ENGLISH SPORTING NOTES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 8908, 26 September 1889, Page 2

ENGLISH SPORTING NOTES.

[FEOM OtTB OWN COBItV.SPONDKNT.I «Glorious Goodwood ” was quite its traditional self on Tuesday afternoon, and standing under the trees watching the many-coloured Stewards’ Cup cavalcade come sweeping down the hill towards home in the bright sunshine, one almost forgot the dismal drenching anniversary of ’BB. Not that the result of this most popular of sprint races was quite in accordance with expectation. The colours of the favourite (that arch impostor Danvydale) were, as at Ascot, nowhere to be seen, and the magnificent Amphion just failed to beat the record by a neck. The winner (Dog Rose) was backed very heavily when the weights first appeared, and for some time must have been almost actual favourite. On Tuesday, however, Mr A. James and his trainer, Jones, did not express themselves sanguine, and the old horse went so ominously in the betting (retreating from 8 to 1 to 100, to 7) that scores who had intended backing him stood aloof. The pencils of the ring did not, fortunately, have their usual effect on Dog Rose; indeed, the six-year-old son of See Saw and Hedge Bose showed extraordinary gameness. At the distance the latter and Amphion came out by themselves, and ran a severe race home, of which the Dog Rose had always a little the best, and won by a neck. Noble Chieftain, three-quarters of a length off, was third, and Gervas fourth. Bullion (backed to win a fortune) ran absolutely last, and Hartley and The Gloaming again disappointed their party's expectations.

In the Richmond Stakes Tom Cannon introduced us to Golden Gate, a fine upstanding bay son of Bend Or and Palisade, that beat three better favourites in Fortitude, Arcadia, and Orwell. The latter is His Grace of Westminster’s, and brother to Ormuz.

Captain Machell’s Irish-bred youngster, Eathbeal (by Boulevard Hollythorne) carried his 7ib penalty, for winning at Sandown, triumphantly to victory in the Halnaker Stakes at Goodwood, notwithstanding the presence of a good field of seven. Of these Lord Penrhyn’s Par Niente had a big following after the noble owner accepted .£IOOO to £SOO and £7OO to £4OO. In consequence, 100 to 30 could be had about Rathbeal, who won in a canter by two lengths. A friend writes me that, passing the Eaton paddocks last week, he bade farewell to Ormonde, who sails next month for the Plate. There is, however, no fear of the breed dying out, as, in addition to a beautiful yearling filly, the Duke of Westminster has a fine colt foal by Bend Or—■ Lily Agnes. Ayrshire was this week despatched to Welbeck Stud Farm, and has bidden a final farewell to the racecourse. His turf career was from first to last marked by great good luck. Had Friar’s Balsam kept well last year, and Seabreeze this, we should never have heard of the son of Hampton and Atalanta save as a second-rate sort of Bard. When one finds a Derby third, like Hartley, running unplaced in the Stewards’ Cup, at Goodwood, with only 7st 81b on his five-year-old back, one begins to understand what a wretched field Merry Hampton must have had to beat. The time-honoured Ham Stakes, at Goodwood, did not produce a serious race, as Mr Cloche's First Fruit, which alone dared to face Mr Manton’s Riviera (sister to Seabreeze) could not make the latter gallop, and was beaten long before the distance.

Alec Taylor’s luck in the Goodwood Stakes has for years now been proverbial, but not even the most ardent follower of the stable ventured to back the dark Ingram (4yrs, 7st, whose second appearance on a racecourse this was) last Friday. Haifa dozen horses only started for the. once famous handicap, and of these the y two tried stayers MUlstream (6yrs, Bst f 121 b) and Tissaphernes (syrs, Bst) were * alone backed seriously. The last named eventually became such a red-hot favourite that even money was snapped at, 3 to 1 being laid Tissaphernes, 7 to 1 Savant, and 100 to 8 Ingram. Half a mile from home Savant, Master Patrick and Eoyal Oak were done for, and with Ingram momentarily expected to compound, it looked long odds (fours were belted) on Tissaphernes. Alec Taylor’s outsider, however, did not compound. On the contrary, it held its own well, and running home a capital race with Mr Fenwick’s old horse won rather easily by a length, Millstream, four lengths off, being a bad third. This was one of the few “turnsup ” of the week, and gave the ring a much-needed fillip. In the smaller events, punters were dead on the spot, Surefoot, Le Herd, Dog Eoae, and Wrinkle being all popular fancies. Mr T. D. Homby, the well-known Lancashire courser, died on Wednesday last, at his residence at Childwall road, Liverpool. He was one of the old school of coursers, and for years the leading spirit of the great Waterloo Meeting at Altcar. He owned many good dogs in his time, but the best of them all was Herschel, who won the Waterloo Cup two years ago, and ought, in the opinion of many, to have secured last year’s trophy too. Mr Homby was a merchant in Liverpool, where his family have lived, worked, and been respected for generations. Colonel North won a couple of small Plates at Brighton on Tuesday with Mirror and Star of Erin. His turf successes so far have not been remarkable, considering the thousands of pounds which his agents have expended on thoroughbred stock of one kind and another, but he seems grateful for small mercies. Brighton is not so aristocratic as Goodwood, but the sport has for some years now been better than at the Ducal Meeting, and the bracing air of the Downs puts everyone in good spirits. The Marine Stakes (a miniature Stewards’ Cup) was the chief event of Tuesday, and attracted a dozen runners, Mr Cleveland’s Constellation (3yrs, 7et) and Mr Jarvis’ Needles (3yrs, 7sb) being most fancied. _ It fell, however, to a 10 to 1 chance in Ketta (Byrs, 6st 71b), a nice-looking daughter of Kisber and the Chester cup winner, Bieerta, belonging to Mr Fenwick. The same stable (Wadlow’s) was again to the fore in the Brighton Stakes (n'ow one mile and a half), in which the Cesarewitoh disappointment, Polydor (4yra, 7et 101 b), though little fancied, beat True Blue 11. (6yrs, Bst 121 b), and four others. The chief two-year-old event of the afternoon, the Shoreham Stakes of .£SOO, fell to Mr H. E. Tidy by the aid of Lowland (by Lowland Chief—Paella), who had a moderate field only behind him. After this week there will be no racing worth mentioning till York and Doncaster. The Leger has frozen up again this summer as it did in Melton and Ormonde’s year. Occasionally a “ bookie” maybe found who will allow you to lay him sto 2 on Donovan, but there are not many such, and they are far from anxious to deal. Bar one, the ring tender 100 to 7, which is Chitabob’s price, and Manthorpe is sometimes mentioned at 20 to 1.