SPORTING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7416, 13 July 1895, Page 2

SPORTING.

NOTES BY "CALLER OU."

DATES OF COMING EVENTS. July 13 —United Hunt Olub Aug. 8 and 10-N Z. Grand National Hurdles aad steeplechase, ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. P. J.B.—The placed hordes in the Hawke's Bay steeplechase of Ibdi wtre—Morag aud Viotrix. SVortou was puled up. Mr Henry only had fix teen horses to weight in tha N.Z Grand National Hurdles. Norton is master of 13st, and on his Hawke's Bay Steep.eohase victory must have a great chance A sure jump»r that knows the Ricearton country, he will ccc a short price before tbe day. Tiritea is a consistent old battler. He was never in better condition, and could not have expected less than 12b\ Mutiny (11-5) Booties (10-6), Donald McKinnon (10-3)' aud Chryatal (.9 7), read as the best of the others In the Grand National Hurdles Couranto has Bhown sufficient form to entitle him to 12-3. Kahurmgi is called on to give Hopeful 31b. At the Park the latter was conceding the sou of Soranus 2st 21b Mr Henry and Mr Banters mu-t differ greatly about the merits of the horso. These two, however, should they go to the pott, will not be far out. Empire (10 1) and Beimont (9 3) appear to have Uenwell treated. J. look upon Kiahurangi to supply the winner of this race and .Norton the Steeplechase. Ihe Welsh pony hive Young Comet fbv The Flyer) sold to Mr R. D. M'Lean, of Maraekakaho, through Messrs W. 0 Yiiille and Co , of Melbourne, was imported from Wales last year by Mr Hugh Rea, and comes from the most celbbrated strains of Welsh blood, oombiniug weight-carrying capibilitias with the grand action whioh has made this breed of pony cobs so worldfamed _ h(.o was brought over by the Waihora, in oh».rge of Mr George Heaps. Young Comet cost 300 ,-juineas Emmalea (The Gondolier—Maryland) winne; of the V.R.O. Grand National Hurdles, hnd the previous week won the Hurdle Race at the V A.T.C. winter meeting, carrying 11-9, in a field of sixteen. At the same meeting Mr Gollan's Freda started in the Cambria Plate of five and a-half furlongs, but was unplaced, the race being won by Erl King (Ihe Duke— bplendor). Maie (Esoutcheon) was beaten by a head. Hnce the weights for the New Zealand Cup have appeared, speculation has been fairly brisk in betting circles throughout the oolony. Pegasus ii being well supported in Auckland, where several wagers at 100 to 5 havd been booked; 200 to 14 Skirmisher, 100 to 7 Mahaki, 200 to 12 Irish Twist. The latter is being baoked from the right quarter. North Atlantic has been backed for various amounts throughout the colony. The son of Nordenfeldt, if ha trains on all right, will ba one of the hardest horses to beat in tha race. Quadrant (Robinson Crusoe—Radianoe) came to light again at tho Moortfield races reosntly by winniug tha Stewards' idile of 100 sovri, with 8-7 up. Now and again wo get a dead heat run steeplechase in this colony. At the Williamstown races the other day in the Steeplechase of 2f miles, Floater won by a neck from Corbetus, while Knebsworth and ' Moj Ami followed with a dead heat for third place. Nero, winner cf tho Gisborne Park Steeplechase, is an aged gelding by Ingomar. He had one or two minor steeplechases to his credit before his present victory. Donald McKinnon, on his running in the Hurdles, was made a strong favotite, but tho cross-country seems to have been a bit too much for him. Tha son of The Dauphin is one of tha most piomising hurdle hor-es in the colony, and if taken south, with only 10-3 in the N.Z Grand National Hurdles, he may be reckoned upon to give a good account of himßelf. On his runuing at the Napier Park, Swivel was heavily supported fcom here for the Winter Oats at Gisborne, whioh the son of Mute had no difficulty in appropriatiog. Bought out of a selling race down south for nine pounds, he certainly has proved a good speculation for his new owner. Many blro plumped for Bwivel in the Trial Handioap, and though it looked the best of good th-ngs, the " uncertainty of the turr" was onoe more exemplified, for Swivel went down. All the same, resurrected from a broken condition, Swivel has came to life again with wonderful vitality. The Auoklanders by this time must be heartily tired of backing Mareohal Neil. Our Northern sporting friends stood loyally" by xhe son of Blaok Ro3e at Hastings and the Park, and no doubt they supported him also well at Gisborne. But like The Dancer and Stepfeldt when they went abroad, Mareohal Neil has proves a disappointing: horse. lam afraid he has been overrate!, for the company in the Hteeplechaso at Gisborne was certainly not of the best. A mongst the Hawke's Bay light weights engaged in the New Zeahnd vup Huatai (6-13; and Rip Van Wrinkle (6-13) are progressing well in their training. One sport, pleased with the running of Huatai at the Town and Suburban and at Hastings, has 'd taken five hundred about the son of AreieT— ' Pearl. Huatai is a well-made youugster, and promises better form than that which he has already shown us Kip Van Wrinkle has bsen bacKed at a good pri".o to win a fairly large amount by some sports who saw the eon of Soranua running at Hastings and the Purk in tho autumn It a recent paragraph anent the death of that relic of bygone days—Assegai, it was stated that Redmond usually had the mount on the old battler. It should have stated Gilpin, who steered Assagai in many a contest. It it pleasing to record the faot that the Napier Park uooing Club's winter meeting was such a great success that the club will make a profit of £200 on that fixture. A pony which came across from New Zealand with bt. Hippo, OEculator and Sylvia Park has orested a graat sensation in Sydney (says tha Sydney Referee). She won a pony race at Kensington easily, but there were circumtt Arc ;s surrounding the manner of backing her, &0., which caused the steward-j to hold an euquiry, which has not yet been closed. '(he pony was formerly known as Lady Whitford, but her name was entered as Friend.-hip at Kensington. Tho Auckland trainer, George Wright, stated that hj sold tho pony to Mr Sharp, of_ fcydney, aud had nothing further to do with her. The stewards of the pony club will probably givd a decision on the matter to-day, but meanwhile tae payment of bets has been withheld, and the oable set to work to get information as to whether Lady Whitford was ever entered for a racs in New Zealand. ihe totalisator iv France last year returned £WB,OOJ for the charities, and £10-4,000 available for the encouragement of tha breeding of thoroughbreds. A new machine h.»s been introduced, by which horses may be baoked for either a win or a placo, with automatic registers supplying one c jpy for the club, and one for the Government auditors.