SPORTING NOTES.

Bush Advocate, Volume IX, Issue 794, 20 June 1893, Page 3

SPORTING NOTES.

* (BylEpsom.) , ; The acceptances for the H.B. win--ter meeting on Friday next are to hand. There are seven acceptances for the Hurdles, and 14 for, the Steeplechase. T. Rose, whose, chance inthe Hurdles L fancied when the j .^weights appeared, has been scratched. . .^Couranto, with 12st, has to give away . a lot of weight, the next ou the list v being Kapua, lOst, and I expect that these two will fight it out at the finish. If all goes well Couiranto should get home first, with Kapua . tlose up, and Jack as their nearest attendant. In the Steeplechase there is a host of good performers, but I stick , to my first choice, Tiritea, and - if th]e course is in good order I expect ■'■' the other placed horses to be Norton :• ' and Chester, in. the order named. :.. Mr- Allardice'B mare, Nellie, is ■ amongst the acceptors for the Club Handicap (in saddle) and the Hastings Handicap (in harness) to be run ■ at the H.B. Trotting Club's meeting to-morrow. , She is in first class con- > edition, and may- be expected to give a very good account of herself. A novelty in the shape of book : making has been introduced by Mr E. • tj^ Yuile. For those who are fond of •■• Speculating a pound on a remote con- -.• Htingency at sufficiently long odds, he ■; is .prepared to lay JIOOO to £l that .they cannot pick the treble event— Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup, and New Zealand Cup_. Rangiatea, Swivel, and Penrose laveleft Ellingham's stable, and will in future be trained at their owner's private' establishment. The travelling correspondent of the - " ".Referee gives the following gossip about Mutiny's antecedents :— He is what may honestly be termed a 'general utility horse.' He has been In "/single and double harness, has been one. of a tandem team, and we all know how successful he has been during his racing career. I am informed that for some time he was employed as a hack for the purpose pi bringing a can of milk a : ;distance of about two miles, and it was during one of these journeys, so , my informant states',, that it was ascertained that the horse had any pace. Some of the mi.'lk dropped on Mutiny or the rattle p'- the can frightened the horse and he started at 'top.' The dash of pace, he displayed in that impromptu 'flutter' was the turning point in Mutiny's career, and it was decided to give him a show on the racing track. Whistle Jacket, a horse sent from England to America a couple of years ■ . ago; has established a rather peculiar record. He has sired seven foals from three ,mare, triplets from one and twins from the other t#o. Writing from Christchurch last month to the Australasian, a correspondent signing himself ' Manuka ' says :—' lt will go hard with; a number of clubs 'should the totali3ator have to go, and particularly with the leading Auckland and Dunedin.clubs, c. : ' for both of these' have heavy-engage- ■ ■;' caents to' meet,' and it is difficult to „, see how either would. ; be. able to pay . -the interest on the borrowed money '. they now ; have to ; nna" and at the same time keep up. the stake money. ; ' Clubs which have' mortgaged their - future ■to a large extent on the assumption ■ that ■ the , totalisator had cometo stay for air time and would be their main source of revenue, will . , feel the change i moat when it comes, but there are ; others -which have acquired freeholds, and made them replete, with - all conveniences, which will survive the ' "shock, and ride ',6tekdily/dver the ruffled waters. The Canterbury ; Jockey Club, with . its racecourse reserve, a snug properly, jffithout encumbrance, is one of the , souncTclubs" that would probably feel a change leas than, some of the other clubs, but Canterbury is, perhapsi, not bo formidable in its local supplies of :, racehorses as it ,was, at one time, and >. there are ' fewer wealthy men racing now than there were.' „ , , The Wellington pencillers, who had - 'double books on' the' Auckland Hur- . ,dle Race and Steeplechase completely ' ''skinned the lamb, for not.a solitary backer can be found who took Mutiny and Despised. .'*. : - 'Vigilant-' Writes : — 'About two .■ ;. .years ago I recollect being :.> much astonished at a piece of information -„ ,;which Mr T. H. Hill, the well known trainer, gave me concerning horses. I ' 'was in the saddling paddock at Island Bay when I saw a horse Mr Hill was. then in charge of , I think it was St. i ... Malo, nibbling at the dirt on the bank „at the side of the paddock. .. I called the trainer's attention .to the fact, thinking, the horse was doing himself harm. To my surprise he replied. ' Don't disturb him, it's the best thing - he can do.' He then went on to tell me that a little fresh dirt now and again did a horse a lot of good. To tell the truth, I was somewhat in ' credulous on the point, and ■ thought "possibly" he was perpetrating a joke at my expensed But now a published • '" description of the 1 system ; in force at aneof the foremost American racing tables shows that a plentiful supply of fresh loam is always provided for the horses there, who eat it and receive considerable benefit from this strange article of forage. A decision has been given by the I ". stewards of the Jockey Club of EngV. • land bearing on late entries, by which it is indicated that a horse entered for a race after the advertised time of .closing cannot be considered.a starter, '" even though he may run'iri that race. The question arose from the running ? i of a horse called Yarm; who won a selling race at Leicester. A protest . . was. entered on the ground that the . ; entry uad not been received in time, - ' and the stewards upheld the objection VV and awarded the race to the second -• > horse (Fox). On an appeal the stew- '■■ - ards of the leading authority supported the action taken, and also fined . the responsible parties in connection with the Leicester course £50 for accepting the entry after time, and having it printed on the ' race card. AH bets in connection with Yarm were, of course, void. r ' Mazeppa ' writes :—' Mr J. Stephenson'a stable is often said to be a lucky one, inasmuch as it is one of the very few racing establishments in the colony that' can make a payable ■ game of racing for the stakes without depending on betting ; but lam not sure that this happy result is much .: dependent on luck. It strikes me that they generally buy with judgment, that they place their horses well, and make it a rule to race wheuever they have a show. These are the secrets of their success. Luck did -„-. you say? I think there, is no other 'stable in the colony that has met with co many reverses through causes be- , . yond control— accidents, bad riding, • and so forth.' ' ' 'Spectator' thinks that the Victone's of Mutiny: and Despised may be pointed to as a strong argument in . . . . favour of hack ' racing on the West Coast of the North Island. , , , - The advisability of taking Empire ' to Australia has been discusseed, but nothing definite has been decided. Should he not make the journey he will ! be nominated for the Grand National Meeting. It is stated that this horse could have been purchased for £\QO the day before he won the ■Wanganui Steeplechase. The Field says that the 14st 9lb awarded Redleap in the last V.E.C. Autumn Steeplechase is the record steeplechase handicap of the world. ,

Mr Yuile has laid the following wagers in his t,reble**book on the t^aulfield, Melbourne, and New Zealand Cups : — 1000 to 1 against Buccleugh, Sternchaser and Stepniak 1000 to 1 against Ducrow, Carnage and Saracen