SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9166, 22 September 1888, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES.

New Zealand. September 27, 28—Geraldine Racine Club. September 29—Onehunca Racing Club. October 1, 2—Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. October 10—Napier Park Racing Club. November 6, 7, B—Canterbury Jockey Club November 9.—Wanganui Jockey Club. November 9, 10—Auckland Racing Club. December .26, January 1, 2—Auckland Racing Club. December 2tt and 27—Thames Jockey Club. December 26—Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. March 18, 19—Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. June Hawke's Bay Jockey CluD.

Australian. September 22, 25, 27, 29—Australian Jockey Club. October 13, 20.—Victoria Amateur Turf Club. November 3, 6, 8, 10—Victoria Racing Club.

DATES OF COMING EVENTS. September 22—A. J.C. Derby. September Great Metropolitan Stakes October 9—Cosarewitch Stakes. October 13—Caulfleld Guineas. Octobor 20—Caulfleld Cup. October 22—Cambridgeshire Stakes. November 3—V.R.C. Derby.. November 6—Melbourne Cup. November 6—New Zealand Cup. November 7—Canterbury Derby. December 26— Auckland Cup.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

K.—-Trenton boat Nordenfeldt on each occasion that he met him. Waikato.—Lady Nora was got by Cadogan ; Antelope by Apremont. Subscriber.—Jamaica was purchased as a yearling for 175 guineas. He only started once, which was in a race at Onehunga, when he finished unplaced. Enquirer.—Slander was bred in Canterbury in 1864. Thf Stud Book states she was got by Traducer from Annie Laurie, but the Canterbury Times recently published a statement to the effect, that by a mistake on the part of a groom, the mare was put to Bay Camden instead of Traducer, and that the latter never served her. Annie Laurie was imported from Australia without pedigree, but there can be little doubt that she was thoroughbred.

NOTES BY PHAETON. The Australian Jockey Club's Meeting opens to-day at Randwick, and will be continued on tho Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday following. The principal event of the first day's programme is the Derby, which promises to draw a large and highclass field to the post. The .R.C. Derby favourite, Volley, is amongst tho probable starters, and with tho Hawkesbury Guineas' winner, Melos, Wycombe, Lamond, Lonsdale, Pearl Shell, and others competing, some considerable light should be thrown on the more important event bearing the samo title, to be decided at Flemington early in November. By all accounts Volley is fully equal to the severe task set her, of carrying Sst 51b over a mile and a-half, and judging from the work she has done on the track, and the brilliant form she displayed as a two-year-old, she will stand in need of a deal of beating. Mr. Gannon has a capital pair of representatives in Melos and Wycombe, and if, as the cablegrams would lead us to suppose, the brother to Bargo is a better colt than the Guineas' winner, he should have something to say in the finish. On Tuesday the Great Metropolitan Stakes comes up for decision, for which race the following remained in at last advices :—Abercorn, 9at Sib ; Arsenal, 9st; Cardigan, Sst 101b ; Honeydew, Sst 81b ; The Nun, Sst 21b ; Pet Girl, 7st Sib ; Leichardt, 7st 61b ; Frisco, 7st 41b ; Touchstone, Gst 101b ; Blarney, 6st Sib; Lamond, 6st 4lb ; Elsie, 6st. The three-year-old Lamond is reported to have accomplished a rattling gallop on Tuesday last, which has had the effect of sending him to the top of the quotations. Frisco, at 7st 41b, appears to me to have a very taking appearance, and from the sterling character of his work, he should require some beating under so favourable an impost.

Last week I heard a whisper that we might expect any day to hear of Carbine beine backed for the V. R.C. Derby, but from the fact that Mr. O'Brien had withdrawn him from the Melbourne Cup shortly after the declaration of the weights, and that in the Hawke's Bay Guineas and Canterbury Derby, particularly good things" awaited the son of Musket in this colony, to say nothing of his New Zealand Cap chance, I did not pay much attention to the information. However, on Monday came the news that 1000 to '200 had been accepted in Sydney about his Derby chance, while on the following day we heard of his shortening to 4 to 1, and at the same time that the pen had been put through his name for all engagements at the C.J.C. Meeting, which effectually set. at rest any doubts as to the colt being sent over to fulfil his Victorian engagement. That Carbine is one of the best colts ever bred in this colony, is an opinion upon which there is very little divergence. As a yearling he certainly did not look a very aristocratic character, and when Mr. O'Brien bid up to 020 guineas for him, many thought he had none outside his value. However, as a two year-old, ho showed himself to be a colt of sterling merit, and never once, in the five contests which he undertook, did he taste defeat, while he annexed in stakes £1230. The following is a statement of the colt's performances as a two-year-old ; —

Tattersall's Club (Christchurch, N.Z.), December 10, won Hopeful .Stages, a furlongs, Bst 101b; Hi vena wine second, fist fill) Rainbow third, Sat 61b; time, Im 5«. Canterbury J.C., January 2, won Middle Park Stakes, tf furlongs, 7st 71b ; Havenswing second, ttet 131b ; Mantun third, 7st '21b ; time, liu 15Js. Dunedin J.C., February 22, won Champagne Stakes, 6 furlongs, Ost 31b ; Manton second, gst 101b ; AiiuKtion third, Bst 71b ; timi, lm IDs. Canterbury J.C. Autumn, April "J, won Champagne Stakes, 0 furlongs, 3si 101b; Somnie*. second, Set 101b ; Redwood third, 8s 101b ; time, !m l&As. Same meeting, April 3, won Challenge Stakes, 6 furlongs, 7Kt 91b : Somniel second, 7st 7lb: Russley third, 9st 51b ; time, lin los.

It is a matter for regret that Mr. O'Brien should have acted so hastily in striking the colt out of the Cup, for with 7st 10lb he was not by any means unfairly treated. Besides his Derby engagement, however, the colt is amongst those nominated for the valuable First Foal Stakes, for which I may remark he will have to put up a 101b penalty, while ho also figures in the Champion Stakes to be run in the autumn. The general impression appears to be that Mr. O'Brien has sold the colt, as it has been well known that since he closed his victorious two-year-old career that certain parties had offered a .very tempting price for him ; but I am informed from a reliable quarter that the Canterbury sportsman still retains him, and that he will take him over himself to fulfil his engagements. It is expected that the colt will do shipped to Sydney by the Hauroto, which leaves early in the coming week, so that he will be fully a month in Australia before Derby Day comes round.

With Escutcheon, Cuirassier, Leopold, and Balista representing Auckland interests • at the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's meeting, it must be admitted that we have a very select team to do battle on our behalf, and with Carbine out of the way, I shall be much surprised if they do not secure the lion's share of the prize money between them, lvean's horses all bear traces of the master hand upon them, and it was not hard to discover that the veteran undertook the trip in a very confident spirit of being able to hold his own with the horses under his charge. As the Kohimarama team were being walked about at the head of the wharf prior to being shipped on Thursday last by the Tarawera, Escutcheon and Leopold came in for the greatest amount of notice, while few seemed to have anything to say in favour of Cuirassier, as he walked round in a half-asleep fashion, with Jack liean on his back knocking him along with a piece of supplejack. "I don't believe he's any good," remarked a well-known turfite to me ; and though I could not but admit that so far as we had been able to judge from his performances as a two-year-old, and his subsequent work on the tracks at Ellerslio, that he was not in the same street as his illustrious brother, Trenton, 1 have all along hesitated to condemn him as the " frost" so many have predicted. From what I can learn the son of Musket showed his trainer something of a high order at Kohimarama prior to being shipped, which make his three-year-old prospects look considerably brighter than many were inclined to suppose, and whatever beats him will, I am told, win the Hawke's Bay Guineas. Mr. Enko has also decided to have a cut in at the meeting, and with that end in view George Wright left yesterday for Taranaki en route to Napier with Balista.

Acting; under instructions from Mr. .John Marshall, Messrs. Hesketh and Richmond have served a writ for £500 damages on the New Zealand Stud Company for their action in causing his filly Necklet to be struck out of the A. J.C. First and Second Foal Stakes, particulars of which appeared in my notes of last week. The company, I understand, intend to defend the action, and the case will probably come before the Court next month.

The Messrs. Duder are hopeful of getting another race out of Brigadier, and he has, I understand, been in easy work for the past three months. So far he has shown no symptoms of lameness, but as all his work has been accomplished on a nice sandy beach, it is scarcely a ..fair criterion of his

soundness. Everyone will, I am sure, be gratified if the owners of the son of Musket gei. mm to the post, for they have been most unfortunate in their racing speculations during the past few seasons, and richly deserve a good turn of Dame Fortune's wheel.

Paddy (by Anteros — Atalanta), was shipped to Sydney on Wednesday last by thes.s. Rotomahana, under the charge of R. Collins. I understand that the horse has been purchased by a well-known Sydney sport.

The party behind Cinderella secured a few thousands about her when she won the Sprinters' Handicap at Rosehill, and from the fact that she was considered a real " good thing" for the County Purse at Hawkesbury, they will, no doubt, have again won heavily by her victory in that race. Speaking of her win at Rosehill, the Sydney Telegraph said: — Cinderella's victory over her fourteen opponents in the Rosehill Sprinters' Handicap on Saturday proved the New Zealande.r to be in the foremost rank of sprinters' here, and as she actually romped nome, it is quite certain that another stone added to the Bst 101b she carried would nob have prevented her catching the judge's eye first." At a sale of blood stock in Gisborne recently the brood mares Renga (dam of Cinderella) and Aconite were purchased by the New Zealand Stud Company at 37 guineas and 29 guineas, respectively. Turihau (by Foul Playßenga) brought 2(5 guineas, while a two-year-old by Anteros—Aconite was knocked down at 26 guineas. It is anticipated that the first of MartiniHenry's progeny will make their d6but at the A. J.C. meeting next week. By all accounts the son of Musket will furnish a very smart youngster in Rudolph, who appears to be doing better than any of his stable companions of the same age in the Hon. Mr. White's establishment.

Another "little stranger" made its appearance at Major George's estate this week, The Maid (by King of the Ring— Maid of All Work) producing a colt to Robinson Crusoe. The Maid will this season be mated with Nelson, and the union of such a pair should certainly result in something above the average. News comes from Melbourne that Silver Prince is under a cloud, and it is open to doubt if he will stand the work necessary to enable him to take part at the ensuing meetings. His legs are of the most doubtful description and cause his trainer no end of trouble.

Mr. Williamson has again taken up Omata in the hope of getting another race out of him. It will be remembered that the son of Bedouin cracked up badly after competing in the Maiden Steeplechase at the A.R.C. winter meeting in 1886, in which race he ran a dead heat with Tawhiao. He has never been raced since, so that if rest will assist him in standing a preparation, he has been well cared for in that respect. The withdrawal of Carbine from the New Zealand Cup has had the effect of altering the quotations in the New Zealand Cup. Lochiel and Springston are now quoted at 100 to '20 each, the pi ices of the others being as follow :—IOO to 18 against St. Clair, 100 to 12 Sextant, 100 to 12 Artillery, 100 to 12 Lorraine, 100 to 12 Exchange, 100 to 10 Escutcheon, 100 to 8 Cuirassier.

George Hope brought Lady Norah in from Meadowbank during the present week, and she will go into work shortly. The little daughter of Cadogan took fright at the Pakuranga Hounds one day last week, and wrenched one of her pasterns, but it is not anticipated that the injury will prove serious.

Contrary to expectation, the Bill introduced into the South Australian Legislative Assembly for legalising the totalisator has been carried this session, and as the Governor has assented to the measure, it is now law. It is understood that a like Bill, introduced into the New South Wales Legislative Assembly by Mr. Farnell, has dropped through, and will not at present be persevered with. dominations for the Prince of Wales Handicap of 120sovs, Handicap Hurdle Race of TOsovs, and City Handicap of lOOsovs, to be run at the A.R.C Spring Meeting, together with nominations for the Auckland Cup of 500sovs, A.R.C. Handicap of 250sovs, and Handicap Steeplechase of 250sovs, to be run at the Summer Meeting, are due on Friday next. That astute turfite, Mr. John Mayo, is again in great form this season in the principal handicaps. Last, season he turned out Cardigan, who won the double, Hawkesb'ury Handicap and Metropolitan Stakes, and this year he has made a capital beginning to repeat the same feat. In the Rosehill Cup he supplied the winner in First Flaneur, while at Hawkesbury on Saturday his nomination, The Queen, got home first in the Grand Handicap. The stable won a nice little stake at a very small outlay over First Flaneur, as they got 3000 about him at hundreds to three and four. Unfortunately, The Queen is not engaged in any of the other important handicaps, but in Cardigan and Honeydew Mr. Mayo will have two doughty representatives to do battle on his behalf.

According to the statistics of last season published in the Australasian, Chester heads the list of winning sires in Australia with £12,605. Musket, however, should have the credit, seeing that sixteen of his progeny won 37 races, of the valueof £12,726. Chester's score was got by nine horses, they having appropriated 27 races. Goldsbrough's stock scored 23 wins, the prize money for which was £5600, while The Drummer was close up with £5395, won by 25 horses, who scored 43 races. St. Alban's sons and daughters appropriated 52 events, which brought their owner in a total of £4368 ; and Darebin's stock, which only numbered three, and who won seven races, placed £3691 to the son of The Peer and Lurlino's credit, the other noteworthy winners being :Neckersgat, £3622; Epigram, £3028; Newbold, £2908 ; King of the Ring, £2607 ; Gang Forward, £2588 ; First King, £2469 : Vespasian, £2334 ; Kingsborough, £2205 ; Roodee, £2204; Grand Flaneur, £2121 ; Glorious, £2087; and Lapidiat, £2073. There are also in the list: Somus, £1929 ; Grandmaster, £1729 ; Captivator, £1285 ; Julian Avenel, £1126 ; Marvellous, £929 ; Reugny, £905 ; Henchman, £876 ; Gemma di Vergy, £535 ; and Excelsior, £722. In New Zealand after Musket comes Apremont with £5069. Then follows Cadogan, £2688 ; The Painter, £2498; St. George, £2472 ; Leolinus, £2184; The Mute, £2137; and Albany, £2052. Maxim, Sextant, and Gipsy King won most money during the season, their respective totals being £1637, £1510, and £1387. Carbine was credited with £1230; Dudu, £1040; and Lochiel, £990.

The Auckland-owned Whakawai continues to do capital work at Flemington, and it is anticipated by good judges that he will have something to say in the settlement of the Caulfield Cup, in which race he has been allotted the handy impost of 7st 11 lbs.

There was great rejoicing in South Australia when the Bill legalising the totalizator was carried. Some individuals who were present in the galleries when the last division took place could not contain themselves, and yelled "Hurrahs" with the greatest gusto, which were taken up again and again on the floor of the House, and in the lobbies.

" Vigilant," of the Melbourne Sportsman, is evidently no believer in Volley's ability to make mincemeat of her opponents in the V.U.C. Derby, as he considers that she hasn't a ten to one chance.

The Victorian Full Court has decided that the Victorian Trotting Club had no power to make a by-law imposing a fee on bookmakers, and the by-law was therefore quashed, with costs against the club. An error has crept into the A.R.C. programmes with regard to the distance of the City Handicap, to be run at the Spring Meeting. It reads one mile and threequarters instead of one mile and a quarter. The Guinea—Hippona colt Sovereign is said to be making a capital start towards achieving the title that has by a consensus of opinion been bestowed upon Jamaica of being the greatest "frost" that has ever been seen at Ellerslie.

There seems to be an impression that Lamond, the favourite for the " Metrop.," is not engaged in the A. J.C. Derby. This is a mistake, as the son of Newminsterwas duly entered for that event. According to latest accounts, the Parimutuel has now become so firmly established that the hope which bore up any bookmaker's heart as to its ultimate abandonment by the authorities controlling the French turf and the revival of the old list system is now a forlorn one indeed. During the meetings at Longchamps, Chantilly, and Fontainebleau this year the receipts of the mutuels have been over 20,000,000fr (£s00,000) ■, while the total receipts of all meetings under the Jockey Club and the Steeplechase Society are close upon £1,500,000 sterling.

Racing at Potter's Paddock on Saturday next. . , „ _ , , The result of the A.J.C. Derby should come to hand shortly after five p.m. to-

day. Lochiel, Maxim, and Sextant, are (so " Hermit" hears) all doing good work at Yaldhurst. , _. Mr. J. Stephenson's Musket—L Orient three-year-old colt has been christened Francotte. I understand that Wally Clifford has been engaged to ride Cuirassier in the Hawke's Bay Guineas. Hotchkiss (the three-year-old son of Musket and Petroleuse) is said to be a bit "off-colour" at present. Mr. Bobbett has disposed of the stallion Maoriland (by Goldsbough— to Mr. McDonald, ef Wairoa. A private cablegram states that 5 to 2 is now the best price obtainable in Sydney about Carbine for the V.B.C. Derby. Mr. Marshall's filly Pearl Shell is, I understand, a certain starter for the A.J.C. Derby to be run to-day. and I understand that she will be steered by M. O'Brien. Mr. J. Q. Harris, the well known bookmaker, has for the nonce thrown up the book and pencil, and is performing the role of boniface of the Occidental Hotel, Christchurch.

The English jockey, Tom Cannon, has ridden the winner of the Eclipse Stakes on the only two occasions on which it has been run—Bendigo won in 1886 and Orbit the second one.

ONEHUNGA RACES. The following acceptances and nominations were received last night:— Hack Race.—Black Joe, £15; Snider, £15; The Kid, £15; Dollar, £15; Tommy, £10 ; Scrub, £10 ; Forsaken, £5. Selling Race. — Squire, £50 ; Catesby, £30; On Guard, £20; Capella, £"20; Yuba Bill, nil. Selling Hurdles.—Quilp, £20; Matau, £15; Tommy, £10; Whalebone £10; Revenge, £10: Wideawake, nil. Spring Handicap, one mile and a quarter. —Pretender, Bst Sib ; Capella, 7st 13lb ; Landseer, 7st 121b; Leorina, 7st 101b ; Lioness, 7st 81b; Catesby, 7st 81b; Clive, 7st 61b. Flying Stakes; five furlongs.—Squire, 9st 21b ; Capella, Bst 21b; Catesby, Bst; Pretender, 7st 101b; Leorina, 7st 101b : Puschka, 7st 41b; Kushia, 7st 4lb; On Guard, 7st; Mayflower, 6st 101b. Ladies' Bracelet ; one mile.—Fisherman, list 41b; Landseer, list: Ma Petite Fille, list; Lioness, lOst 101b; Mantilla, 9st 101b. Hurdle Race, one mile and three-quarters. —Orangeman, list 101b; Shillelagh, list 4lb; Ma Petite Fille, lOst 71b ; Kangaroo, 9st 101b ; Don, 9st 71b; Wideawake, 9st 71b; Alfred, 9st 71b.