Sporting Notes.

Lake County Press, Issue 694, 6 February 1896, Page 2

Sporting Notes.

[By Peeping Tom.] In the protest against Jess, the winner of the Trot in Cromwell, the mare was disqualified for life, and the matter of the disqualification of owner held over for 12 months.

Fabulist won the Takpuna Cup,

beating such approved good ones Eve and St.. Clements, who filled theplaces and others. The time for the mile and’ a half (2min 42sec) is fairly good, and it would appear that thosewho saw Fabulist win at Auckland and then pronounced him the equal if not the Buperio.i of Euroclydon were not far out in. their judgment. At any. rate there can be no two opinions but that Fabulist and Euroclydon are farand away the two best three-year olds* of the season, but it is hardly likely that the two cracks will meet until next New Zealand Cup time when a ■ meeting between the pair in< such arace as the Canterbury Cup, both fit and' well, ought to be worth a journey on foot to- witness.. Fabulist is ■ weighted at 8 12 for the Taranaki J.O. Handicap, mile, and if he can beat the field likely to be opposed to himunder such an impost, he must be adandy three-year-old and no mistake. From last Friday’s Daily Times I gather that Arline won the President’s Handicap at Tapanui carrying 7.13, Ilex, the other starter, carrying 8.10. Toxa won the Tapanui Handicap easily with the steadier of 9.12 on hisback. Silverstteam, 8.0, was second,, and Outram, 7.2, third. This performance of Toxa’s would' make most of. our goldfields nags appear to be rather small potatoes. Silverstrcam, whenracing at Cromwell, Blacks, and Frank—ton proved, himself capable of giving weight to everything up country with the exception of Wild ware, and' was ■generally voted a jolly good horse. Soho is of a class, but what that doss ia when a moderate like Toxa can give him nearly two-stone and a bad beating over a mile and a quarter, I would not like to say. At Maniototo Toxa* is weighted at 9.5, Silversteam 9.0, and' Stimulant 8.0,' and I would like-to ask what chance have the two- latter, with--the top-weight. Toxa ought to winthe doable on the first day, and Letty and Albatross seem- a likely pair for the three-mile trot..

Old Liberator, carrying 12.12, won-, the Hurdles on-the second day at Wellington, and the victory of Mr P Butler’s grand old horse was very popular.. Whaba pity we have-not got a few more of old Lib.’a sort racing in; New* Zealand..

“ Mazeppa ” says: “Hippomenes is; comiug;on very fasti and may yet bathe stables elected for the DunedinOup.!V Fit aud well Quiver will give thisyear’s (Champion Race at Fleming ton a shaking, Wallace and Auraria thrown; in.

New Zealand investors in Australian < sweeps have had a surprising run of. lack during the last-few months. Several are already reported to have “ made - their pile,” and another has to- headded to their number* A Coromandel miner- (says the Thames Star) is • the lucky iwinner of £4500 in Tattersell’s Consultation on the Summer Cup,. recently run at Randwiok,; having.: drawn Mahee.. The man's name is Ti’. Everard, employed in the Princess May mine, at the Manaia. Everard arrived? in she district about three months ago • in a state of irapecuDiosity,.and out cf .‘ his first earnings he invested £l, with; the above result..