SPORTING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7499, 19 October 1895, Page 2

SPORTING.

NOTES BY "CALLER W*

DATES 0E COMING EVENTS. Oct. 19—Caulfieid Cup Nov. 2—V.R 0. Derby Nov. s—Melbourne Cup Nov. s—New Zealand Cup

It ia astonishing the class of people that read sporting notes. If you make a slip, suoh aa calling a oolt a filly, or vice versa, everybody in the street tells you about it. These same good folk might hunt for & week in trying to find a literary error in, aay, the leading column, and then fail dismally. But aa to the sporting column, if ft writer is not the Alpha and Omega of the turf, then he soon gets to know it. Last week, writing without book or note of any sort, I made the unpardonable slip of callin m Autarea a filly, while Bloodshot was termed a "son" of Musket instead of a '• descendant-" of that mighty horse. Obviously two most egregious mistakes. Some people forget that a pressman has to dash off things in a hurt-v, especially suoh trash as "'sporting notes," to please an expeotant public. Several grey hairs have sprung up einoe last week. I am satisfied that The Shrew was «• o_ the job " at the Park races, and I take thia opportunity of congratulating Mr J-rank Moeller upon possearing Buch a brilliant mare, and also upon the popular oration whioh the publio gave the rider on returning to the paddock. When there is suoh a spontaneous outburst of feeling as there was on Wednesday, it clearly shows that the publio appreciate au honest rnn, and Mr Moeller must have felt happy whoa the cheers went up. tie has Derrett to thank for tile viotory in the Grand Stand Handioap, for a finer piece of horsemanship than that whioh that jookey displayed on The bhrew in this raoe it would be hard to get. Fifty yards from the winning post the mar© waa fourth, with the others going Bfrongly. Derrett fairly lifted his mount along, and won by just a ehort head—not a bit to spare. And as The Bhrew was favorite, naturally the public hailed the victory with joy. Sinoe last Maroh, ihe Shrew has run seven times—won five races, onoe fourth, and once unplaced. Again, friend Moeller, congratulations!

Spindrift on Tuesday put up a record for the Park St*kes-2 13, Rosefeldt's time being a fifth of a seoond slower. Ihe son of Nordenfeldt still promises good things for the Karamu stable. He is only four years old, and very game. That locg neck of hia geta him home occasionally. Fancy two suoh horseß as Mahasi (at Hastings) and Spindrift (at the Park) being allowed to Btartat7'to 1. Spindrift hid 7-4 in the New Zealand Cup, in which he has not accepted.

Mr _ iper mado one mistake at the Park, and bar that, hia starting was perfect. Better certainly could not be desired, not even by the starting maohine. The mistake was iv the Railway Handicap on the first day, when 219 sovereigns a ere lost with the defeat of Solitaire. Had the fleet daughter of isiridsford got away with her field, instead of being left, she would have won comfortably, for Amoureux had nothing to spare, and Solitaire waa gamely disputing every inch of ground to the finish. She was carrying 8 10, and conoeding Amoureux Ist 101b. In the *».Z. Oup she has 6-8, * aud of the light weights Mc Ormond'a filly '— certainly poseHses a rare ohanoe. Should she go ou well with her training she will take a powerful lot of beating t Another Dreadnought youngster bzought more glory to the Karamu stable at the Park—Daring, who won the' Juvenile Stakes both days Daring is a nuggety gelding, with any amount of foot. Mr Ormond holds a strong hand in the Welcome Stakes, of 400 soys. four furlones, of the uanterbury Jookey Club next month, in whioh he has Defiance, 1 auntleas, Fear- -. nought, Daring and Hippodrome (dt. Andrew—Hippona) engaged. In the Oaka Stakes, of 200 soys, he had representing him Kimmer (Le Loup—Gabble), Spanker (Le Loup—Spinnaker), and Miss Never (Danlop—Straight chot;, bnt none of these have paid up. His entries for the 0.J.0. Derby next month were Woodlauuer, Windfall, Orpheus, Loup Marin, Jiemuß, Serenader, all by Le Loup, Halo (Bundoora—Radiance), and Hippogtiff. All these, however, have been withdrawn. They would have struck tough opponents in Mannlioher, Musketry, aud Mauser Mr Stead practically has a mortgage over the Derby this year. Ihe Dreadnought colts above alluded to aro in next year's 0.J.0. Derby, the Champagne Stake 3in the Autumn, while Flash (Dreadnought — Radiant), Target (Dreadnought-btraight Shot), and Links Bt. Andrew—Babra) have engagements in the 0.J.0 Oaka, 1896. The Caulfieid Oup is run to-day, and there will be great exoitement in the colonies over the result of the raoe. I have a regard for BRUIN 1, and THE POSSIBLE and. NEWMAN might fill tho places.

The Bires of winning horses at the Park meeting were— tiothwell, Komnus, The Assyrian, Nordenfektt (3), Mute, Hiko (2), Dreadnought (2), Apremont, Torpedo, and St. Leger. The auccesasful jookey a were — Sweeueyj Derrett (2), Wright, Kingan, Mitchell, A. WhiteJgK Lindsay, MoPherson, a&d-_Biri^6th«___^--Gallagheris mosfunfortunate. In the two-year-old race at Avondale on Saturday last he waa riaing Cuirass. The horse swerved when the jookey drew the whip and Gallagher waa hurled into the air; in hia fall he struok the railing heavily, receiving a dislocated knee, and being severely out about the head and body. Cuirass w_\ so badly injured that the horae had to be ' destroyed. Gallagher, it will be remembered, was badly hurt whilat riding atepfeldt at Napier Park, which necessitated a sojourn iv the Napier hospital. _t tha Egmont Hunt Olub races St Hiko (by Hiko— Kehgeuee;, bred at Te Mahanga, won tbe Hack Scurry, while Urimson Streak - (Nordenfeldt — Hipporina), annexed the Haok Handioap, of 10 sjvs. The lowest weight ever oarried to viotory \ in the «.Z. Cup was by Fusilade in 1885, who had 6-7 up. Fußilade ia now doiDg stud duty at Mr W. Kathbone's farm, Waipawa, a dhe has a representative in the 0.J.0. Derby of 1896-Repurt, out of D'lutter, dam of Blarney and Zariella. Sparkle (Fusilade—»adiance) was in the Derby next month, but declined, and Fawn (Fusilade—Flatter) was in the Oaka Stakes, but the final payment was not made. Tjraailleur won the Cup in 1889 with 6-8. Can Solitaire, with 6-8, win in

I Ihe horses that have declined the NewCup engagement are St. Hippo, Mi&sfire, The Possible, Au Revoir, tiord Zetland, Monte Carlo, Silver fcpec, Westmere, Bugler, Banner, Huatai, Padlook, Orion's Belt, L'eadshot, Ngatuere, Torpina, Solano, Errington, and Bellicent. A seleot field of twenty-two remains ia. I like the top and bottom weights. The following amounts have been paid over in connection with the Napier Bark fiacing Olub's recent meeting: —Hon. J D. Ormond, £294 10s; "Mr F. Winifred '' £175 15s; Mr A. Goodwin, £133 ; Mr R. Connop, £85 10s ; " Mr A. Portland," £80 15s; Mr G. E. G Richardson, £76; Mr W. Rathbone, £38 ; Mr B Dennehy, £38 • Mr O. Biddells, £23 los ; Mr A. R Walton! £23 15s; Mr T. H. liowry, £19; Mr H. Cau'.ton. £0 10s ; Mr W. Dcnglas, £9 10s • Mr T. Quinlivan, £9 10s; Mr F. Collins! £9 10s; _r A. Nopera, £9 10s; Mr Te Kani Pera, £9 10s; Mr G. Hunter, £9 10b • total, £1054 10a.