SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6817, 22 September 1883, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES, KEW ZEALAND, September 27 and Jockey Club Meeting October 4 and 4—Oairiaru J.C. Spring Meetings October 9—Hawke's Bay J.C. Spring Meeting. Qctober J. C. Spring. Meeting. October 27—PakuraDga Hunt Oiub Racea> November ,2—Wairarapa Race i. Nov. 6, 7, and B—Canterbury J.C. Spring Meeting. November 9—Taranaki J.C; Spring; Meeting. November Races. November 10 —Auckland Spring Meeting. November 15 and : !G—Ashbtirton J.C. Spring Meeting November 21—Cambridge J. G. Spring. Meeting. November 30'•-Wellington R.Q. Spring Meeting. December I—Tikapuna Spri.ng. Meeting: Dea 26,. Jan. 1 and 2 Summer Meeting. Januarvi—Canterbury J. C. Summer Meeting. January I—Cambridge Summer Meeting. January 1 and 2 1 —Waitara J; C. Meeting. Jaiiuary 29—Takapuna J. C. Spring Meeting. February 21, 22, 2a—Duuedin J. C. Autumn Meeting JJfarcili. 6 and 7!—.Wanganui J. C. Meeting. . Match 17-r-Takapuna J. CI Autumn Meeting. April 13 and 14—Auckland Autumn Meeting. AUSTRALIA* Oct 13 arid 20—Victoria Amateur T.C. Meeting; Nov. 3, C T 8, and 10—Victoria R.C. Spring Meeting. DATES OF ENTRIES,. NOMINATIONS, AND ACCEPTANCES.. September 23—Nominations for Spring Handicap an Hurdle Race. Auckland Spring Meeting. October 12—Nominations for Pakuranga Hunt Clu Races. ! ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Auckland.—ln 1579, six of Musket's progeny, rUi ning in the old country, won close uppn &7QQO. F.—Tarragon was twenty-one years old when h died; Yattcndon was only eighteen. K therefoi Quehy.—the fastest mile on record was trotted b ■Jlaud S. f who accomplished the distance' in 2n?ir lOJaec. subscriber. —Mata is credited with having run th fastest three-quarters of a iuile in the colonies—viz, l.min. 15s. D. M.—lda (dam of The Gem) was got by Vanguard her dam is by Sir Hercules, from Flora iiclvor ( b Rous Emigrant, from Cornelia. W. W.'—A maii who has ridden at up-country rac.e

(advertised or not), and rective' paymebt. for hi services, is ineligible as a gentleman jrjder.. Th names of intending. rldera have, to be approved, .of b the stewards. SuiwouißEß. —There are two Goldfinders—one four-.y ear-old,. by Newbo.ld—Fair Ellen, and the oth* a three year-old', by Kin? Cole—Mizpah. Th.e forme has godc to India. W. Ej. B.—'ln JS7I» Musket tan second to liosi.crucia for the' Alexandra Park Plat.e. In th.e following yea: with 9ss Oibg üb, hfe won, beating Albeit Victo Agility, Favpnius, and others. He also defeate Dutch £katcr and Blue Go*vn in Queen*? PUtes. SroP.T.—Nicholas has Sat. to carry in the Metbourn Clip. He is the property of M.r. Da Mest're, an( though not a wihuer, has generally performed th task of cutting out the running fop his .stable con: panio'n .Navigator. His breeding is first-class, beip by Robinson Crusoe, out of Dagmaf, by Maribyraoni out of Xightlight (imp.) Thanks are returned to Anonymous" for copies ( articles on "Turf Frauds Exposed.'* KOTES BY PHAETON. The course over which the Auckland Steeple chase has formerly been run is, I understand about to undergo a considerable alteration The course over which ths horses are now t travel is to be almost entirely on the duly own property, which, being nearly all flat going, will not be near so distressing t horses. Some of the stewards, however, are I hear, inclined to square matters in tbi respect by raising the jumps. This, I hops is not so, for after the many accidents tha Occurred last season one would have though that, if anything, a means of lessening rathe than increasing, the dangers would have su° gested itself to the stewards. Ajnopos c the subject of " raspera" a Melbourne pape has the following sensible remarks, wliic stewards in general would, I think, do we to lay to heart: —"lt may be contended tha to produce a good breed ot hunters hig

fences and stone walla are iudispeusabla. Even granting this contention, it does not follow that in a mimic hunt, such as a steeplechase, we must have those real iimr-' derous articles. A high fence need not have the top rails of stout unbreakable timber, nor need a stone wall upon a racecourse be altogether composed of heavy boulders. What we would suggest to the authorities of these racing clubs is the advisability of making the top rail of the steeplechase fences of slighter an 3 that the stone wall, so far as the upper portion is concerned, should consist of say a foot, or two feet, of a layer of loose earth. The skill itquired from both horse and jockey would be the same as at present, whilst the risk to life and liiflb would be considerabty lessened. Surely our love of sport is not so bloodthirsty that it requires human lives to ba sacrificed '.very cow and again to give our hankering after sensationalism a. zest. A steeplechase as run at present means that the horses must go clean over the jumps, or the rider payn the penalty with his life, or at any rate a broken limb." From a letter which I have received from a friend resident in Napier, I gather that training operations are going on busily at that plr.ee.. My correspondent states that there ate between twenty and thirty horses iu Work at Hastings, and all are coming < n well, those most forward Tim Whililer, Leonata, Mischief, and Oberon. In the betting market there is little at present to record. No favourite has been made for the Guineas, but Jacob is highly fancied in certain quarters. For the other events the favourites may be said to he Hurdles : Pastime and Loch Lomond. Handicap: Leonata and Mischief. Flying Handicap: Mischief and Kingass. The non-acceptance of Foul Play caused a good deal of disappointment. The horse had baen going well, and had received considerable support in the doubles. He 1 has returned to Poverty Biy to take up his stud duties again. Kalo has arrived safe and well, and is quartered at Hastings. There are two of Musket's g*tin work—Mr. Allan McLean's lona, by Musket -Repo ; - and Captain Russell's Musket—Winifred filly. The nominations for the three principal : events of the Dunedin Jockey Club's Autumn

Meeting have came to hand, and, as might be expected from the liberality of the programme, arq in every way satisfactory. For the Cup, there ig an entry of fifty, the Jockey Club HanJicap forty-two, and the Forbury Handicap forty-one. Up to the time of the leaving of the last mail the Duke of Hamilton's colt Ossian, who secured the St. Ltiger last week, still occupied a place at the bottom of'the quotation! for that race : 40 to X being the price offered against him. Having placed two wins to his I credit during the Goodwood Meeting, the . colt apparently flattered the hopes of his ' party, for 5000 to 200 was taken in one bet, about him for the St. Legqr. In the Racing t Stakes run at the same meeting, he sucL cumbed to his stable companion Blue Grass. i at a difference of only slbs. The ancii-nt bard - was then driven to 1000 to 20 offerer), while ; his Conqueror Was backed down to 40 to 1 ; j 4000 to 100 being taken in one hand about i the latter.. Good judges could see nothing i to admire in Ossian, and how little he Was 7 thought of as a winner may be gauged from ' the following, which is taken from Bell's j Life :—" Ossian and the tagged rank and , file have been allowed to drop out of memory." I In another column will be found the full - programme for the Pakuranea Hunt CluV's - annual Steeplechase and Hurdle Race Me» ta ing, which is fixed to take place on Saturday, , October 27. In the matter of races., the p'O--3 gramme is very similar to that of former I years, but on this occasion, the prizes in the Members' Steeplechasa and Hurdle Race s are to be cups instead of coin. I should • like to have seen the Ladies' Bracelet rej tained in the programme, and as there appears - to bo a very general wish, amongst members - that it should be, perhaps the committee will 1 see their way to do the graceful. Noininay tions for the various events are to be made by Friday, October 12. Mr; Stead is certainly having bis share of - bad luck this season. It was only a few , days ago that his dolt Leos pulled up lame , after doing a gallop, which necessitated his e being, scaratched for all. engagements; and

i now a telegram informs us that the Cantero bury sportsman's imported mare Poll his broken a fetlock, and the injuries are -paid n to be so serious that she will probably have t to be destroyed. At the Leicestershire Summer Meeting, Leeds (a son, of the New Zealaad Stud Company's mare Steppe) agaiti distinguished him- j self by carrying top weight to victory in the Curzon Plate of SOOauvs., twelve others i, being behind him. At Goodwood, Saudin way (a half sister to the company's mare '• Mersey), won the Findon Stakes and the 0 Nursery Stakes. a Snider and Lone Band leff by the Wairae rapa for the purpose o£ fulfilling their en[J jjagements at the Sawkes Bay Meeting; a which, takes place on the 9ih ult. The. 0 former looked pretty forward, and if hid -feet dp not again give trouble, he should render a a good account of himself. Snider's onlv 1 1 engagement is in the Guineas, in which event f he will be ridden by Alec Sutherland, !. The Melbourne Herald's detective is still o on the sweep swindlers' track. He has now I" disposed . of. " Orient," "Australasia," }. "Bonanza," and! the "Melbourne Turf Club." Speaking of the promoter of the latter, the

detective says:—"liedid "nlfH Jike tlje. Sccretary of. a Mdboiuie' || when...l saw him first., ..It was on the flatS II Flemuigton on Zulu's Cup gay, and Kg £ote If a coat .of many colours,and a' self satisfied ft snuie for business had. been" good, and h* II hid .brought off lib any sweeps on that P memorable spring afternoon. ' Pop it d<W . 6 gents; a shilbng a-piece and teii bob the ft Winner; th e Rai „o's fair,, and the monkey *1 k C tk 6 ' I. WS T h l3 , dari in these day- & and by-the-bye I had forgotten this fai? B which of course gives him. a stronger claim M th.au ever to a share of the public confident H and. the public com as the Secretary of 1 Th» P . Melbourne Turf Club.' . . . It j s F cult to avoid what Falstaff WO ul.d call F 'damnable iteration' in stigmatisine. th' v I gentlemen whom it is my duty to introdncp to the public ai swindlers, but. there are ? degrees in knavery even, and for downright C. unb ush-ng effrontery, the pair of f8 l» i"' who compose the Melbourne Turf Club s■* stand unrivalled." -The Herald states that 1 < after the sweep swindle has been \t haustively handled,, the detective will j a , f b ire an thcr of the turf excrescences "which. I thoiigh of late growth, is daily becoming more deeply rooted. 6 s Le Grand will remain in Mona"han ! - stable to undergo his Melbourne Cap mJ" ' t paration, and if all goes well with him (-a V3 'i " Nemo ") his party will have a good chan'ce L Of securing the £00,000 for which they have ■ already backed him. Judged by the e asv %'■ way in which he bowled along on Saturday - at the end of Ilia long journey, he >"s l.i kelv - v to be the colt of his year. "Pegasus" fe' w-.i.tingiathft Queenslander, however "thinks I differently, and in his remarks on the soa of i Ejjuram's chance for the Ciip siys : " I atJl : ? not partial to his chance, as if he wins he > will certainly be the one striking exception f ' the rest of h;s family, for none ot the Blair Athot breed, with, perhaps, the e- : caption of Craig Millar, could ever yet tet 't 1 to the end of two miles in a fast-run race.' i ' • " „ '' 7\i MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ' ft

The Pakuranga. bounds meet to-day at two P p.m., at Mount Albert. ?® It is not • xpe.3tc;d that Warwick will be M Seen out before the autumn. p. I Lord Chcsham is one of the most recent accessions to the English turf. R* The average value of the English Derbv - fi for the past ten years is £5700. Libeller and th.e rest of Mf. Bobbett's''' ■ team are looking in splendid health. - - The vnlue of the Sydney Derby this year' N was £525; the .Great Metropolitan Stake* s ' £1009. f. Mr. Lushittgton his,. I understand,'pur- I■■ chased the steeplechaser Christmas trom Mr."' V W. Adams. „ «:. : J. Allom is training Golden Crown Voftrx, and a three-year-old colt, by Musket from Georgia. ■ f The entries for the Classic Races ot ISSS V i have closed. The Derby has 193 subscribers ' and the Oaks 146. ; > . fi\ Australian turfites cannot make out why jiV Mr. White kept Martini-Henri in the A, J.C,' • |& Derby until the lust minute. V'fts:. fe; The Victorian. Racing Club have decided f to lo a ei- the height Of the hurdles at K:em- . ington to a little over 3 feet. " | £4000 is. the amount said to have been : ' lij W.-11 by First Demon's party when the colt - ( landed the Hawkesbury Handicap. ' ' Tba day prior to the running of • the fe' Metropolitan, Mr. Mondy,. the owner ot First' i. f? ■ i ih>mon, purchased Ascot for £300. Captain Russell has named his riljy by , *■ svr i-.lict, otvt of Winifred, Escopeta, which; .5 t<?: is, I believe, the Spanish for firelock. j • The foaHngs at tiylvja Park this week nave J(H been —Pungawerewere, a colt to Musket; and Sweet Cic-ly, by a Colt to Musket. :v. . |;:i ! It is said thai the V.E.C. would add at' £*•' least £15,000 a year to their revenue if the p?!

nti3 uiuugiib mtu uau iiL neiElDg-.. ~ . ton. " ■' i (ioldfield, who rap second to Gailiard for i , .the Two Thousand Guineas this year, was f sold after GuOdwood to Sir F. Johnstone for i £3000. ; Tbe supporters of First Water spy that fchev arc willing to take all the money tip to i about their horse for the Mel- L baurne Cup at 100's to 5. ' j Lord Wilton, they said, was; a mixture of t hor.-e-racing and psalm tunes ; but he was jj. flothirg (says th • Melbourne Sportsman) to f some sporting men we know. f. ; "the three-y e.»r-old. Border Minstrel,, winner t pf the Goodwood Cup this year, was so y' - small as a yearling that it was thought f hardly worth while to put him in training. I Martini-Henri has, it is said, recovered * ■ from bis cold ; but I can find no mention of t" " ; him being on the "training ground. The son i r k of Masket is now at 7to 1 ior the V.R.C, 4 ' Derby. •• * Horse owners ftre reminded that liomina. - , tii rns. for the Spring Handicap and Hurdle t ? Race, to be run at the Auckand Racing ? ClU'>"B meeting next month, are due on Friday • next, at 8 p.m. Merlin was off-red for sale by auction yes-.: terd iy ; but all the persuasive eloquence of . » Mr. Buckland could not induce bidders to go \ bd\ onii 30 guineas for the 80.1 of Totara, and ' he was therefore passed in. . - At the South Australian Meeting, Lord. Wilton, a V.R.C. Derby candidate, showed ; rtjme fair form, by winning the Mares' Prodace Stakes and the Farewell Handicap. ; I L.rd Wilton is by Countryman from Instep. ' ' It is s lid that Mr. j. P. jost took £2000 [,' | to £ 1000 ab ;uc Le Grand winning the ] a Hawkisbury Mares' Produce Stakes. A '] | very plucky wager. The same gentleman Hj a'so pulled off a big stake on the A.J.G. i.'erby. ' >• a The Sydney sportsman, Mr. D. Kelso, has t 1 purchased the five-year-old .Recovery, by | the Drummer—Phoebe, for £3QO, This | horse is engaged in the Melbourne Cop with v j 7st 21l)s, for which event it i 3 the intention VcSj of his new owner to reserve him. j_ j The Hon. W. Robinson's colt Cheviot has i-'j received some support of late for the New \:,a Zealand Cup, and now rules as first favour- < j ite for that event at 100 to 12, Tasman and : f 4 Envious coming next iu favour at 100 to 10, ■. J while Welcome Jack and Turquoise stand at 1 J 100 to S each. J " Senex" wriies :" It appears thai Anck* J 3 land i.- gradually absorbing all the best stock, , i both horses aDd marcs, in New Zealand, and -'A it ia not unlikely that the prestige that onca j belonged to the Kelson province, and passed '3 I from it to C.mt»-,rbury, may shortly leave the gg|

island altogether, and travel up to the far North." = " IS Tne Hon. James White's horses only tKi succeeded ifl winning a paltry £1.50 for him jr.. at the lute A.J.C, Meeting. Judging hy the ml-takes made by his stable during, the IsSt g^X ■t wo years, it certainly does not appear as if |;j| I Mr. White was blessed with having aJobn | ; Scott or "I'om Brown at the head of the p| training business. _ The tota.l amount of prize money paid -|-g| away by the Australian Jockey Club over h|j their recent meeting, was £5795. Mr. J. fg| Mondy (owner of First Demon and Bristol)* |;|| was the largest winner—the cheque amount- Qg ing to £957. Mr. J. P. Jost (owner of La j||| Grand) comes second, with £915 ; and Mr- |'j| ■ J. Mayo (owner of The Gem) secures third ("vs, place with £579. "Sterling" has the following item con* |||; cerning a son of the New Zealand atutf g| Cj.'s mare Pearl Ash i —" Kambrook, a very |^| level bay cult, by King Cole, from Pearl Ash ig| (imported), has furnished wonderfully, and s neater triroe-year-old is not often seen. He . has wonderfully slanting shoulders., and is : one of the best topped youngsters I ever t - clapped eyes on." ' } i A short time back F. Archer and his ; father-iii-law, Matthew Dawson, officiated as ( starter and judge respectively in. a match for t £100 a-S:ce, five furlongs, between the Duke Eg of Pottlann and Mr; G. Lambert, each riding .j their owu colts, The crack jockey was not very happy ju his efferts with the flag, >0 r |g| . the duke got all the beat of the start, anUi ;j t ■ ridiug for his bare life, he managed to ge' home first by a i,eck. |fl| ; In lha Stewards' Cup at Geodwood, tne gj great A-clier was caught, napping. He had p| the mount on Geheimniss in the race jn |g| question, and thinking all danger o«r, |i; eased the filly, but Wood came , ||j along on Hornpipe, and getting np inch by f.;.| ; inch, won on the post by a head. After i.ne t|| race Areiier toi'k the bull by the horns, an s .-| went up to Sir Fred, Johnstone, "•'•. J; 6 * f f thy rase away, Sir Frederick," says ' fri "I know you did," said the owner. Xher t-j the matter ended. Ji PRINCIPAL WINNING JOCKEYS. W The following list shows in tabulated forn' ~1 , t.h) jockeys Who have scored the rjj number ot winning mounts on the i-AS 11| tm'f during tne present season up 63] AUBUSt3: - . *on. Lost. I F. An her .. ~ 113 ..215 •• £2 gi C. Wood ... .. 10S .. 237 - eS g| <i. Fotdliam .. 57 -■ . 115 •• ,j®| S, Loites. ... .. 41 ••. 19Q •• -t* Bj C. 1 lioatos ■.. .. 33 1 . ... r- ■ ||gig E Martin .. .. 20 -- .165 •• ggS A. Lemaire... .. 27, .. MO "** iSJ Wl "G. Burrett.. 27 ... 155. »| T. Cannon ~ ~2i 89 •• ill