SPORTING NOTES

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 9321, 16 June 1891, Page 4

SPORTING NOTES

N.Z. Mail. It is said that Peorawick is to bo taken to Australia. Mr D. O’Brien’s mare, Rubina, now located at Wellington Park, Auckland, has missed to Tasman.

Adamant, the winner of the Dunedin Gup. is in New South Wales, and two two-year-old s that recently sold out of Mr de Mestre's stable for 143 guineas and 127 guineas respectively were by him. Bogina is likely to be nominated for the Grand National Hurdle Race.

While schooling Relation over the double at Kllerslie a few days ago Jack Rae had a rather severe tumble, but fortunately was not badly hurt. Mr Wankiyn, the secretary of the 0. J.C., is said to be determined to make the next Canterbury Spring Meeeingthe biggest thing in race meetings New Zealand has yet seen. The secretary of the Canterbury Jockey Club last week received the following entries for future events at the Victorian Racing Club’s meetings, which were telegraphed to Melbourne : Maribyrnong Plate (Spring Meeting, 1891) —Tireur, Forlorn Hope, Survivor. Normanby Stakes (New Year Meeting, 1892) —Tireur, Forlorn Hopo. Asootvale Stakes (Autumn Meeting, 1892)—Tireur, Forlorn Hope, Mousquetaire, Culioden, Survivor. Champion Stakes (Antnmu Meating, 1892) —Tirailleur, Sternohaser, Silver Knight, Freedom. Victoria Derby (for now yearlings, Spring, 1892)—Tireur, Mousque. taira, Culioden, oho, by LoLoup—lndolence; bo, by St. George—Fair Nell; oh c, by Sir Garnet Gitana ; Stepniak, Launceston, Survivor. Oaks Stakes (Spring, 1892) Forlorn Hone. St. Leger Stakes (Autumn, 1892) —Leontius, Tireur, Culioden, Forlorn Hopo, Mousquetaire, Survivor, Launceston, hr c by St. George—Fair Nell, ch o by Le Loup .It will interest southerners, says the Press’ correapodent, to know that old Lonehand is still in the land of the living,. He is being used as a lady’s back in a country district near Auckland, and his owner, Mr Laxon, tells me he is sound enough to win welter races. Loneband is 23 years old. ‘ Mazeppa ’ evidently has a good opinion of trotting meetings as improving the stamp of horses in daily use. ‘Ha says : —The establishing of trotting as a recognised branch of sport has already done something towards improving the quality of the roadsters in and about Dunedin, and 1 hear the earns reports from other places. More horses are nowadays bred for trotting, and the slower of these make a superior class for buggy and saddle, while stylish carriage horses are also obtained now and again. The faster ones are generally trained for awhile to see whether they have enough speed for racing. Thus we have an upward tendency ail round, and improved quality moans higher values. The rise in price of anything that can trot is astonishing. 1 was speaking of this the other day to a man who baa bad lengthy experience, and he said : ‘ Do you see that colt ?' pointing to an upstanding Pinole Patohem in front of ns. ‘ Three or four years ago his selling value in the yards, on his looks, would be about £ls. To-day I could get £6O for him. That is because wo have a bit of trotting now and then. And I could tell you lots of profitable deals brought about by the same thing. One horse I bought at £25, and after wincing a race or two 1 sold him at £l5O to go to Melbourne; and Bill So-and-so, he bought another at £l7 and sold at £l7O ; and these are only samples of plenty of cases I could tell ysu of. J. reckon that tbo increase in the value of trotting stock already means a gain to New Zealand of two or three thousand a year in the price of horses sold in Australia, and this profit will increase, for we are now breeding light stock of a superior class than io any past time.’

Hazsl, it is Eaid, baa ran her last race. Daa O'Brien Bads that the is snob a delicate mate to train that there is no dependanue to be placed on her, and has therefore sent her np to Auckland to be mated with Tasman at Wellington Park. * Rata ’ raja Apremcnt can be had for 1000 guineas. Messrs Stead, Williams, Winter, and Clifford are the C.J. C. Programme Committee.

1 Mazoppa’ understands that the Sir Garnet—Gitana yearling colt, still nnnamed, is entered for the V.E..0. Derby of 1892. Greygnwn won the Queensland St. Leger os the 33rd nit, beating seven others, bat he wrs nearly caught napping. The grey is now the property of Ur B, G. Femviek, who gave Mr Maitland 1200 guineas for him.