SPORTING BREVITIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10653, 14 May 1895, Page 3

SPORTING BREVITIES.

(Canterbury Times.) F. Cochrane has left M. Hobbs’ employ. Au Revoir has been blistered and turned out for a rest. Cobbitty will go to tho stud at Goulburn (New South Wales). Mount Royal is being hacked prior to recommencing work. It is reported that Prime Warden is being schooled over hurdles. Marvel’s brother, Elaraeystone, has has been sold to go to India. Tho Victorian steeplechaser. The Indian, has been sold to go to India. Kempottfeldfc, by Nordenfeldt—Bianca, is in work again at Hastings. The death is announced in Tasmania of Crcswick, tho sire of Mariner. Steppe, tho dam of Eussley and Stepniak, is stated to be in a bad way. A Sydney paper describes St Hippo as “ the well-performed Tasmanian.” Barmby, Golden Fleece and Minerva returned from Wellington on Sunday. Kirkconel na? prooably ridden in the Two Thousand Guineas by J. Watts, The Sydney Mail elates that Revenge arrived from Wellington on April 24. Although Mr J. B, Clark is selling off his horses, he will race a few jumners. The report that Mr T, M. Wilford has purchased tho “hack” Slaidea - is incorrect. . . Elchiake is iu work again at Ricoarton. The son of Richmond is in Derrett’a stable. ■ . j Messrs F. Hill and W. Proffitt, the wellknown bookmakers, left for England recently. BJarneystone was lame, at the conclusion of the Australian Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting, Paris arrived in London on April 20. The son of Grandmaster was in excellent condition. It is reported that an American, worth five millions, is going to commence racing iu England. The same week that tho late M. Campbell was buried the first horse he ever rode in a race died. Gss, who finished third in tho One Thousand Guineas,, is a three-quarter sister to Ladas. The Hotchkiss colt True Blue finished unplaced iu the A.J.C. All-sged Stakes, won by Georgia. The death is announced of the Victorian stallion, Lord Wilton, who, in his day,- was a good racehorse. Out of eight starters in the Wellington Steeplechase, no less than seven made mistakes in the race. Oa March 15, Kirkeonnel, the winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, waa described as being very backward. The Lombard, one of the crack two-yesr-olaa in England last season, is statsd to have become a roarer. The death is announced of the Hawke’s Bay two-year-old Combermere, by Forerunner, from Miss Dargou. Tha defeat of St Clements in the Thompson Handicap at Wellington was a severe blow to Aucklanders. Pegasus hss taken matters easily ever since his accident, but Tho Workman is still moving along in his work. lalanthus collided with another horse in the Sydney Cup and stumbled on to his head, six furlongs from home. At Messrs Long and Hill’s sale, Mr Long bought Patrons, a two-year-old full sister to Patron and Patroness, at 30Cgs. The committee of tha Canterbury Jockey Club. has made a donation of 3gs to the St John Ambulance .Society. “ Reginald,” iu the Melbourne Sportsman, thinks that Bob Ray is the beet two-year-old of the season in Australia, St Hippo stands 16hd 2ia,is 6 feet round the girth, while his forearm measures 21m/aad he is B£in below the knee. 1 Galeottia, who won tho One Thousand Guineas last week, belongs to a gentleman who at one time lived in Australia. A cablegram states that Carbine and tha Novelette colt have arrived in good condition at Colombo, en route to England. Gleumarkie, the- sire of'the Melbourne Cup winner, Glonloth, has been destroyed. His hindquarters had become paralysed. Tha pedigree of Musket Maid, the dam of "Waiuku, is obscure. All that is known at present is that the mare is by Musket. It is stated that when the Australianbred Arquebus won tha South African Summer.,Cup. his owners won £20,000 in bets. G. Wright took with him to Sydney a pony which is stated to be a wonder. The little animal is unnamed and has never raced. A younger brother of the late H. Cusdjn was recently killed in Melbourne. A train ran over him. Misfortunes never come singly. .. , .. The tickets for the Sfc Albans lottery are going off so well, that Mr W. R. Wilson intends to fix a day for drawing immediately. Oxide’s victory in the A.J.C. City Handicap made tho third consecutive occasion on which the son of Sardonyx has won this race. The yearlings by Russloy, offered for sale in Sydney during the Australian 'Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting, were very highly spoken of. The South Australian Jockey Club is taking strict measures to prevent bookmakers laying totalisator odds on the racecourse. St Clements accomplished a great performance, when, with 10st on his back he easily won the Electric Handicap at Wellington. Fortunatua ia to be shipped to India immediately. Hia new owner is going to have him specially prepared for the Viceroy’s Cup. Minerva struck her near stifle when she fell in the Trial Steeplechase at Wellington. The sister to Clarence was vary sore after tho race. The name of the yearling colt by Abercorn—Percussion, sold at tho Kirkham sale, has bean altered from Pendennisto John Barleycorn. Patron is now in slow work at Flemington, and displays no signs of lameness. His owner expects to get another race out of the eon of Olga. When Minerva fell in the Trial Steeplechase at Wellington, T. Sheenan, who was riding her, sustained a fracture of a email bone in his wrist. ■ The Sydney Referee describes the colt by Absrcorn from Moonstone, which D. O’Brien bought, as one of the best of the Kirkham yearlings. W. Pine, tha lad who w.as savaged by Prime Warden, is well enough to ride at a walking pace, He leaves for hia home at Dunedin this week. T. Sheenan baa sold St Louis to J. M’Kewen, and the son of St George took up his quarters in Dunedin after the South Canterbury meeting. I'. Kin gen had sufficiently recovered from the accident he recently met with to ride at Wellington last week. He leaves for Sydney immediately. At the Adelaide Tattersall’s Meeting on April 27, Tatfcersall’s Cup, one mile and a quarter, was won by Kirkby Bst 51b, a tull brother to Portaea.

It ia stated that J. Thompson, the bookmaker, intends to pay a visit to Australia. He proposes to come out ia time to see tho Melbourne Cup decided. Some yearlings by Puachka (by Musket) were sold in Sydney during the Australian Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting. All fetched very low prices. Golden Fleece appears to have lost all form. On her spring running the daughter of Stonyhurst should have won the Electric Handicap at Wellington. The celebrated American coloured horseman, Isaac Murphy, who has not ridden for some few seasons, has recommenced the exercise of his profession. Cartridge made hia debut in the Second Nursery Handicap at tho Australian Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting, and with Bst4lb on his bach was never prominent. Tho Wellington Steeplechase of 1895 will long be famous for the number of accidents which occurred in the race. The fences were smaller than usual. It is reported that a commission has been sent from India to Australia for a horse good enough to win tho Viceroy’s Cup. Tho limit price is IOOOge. Barmhy performed iu a most disappointing manner in the Autumn Handicap at Wellington. Evidently tbs son of Van-

guard doas not stay more than a mile really well. The attendance at the Onkaparinga Meeting, which is held twenty-three miles away from Adelaide, was larger than that at Randwick on Sydney Cup Day. Waiuku only juat appears to be running into form. The son of St Leger won the Thompson and Autumn Handicaps at Wellington last week in great style. Shortly after his return to Melbourne from Sydney Havoc injured bis stifle, and the son of Frailty was thus precluded from fulfilling his engagements as Adelaide. The Canterbury Jockey Club has voted £lO from the Distressed Jockeys' Fund to W. Pino, who was savaged by Prime Warden at the club's autumn meeting. The well-known Sydney horse Pilot Boy is being schooled over hurdles. He has bean entered for the hurdle races at the Sydney Turf Club’s Birthday Meeting. After the victory of lalanthus in the A.J.C. City Handicap, 300 gs were offered for his yearling brother, which had just previously brought llOga at the Kirkham sale. The sum passed through the total iaator at the Woilingtoa meeting last week was .£1259 more than was handled at the Autumn and Steeplechase Meeting last year. In the City Handicap tun on the third day of the Australian Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting, Tridentate, Eureka, Donation and The Admiral all fell. ■ No damage was done.;'., . . ' ■ ' Austral nearly fell at the last fence in the Wellington Steeplechase.' In fact Peters, who was riding the eon of The Australian, actually touched the ground with •one hand. A yearling filly by Cuirassier from Hosanna has been purchased in Auckland by Mr T. Budge, of Invercargill. The price paid for the youngster is. a trifle under £IOO. A Melbourne boy, about ten years of eg®, selected the double—Delaware and Patroness—for the Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup. The wager was £l5O to one scilling. Bob Ray baa been nominated for the Royal Stakes, a handicap to be decided at the Sydney Turf Club’s Birthday Meeting. ■Loyalty has not boon entered for any events .at the gathering. The yearling colt by Castor—Cissy has been named Day Star, the colt by Castor— Hilda will be known as Airfares, and Arniilla i* the name given to the .filly by Castor from Necklace. , ' Our old friend Dr W. 0. Ross, in an interview, stated that the Duke of Westminster had written to Mr W. R. Wilson with a view to purchasing daughters of Mersey for the Baton stud. The reason given for the retirement of Mr J. B. Clark from the Australian turf is that Mr Clark was hurt at the way in which the inquiry in connection with the A.J.C. Piste protest was conducted. The largest price secured at the Sydney autumn sales was IOOQga for a full brother to Cobbitty. Mr Baily bought the youngster. and D. O’Brien and Messrs W. R. Hall and J. E. Clark all bid for him. J. Day ouly quite recently took charge of Sir J. Blundell Maple’s stable, and he has won the Two Thousand Guineas with Kirkcoaell, a horse which hia employer purchased four months before the race. At a recent pony meeting held at Moorefiold (Sydney), Lara (by Martini-Henry— Mflscotte) and Pearl Powder (by Trenton —'Maiden's Blush) won the' Rockdale Handicap and Park Stakes respectively. Wakawatea, St Hippo, S.ylvia Park, Heather Bell, Bob Ray, Wyvarn, All Thera nud Watecbury have been nominated for various events to be decided at the Sydney Turf Club’s Birthday Meeting. G. Wright’s lease of Forme and Forma expired after the conclusion of the Auckland Racing Club’s Autumn Meeting, and the pair of fillies, which belong to Mr T. Morrin, have returned to Wellington Park. The following prices were realised for horses taken from Australia to India : Comedian, 12,000 rupees; The Friends, 7000 rupees ; Driffield, 6000 rupees ; Larboard Watch, 7000 rupees; and Nowfcon, 6000 rupees. After the Australian Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting, Mr C. M. Lloyd’s lease of Cobbitty and Malachite expired. Both colts, who were moro or less broken down, have been returned to their owner, Mrs James White, . .

Whan Dromedary fell in the Wellington Steeplechase a portion of her bridle was broken. Some time was lost in mending it roughly, andas it afterwards came undone the mare finished the race without the bit in her mouth. Mr W. C. Cooper, the ex-Australian racing man, cannot feel well pleased with himsoif. Last December he sold Kirkconoll for SOOOgg, and at the first occasion of starting the colt has won the Two Thousand Guineas. The South Australian Government has announced that after this year it will not grant any public holidays for race meetings. It is considered that ample time is already devoted to racing without giving it further encouragement. At the Sydney autumn sales D. O’Brien purchased a colt by Splendor, from Meditation, at S3gs; a gelding by Abercorn—Etna (dam of Stromboli), at 230 g s; and a gelding by Abercorn —Moonstone (dam of Carlyon) at 300ga. Alcinous won the Badranald Handicap at the Balranald (Victoria) Meeting recently. The son of Ingoraar carried 9st 91b, and next day, with lOst 3lb on his back, finished second to Irrtum XOat 51b in the Grand Stand Handicap. An American writer has this about CarbineHe commenced his career at three years old in the Australian Derby, in which event Ensign beat him by a scant head after a terrific finish. He won three other racss on the same day. Mr W. R. Hall gave 350 gs for a yearling by Abercorn, from Trafalgar (the dam of Dreadnought), a filly by Abercorn— Bust, went to Mr S. Hordern at 210gn, and a half-brother, by Abercorn, to Projectile went to Mr W. Leonard at 260 gs, Loyalty seems to be going from bad to worse. With 8 it 3lb on his back he finished unplaced in the A.J.C. City Handicap won by lalanthue, and carrying Bst he was nowhere in the Final Handicap won by Delaware 7st 131 b. The value of the Eoyal Hunt Cup run at Ascot, is this year increased by .£ISOO, which will bo added to the sweepstakes of 20 sovs and a piece of plate value £SOO, which has hitherto represented the stake. The prize for the Ascot Cup was materially increased last year. St Hippo and Sylvia Park were entered for the Royal Stakes and Birthday Cup to be decided at the Sydney Turf Club’s Birthday Meeting. St Hippo, who was allotted' 9at 121 b in the Birthday Cup and 10st lib in the Eoyal Stakes, has bean scratched for both events. In Australasia the following well-known performers were first foals-Abercorn, Trenton, Titan, Cranbrook, Acme, Ur alia. Volley, Sardonyx, Mitrailleuse, Mata, Goldsbrough, Cheater, Sir Hercules, Saracen, Strowan and Betrayer. Bendigo, the English crack, was also a first foal. George Gardiner, of Victoria Terrace, Pyrmont Bridge Road, Sydney, was the winner of the first prize in Tattersall’a sweep on the Sydney Cup, £1800; J. Teasdale, of Brunnerton, New Zealand, drew second prize, of £675; and B. M’Kenna, Cunnamulla, Queensland, third prize, of £430. The Melbourne Sportsman describes Mr S. H. Gollan’s grey hunter Dhurringyle as a perfect fencer, but slow, and merely up to hunter’s form, Busaco ie a game, good old steeplechaser, but not quite the horse he used to bo, and light iu condition; his appearance will probably disappoint New Zealand sportsmen. The Sydney Bulletin calls Mr G. G. Stead the Captain Machell of Maoriland. The likeness is hardly correct. Captain Machell lays himself out for coups in handicaps, while Mr Stead endeavours to win weight-£or-age events. Mr Stead has started very few horses in handicaps during the past two or three seasons. It is stated that the drawer of Bradford in Tatteraall’s sweep on the Sydney Cup, tendered Mr W. El Wilson, the owner, half to nothing. Mr Wilson declined the munificent offer, and stated that he had already supported his colt for a big stake. A Sydney 'paper very aptly remarks on this incident that it only furnishes another

proof of what a truly good sportsman Mr Wilson is. ... The following are the principal nriz?winners at the Australian Jockey Club’s Autumn Meeting:—Messrs W. A. Long £2609, W. R. Hall (Delaware and Oxide’S wins) £2115, D. O’Brien £1123, W. E. Wilson £llO6, C, M. Lloyd £934, H. C. White £696, J. Donohue £604, P. O’Loughlia £5Ol, S, G. Cook £4BB, H. Oxen ham £375, H, Wills £345, J. Monaghan £316, J. Wilson, jun., £3OO, J- Mayo £260, A., Kook, jun,, £254, E. Keys £245, JET. Chisholm £2ll, Western £lB9, T. Fulow £l5O, B. lilordera £IOO and J. £. Clark £IOO.