IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3993, 23 September 1930, Page 53

IN A NUTSHELL.

Entreaty has produced a brother to Ph ar Lap. Mr R. M. Greenslade has left on a visit to Australia.

Mr J. M. Samson is due back in New Zealand on October 4.

’ A winner at Rosebery Park (Sydney) recently paid £56 5s for 10s.

Nominations for the Wellington spring meeting are due on October 3.

Acceptances for the Kurow meeting are due on Wednesday, the 24th inst. The handicap for the New Zealand Gup is due on Monday next, the 29th inst.

The Geraldine Racing Club’s annual race meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday of this week. George Price is training Veilmond, who promises to start favourite for the Auckland Jockey Club’s Derby.

E. Mills rode six winners out of nine mounts at Rosebery (Sydney) pony meeting held recently. The annual meeting of the members of the Oamaru Jockey Club will be lield on October 3.

The Oamaru Jockey Club made a profit of £B2 8s 9d over the race meetings held last season.

At Werribee (Victoria) on September 3 the winners included I O U, by Paper Money—Esther.

..K'^??U 1 na . tlons are Ue on Monday next, the 29th inst., for the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s spring meeting. Handicaps for the first day of the Dunf£ lln me eting are due on Monday, the 29th inst.

, It is> estimated that the winnings of the ten runners in the Warwick Stakes won by Amounis total £154,477. Glare is reported to be back in work again after a brief spell necessitated by gland trouble.

Steve Donoghue has met with an accident which resulted in breaking one of his legs The mishap may lead to his retirement from the saddle.

Mount Boa showed a return to winning form at the first start this season Hiu previous run was at the Timaru Winter meeting, held in June.

The defeat of Amounis in the Memsie Stakes is said to have been brought about by JJ. Dempsey being allowed to hold up the pace on Wise Force.

New Zealand riders continue to get a rough pssage in the Australian sporting press, and New Zealand horses frequently get a rough passage in their races.

An Australian paper has a big cap line to say that “ Short-priced doubles rarely win. The same remark can be said about long-priced ones.

■ 'h 1 . 0 double tote is said to be popular in South Africa. It was also popular in the Dominion, but many clubs were not sorry when it got knocked out. Hj ver ton Racing Club paid out £7-6 12s 4d in wages and salaries in connection with three day’s racing last season. °

The Hawke s Bay Hunt Club made a over their recent meeting, the Government garnered over 600sov in taxes.

/I- T. Jamieson has made another addition to liis already large team by sending two youngsters by Tippler over from Australia.

Mrs C. M. Brough, of Wellington, has had purchased on her behalf a two-year-old gelding by Australian Sun from Rosewell, by Roseworthy—Carweela, by St. Alwyne—Emita, by Wallace. your horse on acorns and she will win the Oaks/’ There may be something in the diet, as Lord Glanely has won the Epsom Oaks, the Welsh Oaks, and the Leicester Oaks this season. Amongst those engaged at Geraldine is silver Salver, a three-year-old, by Tea Iray from Arch Lassie, by Marble Arch Lassie Doon. He is a half-brother to Young Lochinvar and Jock o’ Hazledean. George Young scored his first success since his return to the saddle when he got up on Adrian’s March and beat Jamieson’s heavily-backed Hard Words at Canterbury Park on September 6. Jaeldy Karo, who won the Maiden Plate at Avondale, started twice as a two-year-old last season without gaining a place. He was got by Lucullus from a mare by Elysian—Graceful Mare. Royal Status, for whom the late Mr John Brown gave 2600gns as a yearling, believing him to be a half-brother to Prince Humphrey, recently ran last in a race at a Sydney meeting. The Australians’ dubbed Phar Lap a super horse and the greatest equine fly-ing-machine ever seen. Still the A.J.C. stipendiary _ stewards censured R. Reed for not riding Nightmarch to death when attempting to give Phar Lap weight. It is reported that some of the New Zealand trainers at present in Sydney are commencing to put up Australian riders. Their own riders from here seem to receive a good deal of attention, rather too much to help them to lose.

The draw for 'position at the barrier is an impartant point to be considered in connection with racing on the Geraldine traek, which is a good deal on the turn, and some of the starts take place near them.

H. B. Lorrigan is not having much luck up to date with the team tie took to Sydney. The speedy Royal Duke injured a foot, but is in work again. Gesture went right out of form, and after Cimabue went amiss he developed bleeding trouble. Standfast, who ran second in the Avondale Cup, was got by Valkyrian from Unity, the dam of Te Monanui. Unity ■was got by Lupin from Modesty, by Tasman—Sapphira, by Lelinus—Lyra, by Thunderbolt.

Historic made a good show under 9.11 in the Avondale Cup, and at the scale of weights the writer thought he would beat Prodice, but the latter finished nearly two lengths fn front of the Nassan gelding.

Nominations are due on October 3 for the Stewards’ Handicap, Criterion Handicap. Fendalton Handicap, Canterbury Cup, Jockey Club Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap, .Stead Gold Cup, Stonyhurst Handicap, and Members’ Handicap.

According to reports from Sydney the racing in that part of the world is run under two or three sets of rules. Two of them wem to be an elastic use of the law of Queensbury cum Rugby—well spiced with Rafferty rules. T. Metcalf .has made sufficient recovery from his fall last month te leave New

Plymouth for his home, but some time will elapse before lie is able to ride again. He fractured a bone in one of his knees.

We are accustomed to lamentation anent the alleged dearth of stayers in Australia, but (says “Pilot”) taking a line through the entries for the New Zealand Cup, the Dominion is not in a more enviable position. The Kurow Jockey Club has every reason to feel pleased with the excellent nominations received for its annual meeting. The Kurow Cup attracted an entry of 18, and "there seems to be a good chance of a record field being found on the post.

Autopay’s dam. Trebelli 11, is an imported marc by Thrush, a great English galloper from Dramatica, a St. Simon jnare from Tragedy, the dam of Birkenhead. who was a highly successful sire, imported to the Dominion by the late Hon. J. D. Ormond.

The hurdler Mister Gamp has been pent home to his owner, and in all probability the Bronzetti gelding will lead an idle life till next jumping season approaches. While he disappointed last season —his stake earnings amounting to only £l20 —he won £2170 for Mr E. W. Collins in the 1928-29 season.

Amongst the winners at a Melbourne meeting recently was Regadoon, by Silverado, who was at the Kinloch stud for the past two seasons, but has been returned to his Mebourne owner for tlrs term. He is represented by several promising yearlings in the South Island. Oral, the disappointing half-sister by Chief Ruler to Oratrix, Concentrate, and Oratorian, has been put into training again after having visited Dr W. C. Ring for an operation on her respiratory organs- A cure appears to have been effected, and her connections are now hopefid she will come right. The 6750-guinea yearling Dominant recently scored his first win. He was not raced as a two-year-old. and the following season ran into a place on two occasions out of four starts. His recent win was well anticipated, as he started an odds-on chance, and really won like a good one by five lengths. The winner of the Champion Plate Handicap turned up in Vai roe, who is a black six-year-old gelding by Valkyrian— Prey Roc. by Potoa —Cherry Roe, by Penury—Grey Roe, by St. Hippo—Ellerslie, by Trenton. Last season Valroe started in five races, of which he won two, and got placed in another. The nominations for the Dunedin Jockey Clubs spring meeting are very satisfactory. and contain more than ample material to furnish a good attractive card for each day of the programme. Some of the nominations are exceptionally good, particularly on the second day. when what appears to be a couple of record fields will be engaged.

Reports from the north predict a good future for Baroscope, who was got by Weathervane from Tortrix, the dam of Caterpillar. Tortrix was got by Martian—Tortulla, by Torpedo—Honej - - suckle. and belongs to the Sharkie taproot. to which Advance. Rosefeldt, Tortulla. and other good winners trace their origin.

The Geisha, who is amongst those engaged at Geraldine, was in the writer’s opinion a smarter filly than Spoon in the spring of last season. The Geisha started in three races as a two-year-old. She got a bad run in both her races at the Dunedin spring meeting, and her other effort was in a Trial Plate at Ashburton when only a short time in training.

R. O’Donnell, who once trained for the late Mr G. _G. Stead, continues to have bad luck with his team at Randwick. He started Tressilian in the September Handicap at Canterbury Park and finished third after getting a very rough passage in the early stages of the race. Paquito's backers were considered lucky that Tressilian got into trouble. It is reported that the 2400-guinea colt Oratorian (Hunting Song—Oratress) has grown, according to yearling promise, into a handsome colt. He comes from a good producing family responsible for Oratrix and Concentrate and other good winners, and it is to be hoped that his owner’s plucky venture will turn out trumps on the turf.

Tray Bond, who won at Ashburton, displayed some great bursts of speed as a two-year-old, bnut a strong inclination to “get on her toes” did not help to carry it. She should in the natural course of events improve in stamina with age, and develop into at least a very smart sprinter. She was got by Tea Tray— Victory Bond, by Paper Money—Kilberry, by Kilbroney—Success, by The Officer. Cragford, whp beat Gay Crest. In the Shade. Waterline, and others in the Rosehill Cup, run on Saturday last, is a four-year-old gelding by Eastern Monarch— Cena, by Audria—Snap, by Padlock. Eastern Monarch was got by Lemberg (sire of Weathervane) from Eastern Pearl, by Dinneford—Pearl Mosque, by St. Frusquin. According to the report of the Camelia Stakes First Sight was again slow on his legs at the rise of the barrier, and appeared to be in a hopeless position. He put in a great run to win, but it is clear that the Gav Lad gelding still cannot gather speed from -a flatfoot start. This, of course, will not help his chance in the Epsom, and he might be found doing better over a little more ground.

Star Shooter continues to prove useful, and scored another ivin in the principal event at Ashburton. He is not brilliant, but plugs along, and, with the stamina that sometimes develops with age, may win a good race over a long journey. Starshooter was got by Archery from Stardancer, by Martian. Stardancer produced Starland (Auckland Cup)., Limelight, Papercliase, and others. When Phar Lan beat Nightmarch in the Chelmsford Stakes the latter was

giving 71b. Since then, no doubt, both horses have trained on, but nevertheless Phar Lap gave Nightmarch 11b in the Rosehill Stakes, and won without being extended. This beating suggests that Nightmarch did not have much chance in the Chelmsford Stakes, after which R. Reed was censured for not punishing the son of Marsa in an apparently hopeless fight.

King Colossus, the winner of the Avondale Stakes, was got by Colossus from Queen Elizabeth by Finland —Sonnette, byRoyal Fusilier —La Cloche, by St. Leger —Campania, by Robinson Crucoe —Campanilla, by Maribyrnong from Silver Bell, a sister to Chester. Colossus was got by Polymelus—Nation, by Sunder —Natalie, by Royal Hampton. King Colossus ran second to Korokio in the two-year-old race at Wanganui. The temporary retirement of Pink Coat from the turf in order to take up stud work may mean the end of- his racing career. Pink Coat was originally bought with the idea of not racing him as a two-year-old, and it is a matter of great regret that the decision was altered. Pink Coat was a big, overgrown youngster, and if granted time to mature he would have been a champion beyond the shadow of a doubt.

Haze has been one of the most disappointing horses ever raced in the Dominion. Once or twice he was on the threshold of an important win, and showed form quite good enough to suggest that he could win a minor event, but he kept racing with a continuous lack of success. He turned over a new leaf at Ashburton, where he won over hurdles at the first time of asking, and in his new role may redeem the reputation he lost when running on the flat. Singapore, the winner of this year’s St. Leger, was got by Gainsborough from Tetrabazia, by The Tetrarch. The colt cost 12,500 guineas as a yearling, and traces to Mrs Butterwick, who was one of Carbine’s first consorts when he started stud life at the Duke of Portland’s Selbeck stud. Greatorex was fancied for the Derby- of his year, but broke down, and subsequently went to the 'stud in South Africa, where he became a successful sire.

From time to time defeats of weight-for-age champions by comparative nonentities have caused sensations, but few will compare with the sensation that followed defeat of Amounis by Wise Force in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. It was a ehame (says the Melbourne correspondent of the Sydney Referee) to see Amounis beaten, and it was all brought about by the manner in which F. Dempsey-, rider of Wise Force, made the pace in the race to suit his mount, which is nothing more nor less than a sprinter.

The report that an imported horse recently died as a result of eating sawdust on the voyage recalls the fate of two yearlings purchased by the late Mr John Hopkins, who owned Fulmen, the dead-heater with Ideal in the New Zealand Cup of 1900. Mr Hopkins did well with Fulmen, and as a result bought two yearlings at the Auckland sales. They- were turned out in a paddock near the sandhills behind Tahuna Park. Both horses died, and were found to be full of sand which the winds had blown into the paddock. A unique occurrence is recorded by- M. Grogan, stud groom for Mr John Donald at Westmere. The brood mare Simper dropped a colt foal to Grand Knight, but owing to mammitis she was unable to suckle it. Alongside her, her daughter, Illume, by Kilbroney, had a colt foal (dead) byChief Ruler. By resorting to the use of smoke to defeat the sense of smell in the dams. Simper's foal has been fostered on to Illume, and is doing splendidly. Illume is thus in the position of rearing her halfbrother.

The first shot fired in connection with the Dunedin spring meeting must be considered highly- satisfactory. The list of nominations seem sure to provide excellent fields, and are formed by- an interesting mixture of local and visiting horses, making a combination likely to add extra zest to the sport. It seems, however, a bit strange that owners should provide seven more nominations for the Kurow Cup than they did for the Mosgiel Handicap, which carries nearly- a third more prize money.

The Aga Khan is having a lucky run ni England this season. Up to July 20 his horses had won about £35,000. his latest important winner being Le Phare (Plialaris —Eagle Snipe), who beat 27 others in the Stewards’ Cup, of £1515, six furlongs, at Goodwood. The race is one (says an exchange) on which there is ante-post betting, and Le Phare, who carried 8.1 and started at 16 to 1, won gy a short head from Mr Sol Joel’s Fleeting Memory. The latter won lat’t year, and his failure this time added to the bad luck his owner has experienced this season.

The Wellington sportsman, Mr C. Boyle, owner of Conjurer 11, Rational 11, and Rasouli, who are now at Caulfield, intends to leave for Australia this week to witness the performances of his horses at the big Victorian meetings next month and in November. Mr Boyle is particularly hopeful of success with Conjurer 11, who has worked and performed attractively since his arrival. After Flemington, the brother to doughty Poitrel will be returned to the Dominion with Rasouli and Rational 11, and it is his owner’s hope to produce him here among the steeplechasers next winter.

When the English mare. Sweet Charity was purchased by Mr A. B. Williams for 800gns at the Kinloch stud dispersal, she had a filly foal by Martian at foot, and the youngster Sympathetic, now three years old, is in work in J. H. Jefferd’s stable. Sweet Charity was at the time in foal to Limond, and she ’ produced another filly, for which the name Clemency was chosen. Clemency, however (says an exchange), has suffered from a deformity since birth, and, as she is never likely to be -a racing proposition, she has been sent bn a visit to Hunting Song.

At the sale of Mr C. G. Galgety’s stud and horses in training held in Christchurch at Easter some mares with Silverado foals at foot attracted a good deal of notice. The foals were particularly good sorts, and undoubtedly helped to sell their dams at what still looked like bargain prices. Limelight, with a filly foal, went at 350gns, Starmist, with foal and served again, made 275gns; Spotlight, with colt and in foal again, made 425gns. This is recalled by the fact that Silverado, recently had his first winner in Australia. Silverado was got. by Polymelus—Silver Tag.

Mr J. Sutters, a well-known English bookmaker and a director of the Victoria Club (London’s principal betting club), died in July. Mr Sutters founded the Commission _ Agents’ Guarantee Association, the object of -which was to fid betting of the defaulters among bookmakers

and backers. Among other things Mi- Sutters took a prominent part in bringing about the repeal of Mr Churchill’s betting tax. His activities included the organisation of a syndicate of bookmakers to purchase shares in tickets which had drawn fancied horses in big sweeps, such as those of the Calcutta Turf. Korokio, the winner of the Debutante Stakes at Wanganui, belongs to a successful family with first-class representatives' in New Zealand. Her sire, Redfern, was a higlLpriced English importation who did not realise expectations. Her dam. Meriden, is by Challenger from Merry Widow, a Wallace mare, whose dam, La Cheville, is a half-sister to Aura, the dam of Aurous, Aurum, Auraria, Golden Knight, and Golden Slipper, and the ancestress of Desert Gold and Nigger Minstrel. It is a great racing family, to which Korokio looks certain to bring more credit.

During the hearing of a case in the Westminster (England) County Court, the presiding -judge, Sir Alfred Tobin, took exception to the term of “ commission agents " as applied to bookmakers. “ I wish,” he said, “ bookmakers would not describe themselves as that. I have to waste time in inquiring what they are;-- I wish you would in future describe yourselves as bookmakers in this court. I am not ordering you to do it. I have no objections to bookmakers, I suppose bookmakers think judges have an objection .to bookmakers. I think they might describe themselves as bookmakers, and be proud of it, instead of describing themselves under an alias.”

It is always easy to see good points in a winner (says “ Pilot ”) but prior to going out for the first division of the Flying Welter at Canterbury, the improved appearance of Adrian’s March was favourably commented on. He never previously looked stronger or brighter. Mr W. T. Kerr gave 825 ms for him at the sale of the late Mr J. Brown’s horses, and, notwithstanding the chestnut started at a long price on Saturday, his owner had sufficient on him to secure a return of the greater portion of the purchase money. Last year Adrian’s March started at 12 to 1 for the Epsom, in wh : ch he had 7.7 and ran nowhere. This year, with only 21b less, he is likely to give a much better account of himself.

In the Transvaal Provincial Council (South Africa) in July an attack was made on the Jockey Club of South Africa. In that country, as everywhere else, there are people who, knowing little, would wish to control rac ng. A motion for a commission to inquire into and report upon the whole question of the control and licensing of horse racing was negatived by 32 votes to 19, but an amendment that a select committee should go into the matter was carried. One th ng certain is that racing in the Transvaal will be more heavily taxed than in the past. Parliamentary proposals in that direction include the increase of the tax on gross totalisator takings from 4} to 7 per cent., and on bookmakers on racecourses from 5 and.2} per cent, to 74 and 5 per cent. The Avondale Cup winner Prodice was got by Catmint, from Hyades, by Hymettus, from Straga, by Birkenhead— Witchet, by Sir Lancelot—Elflock, by Nordenfeldt —Elfin, by Musket—Sylvia, by Fisherman. Catmint was got by Spearmint from Red Lily, by Persimmon —Melody, by Tynedale—Glee, by Adventurer. Prodice has a lot of stout strains in her pedigree, and should stay, but her best efforts are confined so far to a mile and a-half. Straga produced Hymestra and Torfreda, a r>air of brilliant sprinters, but they could not stay. Still, with Catmint and Persimmon on the sire’s side, and Birkenhead, Nordenfeldt, Fisherman, and Musket to strengthen the pedigree on the dam’s side, Prodice should stav. She was fancied for th e last New Zealand Cup, but could not get near the money with only 7.8 on her back, and again failed when sent out second favourite for the Metropolitan.