SPORTING.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 218, 15 September 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

SPORTING.

RAeE*HEETJNGS; TO COKE.

New Zealand. September 27 and 28—Geraldine R.O. Spring. September 29—OnehungaSprin?. October 1 and 2 - Hawke's Bay J.C. Spnns. October 10-NapierPark Spring. .^ ~ , November 6, 7 and B—Canterbury J.C. Spring. November 9'and 10—Auckland R.C. Spring. November 9— Wanganui J.C. Spring.

Australian. September 22, 25, 27 and 29—A. J.C. Spring. October 13 and 20— Caulfleld1 Spring. ;■ November 3, 6. 8 and 10—V.R.C. Spring. ,

TURF GOSSIP.

[By Hippona.] , Local trainers haye. taken, full advantage of the genial weather thiH week,, and a lob of. useful work has been done. I paid a. visit to the course on Tuesday morning, and saw a large number of horses out. Ghaafe has Tartar in excellent nick, and I thought he went well in a couple of usefuJL rounds. The son of Musket and Steppe has nob grown*, but he has ; lengthened* wonderfully and furnished. Rataplan, also ; looking .healthy and well, strode : along, for. a couple,, of miles at half; pace, moving nicely and freely. All o£ George. Wright's team did useful work. Hilda never looked better, aqd she should win a race or- two this spring. Texsum gives one the impression of being; a fast one. The only public appearanceof this, colt was in the. Welcome Stakes tib. the last A.B.G. Spring , Meetings whenhewasoutnierolytpgetused to the crowd. Balistadidgoodservieeablework, and ii well. Howe had' Patchwork, the three-year-old colt by Piscator from Patch, out, and treated him to useful exercise. This, horse is big and fresh-looking, and is a determined goer. Quadrant, the Robinson Crusoe—Radiance two-year-old colt, will want time. He has not done much in the way of work owing to hia growing so fasb. Major George's pair of threes year-olds, Raglan and, Clive, got through, some three-quarter-pace work, both bowling along in | free style. Cissy (Trenton's sister) and Bustle (the half-sister of Clogs) were, associated together in half-pace work ovor^ & mils. The first-named is a beautiful mover, but Bustfe-went none top kindly*, Harry Harrison treated Antelope to useful work, and he also bad Capell&oub. Shille.lagh and Cushla were among the other horses that worked, and both are looking well.

Mr Evett's weights for the principal handicaps of the Hawke's Bay Spring Meeting made their appearance- on Wednesday. In the Spring Handicap he has taken good care; ot Escutcheon,, bub in, my opinion Carbine has not received an ounce too much; in fact, fit and yell, I would sooner stand, him than anything engaged., liTOfc year Maxim won this, race with 7st 13lb in a very easy mariner,, and there is ©very reason to think Carbine is quite as good' a colt. Several promising horses are among the light division,, and until the acceptances appeal" it is useless discussing the handicap, further. In, the Flying Handicap I like, the chances of both Eschutobeon and Carbine, and Clyde and Mangaohane look the best goods, in the Hurdle llaco. Acceptances are.due, on the 25th o£September. Mr W. Gannon, thejownerof thaAus: traltan Peer and Arsenal, hag opened the season auspiciously. The Hawkesbury Guineas, run on Thursday last, saw hia colov.rs to the front on Meloß, a three-year-old colt got by Goldsbrough from Melody^ whose first appearance it was in public with the silk up. Melos is engaged in both the Sydney and Victorian Derbies and Melbourne Cup. . . :... Major George tells me, that his brood, mare Memphis, by' Gang jPorward-I'almyra, .Produced a splendid chestnut colt to First King some time ago, and she has since been served by Nelson. If the Hon. J. White's filly continues to harden in the quotations for the. Victorian Derby as she haa done lately, it is certain she will see the shortest price on record for the race. Considering that the, event is .some couple of months oil, 7 to 4 seems c, very abort price to take about the daughter of Musket, but there is reason for it. She proved herself the champion t>yo-year-old performer, and added to this she has shown at Raridwick this last few week's,''.thai she still retains her great pace, and can stay. Perhaps the most formifiable Opponents of Volley will turn 01$ to be lidnßdale and Pearl Shell; but until the A.J.C. Spring Meeting is a thing of the past, we can obtain no reliable line about this pair. It appears, tolerably certain that the Victorians have, nothing good, for " Asmodeua " writes arient the matter thus :—1 have very little hope pf the 3?year-olds now being prepared at> Flemington furnishing the winner of the, V.R G. Derby., Undoubtedly the best looking colt: of the lot is. Redbourrie, by Sib. Albans from Royal Maid, for whom Mr W7 Pearson gave 1,32f> guineas when a yearling. He has yet to make his cje&ii in public, Mr Dakin deeraibg it expedient to give him plenty of titpe to develop any latent galloping power he may possess. Recently he has been shaping in promising style, and all ■admirers of aj thorough sportsman would be pleased to hear that the squire of Kilmany possesses something capable of carrying the black and white flag into prominence during the ensuing season. Mr ¥. F. Dakin bfts other blrie ribbon candidates in hand in Whibworth, Waterman, Firelock, Forest Queen and Beryl, riot one of which, however, is ua to Derby form. Neither are any pf the*1 other Flemington trained horses,viz., Henry Vll.i'Toastmaster, Sriowfobt," Tnje and, Itxjpetus, in possession .of- the necessary credentials to warrant the expectation of a surprise. . Mr 'J., I)ickoy has been appointed treasurer to the Auckland, Raeitig Club, for the forthcoming year, and the' Club have, . dispensed with Mr J.\ Chad wicit's services as clerk of the course, and appointed Mr F. Yo.rige in his stead. Cuirassier's meri<B is a atanding tbpjiq of conversation among the Ellerslie touts. I had a conversation with a number of trainers the other morning a,»ept the ion of Muskefc, and the opinion was unanimoua that he was a "duffer." So far £s the Ellerslie track is concerned, Cuirassier h^g done nothing, on it to hint aVhitn, being voted a good one, but on the other h,and I think that Kean has always had a bit up his sleeve. His trainer arid owners are too astute generals to even dream of nominatinga horse at meetings in another province unless he had a decenb chance of scoring a win. If Cuirassier wins a decent race this spring the. trainers at:Ellerslie will have,tjpi eat a'very humble leek* ■j Pearl Shell's dam, Pearl produced,a, filly, fpal to Nprdenfeldt at Sylvia fairk this week, pocket's foal has died. ,| regret to chronicle that Chaafehfts had more bad luck with 'Bangle- The filly, While indulging in her playing-up tactics gome niornings ago, threw her youthful rider, subsequently striking one pf her forelegs. This mishap has necessitated Bangle being an absentee from th,e track.. Mr J. J, Miller, the well-kpown Mel-, bourne sport and sweep prompter, has been on a yi§it tb Auckland this week, He proceeds paci?: by the mail steamer, or whic,h there Will bean American trpttingstaUipri^na. I two mares that he is. importing for breeding ;purposes. . ~ . ' Cremorrie, who badly broke down while performing ajjallop some few days.previous tb the A;R.C3I Autumn Meeting '.pf' 1387, is. to be given an opportunity to iep if, he will sfand another preparation, The son of Cadpganand Miss £aura is again located j at Mr J, 8,. Williamson's stable's!. H£ performed stlid duties last season. ..,.[ . ) The Paferanga Hunt C}ub have decided; to hold their annual race rileetingatEilerslie on Saturday, 13th of October. The Hunt Cup of '45 sovereigns will be the Ohio, item.

< Cinderella has demonstrated to Australian turfites this week that she is no duffer. In the Sprinter's- Handicap, which she won at Rosehill lost Saturday, the field was a poor one, but her performance in the Hawkesbury Rowley Mile on Thursday was; most meritorious, for she had the speedy Plutarch behind her. Cinderella is .now the property of Mr Harris, of Sydney, and considering that he only gave £350 for her, his purchase has already turned out a profitable one* ' y The: majority of the morning onlookers at Ellerslie think that Major George's filly, Mesolej by Ingomar—: Florence, is the smartest two-year-old in, work there. At any rate, she has shown the best spin up to •the present. I think that lam safe in saying that Wright's pair, Cissy and-Bustle, have not yet bean put together for a fair test. Harrison has: a good one In private in the Ingomar: —Fanny Fisher colt. He had a :spin with Antelope one afternoon last week in the presence of quite a '■ select crowd," and from what I hear he acquitted himself well. ••

'". I clip the following Riccarton training ■ notes from last week's "Canterbury Times"'—"Most of the Gup horses have been dbing good work, bub Exchange and . Artillery are causing their connection's some . uneasiness. The latter was out on Wedries,day morning, and cantered a couple of miles steadily, but Exchange was an absentee, and'it'is reported the colt has thrown a) curb. It is somewhat reniarkabte tbat the two« candidates popularly supposed to fee thrown-into? the handicap should1 be the :the very first to. display- symptoms of unsoundnesfii- Our own opinion is that neither of them will sco the post' Carbine continues to do all he is asked in a satisfactory manner, and Springeton, Ruby, Mailton, ;Son-of-a-Gun, Ravenswiug and Vandal are doing as well as any of the others. Lorraine ,i 8 still kept) going, and may yet surprise his trainer by standing a preparation, but British lioo appeared' very sore on Wednesday morning, and will require to make some improvement before he can win a. New Zealand Gup," ! The Christchurch weeklies regularly publish a list of' what purport to be betting .transactions, but it has appeared to me this winter that they werein* the main iictitioiiri '—at any rate to a good extent. This is verified by "Rafca," who is on the spot. He writes :—I believethe betting market on the New Zealand Cup is rotten.* X have asked the returns of three prominent bookmakers. '* Can't give you them now, imy boy; I've got an important appointment;" "No change," says another on j perusing an opposition card ; and " Nothing , doing,"'affirms a third. Fancy answers of that kind in a good betting centre. A , trainer remarked on the course a few mornings since, "You can win a bit, off three !in Christchurch, two in; Auckland, and one in Bunedin," and perhapp he. is right; and perhaps that bit. is very limited, too. If a betting market be a market in reality there is no difficulty in getting returns, but I dp not think there'is, any' market, in Christ: church. Betting is like betting was before ; the institution of any betting ringwage ring between individuals. f Mr t\f. Kelso, the Sydney trainer,: is in great form with his horses at the Sydney .race meetings this season; At the last. Canterbury Park gathering he again pulled ' off a double by the aid of Elsie and Winnie, while^we have cable news' to the effect that ho appropriated theSprintera'Handicap and Rowley Mile with ■Cinderella. ; Accoiints to Hand of the doings ab Flemingtpn. state that MrW. E. Dakih Is displaying his cusfcomary energy with WhaliaWai and Tranteri The latter named appears to have got the better of the accident which roridered. him horf de, coiribat last spring, bit it is said he will not' be at his best until the aututnn, consequently the putmde People who arc supporting him for the Melbourne Cup will in all likelihood finoV themselves at fault. Silver Prince is Anotnei" aainial that'ean be hardly made fit for the- Melbourne Cup, and much wore" forward are' horses like Chicago, Mentor, Enfilade, Duntop, Tranter and Sumatra. No horse has wintered better than Pakeha, >yhp has filled out in all directions^ though at present he is decidedly jolly. Sortie thoroughbred stock sept over' from Cbristb hurcb, by MrL, Mai'key were offered by auction in Sydney a few days back. The stallion Rouscv, by Messenger from ICate O'Shane^ whose performance oil the turf of 39 feet over hurdles, exceedsby ft : couple oi feet thab of the celebrated jumper Cbandler, who cleared 37 feot over watery was withdrawn, the best bid being 250 faineasj his owner refusing to part, with im for that sum. Wrangler* by Wrangler, was knocked down to Mr G. W. Buttin for m. ■■ ■ - " . ■-■■ ■ :•■'.-', Texsum waa tried over the Hawked Bay Criiineas distance Itfet Sunday morning soon after the stars were off the sky. I hear ho 4cquibted himself faibly well. Th& gallop took place on fcho course proper.

: Prom Kapier I :leirn that among* the hbrees fn Work' there is d fcwo-year-old colt got by Ingoniar from BbSsemer iianied Gafet Steel., He i^ the property of: Mr P^'l6'' a native chief, and is being trained' by the irrepressible "Jockey Dawson." , MrR. P.hillipsi,: a Melbturne bookaiak^r, has Bee/0 in, treaty for the purchase of Diok Swiveller. His' offer tp Messrs Husband and Nichplls, the owners of the horse, was i,OOOB6VBi down, wibh >the 'further cofttin gent of £2,000 if the soft of Swiveller Avon either the Cauliield or'Melbdume Cap, bub itwasrefused. . . ■

X seeatnbiig the'two-year-olds in traininp; ab Flemingfcon is the Oottby Leolinus— Titania purcb'aaed at the last New Zealand Stud Company §ale. Ho has been filmed Leorifcibs, ami is under Hi Ghifney's charge. Our old friend Mr S. Horsfall lias a youngster in work named Samaritan] fob by Neckeregat from Ursula. • ■ ■■ '

It cannot be said of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Cdthmibbeethht they havVno eye for .the beautiful. Mr Luckie, the Secretary, is adding,two white swans to the black swana tyiat already ado/n the lake on the lawn enclosure. ■•■ ' " , ■• -■■ .' ""•

Among the horses tbat worked at Ellersliedt} Tuesday mornitiglnoticedLandseet',' $[q is a son of The Painter- and Queen Bess, and has ■won several races on the fia,t arid over hurdles. - , . .v><;;" ;■■"'."

R. Ray was taken seriously ill !s6me few mornings ago, and had, tbbe carried off the "Riccarton course. - " ■

". Captain Machell recently sold a yearling edit in England for; 4,000 guineas. A week previously the captain bought the colt at for 1 $250. guineas. Yearlings are bringing splendid prices in England ■ this season, ior during the Newmarket July sales jrearlinga were sold for 2,600 guineas^ 2,300. guineas, I*2oo guineas, 1,700 guineas, 1,350 guineas, 1,060 guineas, I ,' 150 guineas,: 1,300 guineas, and I*ooo guineas, to say nothing of 1,750' guineas, 1,500 guineas, 1,150 guineas and lylOO- guineas' paid for four prood mares. It may be added thdfc & numbdr of yearlings and other blood stdck Jiave recently been exported from England to Buenos Ayres. ■ ;; v:v \-r::: ..'■.■ : - Accordingto a Sydney paper, in" double--event wagering on the' V.R.C. .Derby and MiSlbouriie Cup, Volley has been coupled with almost every horse left in the lastnamed race, co that very little money remains for laying against the daughter of Musket and Lady Vivian. '. " ; '■ '>'::' I gather from? a Napier paper that Wai^ tiri's brother Hiko, who is engaged in the New Zealand^ Cup with 6st, is rapidly getting into form. Hiko is built on: exactly the same linesas Waitiri, but, if anything, he afeahds a bit higher.' ,; ' >: -.•" *V ':)- At the ' lasti Oapterbury Park (Sydney) races the club profited by no less an: amount than £305 from the only Selling Race on the card. The amount of the stakes^distributed during the day was only £400, so that the actual disbursement intnat'Qirectjon was redtjpecl to :. :! Tl)e Victorian hunfce.rs, Spondulix and Gi'atis, ;each recently: cleared a fence 6ft:: Zin. hieli at Melbourne Agricultural Shbw. j

"Vigilant," Of the Melbourne "Sportsman," has ascertained that 305 favourites won, and 389 favourites lost races in Victoria last season, and that "followingthe favouribe " with a £5 investment in each of these races would have yielded a profit of £222; The adoption of a similar course' during the previous year would have given a credit balance of £149. ' T. Sanders, the Australian jockey who has lately been riding, in England, has returned to Melbourne. Duriner his trip, Sanders put on a lot of flesh. He states that he will pay the old country another visit, so well" pleased was' he at the treatment received. ! " . :

Writing on the recent issue of the Australasian Turf Register, the compiler states that the records of pony racing have very properly been eschewed.1 This description of sport has no interest either for the true turfite or breeder, and if its votarie3_ desire to have a published record of- the doings of the equine midgets they must provide one for themselves. We have little or no sympathy with it in connection with legitimate race meetingH. The Rosehill (SydneyJßacing Club executive are put with tho aiinouncement that their programme of next autumn shall include a mile race for l.OOOsovs., of which the winner's share will be 7GO, and the seoond and third to receive reepectively 200 and 100. .: It is to be' built up on_ cheap lines, the fee for nominating being fixed at the nominal sovereign. ■ Writes " Hermit " in the Christchurch "Weekly Press" :—"I think itisan indiS' putable point that the Musket stock do not ' wear.' BarringTrentonrand Mitrailleuse,' it would be hard! I' think,' tp find one that had gone through a third season's training. Brilliant, no doubt, they were, and good as gold when wanted, but not laßtere. 'It is curious that of the three greatest sires ever standing in New Zealand the family peculiarities should be so strongly; brought out in their offspring. The Sir Hercules young ones almost invariably sufferedin the feet; the Traducer stock in their hocka, and the Muskets in their forelegs. Now, Traducer never gave any observer the idea of being a good foreleerged animal, and his shoulders were decidedly bad. -Yet we find him the best of the three stallions we have mentioned'in getting horses ?;that- would lpt through long racing campaigna; Sir Hercules was one of the bestrshouldered horses in the world, and could use his; forelegs like James Mace could his hands; but the feet below those forelegs were transmitted to his offspring. Musket was a heavy-topped horse, and came from a bad -legged family, and in most instances of his stock it.was the top that broke down the sinews below.' Ifc makes one wonder what the attributes of breeding are. Musket and Traducer were neither of them fashionably bred apimals, if we look on the sire's side alone, while Sir Hercules, who no doubt was a good bred one, cape of what in the old country was. thought; soft stock. Yet a, combination of these, three blooda would probably produce a great racehorse, say a colt by Musket from a Traducer mare out of a daughter of Sir Hercules. All the eiies mentioned being now dead, such a combination vypuld b^; impossible, fc»ufc I should have liked to Bee a Musket colt from Calumny, ,v ho, though, hitherto a failure as a, brood mare, willyet I think, if Erpperly mated, produce, a racehorse of the ighest class."