MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6936, 9 February 1884, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

T. Holes rode Liada, the winner o£ the Geelong Gold Cup, .last week. After a. heavy seasoji at the stud in Tasmania, The Assyrian is to be pat into work again. The stock of the English, sire Heimifc have won over £30,000 daring the past season in England. Johnny Faulkner has been scratched foi , all engagements at the Punedin Autumn Meeting.. The Poet, by hia win in the Wellington Cup, has incurred a 51ii3 penalty for the Dunedin Cup. The 18 fillies, submitted at Mr. Town's sale realised 5060 guineas, while.the 22 colta only brought 3600 guineas. '.' The Federal Australian of January 24 has a, long article on the New Zealand Stud Company's establishment at Sylvia Park. £1626 was the amount paid away in prizes over the recent Sydney Turf Club meeting, the largest winner being Mr.'W. J. Forreeter, £892. ] At the settling on the Takapuna meeting on Wednesday night, Yuba Bill was backed for the next Auckland Cup to win about 2000, at lOO's to 2. Mr. Gardiner has named th<? brown colt from Lurline by Angler, Maroondah. This colt is very like his celebrated three-parts brother, Darebin. The Australian Jockey Club's balancpsheet shows a profit of £4768 13s 7d for the year ending 31st December, ISS3, which makes a total credit to profit and loss account of £17,404 12s 2d. The Glenormiston stud has_ been withdrawn from sale, Mr, C. Finlay having decided to carry on the stud and breed for the yearling sales as heretofore. The English jockey W. Barlow, who has had anything but; a rosy time of it since his arrival in the colonies, has taken his departure from Sydney to try his luck in New Zealand. Vanguard, the whilom favourite for the Wellington Cap, has only ;run one race for his owner during his career on the turf, which was the Winter- Oats Handicap at Timaru last autumn. A horse named Brag is credited with having ran a mile in lmin. 37 4osec. at Brighton in England. His name sounds very appropriate, for, as he won in a canter, the record can hardly be accepted. The name of Badsworth appears amongst the horses engaged in the \Vaiaro Jockey Club Handicap. It's about tin j the son of Daniel O'Rorke did something to bring back a portion of his purchase money. It ie rumoured that Mr. J. Wilson has disposed of the famous brendiug establishment of St. Albans to Mr. J. Crozier, of South Australia, for £35,000. The rumour is generally discredited. This year the South Canterbury Jockey Club's Timaru Cap -will weigh 950z5., worta £95, in addition to the stakes of £200 for the same race. The total added money at the meeting will be about £1000. "Martindale," of the Sydney Town and Country Journal, understands that it is not unlikely that the New Zealand racehorses Welcome Jack and Clarence will be forwarded for sale is; that colony at no very distant date.

" Beacon" states that old Mata is looking exceedingly well, and going in as good form as ever Eβ did ; but it remains an open question whether ho has lost his pace or not, for he has not had sufficiently fast work to test that point. Cash betting was stopped in the paddock at Randwick on Saturday, so far as it was possible to, by the edict that no tickets were to be issued,, but the smaller fry in the Leger reserve, bo I am informed, were not so restricted.

In home files it is stated that Fordham, the great English jockey, who has never ridden better than of late, is getting so very light that with only one lung left, it is imperative that the best "all round" jockey of all times should winter abroad in some warm climate to preserve so valuable a life to the turf.

Up to January 30, Donald Nicholson was still at the head of winning jockeys on the Australian turf during the present seasoDj with a record of eighteen wins out of 101 mounts. Hales is second on the list with sixteen wins out of 66 mounts.

On the appearance of the weights for the Newmarket Handicap, in which event he has 9at 21bs allotted to him, the Hon. James White's Segenhoe was backed to win something like £12,000 at 100's to 6. Claptrap (7st 12lbs) has also come in for a little support.

Archie's performance in the Victorian Club Cup was almost as bad as the Derby fiasco, (or he finished absolutely last. Approaohing the turn he made a prominent show, but it wae momentary, as he instantly dropped back, and had the honour of whipping in at the finish. "Augur" asks the question, What is he, a " waster " or a " rogue ? " The steeplechaser Chandler was put up to auction yesterday at Mr. Buckland's yarc* , Bidding went on briskly to £260, when there was a pause, and his owner coming to the rescue with an advance of £30, the old 'chaser was passed in. I understand that Mr. Leonard intends sending Chandler to compete at the Wanganui and T*ranaki meetings.

The prospectus of the Victorian Racing Company has made its appearance. The objects of the company are to buy, breed, and train horses for racing purposes in the colonies. In commenting on the matter, "Augur"says: "There is no better speculation, in the world than a good racehorse, but they are so difficult to obtain that I almost despair of the success of the company."

It is understood that Mr. Wentworth intends to take the chesnut colt by Grand Flaneur, from Amethyst (imp), whom he purchased at the sale of the Hobartville : yearlings, to Er-.land. Hβ is one of the

handsomest colts that: ever stepped into $ ring, and had he not had the misfortune to. bs foaled on the 15fch of July (which, would make him a yearling on the Ist of last August) there can hardly be a doubt that he would have brought 1000 guineas instead of 500. The programme of the Henderson's Mill Turf Club Meeting, which takes place ou the 15th of Maroh, will bo found on our third page. "Beacon" furnishes the following interest, ing information respecting the winnings of those two honest little horses. King Qnail and Libeller, on tha turf :—IB7B-9 • Rint ' Quail, £70; Libeller, nil. 1879-80: £,%,* ■ Quail, £450 ; Libeller, £641. 1880-1 : k£2 Quail, £440; Libeller, £903. 1881-2 • Ki n f Qua;], £605 : Libeller, £218. 1882-3 '• Kinf Quail, £1056; Libeller, £230. 1883 4 • Kins Quail, nil; Libeller, £485. Toiiiu' King QuaU, £2626 ; Libeller, £2477. It will therefore be seen that King Quail has onlv won £149 more than the son of I'atterina. It is mentioned in the Field, as an instance of the magnitude of one branch of the late Count de Lagrange's turf dealings, that at one time his account with Jennings for training and travelling expenses, in connect tion with his English establishment only amounted often to considerably over £4000 a. month—for whioh period it was only allowed to run. This sum would, probably be sufficient to keep all the horses in Ana* tialia in training.

From late Sydney papers to hand, I notice thafe Martini-Henry still continues to do soai ' wori at Randwick, and from " Martindale'a" notes on the training I take the following : _ "Next came Martini-Henry and Despot, who after a canter, put in a strong once round! At the finish the son of Musket and Sylvia was only cantering, and considering that this is about the first time that he has really been asked to go fast, it only shows wha.t a great horse he must be to equal the time made by the beat of the others, and they fully strung up for an important race lik a the Anniversary Handicap." A ehorfc time back a bookmaker named ■ Davis was ejected from the Leger reserve on the Randwick racecourse. For this attention paid to him on the part of the Jockey Club, Davis served a writ on the Hon. James White, as Chairman of the club, for allowing betting to be carried on in the Leger reserve. ' The case came on for hearing recently, when the Magistrates fined Mr. White £20 and ' costs. Notice of appeal was given, if thia edict of the Sydcey Magistrates ie upheld, ifc ; will have the effect of stopping cash betting on all their racecourses, as well aa private ■ "sweeps."

"Free-Lance," a contributor to the Mel«" bourne Sportsman, tells this yarn: "Aq, hotel-keeper who invested largely in totali* gator tickets, and who is the proud possessor of nine olive branches, was present at the ' christening of . the latest addition to the family tree, and to avoid mistakes had written down on a piece of cardboard the names which he wished to have the • youngster (a little girl) called. The party stood around the baptismal font, ranged.ia > the orthodox order, two god-mothers and one god-father, while the pater handed O'Verto the parsou, who held the infant in hk ■ arms, the card with the names on, and, amidst an awful silence the' minister re-. .'• peated, •In the name of the Father, , &c., ♦I' baptiee thee Coriolanus, Iks, Bar One.' The - father, in his excitement, had handed in a ' totalisator voucher with horses names on fche ■' hack." : ;.;. '. ;