SPORTING NOTES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10600, 8 March 1895, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

(CaUrbu uvy Times.) The death ia announced of Sardius, by Emulation—Bn by, who was one of the victims and probably the cause of the famous Caulfield Cup accident. He won the Caulfield Guineas and the Adelaide Birthday Cup, while ha finished second in Martini-Henry’s V.B.C. Derby, second to Ls Grand in the V.E.C. Sires’ Produce States and third in the Adelaide Cup. Many critics believe that he would have won the Caulfield Cup in which he and eo many other horses fell. On - the subject of trying yearlings B. Peck, the well-known English trainer, delivered himself to a representative of the London Sportsman as follows:—“No two horses are alike. I was able to try Bend Or as a yearling before Doncaster, and found out then what a good one he was, but aa for Doncaster he couldn’t get more than three furlongs aa a two-year-old and never really came to himself till much later. Blair Athol, too, who wan the finest foal I ever saw, would never have been heard of if some people had trained him, for I remember well how ho began to go back at the knees when • first he wont into work, and William I’Anson stopped him at ones. For three months after that he used to be led about and never had a boy on his back. I'don’C think I ever saw a horse with quite such beautiful action as Blair Athol.”

The well-known English stallion. Trapeze, died on Jan. 9. He was an own brother to that good horse Tristan, being by Hermit ■out of Thrift, by Stockwell out of Braxy, and perhaps the best known of his get was Acrobat, whilst he also sired many other -winners, amongst whom may be mentioned Modra, Sauteur, Newmarket, Santeuaa 11, Trojan, Lorgnon, Chevalet, Troilua 11, Totis, Yaulter, Marguerite 11, &c. In the list of foals of 1894 he is returned as the aire of twenty-two, three of which have died. Trapeze was the first bom of twins, the other, a filly, having died in foaling'. Like hi a brother, Tristan, he was a dark chestnut without whits. He only ran twice, this was in 1883, when ho was a two year old, but he was beaten in both races, and in the July of the same year he met with en accident at exercise and ended his racing career. A post-mortem examination was held upon the horse on Jan. 11, when it was found that ha died from rapture of the stomach.

Aa the anti-gambling folk have practically exterminated racing in America for the present, many of the principal American owners are sending their horses to England. On Jan. 25 Messrs Crokor and Dwyer’s teams arrived at Gravesend. They consisted of the following horses:— Banquet, b g, by Eayon d’Or—Ella T.. aged; Don Alonzo, bsfa, by Long Taw— Bound Dance, syrs; Stonenell, ch h, by Stonehenge—Nell, 6yrs; Dobbins, ch h, by Mr Pickwick (imp.)—Thora, 4yrs ; Harry Seed, b e, by Himyar—Yiolot, Syr»; Belle Meade, ch f, by Glenelg— Trade Wind, 2yj;sHerbert, blk c, by Iroquois—Hildegarda, 2yrs; True Blue, ch o, by Iroquois—Tullahoma, 2yrs; Montank, ch c, by Strathmore—Spinaway, 2yra; Dinah, ch f, by Iroquois—Orphan Girl, 2yra; Trojan (lata Utica), by Iroquois—Duchess, Byra; ch f, by Iroquois— Amelia, 2yrs; br or b f, by Iroquois— Theodora, 2yrs; .ch f, by Iroquois—Tattoo, 2yra; b f, by Iroquois—Baby, 2yrs; ch f, by Iroquois—Lady, 2yrs; ch f, by Inspector B.—Tsmerick, 2yrs. Dobbins has been entered for the Chester Cup, and has received 141 b lees than Eavensbury, who is top weight; while in the Jubilee Stakes BestmaSi, who. is top weight, has to give Stonenell 181 b. The well-known Australian stallion Bosworth is dead. The name of Boa worth (says “Terliaga”) recalls recollections of the St Albans stable in its very palmiest days. By Maribyrnong from The Pawn, Boa worth was a fall brother to Eichmond, and seeing the prices which subsequent brothers and sisters brought, Mr Herbert Power did well to secure Boaworth privately from the late Mr Andrew Town for 500 guineas. About the same time Mr White ggvo 1150 guineas for Eoodes, which was the highest price paid for a yearling np to that date. Boaworth was unplaced in the Maribyrnong Plate, but he won his next four races, was third in the Aecotvalo Stakes, second to His Lordship in the Champagne Stakes, and then won the Breeders’ Plate and Alleged Stakes. He was amiss in the winter and could not be got ready for Wellington’s Derby, but he was in the paddock during the meeting, and Mr Eli Jollett asked Mr Archie Tuille to try and got him under offer. Mr Power asked 1000 guineas, and Jellett closed. _ The bargain was not a bad one oa either side, as Bosworth paid his new owner his purchase money, but in Savanaka Mr Power had retained a horoo which subsequently beat the cast-off in both the" Australian and Sydney Cups. Boaworth made his first appearance in his new ownership on Jan. ■ 1, 1879, and ran third to Wellington and Warlock in the Champion Race. In the autumn he ■won the Victoria Racing Club’s Leger and Town Plate, besides running second to Savanaka for the Australian Cup. Going on to Sydney, he won the .St Legor, but Savanaka and Cheater beat him in the Cup; and in Adelaide Warlock beat him uhdad in the Adelaide Stakes after a beautifully ridden finish between Hales on

(the ■winner and "Walker on Bosworth. After this Bosworth did no good, although * ha did not finally take leave of the turf | until ho was six years old. A a a. sire he | will always he known through hia son Boz, I ''a really great hoise. Useful performers b.a got were Miatletos, Misdeal, Skiff, and Bosmond; bat ha was not such a stud success as Richmond, who was given a far bettor chance. F. Barrett, tho well known horseman who died on Jan. 21, from Bright's disease was, writes Vigilant ” in the London Sportsman, married a second time, no longer ago than October last, and was only in his twenty-eighth yeai% having been born, I believe, in Suffolk in tbo autumn of October, 18G7. Fred Barrett had, I believe,been subject to epileptic fits, and some years ago passed through an illness so severe that hia life was for a time in great jeopardy. Of late English racecourses have known little of his presence, his time being mainly spent in Austria, where ho rods some good winners. In this country Fred Barrett was brought prominently before tbo public by his triumph on the Duke of Portland’s Ayrshire in tho Derby of 1883, Weaving tho colours of tho same owner he had the mount on Donovan when that famous horse carried off the St Leger, Newmarket Stakes, Prince of Wales’ Stakes, and Lancashire Plate in the following season. Another great hit made by him at Epsom was on Bird of Freedom lor the City and Suburban Handicap in 1885, after a desperately contested finish with M’Mahon, victory inclining repeatedly to one and the other horse. On the previous afternoon poor Fred bad sustained a fall which at the moment seemed likely to have a vevy serious result. For the Eiddlesdowa Plate ho rode a well-known horse named Brighton, which fell not far . from the number - board, pitching hia jockey over the rails, where he lay apparently badly hurt. The injury done was, however, trivial, and tho brilliant success on the following clay fsirly “brought down the house ” as Bird of Freedom and ridor returned to the paddock in front of ’ the weighing-room. A kind and most valuable patron was Mr Leopold da Rothschild, and in the dark blue and yellow combination of the Palace Home stable the deceased jockey showed many times to advantage, notably on Alicante for the Cambridgeshire of 1890.' The honours of the French Derby fell to him in two successive years, on Clover and Heaume. He was associated, too, with important victories gained in another blue jacket, that of Sir Robert Jardine, for whom Barrett won the Manchester Cup on Borneo and tho Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot on Acrostic. -'

The Special Commissioner of the London Sportsman has been ou a visit to Sic Blundell Maple’s stud, Childwick. Ho writes of the sir.es, located there as follows:—I wes especially interested in my old favourite Childwick, who has developed in a marvellous degree since hia memorable Cesarawifcch victory, at 'which time it may be remembered he had grown out of all knowledge as compared with the wasted shadow he presented at Ascot. He now girths l|in more than he did when ho arrived at hia now quarters, and with four hours’ exercise a day he has thriven and grown lusty, with far more muscle oa his thighs and quarters than at one time would have seemed ocsiible. Ho is a thoroughly typical St Simon, aud as sound aa a boll in every respect, so that with hia approved stamina and his splendid blood, both through sire and dam, he can hardly fail of stud success. Sir Tatton Sykes is among the cubscrib-cro to hia list this season. In the box next to him stands that beautiful and very speedy horse Prince Hampton, bred on the lines of Ladas, Float, Eirkcounel, Balmoral, and other good ones. Thoroughly typical of Hampton blood he fills the eye at once as likely to go high in the winning stallion lists, and at hia present fee he is one of the cheapest horses at the stud. Royal Hampton has amply justified the high opinion Tom Castle always entertained of him. Never did he look better than now, and well may the custom be continued of just tying np bis tail loosely when visitors are inspecting him, so that they may boo his wondrous development of power and muscle ns they stand behind him. On a somewhat shorter leg than his eon. Prince Hampton, he carries stiil more of the Hampton characteristics, aud oven if Kirkoonnel should not win one of the big events this season, Marcion has abundantly proved what smashing good stock Eoyal Hampton ia capable of siring. His list is, of course, full at 150 guineas, and that, too, for mares coming from the most successful studs. 0c all these horses, however, commend me to Common, who is now in superb form, as clean and hard as possible, but full of muscle, and furnished to an extent that almost wipes out the recollection of the somewhat angular scarecrow he appeared oa the Leger day when he was undoubtedly stale from the continuous work of a hard season.