SPORTING NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 72, 20 July 1896, Page 3

SPORTING NEWS.

1! Acl N(r ITE Ms . [13 y Gipsy Grand.] By this mornit.g's express another string of bowes left to faiiil ongagomen u. Ro.-sall, Mystical, and Sparkle were taken to Wellington in charge of 11. Kinga-u. Solitaire, Forty Winks, Hopeful, and Otaieri were under Stewart Waddell; and Chris and Rainbow al-:o left for the Empire City. Donald M'Kinnon and Tiritea were also aboard under the charge of Redmond. They go to Australia, to compete at the Caulfiold meeting. A line colt by Quilt from Nymph has been sent with the jumpers by 'Mr Douglas to Mr W. R. Wilson, the famous Victorian sportsman. The animal is a picture, and should develop into a flyer. The Dunedin .Jockey Club have lost £B,OOO by their fixtures during the last five years.

The local horse Dauntless is being supported for the New Zealand Cup. Solitaire is looked upon as a good thing for the Wellington Parliamentary Handicap. " Spectator " gives the three Hastings horses places in the Wellington Hurdle Race: The Plug, 1 ; Rangipunehu, 2 ; Chris, 3. Prime Warden is said to he taking to the jumping game very kindly. Barnardo is said to be worth backing for the Grand National Steeplechase.

J. M'Donald of Palmerston North has purchased Pinrose. The figure is said to have been £2OO. Glengarry will find many supporters for the big jumps at Wellington. Revolt is reported to be still amiss from the blow he got in the Hastings hurdle race. Eleusinian, the colt by Robinson Crusoe—Eleusis, has been backed in Adelaide for £IO,OOO in doubles with Principle and Broken Hill for the Derby and Melbourne Cup. Mr James gave 45gs for Eleusinian as a yearling. The oldest stallion at present standing in Victoria is The Gondolier, sire of Emalee. Who is the property of Mr 1). Davis, cousin of Mr G. Davis, M.L.C., will be twenty-nine years of age in August, and is still able to actively discharge stud dutie By the Tasmania on Tliurday evening a number of racehorses were shipped from Gisborne for different southern ports. Amongst these were Zillah and Cynosure, which Messrs E. P. Joyce and D. Hepburn respectively have disposed of to an Invercargiil racing man at satisfactory figures. Mr But-terworlh's Strowan also left by the same steamer, in order to take part in the Wellington races. " Terlinga " writes : —Wallace has thickened out and improved in a marvellous manner since last he raced. Last season he was somewhat mean, but he has filled up into quite a line horse, and when next he strips the public will notice a great change in their favorite. He is as strong as a castle, and promises to make a great weight-for-age horse. Wallace had a few days' rest to let the foot injured in Sydney heal, but since then he has been working on, and I believe Mr Wilson thinks of sending him to Sydney in September.

On account of failing health Mr S. M. Baker has decided to sell privately all his stud of horses. Included in the list are —The champion sire Somnus, by Traducer —Hammock : Lochnagar. by The Painter; and llangitira; also a 8-year-old full brother to The Artist, a 8-year-old half sister to Tiritea by Somnus. The brood marcs Lady Artist, Wairuareka dam of Tiritea, Wairua, Kangiatea and others), and Fugitive (by Anteros) are also for sale, together with 20 one and two year olds by the above-named sires out of the mares alluded to above.

Mr J. 0. Ilayward, of Feathcrston, who has lately returned from England with two English-bred stallions, has a poor opinion of the Home riders, and considers the best of them inferior to the late " Waliy " Clifford and Bob Derrett.

Major George has placed all his horses in the market for sale. The list includes a bay colt by Carbine, a brown filly by the same, a colt and a filly by Nelson, and a colfc and a filly by The Workman.