SPORTING NEWS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 148, 17 October 1896, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

RACING ITEMS

[By Gipsy Grand.]

Spritsail, dam of British Lion, is dead. The Shrew's weight for the Cup now stands at 7st 131b. Revolt has broken down badly and will not be raced again. Saracen is reported to be returning to form. One of the finest-looking, and at the same time most l*orses at the recent meetings was Oriqg'ff Belt. liiberator goes to Australia the Cup meeting. Lotion will probably find his way to the same country. Writes " Silverspur " in the Mail: — " The running of The Possible at Hastings foreshadows a win in the near future. And that win will in all probability be recorded at liiccarton next month." Eae, the Ellerslie trainer, received a severe fall while schooling a colt over hurdles. Forerunner, sire of Golden Plover and Tally-ho, was sold the other day at Pahiatua for .£2O. Irish Twist struck himself at Wanganui early in the week and was withdrawn from the Spring Handicap. Gipsy Grand is now in steady work and will be raced towords the end of the season. Day Star is now favorite for the Cup at sto 1. Two months ago lie was quoted at 100 to I},.

NEW ZEALAND AND THE TOTALI SATOPv.

The last issue of the Review of Reviews contains the following:— ■' The New Zealand House of Representatives this session carried, on the voices, a Hill for the abolition of tofcalisators. The Bill has not yet become law, but the vote of the House in its favor shows that the public conscience grows uneasy on the whole subject of gambling. Omitting the trotting and galloway races, which are pure gambling performances, and taking the meetings of the orthodox racing clubs alone, it seems that in a single year New Zealand enjoyed three hundred days' racing, upon which 2156 races were run, the added money in excess of stakes amounted to £98,519, and the sum which passed through the totalisator reached £708,412. Now, New Zealand scarcely equals a London suburb in popution ; it is just emerging from a cycle of bad times, and yet its race bill for the year is of these stupendous dimensions. There is something in the history which predisposes them in the madness of inordinate gambling. If Great Britain had a racecourse and a totalisator on the scale of New Zealand, the spectacle would be the alarm, or the jest, of the civilised ■world. And all the Australian colonies are fermenting with the same passion for the fierce delights and easy gains of the turf. Sport, and the gambling bred of sport, threaten to tragically affect the Australasian character."

TOWN AND SUBURBAN RACING CLUB.

The following weights have been declared for the above meeting : Prince of Wales' Handicap, 7 furlongs.

C.J.C. SPRING MEEJISG.

The following acceptances have\>een received for the Stewards' Handicap, 6 furlongs.

st. lb. st. lb. Aphony 9 7 Sheet Light. 7 0 Biirshot 8 12 Serapliine ... 6 12 Primula 8 8 Nicola 6 10 Maid Marion 8 0 The Boatm'n 6 7 Wikitoria ... 7 4 Hurdles, lf{ miles. Prairie Grass 12 1 Hilda IT. ... 9 10 Midas 10 13 Blackberry 9 8 Drury Lane 10 3 Oil Guard ... 9 4 Lobelia 10 2 Waitangi ... 9 0 The Turk ... 10 0 Manga-atUik 9 0 Billy 10 0 The Buck ... 9 0 The Joker ... 9 10 Tabadale Handicap, 1} miles. Lotion 10 2 Target 7 9 Douglas 8 12 First Blood 7 5 Flaneur 8 10 Katoomba ... 7 2 Haeata 8 9 Kauri Gum 6 10 Rainbow ... 7 12 Kingsman... 6 10 Meanee Handicap, 5 furlongs i. Aphony 9 12 Sheet Light. 7 2 Maid Marion 8 11 Serapliine ... 7 0 The Brook... 8 7 Moan a 6 10 Belford ... 7 12 The Boatm'n 6 9 Glenfeldt ... 7 7 Marchioness 6 8 Wikitoria ... 7 6 Coolague ... 6 7 Jack Tar ... 7 5 Miss Takob't 6 7 Welter, miles. Sylvanus ... 11 4 Blackberry 9 9 The Brook... 10 10 Money Musk 9 8 Belford ... 10 6 Poor Girl ... 9 4 Lobelia 10 2 Waitangi ... 9 0 Billy 10 2 Erena 9 0 The Turk ... 9 12 Flying, 6 furlongs. Flaneur 8 12 Jack Tar ... 7 5 Midas 8 6 Ivingsman ... 7 3 Primula 8 6 Serapliine ... 7 0 First Blood 7 10 Moana 6 12 Katoomba ... 7 9 Nicola 6 10 Fawn 7 6 Forfarshire 6 7 WAXGAN UI SPRING MEETING The follow ■ing acceptances have been received for the Spring Handicap, U miles. St. lb. st. lb. Lotion 9 3 Crim. Streak 7 5 Ngatuere ... 8 7 Slaiden 7 4 Lorelei 8 6 Hotspur 7 0 Man-o'-war 7 12 Bloomsbury 6 7 The Miser ... 7 10 First Hurdles, 2i miles. Kapua 11 5 Glenelg 9 8 Rangipai ... 10 9 St. Simon ... 9 7 Tally-ho ... 10 8 Swift 9 5 F rank 10 0 Docility 9 3 Tuliiwai 10 0 Conspiracy... 9 0 Flying, 6 furlongs. St. Laura ... 9 6 U. V. Winkle 7 6 St. Paul ... 8 10 Sedgebrook 7 5 Man-o'-war 8 0 Errand Boy 7 4 Umslopogaas 7 10 Hap. Dream 6 10 Wangaxui Derby, 1A mile. Cceur deLion 8 10 Defiance ... 8 in St. Paul 8 10

St. lb. st. lb. Acone 9 0 Umslopogaas 7 6 St. Laura ... 8 13 Ik-lle Clair.., 7 a King's Bow'n 8 8 Kevcille 7 4 Vanilla 8 5 Daredevil ... 7 4 Skirmisher... 8 4 St. Ouida ... 7 3 Dauntless ... 8 0 Aldershot ... 7 8 Quiltiri 8 0 Marlin 7 1 "Warrington 7 10 Remorse II. 7 1 Bisley 7 9 Pitch Oc Toss 7 0 Armilla 7 9 Tntanekai ... 6 11 Firefly 7 0 Lord lloslvn 6 10 Cannon Shot 7 8 Arquebus ... 6 7 M. of Zetland 7 7 St. Floreat 6 7 Bizarre ? 7