NOTES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 933, 23 January 1908, Page 6

NOTES.

(By

The Judge.)

Takapuna races next Saturday. “ * * * * The crack colt Elevation is said to be all right again, and may yet go to Australia. The Whangarei stewards are to furnish the A.R.C. metropolitan committee with particulars of the recent meeting, some of which are said to be of a most unsavoury nature. The Wellington R.C. summer meeting will be concluded on Saturday.

The Takapuna Cup, to be run next Saturday, has drawn an acceptance of a dozen, and the event looks very open.

The Gisborne Racing Club’s summer meeting takes place on February 6 and 7.

It was hard luck for the Hon. J. D. Ormond to lose the services of Zimmerman the day before the Wellington Cup. A split hoof was the cause of the Auckland Cup winner’s retirement.

The financial result of the A.R.C. summer meeting was a profit of no less than £4636, wnich is a record for the club. Perhaps next time the bookmakers, who contributed nearly half of it, might be let off with a more lenient fee.

Tattersall’s Cup, in Sydney, goes back to 1868, and it has always been a two mile race. The Melbourne Cup, the Australian Cup and the Sydney Cup are other long-distance handicaps which have never been shortened with the object of catching larger entries and bigger fields.

Mr. J. F. Hartland, secretary of the A.R.C., is in Wellington attending the race secretaries’ conference. * * *

The Te Aroha meeting takes place on February 19 and 20.

Old Satanella gave us a long string of winners in St. Clements, St. Paul. St. Ursula, St. Olga, etc., and now yet another in Mon Ami has scored a win. The Soult filly won the Ruapehu Hack Handicap at Wellington on Saturday, beating a strong field of racehorses, for it is simply ludicrous to describe them as hacks. Satanella must have been a rare bit of stuff. She was bred by Mr. Walters in 1881, and was got by Hippocampus from Slander by Camden out of Annie Laurie, by Cap-a-pie.

The dual Cup winner Poseidon, who has been having a spell, has resumed work at Randwick.

Waipuna, the top weight in the Takapuna Cup, will run in the colours of his new owner, Mr. W. Lyons.

Apologue, Master Delaval, Putty, and Seddon figure among the entries for the Australian Cup.

Merry Fox, one of the most expensive yearlings of modern times, and the only son of Flying Fox at the stud in England, is doing duty at nine guineas a mare. He could have been bought for a century the other day, and might have been worth the attention of some of our New Zealand breeders. It is difficult to beat his pedigree—by Flying Fox out’ of Flower of Wit, by Friar’s Balsam out of Flower of Dorset, a great mare in hei’ day.

In reviewing the prospects of the English three-year-olds for the coming season, an English writer sorts out Prospector (by Pioneer) as the likely winnei’ of the Two Thousand Guineas. Other gooa three year-olds are Psrr-er (belonging to the King), Sir Archibald, Vamose, Ednam, White Eagle, Royal Realm, Your Majesty, St. Orodaux, Whyte Melville, and Garibaldi. Prospector is described as the finest colt since the days of Minting.

Mr. P. P. Bigwood, secretary and managing steward to the Wellington Pony and Galloway Club, will be in Auckland for a few days from the 25th inst. He will De staying at the Albert Hotel, and will be glad to see anyone interested in ponies.

Armlet had an easy win in the Nursery Handicap at Wellington, and as Mr. Stead’s filly cut out the four furlongs, with 9st 61b in the saddle in 48 4-55., the performance is full of merit.

Sportsmen will greatly regret to hear of the death of Mr. Reid, of Motutapu. All Aucklanders knew . him, and thousands have enjoyed a run ashore at his picturesque island, rjopecxaiiy were all yachtsmen made ■ welcome, and none will be sorrier than these. to hear that the laird of Home Bay nas passed to his rest.

Ten of the twenty entries in the Dunedin Cup hail from Christchurch. **X . .

All Red, who won the Telegraph Handicap at Trentham on Saturday, is a full brother to Munjeet, who got third. As the distance was reeled off in lm. 14 2-55., it seems evident that the youngest of the Stepniak— Madder contingent is no slouch.

The New Zealand horses St. Joe and Leeside have arrived at Hobart. They are intended for the Tasmanian summer meetings.

A race worth £lOO in England was recently abandoned because not a single horse was sent to run for it.

A recent fire in a country town in Victoria left the local racing club temporarily without an office, and destroyed, amongst other things, the license of its course. The club accordingly wrote to the Chief Secretary’s Department asking that a duplicate of the license should be issued to it, but the department has replied tthat this cannot be done. The license is, it has been stated, regarded in the light of "a Treasury receipt, and two receipts, the club has been advised cannot be issued in respect to one payment. The license, ordinarily, would have expired in March, however, and the club has been informed that it may carry on without the department stepping in to add to its misfortunes.

“ Deutscher jSport ” deplores the fact, recorded in the German “ Calendar, ” that out of 709 brood mares, only 406 had foals in 1907, the remaining 303, nearly 42 per cent., being without foal. Ard Patrick and Galtee More proved disappointing, the first-named having only 19 foals to his credit, wihle of his remaining 15 mares 12 were barren, one slipped foal, and two others had foals which died. Ga'tee More had only 11 foa.’.s living, while seven mares were barren, six slipped foals, and the foals of three others died.

A novel occurrence took place at the recent Buninyong meeting, N.S.WI, the B.T.C. Plate falling through, owing to the withdrawal of the who'e of the horses engaged. ,

A cable states that the King’s fine St. Simon stallion Persimmon has fractured his pelyis, but there are hopes of saving him.

The Waiuku Racing Club intends holding a meeting on March 20.

The Waikato Trotting Club’s Meeting last week proved a successful function. Rosebud won the Waikato Trot by two lengths from Eureka, with Young Salisbury third; but positions were reversed in the Claudelands Trot which Eureka won easily. Kirikiriroa, a smart performer, annexed a double, the Summer and Hamilton Trots.

At the sale of the Waikanae' yearlings in Wei ington on Monday, the following prices were realised: —Chestnut filly, by Ki.cheran. or Porirua—Moresque, Mrs Seymour, 35gns; bay colt, by Conqueror —Lady Principal, Mrs Watson, 1 togns; bay filly, by Royal Artil e y— Bluefire, Mr G. G. S.ead, 26ogns; brown filly, by Kicheran—Moreze, Mr J. Gainsford, 170gns ; black colt, by Meriwee —Olivette, Dr Newman, i3Ogns; bay filly, by St. Ambrose—Wt iwhere, Mr F. Preston, 120gns; bay fi'ly, by Kilcheran—Ekaterini Passeropoulu, Mr McDonald, i3Ogns ; bay colt by Kilcheran—Success, Sir Geo. Clifford, 2oogns; bay colt, by Kilcheran — Spun Gold, Mr H. Hayr, loogns; chestnut colt, by Conqueror—Berenice, Mr C. Olliver, 6ogns; brown fi ly, by Kilcharan —Sombre, Mr Cooper, 75gns. The sale realised i39ogns.

In reply to “ Old-Timer ” Mr De Mestre’s Archer won the first Melbourne Cup in 1861, carrying qst 71b, and again in the following year with lost 21b. The 'argest field was in Carbine's year (1890) when 39 horses went to the post.

In answer to “ Confident ” Ariel won the Auckland Cup three times, but not in successive years. JjC ijt

The veteran St. Denis, who was foaled as far back as 1894 won a double last week in Otago in good times too.

The handicaps for the Gisborne R.C. Summer Meeting (first day) will be found in another column. * * * sK

Mr Bidwell has another gal'oper jn his stable in Culmination, a sister to Elevation. The bay daughter of San Francisco won the Tongariro Hack Handicap at Trentham very easily, beating a recent winner in Suttee.

The English rider S. Heapy has ridden no less than 630 winners in Belgium during the last four vears. **- * *

In the E'ectric Handicap, at : Wellington, Mr Lowry’s filly Finery , got to the end of five furlongs in the rattling time of imin isec. She is particularly fast off the mark and always does the first three furlongs at tremendous speed, but so far five furlongs seems the extreme length of her tether. Perhaps age will improve her in this respect.

The Pahiatua Racing Club’s meeting takes place next Wednesday.

A New Zealand Tattersall’s Club has been formed in We ling.on with Mr Thomas as secretary.

At the recent Waikato Trotting Club’s initial meeting the -eceipts were £225 and the expenditure £227, leaving a trifling deficit. This was considered qui e satisfactory for an inaugural meeting.

The great English sire, St. Simon has been resposnib e for two winners of the Two Thousand Guineas in St. Frusquin and Diamond Jubilets, four winners of the One Thousand Guineas in Semolina, La Fleche, Amiable and Winifreda, two winners of he Derby in Persimmon and Diamcnd Jubilee five winners of the Oaks in Memoir, La Fleche, Mrs Bu terwick, Amiable and La Roche, and four winners of the Doncaster St. Leger in Memoir, La Fleche, Persimmon, and Diamond Jubilee. Of the foregoing, the last-named was sold for the huge sum of £30,000 to go to the Argentine, and to the credit of St. Frusquin as a sire s'ands a winner of the Derby in St. Amant, while Persimmon made a big hit in the ear y days of his stud career by getting Sceptre from Ornament.

In New York, contracts, fees, engagements, etc., are public property, and the deta ls of private arrangements are, of course, given the greatest publicity. Accordingly, we are told that Mr Keene’s terms with his trainer, James Rowe, are : Annual salary, £2OOO and 10 per cent, on the gross winnings; his terms with his first jockey, Walter Miller (upon whom he had on y second cal ), were 5 per cent, on his winning mounts and the ordinary fees—£s for a winner and £2 for a loser. On the 5 per cent, basis Miller, at the end of November las:, received a cheque for which brought his salary, or earnings, ,in New York, for th? season up to From the first of January up to November 15, the crack had 852 mounts, and piloted 224 winners. He has left f?r California, where his principal retainer wi h Mr T; m Wil i'ams is ,£240 a month, conditional upon being fit at /st 6b. Miller is a lit.le East Side Hebrew, whose connection with the Turf came about accidentally ,but he is, when in form, said to be head and shoulders over most of the o her jockeys at presen; fol owing their calling in America. Notter will be Mr Keene’s firs; jockey next season.

A pathetic incident in connection with a recent sale of blood stock in America was hat the once mighty Lamplighter was so d for Over twelve years ago Lamplighter was the idcl of the American Purf—he was invariably ridden by Fred Taral—and at one period in his career, at the dispersa’ of Capt. S. S. Brown’s stud, Mr Pierre Lorillard paid for the hors?. Frcm, 1891 to 1895 Lamp’ighter won in stakes, having competed in 66 races, won 29, been second in 16, and third in 9. ♦ ♦ • •

Entries for the Wei ington Ponv and Galloway C üb’s initial m eting close with close with Mr P. P. Bigwood, the managing steward and secretary on Wednesday, February 5.

Mr Teschemaker, a wealthy New Zealander, has a number of yearlings in training at Captain Dowhurs ’s place at Newmarket, and he intends co race on a libera' scale next season, says the “ Live Stock Journal.”

The success of Positano’s stock in cups is remarkable. Nearly every cup of importance-in the Commonwealth has been won by one of his sons. His latest cup-winner is Post Town, who followed up his success in the W.A. Derby by taking the Perth Cup. His cup-winners are : —Melbourne Cup (Lord Cardigan and Poseidon), Caulfield Cup (Poseidon twice), Sydney Ta'tersall’s Club Cup (Postillion), Sydney Cup (Lord Cardigan), A.R.C. Birthday Cup (May King), Perth Cup (May King and Post Town), Boulder Cup (Pius), Kalgoor’ie Cup (May King , Metropolitan (Meo tan), and Doncaster Handicap (Little Toy).

Moloch, who effected a surprise in the Wellington Cup, was got by the Maxim horse Mauser from Listener, by Mute from Rumour, by Tattler from Rose d’Amour, by Traducer from Go’den Drop, by Glancus from Sharkie by Riddlesworth. In cutting out the distance in 2tnin 33 4-ssec, he put up a time performance which has only once been beaten, when Ropa got the verdict in 1906. Mo'och is trained by McGrath at Opaki.

Landlcck who hds been off the scene for some time, is in work again.

The Wellington R.C. received no less than £720 in license fees from bookmakers on the opening d ay of the mee ing. * * * •

It is said there is just as much street betting in Christchurch as before the introduction of the Gaming Act.

Boondi’s column in the “ Referee ” is always worth reading. Here are two samples :—

We think we have some clever horsethieves here, and the Americans think they can run rings round us, but if anyone warns to see a real ringer at the game he must go to Persia. Colone. Burnaby used to tell a story about a Persian sen;ry who was ordered to ride to the mouth of a narrow pass in a cer.ain \ccky part of the road to Shiraz and keep watch and wai; there al’ night for a noted robber thief. He watched all night till near dawn, when he fell asleep, and then the robber chief and a friend came a ong with some trestlss which they fixed up so that they would support a stout pi?'*G of timber which was fixed up with the trooper’s saddle we 1 and firmly, and then the horse was let out frcm under the rider, who was then left peacefully riding on nothing—in the shade of horseflesh, at least—but he was a sensible fellow, so, going into a small viPage near at hand, he sold all his trooper’s clothes and fixings, dismissed himself from the “ force,” and procuring a worker’s togs, got a job on a neighbouring farm. !f he had reported the matter, he would have lost his head, so he wise y argued it would be better to lose his billet in the field of Mars and take to a less risky occupation in the field of turnips.

Talking of Persia, the Shah is a great patron of horse racing, but some of his sporting subjects would be better pleased if he hawked his patronage further afield. Still, he is a very fair man, as Shahs go, and likes to see a fair-run' race. But if he has a horse running, and i- is beaten by another man’s horse, the Shah, it is a.’eged, confiscates that horse and all the money that was on him. The other fellow can enter a protest, of course, but he may not be present to give evidence ; all his time may be taken up searching round the gaol grounds to see where his head has got to. Another good notion of the Shah’s is to round up all the bookmakers just before each race is started and lock .hem up securely in an iron cage until the race is over. Then they have to pay out through the iron bars, the Shah having first cut in whether he wins or loses—whether his horses wins or loses, I mean, because the Shah never loses. Sometimes the Shah will honour a nobleman by saying : Sir Roo'ipoofalah, I will match my horse Whirlwind against the best in your stables, but let it be the very best, for mine is very good. We will make the stakes 100 tomans aside (about If the party so honoured has been there before he rides his own horse, and is very carefu o lose after a good struggle. Should he be foolish enough to win, he is compe'led to swop horses and give the stakes to the Shah to boot as well, so it is small wonder to ’earn that His Most Majestic Majesty is “passionately fond of racing.”

At the Newmarket December sales among the highest-priced lots d sposed < f were the following : — Nortonis (1902), mare, by Gallinule —Teresol, giogns ; Chiavenna (1902), mare, by Gallinu’e —Bel’inzona, tooogns; Scotch Mistake (1903), mare, by Ayrshire—Mrs Springfield, 1000gns (Lehndorff; Pepperette (1896), mare, by Hampton —Spice, looogns (Lehndorff) ; Sidus (1897), stat ion, by St. Simon —Star of Forunte, i2sogns (Mr Abe Bailey); Sweet Mary (1903), mare, by Cyllene— Auricula, iSoogns (Lehndorff) ; Diamond Crescent (1903), mare, by Diamond Jubilee—Cynthia IL, looogns (Ha broun) ; Sweet Hilda (1898), mare by Pepper and Salt, i4sogns (Halbroun) ; Lady Burgoyne (1900), mare, by Ladas —Burgonet, 2000gns (Mons. E. Blanc); Pomegranate (1900), mar?, by Persimmon —Briarroot, 2ioogns (Lehndorff) ; Perpe'ua (1903), mare, by St. Simon —Splendid, i2oogns (Ha’broun); Presen ation (1898), mare, by Orion—Dubia, 2ooogns (F. H. Potts); Chilmark (1901), mare, Gy Childwick—Hall Mark, uoogns (Baron G. Springer); that good performer on the turf, "Bib’ani (1902), mare, by Childwick—Go’dmine, uoogns (Halbourn) ; mare (1901), by Ladas —Lock and Key, looqgns (F. H. Potts); Grave ; nd Gay (1899), mare, by Henry of Navarre—Mount Vernon, with colt foal by Zinfandel, 26oogns (Herr Weinberr, for Germany). Grave and Gay was bred in America, while of the previous'y mentioned lot the mare out of Lock ard Key is a half-sis er to Keystone IL, winner of five races out of seven in 1906 (including the Oaks Stakes, of 4950 sovs ; Ascot Coronation Stakes, of ' 2800 sovs ; Sandown Produce Stakes, of 4357 sovs ; and Liver-

pool St. Leger, of 585 sovs. . Count Lehndorff was buying for Germany, Mr Halbroun for France, and Baron Springer for Austria-Hungary.

Kola Nip has met with an injury while being schooled over hurdles.

C. Coleman is back again in his old quarters at Ellerslie.

The first race at Takapuna on Saturday starts at a quarter to one.

Waipuna finished 'badly in a gallop with Advocate and Lord Seaton on Tuesday.

Scotty beat Carl Rosa and Le Beau in a round of the tan yesterday at Ellerslie.

Signor, who won the Foxton Cup yesterday, is a three-year old bay colt by Pilgrim’s Progress from Ma Mie Rosette. He only started twice as a two-year-old, and was out of a place each time.

Mrs. Wright’s stables on the Panmure Road have been secured by J. Gallagher, who has Waikato, Guid■wife and Kola Nip in training.

The date for closing of entries for the Taranaki Jockey Club’s meeting has been altered from Friday February 13, to Friday, February 28.

From all accounts Charlie O’Connor was wanted at the barrier last Saturday at Trentham. Mr. H. Piper had an off day.

C. Cress has gone to the Wairarapa to reside. The well-known horseman has not had the best of luck in Auckland for some time past.

The Mungaroa Hack Welter at Trentham yesterday fell to the fouryear old bay filly Martyrium (Birkenhead—Martyrdom), who won by a length.

Swimming Belt, who had finished well on the opening day, annexed the January Handicap in good style from Aeolus. The winner is a black four-year-old colt by Captain Webb from Chatelaine.

Taitoki easily captured the Poneke Hack Handicap at Trentham yesterday.

Ben Deeley is to ride Scotty in the Takapuna Cup.

Mr. E. A. Price has gone to Wellington to attend the conference on behalf of the A.R.C.