SRORTING NOTES.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 33, 30 July 1892, Page 7

SRORTING NOTES.

'■'! Aia Anckland coritributer v to the Sports irig Column of the .Bulletin;say^:—The l.ifck of the Chinaman on tha turf and off is proverbial. At c Takapuna race Jmeetingthe present writer, after suffering a lot of bad lack, determined just cfor once to fox a Chinese storekeeper aqd follow his lack on the totalisator. It 'was a sellin? race, and the Chow took gco#le~olf^ke^^ Tb!e Wofm, 4|ich h«p 'nejeerid uring£a le^thy .rapingvieareer at much as wriggled intoTa"placer*~®hly three 'horses started, and the race ended Maelstrom!; Eangitiri 2, The Worm 3. Bat, behold ! Maelstrom "~" was d|s. Qualified for.jostli^Ran^itirii Paflgiti?i couldn't draw weighty ari| fwetjty minutes after the race was over 1 a vreary pressman was straggling with bis Chinese mascotte as to who should be first at the pay window to draw _a dividend of £80 7s per OTterejgn ial 1 Rested! jjt, is.beHeTed,. that the stallion ; Far 'Ni^nte/^purchasea' in 'England, 1 •!is w deS£ tined for the Hobartville stud, N.S.W. .[Far Nieiite is a six-year-dld horse, x sired by the Two Thousand Guineas winner Galliard, and while on the turf raced in the colours of Lord Penrhyn.] Mr J. Eae, the well-known Auckland trainer, leaves ,for Sydney next Tuesday in the as.'Waihorafand will take with him Morion, Quadrant, Stranger and The.Colonel. " i Thames v. Auckland rto-day at Jpotier'B Paddock. ,V A team will be picked from the following' to represent v-Pfteroa'll against City North II (Thames) today:— Coote, Moore Bas^y, Me Quire (2), McGruor, Neave,,Couway, Home, Biggs, Mahoney, Philbps, Yuglar, 1, Hamilton, McLean, Hanison, Etu and pixon. 1! The 100 yards' race between Coote and Vuglar for a stake of £4 -will be run about 3 o'clock this afternoon, in Crosßy's Paddock: should be >an extremely close affair, the men being well matched. " ; The team to represent Ohinemuri against City South (Thames) will be picked to night py Kenrickj Ridings, B|nd Hatton. L !" '- - - - !