SPORTING NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 45, 18 June 1896, Page 3

SPORTING NEWS.

T R AININ G NOTES

[P>y Clii'SY GKAXD.] There was a slight- break in the weather this morning. but not sufficient to interfere with tee condition of the course or training operations lieing can-led on, V\ ikitoria was the first to start, Vincent sending his charge for a fust eleven-furlong ga'lnp at top. Tonioarangi easily heat Lorenzo over a good urn-' and a half gallop. I,on I Haven .-md Sparkle executed a sterling galh.p over two circuits, the iiir.tnanied having the br st of ibe finish. T Hose did rueful work over three rounds. She ought to havo a good outside chance in the Steeplechase. Zanzibar w.v racing over I'riniula at the finish of a fast run of two circuits. Martyrdom. Solitaire, and Hippodrome did a useful gallop over two rounds, as also diil Sak'eu" and Midas. Ye'o.-ilv if. ((5. I'ki.-zai'd). and Hailstone (L. Nh,i did a round and a half over the small sticks ho!h jumping well. Scrap Iron 11. and Glengarry strode ovi r two circuits ot a sound half pace. ('.-111:1 n 1 < M i(cbell) went once round nvcr the steeplechase country, jumping splendidly tin u'l'.-hout. Mars. iieiiance. and J >a'ilitle:-s were treatedto two rounds at half pace. All of the lion -1. I>. 0.-mond's horses in training are patting in excellent work on the track. Lotion, ] lii-eci Ve'o. and New Forest were treated to useful work. 1 have it on good authority that Merganser is doing good half-pace work on the station course. Owing to the injuries received by Hangipunchu iie has been an a'-s< ntee the last two mornings, hut it is thought- that he will not disgrace himself on Wednesday next. RAC IN G ITE MS . The New Zealand mare Golden Fleece (!>v Sttaivlr,n'«t). which wa- ; sent to Sydney recentlv. has keen purchased l>y u patron of K. ilutton's siah'e for Ho f;;r (.iolden fleece has proved a. failure on the tu 11. ('onuiii-nting upon I'i-or's three whis so far in Knghmd a MiJhourne wi-iter potnis out that I'ilior's victories and Norton's • ail-u-es over feni-es inilicr-e that ouisid" of fjvci-pool a inirdioracer is the kind of horse to will steeplechases in ihe Old Country. A—good juniper like Nor'on is app.-n i-ntl,v quite lost l.y t!u- smart licrses who. while not being a -.•com}.-! ished f< nccrs, can manage to get. over the small jumps which rule on the majority of the y.nglish co^rrs-rs. At the sale of Messrs Kn'ght and Calthrop's Mood stock at Ilawerii on Saturday, Chatterbox was sold for !!7 guineas, the ptirchssser being Mr Douglas; Cyrus, 20 guineas: "Weka. with foal at foot to Tini WhifMer, IS guineas ; Kalaea. H 9 guineas. Monte Carlo was passed in at 100 guineas.