NOTES BY PHAETON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10014, 28 December 1895, Page 6

NOTES BY PHAETON.

In journeying to Ellerslie on Thursday last by train I struck the same carriage as one of the owners of Anita; and during the run out, tho convolution naturally drifted on to the Cup. The chances of The Possible, Sb> Hippo, and others were in tarn discussed, and in explaining tho presence of Anita amongst the Cup hold, " Mr. Burke " remarked In merry speech, " Well, rubbish hss won the Cup before, rnbbi»ii may win it nciilnand, he added wi'li just a alight tinge of emphasis, " teaW. not rubbish." There was not much of a " tip" in this little sally ; but before the popular sportsman parted company with me, I thought I could detect that he entertained a fair hope of the daughter of Kin* Quail prevailing against; her powerful opponents. As onoof those who had t" 1 plead guilty to having unceremoniously written out Anita, 1 had to undergo a large amount of goodhumoured badinage atjfthe hands of tho mare's owners after the race: but with a promiso nover stain to be so flippant when the daughter of King Quail is concerned, a honourable peaeo was loon establishod with the Worth Shore sportsmen. While Armilla was engaged in acting as runner-up to St. Paul in the Great Northern Foal Stakes at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, her full sister, Collarette, was recording a similar performance, by running second to Ordinance in the Villiers Stokes. 51 Spectator " writes Psyche (the dam of tho Wellington Cup winner Vogencan;) was last season mated with Burlington, out when her owner returned from atrip to the West Coast Inst. January ho found tint Bon Travato had broken out of the enclosure into which he was placed and was running with tho old mare. Psycho produced a fine colt a fortnight back, and, being two months over her tune to Burlington, tho foal Is evidently a icon of the Aprcinonb librae. Psyche has this season been mated with Clanrauald (a son of St. Lrtfier). From Sydney comes news of the death of the stallion Anteros. At)twos was bred in Enplaud in 1870, being got by Loiterer (son of Stockwell) from Adrasta, by Orlando, and was imported to New Zealand in 18,15 by Mr. J. W. Mallock. Ho subsequently became tho properly of the Auckland Stud Company, while at the stud 10 sired a number of winners, chief of which lrcrs Niagara, Hie Poet, Too Soon, Silver Prince, Canard, and Kru'koti. During a visit which Mr. T. H. Smith, of Clarence River, made to Auckland some eifcht years ago, tho company exchanged Anteros for Captivator, and ever since that time Anteros had been performing stud duties in tho district named. Ha sot a fair number of winners in Australia, but nothing of much account. It was announced recently that Euroclydon's half-brother Solano had been sold in Tattersall's Yards, Christchnreh, for_ 15 guineas. Ho has (says "Spectator' 1 ) since b?en broken to harness, and is now doing duty in Mr. H. Lutin's dogcart. A spell of roai work should serve to pacify Solano,who was a regular toaraway on the racecourse, and should his foet become sound the gelding might yet do somo servico in the arena ho has just quitted. He was an expensive animal to Mr. J. B. Reid from first to last, coating him something £700. The special commissioner of tho London Sportsman, through whom the purchase of the stallion Carnage was made, Iks always maintained that in the son of Nordeufeldt and Mersey was united the strains of blood which it was most desirable should be procured for English studs, and ha wits the horse that was selected as the most suitable nuto for La Flcche. Tho St. Simons after all will uot have matters lioir own way in next year's Derby as at one tlrr.o seemed probable (says a London correspondent), A formidable rival to St. Frusquin and Persimmon has sprung up in liegret, whatever Bucephalus may be. The latter looks more like a Two Thousand horse, as his siro was. There is nothing that the Dulco of Westminster looks mere to in breeding than stamina, and it was for that reason that he gut rid of Ormonde, feeling certain that the stock ot a roarer would never stay. Sheen captivated him by the way ho carried his heavy weight to victory in the Ccsarewitch, and the running of Ladas has confirmed him in his liking for the Hampton blood. Regret, who is a 6on of Sheen, looks as much like making a Derby horse as either of the St. 'Simons, and may stand training better. Persimmon, I am glad to hear, is not a roarer, us at one time he was said to be, and I know that tho Prince of Wales was quite satisfied with what he did in tin- Middle Park Plate, when it was stated beforehand he was 1106 up to the mark. St. Frusquin ran his race in the Dewhurst Plate quite in IsioytUss style, fairly smothering his opponents alter appearing to be himself in trouble. Not only did he go past the winning post in easy style, but he was so full of runnine that Pratt could not pull him up, and he ran nearly to the Red Post. Most horses I have seen have shown a desire to stop before the winning post was reached, anil you can generally pull them into a walk wilhina few strides of passing it. St. Frusquin is Hie result of much thought in brooding. The object in sending Isabel to St. Simon was to ] get strains of blood answering to those in | Favouius, and the experiment has proved a brilliant success. Favonius was the best horse tho Rothschilds over owned. Regret's dam in nearly own sister to the great Ormonde. The Possible received such aßevcre nhaking as tho rouult of his fall on Thursday last that it was fouud necessary to withdraw him from all his Auckland engagements. ( A private cable received in Melhouftio from India states that the Australian-bred hoi so Fortunatus finished second to Sprightly in the raoe for thn Viceroy's Cup. _ Levanter is reported to bo amiss, and ho is considered an unlikely etartor in the Auckland Steeplechase. It is understood that H. Goodman has no intention of taking Euroolydon to Australia until after tho C.j.C. Autumn Meeting at least. Skirmisher, who was one of the first horses popularly selected for the Wellington Cup directly Mr. Evett declared the weights for that race, has been moving sore in his work, and the chance of his seeing tho post bears none too promising an aspect. It has been arranged that Daimio goes into the Messrs. iNightingall's hands at Epsom when l.e reaches England, and it is expected that Arthur Nightiugall, who is regarded as the best cross-country rider in England, will pilot him in tho Grand National.

English advices to hand stale that Mr. Gollan's team of jumping horses, cnn«iatin<r of Norton, Ehor, and Biibiico, are goina; on all right. It Ik not known, however, when they will I'ip.given a run in public. " Augur," in tile London Sporting Lifo, snys that Novitiate, the dam of Marco, winner of the Cambridgeshire, was only 1-1 hands 3 inches, which, he adds, shows that in nine cases out of feu big Bullions and littlo marcs will produce the best racehorses. The owner of Euroclydon, it is stated, has not vet quite m&do up his mind regarding his colt fulfilling his engagement in the Wellington Cup. A starting prico bookmaker at Shoreditch was sued recently for the cost of his clothes, ami he said ho couJd not pay. This roused the indignation of the plaintiff. "He ought to he able to pay," he declared. "Ho goes about; wearing a gold chain and a diamond pin, and he smokes the biggest cigars he can !>uy." "Oil," said the defendant, "That's part of my stock-in-trade. If I don't look prosperous I shan't do any business, and I've had an awful time this year, The peoplo know too much nowadays." Tlin Canterbury Jockey Club has sot a?idi) a sum of £2000 for the purpose of enlarging the Bthnd at Ricoarton.

AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB'S MEETING. [By DFJCTEII.]

The Cup day of the abovo dab takes place at Potter's Paddock day, and it may safely lie said that the cluli has every indication of ono of the best meetings Unit it has ever held. The fields are good in every instance, and with good starting, which is assured by Mr. Cutts holding the lever, there is every reason to expert a record meeting. Mr, McEwin provides a luncheon on the ground, and & first-class band bus been engaged for the afternoon. The Moving ara my anticipations for the various events:— Horiiern Stakes.— Jim. Maiden Fonv llace. -Little I'-'ll or Quail. Mamies' Trot.-Wallace U. or Slim .Inn. Ponv Cni'.-l'ici or Kiel. Tiiomjio Cup.—Nellie 1, Duke C. J, Morning Star 3. HDf.ES.—Little Jane or Mother Shlpton. IiAHNESS Titol'.—Katie M. or Bosebud, with Lawyer Bell as next best. Christmas Handicap.—Nannie or Kodnoy. Elkctkic Trot.—Bay Italia or Slim Jim. The first race starts at 12,45 p.m., and cars run at iutemlU of a few minutes during the Hfternotu,