Sporting Notes.

Lake County Press, Issue 786, 16 December 1897, Page 7

Sporting Notes.

[By Peeping Tom.] OWNERS’ REMINDERS. L.0.J.0. Nominations—Queenstown, Grand island, Publican’s, Jockey Club, Steward’s Welter, and Flying Handicaps, also Timile Trot, close 12 o’clock at noon on Saturday, 18th of December. Entries for the Blacks races also close on the same date.

I very much regret to report that Nomad broke his leg while being exercised on Mr W. Scoles’s private track last Saturday morning. Mr J. Cotter was riding the horse at about half pace, and he was pulling very hard as was his habit when wanting to increase the pace. Mr Cotter says he appeared to put his near fore foot into a piece of soft ground, -aid then to strike it very

hard with his hind foot in his stride. There was a very sharp crack and when he was pulled up, after going some distance, the near fore leg was found to be broken between the hoof and fetlock joint. The loss is a severe one to Mr Cotter, as Nomad was in rare buckle, and it is now no secret that he was giving every satisfaction in his trials, so much so that his owner considered the short hack races at Cromwell to be dead birds for him. Nomad’s leg was bandaged in plaster of Paris, bat his racing career is at an end. At present the injured leg is doing as well as can be expected. Mr W. Scoles’ good little mare Rebec has had to be turned out, she never having quite recovered from the severe cold that attacked her at the Lreak-up of winter, and her owner has very wisely decided to give his old favorite a spell in his well-grassed paddocks for the summer. Another piece of bad news locally is that Mr Baird’s Bendemeer has been attacked with the bob fly, and the little horse was suffering severely at the beginning of this week. The horse has been drenched and every attention paid, and I am pleased to say he seems at present —to all outward appearances, at any rate —to' have completely overcome the attack of this much-to-be-dreaded pest.

A local sport has purchased the well-known trotter The Boy, recently owned by Mr Jas. M‘Ewen, of Dunedin. The Boy is a big upstanding bay horse, and a good one to look at, but his performances on the track do not stamp him as anything bright, as he has never yet made even time. He won a harness trot, two miles (I think his time was 6min 3sec), and trotted second to Lauderdale in the Record Reign Trot at Tahuna Park last June.

“The Fly ” in this week’s Cromwell Argus, mentions the return to Cromwell of Mr 0. G. Mountney and Mrs Mountney, after a lengthened stay in the Old Country. Mr Mountney is a good and popular sport, and I join with my brother contributor in welcoming Mr and Mrs Mountney back to Cromwell. “ The Fly ” also mentions that Mr Mountney’s colors will be seen upon some fresh blood before, long, also that he has purchased Captive by Captivator—Maid of Honor, intending to use him as a stallion in the Cromwell district. This last venture ought to pay Mr Mountney well.

Below will bo found the nominations and handicaps for the Grand Stand and Flying Handicaps, also Trot to bn run on the first day of the Cromwell Jockey Club’s annual race meeting. I regret to say that the entries for the two handicaps are numerically small, but quality is very fairly represented and the public may rest assured of getting a straight go for their money, no inattter what owner’s colors they may make up their mind to follow.

Grand Stand Handicap— l Mile. Stockmaid ... ... 9.3 Wild West 8.2 Trixie ... ... 7.12 Silvercrown... ... 7.9 The Orphan... ... 7.7

Stockmaid is badly treated. She is asked to concede Wild West 151b, Trixie 191b, Silvercrown 22U>, and The Orphan 241b, and unless she is altogether a superior mare to what her public performances point to, I should take any one of the last-named quartet to beat her. Wild West holds Trixie safe at a difference of 41b, but. both Silvercrown and The Orphan ought to beat her at the weights. The last-named’s chance looks particularly rosey, and I take her and Silvercrown to tight out the finish. Flying Handicap —6 Furlongs. Wild Wave ... 9.12 Stockmaid... ... 9.5 Trixie ... ... 8.0 The Orphan ... 7.9

I do not give the two top weights a chance. Wild Wave cannot concede Trixie 261b, much less can siie give The Orphan 311b in a six furlong race. Stockmaid is asked to give Trixie 191b and The Orphan 241b, a task she is not nearly equal to. The finish will bo contested by the two light weights, and even with a penalty Mr Scales’ mare will take a deal of beating. 2i-MiLR Trot. Schoolgirl (White’s) Scratch Little Jane ... ... 23sec The Boy ... ... 25sec Tiapo ... ... 30sec Mirror ... ... 35sec Pearson ... ... 37sec Frank ... ... 43.sec Dick (Illingworth’s) 45sec Dick II ... ... 45scc Hit or Miss... ... 4£sec

Schoolgirl has a record of Gmin ISsec for the distance, but she will require to do better than this to catch Tiupo, Mirror, Pearson, and Frank, all of whom are, I think, well under even time. The Boy, who has never shown even time in public, is asked to give Tiapo ssec, Mirror lOsec, Pearson 12sec, and Frank ISsec, and has not got “ Buckley’s ” chance. I like the chances of Mirror, Pearson, Tiapo, and Frank, and fancy Tiapo and Mirror will be the two to fill Ist and 2nd places.

There is a profit of £1525 over the late 0.J.0. meeting. Oceana, the dam of Newhaven, died recen dy. Thirty-two horses are left in D.J.O. Eclipse stakes. Galtee Moro finished unplaced in Cambridgeshire.

The owner of St. Paul recently offered to bet a level £SO that his horse will beat Waiuku in the Auckland Cup. Amberite, who has done his full share of racing during the last couple of months, is to be given a spell. At Richmond last week Calista trotted a mile in 2min 19£ sec. The Richmond track is only half a mile round.

The ex- Australian bookmaker, J. Thompson, won between £7OOO and £BOOO over Merman’s victory in the Cesarewitch. Santa Felice, dam of the Carbine colt foal whicn brought 1050ga in England recently, was disposed of at the same sale for 2500g5.

Chaos, a placed horse in t Zealand Cup, was put up to ai Dunedin about a week ago, first offer for him was £2, at 1 dwelt fora while, but by the ) ance of the auctioneer he was p raised by dribs and drabs ( ■ u which figure he was knocked Mr Shaw, of Timaru. I hj ’• there is likely to be a lawsuit ■ v sale.—Carbine in the Budget, “The Tramp” writes of bourne Cup winner : —“ Gai the ancient name of Gozo, in the Mediterranean, famed for the breed of large asses raised there (no offence to punters meant), and as the Cup winner is by Gozo the nomenclature is appropriate, so is that of his full brother, The Grafrer, in its way ; both being sons of the Musket mare Industry. The report that Parthenopseus was to go to India is contradicted, and it. is now stated that he is to go to the stud at Monomerton, in Victoria, his fee being 25 guineas. Gaulus, the winner of the Melbourne Oup, is not likely to race again, having badly broken down.