DATES OF COMING EVENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 279, 26 November 1890, Page 3

DATES OF COMING EVENTS.

jNOveraber 23—Otago Clip December 2b—Auckland Cup

The Spring Meeting of tho Takapuna Jockey Club takos place on Saturday. The eourso is in excellent condition, and an enjoyable afternoon's sport may confidently be looked forward to. To-night, acceptances for the principal events of the Takapuna.Jockey Club Spring Meeting and nominations for the Belling Kace are due. Nominations for Christmas Handicap Hurdles, South Auckland Cup, Handicap Steeplechase, Tradesmen's Plato Handicap, and Flying Stakes Handicap, to be run at the South Auckland Racing Club's Summer Meeting, also fall due. Mr Hayr will receive Auckland entries. Advices from Melbourne state that; though there were many rumours afloat as to the ability of several prominent bookmakers to meet their engagements on settling day over the Melbourne Cup, on the whole the adjustment) of accounts passed oft satisfactorily. A Sydney bookmaker suspended payment on Cup Day, bub it is said ho will be ablo to meet his engagements owing to a well known Melbourne business man agreeing to liquidate his ability. A big Melbourne cash bettor who, it) is rumoured, was shaky, settled all right, but one or two big backers and a couple or so of small bookmakers asked for time. At the Victorian Clab the representative of the Eon. D. S. Wallace, who annexed the lion's share of the stakes, ordered in champagne, and the health of that sterling sportsman was enthusiastically honoured, while a similar compliment was paid to W. Hickenbotham, the trainer of Carbine. Mr S. G. Cook, the owner of the Derby winner, waR also the recipient of a like recognition of his success in the classic event. It turns out that all of the local ring have not been able to pay up over the Melbourne Cup, and I have heard of one or two who liave had to ask for time. It is justice to the old-established members of our local pencilling fraternity to say they have met all their liabilities. There have been few ouch consistent performars among our local horses as Capella. The little daughter of Cap-a-pie is continually winning, but the best race I have seen lier run was last Saturday at Otahuhu in the Flying Handicap, when she cut out five furlongs in linin blsec with Bst 41b on her back. Says the Southern writer' "Rafca": "Butler intends taking Crackshot to Auckland, and perhaps over to Australia afterwards. That horse ought to fetch a big prire and he ought to have nearly a • moral' in the Auckland Derby previously.' , The 3ura of £1,457 was passed through the totalisator at the Pakuranga Spring Meeting on Saturday last. At the last E-osehill race's Dolosa was heavily supported for the Corinthian Handicap, but she never showed prominently at any stage of the race. Particulars are to hand of the prosecution in Melbourne against leading" bookmakers, who for tho purposes of the turf business have tobacconist shops in the city. The charge laid was for betting on their premises. The first case was against Bobert Fhilips, and he was defended by Mr Purves. After hearing evidence counsel advised defendant to plead guilty. The Bench ordered the defendant to pay a fine of £50, and £4 4s costs, with the alternative of three months' imprisonment. Mr Parves wished to know whether the Crown insisted upon the payment of this enormous fine. It bad never been done in Australia before. The summonses against " Barney " Allan, John Cohen, and Jamea Wall were then taken and a similar fine imposed. The remaining defendants, H. Oxenham; John A. Giles, F. T. Tobias, Joseph Levy, Joseph Cohen, Charles Elliott and I. Lipjman Ve aded guilty and were fined £25 aad £2 2s cost?, the alternative being three jmonths' imprisonment. Ilamage's success on Carbine has, says til© "Argus, , ' apparently turned his head slightly, as bis jockeyahip on Megaphone in the V.R.C. Flying Stakes was most erratic, while in the Pvoyal Park Sbakes, riding the same horse, he nearly threw the race away on a flash finish. From Wanganui comes news of the death of the Peter Flat mare Escape. She was dam of Escapade (Puriri), Hagar (Painter), Eewarewa (Hippocampus), Patricious (Patriarch), and others. Like many other good ones her name ia not in the New Zealand Stud Book. Durino- the winter the Melbourne "Sportsman "issued a " prize coupon," by which the sum of £250 was to be given to the tipper o* the respective winners of the following five races :_Caulfield Guineas, Caulfield Cup, Maribyrnong Plate, V.K.u. Derby, and Melbourne Cup. The " Sportsman, " in its iasueo the 3rd inst., reports that " of the many thousands who essayed the task not a single one baa succeeded in picking the winner of even four out of the live events for our coupon prize. Indeed, only one succeeded in selecting the winners of three of the events, bub he * went down ' over the Maribyrnong Plate. T&a was an Adelaide, man, and his selection for the Maribyrnong Plate was Lord GrenrillG," _, __ TT m The Dunedin sportsman, Mr W. 11. Taggarb, has made up his mind to give Lβ Loup a better chance than he can have in Ofcago. and for that purpose he will next season send the atallion to either Hawke'e Bay or Canterbury, whichever place offers the greatest attraction. Cuirassier haa been entered for the two leading events of the V.B.C. Summer Meeting on New Year's Day. Mr W Lyons' Too Soon, by Anteros— Steppe, won the Trnganini Stakes at the Williamsfcown races (Melbourne) easily. He started favourite. The disappointing Don Giovan won the Williamstown Cup, Sir William and Jebosite filling the other placee. , , There was dissatisfaction at the recent Metropolitan Meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club over the arrangements at tbe totalisjktor. At the half - yearly general meeting of the members a long discuseion took place on the subject, and ik wan ultimately neolved, " That the Committee c

attention be drawn to the fact that improvements might be made in the working' of the totahsator, and further, that the Committee bo authorised to make such alterations as they may think necessary." Orangeman has found a new purchaser in Melbourne in Mr S. Miller, at 250 guineas. Rustle, the daughter of Musket and Crinoline, is now tho property of Mr 1) S. W alloce, who secured her for 295 guineas. Ihe total amount paid away in stakes " c J n ,« ,e recent V.R.C. Meeting- was £27,916. Mr D. S. Wallace's cheque totted up £11,911. Mr S. 0. Cook was second on the list with £2,048. Auatralian papers to hand record that the Victory of LitiKanb in tho Oaks Stakes, at mi e - ivY Meeting-, was a great surprise. ±nis nlly was purchased by Mr Vv. T. Jones at the break-up of the laSe Hon. James White's stud for 1,550 guineas, and has been trained afc Ballarat by tho veteran, Tommy Wilson. She was recently badly beaten in a iace ab Ballarats by Savanak, her owner on that occasion putting £1,000 on her. On this form Mr Jonas did not think she had any show against such cracks as Magic Circle and Prelude. He was doubtless under the impression that he had given a bit too much for the daughter of Martini-Henry, and most people thought that eho had been lefD in the Oaks by mistake. She, however, made very littlo mistake at the h'nidh of the race, and being well ridden by J. Anwin, who rode Bravo when he won tho Melbourne Cup, won with the most ridiculous ease by half-a-dozen lengths from Magic Circle, with Wilga third." Mr Jones only put £50 on Litigant at 7 to 1, and as the public did nob fancy her chance, the bookmakers were parbly recouped for their bier losses over tho Cup. Prelude, who started favourite, never had a show in the race. The Lsatnir.gton Handicap, 1 mile, secured by the Australian racehorse Kingmaster, with Bst 2lb up, ab the Warwick October meeting, attracted six startci-3, and the son of First King loft the paddock at 4to 1. Ringmaster cut out most of tho work, and won in a canter by three lengths. The English style of "place betting" was indulged in to a great extent at the late V.R.C. Spring Meeting, and should the " fielders " adopt this system at all big meetings it would have a tendency of putting down " tote " that are now becoming a public nuisance in Australia. The " place or a win " betting over the Melbourne Cup prior to the start/ of tho great race was :— Evens v. Carbine, 2 to 1 v. Vengeance and Melos, 3 to 1 v. Enuc and Chaldean, 4 to 1 v. Princo Consort, Benzon, and The Queen, 5 to 1 v. The Admiral, Tantallon, and Loyalstone, 10 to 20 to 1. v. others. Correze and Highborn wgyq quoted at the lastiramed price.