SPORTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8734, 21 February 1890, Page 2

SPORTING

DUNBDIN JOCKEY CLUB'S AUTUMN

MEETING. Seconh Day—TnunsDiY, February 20,

Better weather could not have been desired than that with which the Duoediu Jockey Club were favoured yesterday, when the second day's racing of tbeir Autumn meeting was held. The tun shone out with all its warmth frcip; a. bright, alinoi-t cloudless tiky, and there was hardly a breath of wind. The atttrx>nncu was almost, us a matter of course, large— very large, indeed, for the " off " day of tbu meeting—and the sport was capital. The lic-ftJs were large, cix being the smallest number of horees that saddled up for any one race, and the handicapper had done his part of the work to well as to make it an extremely difficult J^k, even for the " knowing onevi" to pick o^T^Te winners. The dimensions ii some of the G/T/denda will show, as a matter of fact, that the "knowing ones" were distinctly wide of the mark in two or three of their prognostications. As the starting was fairly good, on the whole, and some of the finishes were very exciting, there was nothing wanting to contribute to the thorough enjoyment of the day's sport.- Apropos of the starting a pleasant incident which occurred yesterday has como under our notice. Just before the start for the lust raco a number of the trainers ucri jockeys, to show their approval of Mr Driver's starting, decorated hie hack with the following inscription :—" Mr Driver, a good starter." The starter mounted his horse to des.pn.teh the field Cor the Post Stakes without obherviug the inscription, until demonstrations of approval as he rode out of tho yard drew hin attention to it. The incident may be regarded by some ss a trivial one, but a straw thows the way the wind blows and this may be taken as an indication of a revulsion of feeling in favour of Mr Driver on the part of those who are in the be&t position to judge as to the starting The Garrison • Baud supplied a liberal programme of music in a ■ capable style, and the whistling man from the exhibition gave several illustrations of his skill. The programme of events was started with the Tally-ho Handicap, for which nine jumpers faced the starter. Waitaugi was, on the strength of his previous days' performance, and notwithstanding his increase of weight, made the favourite, but Torrent, Mammoc, Bnd Koyalty were all well supported. Poole adopted on Waitangi the tactics that had been so successful in the Hurdle race which inaugurated the meeting, but the extra half-mile proved too much for him, and the winner turned up in Cathedral, an outsider, that paid the large dividends of £22 14s 6d and £41, there being only seven investors on him in the shilling enclosure. A protest was lodged against the winner on the ground of alleged suspicious running on the previous day, but alter consideration was not entertained. For the City Stakeß there were six candidates, of which number three—Tempest, Freedom, and Thackeraywere greatly favoured on the totalisators. Thackeray's almost uncontrollable temper was responsible for a long delay in the start—a delay, the effect of which was to a certain t-xteut noticeable all through the day, although the authorities did thoir best to observe punctuality and had the bill of fare exhausted before 8 o clock. Tempest cut out the ruuuing, but had to yield pride of place in the straight to Freedom and Town Moor, both from the same Canterbury stable. The principal event of the day—the Duuediu Jockey Club Handicap, was the next on the card, i-even bows sported silk for (his race the past winners of which include such distin-guii-hed performers as Lurliue, Templeton, Guv Fawkee, Fishhook, Foul Play, Lady Emma, Tag. man, and, in more recent years, Necklace, Gipsy King, and Dudu. With the public the Musket more, Lady Florin, was a great fancy. Occident, aud Merrie England being next in de- ££ nd- , Tho resnlfc Ras a perfect boil over, .blizzard, one of Gorton's progeny, winning very eomfortabjy and returning to those who had the luck to back him substantial dividends. Gorton's stock was again to tue fore in. the Novel Ka.ce, one of his sous, Enfield out of Blink Bonny, having little difficulty in disposing of his five opponents. Nearly three-fourths of the total amount of money that passed through the totalisators on the Railway Plate, a weight-for-age sprint race, was divided between l'ygmaliou and Merrie England. The candidate that was, after them most fancied was Thackeray, bat this colt" played up " so abominably that Mr Driver had perforce to dispatch the field without him The two favourites had all the best of the start and fought the finish between them. Pygmalion was, however, no match for Merrio England, the litter giving another proof of what a grand colt he is by winning pretty comfortably. There were nine starters for the Suburban tVelter Handicap, and another big dividend awarded those who were ) fortunate enough to have n spotted" the winuer, Gipsy Prince, on whiuh horse Kecombe made a' capital fiuijh. The favourite, Don Cajsar, was not m the running; but Miss George showed up lor three-quarters of a mile. The Post Stakes which induced 10 starters ami was won by Windsor, brought the day's sport to an end The sntn of £9577 was passed through the totalizators, making a total lor the two days of £22,916. The investments for the corresponding days of last year's meeting amounted to £20,413.

Appended is a detailed .description of the various events:—

TALLY-HO HANDICAP Of lOOsovs; the second home to receive lOsovs.lhe i ss^ i g'hi:B^ nii srlofliKhtßof

2!) 7-Hr J Meikle's b g Cathedral, by TotaraPuriki,aged.9 2 .. (WalKI 1 164 07-Mr J Poole's blk g Waitangi, aged,lo.lo 120 44-Mr T Kearney's b h .Torrent, 6j^nf * 127 6S-MrJMoffitt'schgMammoc,agedTlOJ2 3 97 34-MrEM'Hulty' 8 bl l Trimolite,sytrs™0 t 0 ° 33 17-MrE Wilson's chg Trapper, i^dfa" 11' ° 35 21-Mr J Gibson's b g Wardrobe,(agfei ° in j -,[1" fl il 5*b overweight] ... ({Wean) 0 10 4_Esr s Barton's b g Wanafcs, 4yrs, 9 0 US J7-Mr P J Henley's eh g Hoyalty, aged'To ° 733 319 (Kingan) 0 Garibaldi was ecratcFed before the race, and a lieM of nine candidates was left. While doing h;s preliminary, Cathedra! ran up against a hurdle and the fence, mid gave his rider, Walls who was unseated, a severe shaking, but not Mifiiciently severe to prevent him from taking his mount in the race, or, as events proved from riding wi-h found judgment. When the flag fell Waitangi went off with the lead, closely followed by Wardrobe, Wauaka, and Trimolite. At tha hack of the course Waitangi held command, with Wardrobe sticking close to him, and with Royalty third. Cathedral then began to come up, and at the close of the first mile Waitangi, Wardrobe, Cathedral, and Royalty were the leading horses. Wardrobe was, however under the whip, which was too freely applied to him, and it was evident that he was held safe. Waitangi was still in front at the mile and ahalf, where Cathedral was second, both of them several lengths in front of the others, but shortly nitewards Torrent and Trimolita parted company from the ruck, and started in pursuit of the leaders. At the home turn Cathedral had his head iv front, but the hurdle at the entrance to the straight was taken simultaneously by Waitangi and Mr Meiliie'a nomination. A rattling race to the post enfued, but Cathedral had most left in him, and secured a clever victory by half a length. Torrent was six lengths away, third, and Trimolite, Wardrobe, Royalty, Trapper, and Mammoe, followed in that order, Wanaka having been beaten off Time, 4min sjsec. Of £1050 on the totalisators only £36 were on the winner. Dividends • Inside, £2214s 6il; outside, £41.

A protest was entered against the winner on the ground that ho had nob been ridden to win on Ihe previous day, but w.s not entertained, and tbetotalisators paid out on Cathedral CITY STAKES HANDICAP Of Jsosovs, with a sweepstakes o£ Siov* each; the second hone to receive 2osovs, and f,ho third JOsovs from the stakes. For two-year-olds on.lv. rive furloncfs. I. O. 279 131—Mr D O'BrienV be" Freedom, by Capti-vator-Maid of Honour, 2yrs, 8.10 83 83-Mr D O'Brien's eh c Town Mcor?^™, * 8.0 ... CO'Tfppfpl o 298 181-Mr J Stepheuson'B eh fTcmpest. 2yrs. 21S 61-M?'P Butler's"blk c Thackeray?!™! ' 9.5 ... CMYil'tpgl n •11 19-Mr J Btephaiitou'e br o Mariner, 2yr«. 38—Mr WFowler'sbf Watercress, 2yra,8?12 ° 1001 488 oYi6by) ° Thackeray again gave an exhibition of temper, and the field were kept waiting for him until everybody was tired. At last Mr Driver got the candidates off to a rather stragglin" wart, of which Mariner had all the worst—his stable companion, Tempest, however, being quickest away. Coming round the top of the courro, Tempest bikl Watercress, racing together, were in the van, with Mr O'Brien's pair and Thackeray about a couple of lengths beliirni the them. Tempest led into the straight, but was in trouble, and Freedom, answering to Demfcl, s call, came up in fine style, and disposing first of Watercress aiid then tempest, pussecl be p st with an advantage of a length and e-half. which might have- been almost indefinitely incr: astil. Town Muor tilso chmu with a rush i:i the straight, and beating Tempest on the post by « r.rek, srenred Kf-ooiid money for Mr O'Brien. Watercress wns fourth, Tbackeray fifth, and Mariner hsfc. Time, lrain Uscc. Of £1467 in the t-otalisators, £410 were on the winner. Dividends: Inside, £3 4s Gd ; outside £3 4s. ' DUKKDIN JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP, Of lOOsovs, with a sweepbtake of 6sov» each; tho second horse- to receive s(isovs, and the tl' liorae 20sovs from the stakes. Quo mile al' half. I. O. 68 27-Mr II Gooilmau'a eh g Blizzard, by Gorton —Lady Gertrude, 3yrs, 6 2 185 101-Mr II Lnnn ns 1, c Memo F,^S J ••iyre, SS ... ... (Derretn Q 100 44—Mr X Oudailld's eh b Mon Loup «vrii 6-12 ... ... (T Biiddico nibe) <! 227 107-Mi J .-'tephonsoira b h Occident, 4y"s, ■143 209-Mr Q ]!lii"s' br mLn ly Florinl's^rs' """l ° 36 3Mhe Hon. « fftort br h KnJ? ° 4yrs, 8.3 ... (Whita' 37 28-Jlr H Jvild.ire's b X Ixion, 6yrs. 7 0 amiw " ' oVUby> 0

A splendid start was effected, the field beiuy got away well together. Ixion, Blizzard, and Mou Loup wero at oaco taken to the front, while Merrie England brought up t'no rear. As they passed the stand Ixinii held the lead, and Blizzard was second, Mou Loup and St. James, the latter on the inside, were tho next in order, and the reat were in a bunch, Moirio England still being the last. At the tnilu the positions were practically unaltered, Ixiou, Blizzard, and Mod Loup constituting tho foremost division, but at the top of the course the field closed up for n few strides, Blizzard's effort wss then made, and Lirduer brought him up nn tho outside. There was nothing that could stall off tho challenge, and he led into the straight, where ho was never headed, winning by s full couple of luugtiiK, Murrio England coming very fust in the straight, deprivod Mou Loup of second place by less than half a leugth, and Ixion was fourth. Occident, St. James, and Lady Florin finished in the order named. Time, 2niiu 41J<ee. OF £1098 in tho totslisafrra, £95 wero on tho winner. Dividends: Inside, £15 3s; outside, £18 83. The following is a list of thu Winsiihs of Tiiß Jockey Olub Handicap. "1 ' i i ." <-" Owner. Wiunor. j ,S t S _£ < g I a j st lb m b 18M'Mr H. Reilwood Lurllne 4; 912 43 20 IS7S!Mr Dolamaiu Tcmpleton 48 13 63 IS ISTli'Mr Auckland Ariel 3 li 13 Pj3 20 1877JMr liedwood QuyFawkes 5| 012 4|3 23 1878 Mr Keay Templctou alO 0 63 18 1379 Mr Nellson Fishhook a I) 0 43 12 1880 Hon.W. Robinson Foul l'lny ft; 9 3 l|w. o. 1881 Ilon.W.lfobiuson Natator 51 Sll 4;3 204 1882 Sir 11. llobinson Lady Emma ■! 8 4 83 11} ISS3 Mr S. Horsfall King Quail a 7 5 7;3 8 18S-I Hon. O. M-Lean Lady Emma 6 813 B;3 9} ISSS Mr D. O'Brien Tasman a! 9 8 7|3 lOi 1886 Mr J. Jliu-Bhall Necklace 48 8 7 3 11} 1887 Hon. 0. M'Loan St.. Clair 36 5 7|2 '11 1888 Mr O. B. Stead Qlpsy King 3 9 2 9.3 41 1889 Mr B. Cults Dudu 4 811 7 3 42} 1890|MrH. Qooilmini Blizzard 3| 6 2 7)8 41{ NOVUG HAOH HANDICAP. Of SOsovs. The winner to b» sold by pnbllo unction with liia ongaK«ment.s. and the whole of tlie proooctla of the tale of the horee to go to the fnuds. Oqo milo. I. 0. 131 ai-Mr J Onrran'a b X Enflsld, by OortonBlinli Bonny. Svra, 7.7 ... (Hums) 1 131 70—Air J Poole's or g Milord, 3yrs, 8 5 (Sharp) 2 100 52—Mr F U White's eh m Heartburn, syrs, 6.7 ... ... ... (King) 3 lot 81—Mr W Phel.in'B b g Hollowback, Ryrs, 8.10 (T Buddicombe) 0 215 130—Mr W Smyth ns b g Savoy. 3y«, 7.0 (W Buddicombe) 0 74 46-Mr A James' blk g Outlaw, 4yrn, 6.10 (Wlsby) 0 785 426 Hollowback had the best and Savoy, who had been "playiug up" a good deal, had thu worst of the start. Heartburn aud Outlaw were well placed as the field passed tho wiuduiill, but Eufiuld was driven up into the premier position as tho back stretch was travelled. The son of Gorton maintained tho lead from that point to tho finish, and won comfortably by four lengths. Milord finished second aud Heartburn was a fair third, Hollowback, Savoy, and Outlaw passing the post in that order. Time, Irani 48J3ec. Of £1211 on the totolisatora, there was £167 on the winner. Dividends: Inside,£6l7s; outside, £5 19s <SJ. The winner was bought by Mr H, Goodman for £76. RAILWAY PLATE, OflOOaovs. For two-year-olds and upwards. Weight for age. Four furlongs. I. 0. 33tl 160-Mr H Lunn nab c Merrle Knglmd, by St Oeorge-Hupeo, 3yra,B.7(Derrett) 1 465 170-iirWR Wilson's beFygruallon,2Yrs,7o (Wlsby) 2 53 29-MrCTurnbull'schhWolverine,-1yr5,9.0 (Sharp) 3 63 2(5-Mr J Foole's cbm Aprea Moi,4yrs,B 11 (HuxtaMe) 0 27 16-Mr X Price's b g Caliph, syr ß , 8.11 (Cotton) 0 73 22-Mr W Brigiushaw'a g f lied Cross, 3; ra, 8.4 (H'Jlorrin) 0 S3 12 -Mr P Butler's blk c Thackeray. 2yrs, 7.0 (O'Keefe) 0 71 40—iron.GM'Lean'schcEmma3on,2yrs,7.0 (W Budaicombs) 0 1212 513 Thackeray again proved himself to be possessed of. a moat vicious temper, aud after several ineffectual attempts had been made io Ret him to the post, Mr Driver dropped the fltg without waiting for him. Some of tho riders wero apparently unprepared, and Pygmalion aud Merrie England—the two favouritesgot away with the lead. Emmason was their closest attendant, and Aprea Moi was the last to tuore off. Pygmalion bad a (.light advantage as he rounded the home turn, but DerreU then gave Merrie England a touch with the whip, and the winner of the' Publicans' Handicap jumped into the lead. Wisby then had the whip out at Pygmalion, but Merrie England held him safe, and a clear length and a-hulf separated the two at the finish. Wolverine made his effort just baforc the straight was entered, and obtained third place. K-ul Crosr, Ear ason, Apres Moi, r.nd Caliph finished in that ord, . Time, 50} sec. Of £1725 on tho totalisators -c investments on the winner represented £526 Dividends: Inside, £2 19s 6*l; outside, £2 17s 6J. SUBURBAN WELTBK HAN ICAP. Of 120sovs, with a sweepstake of 2sovs each; the second borae to receive iiOsovs. aud the third lOsocs from the stakes. One miloaud a furlong. I. 0. 20 10-Mr R Brown's eh li Gipsy Prince, by I.c Loup -G.itana.4yrs, 8.0 (Secombe) 1 186 76—Mr J Dooley's b m Miss George, 4yrs, 8.5 (Hu.-table) 2 63 31—Mr S Alexander's eh c Goldtn Hope, Syrs, 8.2 ... ... (Holmes) 3 S2 35—Mr J Loughlin's bm La Eosd, Byrs. 9 9 (Owner) 0 71 23-Mr T W Hunjje-.ford's bft Captain Cook, aged, 8,12 ... ... (White) 0 !>3l 160-Mr H Goodman's eh g Don C;e3ar, 3yrs, 8.7 ... ... (T ISurldiconi'ie) 0 89 3S-Messrs M and C Hobbs' b c Iload Metal, 3yrd,8.7 ... ... (Jackson) 0 129 63-MrII J Smerdon's b m Modeste.Syr3.B.s (Brentian) 0 27 14-Mr S Turnbnll's b m Miss Allan, 3yrs, 8.0 (Sharp) 0 )21 453 From a very fair start Miss Ann and Road Metal got 'away with tho jlead, and these two held command till the back of the course, where Miss George went to tho front. Mr Dooley'a mare led into the straight, but Gipsy Prince came with a rush from tho distance post, and, overhauling the others hand over hand, passed Miss George on the inside, which ha was allowed to take through the latter running wide. He passed the post full of running with a length md a-half to tho good, Miss George being placer] second, and Golden Hope third, the rest Sailing off. Time, 2ir,in OJsee. Of £1374 on She totalisator.3, tho winner was only backed to ;he extent of £30. Dividends: Inside, £41 8s 3d ; outside, £40 15s. POST STAKES, 3f 2050V3 Open to all horses. No weight under 8.0. Winner to be sold by auction for IDsovs, and any surplus to go to the funds. I. 0. !04 75—Mr J Loughlin's b g Windsor, by Hot- I spur-Mabel ... ... (Campbell) 1 69 23-MrW Phelan'a b a Hollowback (T liuddicombe) 2 25 16-Sweetbriar .., ... (T Brown) 3 2!) 12-Gazelle ... ... (W Cotton) 0 17 5-May Hose ... (J Cotton, jun.) 0 50 29-Warlock ... ... (Sharp) 0 .H3 71—Pennant ... ... (WBrotvu) 0 33 15-Annio Laurie ... (W Buddicombo) 0 57 17-Tokeu ... ... (Burns) 0 05 29- -Peasblossom ... ... (Lsirdner) 0 ■68 202 From a straggling start Hollowback got away pith tha lead which he maintained into the tr&ight-, where Windsor came, under the call if his rider, and won by about half a length. Pime, lmiu 19£ sec. OF £1050 on the toialisaors, £279 was on tliG winner. 'Dividends: Inide, £3 6a 6d; outside, £3 10s. The winner vas bought in for £66. A London cablegram states that betting is 2 ;o 1 on Oxford for the University bout race. A pigeon shooting match, under tho auspices )f the Dunedin Gun Club, will be held at Cahuna Park to-day. The matches, whif-h are >pen to all comers, ttart at noon. George Allen, of San Francisco, issues p. challenge to Pettengell in another column. EUROPEAN ARMIES. o The Almanach de Gothafor 1890, which has seen lately published, contains, aa usual, itatistical details concerning the military !orces of tho various European States. This portion o£ the v/ork ha; been thoroughly ■evised, so as to secure the most accurate information accessible. It appears that it is practically impossible to ascertain the fighting strength of the Germany army when placed on a war footing, on account of the complicated arrangements by which portions of the territorial forces are worked into the strength of the regular corps. The peace establishments of Germany, France, and Russia are given by the Almanach as follows :—Germany, SS4. battalions, 4.G5 squadrons, 364 batteries, 1500 mounted guns 19,-lu7 officers, 408.409 rank and file. France! 26.7G1 officers, 534,100 rank and file, 480 field batteries, with 20G0 mounted guns. Russia, 848 battalions, or 38(5,312 infantry, 328 squadrons of cavalry with 57.41G men, 34-t batteries o£ field artillery with 1542 mounted | guns and 61,880 men, 33.} battalions of i s ngineers having 18,977 men, besides 31,130 j men of the "Train " service, making a total \ of 562,500 men. To these should be added j 288 Bfjiiadrons of Cossacks numbering 51,941 ', men, 112,850 local troops, and 72,034 reserve i men, which will bring up the slrensjlh of ; the Russian peace establishment to 799,928 \ men. The Russian forces, when on a war j footing are estimated as f0110w5:—994,4G0 men of regular troops, with 4030 pieces of artillery ; 280,810 reserve men, | with U49 guns; 137,730 Cossacks, with , 240 guns of their own ; and 189,500 supple- j mentnry reserve men, with 384 pieces of ( artillery. This estimate is exclusive of locil troops. The war footing strength of Franco is estimated by tho " Almanach " at " about, " the following:—Active army about 2,000,000, divided into 10 classes, according to age; 1,022,000 of tho territorial army, divided into five classes, according to age; rind reserve ■ troops, divided into six clus.sej, numbering • 762,000; the total amounting to 3,784,000.