SPORTING NOTESG

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 10465, 1 October 1894, Page 2

SPORTING NOTESG

(Canterbury Timet.) BREVITIES* Marino is stated to be moving sorely in hia work. Mr M. Loughlin, the Victorian racing man, is dead. The death is announced of Lovebird, the dam of Leopold. War Dance requires the services of a strong horseman. The Wellington Racing Club’s book programme is to hand. Mr Spence has sold Vanguard to Mr G. Walker, of Wanganui. Blarney is favourite at Hastings for the Hawke’s Bay Guineas. Pygmalion has gone to the stud this season in South Australia. Omaha, by Armament —Cornelia, is for private sale in Melbourne. MrR. M’Eae, the owner of Whalebone is the purchaser of Morpheus. The death is announced of the stallion Puriri, by Towton—Waimea. Hova knocked one _of his forelegs recently, but is now quite sound. All Mr E. Gates’s mares, including Miss Kate, will this season visit Phaethon. The Corrigan Benefit Meeting resulted in the sum of *£93o being added to the fund.

Mr Henry has been appointed handicapper to the Mastertoa-Opaki Jockey Club. A pony named Sailor, by Morethorpe, is being imported from Sydney to Wanganui. A two-year-old full brother to Whalebone died in the Manaia district recently from bot-fly. It is stated that J. M’Taggart will have the mount on Eangipuhi in the New Zealand Cup. During the weak Prime Warden has been well cupported in Dunedin for the New Zealand Gup. Prime Warden's run at the end of the Ashburton Racing Club Handicap was almost phenomenal. The Shark ia a very much improved animal, and-is pretty : certain to continue on an upward grade. A yearling colt by St Leger, from Lilac, broke his leg at Wellington Park on Sept. 18 and was destroyed. The owner of Joker is stated to have won a double of 200 to 10 by his horse’s two victories at Ashburton. The Wellington bookmakers paid out *£ls on Molly Darling in the High Weight Handicap at Timaru. Tayforth, who has been hard at work ever since he was taken to Australia, has been turned out for a rest. The Gisborne Racing Club will hold its spring meeting on Nov. 9, when the sum of 250 sovs will be given away in stakes.

Loyalty started at 7 to 1 in the Spring 1 Stakes at the Australian Jockey Club's Spring Meeting, but ran disappointingly. Aquarius, by Niagara, who was an early favourite for the Melbourne Cup, has gone wrong, and has been fired and turned out. Impulse will leave Auckland immediately for Biccarton, where he will complete his preparation for the New Zealand Cup. Mr Murray-Aynsley rode War Dance to victory in the Longbeach High-weight Handicap, at Ashburton, with only one stirrup. T. Connop has been secured to ride the Auckland filly Doris in her engagements at the Hawke'e Bay Jockey Club's Spring Meetingi Mr S. H. Gollan has sold Forerunner to Mr Devonshire, and the son of King of Clubs and En Avant has taken up stud duty at Pahiatua. At the Kompton Park August Meeting on August 15, the City of London Breeders' Foal Stakes was won by Priestholme, by Senanus—-Legacy.

The South Canterbury Jockey Club wants to reopen the Clarence case. The affair is now, however, in the hands of the Metropolitan Club. Lada, who won the Maiden Plato at Aalibui'ton last week, is a handsome little filly. She ia not very brilliant, but .she is wonderfully game. Au Revijir appeared to tire s, good deal at the efc€%f the Aahburton iSaomg Club Handics/p* ,T 'The gallop will do-Butler's horee a deal of good. Philson will not come to New Zealand to run in the Hawke's Bay Guineas, but he may be sent over later on to compete in the Great Northern Derby. The distance for the Dunedin Cup has been reduced to one mile and threequarters and one hundred and thirty-two yards—St Lager distance. The late Captain Sandeman's horse Clinker ran at the Australian Jockey Club's Spring Meeting in the name of his brother, Mr A. C. Sandeman. Ruenalf pulled up lame after finishing second in the Spring Stakes at the Australian Jockey Club's Spring Meeting. The trouble is ia his shoulder. At a recent race meeting at Noumea, New Caledonia, two riders were disqualified, one for three years and the other for life, for foul riding. The connections of "OVoba are stated to have won a large stake when the son of Splendour finished first in the Australian Jockey Club's Epsom Handicap. It is believed that The Dauphin's broken leg, which necessitated his destroyal last week, was caused by the horae attempting to rise in his box after lying down.

Bingara, who won the Hurdle Race on the first day of the Australian Jockey Club's Spring Meeting, was purchased a few days prior to the meeting by W. Kelso. Launceston is stated to have been going twice as fast as the winner at the finish for the Kensington Handicap, run on the first day of the Australian Jockey Club’s Spring Meeting. The tax on the Pari-mutuel betting on the French racecourses had up to August 9 produced .£400,000 this year. The money has to be divided among charitable institutions. In the Plying Handicap at Ashburton Saracen was last but one into the straight, and was then beaten by a bead for second place. Until a few minutes before the flag fell the son of St George was unsupported on the totaiisator. Tireuse, the half-sister to Tirailleur, injured herself at Caulfield recently in a manner that will prevent her being seen in public for some considerable time. This is unfortunate for Mr Gollan, as the mare was coming on splendidly.

Elswick 83fc 81b, and Sternchaser Safe 121 b started in the Armadale Handicap, run at the Victoria Amateur Turf Club's Meeting on Sept. 'B. The former was well supported at 4 to 1, but was a good deal above himself, and finished unplaced. Speaking about the inferiority of the jockeys of the present time, Mr W. Long, the Sydney racing man, related that he had seen thirty horses start in a race at Eandwick, and before they had gone two furlongs moat of the whips were out* Scobie hopes to run Dreamland either in the Caulfield Guineas race or the Caulfield Stakes. The colt might, his trainer says, be doing better in the stable; but he is working regularly, and iB thoroughly recovered from his recent attack of strangles. The Wanganui Jockey Club having been established in 1848, it ia intended by the members of the club to celebrate its jubilee by increasing the value of the "Wanganui Cup of ?.898 from £sooto £IOOO. | To provide for thiE a certain sum is being set aside each year. The first prize ia the Sydney Referee's scientific breeding problem " How to mate Utter " has been won by Mr J. O. Hayward, of Feathersi;on, New Zealand. He suggested Lochiel and gets £25, while the second prize of £lO went to Mr C. M'lvor, who named Far Niente. At the Victoria Amateur Turf Club's Meeting on Sept. 8, Beßsie M'Carthy Bst 121 b and Ilium Bat 41b finished unplaced in the Eosstown Handicap of 100 sovs, five and a quarter furlongs, won by Walwa Bst Gib, and Titanic list 121 b occupied a similar position in the Hurdle Eace. Under the American rule, which reade "Jockeys shall not be ownera or part owners of any racehorse after August 1, 1894," Littlefield was not permitted to start Galloping King; so he sold the horse to his wife znd entered him in her name, but the stewards again refused to permit him to start, ,

Royal Rose was recently supported in Welliugfcoa for tho Now Zealand Cup by a commissioner representing the stable. Eight hundred pounds at, 100 to 5 was obtained, and another .£SOO wbb got in other parts of the colony at similar odds. The commissioner was willing to po on at "fives," but the best price on offer was 100 to 7.

A. Ferguson, the well-known Victorian cross-country rider, on being asked what he thought was the beat hurdle racehorse he ever rode, named Sultan, by Apremont —Misa Kate, who, he declared, could carry him and hold, such animals as Litigant and Gresford in their work, and that, had he kept sound, he should have had little fear even of Redleap. Mr White, a horse owner iD Adelaide, brought evidence at a meeting of the committee of the Adelaide EacingClub,recently in support of the charges of incompetence against Mr Corneliu3, the starter of the club, but tho committee decided that the charges had not been subntantiated nor proved. It is probable that a starting machine will be tried by the Adelaide Racing Club at its next meeting. Mo3es, winner of the Derby of 1822, was owned by the Duke of York, who, remarks " Dagonet," was a bishop at the time. He was the Bißhop of Osnaburgb, which is in Westphalia, where the hams come from, so we have a bishop and the Derby and Moßes and Ham all mixed up together. Now that we have found Oliver Cromwell horse-racing, a bishop owning » runner for the Derby, and Moses winning the rs.ee, all ccmscieneea—Church o£ England, Nonconformist and Rabbinical — ought to be satisfied. An attempt (remarks the Sydney Daily Telegraph) is said to have been made recently to nobble the racing mare Carrie Swain. She was shipped at Raymond Terrace for Sydney, and shortly after reaching Newcastle wa3 seen to be frothiug from the mouth and nostrils, with a, bucket of feed in front of her. An emetic was given, and Carrie Swain vomited matter containing irritant poison. She is now all right, and a reward is offered for the conviction of the person who administered the dose.

AUSTRALIAN AND FOREIGN, The following paragraph is taken from the Caulfield training notes in the Melbourne Svortsman, of Sept. 18Sternchaser strode along over a couple of miles at from half to three-quarter pace, and Kimberley acted as schoolmaster to Loyalty's half-sister, Freda, during a brush over four furlongs, which took them S7aec. The filly is a nice mover, but is rather backward at present. Cuirass, the half-brother to Tirailleur and Bessie M’Carthy, went along steadily, ami although he pulled up very lame one morning last week, he appears to be all right again, Bessie M’Carthy was givm a useful task.

A Calcutta correspondent, under d»te August 18, writes to the Melbourne /Sportsman: —Just & line according to promise. But there is really nothing of note to send, as this is the hot season, and the sporting world is very quiet. The horses brought up by Uphill are all in glow work. Comedian, The Friend and Driffield are looking well after the very rough passage up, which resulted (as you no doubt know) in the death of Oresteß and Barefoot. Lord Hopetoun ia in charge of Petorß, who took Sol Green's horsei over from Joe Munro, who, no doubt, will be in before this letter. [He has arrived.—Ed. £.} Highborn ia a hot favourite for the Viceroy's Cup. Metallic, the English mare, is also being backed. Xury, the English three-year-old, has been backed at a long price. Although ho has been bought by Lord William Beresford, it is not certain that he will come to India. Telephone, brought up by Green, has broken hiß neck while being schooled over the hurdles at Calcutta. He started twice here in hurdle races, but ran very badly. Trahan, the jockey, who started public training some time ago, has given it up, and most of hiß horses have been given to Jimmy Watson, of Adelaide. But Watson ia still open for a private engagement as trainer. f ■ The Sydney Referee's Scietifc'% problem; "How to Mate tToter;" for prizes presented by the mare's owner, Wr H. Oxenham, has been won by Mr J. 0. Hayward, of Featheraton, in the Wairarapa. Mr Hayward, who named Lochial as the most suitable horse, takes the first prize of .£25, and Mr C. M'lvor, who named Far Niente, takes the second prize of £lO. As regards the number of votoß, Lochiel received most, with Nordenfeldt second, and Splendour and the Australian Peer close up third and fourth respectively. Newminster, Trenton and Malua came next, each having the Bame number of votes. Next in order came Bill of Portland, Gdzo, Portsea, Grand Flaneur, Gossoon and Far Niente, all on equal terms. Russley, Grandmaatsr, Marvel and Abercorn are together aext, and then come Aureus, Carnage, Carbine, The Admiral, Canzoni, Niagara and Keckersgat inseparable. Next in order were Motes, MartiaiHenry (people selected Martini-Henry, strange aa it may appear), Autonomy, Sardonyx, Dreamland, Nobleman, Melos, Tellun, Goid3borough, Wellington, Mentor, Eobintion Crusoe, Zalinski, Stepuiak, Dreadnought, Stanmore, Eiridapotd, Pilgrim's Progress, King William, Ayr Ladde, Little ,-BBrnie, Sir William, Singapore, British Lion, Sweet William, "Vengeance, Lord Bundooro, Malvolio, Forest King, Wheatmeat and Trident, all on equal terms.

The question of tha beet two-year-old (writes " Eapior " in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News) still remains extremely open. I believe it is correct that Ualweary is reckoned to be about 101 b bahiud The Lombard, and as Balweary is 31b or 41b more than this behind Hopbine, on the Lewes running, that does not make out Mr fll'Calinont's colt to be, ao good as his friends hoped. Bentworth is rumoured to be bettor than Hopbine—a singularly handsome colt, the latter, by the way—and so what we all want to know is what would happen if Tarporley, Bentworth and Saintly were to meet ? I should be inclined to choose Tarporley, for I was greatly struck by the way in which he disposed of Utica. According to another rumour, however, John Porter declares that Tarporley is not within a stone of a good horae. I hope he may find one a stone better, and then if Raconteur proves himself a stone better than The Lombard we shall be running into form! Laveno has still to be seen also, and it would be an exciting Champagne on Sept. 11 if he, Saintly, Eaconteur, Hopbine and one or two more were to go to the post. As for Saintly, I presume she must have come on, for not only was she beaten in the Brocklesby, I but she was behind Utica and Curzon at Kempton early in May, and three weeks afterwards Chat Mos 3 beat her at Newmarket. Even remembering, however, that Bradford lost his irons on her and rode a bad race at Ascot, when Whiston beat her, Whiston would apparently have been tolerably close up in the Coventry Stakes, and I believe him to be & very moderate animal, so that we must not rate Saintly too highly, most creditably as she did run at Sandown and at Goodwood. Her last two performances have, however, been by far the best, and that is much. "Malvolio" wired to the Melbourne Sportsman concerning the race for the Australian Jockey Club Derby as follows : Noblemanwas the favourite at 2 to 1. He looked perfect." He iB a very handsome bay, extremely St, and said by gentleman who saw Ladas win the English Derby to be the dead spit of Uluminata's son. Bonnie Scotland showed great condition, and it was generally conceded that Martin deserved credit for his charge's appearance. His price was 5 to 2, at which he was heavily backed. Glenullin was next in demand at 6 to 1. This ia a fine lengthy colt, -who will do better with time. Atlas was at B's. He is a gigantic horae, wonderfully developed. A chestnut, with white foot, and apparently as kind as a woman. His development is extraordinary, and he should make a champion over country. Cobbity looked too much like his name, short and cobby. First shot is very like his dam was at his age, but smaller all over. Ee showed fine condition, but was outclassed. Both these stood at 8 to 1. Chesterman is a beautiful brown, who

hsa come on wonderfully : since the winter. He is lazy aa a eifoth. Kegina, the only filly, was (unplaced. They were started by Gray's} machine without a second's delay. GlenMlin and C'obbifcy were the firs b to more. Brassing the stand Glenullin lod Bonnie Scotland thre?quartsrs of a length. Noblffiman was fighting for hia head. At a uiilfe Glenullin still led Mr Gollan's colt, JNobleman, nearly hauling Gainsford out offthe saddle, was next, and Rcgma last. Mofrrigou went up to the leader at the sheds!, and Atlas began to appear prominent.) Cobbity ran up outside at three fuulongs, and Nobleman was still struggling to get his head. Bonnie Scotland lea into the Btraight, where Nobleman was done with. At the distance Cheaterman came through the beaten ones and went at Bonnie Scotland. was intense excitement as Chester's eon gained inch by inch, and at the stand looked aa though he would get up. Morrison for his life. Both whips were in. play* and the Maori just managed to stall off f the last effort of Chesterman and win by a - short head. Cobbity was ten lengths away third, and - Nobleman and"/ Ragina together fourth. Glenullin t eftsed up at the last. Time—2min 44sec. It is curious (wrijbes "Kapier" in the Sporting and Dramatic News of August 18) to observe how timid backers are about tho Lager. On Monday there was a disposition to lay odds on Ladas, but it speedily declined; before, I Buspect, any real business was done. Matchbox is firm at 7 to 2, that is to say 7 to 2 is always on offer, but apparently no one taken it. I do not believe there has been so little Lager betting a month before the race for the last half century. Amiable has settled down nominally at 10 to 1, but I do not gather from the most carefully compiled list of prices that any one really takes these oddE. This 10 to 1 and the 100 to 7 against Son o' Mine and Stowmarket represent the prices, I suppose, that the ring would offer if there was any one to take them. The 25 to 1 against None the Wiser and Lady Minting sums up the situation, except that Throstle has como from 50's to 40's. Is it really 40 to 1 against her ? That depends of course upon whether tho mare is to run on her own account or to maie a pace for Matchbox. If the latter, and if she is to be pulled out of his way, of course it is all 40 to 1, though, we have seen pace-makers win—in the Goodwood Stokes of 1886 for instance, but that iraß sn. accident: it was never supposed possible that Winter Cherry could pull through, and so no special instructions were given to the boy who rode as to whit he was to do when nearing the winning post. Every one assumed she would be far behind Sir Kenneth by that time, only she waß not ! When Throaile won the Coronation Stakes, though she was assisted by her light weight—allpvanco against Amiable's penalty—it must not be forgotten that she was altogether out of sorts, so much, so that no one in the stable backed her. I did, but before seeing her; and when I looked her over I felt certain that my money was lost. She won at Goodwood like a racehorse, and animals with much less apparent chance than she possesses have won tho Leger. Still, if John Porter knows her to be a very long way behind Matchbox her assistance to make the running is of the very highest importance. Ladas to all appearance does not stay. In a slow run race his fine spaed woujd very liiely bring him home, but if Matchbox is rally a stayer and Throstle keeps the Held vigorously on the stretch for the first three-quarters of the distance, notling would surprise me less than to hear !;he roar which proclaims the defeat of the favourite in a big race. i