SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 8775, 16 March 1892, Page 3

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HAWKE’S BAY MEETING. [Special to the Stak.l NAPIER, March 15, The racing carnival commences at Hastings to-morrow, when a rare day’s sport is anticipated, the fields being in some instances very large, and the winners hard to pick. Fully fourteen will start for tha Cup, and everybody seems to have a different fanoy for this event. Morion, Crown Jewel, Cynisca, Retina, Thame, Kotuku, and Crackshot have all been well backed. Whisper incurred a slb penalty at Wanganui, Crown Jewel a 101b penalty, and Morion a 71b for winning at Auckland. Crown Jewel and Morion are favorites at 100 to 25 each. All the horses have done good work, and report speaks well of Kotuku and Thame, both of whom are trained privately. Pearl Powder has done some slashing gallops, but she generally leaves her good gallops on the track. Morion I cannot stand, nor yet Cynisca. Kolnine is scratched. He was favorite for the race in Christchurch, and a lot of money has been lost by his withdrawal, Norton won’t be here for the Hurdles, nor yet Commotion. Wakawatea is threatening to break down, and his withdrawal from the Nursery leads me to think that he won’t start in the Railway Stakes, for which he Is coupled with every horse in the Cup. For the latter, though my opinion is not generally shared, I fanoy Retina, and have stuck to her since the weights came out. Should she win it, it would not surprise me in the least if Mr F. Martin, of Wellington, won the double. Tho following are the tips of “ Buff and Black ” in the ‘ Telegraph Hurdles.— General Gordon 1, Hiarnoo 2, Couranto 3. Autdmn Handicap.— Dreamland I, Queen oi Trumps 2, Ranee Nuna 3. Hawks’s Bat Cm>.-Retlna 1, Kotuku 2, Tharao 3. Ncrskry Handicap.— Ua 1, North Atlantic 2, St. Katherine 3. „ Hion-wsiaiiT Handicap.— Musketeer 1, Kapua I, Ziccho 3. , . _ „ „ Trial Handicap.— Commo 1, Prairie Grass 2, Lay Railway Stakes —Ranee Nunn 1, Heather Bell 2, Torpedo 3. TURF CHIT-CHAT, The following may run forward at the Central Taieri meeting to-morrow Maiden Plate Apology II.; Three mile Trot Contractor; Autumn Handicap-Tempest; Selling Race—Emperor; Two-mile TrotCottage Girl; Flying Handicap—Lady Mab. A wag writes to the * Tasmanian Mail that there was some excuse for the defeat of several of the favorites on the Hobart Cup day, as the steamer to Melbourne the day previous had in her export list “ one ease dead birds,” The ‘ Australasian ’ republishes tho statement that an experiment in the way of handicapping, constituting quite a new departure, will be made by the stewards of the English Jockey Club at the Craven meeting at Newmarket. It is announced that for the Babraham Plate there will be three separate anonymous handicaps (by different handicappers appointed by the stewards) published, for all or any one of which acceptance may be made, and the handicap which has the largest acceptance will be the handicap for tho raoq. It will be interesting to see how the idea Is received by owners, who will thus be able to make choice of three distinct estimates of their horses’ capabilities, A Melbourne correspondent writes:— "After all Major George had a decent innings with his two horses, and it is thought that the now owners of Reprisal will see their money before long, as it is generally believed that we have not yet seen the little son of First King at his beat. On the whole New Zealanders have no cause to complain of the figure they out with their horses at the autumn meeting just concluded. New Zealand bred horses scored nine wins and obtained thirteen situations. Not a bad record out of twenty-four races. In the second hurdle race on the third day three New Zealanders‘filled the places,'and in a big field too. The bookmakers generally had a bad time of it, but several of them would have been flattened out if Strathmore had got home in : the Australian Cup, as be ought to have done. There are some very ugly rumors afloat as to the way that race was ridden, and time alone will show how far they are correct. The faame of more than one bookmaker is coupled with these disquieting reports, and it is an open secret that Mr W. R. Wilson has invited tho V.R.C. to institute an inquiry into the running of Strathmore in the Australian Cup and of Pygmalion in the Standish and Newmarket Handicaps.” The Admiral, CRICKET. A match will be played on the Carlsbrook Ground to-morrow between teams from the local banks. Tho following are the teams : No 1: Paterson, Harvey (2). Clayton (captain), CoKan, Jackson, Posloy, Moore Oliver, Brown. Knox. No. 2: Henry, Trythall, Coghili, Fraser, Cran, M’Connlok (captain), Wales, Tennent, Fish, Hungerlord, Fenwick. ■ DUNEDIN REGATTA. The Dunedin Regatta Committee mat last evening and decided on the programme for Saturday, the 26th inst. The full list of events, with all particulars, will be found in another column. There are fourteen events in all, including first and second class yacht races, open-boat sailing races,' four-oar inrigged gig races, oanoe and dingey races, sculling race, which should bo specially interesting this year, and the ever-amusing greasy pole and sea horse race. We understand there is likely to be a large entry for the two latter events. The prize-list is a most liberal one, over LIOO being given away, besides handsome trophies valued at over L3O. Altogether our Dunedinßegatta for 1892 promises to be a huge success, for which the spurt rowing has taken here this last season is, we think, mainly responsible. It was deoided last evening to tow all the inrigged gig races and the scullers’ race with a tarn ; each boat, however, to turn separate buoys, In order to avoid the usual collisions which take place when all the boats

have to turn the same buoy. Entries close with the secretary (Mr W. L. Ho°per) on Monday evening next, when it is hoped the entry record will be badly beaten,

The members of the athletic team for England met with a cordial reception on their arrival at Auckland to-day. In consequence of the great inter® B * that hai sprung up in athletics in Wellington a nee the inauguration of the champion meetmgs, the City Council are being moved to fom a cinder track on the Basin Reserve, evpeoted to cost L2OO, but it is impossible to n^rrdtAo.M.K tti having been requested by the Committee of the Dunedin Cycling Club to reconsider hls decision with regard to withdrawing from the club’s membership, has done so, and decided not to sever his connection. Mr Kingston certainly had a grievance, and it is pleasing to know that he has met the club in a sportsmanlike manner.

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