SPOUTING NOTES

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5005, 5 March 1877, Page 3

SPOUTING NOTES

[By tub Dun 11) ] There was sorao real good work done by tho varum* competitor* for tho Dunedin Cup, on tho racecourse on HaUirday morning. All the home* engaged in it that am here now bad a turn twice round ut a good rasping puce. At 5150, the three from the Redwood stahlo turned out, and, with Bribery, also from the same quarters, were i,uk< n out to the training ground. Ted having stripp'd llribiry and Uaroro, the pair were sent aiorg ut a stashing pace, the chestnut going all the way in fine style, and Die “ Huff-nli Tuncn " being thoroughly extended to keep up with him. Muroro appears to have quite recovered from bis loi g indisposition, and moves in such grand form that 1 cannot wonder ho is such a favourite for the Cup Not only ha# he any amount of pun', but lie seem* to be able to stay a« well JMbery is not in the Dunedin Cup, hut she ni enured in the Derby, for winch, if iiu-niit'ii win. she must bedang, rous. Af'er OIIMII hud clo’hi il and saddled hie two hut performer.’, he h'.ii r p.n Quy hawkes ami Turin, and sent tlo-m round for ugo’’d gallop, without ie-ally rxf ndi glhom. (lay led ell tin, •in 1 hv n’boui .'0 '.erds, the three-year old coming along bidiind him with thorough case to horio if. Dam bni i and Tommy Dodd next Came out of the saddling paddock, and went tmee round at a moierutu pace. Danebury in improving day by day, and each gallop be takes is belli r than bis lust, so that in a .hurt lime I oxped to nee our late Derny tuvmmte much fancied for 1-bo Cop Middleton went along with Manila a, d did u couple of turns at u slow pace '1 iiei-olt at pi event is far from bomg what bo was ut Ue M, tropnlitan Meeting, his ruoing up north having completely knocked him up. Host will do wi nder*, and I e-xpeut hy the Hum lh« Autumn Meeting takes place here Middleton will bo all right again ; but for I. if m -nurts I think bis e.hum-e will li.i'smaU.’ Manila ifl u Hno two year old Hdy, in, small- m- i.hmtv of power. I him her hi-st*of *env 'of tho Lab; s for U'« Dhum--1 o I ■ ,1 in the race there are #OIOO png, >lo blttkes ; > ' hot favourites whose breeding will rnaKo uie . „ i, ut... , "1", “Z IS l.ad Si.i.li- •.orkioe, » 1 ,|ia 11,,1. if.io, his horses on tho oou d TllllI)it4>

filly leading all the way till reaching tho top of the course the second time round, when the 0 . tln Bn d the Jot wont along side by aide all the way home, the filly being allowed to go first past the post. No horse ha* grown and improv.d so much - KflnKiog. and I should not be surprised if he was to be very awkward in the Cup. He ha. run some good ra«“J b .“? oil there at the finish. I ,b^ l b ®, ob nrlsed if. 7»t Olbs, and being specteßy saved for this event, he is wj ‘Jout. Whm ho goes to Dunedin tho people there will scarcely recognise him as the little Elfin Kfng of former years. Pungaworoworo did her work: alone, and a nice slow canter she did, going twice round stripped like tho others. There must bo something very peculiar about the soil of Yaldhurst, tor umonget all the race, horses Mr Dolerasin ho* had there has never boon a cripple, and the present batch is no exception, os a sounder lot than those now under Jemmy Moynahan s care never come on a course, and he works them hard enough too. Mr Nosworthy has taken Fallacy home, and now troins her himself. Ho ha. no boy to ride her ot present, but on Saturday little Honor, one of Tod Outt’s boys, gave her a spin twice round tho course ot a slow pace. This filly hoe many friends for the cup, ond having a nice light weight, 7*t 21bs, she may bo able to stay tho distance (which she has never yet done in public) and ostonish oven her own friends by winning, though I much doubt it. At a mile or a mile and a quarter races Fallacy is a second Virginia, and can hold her own ogainst all comers, but beyond that distance she has no business to go. Mr Webb was out with his lot ol 1 youngsters, and very well they both look arid go. especially his Revoke and Tantrums colts, both of which ought to run well for tho babies’race, as they have tho size to carry Bst 101 k the distance. I like Toll Tale bettor tho moro I see of her. She is a pretty thing, but very small, and seems able to travel a bit, if she oan carry tho weight. Mufti is a great improvement on hi* brother, and has every appearance of making a better colt than Mangle. Tattler is at the Bush Inn, in preparation for Oomaru races, and at our autumn mooting hero, with a moderate weight, he will be able to show a good many of them tho way. If fit and well, ho oan go in fine stylo, with plenty of pace. What the horses are doing on the Forbury course it is difficult to say, but I learn from tho Dunedin papers that Ring Philip goes rather stiff behind, and the Glenshee filly is decidedly lame. Stormbird takes his regular work, but 1 oan never believe he can be so good now as in 1866, when ho carried all before him. Age must make a horse slower. How oan Stormbird bo expected to win now, when, as I think, in his best days, the present lot ha will meet would have given him more than he could do. Fishhook does his work with Dead Heat, and if reports are true, runs clean away from him. This either means the Hook is very much improved, or else Dead Heat is no better than he was last Christchurch spring meeting j the latter is probably tho real explanation. Bight Bower, being trained at Tokomairiro, is never heard about. Should Mr Combs be fortunate this season in getting him into better condition than he has been the last two years, bo may stand a good ohanoo of getting his number up for 1 instead of 2, as it has twice been.