NOTES BY,"FETLOCK."

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7546, 21 September 1886, Page 2

NOTES BY, "FETLOCK."

I beg to remind owners of racehorses that acceptances and general entries for the Hawkc'R Bay Jockey Club's spring meeting close with the secretary, at the _, Criterion Hotel, on Thursday, the 23rd instant. • ..•■;■ A' Napier sporting, man has totalled up the number of mounts which Alf. Wood .-: has had during the past season, and he finds that our popular light weight hasridden in seventy-six races, been victorious on twenty occasions, fifteen times second, ten times third," and twentytlirco times unplaced. .This. is about the best record in the colony '.during-the sea-, son, and is certainly one to'be proud of.' , ; The Bundpora -Trinket two-year-old ;•,. colt, ■ purchased in Canterbury .'last yoar ■'■'.';"■■ by_ the well-known jockey A; Woods, is;.: : "-, said to have developed into a pice young- ' „;■'■• ster, who.-shbuld mako : 'a good-iiainefpl: o ;;-^ himself, on the turf. ' j V ■_■ > •';"• ",.'. ,7.vV. V*? j-f.fi? >! -

A fancy wager of £100 to a shilling was aid recently, m.pnnedjn that J*asha, St. iYds,- Ariel 'Her'niltajje do nofr'ric'c'upy the places'itt' tin's order iv the next New Zealand Qilp.' r ' Captain. Russell's well-known racing marc Leonora has gone on avisit to tlie imported horse Apremont, at, the Middle Park Stud, Chriatchmch: ■: ' •!• :'- ----;! .<jrii6 aeatlrls.'aniionnced'.brMr', Pi P. 'fanired's brood 'nlare Gossip, dam of li'eqndra Canard, and : Revoke, and sister ; to Calumny, Tres Deuce, and Slanderer. It is probable that the colors of tho , gentleman who races under the non\ da. ''• course of "Mr H. Horsford" will shortly appear on the turf again, that gentfenian having purchased Foul Play's half-brother Leon from H. Thomson, tho Christchurch trainer, who will, however, still have charge of the horse. "Mr H. Horsford " has never been very fortunate in Ids racing career, though his colors wero frequently • seen in front when Siesta and Nonsense wero two-year-olds. Our old friend Pastimo started a very hot favorite for tho Maiden Hunter's Steeplechase at the recent Dunedin Hunt Club meeting, but he broke down during tlie race, nnd was unable to secure a place. Gossip, a haok which will be remembered as having run here in Mr Dennett's name, also started a hpfc favorite for the Hack Race on the second day of tlie same meet..^.ing,- and she succeeded in winning, thereA " by giviug the knowing ones a good haul from the totalisator. It is expected that Musk Rose and Torori wil^ arrive on Saturday next to tako % part in our spring races. '" After leaving here they will «o on to Christchurch, where they Will Be joined by Guy s .,.Fd,wk6s, Crembrne, and Fornio, the two- ' VetltSold daughter of StoflingWbrth— PulchVa-. „ , IMis.,d'dr, folio rtlh thM in Grip's C-.J-.jC-. Handicap, Has mien sold, to cbnie to HuJJNbftli Islanfl. ■ • "- * -•" . Tlie principal event at the Lancaster Park Trotting Club's meeting was the ...L.P.. Handicap .Time, Trot (in harness), "■• 'which was won by Narrow Gauge (25sec),beating Daisy (scratch) and four others, The hurdle-racer Jim has been put into work again. Tho New Zealand Stud Company have limited Nordenfeldt to twelve .mares this . season, of which Yatterina, dam of Matchlock and Kinglish, will be one. . .. I hear that Percy Martin has added to his string a brace of two-year-old fillies, one being a daughter of. Anteros— Pearl Ash, while thfe other is by. Merlin— Bay Duchess (sister to Longlands). ' ', ' " Tho hotting on the-Now Zealand Cup at latest advices was still headed by Briga,.dier; who stood at 100 to 10, Nelson being next at 100 to 8, the others varying from 100 to 7 to 100 to 1.

For' the Canterbury Derb^ First, Lord ' and. Brigadier are equal favorites at 4 to 1, •with Itepo at Bto 1, though why she is considered to have, a better show than Artillery, Galatea, and Ruby must re- . main a mystery I- think, unless the •' "father of the New Zealand turf" has ".' been nutting the public on to one of his periodical" good things," • .At.the North- Canterbury Steeplechase ' meeting held on the 16th mst., tlio principal event, the Great Northern Steeple- .■ chaso Handicap, fell to Maramoc, by ■ ; Perkin Worbeck — Ruby, with Failgh-a- --~ ballagh second, and The Lad third. The • . Farmers' Steeplechase Handicap, Was also ■ won by Mammoc, while Mainboom secured ■ both the Ambei'ley Plate and Tally-ho .Plate.

.-••-. I notice by Reuters cable messages that : a. great sweepstake match is projected. „. The race is to be run over a mile and a, quarter, the competitors being Ormonde, The Bard, and Meltar, each owner putting £1000 into the stake. It would be very much more interesting if Bondigo . and Minting could also be added to the ■ ■ number of starters.

The St. Leger Stakes has been run, and has resulted, as nearly everybody expected, in a win for the Duko of Westminster's Ormonde, by .Bend 'Or — Lily Agnes, MrManton's St. Mirin, by Hermit — Lady Paramount, beiug second, and Mr T. Jcnhing's Exnioor, .by Vestminster— Lorna' Doono, third. Tho field could not have been a very good ono for the second and third horses ■- to have secured the places they. did, and it is probable that the prowess of Ormonde frightened many horses from the starting post. . ;;Tho Princo of Wales Stakes for two-year-olds at the Goodwood meeting was •won by Mr Manton's Timothy; by Hermit — Lady Mosliam, brother to ithe notoriously speedy and bad-tempered liorse Peter, who won the Royal Hunt Cup at. Ascot) after having during the race to kick. Mr R. Peck's colt The Bard cantered home in front of VVhitefriar for the Singleton Plato at the' Goodwood meeting.'