SPORTING NOTES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 10413, 30 July 1894, Page 3

SPORTING NOTES.

(Canterbury Times.) Hippocampus and Glaucua are for sale. Three Star is doing good work at Band wick. M. Dawson was not present to see Ladas win the Derby. Matchbox only lost the Grand Prix de Paris by a head. Bangiatea is in work again at Dunedin, and is looking well. The Foxtoa Eaeing Club has a credit balance of £159 9a lid. It is stated that the Duke of Devonshire will probably abandon racing. Isinglass has again defeated Ladas. This time in the Eclipse Stakes.

The progeny of Sir Modred have been very successful in America lately. Loyalty, Launceston and Response are all stated to be coming on nicely. Mr Henry has been appointed handicapper to the Foxton Racing Club. Mr S. H. «ollan intends to ride Norton in the Grand National Steeplechase. The stallion Quilt has been leased by Mr W. Douglas to Griffiths, of E&ikoura. Harry Ulph,‘ the English bookmaker, saw his forty-second Derby when Ladas won.

M. Dawson celebrated his Golden Wedding on the day after Ladas won the Darby. The Epsom Derby of 1895 will be run on Wednesday, May 29, and the Oaks on May 31. Beau Brummel and Mr H. Mossman’a two-year-olds have not yet been sent to Australia.

Skirmisher is 10. king very well just now. We shall soon hear if he is going to Australia.

Forma, arising two-year-old daughter of Hotchkiss and Formo, is displaying pace at Elierslie.

Solano, a half-brother by St Clair to Blizzard, is a good outsider for the New Zealand Cup. Three Star appears to have been supported all over the colony for the New Zealand Cup. Mikado 11. was pulled up at the top turn in the Victorian Grand National Steeplechase. A. Moss, a bookmaker at one time in New Zealand, is returning to this colony from Melbourne.

Kai Ini Lady has been turned out, and will nob be taken in hand again until Christmas time.

Subsequent to Ladaa’s victory ia the Derby, Lord Eossbery’s colt had’ won £17,933 in stakes.

Pair Nell arrived from Hawke’s Bay on Tuesday, and has gone to Enfield oa a visit to St George. Nanakia, Goodwood and Bags are coming south in charge of Belcher for tho Grand National Meeting.

Beauty Bright, the dam of the hunter Houp La, is a full sister to the steeplechaser Te Whetumararaara. D. O’Brien had £IOO on Ultimatum when the son of Dunlop was beaten by Acone at Canterbury Park. What next! Ultimatum has joined the pony division in Sydney, and has won a race for ponies of 14‘1. Oh! Melinite was schooled over the hurdles on Saturday morning, when her style of fencing did not please the critics. Jacob Faithful attempted to savage hia trainer, P. M’Grath, the other day. M’Grath was rescued just in time. Manon injured herself so badly when she fell in the Victorian Grand National Hurdle Bace that she has since died.

Mutiny was ridden by Fergus in the Victorian Grand National Steeplechase. He jumped beautifully and finished fifth. _ The amount passed through the totalisator at the various meetings held during the year by the Foxton Bacing Club was £5515.

It appears that D. O’Brien has sold Ultimatum, and it is stated that the son of Dunlop is now running in pony races in Sydney. _ , On tho day that Ladas won the Derby a two-year-old three-quarter sister by -Ayr* shire to tbs crack finished second in the Stanley Stakes. .. Gladiateur was got by. chance. Monarque. and Mias Gladiator mated by natural selection, not as the outcome of the owner’s orders. ~ , , J. Eae, the well-known Auckland horseman, will be present at the Grand National Meeting, and is prepared to accept any mounts offered him. ~ Mr S. H. Gollan has sold Kempanfeldt to Mr G. Willan, and the son of Bianca will taka up stud duties nest season. The pr Kbo.T“S f *> States of America from ° a R, £\ aac ;isco, developed weak pasterns, and it is couotlul if ho will over race again. n , After Gosoodar won the I renoh Deroy, t hostile <iercon.tr.tio. "f ™ s ‘ the horse, owner, rider, and fcramei, and thickened a good ueen cr.ti-.rea *'■ r - Ormonde bst *“ D beea settled by Mr

Philson 7st 21b finished unplaced in the Tramway Handicap run at Moorefield (Sydney) on July 7. The race was won by another two-year-old—Bonnette 6st 91b. The Auckland Bacing Club has decided not to send a delegate to Wellington to attend the conference summoned by Captain Bussell, to consider the Gaming Bill. He bought a horse by photograph, And, swindled, on him was the laugh. “ I was to blamo,” he said, “ of course,. To get the carte before the horse.”

The South Canterbury Hunt Club will hold a steeplechase meeting on August 2, when four events will be decided, and the sum of 20 sovß will be given away in stakes.

It is stated that Wakawatea’s supporters won a good stake when the son of Becky Sharp, who started at 8 to 1, finished first in the Welter Handicap at Moorefield (Sydney). When the last mail left England negotiations were in progress for the sale of Common’s half-brother Goldfinch, by Ormonde—Thistle, for £3OOO to go to America.

There has been an outbreak of “joints’ evil ” among tho mares and foals at the Duke of Portland’s stud, and twelve valuable foals, mostly the progeny of St Simon, have died.

An hour or two prior to the start for the Derby a wager ot 1000 to 300 was laid on Ladas winning the Derby, and at the start odds of 9 to 2 were laid on Lord Eosebery’s colt. Fulfil, who hurt hia shoulder at Eandwiek recently, was making a rapid recovery, but the latest information is that ha is very much worse, and it is feared that he will not live.

Sir George Maude, superintendent of the Eoyal stud at Hampton Court, whore La Flbche, Memoir, Sainfoin, and other famous horses were bred, died on May 81, aged seventy-seven. By his victory in tho Winter Stakes at the V.B.C. Grand National Meeting Steadfast baa incurred a penalty of 31b for tho Caulfield Gup, increasing bis weight for that race to 7st 61b.

A northern contemporary states that after a season at the stud St Hippo will be put into training, and when the colours are up on him he will be seen on Australian, not on New Zealand, courses.

Quardfish, who finished first in the Final Steeplechase at the Victorian Bacing Club’s Grand National Meeting, has been objected tb on the grounds that he was ridden in exercise by J. Hayes. Leontine, Pumaa and Lascar arrived at Eiccarton on Tuesday to fulfil their engagements at the Grand National Meeting. King John, Despised and Musket got to head-quarters yesterday. Scobie, who rode the favourite Cooringamite, in the Victorian Grand National Steeplechase, had not ridden in a race for twelve months previously. It is stated that be was nob in the necessary condition. Checkmate was made a certainty for the Welter Handicap run at Moorefield (Sydney) on July 7, bub she got badly away, and Wakawatea taking command in the straight won comfortably by two lengths. Mr Cox, proprietor of the Moonee Valley course, has been warned by tho committee of the Victoria Bacing Club in connection with the alleged irregularities in the way of conducting selling races on that course. The brothers M’Mahon (says the Sydney Bulletin ) have now in tow a talking horse. A Bill should be put through Parliament to make all horses talk. Then we might be able to put a lot of owners and trainers in gaol. Matchbox’s sale price was £15,000, and a further £SOOO if he won the Grand Prix. Baron Kitsch subsequently re-sold tho colt to the Austrian Government who take delivery of him at the end of the present season. Domino, the unbeaten American two-year-old last season, made hia first appearance in the Withers Stakes, sun at Morris Park on June 12, when, despite the fact that he was a trifle backward, he won by a head from Henry of Navarre. A “ Pensioner Investigation Committee” has been formed to elucidate the mystery of Pensioner’s death, and has appealed to the public for funds to defray the coat of investigation, and has offered a reward of £IOOO for the apprehension of the perpetrators. AUSTRALIAN AND. FOREIGN. In the House of Commons on June 8, Mr W. Johnston said : I wish to ask the Chancellor of tho Exchequer a question, of which I have not given private notice.. It is whether it is the case that the Prime Minister is about to introduce a Bill' in the other House to prohibit betting and gambling. (Laughter). The Chancellor of the Exchequer: I have no cognisance of the proceedings in the other House. I have a great deal to do in looking after the proceedings of this House. (Laughter). For some days before the race for the Derby Ladas was shadowed by zealous detectives, one of whom in hia excitement after the race violently smote to the earth an excitable person who wished to pat the winner. Nor was this the only curious incident connected with the police protection accorded to Ladas, for Lord Rosebery himself, who had ventured to approach as the horse was being brought from The Durdans under escort before the race, was loudly and peremptorily ordered to “take that dog up,” there being a terrier somewhere near him.

The progeny of Sir Modred have been wonderfully successful in America. At the meetings of, the Brooklyn Jockey Club and New York Jockey Club, extending from May 15 to June 19, they won no leas than sixteen races, the majority of which were for two-year-olds. These events included the Great Eclipse Stakes of a guaranteed sum of 4000 sovs, and probably worth more—the. richest stake runup to that time during the present season—in which Connoisseur and Sir Galahad, both sons of Traducer’s greatest son, finished first and second. On the second day of the Victorian Bacing Club’s Grand National Meeting, as the cable has already informed us, Daimio 9st 31b won the Grand National Steeplechase, beating Cerberus 9st Sib and Reckless Oat 6lb. Daimio was ridden by M. Bourke. Mutiny, who was ridden by Fergus, was not mentioned in the betting, but be finished fifth. Tayforth fell, and Mikado 11. was pulled up at the home turn. The Hurdle Baca of 200 sovs, two miles, was won by Apsley list 51b, with Neli list 41b second, the pair thus filling the positions they occupied in the Grand National Hurdle Bace. The Lawn Handicap, of 200 sovs, six furlongs, went to Erl King 7st 101 b, beating Tyras 7st lib and Tassy Bsb 101 b; and Theodore 7at 51b, by Splendor, annexed the July Handicap, beating John S. 7st 111 b and Creasy 9st 31b. M. Cannon, the well-known horseman, attained his majority in May. He has, since his marriage, settled down at the lovely old spot named Ridgeway, near Southampton (E). There (says an exchange) his friends, including a contingent from Nottingham, gathered to celebrate the “ double event” of the birthday and the hbasewarming. Prom all accounts “ things hummed.” At midnight on Monday the cup given to Moray on his wedding by the “ Danebury Hunt ” was filled, and the health of “Morn and his wife” was duly honored, together with various other toasts, so various indeed that when Mr Willie Ford, who was one of the house-party, retired for the night, he repeated an award rendered famous first at Hurst Park, and in giving his decision upon the result of the proceedings, declared it a f ’ dead-heat won by a neck.” The following is the substance of an interview between tho special Commissioner of the London Sportsman and M. Dawson a day or two before the decision of the Derby “ I say, a ad I my it emphatically, that Ladas is the bact-looking horse I ever saw, and I’ve seen all the best for many years now.” “ And would you call him tho best as well as tho test looking, Mr Dawson ? ” " Ab, that is impossible to say, for you know as much about him as I do; no one knows how good he is, aay vonro than we knew about St. Simon.” ” Yes, that was cm extraordinary horse indeed; he could beat such as Harvester and Busybody as if they were common platers, and though he and Minting, of course, never came together, l am satis-:

fied from their trials that St Simon was at least a stone the better, and on that I proclaim that he would have beaten Ormonde.” " And Ladas is possibly as good as St Simon ? ” “I have no reason to doubt it; he has not yet ibeen so highly tried in public, that is^all.”. Since 1889, new conditions governing the value and system of forfeit in connection with the Derby, have been in operation, and the winner is now guaranteed , a fixed sum ’ regardless of the number of.subscribers and independently of any sum that may be added from the race fund. By bis success this year Lord Rosebery’s Ladas w0n£5450, according to the conditions as they stand, whilst last year Mr M’Calmont, ns the owner of lainglass, received .£5515, including (30 sovs surplus entrance money. In 1892 Lord Bradford, who won with Sir Hugo, secured .£6950, that sum embracing 1000 sovs given from the fund and 510 sovs' surplus efatrance money. In 1891 Sir F. Johnstone, as the owner and nominator of Common, won .£5510, the odd sovs representing two fines imposed for'the correction of entries. In 1890 (when the now conditions obtained for the first time) Sir J. Millet’s Sainfoin credited bis owner with £5930, of which amount 480 sovs represented! the surplus subscriptions given to the winner. The Duke of Portland’s Donovan, in 1889, won £4550, and the previous year, when the same owner’s Ayrshire was victorious, the value of the race was £3675, while in 1887, when it fell to the late Mr Abingtoa’s Merry Hampton,' the stakes were worth £4525. In 1886, when Ormonde won for the Duke of Westminster, the value was £4700, and tbo previous season Melton credited Lord Hastings with £4525. Some previous records are appended: la 1884, wbon the race resulted in a dead-heat between Mr J. Hammond’s St Gatien and Sir J. Willoughby’s Harvester, the value of the stakes was £4850; iu 1883, Sir P. Johnstone’s. St Blaise, £5150; 1882, Duke of Westminster’s Shotover, £4775; 1881, Mr P. Loriilard’s Iroquois, £5925; 1880, Dnke of Westminster’s Bend Or, £6375. The richest Derby on record was that of Lord Lyon in 1866, who then won for his owner £7350.

The time occupied by Lord Rosebery’s Ladas in winning ; the Darby (run over about one mite aud.a half) wae, according to Benson’s chronograph, 2min 45|seo. A twelvemonth ago Isinglass covered the course in 2min 43sec, thus equalling the previous records held by Kettledrum (1861). Blair Athol (1864), Merry Hampton 1887), and Ayehire (1888). In 1892 Lord Bradford’s Sir Hugo occupied 2mm. 44sec, while the previous season Sir F. Johnstone’s Common took 2miu 56|sec, and in 1890 Sir J. Miller’s Sainfoin woa in 2min 49|-eo. In 1889 the Luke of Portland’s Donovan was successful in 2miu 44fseo, Ayrshire, also the property of the Duke of Portland, occupying 2min 43aec in 1888. In 1887 the late Mr Abington’a Merry Hampton made the same record, and in 1886 the Duke of Westminster’s Ormonde went the course in 2min 45|sec, against the 2mm 44|aec of Lord Hastings’s Melton iu 1885. When Mr J. Hammond’s St Gatien and Sir J. Willoughby’s Harvester ran a dead heat in 1884 the time was 2min 46|eac, and that of Sir F. Johnstone’s St Blaise, in 1883, 2min 48|sec. Times for several previous years: 1882, Duke of Westminster’s Shotover, 2min 45|aec; 1881, Mr P. Loriilard’s Iroquois, 2min 50seo; 1880, Duke of Westminster’s Bend Or, 2min 46sec.

Whan the conditions of the Derby were altered, those of the Oaks were changed on the same lines, but the amount guaranteed to the winner is not so large. The value of the race won by the Duke of Portland’s Amiable was £4 150, and last year, when Mrs Butterwick won in the same ownership, the stakes amounted to £5130 (including the surplus entrance money of 980 so vs). In 189?, when Baron de Hirsch’s La Pleche was successful, the amount credited to her was £5270, including the surplus entrance money (620 sovs) and 500 sovs given from the fund. In 1891 Mr N. Fenwick’s Mimi won £4405, the odd 5 sovs representing a Spa imposed for the correction of an entry. In the previous season, when the Duke of Portland won with Memoir, the stakes amounted to £4400, and in 1889 Lord E. Churchill’s L’Abbesse de Jouarre won £2600. In 1883, when Lord Calthorpe's Seabreeze was the winner, the stakes were £2950, and in 1887 Eeve d’Or credited the Dube of Beaufort with £3300, while in 1886, when Miss Jummy won In the Duke of Hamilton’s colours, the stakes were worth £3250. We append the values for several preceding years: 1885, Lord Cadogan’a Lonely, £8350 j 1884, Mr Abingfcon’s Busybody, £3425 • 1883, Lord Eosebery’s Bonny Jean, £3475 ; 1882. Lord Stamford’s Geheimniss, £3375, 1881, Mr W. S. Crawford’s Thebais, £4050; 1880, Mr Perkins’s Jenny Howiat, £4500. The Duke of Portland’s Amiable wen the Oaks Stakes (run over about a mile and a half) in 2min 50see, while last year, when Mrs Butterwick won in the same ownership, |tbe time was 2min 44fsec. In 1892 Baron do Hirsoh’s La Pleche won in 2min 43fsec, against the 2min 54fsec of Mr N. Fenwick’s Mimi in 1891, and the 2min 40|seo of the Duke of Portland’s Memoir in 1890, the best on record in connection with the race. In 1889 Lord Bandolph Churchill’s L’Abbesse de Jouarre won in 2mm 45-ec, and in 1888 Lord Calthorpe's Seabreeze occupied 2min 42-Jsec, which was record time up to that date. In 1887 the Duke of Beaufort’s Eove d'Or took 2min SO-Jsec, and in 1886 the Duke of Hamilton’s Mies Jummy covered the course in 2min 54fsec. Lonely, in 1885, in Lord Cadogan’a colours, was timed at 2miu 43|sec, and the following are the records for a number of previous winners: 1884, Mr Abington’s Busybody, 2miu 49aec; 1883, Lord Eosebery'a Bonny Jean, 2min 53sec; 1882, Lord Stamford’s Gebeimniss, 2min 59sec; 1881, Mr W. S. Crawfurd’s Thebais, 2min 46sec; 1880, Mr Perkins’s Jenny Howlct, 2min 49aec. A vast crowd, including many notables, among whom were the lata President and Madame Carnot, witnessed the running of the Grand Prix de Paris at Longohamps, on Sunday, June 17. Considerable feeling had been developed because of the fact that the English colt Matchbox had been purchased and sent to Prance for the purpose

of winning the event. There were apprehensions of a riot in case Matchbox should win, and some 1100 policemen and 500 guards were at the course to preserve order. Matchbox, however, was defeated by a neck by Baron A. do Sohioklet’e Dolma Baghtche and all danger of mob violence was averted. The finish for the race aroused the wildest enthusiasm. There were eleven starters. The betting wae 11 to 2 against Dolma Baghtche, ,7 to A on Matchbox, 20 to 1 against Maneonr, 6 to 1 Goapodar, 12 to 1 Toujours, 30 to 1 Veronicas, 50 to I Le Pompon, 60 to 1 each Ravioli, Vendeenne and Lahira, and 100 to 1 Gouvernail, Ravioli and Matchbox at once went to the front, with Gouvernail, Toujours, Lo Pompon, Go*» podar. Dolma Baghtche, Labire, and Yeronious following in the order named. Thera was no change in the relative * positions of the horses until they entered the straight. Then? Ravioli, -yielded gradually to Dolma Baghtche. The remainder of the race was a magnificent neck-and-neck contest between Dolma Baghtche and Matchbox; and in the last few strides the former drew out and won by a neck. Matchbox finished two lengths in front of Mahsour, and the latter one length ahead of Gospodar. “Verax” in the Sydney Ref tree gives an interesting account of an interview he had with an old Sydney trainer. Here are some extracts from it In answer to a question as to the best two-year-old of the year, he said," The beet two-year-old? Why, Nobleman, by The Peer out of Parados, and the best bred colt iu Australia, too. Tou don't know his dam? Well, my boy, I do; and only for getting cast in her box while being saved for the Newmarket you would' have known her, too. You know l have had some pretty good ’uns through my hands in the old squire’s time.” "Yes, hang you, I do,” remarked the other man, “You cut me out of £2OOO once with a horse called Fireworks.” "Yes, I know about that,” eald the old man. “ but I mean real good ’uns—Myall King, 40. Well, let me tell you about the colt’s dam. We could have put Abercom down with, her.” "Oh! nonsense, old man. Draw it alow. That’s a bit too strong,” was the reply. "Not a bit. I say she could have beaten Abercorn over a mile. She was never tried further. How do I know? Well, I’ll tell you. You can remember how The Charmer stuck to him once or twice. We tried The Charmer and Paradox together over a mile and over six furlongs at evens, and she donkeylicked The Charmer both times. That’s how I know. I broke her in, and I have seen her do her six furlongs, with heavy shoes on, inside Imin 18aec, and there ain’t many that can do that fairly and squarely, is there now? And that is how I am sura we could have downed the old champion (with The Charmer as trying tackle) with Nobleman’s dam.” The following account of various events run at Ascot was cabled to American papers The Ascot Stakes, of •20 sovs each, with 1000 sovs added, two miles, was the feature of the racing on the first 'day. It was won by Mr A. Taylor, jun’s, four-year-old Aborigine, by Exile 11. from. Kookaburra. Sir R. Jardine’a Red Ensign was second and Mr T. Wadlow’s Spindle Leg third. Tne other starters were— Irish Wake, Avoir, Kilsallaghan, Theseus, Glengall, Quilon, Houndsditch and Hsttie Sorrel. The betting was 8 to 1 agst. Aborigine, 7 to 1 Red Ensign, 8 to X Spindls Leg, 5 to 1 each Irish Wake and Avoir, 7 to 1 Kilsallaghan, 8 to 1 Theseus, 12 to 1 each Glengall, Quilon and Houndsditch, and 17 to 1 Hettie Sorrel. Aborigine jrqn by two lengths from Red Ensign, who beat Spindle Leg by a length. Quilon was fourth, only a head away. Time—Smiß 43fsec. The Prince of Wales’ Stakes, of 50 sovs each, with 1000 added, for three-years-old, about one mile and five furlongs, was won by Mr Henry Milner’s Contract, by Isonomy, from Wedding Bing. Lord Bradford's Beighterton was second and Mr Douglas Baird’s Sempronius Was third. El Gauoho also started. The betting was 4to 1 agat Contract. S to 2 Beighterton, 6 to 4 Sempronius, 4 to 1 El Gancho. The Gold Yase, value 200 sovs, given by her Majesty, added to a sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, for • three-year-olds . and upwards, two miles, was won by Lord Penrhyn’a Quaesitum, with Lord Cadogan’s Sarana, by Saraband—* Wild Hyacinth second, and Mr J. B. Barton’s Barmecide, third. The betting was sto 1 agst Quaesitum, 10 to I. each Sarana and Barmecide, 2 to 1 Paddy, 4 to 1 Child wick, S to 1 Irish Car, 10 to 1 each Montezuma and Golden Slipper. The Coventry Stakes, of 10 sovs each, 1000 added, for two-year-olds went to Mr Dobell’s Whiston. Mr D. Cooper's Saintly was second and Mr W. Johnstone’s Galinne (late Royal Bride) third. The betting was 17 to 1 agst Whiston, 4 to 1 Saintly, 20 to 1 Galinne, 9 to 2 Humphrey Clinker, 6 to 1 Beckhampton, 8 to 1 each Chasseur and Tarporley, 10 to 1 Btxardale, 12 , to 1 each La Sagesse and Dross, 14 to 1 Galeotta, 20 to 1 each Oriental Princess and Jaunting . Car. Whwton won by half a length. Saintly was six lengths ahead of Galinne. The Royal Hunt Cup, a piece of plate valued at 500 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, new mile (seven furlongs and 166 yards), was woa by Mr T. Worton’s Victor Wild, four years, old, by Albert Victor, from Wild Huntress ; Sir W. Throckmorton’s Avington „ was second, and Mr H. E. Beddington’s Maundy Money third. The other starters were- Amandier, Cabin Boy, Adoration, Haut Brion, Oatlauds, Nobleman, Llanthony. Sweet Duchess. Court Ball, Molly Morgan, Juvenal, Fennyless, Pitcher, Lady Hermit, Mrs Butterwick, Indian Queen, Evermore, Bathary, Shelley; Laodamia and Quickly Wise. The betting was 50 to 1 agst Victor Wild, 25 '1 ■ Avington, 10 to 1 Maundy Money, 7 to I Amandier, 3 to 1 Cabin Boy, 10 to 1 Adoration, 14tol each Haut Brion, Oatlands and Nobleman, 17 to 1 each Llanthpny, Bvfees... Duchess and Court Ball, 18 to 1 Moll/ Morgan, 20 to 1 Juvenal, 25 to 1 Pennyles*, 33 to 1 each Pitcher and Lady Hermit, 40 to leach Mm Butterwick, Indian Queeaand Evermore, 50 to 1 each Barbary and Shelley, and 100 to 1 each Laodamia and Qniokly Wise. Victor Wild won by half a length.