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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 141, 15 June 1892, Page 3

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- * \~ g_ Wellington Steeplechase • Tiib'O-^.iLO. Grand "National Hurdle Race July 16—V.R.C. Grand National Steeplechase jri'v k-l- ilawke's Bay ktoeplecliaso

•CdirMOTiON, Couranto, and Somnambulist wero shipped for Napier via Taranaki by yesterday's steamer from the Manukau. Mr W. Adams has lefb on a visit to Christchurch. . , ! ■ ilv S. H. Uollan has given the following i-hamea to his juveniles : Ch or m c by Nordenfoldfc — Bianca, Kern pen felt ; b c by -Nocderifeldb — Realisation, Tho .Possible ; ,bt by Ingomar—Florence Macarthy, Bessie Macarthy. Mr D. A. McLeod has purchased bhe (West Coasb horse Baccarat. Ho is a son of ■ Natater. TT . Referring to tho Auckland horse Hum•cane, "Spectator" writes: " Hurriicane; the winner of the Selling Steeplechase at, the Auckland Winter Meeting, would appear to be the oldest if not' the only son of bho defunct TouchBtono horse, Ravens.wbrth, racing. He was bred by Mr John Cameron, of Marangai. .war WAnganui, and used as a hack until "he was wall advanced in years. His age last foaling would be either sixteen or .'seventeen, as Ravensworth -was only two Reasons in Wanganui when he died." ; Tbe Canterbury Jockey Club have increased Mr Henry's salary from £150 to £2I;0 per annum, bo date from January lsb, but have declined to give Mr S. Powell £25 'por day to start. ' The colt by,. Trent on from Bengal Light, which the Victorian sportsman, Mr Turnrbu'H, purchased at the lasb Hbbartville sale, has beon' named Light Artillery, and 'aii'bthcrohe belonging to tho same "gentleman, bub bred at Sb. Albans, by Newmih_.ter from Nightmare, will run as Day-uire-'in. Other Victorian youngsters reiijen't'ly named are I. Foulsham's f by .'Lochlol -Nonsense, Loci ness, and colb by The Gem—Critic, Header. : fn reference to the lato Winter Meeting -of the Auckland Racing. Club, "Outsider" writes:— ,V The comfort of those ' outside' is certainly of secondary importance in the .eyeVoF..bhe A.R.C. It is" bad enough to ■ havo to go through-an inch or bwo of water to get do the machino on a web day, bub ib i,-? still '.verse to havo to travel from bho co-cirse to behind the grand stand to get a ticket.- Why tho totalizator is nob moved to a spot nearer bho course, say where the apuis stall is now-^just above the readymbiiev bookmakers—ia a puzzlebosomeof us. 'Yer, one mora growl, Mr Editor. Is ib not time bhab tho Club insisted on all tickets on the fcot.alisat'o'r being taken over bhe counter ? We now often see money passed in behind and tickets quietly rung on one by oiff?. In justice bo the supporters of the turf bhis should be stopped." Dr. Cortis, the Sydney- sportsman, has purchased the Victorian steeplechaser The Duke, who wiil in future occupy the box left vacant by the.dea.th of Grafton. Tho Victorian steeplechasers Shanks and iß'hVtsr h'ayb gone into j. Scobie's stable at 'Dow liny Boreal:. 1 Mr (Gregory, who quite recently purchased the (Usrippoiotina: racehorse Whirab'ref.'h'as anndutVeeci hie intention to take the son of Curlew io India shortly: Advices have b>un received in Melbourne setting out that the Victorian bookmakers J. Wf'il.'itifl 8. Alienhavo been following thoir calling in America; bub have nob found "bhe game" nearly as profitable as itis io (.he colonies. The styles also are rather ('iiflerehf. The Manawatu Racing Club is contemplating spending £.00 on improvements to its course. Already this popular Ciub has expended something like £1,700 on ibs property during the last two years. Mr A. E. Hollingham, M.R.C.V.S., Seems determined to bring Sinecure back to his pristine form (says a Melbourne exchange), for hot only is tho golding undergoing ii treatment- for nervous and cardial nfjection.?, but he has been fired with bhe thermal cautery in order bo reduce bhe bowed tendnn of his off fore leg. The operator says that Sinecure was a most awkward horse to treat, and chloroform had perforce to be resorted to. A card giving particulars of the race for tbe Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase hfvs bean received in Melbourne, and shows that the course is still as difficult as e\'er to get over, and ono that only the mosb experienced chasers can hope to successfully negotiate. The distance of the race is four mites and a-half, nod the jumps bub very few short of 30. Tho last of the obstacles is a thorn fence 4ft Gin high. The water jump in front of the grandstand is 15ft wide,while just- preceding it. is a thorn fence 4ft 6in hir>h and 2ffc wide, with a ditch 6ft wide and a rail 2ft high on tho take-off side. These two are tho only jumps which the horses have to rross buD once. All the others have to bo negotiated twice, and nmp!;gst them is one with a rail 2ft, high au.i a fence rift high', with a ditch on the far side oft wide. Another one has a ditch 7ft wide and 41*1- deep or. tho tako-olt side, and then a thorn fuuee sft high. Valentines brook is a, natural watercourse, which ha", a thorn fence 4ft Sin high on r,he takeOil s:dr\ while Bec-her'a brook is Bfb wide, and is on the far sida of a thick thorn fence 411 6in hiu'i.

One of tl<e principal topics in sporting circle.1- sinco the Queen's Birthday has boon the victory of Tar'coola in the Birthday Handicap (pays a Melbourne scribe). For some time back, the ownor (Mr D. Greenaway), a young man who, in tho oarly part of his fcn'r'f career, lo3t several thousands to tho book.*, haa been complaining through the papers at fcho so-oailed harsh manner in which Tarcoola was treated by the handicappers, and as a few days previously To'reooia had run badly at Cauliield, the public thought bhat tho horso was aboub tho last of fcho whole lot likely to win tho Birthday Handicap. Mr F. F. Dakin is not, fclip; mnn to bo influenced by the complainings -of an owner, and he never lilted a pound off Tarcqola's back, notwithstanding chat, his previous victory had beon po remote. That hi-j judgment in regard to the form of Tarcoola was correct was proved hy tho way in which the son of Newminster won tbo race under notice. The owner is reported to have won a big stake over tho race. Though the ring got a good slice of Mr Greenaway'a fortune in hi 3 verdant days, he is more than holding his own now. He hoids the right bower and ace in most ot the pony race games. When Mr Greenaway first wenb on the turf he, like the Dutchman, had tho money and tho ringmen the " og3peerience,'r and one was exchanged for the other. Methinks with his ••' ogspeei'ijnco " Mr Greenaway will recover most of his losses.