.vpplio, by Sir Hercules from Sappho, the ancestress of many good winners. Palamon was pulling double when out in front for a little over a mile in the G.R.C. Handicap, but whin lie was do-no pulling lie fadded back to a moderate fourth. Over a shorter course on the second day ho just managed to simeesnfuliy see out a mile and a distance. Palamon can get a good mile, but his beet journey is six or seven furlongs. - Miss Muriel has been displaying soreness, but when it came to bu-iimss at Gore she hit out freely enough in her first race, despite Die hard going. Killowen went with her* to the turn, but, although pulling hard, stopped badly when asked tv go on. Aliss Aluriel was very sore on tho second day < r tiro meeting, and apparently ono race was quite enough f_r her on the Jiard going.

Gloaming continued an uninterrupdo 1 triumphal march at the- \Yr ngar-ui Chip me-o:-iiur, where Silver Link wa - loudly cheered vDi.'-n she took up lie- in Dot and nnadejng is engaged in Dio C.J.C. C haliers eo S'Dikos. hr w'nich (lasbav. IJuiubug, Win. or pi i> pi - ersda'c- Tr«.-t slic wnvJd in all probability have landed Dm stakes. She show-, d more pare than anything in the ra-e, but lrroke up several times through over anxiety on. the part of her driver. On tlie second day she wont, a level nice, and won in good slvle. The general opinion is that Nellie Scott v.’i uhl go t(3 a good mad: if placed in a go -d stable. Th; leniently Irmdicapimd Rcckc’s Drift made a onchor.se race of the G.R.C. M andicap. Do m ">d t’oru-ard inlo *V,y • h pPm.o as D-ev ei'b’i ed th- hack stretch, and. tvßJvclliug along under c. goul puli, joined the millin'" a clurncc. Rock Di ifl • appe rentlv onar eaiiir agahu and will p.wil.ehly start {.' r-'d • fa- -u.it,• at Irvc-i rt-i!!. Die Wan-avri Cap no • d i ■ AI ■ Skit.-wort }i <1 isc.overc; I diet the ru> ■-r At ached io «-e • of the side p - was a’m o-*t cm d r< Nntnraby die horses on t ha.t s 1 U of Dio track would rec.-iv- all the- worst of the fct-urt. Tho Rule, of Racing should p-rovid -

th.at any start made by a nialicioorsly’ damaged barrier should be null and void. — Linden was always well up in the G.R.C. Handicap, but fad. i cm in tlie run home. He looked as if had lien freshened up since the Oan.aru n.-cDng, and was probably short of a rousing p-iilop. On tho second da; lie imd a ti tle sore and aj>])arcntly a bit jarr- by hi- io on tlie first day. The : or: had .* rj v hard go’.ug ;:t Goi-e was rat l ,, r ’ , n *he :! st of dn? horses, and b.. .. is m * sound. -—Apparently some ’he r :s at die Wanganui Cup 1- -d: rmh’ >rs, as tlisy did at the Diiu.c.'. :n Cup meeting. At the nordiern rn.ee- n C r;i ad. .- lost her rider, and J. Berry, tlie i dor of Asterina, was stood down fo: thr-a' n. -nth- for careless riding. Punka was g-alh uixl on. and in c- nsequence may not n;& again D is season. Client broke a fetlock and had to be destroyed. and Oratress 1 . k- down. Tlie last two mishaps, however, nay not have bc-en due to any interference or rough riding. —Os term an was pin. a round ns a likely winner at both Wingatui and Oamaru, but lie failed to get am on get the money. He, however, made no mistake on the first day at Gore, where he soon hit the front and won decisively was probably a bit lucky in that Samum was badly handled, aft the latter came from Dio tail of the field, and, racing through, got up and beat NightAlarm over ci length for second money. Ostcnnon is a half-brother by Const adt to Golden King, and Samum is a four-year-old gelding by Bezonian from Khamsin. After Foo Chow’s winning h v i'i ft Dio Dunedin Cup meeting, it would create no surprise to find him th vdnn r of the Per. nsula Cup, run a* Ric. irlon on Saturday* last. On Die first da.” at Wingatui Foo Chow took up 0.8 cud scored a comfortable win in the Ghidbrook Handicap, and nothing like fully extended when recording 2.10 1-5 for the 10 furlongs. On the second day of the meeting he had 10.1. and comfortably ran home a winner in 1.43 1-5- Like 0-h.ers of .Solferino’s got, Foo Chow is improving with age, and lie stays fairly well may be found winning more import-ant events run over a distance. A cablegram states that Air E. A\ . Alison. (Auckland) gave IGOgs, not 17605?. for the Bright Steel—Liane colt at the Sydney sales.