SPORTING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 102, 1 May 1889, Page 5

SPORTING NEWS.

CARBINE'S SYDNEY CUP TRIUMPH.

Sydney papers bo hand are loud in their praises of Carbine's great performance in the Sydney Gup, and lie is dubbed the beet three - year - old seen in Australia. The "Telegraph " gives the following account of the Cup race :—Abercorn wall held his own at the head of the betting, and roniained firm at 7 to 4 and 2 to 1, the others most in demand being Cai bine, Mclos and Keith at 6to 1. Beyond what .appears in the description of the race it is only necessary to say a little. Lady Lyon made all the running for a miio and three furlongs, when Lochiol took it up, and carried on at a killing pace to the home turn. Then Keith, Honeydevv, Abercorn and Carbine looked most Gangerous. Carbine and the favourite joined issue at the distance, soon after which tho latter compounded, and Melos threw out a strong challenge* ; inch by inch he, crept up to Carbine, upon whom O'Brien was hard at work, but Mr Wallace's colt was equal to the strain, aud won a great race by a head, with Abercorn a good third and followed by Keith and New Guinea. The win must take rank among the most remarkable that has ever been recorded, for Carbine has nob only excelled all previous perfoimunces for horses of his age, but an accident almost threw him on his head near tho half-mile post and caused him to drop from a good position to a conspicuous last. An almost phenomenal run, however, saw him land into the straight one of the first four, and the rest has been told. Though Mr D. S. Wallace's colours are comparatively strange to Kandwick, he is immensely popular as a racing man—second to none in Australia, and this the hearfcy demonstration made as Carbine returned to scale quite plainly told. The ominous word "protest" was then breathed about, but although one was lodged on behalf of Melos, for a jostle in tho straight, it was entered too late to be entertained, and the Sydney Cup prize goes into a good quarter. Melos ran a remarkably game colt, and although Abercorn was only the recipient of third place it was a creditable performance. The tactics adopted with Loohiel, who was taken to the front more than five furlongs from home, were sufficient to discount whatever chance ho had, but none of the others showed dangerously at the right end of the struggle. Mr Wallace won a big stake, upon which he was warmly complimented, and Carbine earned for himself the reputation of being the best three-voar-old we have seen.

Referring to the great struggle betweenCarbine and Abercorn in the Autumn Stakes, the "Town and Country Journal" say 3 :—Carbine, the favourite, was the first to turn his head for home; and O'Brien must have at this point been congratulating himself on the first; win after his marriage. Tom Hales, however, was not yet done with. Coming up on the inside, he placed Abercorn alongside the champion at the distance. The excitement now became intense. Each rider and horse were straining every muscle in their body ; and when ib wa3 seen that Hales held, and then began to get the lead, inch by inch, a shout went up which could almost have been heard in Sydney. The finish was a terrific one, and resulted in a neck win for Abercorn. As a matter of course, the winner received the greatest amount of applause. But O'Brien, though defeated, was not forgotten. It was a struggle between the best riders and horses in the colonies, and will be r-smembered for many a day by those who witnessed it.

Poter Osbeck won the Steeplechase at the Caulfield (Melbourne) race meeting held last week.

(BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Wangantti, thia day.

WANGANUI STEEPLECHASE MEETING. .

Mr Evofct has declared the follosving weights:— Wanganui Handioai^ Steeplechase, 3 miles.—Orient, list 71b ; Ahua, list 6lb; Qrangoman, lOst 121b; Kangaroo, iQsfc

51b; Oddfellow, 9st 121b; Glencoe, 9sb 101b ; Clarice, 9at 71b ; Kingeraig, 9st 71b ; Rossiter, 9sd 71b ; Reform, 9st 71b; Tha Lamb, 9st.

Flying Stakes, f-mile. —Salisbury, Bst 71b ; Tongariro, Bsb 61b ; Rufus, Bsb 51b ; Cupid, Bst 31b; Camomile, 7st 101b; Leander, 7st 31b; Eclat, 7st ; .Prudence, 6sb 71bs; Wanda, 6sb 41b ; Cyclone, 6st 31b; Rowarewa, 6st 3ib.

Winter Oats Handicap, 1| miles.Strenuous, Bst 51b ; Ahua, 7sb 12lb ; Salii bury, 7sb 101b ; Camomile, 7sb 61b ; Cupic 7sb 51b ; Foxton, 7sfc 31b ; Leander, 6s 101b ; Eclat, 6sfc 71b ; Prudence, 6sb 71b Wanda, 6sb 71b ; Cyclone, 6sfc 71b ; R( warewa, 6st.