SPORTING BREVITIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10600, 8 March 1895, Page 6

SPORTING BREVITIES.

(Canterbury Times.) F. Barrett died from Bright's disease. Carnage appears to bo returning to form. Bonnie Scotland has evidently lost all form. What a wonderful mare Frailty has been! Eiridaforde finished last in the Newmarket Handicap. After a short rest. Loyalty has resumed work at Eandwick. Aquarius, by Niagara, from Eosary, has recommenced work. Gaillardia was left at the post in the Newmarket Handicap. Alex Taylor, the well-known English trainer, left j862,403Tb 2d. Wild Peer, since racing in Dunedin, has been lame in one of his knees. Havoc was well supported in Christchurch for the Australian Cup. The well-known English stallion Trapeze, a full brother to Tristan,’ is dead. Wakawatea carried top weight, 9st 131 b, when he won the Oakloigh Plate. No less than seventeen Australian-bred stallions are standing in California. In the Australian Cup Stornchaser once again disappointed his connections. J. M'Hugh and S. Lyall, two Auckland racing-mein, have become bankrupt. ■ Cloister, has received 13at 31b in the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase. Mr Henry Irving, the celebrated, actor, has joined the English Sporting League. Lebel has broken down completely, and the son of Pulchra will never race again. Buckingham, the half-brother by Galopin to Castor, has bean sent to Ireland to the stud. The progeny of Sobinson Crusoe finished first and second in the V.S.C. St Leger. Mr J. Stephenson, who was reported ill last week, is now on a fair way to recovery. A hurricane spoiled the second day of the Victorian Eaeing Club’s Autumn Meeting. Mr J, F. Eeid has a very fine colt foal by Medallion, from Guido, the dam of Skirmisher. Montauk. a colt engaged in the English Derby of 1896, has been sent from America to England. Mr V. Harris has purchased Musket from E. Kingan. The price paid is stated to,be 150 gs. G. Manning, the rider who was in the employ of Mr J. Paul, has left that gentleman's service. . The English-bred horse Tostig, who has been racing in India is being brought to Australia for sale. Bessie M’Carthy was unfortunate in the Newmarket Handicap. At the tale of Mr S. G. Cook’s horses there was no offer for the Admiral, whose upset price was 2Coogs. The Sydney folk must have lost a small fortune through the defeat of Vanitas in the Newmarket Handicap. Laundress, the winner of the Newmarket Handicap, is a four-year-old daughter of the defunct Sheet Anchor. The New Zealand-bred Sommeil, by Apremont—Hammock, has been sold in Melbourne to go to Queensland. Monte Carlo’s weight for the Wanganui Cup has been raised to 7at6lb. The weights of the other horaea are unaltered. The Auckland Eaeing Club has decided to extend its autumn meeting over three days. The third day will bo April 20. Among the two-year-olds at Home this season is Master Gerald, a colt by Tristan from the Australian-bred Lady Betty. Amiable, the winner of last season’s One Thousand Guineas and Oaks has left G. Dawson's stable for the Welbeck stud. Mr H. G, Pitt, the well-known amateur rider, has been appointed huntsman of the Timaru hounds for the ensuing season. All Mr J. B. Held's horses will go into H. Luan’s stable after the conclusion of the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting. Orme’a first foal was born on Jan. 30, when the Hermit mare St Mary, dam of La Sagesse, foaled a colt to the son of Ormonde. Challenger accomplished a fine performance when he carried Oat 101 b into second position in the Y.K.G. Sires’ Produce Stakes. F. Barrett waa twenty-seven years of age at the tinm of hia death. He had been married twice, the second time in October last. The London Sportsman publishes the pedigree of Sir Modred, and is not altogether enamoured of the breeding of the sou of Traducor. The Harvester’s running in the Australian Cup shows that the son of Sheet Anchor was unfortunate in losing the V.E.C. Sb'Leger. Harbinger, a five-year-old eon of Galopin and Primavera, who won some good races aa a three-year-old, bss - been sent from England to Germany. ,