SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6105, 3 September 1881, Page 6 (Supplement)

SPORTING.

1 RACINCJ FIXTURES, v 1881. ' Beptombor 10.—Ota™ Hunt Club Stoepleohaao. - September 20, 30.-Geraldino (Canterbury) Annual. i October 7.—Alexandra (Citato) Annual. October 11.—Ilawko's Bay J.C. Spring. 3 October 12.—IlawWs Bay Racing Club Spring. October 14.—Duntroon (Otago) Annual. ' October 21.—Wanganui (Wellington) Spring. November 9. — Wavcrloy - Waitotara (Wellington) 1 Annual. f November 8,10,11.—Canterbury Spring Meeting. November 30.—Wellington Spring. ' November 30 and ) Dunedin s rf F December Ist I • : December 5, 6.—Oamo.ru (Otago) Spring. December 15,10.—Southland Annual i The stallion Fiotion, reoeufcly purchased for a 200 guiueaa by Mr J. Cook from Mr P. Butler, , iii annonnoed to stand in the Kyaburn dietrtot. , Piotion iB a younger brother o£ the well known o racer Traitor. , g Alexandra races are fixed for October 7th, 4 pud a fair programme for the day's sport has

been arranged. Tho stakes amount in all t £80, the principal events being the Alexandr Handicap of 30 soys and. thu Diatriot Handi cap of 20 aovs. From the local Argus I leavn that a uumbo of residents in Cromwell and surrounding part not being satisfied with the action of tha Joeke; Club iv deciding to have no Spring races thi year, have taken the matter iv hand, nad intern •o Lave a meeting to fit in between those o Alexandra aod Clyde and thafc at Lake V/anaka The courso, ddte, and fjonoral programme wil bo decided during tha currant week and dul; notified. Air S. ladc-r, a well known racing geuLleinai in ilia Moant Idn, notifies tho dijpoa.il by " ar union" of some of his blood stock, inoludinj iiias Elswick, by Elswick—Ladybird; twi other mures, a throo jear-old colt by Bacepha lus, and a t:io-year-old filly by Pacific. The annual meeting o£ members of tbi Oamuru Jockoy Olub came off a few days ago .md I gather from a report of tho proceeding: that there is a substantial balance to th«ii credit of £105. The following members of com oiitteo were elected: —Messrs Humphrey, llonayne, Paterson, Grant, Aloes, Greenfield; Gibson, Sualders, Al'Arthur. It wns resolved en tho motion of Mr Sehutor, that the Olub holt! a Spring meeting on tho sth and 6'.h of December, and an Autumn meeting on the 16fcli and 17th of March ; the amount to be given at the former moetiug not to exceed £400, and the amount at the latter not to eioaed £500. At a meeting held at Omarania it was decidod that tho annual races take place on Friday, September 23rd. Tha programme consista of a Maiden Plate, the Omaraina Oup, Shepherd's Handicap, Hack Race, Handicap Trot, and Consolation. Omarama is reached lv one day from Oamaru, I learn from the Oamaru papers thai the adjourned annual gtneral meeting of the O >»Laaru Jockey Club waa held ou Tuesday night at the Empire Hotel. There were present: Mr J. W. Humphrey, president (io tho chair), about 13 members of the Club, and the secretary (Mr Hardy), The minutes of the proviona annual meeting were confirmed. The decretory read the annual balance-sheet, which ivß» adopted, ehowiug a balance to the credit of the Club of L 165 2a lid. It resolved tkat the member's subscription for the ensuing year bo, as formerly, one guinea; the ticket to ad. lait tho holder to any part of the course. The following members of committee were elected : Messrs Humphrey, Eonayae, Paterson, G-raut, Mos3, Greenfield, Gibson, tiualdera, M'Artlrai. Ib vr&i resolved, on the motion of Mr Schluter, that the Clab hold a Spring meeting on the sjh and 6th of December, and an Autumn meeting on the lfiih and 17tn of March next; the amount to be given at the former meeting nut to exceed L4OO, and the amount at the Jatter not to exceed LSOO. A corretpoauent writes to " Martingale " as follows:—" Last week tbe celebrated old horee tiiandy died at Alford Forest, having been in tho possession of Mr It. Boulton for upwards of 18 yearn. He was the first winner of a race in Canterbury, having won the Hagley Park Stakes about 30 yeara ago, and is therefore probably nearly 40 years old. In the race he wae entered as Mr Jordan's grey gelding Brandy, The CAuae of death cortaiuly could not be premature decay iv this oase. Some tweWe months ago his stable companion aud associate died, and sinoo then he has gradually failed in cou dition, as if mouruiug tho doath of an old friend." " Martingale " vrvitoj :—" La.it Saturday, when in the neighbourhood of Middle I'nrk, 1 called iv and hart a look at the now arrivals men tiouad lust week. Ou approaching the stables I was ploased to see Unit an addition had been made to then*—a fiily from lied Hjbo. Tho colts from Charm and Itlalia are remarkably strong for thoir age, and if ono oan form an opinion at so early a day, aie very promising youugstars, with plenty of Bubstaueo and nicely-iorui-;d liinba. Charm's colt, to my tnind, is the uealer of the two. lied Hose's foal is a chestnut filly, aud is also a well developed youngster. In tha beginning 6f the week 1 learnt that Agiaia had also foaled a very fine oheetnut colt. Theae youngsters nro all four by King of Ciubs, and his stock so far spaak well for th« King 88 a sire." An imposing yet bewildering array of figure* appears in a Ohristokurcu papers under tho heading " Quotations nt Ttittersall'a Booms," and from these one would gathsr that a treuieudoas amount of betting U going on over tbe Oautorbury Spring rusoting. Ou seeing them I communicated with a corrospondoat at Christ churoh and received the ooncise reply, " All show; nothing doing." This I can readily believe when I find suoh peouliar quotations as 2200 to 151 against ono horse; GOO to % another; 1500 to 105 another; 400 to Tl auother; and no on. Baiting must indeed have bocoino a science when auch odda as tho above figurea represent are on ofl'ar. When boiled down a reasonable statement of tho betting quotations would bo something like the follow ing :— DERBY. 4 to 1 »gsk itouphin o—l Peeress colt 0 — 1 Louid dOr 8 to 20 — 1 any other J.C. HANDICAP. 6 to 1 BRSt Grip C — 1 Libeller 7 — 1 Lady Emma 8 — 1 Volunteer 5 — 1 Luro 0-1 Tho Governor 10 — 1 On Dit 10—1 Louis dOr 10 — 1 Amulet 10 — 1 Luna 30 — 1 Envy filly 100 — 7 Chancellor 100 — 7 Mataku 100 — 5 — 1 any other. OUP 2 to 1 agat Mata 6 — 1 Peeress colt 6 — 1 Dauphin S — 1 Ilinenioa 10 — 20 — 1 any othor. The seventh volume of the New Zealand Stud Book is promised this weok, the work being in the hands of the bindero. On Saturday afternoon Bom? hurdlo-raoing will take place afc Saltw&ter Creek, nssr Timarn, as a termination to the hunting acaion. The Hokitika paper states that some woodcarters, who desorTe to be kicked, have so out np the racecoureo that it will cost some £70 or £S0 to put it in repair. There tsra ruts in the sirsight run in, nearly a foot deep. Steps will be taken by the Raoing Club 8o obligo the oarters who havo destroyed tho ground to pay for the damago they have caused, Such wantsn aud mischievous destruction should be severely pauiahed. At the Wanganui Ringitikei Hunt steeplechneea the Corinthian Onp was won by Mr J. Kiggie's Monk (sor), bwiting six otherB — all of whom, however, ireut the wrong course. The Hunt Clnb Cnp fell to Mr J. Nixon's Satanella, beating two others. The Ladiea' Purse went to Dr Connolly's Dhudoen, who had three opponents j and the Hack Eace to Mr Watkin's Sandfly, who was last ooming up the straight, but all the other starters shooting off the oourae, at a turn in the course, he was deolared the winner. The well-known steeplechase horse King Don, the property of Mr Juhn Higjia, ho« be«n sold to Mr Thomas Morriu, of Auokknd, f*r £130 i With referouce to the Wangauni Derby " Soukar " has the followiag :—" It may not be out of place to rsmark thai quite a npmbsr of owners are undeoided an to their intention* until something definito v heard from the Club re .Redwood aud Owen's late nominations. Many owners haro expressed themselves to the effeot that if Messrs X and O. are to bo allowad to compote they will not oppose them, and other* say that they will start on tha off chsnoe of running seoond and clumiog stakes if won by any of the colt* whoso nomination was late. Perhnps tha newly elected Committee may Uke seme steps in toe matter." The full programme ol the W.iaganui Jookoy Club's Autnmn rac«a, to bo held on March llth and 12th, shows that the hsndsomo amount of £1030 will be given to be run for. The prin. cipal prizes will bo tho Cup of COO now; Btuko_ Handicap of 250 soya ; Flying Handioup of 125 soya; Derby of 100 aovs; District Handicap of 100 soya ; and two Hurdle ltaces of 75 soys each. The Cup will be run for on the second daj. Nominations do not close till December Ist The Lower Valley Jockey Club met at Waihenga last week, MrW. O. 'Williams presiding. The balance-sheet for tha past yoar showed a tow pounds to tho good. Office bearsrs and committees for tho present season were appointed. Tha noxt raoea will be held on December 26th. Itsess havo been held at Feathoraton for the In*t two or threa yoara, but there has been no local jock«y club. I notieo that a Biaeting has been called with a view of starting a properlyorganiied club. By the death of Early Piety, a filly by Gladiator, dam Iniquity, by Traduoor, Mr W. Wilson haa sustained a serious loss, the animal being ontorod for the forthcoming Derby, and much fancied for tho event, bar dam having won the Produos Stakes iv 1870, beating a largo field in good time. Plenty of horses aro in training for the □awko'a Bsy Spring mootiogs, both of which come off enrly in Ootober. The Herald snys that the course at Hastings prasentß a busy scen9 every morning. Captain Knasell'a team, under tho tuition of Mr Grant—Sydney, Kinoraig, Neilio, and a Teronga filly—and Mr P«rcy Martia's Mischief, and fiily by Maroro out of i\V»inui, are out training every morning; also Mr M'Dontild's horaea Foul Play, Badaworih,' and The Squiro. Tho proposed amalgamation of the Cambridge and Waikato Jockey Clubs ia still undecided on, and judging from the tone of certain membora of each body at their recent meetings it will always remain so. A Mr Isaacs,_ of the former clab, wished to make a stipulation that all tho raco meetings of the amalgamated clubs should be held on tho Oiimbridge oourse, and this has very natnraliy put up the baoks of Borne of the Waikato men, who hold that the races should bejheld alternately iv each diatriot. The present position appears to be that tke majority of eaou club are willing to negotiate for the amalgamation, but that each declines to make the first overture to the other. The Waikato Spring raoes have at all ovents boon fixed for November 30th on their own oouim Petronel, by Musket—Crytheia, haa added to kis previous viotoriea Her Majesty's Plato of 200 Kuineaa at Stookbridge, beating Exeter and three others. A Home paper cays that Petronel'a forte ia evidently staying, and that tho Dako of Beaufort threw away a grand ohanoe of winning the Cssaarewitoli Stakes by ) showing the horse's good form in the Asoot Cup. Muecatoon, a five-year-old son of Musket, won a Hunters' Race at Southampton on June 28th, and a similar raoe at Worcester in July. "Phaeton" reportß that Hippocampus has doneracing, and will probably stand in the Wai kato diatriot this season. It ia- doubtful r whether Grand Duchess will stand a preparation , for this season, Ariel was offered at anotion on the 19ih nit i Ho was started at 300 guineas aud the bidding ran up to 345 guineas, at whioh prioe he waa , passed in, Mr Edgar declining to patt with him S At that figure.

bo The programme for tho Auckland Summor ra raoes is a fine ono, the stakes nmountit g to i- £1850, or £250 more than last season's. There will bo three days' raciay, and tha principal 3r stakes will b;» tho Cap, of 300 aova; JR 0. tB Handicap, of 200 soys; Plato, of 150 soya; and iy Steeplechase Handicap, of 150 sovb. Besides v iho.io there are ton makca of 100 soya o;ich. :d The Auckland Stud Company h>wo fixed )f Musket's foa at 35 gninewi for ono mace, and 30 i. guineaa eaoh for two. mares be'ionging to tho 11 fiime ownor; Cap a-pio's foes will bo 10 guinaas ly ,md seven guiuoae respectively ; whilo Auteroa ia at six guineas and fivo guineas, n At ths annual mooting of inambors of tho rt Poverty Bjy Turf Club a fow daya a;ro ig this satisfiiotory statement that thora was a 0 balance of. £101 in hand was mads. A 1 long discussion eiwued ac to the advisability of pnying off the dobta contracted by tho old Club c from tha atewarus, i\nd yiako up the deficit to ), meet the engagoiueut; 3 of tho a:inu;il lacaiing of ;s 1879 80. —It was propoaod Mr Sunderlan-!, and r .lecoudod by Mr J. W. Johnson —"That tho i- amounts advunoed by the Btewards and com- ', mittee to make up tho deficit to meet tho enI, jfftgomonta of annual meeting 1879 80 be ved Funded."—Carried unanimously- — Attor the i rpsolution was curried, Mossra Pago, Bundori- land, Winter, and Nolan Biguifiod their williugJ ness to cancol the respective amouuts duo to c them es stewards of the old Club.