SPOUTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5356, 19 April 1879, Page 6 (Supplement)

SPOUTING.

Racing Fixtuees, 1879. M.y 54- Ka'lcoura Olar'.bor .ugh) Steepl'CQiio. 11-iy 24.— 5.z. o u-;ii .-. atioual Ste-ple>.lw«e, Awamoa, near Oaiuaru, uooiiu >timi&, April 28, weights, !Uy 1 acceptance^, M»y 17. May24—Dunedm (J lean's Birt')dav racoi We ghts, April i6 ; aooepiaucin and K 'C..eial emiies, M»y 17.

NOTES BY BEACON.

At Christclratch, on Monday last, a meeting of members of the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase Club was held, at which Mc-8:» M. Stujholme (in the chair), J. Grigs, ri. A. Bristol, J. Brabazon, A. Wright, \V. F. Neilson, T. Aoland, G.Thomson, C. H. Dowding. J. Campbell, C. F. Baiker, C. Cardale, GvLee, aud P. Egan (secretary) were present. Correspondence from the Dunedin Jockey Club re their disqualification of the jockey Lyford for his lidiug of Eveisley in the Dunedin Steeplec .aso »ai re id, and ont'ae motion of Mr Grigg, seconceJ by Mr Brabazou, tlio meeting end 'rsed the Dunedin Cmb'a action. Tha Dueed'n Club also wrote, pointing out that May 24 h, which had beeu Kele-JteJ fur tha Steepleo'.aae meeting at Awamoa, is the day on which the Dunedin Autumn .Races are held, and Bug-g.i-ting that the Steeplechase b» held on another day. On thia Air Egan remarked tLat serious loss would be caused if the dxy was altered ; while Mr Grigg gave vent to the curious opinion that "as i.h- Grand National wai not a local event, it sluuM hwe precedence." TJltimitely it was res»; veil ilia", the day fixed on be adheredto, but that rtgret be expressed that no alteration could be made, May 24th being the usual day of the steeplechase meeting. The Hon. M. lioimes wrote authorising the Club to make wt-at charge they pleated for admission to the course on the ground lent by him to the Club, and expressing a hope that dogs would be kept iff it, as it is ft favourite spotf or coureing. A le tor was then read from Alesn-i J. T. liord, \V. F. Neilion, and Tesjhemaker, suggesting thai the Club consider the question of the maximum weight to ha pnt on horses euteved fur ihe Club's handicaps. Mr Egan said that a Kemlouiuu who had bought a welt known siceylech tser hid expressed his btlief th*t no hi-hi-r penalty taan 12at. 71b. could be placed ouabocto. Wire it thought that the horse ail .tied to woul.i ha.ve no h;gher weight, \ ery few o ivners would enter their hor=es. Mr IS eilscn differed from this opinion, and read the ru'cH bearing on the question of handicap weights. Aftar Home discussion had taken place Mr C. F. Ba.ker ask-d if the rul-s had been lovised. Tha Kin. Secretary said tha rules li-i.il b en revised by a competent g-ntleman, but the revised rules hed not been dealt with by the Ccinmittie. Mr N=ilson ta'd he was a member of the Committoj, but had received no l otice of any meeting to revise the luks. In fact, the last meeting of the Committee he believed, had beeu illegal. The Secretary stid that ho had consulted the hiuidicap;;er, who had to'.d him that he considered there was no limit to the weight he c.uld pnt on a horse, but h'.»d suggos'.eJ that the matter could be brought beforo the general nueting of the Club. Mr Grigg thought tl'O handicappw shoull tave perfect discretion tu to the weights. There was nothing in the r.iles to prevent the handicapper placing more than 12it 7lb on a horee. The Club might limit tbe weight, but a nsreting to discu s the natter should ba specially callei Several n..ti->ns were proposed, and at le g>h tie following, l>r ■!)' std by Mr A. CardaU, secoadtd by Mr Do vding, wus carried by six vi.teo to five:—"Thit 12at 7lb is not necessarily the hit'lie-t weight." Aiuklaud autumn races opened very sucossfully un Monday, but the quality of the horses ungaged was not up to the u-ual good standard, Southern crai-lis being cou-piouous by Iheir ab--80! 03 Pi-Te-nings commEiiced with the Tradesmen's Pla'e, in which Mr M'lvor's sixyear old. Peep o' Day be.it Iziak Walton and u'ne others alter a fine race, but I must take le.ive to txj ress th j strong* st doubt as to the dinners doiu 0 ' the mile in 1 min. 40iaec—probably 1.50i wo.ilil be nearer tha mark. In the Hurdle Kace, " Kod.ly" il'lvor had another turn will Uira, who defeated a field of six with lots in bawl. Another good field of 10 horses went down to the rust for the Easter Handicap of 100 boys, two rniie^, and Peep o' Day was uiadi a Lot fav-urite. T>vo ou'aiders in Yarapa and Lalltih Ko kh made it too hot lor him, however, ai;d tht former won rat) or eaßily in the good time of 3 miu. 44 nee. The Levol Handicap proved a v*ry good thing f< r Lady Godiva, lor all the other hordes got away to a false start, and went right round the c-ource once. The onaequenca was that when the properstart was made Lady Godiva was f resb, and woit easily. Mr Walter's colt, by Izaak Walton —Slauder, won the wtight-for-ago Publicans' P-ivsi), and lere a^ain we have the time for the mi'.o returned at tli9 aboiird figure of 1 miu. ■10 »-eca. On Tuesday rain fell so heavily that the sue nd day'a racing had to be pit oil till \Wdue>ii.ty. The Auiiimn Meeting of the Australian Ji'ckev Cliii>, at R.vndwick, coinme-ced on Saturday, but we nave received ordy tho most ti.eagre farticulars of the sami po far. Of the day's eveuis all we know is that Mr H. Power's Boiworth, full brother to Kichmond, won the St. Lcger rather easily. Mr E. Do Mestre's b c His Lordship, by Ihe Maiquis, was second :Mr T. Ivory's br c Sweetmeat, by Y.itteud.ju—Sultann, third. Of thj Trial Stakes, in which Le Loup was engaged, we know nothing. At IXnilquin on March 27th Tom Cat (7st 7'6) von the Cup of 120 bovs ; Cnquette the liiwke Handicap; and Dictator the Deuili quin Handicap. The Australian jockey, Nolan, having concluded his engagement with Mosßrs Mason and Vallaucd, returns to Victoria shortly. During his stay in this country, Nolan had tjome good mourns and has been successful in landing several stakes for the proprietors of Yaldhur3t. Telegrams from Dunedin, in tho Northern papers, state that a meeting of bookmakers was recently held, at which it was unanimously rosolved to post all defaulters, without any exception, over thp late Dunedin races. This however is scarcely correct, the facts being that no such meeting was held, and that the bookmaker* have simply made up their minds to post eome of the most determined non-payers amongst the public. The privileges for the past Canterbury meeting fetched far above the average nmonnt, the totul being nioio than double that of last year's meeting. At Chrietchurch last week an exciting trotting match for £20 came off between Mr Harbridge's b g Bubby and Mr Taylor's b g Tommy. The coarse was from the racecourse at Eiccarton to the town boundary, and after a capital struggle Tommy won by only a longth and a hnlf. Subsequently a match for £50 took place botweon Mr G. Shepherd's b" m Ada and Mr T. Matthew's blk m Boss. Tho distance waß fonr milos, and Ada won rather easily. The South Canterbury Jockey Club held a meeting afc the Grosvonor Hotel on April 4tU j present—fynin Cliff (prepidipg), J, Js, §t*ij.

sell (secretary), Hall, Jonas, Meikle, Daval, and It. StanselL The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed. Tho consideration of a request made by Mr Hall, that Messrs Jonas, Meikle, and himself, who had promised to become security for the debt incurred by tho Club

in erecting a new grand-stand, should be elected as members of the Directing Committee during the time they acted as securities, and finally the following resolution affecting the same was passed, viz., " That the Governor bo requested to nominate Messrs Meikle, Jonas, and Hall as trustees of tho Timaru lacecourso, in tho place of Messrs Teschmaker (deceased), and Parker (who is at present in England)." Tho following resolution, moved by Mr Hall and seconded by llr Meikle, -was negatived, viz., "That the Club guarantee Messrs Meikle, Jonas, and Hall against any personal loss that may arise through the the bond of £600 which they have agreed to enter into ou behalf of the Club on tho guarantee of ihis resolution." Messrs 3?. LeCren, G. L. Meason, and G. Goodman were elected members of tho Club, and Messrs 8,. Stewart and W. Zieslor having been proposed as members, the meeting adjourned till May 2nd, a rote of thanks to the chair terminating the proceedings. The well-known jockey, E.. Derritt, two or three days before tho Canterbury races, sprained a tendon in his leg while jumping a gate, and was, in consequeno •, unable to ride during tbe meeting; iu fact he is likely to be incapacitated for some time through tho mishap. Owners of cross-country horses are reminded that'on the 26th iust. nominations close for the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechases at Awamoa, which promise to be more successful than any meeting held under the außpices of that club.

The name of Mr M'Gee, of Auckland, is not unknown in the South as that o£ an eccentric owner of horses, but we are more familiar with thisindivdual|on reading reportaof speeches made by him at a public dinner held after the recent Dargaville races. In responding to the toast of "The Visitors," Mr M'Gee made a fervid and poetic speech which was continually applauded. Ho said ho had heard of their magnificent rivers and their colossal kauri forests. Ho had admired their unsurpassed river scenery as he had passed up. They had a fine racecourse, and splendid stakes for a country meeting, which was a great inducement, as if you do not see anything sticking out you don't care to go for it. He thought that tho handicappera of the 19th century were vioing with each other who conld stick the heaviest impost on Elsa. Later on, in speaking to the toaat of "The Bushmen," Mr M'Gee said he was glad to see buehnien so well conducted. He was told it was dangerous to show his colours, that the lattor would arouse the slumbering ire of tho inhabitants of the forest, but he found them a gentle lot of fellows. He spoke apologetically for any exciting demonstrations by busiimon, saying, " After a long isolation amid the silence of the bush, they come to races, and their blood boils to exuberance, they becomo excited by tho exciting events, and the slightest affront is calculated to provoko their slumbering pugilistic proclivities, but civilization and education were advancing with such rapid strides that even the bush-whackers would soon ba all philosophers." There seems to have been some other queer characters at this same dinner, for a Mr Smeaton, in proposing "The Losers," said, " No one could feel the feelings of a losor of a race;" to which aMr Hull responded in felicitious terms, agreeing with Mr Smeaton, but adding, " that no one could fed the loss of the loser so well as the loser that Numination3 for the Dunediu Jockey Club's May meeting have come in far moro numerously than could have been anticipated, locking at tbe poorness of the programme as compared with those of previous seasons, and with fair weather we may look for an interesting gathering. For the Hurdle Race there are eight entries, or twice as many as last jear, and amongst the candidates are the Tasmanian crack Eversley, the evergreen Kildare, and old Exile, who seems to be going into a now line of business rather late in lifo. The Birthday Handicap ha3 attracted thirteen names, an increase of nve, and the most distinguished among them is Lara, winner of an Auckland and a Wellington Cup. Mr Vallance also nominates Vampire, and there is another Australian bred one in Benjiroo. I am glad to see entered in Mr Chaafe s name Kitchen's young horses, Oberon and Atlantic, as it looks as though the pair have got into form again. Mr Goodman is of course to the fore with Chancellor and York, and tho Utter will by the day have probably recovered from the accident which befel him at Chnstchureh. Mr Logan is going to have another try with Cloth of Gold, and an old friend in Wee Lad will pi? us a visit from the South. The rest are well-known Provincial horses, _ including Blue Peter, who turns up periodically with prai> eworthy regularity. The eleven entries for the Trot are three more than last year, and there are several stiangers amongst the competitors ; Tommy, Ling, Belli, Major, and Our Pony, are all previous winners. In the Novel Eace, which takes the place of the usual Selling Kaco, a number of old stagers are entered, but Inotice tliat there is also a three-year old filly by the Australian sire, Barwon, the firdt of that horse's progeny, I believe, that has yet run on our course. There are sixteen entries tor the Tradesmen's Handicap, against only nine last year. Tho hors-s are the same as in the iiirtiday Handicap, with the addition of Swedo, bir James, and Kosemary. Tho handicaps will bo published on the 26th inßt. . . The following additional nominations making 41 in all, have been received for the Wanganui Derby of 1882 :— Mr T Higgles b it Sitter of Mercy, by CarecceuMrJ Higglel""^ K Li-tlo Footstap3, by Gladiator— TauDO mare MrP A CinvanneV ch I Sunbeam, by Sitor—Ancora Mr H KerhvoocVs h c, by Maroro—Walnul Sir H ttedwood's ch c, by Ma-om-Biupa Vr 51 Redwood's b g, by Maroro—Toi-Tc.i Mr C H Owen's b f, by 4l«rrro—Ambolta Mr C Redwood's en I, by Maroro—Moggie Lander Mousetrap has tuffered another defeat in Tasmania, this time at the Campbell lown meetin". The only event he ran for was the steeplechase of 150 eovs, three times round the course, over thirteen jumps, and the starters wero as follows -.-Victor list 91b, Talleyrand l'st 51b, Mousetrap lOst 21b, Wayfarer 9stl2lb. The Mail in its report say? :—The great event of tho meeting, the steeplechase, now cimo on for decision. Four of the five acceptors weighed out, and as the competitors wero undergoing their preparations they were eagerly icanned by those iu the saddling paddock. Talleyrand was in splendid condition, and George Law was highly complimented for this. Mousetrap also looked very well, and the same must bo said of Victor. Mousetrap was the favourite, and was backed pretty heavily. At the start Mousetrap was at tho front, Victor, Talleyrand, and Wayfarer as stated. There was very little alteration until nearing the straight the s-'cond time round, when J. alleyrand ran ir,to second place. These positions were maintained until the turn at the back of tho course, but here old Talleyrand rushed to the front, and negotiated the eleventh fence earely. Not bo Mousetrap, for he struck hard and fell. However, he was soon mounted again, but too late to have any chance. Approaching the turn for homo the last time the race looked all over a win for Talleyrand, but here Victor came at a very fast pace, drew'.up to Talleyrand,and atthe hurdle in the straight both were in the oir together, but Victor lasted the longest, and won amidst tremendous excitement by about three lengths. The horse wes loudly oheerod on being pronouncod all right atthe scales— and a similar compliment was paid Talleyrand and

Mousetrap. _ , ~ . ." Th* resolution of the Palmerston Kacing Club that the mare Bluebell, JlrD. M'Uouald (her owner) and P. S. NicholU (her rider), be dinuulified during the jlasure of the Olub, was endorsed by the DuneJin Jockey Club at the meeting o£ Committee on Saturday night last.

KEMPTON PAItK STEEPLECHASES.

February 17tu.

Tun KbmptosPA'-k Grand Husulb Uaksicap, of 20 sovseaoh.il ft, wi.h 600 ndihd; wimitn o»tra; tho gawnd received 50 sovs and Ihe third 30 out ot tbe Btaki» ; two miles and a quarter, oyer niue hnrdlea ; 44 subs, 20 of whom declared forfeit.

Sir Dunlop's en c Bicchus, by Uncas out o( Nellio'a dam Byia 1W 71b .. (R I'Anson 1 Sir J D Astlej'a Bri.'fret. 6 yr», lOst lllbfJ AdamiO 2 Mr Olifford1* b a Nortl (1 et. aged, llst..(Uurenoo) 3 Ca ,taiu Maohell's b g Advan. o, 6 yis, 12_ t 71b (J Cannon; 0 Mr W M Raine's Carthusian, 6 yro, list 21b Sir W Throckmorton'B Bmloy, 5 yra, lls', e . Q Mr E Hobaon'B ra'w Wreath, i yrs, 10«t 01b (inc'udimr Sib extra) .. (A. Holmtin) 0 Mr G Goodchild's Palestine, 6 yrs, Wst 11 ( b vhjte]e . 0 »r¥H Manger's br g Gordon, 6 yr«, lost 1 Jib Prince Hadzuldt'a ch c Danclis (h b), 4 yrs, Jo^*l^ 0 Lord M Beresford'a King of Uunde, * vr-.lpatlllb, . (J Jomcb) 0

Betting: 2 to 1 against Advance, 4 to 1 against Burley, 5 to 1 e'oh against Bacchus and Northfleet, 10 to 1 ug-inst King of Launde, 100 to 8 nguinat Palestine, 100 to 6 against Banclcs, and 20 to 1 against Bridget. Palestine jumped off with a clear lead of Baochua and King of Launde, who were followed by Northfleet, Advance, and Gordon, the whipper-in being Daisy Wreath, until crossing the first flight of hurdles, when Bacchus drew up to Palestine. He waß pulled behind King of Launde and Nortbfleet, however, on entoriug the straight, and upon reaching the 6tand the last-named was loading from Palestine, tha pair at the eaine time establishing a gap from King of Launde, ]*acch«s, Advance, and Burley, the others being headed by Carthusian, and whipped in by Bancks, Except that Adva.«c» lost two or three places along the far side, there was no important change until Burley took off too soon at the fourth flight of hurdles and came to grief. Soon afterwards Palestine was collared liy Bacchus and King of Launde, of whom Bacchus gradually drew on terms with Northfloet, and deprived him of the command five furlongs from home. They were then followed in single file and at widish intervals by King of Launde, Bridget, and Advance, until approachJBgtheturn for home, when this batch took somewhat olooer order. In tbe line for home, however, Advanoo failed simultaneously with King of .• ■■ ,' . •; , .i £ - ■ * * ■ • '

Bridget to separate Bacchus and Northflcet opposite the Stand, the Irishman easily held his own, and won byja length; a bad third. Advance was fourth, King of Laundo fifth, Gordon sixth, Carthusian next, and Palestine last. GUINEAS AND DEEBY BETTING. Tho following was the state of tho odds on the Two Thousand Guineas and tho Derby when the last mail left England :— WO TUOL'SAND QUISKAS. 4 to 1 agst Cadogan 4—l Lancastrian 8 — 1 Qunmrshury 5 — 1 Rayon d'Or 8 — 1 Discord 10—1 Chiribert 10 — 1 Wink Boy 12 — 1 Ruperra 12 — 1 Marshal Scott 7 to 1 agst Victor Chiel 7 — 1 Falmouth 8 - 1 Cado«an| 12 — 1 Gunncrebury 12 — 1 Rayon d'Or 10 — 1 Huperra 16 — l Marshal Scott 10 — 1 Charibert 20 — 1 Fiavius 20 — 1 Leghorn 20 — 1 Blink Boy 20 — 1 Caxtonian 25 — t any other.