SPORTING NOTES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVX, Issue 3094, 3 April 1897, Page 1 (Supplement)

SPORTING NOTES.

COMING CANTERBURY EVENTS. As was to be expected a number of candidates for the- C.J.C.’s two five hundred pounders did the disappearing trick on acceptance night. Yet there is a fine field left in the .Great Easter-, seven furlong ivent. A few may go out before the lay, but Mr bandicapper Henry may be ieemed to h'aVeTsatisfiW-owners with his idjustment. Eighteen went to the post ast year, when Culvoriu, (7st Sib) upset :he pot and pale £l6 2a, Vanilla (7st 81b) jeing second, and 'Maremma (7st 131 b) bird. New Forest, who has lately shown brm, was strangely enough favourite, 'unning in Mr G. G. Stead s name. Culverin sn’tin this year, but Vanilla.and Maremma ire, and.-the ‘only.othaii tW who isoinpeted m that occasion, and wlio are again iown to race are Skirmisher -and Slack .. and Red. Vanilla . has gbug ip -ISlbs; - ‘and l Maremma-: 1 61ba- whielu mght not to trouble either of them!' Manilla beat Maremma on Great Autumn iay over six furlongs, and won- twice affcervards that season, defeating at Dunedin lulvevin at a difference-oiTthree pounds. 1 think, under, present i:oluli t ion.s, 1 wonlil prefer Vanilla’ tolvlaremma. G f thobtHet two vho raced in the last Easter, Skirmisher las exactly the same-weight (Bst 01b), and Blade and Red has gono pp Tibs, albeit he larried 3lb over last year. The son of Maxim is just .one of the sort to effect a surprise if well. Looking at tho others on ;he list I cannot say that' I like Mannlicher it Qst at present. X don’t know if ho is -ealiy well. If-he waa-80--Musketry would -rave no chance- at a difference of two rounds. Waiuku, however, js what me might call a smasher;-y and I vould prefer-, him-•-to. Si.-,y=l’au!, or n fact, to'*the vast inaio’rity rvfere he in ■ lis Wellington tbffti? T don’t think j Paul 6 wg«fff ..ffaYftjfAuy, dijfioplty.,; in. I> notice, mif l don’t think he could beat’ re other J' I> irivedini tej ;Bellb’*Cla,ll‘. Tlie' ,tter Is Black-and’Bed’s’-stable mate, eda is hope.-anff,. if she has ot over her Wanganui exertions and ;arts well she ought to get a place. She as a handy impost in 7st l)lb, and won’t isgtace herself. Both Earshot and Tire ave been racing lately, but their ,perirmances do not savour of winning ;buncos, though Tire may run better in the longer- distance. -Thß-tothors I have no fancy for. At this stage my impression is Waidkit * ' Leda., c; s- i . There are‘mne‘'left in the Great Autumn, ;£ a mile and a half, an<l the field does not include,.any-.jOfilast* year’s They auiiibeyeS eteveii. Xtliought there would have been a better, acceptance, but some' jfefche animals vsevaufenorifn ;-to haoailingj. rnd others weren’t goocb- enough, or at least their owners - thought so. One i ibSritey^nllife lJ iTh'rit lt -toHthirik>-of ,J Mhn'ri’licher’s ohanoe in the absence 1 of public form. He wasn’t himself when be ran in Sydney, ahd_,bo,has only started once since, when Eurbblydon arid Mauser Inished in front of him in the Canterbury Derby, -if he-is-strung-up he will have a uuoh better chance of heating his field in this event than what he would have in the ieven furlOfig evsilt, wn rmntjie: first day. Dne is also puzzled aobut Wriiuku, who is in alleged nou-’Blriytri, blit 'lvh’ere there are 10 champions,ij-hi; ..pjiaayit case, he mrely ought riith Tst 121 b. He won a mile-arid ri qua'rtbr race ’in lackland cn*eomidthi6*ta i 6Jbri bßriyng>ritlffef’ ithers, Pegasus -beiri|? iSCcond, and St. lime tfiue mS Kits;) dn«tHe weriklabd-Thrii -\vti.-t '""jii t,y b!x lengths. If he stiVrts’-I I .wopld prefer Waiuku to Lord, Roifyii, atiynow. ‘ XTowever, Leda is a stayer, for that distance at at ar-'; rate, and If well will-make a good shot for -goal. Dhaos hag been “ dicky,” but report credits bim with ‘ being able to get through his :raok worktwrihout showing it. Form dqeaaot Bifefly; or-'Miss-ire, but Tire may make a much better showing ,thau.ho did- at-- Haw kes - Iviy J iilt. uust be bad 7st 9lb in :he Hawkes aud 7st 12lb in tk& STapier Qup in which he fbur^b, rig lump, and must have a show. T saw md Co. -over a m.ila at Bandwiok Imin 40Jseo as a two-year-old anff have had ißgngtftftOtfaot ftm'*hirii ever-rifice'.*- -My iresent fancy for the race is : Tire : Leda Mannlicheb

The Champagne Stakes looks very much ike going to Mr Stead with Gold Medalist, who has been given easy work since Dunedin, ifaldhprst has had a monopoly iver this race latterly, having won it durng the last, four years with Strowan (by joohiel), Blue Fire (by Maxim), Manuicher (by Maxim), and Bombshell (by jhainshot). For the l*'ifth Challenge Stakes, of 1000 soys s sqyop furlongs, Allowing have 'paid subscription: St,' Paul, Mannlioher, Lord Koslyh, Pitch and Coss, ot, Dehaftt, Argon, Gold Medalist. Gpld jeaf, Sea Shell qnd Multiform. It will je seen that Mc..-Bteadxvonco. -ngain, lolda a ’ strong hand. He has won the jyent twice since its inauguration in 1893, 3y the aid of Bluefi.ro and Mannlicher. Royalty (fst .Mb) was the. first to winin Imin !4sec, but since then the distance las been seven furlongs.-.- Last year Mr Drmond secured the stake with the Dreadnought coft Dauntless; who carried ist \Qlh. the lightest weight yet borne to . fiotory. In 1893 16 started for the stake, .0 in the following year, in 1893 and 4 last year.»-The Champagne Stakss.-wilPbe i nn on April ld„and the Challenge. Stakes. ( nithe day following;' 1 u ? w

NOTES ON ENQUSH EACING. * : Wiukfieldh Pride, cabled as the, winner i if the tv(ff thousand pound Lincolnshire landicap, at. the_Lingjn f Spring.Meeting, i m the second (lay, ia’an Irish Bred animal,' ' >y Winkfield—Alimony. Ho raced seven .lines last season,, -winningb ; twroe.,-, ; Hi3. : irst win, -it will be remembered, caused a ;reaf surprise, his stable netting’ a big. Stake, tvinkfield’s Pride' carried only 6st 101 b, and won the Cambridgeshire easily pelting twenty-three others, Canterbury Pilgrim, Thais, Chit Chat; Victor Wild, Sir Visto, Shaddock, Qaseteer. Quarrel, pmninm II and Dinha Forget being among the field. Yorker, a lightly" weighted ■ three-year-old, was second; liaodamia(Bst 91b), shaping best’ of the heavier Weights, getting third, Winkfield’s Pride Sso won the Old Cambridgeshire Handicap ter, when, STorker was once again second. He started favourite for the Derby Cup,'ip which he was allotted Bst.7lb.but ran UAJ laced. At the Manchester November leeting Pride staged second, favourite for he handicap. Chit Chat being favourite,’ ihd was beaten by three langthsbhy.the' lightly-weighted Telescope (by Tyrant— Astrology).. Funny Boa*^whojaa-second. to WinkfielcTa Pride on Thursday, started half a -dozen times last aeairesultlessly,. - while - -Bridegroom,was third, scored onoa in . three , winning- the April Stakes, aHrefiin mg race, worth -SI4O. beating eleven re at the Curragh Meeting. Bride-' m on that occasion carried 7st 51b, Winkfield’s Pride and Chit Chat were i 6 unplaced division- The first three le Lincolnshire the other day were all touts. ! The win of Comedy in the Cambridgeshire of *9l is recalled by the announceibent of the death of Mr Fulton at Homo. The stable won a very large stake—on -that- occasion. Mr-Ftdtoa-Aro jefuemhored .S enuCiiha-.lhtukjf jbC. owner apurchased in Ireland-aahtwo-year-old for SSOOga.'-' An 1 English .writer, sa^3

(this mare had belonged, to -the; Duko.,of ’Westaiinster..er- to Lord.-Derby.sfie would lhave won the One Thcmsau,d„thff,9akS [many _othor important, jracpg; jmtj-fKO.m (first .to jast’ Laodamia was most, fatuously, priismaffageiji Asa three-year-old'the City, prid ■Subnrbap.’ w&si literally'at-fhe riie/gy jof'Laodainia, whfTJiiid' abputmlt 71b B te>: jorirry*; "brit " She' did riot stairti'ancl' later’.i'ri jthtf-' same" siaseib ■’ alie' ! rian'’ Jffbmiriefitly ! , in ■ the ' Cambridgeshtre wltli. -’Bst- r ’ 1)1 b on her' back! " As’ acfounwye'ar'odid' jLaddamia rair -twice, but ' hon nothiilff, (while -aa-a five.year-old (d. 806) >-fehe carried off the-Derby Cup .with.Sat,-.Blb tm,).her.,.back, heating .22 others, iwhich, included,many..smart horses. ,Last season, ibaodamia .won, the Stookhridge .Cup and,. Doncaster . Cup, .and she . was heavily backed for both the , Cesarp,witch .and tffo Cairib'ridgeshire, but had 301 b the weights with St. Bris in the lorig,race„ hridin the short o’rie she was frying to giVe 241 ’ to . a horse' like' Wirikfield’s ’Pride.’ Jjaodamia'’ was' "eri'd6'ived''with ” both' fine’ spaed 1 and good stamina; and it Is'do'be regretted that an''animal ’ ef such superi' lative merit should have achieved so littie through the persistent meddling of thosewhoooutrolled her. -.-i ■ ,

i Lord Rosebery’s Quarrel did not start in the Lincolnshire Handicap- Iqst. Thursday., Ho was much fancied when , the weights appeared, but was not regarded as,forward enough by his trainer and tfia penwenk tlirpugh his nam.o. ~ ,d't is thought that he is being specially. trained* for the City and. Suburban,Handicap, of 2000 sovs, run Pri’ tho 28th irist; in Which he’hWs Bsf i2lb. {Juarrel.whois a six-year-old, is’Second 6ri file weight list; but thri speedy* Cldraine, <>n topgis-cOnceding him 12tb. ” Lord Rose- 1 berjr has' already "wen "tlieTOity : anfl Suburban twice.’ YVinkfield’s Bride (Bst J2!b) will-have to-carry a-per ally--if- liestarts. He and Gloraine are-stable mates and another in, the same establishment is, said ,to be the pick of .the liaraiicap-r-lMr Clarke’s.Prinoo Basealdine, who is a four; year-.old .arid .has got in at fistl3lb.., .Tho. Australia.n-bred .Mahirna af 7st 51b,. wopld seem to .have a slmw jf well, and the Npw. Zealander Bombshell Varindt. gru.mble iatf hjs fist; lab; j ’ i : The‘ continuous' oahlirig of tlie riame'of'' JUortoii and his 1 ■ position'ln- th6i-‘betting market for the Liverpool Grand NationalSteeplechase causpd a considerable amount, of interest to be taken in that far off event in this colony. He had proved jiiiriself a good horse here under heavy Weights, having won the New Zealand Grand National with 12st 81b up, and the Hawke’s Bay Steenlpcase .with a pound tnore, and, seeing that he was a good jumper and had only been allotted 10st [rib at Liverpool, be seemed to have a show. Ascot’s son was nowhere, however, which Isn’t very surprising seeing that horses are f‘ kept” and specially trained for this and similar big events*’for JeaVa by wealthy Owners, who can afford to wait. They don’t care what price’ they pay for a horse either if he gives promise of reaching the top notch stage, It was well known that paimio had no posailfiq ohanoe,., as .he ,'j’tts t’ ot fit when the last mail left, and 12st . Ib riiust have been a heavy butdejypver a course of nearly four miles-rind'a half. Not that he couldn’t do it if he was well. He'-is a- ohampiup, b.ut if ,"a.,'hbrss ‘isn’t himself irr a race of this cliamcteir it ffoseu’t matter what has to Carry—three stone off mlghn’t make any difference.

! Last year Manifesto, was ■unplaced*' in this race, carrying list -tlb. The Soarer, 9st 131 b, ' winriiffg fTOm Father O’Elynn (lOst "121 b)., There were 38 starters. Mau-of,Y7ai’s son, has not raced since, but had a walk over for a raoe at Manchester. f’hero were two Filbert's racing last year, mt, .according, to the one.thau, ran eljoSct to Maftf®to- iriby Regent, ’aam by' poufclq X. He raced eight times GA Season, being ridden-in all hi; ciigagements by Captain jSb-SLsucceeded in getting him hqffjO ,Cff.opa occasion—the bpen Military; St?.aple at Aldershot, a race WoryU ftpiy '£3B:/; He shaped, badly in all his other contests -t(i}Jk4 er welter-wpights), I it the aohoqbng’lias apparcntlydopu him od. He did not-sfart-ih tho ljvcrpoo) it year, nor did Fesdof I'yno, who ran ird the othgCidaYm out of nr starts Irigf wore iln the Dublin ate, 3i miles, (£132) in which ha had reo offieratth beat, Arid-the Valentine eepleobase at Liverpool in November, rrying Ylsi "71b',~ beating three others, lat was the fiay Norton, with Jimmy iokey up, ran third to Rory O’More and pffeus in the Grand Sefton Steeplers.©.

SYDNEY CUP AND DONCASTER.

j The only horses of importance that have dropped out. of; Sydney Cup are Atlas, Trenchant," Valiant, and perhaps Cydnua. The stable of the latter will be represented jy, (i ..who; should .ga .very near. Tinning.,,,.At .Bsj; hdis very, nicely treated vhen compared with Newhaven and Coil. Che champion Xowliavca and True Blue till remain'in," ah d- "it 'will r ' b 8 .fdtefeSjMifg ;o -see how-they shape. Woodford, True 31 Btablft gjater hafidxoppe.d t -out f _and -ss . >£ Jsi alLtfeey^ould tart ■as PWyg|JS^w^ Irawnr “ Tno-aertitettinff- ci Wamne ana uSiHrfi far- theVaHo shews tH&t Keka will >e tho ! eßlc*ff-Mf I MSSWA}iSciy'S"StaM6? hbd : ?oxtsßa% relatvva-aTill-, likely--ruu a good J torsei "’A Vetter’idea aa to what willlikely be the ~wihnii%' qonble may be~ formed *~7n s I'hc —cannnittee of * the* Marlborough :Ji ,otnj{ -; Chtb '6vpr what .is It [track,:--. . . AMaois- svph dg|9 at - th<b Masterton races ■ h L-ough'thcj totaKsator." Then! bo bought acorn, : a thee OWStingjjftbe W. A. Thrf Club the i a jfikoV ttil m¥&ekWiaco Meeting was 1 1 ted •fts*%a*e ! b6eh'.£6649. This : roa.ds S • r fißstedhh .iz-i&sS*. .in-tM” I . r ‘ T announced of {Merman, by ’ S and: K'hir.tuir.—Scawecd.-who was sold l»j vStr W:“K|vSPil§on c fpr 'Statethitig like • 6 S§rK^.i?Sd§^ health r -7: thronfrasiratdh,-iamfcwas-aimer the cars if F. Webb attf Cwmarket. ** ! j 2ourallibF, ; ’whb won the tAJ.p Doncaster ijjfb canned 3<-®t 4lb and X-fI®WQE“aS,H- U tße HJEewards’ Cup, 5000,-seven furlongs, from Moth, 7st » (second)r-Hoheatorr • 7ot-4jrib-(th ird).;gor~Bst lib,- Santera, Tst ,121 b tethers.TUe(“Civil':'96i , rioo r Cub;: rioS3eo,*thy4-qtiflk{|j^bl , 'd ~i& il6; the; •st eventloytte Kto6&e&, 3»ent to tli£ S ' being a very rough one.' |ntne‘hig mone®; hhajbther’ day:Esaliag; .^faQ'TOa 7 'second/. S'” god, through 530U10 means or other; stake into his>shonldo!3."il6*wte : ' n out» ; h<iiiexpr, l apA gofc.secomj- p | Erstrie& Tos ..the iMarlborfing?t' : Hack Challenge (Stakes, of 100 .sovs forj w‘@hree'aitd-fdnb-yeab-&l4si- td ; b6 run iK 'iSSaO close (on ■SaCUrdayrAprif 3rd r* 5j [ thoitßUtorcatvisi»as;Alitesi3T®® kmlyr fws“fentrieat for? tttr Maori &aam& 7 raceT exchange says it aroused, as muchip teresk asj£tbeßoiW£«»iiUMlilf|#Miki , « Bl fite guerdon was Miri, and the,hobge she is getting rid 'of-t-ho~'kor6nesa.-which cfcippled him, an# iafJkoi^|^t^t* T %«it again.' ' * ? ~ I Clinker, by Splendonrfrom fihmbEhswhP 4as a good' performer in"Sdynoy and Queensland, died last week a<>>Morfte% ply attempting to get over a fened hd-lell ana .broke one ot his . ribs r of .the bone piercing his” lungs. " —-C h-~-- , Sewhaven was physicked 'and. giten ia ishort rest after the champion meeting. " : ' —Silvorspur ”in the N.2.'31ai1. •