SPORTING NOTES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 8969, 21 April 1890, Page 7

SPORTING NOTES.

(By Martini.) (From the New Zealand Mail, April 18.) Of even bigger interest, perhaps, than Carbine’s victories at the A.J.C. Autumn meeting during the last week, baa been the Siie of Mr James White’s horses and the tremendous prices they realised. Sensational would be a better adjective, perhaps, lor the sums given for the animals was in many oases unquestionably beyond what they would have realised if they had been bred anywhere else than at pre eminent Kirkhum. Take Titan, for instance. Certainly ho is the boas two-year-old of Australia, and one of the beat ever bred in the colony. But then he a gelding. Let him develop a bad leg or meet with any kind of serious accident, and Mr Brodribb’s 4600 guineas are away down in the bottomless pit. Dreadnought was doubtless well worth the 2100 guineas Lord Kesteven paid for him, and the advance of 500 subsequently made by Mr Jones (the owner of Bravo, I presume). He is a well-performed horse, and worth something, possessing as he does the Chester and JBlair Athol blood (his dam, Trafalgar, being by Blair Athol from Mosquito). Prelude, who brought 2750 guineas, the next highest -price to that given for Titan, would appear to be a very dear lot, though she has proved herself a great filly ; but one is justified in assuming that Mr Dowling, her purchaser, knows his way about. The filly is by Martini-Henry from imported Phillina, Phil Athol's dam. It is open to question also, whether Singapore, having latterly gone of! tremendously, was not very well sold for 2000 guineas. Litigant, who fetched 1515 guineas, is a two-year-old filly by MartiniHenry, her dam Leonie being by Yattendou —Shyra. Two fillies who strike one as having been cheaply sold are Ultimate, by Martini-Henry from Ultima, by Yattendon from Bemnant (220 guineas) ; and Utter, by Martini. Henry from Uralla, by Chester —Moonstone. Several colts and fillies, in addition to those mentioned in the cable massage, were to be sold, and the probability is that, all told, the proceeds of the sale amounted to about £20,000. If Titan Is worth 4600 guineas, what is Carbine’s genuine price ? About 9200 guineas, probably. Writing of Carbine reminds me that his performance at the Randwick Autumn meeting as a three and four year-old respectively read like a remarkable coincidence. Last year he won the Sydney Cup, All-Aged Stakes, Cumberland Stakes, and A.J.C. Plate, and ran second in the Autumn Stakes. This year he won the whole five events, just going one better. His winnings up to and inclusive of the Sydney Cup and Autumn Stakes amounted to £12,298. Adding his three other victories the total would be about £13,000. Carbine has won 21 races out of 30 starts, namely, 5 victories as a two-year-old, 9at three years, and 6at 4 years. He baa only been unplaced once, namely, in the Canterbury Plate, won by Abercorn at the Flemington Spring meeting. Of his other starts he has bean second 5 times, and third 3 times Titokowaru, the Aucklander who won the steeplechase at Flemington on Saturday, is by Dilke—Flora McDonall, and ran unplaced a week before in the hurdle race, although it is said that his party wanted him badly. At a committee meeting of the Hawkes .Bay Jockey Club last Friday it was decided to ask Mr Kohn of Wellington, and Mr Collins of Napier, for designs for the bracelet to he competed for at the Steeplechase meeting. The disqualification of the horse Othello (wrongfully called Packman) by the Porangabau Jockey Club, was endorsed. The disqualification of W, Y. Dennett, J. MoTaggart, and the horse Chance by the Woodville Jockey Club, was considered and adjourned till noxt Friday for the production of further evidence. At a Napier Park meeting on the same day the protest of Mr Gooseman, owner of Vesper, against the stakes in the Hack Race ran about a year ago being awarded to Captain Russell’s Van Dieman, was further considered. The committee had previously decided that Captain Russell’s horse was disqualified under the definition of a ‘hack ’ in the club’s rules, but the stakes had been paid to him before the protest was lodged, and he refused to return the money on the ground that the rule did not disqualify his horse. The committee agreed to pay over the amount of the stake (£2B) to Mr Gooseman, and endeavour to recover the money from Captain Russell in the Resident Magistrate’s Court. The Masterton Opaki Jockey Club have decided to hold a hack racing meeting on the 24th of May. The programme consists of six events, namely, Hack Hurdles £25, Maiden, £ls; Birthday Cup, £25 ; Flying Welter and Consolation of £ls each. It was also decided to add a £4O two-year-old race to the programme for the December meeting. Of Memo England’s victory in the Great Autumn, ‘ Mazeppa ’ writes :—‘ He showed ns a gallop which entitles him to be reckoned among the best horses that have ever won this event; indeed, more than one good judge expressed the opinion, after seeing him defeat Dado with that marvellous run, that Tirailleur could have done no better, if as well Into comparisons of this sort I am not going to enter, but there is no doubt that Merrie England is quite first class. He was evidently short of work —ho lathered in his preliminary and the white marks gathered about bis neck and thighs long before he had finished his race, and he was practically conceding weight to everything in the race. Of course he had White in the saddle, and this is by some said to acoou-1 for his success; but I think this conclusion is not warranted, the presumption in my mind being that Matthews rode a good race on Dudu, and that if the jockeys had been changed the result of the race would have been the same. Cockroft and Goulton are playing for the Dunedin Pirates Football Club, and_ are noticed as having shown good form in a recent practice match.