Cap and Jacket

Observer, Volume XXIV, Issue 26, 12 March 1904, Page 15

Cap and Jacket

By Boz,

RACING FIXTURES

1904.

March 12— Waihl J.C.'a Annual. March 16 and 17— Stratford B.C. Annual. March 16 and 17— Napier Park R.C. Autumn. March 17 and 18— Ohinemuri J.C. Annual. March 19— Northern Wairoa B.C. Autumn. April 2 and 4— Wairarapa B.C. Autumn. April 2, 4, and s— Auckland RC. Autumn. April 2. 4, 6, and 9 — Australian Jockey Club's Autumn. April 4— Patea E C. Annual. April 4 and S— C.J.C. Autumn. April 4 and s— Feilding J C. Easter. April 13 and 14 — South Canterbury J.C. . Autumn. April 14 and 15— Masterton R.C. Autumn. May 11 and 12— Hawke's Bay J.C. Autumn.

Proceedor, winner of Bond Cup, was once a buggy horse.

Secret Sooiety is being schooled, and jumps pleasingly.

It is thought doubtful whether Melwood and Motor will ever race again.

Red Gauntlet is now a strong fancy for the C.J.C. Great Autumn Handicap!

Stronehold is Olanranald's first winning renresentative in Dunedin ChamDagne Stakes.

The Western Australia Turf Club's profit over their recent meeting was £12,000.

A Caulfield trainer, after converting 10/- into £160 planked the lot on P. J.A. for the St. George Stakes, and lost.

Waihi Jockey Club's Annual Meeting: takes place on Saturday of this week, 12th inst.

Gladsome has done so much racing of late that it does not come as a surprise to hear that she is showing signs of "' going off."

It is estimated that during: the last twelve seasons, St. Simon has earned for the Duke of Portland £70.100 in rtud fees .

Riecarton trainers are having: an anxious time just now, owing: to the prevalence of strangles. There have been several severe cases.

There is a noticeable falling: off in the attendance at race meetings in Victoria, a fact which is much exercising: the minds of Victorian sportsmen just now.

Bookmakers at Caulfield had a, bad time of it over the Bond Cup. They had already settled on Marmont when Proeeedor was given the race, so fielders had to pay out twice.

Claudelands Handicap at South Auckland last Saturday resulted in a tipr surprise, Neoteorini gainins: the stake, and paying; an £8 15s dividend. Big: dividends at South Auckland .>re rare.

Rotorua sportsmen are alive to the necessity of gettine: a new and up to date racine: ground. In time Rotorua will be one of the favourite country racing: rentros. but a lot of improvement has to be made in the meantime.

Lady Lillian, who is in work again, is not alto-rether a sum case in regard to soundness. One of her leers looks a bit doubtful. It is to be honed that the pnlarcement will prove callous and that this good mare will be found capable of strong training again.

Nonette has been fired and blistered at Palmerston. and is to be turned out for a lengthy spell on his owner's property at Kairanga. A paddock has been specially prepared for him. Tt is close-boarded, and there is a box in one corner for shelter.

Bulawayo's performances have been rather sensational, and it was only to be expected that he would wind up with something out of the ordinary. On his second appearance in public he caused a stir by winning the Hack High Weight HandicaD at Wingatui and paying a dividend of r £125 15s.

Betting is illegal, and yet a Judge of the Central (Sydney) Criminal Court excused a prominent Sydney bookmaker attending as a juror because important business demanded his presence elsewhere. The important business', it was explained. was attending to a big " book " on the Newmarket. Possibly it was not explained to 'Sonah what a book is, or what sort of an anijaal the Newmarket handicap was. — bulletin.

Country courses seem to suit Whai' whai. Dolores had an easy win In South Auckland Cup. Gladsome will compete in the weight-for-age events at Randwick at Easter ■ time. . Playaway, who started favourite for the Newmarket Handicap, and finished third, was sold as a yearling in England for 150gs. The English crack two-year-old, Pretty Polly, has been backed for the treble. One Thousand, Oakß, and St. Leger, at. 100 to 5. There are no " great guns " in Napier Park Cup. so that Hinetaura. now top weight, appears to have as good a chance as anything. The Waihi Cup promises to be a good race. There are nine horses left in, and the event looks very open. Dolores, s Idasa and Matamata stand out as the rrobable place-getters. Amongst other names lately bestowed by the Hon. J. D. Ormond on his Birkenhead foals are the queer ones of Bo on the colt from Eon, and Eous on the colt from Eos. Waihi Jockey Club's Annual Meeting takes place .on Saturday. There is a programme of seven events, the principal of which is the Waihi Cup. With fine weather, an afternoon's interesting sport is assured. Some good horses have won ihe Woodville Cup— amongst them The Artist, Ruajnahanga, Tortulla. Queen's Guard and Oracle. This year's winner. Starshoot made the record time for the ljm, the nearest to his 2min. 9sec. being Tortulla's 2min. llsec. in 1900. Canteen started a big favourite for Wanganui Cup, though Cannie Chiel, Romeo and Convoy were each well backed. Romeo was the only one of the fancied division to win a place, and he rot into his usual position — second. Ghoorka only iust squeezed home from him by a bare half-length. The Taranaki " Herald " says that a large number of the " white bait " variety of bookmaker did a big business at liberal odds on the Final Hack Flutter at Taranaki recent meeting. During the running of the race, and v'en punters were eagerly watching the runnine, these gentry " folded their ledgers closed their bags " and did a final .flutter for themselves. Lewis on Emir cut things very fine in V.R.C. ChamDion Stakes. To get full payment of the stakes. 1000 soys.. the three miles must be run in smin. 45sec. or under. Saturday's race appears to have been a three-quarter pace galloD, with Lord Cardigan in the lead until five furlongs from home, when Emir put in his bid and won easily, but only just in time to secure the full stake, his time beiner smin. 45-Jseo. A Wellington writer differentiating between " bookmakers and bookmakers" says : "We have a small arm? of loafers who. under the guise of being members of the pencilling fraternity, take down the lambs of the vout.hful and ignorant class. But when it comes to payine out. they quietly 'do a get ' and keen out of sight till recollection of their rascality has faded from The mind." Itomeo has had to put ud with quite a lon^ series of seconds this season, lieing well backed every time. Up to the Egmont Meeting he had been second three times. He then ran secoad 1o Convoy in the Egmont Cup, to Jewellery in the Atkinson Memorial Stakes, and to Sta>-shoot in the Woodville Cup. To can it all. he ran second to Ghoorka in th" Wan^amii Cup last week. The South promises to be strongly represented at FUerslie next month. Achilles, Ghoorka, Exmoor, Grand Raoids, Bagpipes, Red Gauntlet and Bulawayo have engagements at both the Ellerslie and Riccarton Meetings, and it c ni> t >-i» sa : d rfefinitelv just now which of these they will fulfil. It is thought . pretty certain that Silkworm will be • sent up. I Gelding Mairp, winner of the Newmarket Handicap, is owned and trained by a Melbourne bookmaker, and was also bred In that State by C. Williams ! by Priam from Happy Bride, and is now ; close on ten years. During the i^ast ; seven years he has scooped 20 races. \ mostly in the north-eastern district, but J all in Victoria. Race was slow, the time. 1.174. b?lng the slowest since Churchill's, which it equals, 14 years ago i — ■ resurnably on account of the !-><nvv » srofng due to the recent rain.— Bulletin. 3 In England quite a number of horses t race with a tube in their throat, and t when the going is heavy there Is always t a chance of the tubing being clogged up by mud thrown up by something else In the race. " Ranger," of the Illustrated f S. and D. News, says that to avoid that - mishap, a sort of shield or screen has - iu't been Invented by Mr J. Coleman, a t well known vet. of Bosom, and It has - already gained the approval of practioal s men. Its use prevents the trouble 1d- ? dioated : facility of respiration is also t pronoted. and horses (who have underel gone the process of tracheotomy) are r thus helped to win races even when mucj abounds.