MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 145, 21 June 1899, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

From Adelaide comes word of the death of an old New Zealand identity in Roddy Mclvor. This was not unexpected for latest files stated that he was seriously ill, and small hopes were entertained of his recovery. Mclvor was suffering from a general break up of the constitution, heart, lungs, and the kidneys being affected. When in his prime M'lvor was hard to beat in any branch of sport. He was a

fearless cross-country rider, a pedestrian and high jumper of no mean order, an excellent billiard player, and a fair performer with the gun. Among celebrities ridden by Roddy Mclvor was the once famous steeplechaser Lone Hand. That was some 20 years ago.

Mr Stead's nominations for the New Zealand Cup are bred as under: St. Ilario (St. Leger—Cissy), bought at the 1898 Wellington Park sale for 900 guineas; St. Lucia (St. Leger— Hilda, 425 guineas, purchased at the same time and place; and Skobeloff (Stepniak—Pibroch), sold by Mr J. F. Reid, of Oamaru, to Mr Stead. Obligado, who is entered for the New Zealand Cup in the joint names of Messrs Stead and Campbell, is an Eng-lish-bred four-year-old chestnut colt by Orville (son of Ormonde) from Flirt, by Trappist (son of Hermit) out of Frivolity, by Macaroni —Miss Agnes.

It will be remembered that at the last Wellington Park sale Mr S. Griffiths, of Melbourne, purchased a yearling1 filly by Hotchkiss —Weazel, by Anteros. 'He left the fiUy in Auckland under the eye of H. Franks so that she would get the benefit of the grass here. The filly was shipped over to Melbourne via Sydney in the s.s. Mararoa on Monday last to her owner, in charge of Mark Ryan. Since January last the filly has grown and improved all roundH- Franks handed over to S. Lindsay on Monday last the team of yearlings belonging- to the Hon. H. Mosman.

Mr J. Beckett took Lady Marion with him to Sydney on Monday. The little daughter of Ma-lua appears in the entries for the Winter Handicap at Kensington.

From Queensland comes word that the Auckland Cup win-ncr Antares, recently taken from Auckland to Brisbanei has gone amiss. He is to be given a lengthy spell.

Nominations for the Mangere and Suburban Trotting Club meeting close at the Metropolitan Hotel on Friday. 7th July, by 10 p.m.

The old Splendor gelding- Panoply is in retirement at One Tree Hill.

The Adelaide Racing Club, who use the totalisator at their meetings, made a profit of £3524 over their recent meeting.

Since my last notes appeared the following wagers have been laid locally on the New Zealand Cup:—loo to 20 Uhlan, 500 to 25 Doug-las, 1000 to 17i Tire, 1000 to 30 Huku, 100 to 3 Seahorse, 100 to 3 The Labourer.

M. McAuliffe returns, to Sydney next week. He may take a local horse with him to train at Randwick.

Mr H. Oxenham has bestowed the name of Lygon (the family name of the new Governor of New South Wales) upon his colt by Gozo—Cerise and Blue. The colt is engaged in the Melbourne and Caulfield Cups.

Waiter, who is enguged in all the Grand National jumping races, has arrived in Sydney from Queensland, and is at Orville Lodge, over which W. Kelso presides.

The Musket horse Thunderbolt, at one time raced in Auckland, proved the most successful sire at the Birthday meeting of the Adelaide Racing Club.

At latest mail dates the jockey W. Eheece, who met with an accident while riding- The Moor at Randwick recently, had not recovered consciousness.

Ditto has been taken from Sydney to Melbourne for the National 'meetings. Australian bred horses appear to ! have a special liking- for the Lewes | Handicap. Paris won the race in : 1596, Merman in 1597, Maluma in j 2S9S. and this year the Cranbrook I gelding Form. Horses bred in Ans- | trnlia have thus won four years in i succession, and two of them are owned iby Mr 11. ('. White, of Sydney. When j Malunia nnii the slake was worth ■! £875. Circe (by Castor—Cissy) and St. j Austral (by St. Leger—Ouida) appear among the nominations for the A..T.C. December .Stakes of 1899. Concerning1 the purchase of the well bred stallion Cyrenian, shipped to Wellington for Auckland on :25th May, by the New Zealand Shipping1 Company's Kakaia, the London "Sportsman" says: —'"His owner is a wellknown sportsman who races in the colony under the name of Mr 13. .1. Evans, and the son of St. Simon — Daisy Chain should not fail to make his mark as a sire in the land of his adoption. Although New Zealand has a wealth of Musket ,blood it entirely lacks sires descended from St. Simon to mate with its Musket mares, and how well the two strains blend has been conclusively proved both in England and Australia. In the latter country P>ill of Portland, one of St. Simon's sons, is already a big success. Mr G. G. .Stead will again come out top of the winning owners' list thi.s season with something- like £0500 against his name. An American paper says that Mrs Lang'try, owner of Aiirum and Uniform, will return to the stage. One of the leading jockeys lias preferred a complaint to the Canterbury Jockey Club against an owner for alleged statements reflecting on complainant when riding one of t lie said owner's horses in a recent big handicap. The Caulfield Grand National Steeplechase, of four miles, this year has attracted 05 entries, against 29 last year. That must be a record for Australia. It is reported that another offer for the Queensland three-year-old colt Dundonald has been refused, this time the amount being £1200. Some few weeks ago the Sydney jockey W. Delnnev wrote to the effect

that he was not favourably impressed

with his prospects of success in England, nor did the cold weather agree with him. Now there is word stating that he has altogether tired of the change and is returning to Australia. Delaney may therefore be expected to resume his calling- here at no distant date. The Melbourne papers state that offers of 1000 guineas from two quar« ters have been refused for the Derby colt Chesney, who is doing well at Caulfield. The brilliant Newmarket Handicap and Goodwood Handicap winner, Forest, is progressing well at Flemington, and it would appear that he is not going- to India utter all. He is being tried over a distance of ground, and is reported equal to his new class of work. The stock of the Auckland-bred Artillery is doing- well in America. Big- Gun, one of his progeny, won a four and a half furlong race at Aqueduct recently, and Art ilia i.s another who has shown form. Ihim Dum is not the only Carbine two-year-old that has raced in England* this .season, the other one being the filly .'M'.\, who is out of Semolina. Both lium Dura and .303 took part in the Royal Two-year-old Plate at Kempton on May 3, the former finishing fourth, and tlio latter, who is said to be only a pony, was fifth, there being twelve runners. .303 greatly resembles her dam. The majority of Carbine's -first season's English progeny are said to be on the small side, which has created rather a prejudice against the old champion. The filly Mr Stead bought in, and imported from England, and which he rcently sld to the Wellington Park studmaster, is by the same sire as Innocence, who was third in the Derby. Hawke's Bay owners are responsible for nineteen of the nominations for the New Zealand Cup. Toriki, with top weight (12st 61b), and ridden by Hickey, ran for the Hampshire April Hurdle Race, at Portsmouth, on April 25th, but finished last. The A.E.C. Grand National Hurdle Eace winner Opae, top weight, failed to "-am a place in the Winchester Hurdle Race, at Portsmouth, on April 26th. He was at 20 to 1 in the betLiberator was recently sent to his owner's place at Little Kiver, Canterbury. It is stated the old horses leg, which he injured while running at the Wellington Summer meeting, is still very much swollen. He is to end his days in retirement. It is understood that C. Woods, the celebrated English horseman, will retire from his profession at the close of the present season. He now acts as private trainer to Lord Kosebery. The Wellington Park bred Niagara claimed a winner at the Melbourne Hunt Club races recently. This was Mr S. Griffith's Earl Kosebery, who annexed the Dingley Handicap Flat Race from a large field. A three-quarter brother to Paris, a bay gelding by Grandmaster — Enone, has been placed by Mrs H. c. White, the owner, in the hands of J. Allsop, at Randwick, to train. Forty-nine thousand persons paid at the turnstiles at the Chester race meeting (Eng.) on May 3. On May 4 O. Madden, at the same meeting, rode in five races, and won four. The State Racing Commission of America in its annual report to the Legislature express the belief that racing will grow stronger and broader as a "great public recreation." The American jockey Sloan had a field day at Newmarket on the 11th nit., riding three winners right off the reel. The wagering on one of his winning mounts was of a very sensational character. He rode Vain Duchess in the Breeders' Plate, and one of his admirers, an American plunger, laid the odds on to lose £24,000, and landed his money easily. In the last three races Sloan had again a strong following, and these losses must have shrunk his backers' winnings to a very large extent, and it must have been a great disappointment when Desmond whipped round at the post for the Third Welter Handicap, after having been backed down to as little as 11 to 10 against. On the 10th May, at Newmarket, Sloan rode three winners out of five mounts. Twenty-six yearlings, purchased for export to England, left New York on May 14th. One of the number is a colt by New Zealand-bred Cheviot. The lot cost something like £6000.

The Duke of Westminster is said to have refused £30,000 for FlyingFox immediately after that coitus victory in the Two Thousand Guineas. The offer was made by Sir J. Blundell Maple, and is, perhaps, the biggest that ever was refused for a racehorse. On the 10th May, at Newmarket. £500 to .CIOOO was in one hand laid on the son of Ovmo winning the Derby. .M'fenvanls, 1.250 to I'loo was laid

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The steeplechase riders licensed by the Australian Jockey Club are petitioning for the privilege of training jinn [ring horses.

Handicappers in England do not appear to entertain a. very exalted opinion of The Grafter. That horses was weighted at 5.9 lor the Manchester Cup; while Newhaven was allotted 9.10, at which it would have been a good thing for "His Ugliness" to beat the uncertain chestnut. Neither accepted, however. There is every probability of the starting machine being adopted in England. At the last meeting of the ■lockey Club, Lord Durham, who has always advocated its use, announced that he should, at the annual meeting of the club, to be held in London on June 19, bring before the notice of the members the desirability of introducing the starting gate, and giving it an extended trial.

The Trenton colt Longy was one of 13 runners in the White Mare Plate, 100 soys., five furlongs, at Thirsk, on the 6th ult., but despite the extent of the field, Longy started 2 to 1 "on," and after leading all the way wonm a canter. The race was for two-year-olds, and the winner, consequent upon carrying 51b penalty, conceded 51b to 81b to each of his opponents.