AUSTRALIAN SPORTING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 9334, 10 February 1891, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SPORTING.

Melbourne, Jan. 29. To pick both the handicaps for th# Australian Cup and Newmarket Handicap to pieces—for they are .full of blonder a, would occupy too much of your space, and would serve no good end. With' the exception of Crackshot, I fancy Mr Barnard has been too severe on all the New Zealanders. However, to make » long story short, I fancy the winner of the Newmarket Handicap is concealed in the following twenty:—Marvel, Too-Soon, Merriment, Victor Hugo, • Magic Circle, Pygmalion. Matador, Investigator; Newton, La Hose. The Harbour , Light,- Montrose, Swertba, Neriasa, Casuist, TojW;3J*dfe Sun Spot, Courteous, Havilah and Conceit. In the Cup:—Greygown (if he does not go for the Newmarket Handicap), KingJ liam, The Spot, Crackshot, Tahtalloii, and--Whakawai. Gauged through Eussley.e brilliant performance atCaulfield on Saturday, when he was beaten by a neck by Steeltrap, Merriment must be very hard to beat in the Newmarket Handicap, and Greygown for the same reason, when looked at through Tarcoola’s form, must very nearly land the Australian Cup. Since he was married _on Wednesday week, Tom Corrigan has "won two steeplechases on Blister, one at Caulfield on Saturday, and the other 'at Williams town yesterday. . . At the Ballarat miners’ races last week Lord Kingston, by Caesivelaunus, won the principal handicap, Hollowback being second. Yesterdayatthe Barruaibeet meeting, they reversed positions in the Windermere Cup. Mancon is again in work, and looks well. It is to be hoped that the son of Tths Deuce will stand a preparation. The many friends of Mr E. T. Chapman (“Augur”), and they are legion, will regret to learn that that gentleman haa been so ill of late, owing to an attack of bronchitis, that his employers have granted him three months’ leave of absence to re*cuperate. ■ May be be -speedily restpred to health is the wish of. his brother pressmen. Orlando arrived safely in Sydney yesterday, and. Euapehu is tube trained by E. M‘lvor at Flemington, , j.• Mr Matthew O’Shannasy’a five .English thoroughbred maces arrived safely last; week, and they will shortly leave Flemington for one of their owner’s stations. .'That gentleman, I believe, has chosen; Trenton to mate with two of them, and in the event; of his not being able to get two other*, served by Chester they miay also visit the' son of Musket. The fifth, mare will visit Newminster. At present they, are all in foal to English sires. For allowing gambling—betting bn horse-racing—to be carried on in a tobacconist's shop in Bourka street, over theStan dish Handicap, H. Stubbings was fined £25 with £5 5s costs last week.

Mr N. B. D. Bond, the energetic and popular Secretary of the Y.A.T.C., hu had £IOO a year added to his salary—, making it £6oo—with a bonus of another 1 £IOO as a practical recognition of hia worth by the members of the Club, and well ha deserves it, say I. At the Dandenong races on Thursday, a filly named Good-bye, by Oudeis, won the Fern Tree Gully Handicap, six furlongs, with 7st, by a neck from the Vixen Bs6 181 b. The winner was favourite.

For its May meeting the Adelaide Racing Club has issued a very fine programme* 3750 sovs being distributed over the three days. The Birthday Cup is of SOO sov* and a trophy worth 100 sovs; Steeplechase' of 400 sovs, two Hurdle Races'of 250 and 200 sovs respectively, besides other plume* entries on March 24. The S.A.J.C. hae also published its programme in the Sportiman for their April meeting, when the Adelaide Cup of 1000 sovs. Goodwood Handicap of 400 sovs, Hurdle Baoe of 250 and Steeplechase of 300 sovs, and other races will be brought off. What; with the Oukaparinga, Adelaide and South Australian Jockey Clubs, no less a eum than 10,000 sovs will be. given away. in prise money in the space of a couple of iqonthe. Here’s a chance for some of the New Zealand Cup horses to pay for their summer oats.

On Wednesday last, . the . Hobartville stud yearlings were submitted toauction. There were thirty-six youngsfcetasold, and a feature of the sale was the excellent prices realised by the six sons of Trenton. The total obtained for the lot was 2120ga* or an average of slightly over Ss3ga each. A colt by the son of Musket from Faquita was knocked down to Tom Payfcen at 600 gs, who purchased him fpr Mr W. E. Wilson, of St Albans. It is stated tbat Chester’s brother Clieveden, by Yattendon from Lady Chester, has been sold' to go to America. To Mr Samuel Gardiner, the well-known Bundoora Park studmaster,is due the honour of being the first Australian horse-owner to ship, at his own expense, a number of valuable thoroughbred stallions to America for sale. The Alameda, which sailed from Sydney for ’Frisco on Wednesday last,- had six highly-bred animals on board in charga of Mr R.De Lopez, who is well known In connection' with horsey matters-in Australia. The shipment comprises Suwarrow, the grey son of Snowden and Phizgig, who won the V.E.C. Derby of 1879 and many other races; The Hook, by Fishhook t Chesterfield, by The Marquis from Lamorna;: Loyalist, by The Marquis from Loyal Peeress; Plenty, a son of Suwarrow,’ from the New Zealand mare Lurline (damoftha great Darebin); and Fitz-Tubal, by Tubal Gain from Minnie Warren. These lionet are to he offered for sale in Sau Francisco shortly after their arrival. They are ill very highly bred, and should self satisfactory prices. It is to be hoped thitf‘ will ba the case; in' which eventa gbod tfydeiu thoroughbreds is bound to open up'betweea America and these Colonies. :*£ Nordenfeldt has reached his aewuwner’a farm safely. f" The annual meeting of members fef tha Australian Jockey Club was helcTon-Mon-day week, .when there was a large attendance of members. The report ana balancesheet showed the affairs of the Club to be in a sound condition. Motions to increase the members’ subscription to ten guineas per annum and to number off and dispose of seats in the grand stand before the day of. a race meeting were negatived. The retiring members of the Committee were re-appointed, and a Committee meeting subsequently held, Mr F. C. Griffiths was again elected Chairman, and t all the officials of the Club were re-elected for the ensuing twelve months. The Chairmen* in moving the adoption of the ‘report and balance-sheet, made special- and appropriate reference to the loss the Club nad sustained by the death. of the late Mr James White. ■ <i . >

On Feb. 19, Dr Slate, of Sydney, will mu hiq imported trotter Valentine' against Mr F. Bobbins’ mare Mystery in a.mfctch over three distances for £soo a. side.