CARBINE WORSHIPPED.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7691, 24 October 1890, Page 6

CARBINE WORSHIPPED.

. ?Diom«d*'in the Spirting SiiAdard has .the following interesting gossip ;— ' ' The Yorkshire folks—man. woman, and child—worship a good horse, that la a racehorse, arid they haV9 been known to tramp ( thilesi mid raiu above and mud below, to ccc a clinker run in the St. Leger, or tbe York or Dinctistef Gup. Many of us Jhave heard of Apology;* S«. Leger, how ; the fiUywent lame tbe day before the race, how,,, John Osborne, the,' and telegraphed to the clerical Owner, Who lay bu :a' kick bed in Lincolnshire, asking for 1 instructions as to putting tbo: fien through hernamfe, arid how thesporfcng paraou replied thufe she was to start, ."because Yorknhiro wa-s.on to a mau. ' .Also, that Apology won the classic.race in question, and that the".tykes" went. .road for-the' time in the exuberance of their enthusiasm, when the heroine of the One Thousand Guineas and Oaks gained: the triple crown. ' . -: I happened to witness' of J the foregoifafr/extraordinar'y and telling evidence of theYbrkshireman'a love of a racehorse—a. good; 'ua?-and ilami plteoare: to myself a reflex\ of It nexto i)£elbaume( :Cup Day, ,B'no,ui;d, Carbine ~succeed, in winning the greatest; handicap ever, pampeted for in, the history of the world-wide, turf. lam told that on the occasion of his * two "triumphant appearances 'at Randwlck lately {men'- and Women-vied with each -other In- their literal worship of the most famous racehorse. Australia ever saw, What.iW.Ul it.he at Fleralngtoaon ,T«esday, 4th, should the" chain/pion/coiry pusher,, of lOsfc Bib to the there is nothing e—traVagttttt'in the sentiment.'' When Mr: 'Wallace deterrnfhed to withdraw Carbine -from' the"' tairee-roii© Randwick Plate, ' numbers ■> ■of ' people were . under the impression that, the ■ old .disorder - of the .(split hoof was the. reason- of the son of .Musket tha post*; And, with .thi* lv their, mind s .eye, they abandoned; all hopes of Carbine being a starter lor the Melbourne Cup. It Is however, cheering arid satftrfaofcorf'to know that, a bruised heel, received in a gallop at Baudwick was the sum total of the injury. The horeo is now as well as ever be was, and bis straightforward and? popular owner is btimfalbf cbtfidencel *bat Carbine will win tho Melbourne Cup. Walter Hlckea-, botham, also, is just a3 confident, iv his quiet way. i, A occuredto'* Diemed"! in connection with che licensing,of bookmakers in Australia, and something akin to It ia England. - Hfe'eays " the riograeu are regulated there on all the leading racecourses, with'this difference, however,; ■ that,-they are &ot ■licensed i -a practice of Shat kind .would, not be tolerated for a adnient.' It is dove in this way :—There; is a Tatteraall's ring on most" racecourses, into which members of Tactewll's. only—! backers _rid layers alike— have the entrie, • and that by payment o£aa.addiUoual sum 'to that paid afc the gates of the "grand Stand euclbaure. M This, of coarse, applies to|credltibjettiiigionly--tbe cash men, and; ; non-members of Tattersall'e qnjoy ajfreei Sandf'The Victoria- Amateur Turf Cluo,, ; It-will be remembered/ constructed a rhijrj t at Caqlfield;- but tberriugiiaen, turned it pip , in disgust the very first day, preferring to run all all over the saddling paJddbck'm search, of cuatomera>-instead ofjtaking a ; . stand, as Is the rule in the old country. ' A New York' paper gives the following; ■ spicy details of a case:—A certain horse carried more, money than any other in the race, more eve- 1 than the nominal t favoariro, hiuisslf,,;.He was ridden ;by,» well-known Jpclceyj who had the audacity , Ito relate 1 the facts thus.:—" Before the race sol and so?- namiugi a bookmaker) ."cam&tome and told mc- he didut want, 'my mount to win. : , He said. ' I*ll tell .you what I*ll doVH you will ride to lose I'll divide my; Wok with you;.'. J,said *AU right,' and when the wheeled around. I'exnectod to get at least SOOdol ■as ray share of the book, but what do you j suppose I 'got?- Just -Iooo! V He he bad takerim 32doion. my mount.'" This was,a. case of diamond cut diamond, aud no'mistakei " " '-"" ■_-■•■-.