Sporting.

Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 103, 29 October 1888, Page 4

Sporting.

[By " 'Vigilant."! . The sporting contributor to the Sydney Daily Telegraph gives tho following in ro'er enoe to tho prospects of the Manbyrnonf Plata s-Unlesa something troforteen ooour fl the forthcoming Maribyrnong Plato will bo one of the most intending races run over the Elemington straight five furlong. Notwithstanding her penalty, Montalto looks to have quite an inside show of appropriating ' the prize. But Now South Wales will have a much more formidable representative m Pippo or Kudolph than she bad m the Btakes on Saturday, and although I don t oxpeot to Bee either win, the better of the pair should run forward Britonwrto must bo particularly dangerous ; 80 should Hokoby and Prince Consort, and public form warrants Savanakand Epi boni-j treatod tenderly. Lady Agnes in another that promises to render a good afloount of hersolf, while many visitors to Pletninjjton In the early morning are enamoured of tho ohanoes of Priam, Dorothy, and Carnngton. Thore are others that have not yet sported silk, but whose doings in private are of such a nature as to cattso them to be much fancied by their different stables. Therefore, at least a dozen fashionably-bred youngsters may bo expected out, and the race remains an open question np to the fall of the flag. Malua is again in Foulsham'a hands, and will, it is said, remain with him until he finally leaves the turf. He ran last in the " Oaulfiold Stakes, in which, by the way, The Australian Peer carried a 71b penalty. _ The statement that Carbine was not liked in Melbourneiaapparently only partly true.from the following, which appears in the Sydney Telegraph, of tho 16th :— " Very flattering reports went the rounds to-day with regard to the manner in which tho New Zealand colt Carbine is acquitting himself at Caulfield, and as they appear to bo reliable his suspioiouß-looking hocks cannot have troubled him to any oxtent. He does not wont for followers, and at lunoh time 3 to 1 was wantod abont him to win a big stake. The Nelson JookeyClub havoromoved tho disqualification from tho horse Bluoher. Some surprise, I am told, is felt in the Wairarapa that the Wellington Raoing Club have romoved the disqualification from J. Thompson, owner of the horse Piako, but hate not removed it from the jockey, 8. Harris. Possibly the olub have good grounds for making the distinction, but I hope they will give the boy's ease every consideration. The entries for the Dunedin Cup were received on Saturday, the 20th inst., and number 85. This shows a deoreaw on the previous yoar, when 41 were nominated ; while in 1886 tho numbor was 51. While the entries for the big stake of the Autumn mooting havo decreed daring tho past three years, tho Publicans' Handicap— a short-distance race — has attracted larger entries. In 1886 the number entered for this raoo was 26, in 1887 the number went Up to -39 ; while this year the number is 40. These two disappointing New Zealanders, Thunderbolt and Niagara, aro both in queer Street; and there is little chance of either performing at tho V.E.C. Spring Meeting. I see from tho Manawatu Herald that two of Voltigour's stook, which were amongst Mr. John Stevens' recent shipment of horses to India, wero the first sold, and realised 50 gainoas oaoh. Voltigeur is now the property of Mr. T. Wilson, of Carnarvon.