NEW ZEALAND CUP.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10323, 8 June 1896, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND CUP.

(BY TELEGRAPH.) CHRISTCHURCH Saturday. The following nom'.nutlouß hsve been received for the New Zealand Cup, of 1500 sovb, aocond horse 200 soys, third 100 soys from the Btako ; 2milen (weights on July li ■(.'.- Captive, Falso ImpreEßion, Bombshell, tfellicent, Fpauiet, Searchlight, Casket, Black and Red, Euroclydon, Jane ICyre, Aldorahot. Culverin, Daunt--1e33, Deflanco, Sabrpur, Hippodrome, Voltlgour. The possible, Bessie M'Carthy, Bonnie Scotland, Mahaki, Brigand, Man-o'-War, Belligerent, Esau, Lord Rosslyn,. jvntares, Ponroae, Brooklet, Nikolo, Walhau, Coeur de Idon. Qolden Plover, Pinrose, Popgun, The Shrew, oh g hy Dreadnought— Puraostring, br f by Dreadnought— Waewaehapi, Cuarsbow. Lord of Misrule. Anita, Day Star, Edith Cureton, Armllla, Lotion, New Forest, Crimson Streak, Irißh Twist, Quiltiri, Marino. ].orolei, Ngatuere, Osroanie, Onah, Lady Zetland. Chaos, Marquis of Zetland, Saracon, vom Pom, Fabulist, Gipsy Qtaud, Marimue, Vandyke.

The name of Cbila was omitted from the telegraphed list of acceptors for the Maiden Hurdles ran at Ellerslio on Siturday. The misguided locil punters bave consequently epeat m&ch time In expressing iv ii forcible and comprehension nunuer their opinions of the man who sent that. wire. Norton hi.a beeu sent tolrelnnd to getn oh'inpe of climatp. It is stated thuo ha his never recovered from the journey Home. W. Doiiclas, en Auitraikn rider, has hnd 64 uioauts thin ye:;r, and out of that number bis had tweuey-fix wins, run second fifteen times, and third five times. Word Ima been received th:,.. Mr J. O, Kay .yard, who took thestuilioD Darringor to Englond, is on his wny out to thia colony with a St. Simon horso. St. Simon is the s-ire of many of England's greatest raeohoracs, Persimmon, thia yeci'a Dorby winner, being ono o? his Block. Mr Hay ward is aotlDjr aa agent for Mr W. O. Willisms, o» Kaiwoiwaii uear Fontharetun, and it ia the intention of the latter stndrriastnr to place the horse at Cho service of Wairnrap'i breoJerß. Kalerticg to Sic Modted's position in tha liel) of prize winning Bire?, a New York conteDiporury says:— "The distinguishing feature of all his get I? the uniformity with which they roea and cstnpi.ign." In all, 62 of Sir Modced'j progeny in 1895, urjd hßfween tfxm'won 181 raucs, Foaled in 1877, the son of Tvadaoer and Id&lift lo now iv hl3 nineteenth yew, and thongh in the naturo of tbiuca be cannot last very much ionpjar, he comes from a finally remarkable for strong conßtitntious «nd his old dam is still hala and hearty, Hia stud career has been phenomenally successful, and he U now the most cherUhed sire in the United Stntcs. Tiio sbftto of sport in Hong Kong may he jadged from the following letter, which appeared in the Field re«ently :— "Sir, — Having jiißt finished onr yearly raoa meeting, it may interest your readers to learn that wo managed to get through ten races each dny, for three day3, from coin to about 6 o'clock, with b grand" total of 300 starters for the 30 races. I think this beats the record.— Hong KOKG SPOBT." A writer In the Canterbury Times says that the members of the Canterbury Jockey Club bava displayed Bound common sense as well aa ezemplary gallantry in admitting 5 lady to their i oounsels. When women rule the turfin a more ditect way than by rocking the i cradles of its votaries— we shall expect to hrwe pure sport and honest sportsmen. Id ilia meantime wo can congratulate them upon toying broken down another of the birrlors that delayed the complete em&Bcipatlon of their ee)t.