SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7170, 8 November 1884, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES.

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DJWa&S?.So*DbJAT:U)N3 AND ACCBfTAKCES. for Thames Jockey Club for Masgawhar* B«es

cobrespondents. a four-Tear-ojd.'jUTighter or YaUendon;»n»:F»nny FJ»ber. The latteris also and Maoatbrlus. - "" J M.—Wtf-taUnet say what lha-longest Jump wrer recorded bZvfciorae. was,. Perhaps one of- our readers eangiwttejJflflrjd.ipformaupn. ~. ~ , , , ; j.

~ '; I •■■■ Jockey Club's Spring Meet.' ag'opfms. On Tuesday next at. Ricicarton, and ; t present it certainly looks as i£ our Southm friends were to have & very brilliant fathering. The big event eet down for the irst day is, of course, the New Zealand Jup, for which race the following twenty. ine horses still remain in :— rt-ib. •*■»• velconuJack - 911 WaplU .: -J" AdyKmm* -91 Trenton _ .. 7.= 8 Sgr*! .:: Li iSSS?.. - ? f ilrart " -87 TlmWhiffler - 7 5 ofcsnr Faulkner.. S 3 Ereljn .. 7 1 ■eonora .. -, S 9 The Poet.. M » ° bu'jruter ' •' ;. 8 0 LeodosMi _ 6 0 ielMn .. ; .. 7 10 f we are to accept market quotations at ny criterion, then Vanguard will certainly « the selected one of the Grip Lodge table 'for this race. - Aβ to the chance if the son of Traducer and En Avant, here can be no doubt that he stands rat as one of the best things in the ace/ Hβ was at one time put down as a rery shifty customer, and his disgracefnl serformanoe in the last Wellington Cnp oerainly- lent much colour to the statement, >nt his brilliant victories in the Forbury ind Great Autumn Handicap showed us that Then opportunity offered he could itride vith the best in the land. His victories this eason in the GeraldiDe Cup and Handicap how us that he still retains the good form he lisplayed last bact end, and it appears to me ;hat, withDerrittin the saddle onXuesday.he nust : bevery close np to the winner. It ihonld, however, be borne in mind that the table is also represented by Welcome Jack ind Liverpool, and as a large investment has ilso been made on the chance of the firet tamed, backers will hare to be cautious, or hey may be sent to the rightabout as th»y sere la«t year, by the stable declaring to win rith Nonsense at the last minute. Nelson ias all along been a very great favourite of nine, though I have been told many times, rfien speaking of. the «on of King Cole's shance, thai on the day ho will find the com>any a cut above him. He has, however, to ny mind proved himself to be a right down >ood horse, and fit and well he will, I think, Jβ a hard- nut to crack. His stable comjsnion- July is another for whom I have a >reat respect. His second to Lady Emma woyss him to be gifted with undeniable )ace, and his staying qualities are of the lighest olame. ■ There is another horse in the •me stable as July and Nelson who has been he subject of much fintttt, and this is Squ'rester. At one time we hear of his being ame, at - another of his being beaten in a rial, while the latest from Christonuroh is to he effect that the tnetallicians manifest a lesire to lay him. Fit and well, there can >e no doubt he will get well forward under ;o favourable an impost as Bst., but it will )e seen that baokers will need to exercise :aution when dealiog with hie ohance, or they hay get their fingers burned. These four, ;hen, appear to me to be. the most likely of the twenty-one to 'furnish the winner, and to reduce my selection to two, I say Nelson or VAseuARB. Although a long distance from tows, there ire few visits that I look forward to with inda pleasure as one to " Glenorra," the aite >f Mr. Wm. Walters' stud farm. Saturday ast was the day appointed for my visit, and eaving town by an early train, nine o'clock law me at the Papakura station, where I bund Mr. Walter* in waiting, with .his trap k> convey mo to the estate. Another teu ninutes we were entering.-the gates-from which jn days of yore, good old Yatterina ind Slander had-to niany times gone forth to lphold the honour of the: rose ; and white itripea ; and as I looked across to a paddock slbseibyand. saw jaolesa than five horses in Hq&uvZs taki&gi. i.th«ir-, . morning j.walk, it :ertainly made; matters look something like the good old days when he who now lies low preiided over the fortunes of the Papakura ■table. There wa» hie truaty henchman, French; still; and as I looked round me and iaw the youngsters, prancing and playing with their bits, and heard the foals in a faroff paddock neighing their whinney, how I did think of that,beautiful spring day when. Mr. Walters and'l stood side by side in these paddocks for the last time to witness little Fißbgirl and Musketeer do their first gallop. [ remembered as if yesterday the bright light that ahone in his eyes as he oareased the little daughter of Yattendon, after she had given the. son of Musket 71 be and a beating; andho.w 1 wished that.he was here to-day to seethegrand re»ult of the union of his old favourite; Slander, with Musket. Halloaing to French he was aoon at my eide, and at my request he at once stripped his variona charges for my inspection, the first one to claim my attention being the. two-year-old son of ktnaket and Slander.. This younjster I found had grown into one of the handsomest colts :tnafc it has been my lot to look-over. He p'oisesses a very bloodlike head, acd the manner in which he carries it shows that his ' education has. been well attended to. His shoulders are very good, hie back even and well shaped, while his propelling power behind is very great.'. He is in colour a beautiful bright bay, with black points, and there, is not a white hair in hi* whole body. That he can gallop I have little, doubt,, and. although he may want another, year before we shall see him at his best, our other two-year-olds will need to be very slippery to take, his number, down. Theiext one stripped for my inspection was another youngster, in the shape of the two-year-old daughter of Musket and Rosarina. This filly, although rather rough about the head, is very nicely turned, and, with luck, should pay her way before the season oloses,She is coming on nicely, bat the Slander bolt has much the, best of it on the soore of condition. Mitrailleuse, the three ■ year - old daughter of Muaket and Erioyna, I found looking very well ;'in' fact, 1 never saw her looking .bettor,, and, should she retain her form, must be very, handy in our sprint races.. , Fishgirl, by Yattendon—Fanny Fisher, was the next, stripped, and here, although perhaps a .trifle' small, I certainly saw a bit of-quality. " She is a beautifully turned mare, and, I am glad to say.'is training on nicely. The three-year-old son of Musket and Fanny Fisher, Torpedo, was the last, of the horses in training that I had to view, ,an'd 1. .was at once etruck with the wonderful improvement wrought in him since ray last visit. He is built somewhat on the lines of his half-brother Hippocampus, wbioh is sufficient description to show how well Sut; together he is. It is not, I believe, lr. Walter* , intention to race Torpedo in the'spring, but by the time the Auckland Summer JMeetiDg rolls round we shall probably see him at his best, and then there will certainly be one- very dangerous Auokland representative in our Derby. 1 did not see either Kalo or Fishwoman; but the five- that were stripped for my inspection refleofc muoh credit on their trainer. After looking over, the : horses .1 took, a ramble through the paddocks in company with Mr. Walters to have a look at the yearlipge and mares. The yearlings were the first to claim our. attention. They. are six; in number, yiz.t brown oolt by Pisoatorioue— Yatterina, bay filly by FitZrHeroules— Slander, brown filly by Musket—Peeress, brown filly by Musket-f Fanny Fisher, bay oolt by Musketrr-Tenne Transit, and chestnut filly by Anteros—Rosarina. The piok of the bunob. appears to me to be the colt by Musket out of Venus Transit, and the colt by Piscatoribus out'of Yatterina. The lastnamed is -o real' 'nice ' e olt, and extremely well furnished for his age. Hβ strongly resembles his sire in many respects, though I think he is mnoh better in the stifles than hi« father. He shows » lot of quality about the head, and I fancy that he will develop

into a good' 'uri. Of; the' noares, Venus Transit had a big-boned colt (got by Leolinus) running by her side, and Grand Duchess a grand filly by Hippocampus, while Peeress has yet to foal to the last-named sire. Yatterina and Slander, who have both gone to Musket this season, .were absent at Sylvia Park, and Fanny Fisher has gone down to visit Fitz-Hercules, so that I did not see them. Mr. Walters told me that Yatterina'a filly by Leolinns, which unfortunately .was foaled in July, showe a lot of quality, and takes greatly after her dam. My visit was brought to a conclusion with a look at my old favourite Hippocampus, whom I fonnd looking in the pink of condition, and aa French led the jetblack son of Dainty' Ariel out for my inspection, I could not help regrettiDg that such a grandly-tred horse should for the most part be wasting his snbstance on half-breda. The committee of the Auckland Racing Club met on Wednesday last for the purpose, of dealing with the totalisator tenders: After going through the list, it was found that the tender of Mr. W. Adams was the most'satisfactory, he undertaking •to hand 8} per cent, of the 10 per cent, deducted from all monies back to the club. Mr. Adams informs me that he intends to pror cure one of the beet machines made to supplement the others already in his possession*. Newstead, the winner of the MaribyrnoDg Plate this year, must certainly be a cut above the average, for. from the account of the third day's racing at Flemington, we are told that the oolt got home a neck in front of the Cup winner, Malua, for the Flying Stakes, the three-quarters of a mile being cast behind in the splendid time of lmin. losecs. It just took Malua a quarter second longer when he won the Newmarket Handicap last autumn. tu Vanguard still retains the position ot favourite for the New Zealand Cup, and 4 to 1 is the price offered against the eon of Tradncer. Nelson is firm at 6 to 1, while Ike, on account of the.support aecoorded to him by the 'stable, has shortened up to S to 1, I while Sou'wester, Tim Whiffler, and others are befriended for small sums ranging from 10 to 1. The withdiawal of Trentori from the Derby, and .the cloud whioh rests oveW Liverpool for the; same race, has taken a good deal of the interest out of the race. We are informed by telegraph that Ugly Buck ha« been supported to such an extent by the stable as to bring.himto A to 1, Lady Evelyn standing at the-eame,p'rioe. '""•'•:•• The White stable were quite ae confident of Uralla winning the Manbyrnong Plate as they were of Bargo winning the Derby, but as we all now know, neither "good thing . came off. It is said that Uralla has accomplished something better in priyate for the. stable than did the flying Palmyra, with whom Mr. White won the Maribyrnong Plate in 1579. Only two foaliags hare taken place at Sylvia Park during the vreek—Atlantis and Albatross both producing fillies to Musket.TJp to date 27 foalings have taken place at the Park, eleven being colts and sixteen fillies. . •

Una, the dam of that good old horse Ariel,, and also of the game little Perfume, haa this-: year gone on a visit: to Hippocampus. As Dainty Ariel Rot both these out of Una, and Hippo claims to be a eon of his, the union should have the beat of remits. ■. The Bawke's Bay Jeokey Club hare issued the programmes for their Summer and Autumn Meetings, and they well ehpw how flourishing is the turf in that dietrict. In totting up the various items of the pro--: grammes, I find that the total amount proposed to be given away in added money is the good sum of £2740, which has been distributed as follows: — Summer, £590 ;l Autumn, first day, £1250 ; second day, £950. The following are the. entries and acceptances for the Spring Meeting to be held at Eilerslie next Saturday, received at the club's offices lait night:— Tmu, SiAKis.—Sataeella, Talpouil, Tetford, Vottex. Kilo, Flsbgirl, Mitrailleuse, at. Leger, Revolver. ' Wblcome Stuis.'- Lionets, Lionel, Steel All, Derringer, Musket—Botarlna filly, Musket—Slander Spjuno HcKor.TS.-r-Jnlia. Ann, Excbasge. Slider, Fairplay. Evening Star, Harkaway, Minuet. Wide Awate, King, Lone Hand, Larrikin, shotovar, Azlm. SrKiSG HAWPIOAr.—Cast Ashore. Myatery. idbell«r. tudames. Revolver/ Carbineer, Larrikin, Fisbtirl, Hshwom»n, Kalo. ~ , Bninto Siesri.*.—Julia Ann £25,Topthome, sir I Garnet £75 O'Uadann £25, Einj Don £60, Chandler, Fair Flay £100, Tourist £50. Axjyle £25. . Epson Purt-SaUneUa, Caat Ashore, Tetford. St. \*tet, 'Vortex,' Steel All, Enneld, Derringer, Kalo, Mnjket—Hosarina fflly, MitraUlerue, Muskel— Slander Colt. '■■ ' •' ■ ' - '

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Acceptances for Manga whare races close on Saturday next, November 15. Mr. Pe/oival has decided on the name of Steal All for bi« two-year-old filly by Musket oat of All Steel. The Tasmanian Racing Clnb this year hare added 1000ao»a. to the Mobart Cap. Sir Modred and the whole of Mr. D. Proudfoot's horie* are in the market for sale. Street William struok his leg while galloping recently, and is not expected to be seen oat again for some time. The Hon. Mr. .Robinson has chosen the name of Manchester for the half brother to Welcome Jack—by St. George—Miss Flat. Newstead, the winner of the Maribyrnong Plate, stepped over the five furloDgs in private in lmin. 4aeca., whereon his owner backed bim to win some £14,000. So little was Blink Bonny's ohanoe thought of for the Caulfleld Cap, that Mr. O'Brienj who had on several occasions ridden her is her work, threw her over and elected to ride Helene. " : Winterlake, the sire of Sandal, the winner of the Caulfield Guineas, was a perfect savage and . man-eater. Mr. Blsckler, hie owner, was so afraid of his injuring hrs attendants' that he was compelled to shoot [ him.

The cauee of Martini-Henry's withdrawal from all his engagements, was on account of one of his legs having filled badly. It i* feared that we have seen the last of him, though Mr. Fennelly has hope of getting him right again.' - _ I learn, from a private source, that little George Williams, who returned to Victoria* short time back,' intends to again try his luck in New- Zealand, and will, I understand, be here in time to ride at our Spring Meeting, on Saturday next. ■ • ■ • ' v Mr, Andrew Town has still further added to tho famous Richmond stud, by the purchase cf- Epigram and Legend (the sire and dam of Lβ Grand), Em'eute and Cadean, also the two-year-old sister te the Championwinner,, and a filly by Epigram ont o)E ftmeute. The two latter are in training at Randwick. ;

" Vigilant," in the Melbourne Sportsman, would not stand-Bargo for the Derby, bat he floundered terribly in the mud, plumping for Gratitude, with 'Sandal, Lord Exeter, and Sea Horse in the places. Not one gained a situation. ~ .

The total amount ef money pud away for prizes over tbe-Caulfield meeting was £4558. The winner of the Cup received £1300, second £500, third £200,' making in all £2000, of which sum the club only * contributed £75, the other £1925' coming out of* the horse owner's pookets. " ' ' ': Some Auckland spiritists the other evening, I believe, went in for a seauce on tbe Melbourne Cup. I understand that the reuult was that Ned o' the Hills was to win the great race. This ia so b»d that lam afraid someone must have been imbibing too muoh "Johnny Walker," and thereby got somewhat mixed up. .

The Lambkin, the winner of the DoncasterSt. Leger this year, started at 9 to 1 and at 6 to 4 for a place. He won by a length. Previous to the start Captain Machell objected to The Lambkin on the ground of wrong nomination, but it was quickly overruled by the stewards. The nomination, it will be seen, was a little out of the common, as the horse was nominated by Mr. R. C. Yyner, when hie brother, the late H. F. O. Vyner, the owner of the.horse, waa dying. However fickle, Dame Forbnne may be to the majority of mankind, she is constant enough tq the redoubtable F. .Archer, .who still beads the list of winning jockeys.. His total up to the 6th September was 180 wins, out of 412 mounts ; C Wood comes, next on the list, having steered 105 winners out of 383. races. S. Loates has been up 33S tinies, and has been Buccesaful 64 times. J. Wiitte and T. Cannon follow with 49 and 47 wins respectively,, while little,. Martiq,has.only .won 14 raoes ont of. 164 mountsT. . . ' ...'

Speaking of the " fiz up " in,tho Caultleld Cn'p,.tjie Melbourne Sportsman says i^"'.On the Friday preceding the raue the rnare.was led into the sale ring-at Tattersali'e bazaar, and was the subject of anything but complimentary comment when 'hawked around for inspection. 'What! she win a Caulfield Cup, that weedy-looking thing.! Why, I'd eat her, bones and all, if she did 1" -was the curt criticism of a well-known metallioian, who bears the.reputation of being 3 capital judge of horseflesh, and who, "on being reminded that the.' weed', had won theHobart Birthday Cup with 9«t 51b on her back, discounted that victory at once by rejoining, ' Well, thoy must have bean a <)ueer lot' of old cab hone; who finiahtd behind htr i "