IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3509, 14 June 1921, Page 39

IN A NUTSHELL.

Master Strowan is to join F. D. Jones’s stable at Riccarton i The investments in the last race at I Elkrslie Totalled £16,200. The Grand National meeting is to be hekl on August 9, 11, .and 13. Nominations are due on June 28 for the Smith Canterbury Hunt meeting. The Christchurch man F. Cray is now riding schooling work at Flcmingfon. The- imported colt Tractor °has joined Mr H. JW. Brown's stable a.t Trent ham. are cine on June 20 for the 'VVaiiwate Hunt Club’ 3 race meeting. Ihe next New Zealand Cup meeting is booked to take place 011 November 5 7 9, 12. j Nightraider lias been placed in work again | and is now a member of J. Williamson’s j team. I The Mana-watu Raring Club are erecting ! an up-to-date electric totalisator on their course. j Arrow-smith is amongst those on the easy ! list .at Trent ham, where he is exercised on : the lead. Ni initiations far the principal events to be decided at the Grand National ■ toting close on July 1 j The smart sprinter, Parisian Diamond. ; figures amongst the hurdlers engaged at tbs i Napier meeting. j The time for hedging- objection to next j season’s dates applied for by any club expires on JMy 1. j The death is reported of the well-known ’ mare Verity, by Vancleve. She is the dam of Childe Pointer. stnrbhd v,as said to be: looking particularly bright and well when he entered the sale ring last week. Intent a ck, a ivnner over country at : KMer-Pen is a brother to Tamm Jack notv | racing is Australia. i The N.Z -hr d Moun'joy, by Hymetlos from 11 la lid;.; was among.t the winners a t I Be mb go cm May 25. i The Birkenhead gelding Some Kid, who is a smart galloper when • eh, is again in cont- : mission at T; iccarton. ! The Otago Him! Chib intend t . bold their race meeting ■ vy k h. - arc the Dunedin Jockey Spi ;c‘ meeting, j Again devi-mpctl kidney troubb prior to Ibe Auckland im-wing, and as a result could not fulfil his engagements. The Wanganui Jockey Chib intend making art effort loords debarring unruly horses from, numihiitinn in ft race.

Tli© Napier Park meeting takes place on the 17th and 18th inst, and the Hawke’s Bay meeting- on the 22nd and 23rd. Fifteen horses trained by J. Bryce started at tlie Canterbury Park meeting, but none of them got amongst the dividends. Mr J Grigg, the well-known Ashburton sportsman and breeder, has been elected chairman of the Cunt©rbttty Jockey Club. The King’s Guest gelding Powder King has won three hurdle races since being pur-cl ass cl by his present owner for 28gns. Mirza is to’ be schooled over hurdles. The Masterpiece gelding is a good horse on the track, but does not race up to Ins gallops. The Limelight celt Illumination is said to be one of the best actors in deep going seen out at tlie recent Auckland meeting. When tlie N.Z.-bred colt Loyal Irish won at a recent Warwick Farm meeting he started fifth favourite in a field of fourteen. Tlie Otaki Racing Club intends erecting a ne-vv stewards’ stand, accommodation house for trainers and jockeys, and 100 lose boxes. The- Australian rider A. C. Walker lias accepted a retainer to ride for Mr M. Geculda, one of tlie principal owners in India. “Inquirer.’’—A mare named Alice Shaw was imported from America, hut she raced in this country as Madam Shaw., late Alice Shaw. Omahu was very unlucky in finding one just bar E-r than himself in both the Great N or t beVn. Hurdles and Great Northern Stec pies. The Dunedin Jockey Club will again endeavour to insert the 7s t minimum in the rules of racing when the Racing Conference meets next month r I ho Auc kla id Racing Club’s totalizator registered ,-£1,146,540 this season, as compared with xl, 052.146 last year, when an extra day’s racing took place. A motion to be cc:nsiderad at the Racing CV-ntorenee ha.s for its object the limitation ot only one trotting race on each day of a racing club’s programme. it is understood that a patron of P. T. Hogan's stable lias purchased the Glencullock gelding Jock, and another effort may lie made to convert him into’ a hurdler. J. Olsen is reported to- be making a very slow recovery from the result of his accident, and it is expected seme considerable time will elapse before he will be about again. The dates selected for tlie Kurow Jockey Club’s meeting and tlie Otago Hunt Club’s meeting are rather close, as tlie former is dated for October 6 and the later for October 8. The official race Dock issued at the Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter meeting was modelled on a proposed book presented for general adoption at the last Racing Confererce. The veteran ’chaser Wa-imai was making his fifth start in the Great Northern Steeples when saddled up for this year’s race. YOaimai won in 1948, and has been placed on other occasions. The great disappointment of the Auckland meeting is said to be Oakleigh, whose track ■work and schooling prior to the fixture led many to believe that he was sure to get amongst the big money. The Auckland Clip winner Star land was passed at lOOOgns when under the hammer Last week, .and Royal Box went out of the ring with bidding up to 1025gns failing to reach a reserve of ISOOgns When the dates for next season are being considered the Dunedin Jockey Club should make an effort to shift the Metropolitan Trotting Club’s meeting, which clashes with Carnival Week in Dunedin. Insurrection was amongst the runners at Bendigo on May 25, and finished fourth in a mile and a-quarter race. lie was down to race on Saturday last in a mile and a-half race, which should suit him. The Mountain King colt Royal Mac has joined S. Tniford’s stable. Royal Mac has not been seen out since he ran third to Clean Sweep and Prince Hal in the Craven Plate run at the C.J.C Midsummer meetAt the Addington Faster meeting the club refused to accept a re-nomination for Tatsy Dillon after she won on the first day of the meeting. Tlie Trotting Association has decided that a club must accept re-nomina-tions. The Dunedin Jockey Club intend bringing up a motion at the next Racing Conference with the object of having the Rules of Racing completely revised; and, further, that legal assistance be obtained in the il. alter. There seems to be a good chance that A. MTvor will be appointed starter to most of the Southland clubs. In the event, of his appointment it will not be necessary for him to- drop training until after the N.Z. Cup mc-eti n °\ The Canterbury Jockey Club’s next Midsummer meeting is dated for February 4, •and the Dunedin Cup meeting on February 8 and 11. Tlie proposed meetings are too close to eth r. and not calculated to as I • 15 Wima lui fixture. Mr . B y’?. who hrs re';..'d from Ids vK-siiion as ■ ud man of the C«i ntc rbury JncG-y Club, joined in 1879. H-* was elect d. • mm.*t • . i • • • ward in 354-k vu.s chairman trmi 1909 to 191], an ! a him Iran ]OIB to 1921 Cor eg! mi was - a far out in front when he fel! in. the Grei! Northern Spie.- that the result appeared to be a certainty for him. He fell at the same fence which brought down Gnrryowcn. who was also well out in front when he u il in last year’s race. Royal Box was reported to- be looking lusty and healthy when sent under the hammer last week. He. has furnished out since last seen in public, and tlie son of Nassau should be found amongst the best three-year-olds of the- coming season. The stake’ attached to- the N.Z. Cup has been increased to 2500sovs, including a cup valued at IOOe-ovs. A winner of any race or races of the collective value of 300 s o-vs after the declaiSio-n of weights will have to earrv 51b penalty. 500sovs 18ib, lOOOsovs 14lb extra. Pine Arch, it may be worthy of note, was one of the strongest supported licrses that has ever started in Auckland when he went cut for the Carbine Plate. He carried £453-0 10s on the ‘-odtlieator, but he get badly •away, and also- failed again on the last day of the meeting. It is nroi't d that Mr \V. Hiegius intended n miruUing the import'.*<l horse C’o- - for tJdpso .3 Metro]hi Handicap-., b ' 1 the date < cl osimp. It may v.-nth rein mberii ■; tliat Ini- h.’Or.'O v.-.s cor.-ride red go-: cl enough for n-nu' n;i t imr a!; • a : . Another eft’ . rt is to br> mad-e toward 3 bringing tlie grunting of trainers and rider.? licenses under the direct control of the Racing C n 1 e re-uce. It is time so mo such reform, was made as under ex is tug conditions trail rs Ii; e■ i l? are granted to people who Ho not know one end of a horse from the other. In commenting o-n i •. • w it scored by Loyal Irish a bydin.-y scribe said he w bcout ; "n mad ml;. A n- d li r writ n: said tha 1 he i? a narrow eu<Poilier. a bit knot-i---kne ed. and ids hoc!? -• aiv langur Italy < 1 to-get her. Ls this another of tin: o-pinv ns which go- to m-akg racing'. 5 !: pro-p-i>s< i to ani-t id tlie Rriles o-f Racine; so 1 iui-t an apprentu*o who lias not ridden 2-) winners will not ■ be permitted to carry & __ thing j$ suggested in reference

to spurs, and the proposed rule is apt to miss-fire. Apprentices should be taught to carry a whip, but make no use of it beyond “shewing” it to a horse It is stated that if Manson could have remounted Coroglen at the first attempt after falling in the Great Nortliirn Steeples lie could have won. Coroglen pulled away when Ma-nson attempted to regain the saddle, but he got there at tlie second attempt C ©regie n finally finished eight lengths away from the winner. At the Racing Conference it will be proposed that apprentice riders who have notridden 10 winners will be allowed 7lb, 10 but not 29 winners slb ; and 20 winners butnot 30 winners 3lb. It will also be suggested that ail "maiden” apprentices will be able to claim slb alowarce, and all apprentices who have ridden 10 winners or over will carry a- penalty of slb in every race restricted to apprentice riders only. The Glen A'lbyn gelding Coroglen, who unluckily missed the Great- Northern Steeples, is evidently a promising sort of a crosscountry horses-, as In- won next Hay with a lift of 151 b, and was meeting Omahu on 101 b worse terms than when they met in the Great Northern Steeples. Co region's dam is Scotch Lady, a mare by Gluten from Scotch Thistle, by Leolat-is—Hincmc-a, by To*tara —Amohia, by Fowton—Anticipation, by Ha yens wort h. R. J Mason, with G 1 oaniing, Hie *wo yearold Con is ton (Sunny Lake—Pr ank) and Cupidon (Martian —B-ebo) and the yearling fillv Veil (Absurd—Cowl) left last week foe S\ clney. Veil is a sister to the speedy two-year-old Rational. Conistc-n is a halfbrother to Kilrtii-h, and Cunidon is a halfbrother to Rebcli ad. Gloaming is the bright particular star of his own family, of which the numbers, from a racing point o-f view, rank as poor relations. Amongst the notices of motion down for consideration by tlie Racing Conference is one which reads: ‘When a trotting competition is included in the programme of any meeting at which a totalisator 1 s used tlie amount given in stakes for such competition shall not exceed the average a mount given on tlie same day for other events on the programme.” The motion should go further and aim at stopping any racing emb from including a- trotting event c-n their programmes. Extra permits will probaoly be available fer trotting meetings, and if that occurs racing; clubs should be deljured flrom including "trotting events on their cards. _ , ... The N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club will distribute 39,5t950vs in stakes next sea son-repre-s-enting an increase of 5100sovs over •ho urize money of the present seas o-n. The Trotting Cup has been increased to 3090scvs, and has been tightened up at a 4.32 or better class New Zealand perfo-rmers eligible to start nre author Dillon. Man o’ Yar Maichi'ight, Willie Lincoln. General Link, A vat lies, Beta Peter, Albert Cling, Trix Pointer, Minston, ’Cell© Svdimy Wilkes, Vice-Admiral, Dean Dillon, GPa miner, Steel _ B dl, and Astuvio. Steel 801 l has been retired to the stud, but perhaps something may help to strengthen tlu field by reaching eligibility at the Grand National meeting. The death is reported from Australia ot tlm N.Z.-bred more Gladsome, a good s . ake winner in her day. but a comparative failure at the stud. She won the Caulfield Futurity Stakes on two occasions m consecutive wears. Gladsome ran 16 times as a two-vear-old in this country, and won f.e races. Her death recalls her win in .he Wellington Cup of 1904, when she lost the stakes because F. P. Jones, the well-known trainer, rode her as an unlicensed apprentice, which resulted in Convoy getting the money Jones was then attracted to R J Masons stable, and he rode Gladscme shortly a«c: th-r expiry of his apprentice license and fore, in ignorance of the situation, he obtained a jockey’s license. Owners and trainers are continual]' njt.sine- dates of nominations and acceptances, and the best way to reduce the chance of their doing so is for c-.eh and every club to -a uniform hour and day for imain?' nominations and acceptances. , clubs for some reason or other selsct a Saturday for their dates, with the L.a nominations closing on such a day arc m ail probability not published for two or three days after tliey close S: lurch,y is the least suitable day of the week and it is to be honed that toe wu.w.: r- ■ ■■ ■ ( ' _-' 9 motion —“That tlie closing hour for all cni ; ali-ill be 5 ‘o.in. on tiioir respecuve dates” will not onfy be earned at, the JLiciug Conference but that a uniiorm v.l. also bs adopted.