SPORTING.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3781, 1 July 1899, Page 6

SPORTING.

PRINCESS OF WALE j STAKES. PRESS ASSOCIATION. . LONDON, Thursday. At the ‘ Newmarket First of July Meeting the Princess of Wales Stakes, of 10,000 sovs, resulted as follows.: Duke of Westminster’s b c Flying f ox, by Orrae—Vampire, 1; Sir F. Johnstone’s b c Royal Emblem, by Royal Hampton—Thistle, 2; Prince Soltykoff’s Minus, 3.

NEW ZEALAND CUP WEIGHTS,

CHRISTCHURCH, Friday

The following weights have been declared by Mr Hcnrys for the New Zealand Cup, of 1500; sovs, two miles: St. Paul 9st olb, Douglas 9st 41b, Boreas Sst 111 b, Daunt Bst> 81b, Battleaxe ‘Bst 61b, Swordfish 11. Sst olh, Castashore and Explosion Sst 21b, Lilian Sst lib, Coronet Bst, Starshot 7st 131 b, Sylvia Park 7st 121 b, St. Crispin and Dauntless - 7st 111 b, Busk Rose 7st 101 b, Fulmen, Dundas and Djin-Djin 7st Olb, Defiance and Oingo 7st 81b, Tauhei and Crusoe 7st 71b, Blue-jacket 7st 61b, \ Pitch and Toss 7st 61b, Lord Roslyn and Sir Launcplot 7st 41b, Tire and Okoari 7st 81b, Ruamabunga, Huku and Tigress, 7st 21b, Seahorse 7st 11 h, Rubin, -Strathnairn, Malatua, Double Event, Obbligato, El Draque and Miss Delaval 7st, St. Ilario 6st 131 b, Sequin and Labourer 6st 121 b, First Blood, Reliance, Peerage and Crow’s. Nest, Cst lllb. Daphne and Hussar 6st 91b. Volley,- Tpmerairo, Skobeloff and North Star 6st 81b, Juniter, Trask, Siraybird, Rose Plot, St. Lucia, Eon, Cluck-na-Cudden and Fireside 6st 71b. -

WELLINGTON WINTER MEETING

AUCKLAND, Friday

Mr JAO. Evett has declared the following handicaps for the ‘Wellington Racing Club’s Winter Meeting : Wellington Steeplechase Handicap, three miles.—Dummy 12st 21b, v-hieo 12st 11b, Nor’-west list 101 b, Muscatel lOst 121 b, Kanaka lOst 9lb, Violence 10st 41b, The Friar lOst 31b, Morag lOst 21b, Venture lOst, Tajtararaoa 9st 1211), Hangfire 9st 111 b, . Crusade 9st 101 b, Kauri Gum 9st 101 b, Stilts 9st 10lb, Blackberry 9st 101 b. Rio 9st 101 b, Powder Monkey 9st 10lb, Hilda 11. 9st 91b En Avant 9st 71b, Nayborn 9st 71b, Natation 9st 71b, Hieldarider 9st 71b, Lady Helena 9st 71b, Beaufort 9st 71b, Flirt 9st 71b. Winter Hurdle Handicap, two miles. —Social Pest l2st 101 b. Nor 5 -west list Bm, Whangaroa. lOst 111 b. Marina lOst 81b, Tim lOst 71b. Tarpina lOst 71b. Fireworks lOst 61b. Hangfire lOst, Straybird 9s't 121b,' Shylock 9st 121 b, Mayday 9st 101 b, Huzzar 9st 101 b. Barbarian 9st 101 b, Whitirea 9st< 9ib. Kauri Gum 9s 1 - 91b, En Avant 9st 31b. Stockade 9st 21b, Derry 9st, Thrush 9st, Ninapti 9st, Legislator 9st, Lady Helena 9st. Parliamentary Handicap, one mile and a furlong.—Boreas 12st 21b, Starshot list 61b, Dauntless list 61b, Crusoe lOst 12st, ,St. Ursula. lOst 91b, Pistol Grin lOst 71b, Ruamahanga. lOst 71b. Tortnlk lOst 31b, Coolgardie lOst 21b, Sir Agnes lOst, Wbario 9st 101 b, Return 9st, 81b, Strathnairn 9st 6lb, Famous 9st. Stewards’ Handicap,, seven furlongs.— Castashore 12st 61b, Crusoe list slb, Titok! list 41b, First Blood list 31b, St. Ursula list 31b. Female Franchise list, Ruamahanga. lOst 12lb, Tortulla lOst 101 b. Moonraker lOst 61b, Sir A lines lOst Gib. Whitirea lOst 41b. Wbario lOst 41b, Indian Shot lOst, Wedlock 9st 91b, Benzoin 9st 71b, Bulrush 9st 71b. Ngaparu 9st 71b, Faugli-a-Ballaeh \9st 71b, Weal 9st 61b, Osborne 9st- 61b, Famous 9st 41b. Trask 9st 31b, Oracle 9st. The following weights Tiave- been declared by Mr J. E.'Henrys, handicapper ; Hack and Hunters’ gteenlechase, two miles and a quarter.—Tata ram on list 91b, Dingo l ist 81b. Riot list 71b, Woolloomooloo list 71b. Black Du«t list. Irish Twist lOst 131 b, Man earn ah u 10s t. 61b, Jumbo Ost 131 b, Master Jack 9st, 11 lb, Tale-ldiei Ost 9'b. Tni 9«t 71b, Mystery 9st 71b, Beaufort 9st 71b. Kainaataki 9sit 71b. Glengarry 9sfc 71b, St Lemon 9st 71b. First Hack Handican.—Ruby Twist 12st 71b, Tukana. list 91b. Gobo list 31b. Derrinucotte list Slfb. Legion of Honour lOst 11.1 b. Sirocco lOst 91b, Singleshot lOst 81b, Rata, lOst 71b. Ngatobuia lOst 51b, .Bristol lOst 21b. Cornea lOst 21b. Cavendish lOst 21b, Black Ro c e 9st 91b. Agent-General 9st 9ll>. Redoubt 9sfc 81b, Prologue 9st. 81b, Parahina 9st 71b. Pensioner 9-st 61b, Oanet 9st- oil). The Masher 9st 31b. Retina 9st 31h. Pastime 9st 21b. St. Ada 9st 2lb. H.M.S. Pinafore 9st 21b, Art Jewel 9st 21b. Morose 9st 21b. Horfon, 9st 21b. Rineka 9st 211), Fontiualis 9 s t 21b, Caballer 9st 2ib, Natella 9st 21b.

A TOTALISATOR INVESTMENT

AUCKLAND, Friday. An exemplification of “backing the winner and losing by it” was given in tho Magistrate's Court, when the case Ruben Scarborough v. David Parker was heard by Mr Brabant, S.M. The plaintiff sued the defendant for £1 12s I'd, alleging that the defendant had received the money for and on account of the plaintiff. Scarborough said he went to the races ou the 6th June at Ellers!ie. While there he went into partnership with four others in a totalisator ticket. Ho took a fourth share (ss). Handing the money over to the defendant. The horse he backed was St. Ursula, and she won. He subsequently saw the defendant, who said he was ’responsible for the plaintiff’s share in the dividend of £6 11s that had been paid by the totalisator. James Wheeler deposed that he gave the defendant 5s towards the purchase of a totalisator ticket. The horse won, and witness received as his share of the dividend £1 12s 9d. The defendant gave tho ticket to a man who was a stranger to witness to present at the machine. This man paid witness. The plaintiff was not present when witness received the money. After hearing the evidence for the defence, his Worship gavo judgment. He said it appeared that the defendant got 5s from each of tho others, and, including his own ss, purchased a ticket. It also appeared that he gave the ticket to ono of the partners to go and get the dividend. In order to make the defendant responsible, it certainly appeared to his Worship that the person who received the dividend should be an agent of the plaintiff’s; but this, he thought, had not been established. It appeared certain that this partner (the stranger) kept the money Himself—one might say, indeed, that he stole the mono}'. The defendant never had the £1 T2s 9d, the sum sued for. The plaintiff was accordingly non-suited.

NOTES. The public were somewhat out hi their calculations so far as three events were concerned on the first day of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s meetng. There was some sound speculation on the Hawke’s Bay Hurdles, which event has now been established four years, and on late form the Auckland horse Tim was cast upon as the best. A lot of the money, However, came from uie North. • Ho only had lOst 91b, but he does not appear to have ben dangerous at any time. Hangfire carried a great deal of coastal cash, but ho had bad luck, and came down at the back. Troubadour, the ultimate winner, was kept in the rear until beforrf the straight was reached, when Lynn brought him up. Hussar was in front of him in the home stretch, but Mr Ormond’s horse, for whose chance I had great respect, toppled over, and Troubadour had no difficulty about the rest of the journey. Sou-wester’s son and En Evant were the two least fancied of the crowd, and a dividend- of £2l 10s was returned . • .

Troubadour has not been showing too well over sticks, latterly, and ho got in with 9st 31b. It is only, a few weeks ago since he was leased to Mr Coleman, of of Kai Iwi, and I believe that gentleman supported his chance to the extent of a fiver, so that he secured a decent win. Social Pest was reported to be looking well prior to the meeting, but he was very meagrely backed on the machine. He*won, hard held, under 12st 111 b on the second day, however, but ho did not have to meet Troubadour, Straybird, Tally-ho, Hussar or Hangfire, which makes all the difference.

Mr Rutherford, whoso luck was out at the Wanganui meeting, had another win jit Hastings with Female Franchise (Ahua Lady Eva), who was in rare buckle, and was picked upon as little short of a certainty. A great many fancied the Frenchman, but he failed to realise expectations. A couple of the field were a lowed to run loose with scarcely any thing invested on them. Highlander and Pensioner, who are stable mates of Social Pest and Female Franchise, failed to score. .

Our old friend', Ned Kelly, popped up in the Trial Steeplechase at Hastings, and how he got there was no doubt a matter for surprise to his owner. Four ran off. three of them at the last hurdle, and Ned Kelly, was given a chance to score. It is probable that Ruby, would have proved the ultimate winner. When Kaurigum ran off he took her and. Blackberry with him. Ned Kelly was neglected by backers, and paid £22 10s. Old Sonambulist was a starter in this event, but he was settled by/ a purler early in the contest. During the last thirteen years Mr G. P. Donnely has secured the Hastings Bracelet four times, the winners being Owhoko, Mangahake, Haeta, and now with Korematuku. The last-named is a well-bred mare, being by Dreadnaught from Waewaehapi, and as she hails from the same stable as Douglas, Oingo and Co., it is pretty certain that she lacked milling in condition. There were eleven in the race, and the public, in picking Korematuku and Pansy as the best pair, showed acurate judgment. Pansy, who was bred by the Hon J. . Ormond, and is by Dreadnaught—Queen of Hearts (a relative of Queen of Trumps), won the Ladies’ Necklace in the nomination of Mrs F. Moeller on the second day, Bulrush, fourth the previous day, being runer-up. There was a good field, but some of the contestants had Buckley’s chance, whatever that may have been. The Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club does not bracket horses the property of the same owner on the machine, and in the Winter Handicap Castasbore and Fiist Blood raced on their merits in this respect. Mr Platt’s horses are very well, and finished in front of the rest. They will likely be brought down to Wellington for the forthcoming meeting, and may repay following. Neither of them were started on the second day, when Female Franchise scored. -

After/his double victory at Wanganui in the Hunt events, Stilts was reckoned a fair thing for the Hunt Club Steeple, but he fell after traversing a mile, and Puketoi, the best of the remainder (there were seven), had no difficulty in landing £l9 13s for his backers. It is stated that Doris (by Natator), who fell dead after the post had' been passed, could scarcely jump over the last fence. In such circumstances, and seeing that-she had tired to nothing before she got to the obstacle, her jockey shold have pulled her up. The mare must have been greatly distressed, and her final effort apparently killed her. Stilts had better luck on the second, day, and put down Puketoi, the first day’s winner. Mr Ormond apparently possesses a promising hurdler in Defiance, the son of Dreadnaught winning over sticks at Hastings the first time of asking. It was one of the easiest wins of the meeting; he led from end to end and gave nothing a chance. There was an exciting go in the June Handicap, won by Daphne (by Forerunner), who just got hojn© from Coolgardie, the Frenchman being close up. The Karanra stable supplied the favourite in St. Brigid, but she is not sufficiently advanced in condition to get the cerise jacket home. The Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase resulted in a surprise, Ruby, a five-year-old daughter of Turquoise and Denbigh, winning all the way. She belongs to Mr A. Ellingham, of Storlford Lodge, and this was her first appearance over big country. The Ellingtiamsr have now won this race thrice, Deiibigh'and Chemist having carried it off previously. Nor’-west, Tally-

ho and Hilda refused their jumps, Kanaka who was favourite, shaped very bacilv, and Hangfire fell as usual. Ruby jumped splendidly throughout and scored a very easy victory, paying a couple ot shillings under £ls. “Rhocidv” Mclvor, wuo died at Adelaide the other day, was well-known to AcW Zealander’s a number ot years ago. lie owned Grew Momus, Loion Lomond and Balmoral, and won a number of good lacct. with the first two. “Shoddy was a fearless cross-country rider, ana:. a good allround athlete. He left for Western Australia sonic time in the eighties. -“is death was due to a general break up o» tms constitution.

The bcokmaking trouble in I 1 ranee is growing. The police have been molesting horse owners who were betting (y. Inch they were entitled by the law to ocu, and there were'difficulties in consequence. During the forty-three days the now regime has been in vogue, the turuovei of the pari-mutuel increased by nearly mut. a million, and so the amount "bagged lor charitable purposes out of the funds increased from a million francs to over a million and a quarter. We are informed by cable that the English Jockey Club has at last determined to give the Australian starting gate a trial. It is about time. The mac.line has had a number of prominent advocates inh igh circles, but a greater number ot opportunities, including some newspapers who decry everything colonial. To show how badly the gate is needed it might be mentioned that there was a terribly’ ’wearisome delay’ of over forty minutes at the post prior to the Kemptoa Park Jubi’oc Stakes, and one writer says this turally of deadly disadvantage to Newhaven, who with 9st 101 b in the saddle all this long while was prominent in many ol the breaks away, and apart from tho physical handicap was little likely to have his somewhat uncertain temper improved by such a knocking about. Continuing, tho v writer says:—“Then, again, such a Jiigu- | strung fiily as Nun Nicer couid not but suffer under such an ordeal. Knight of tho Thistle caused a lot of the trouble, though he ran very generously in the race. On tho other hand, Tom Cringle, who was also a prominent offender, turned sulky, and never fairly took hold until .the last "quarter of a mile. Again and again men were asking. ‘When, oh when,,snail w© have the starting gate r” and one went so far as to suggest that a steward should be triced up and publicly chastised at every’ meeting until this most necessary improvement be introduced. We are supposed to be a practical people, and one would think that when we risk our money wo should urgently require that the best means bo adopted for ensuring our getting a fair run for it, but the lact remains that in every big handicap of a mile 01 less distance tho whole uuug is a mere lottery l , on account ot our method ol starting. In this instance, though the field would have got away immediately, and cn even terms by tho use of the gate, they were kept worrying and waiting and fretting and sweating for forty minutes, by which time backers of . Ncwhavon 11. might just as well have' thrown thou 1 money’ in the sea us have stood him, and the start, when it did come alter all, was none of the best, Survivor in particular getting” very badly away. Drum Major has been cased off since the Auckland meeting. • Mr I). Barry’s Ocean Shoil, by Lakoslioll—Surf, nominated for the Wanganui Guineas of 1900, is ineligible, and his name lias been withdrawn.

The professional backer who lost upwards of £20,000 at Epsom and Sanuowu and paid the lot, smiling benignly, on the following Monday, was- prominent in the ring at Newmarket (says a London writer), but played somewhat “lighter” than usual. There was a plcnuiiil supply of lady backers. An offer of IOOOgs has been refused lor tho Victorian Derby coll Glicsncy. ;

The Newmarket ' n/.i. " .’t Forest is now being trained to get a distance. • Fireworks is reported to be doing goou work at Wanganui in view of the Wellington meeting. Malatua and Peerage are m work again at Riccarton. It is reported that another oner of £I2OO has been made for the Queensland colt Dundonald. A big price. Bob Ray, who formerly belonged to Sir D. O’Brien, continues sound enough to race and took part in a couple of shortdistance events at the recent Rockhampton (Q.) Meeting, but tho best he could do was to get third, with Bst, in the Flying Handicap, 5 furlongs, won by Rebel, 9st 21b. Sydney “Referee” says that the hay gelding seems to have lost his pace, and the chances are that an A.J.C. Derby winner will end up as a buggy horse. The. chaser Crusado, entered for the Wellington Meeting, is being kept going at Eilerslie.

Mr Henry Redwood told a Nelson pressman the other day that he owned the first racehorse in New Zealand made no less a sum than £70,000 by moans of racing, and never put a penny on the tote in his jjjfe. Mr Redwood is 75 years of age. An unfortunate accident happened on April 29 at the racecourse near Bud.i Pcsth. All the sporting world of Vienna and Buda. Pesth, says a correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph,” were present at the meeting, and in the first handicap Count Joseph Baworowiski rode his own mare Coquette. When almost at the winning post the mare stumbled, and threw her rider. His foot was entangled in the stirrup, and he was dragged a distance of 15 yards. The mare, becoming frightened, kicked out, and fractured the skull of her rider, who was carried away a corpse. Count Baworowski was the son of a rich Polish magnate, but lived mostly in, Vienna, where he was wellknown in aristorcratic and sporting circles.

The owner of Fulmen says he has not backed that horse for the New Zealand Cup. An offer of £SOO for Nor’-wcst, made by an Auckland rcs ; .' I ' , nt, has been refused. According to “Castor” M. Hobbs, the well-known proprietor of the Racecourse Hotel, emphasises his previously expressed opinion that Merganser was lucky m winning the Great Autumn Handicap in 1893. He is convinced that had not L,..cly Zetland fallen at the entrance to the straight she could not have lost, notwithstanding the fact that the winner covered the mile and a half in the record time of 2min 35Jsec. Were the totalisator legalised in New South Wales, and the amount invested in it to be proportionately the same as in New Zealand, New South Wales would receive for its charities, at a rough estimate, about £20.000 annually from this source, and the Premier, Mr Reid, is understood to favour the legalisation of the machine.