OUR AUCKLAND SPORTING LETTER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1847, 15 April 1887, Page 23

OUR AUCKLAND SPORTING LETTER.

(Fhosi Oue Special Spouting CobbesPONDENT.) Auckland, April 13. The Auckland meeting on Monday and Tuesday last was characterised by the success of : Southern horses. On tho opening day Spade Guinea made mincemeat of those opposed t& her : in tt^e Handicap, carrying her 9st lib home in

front in great style; and with 71b more in the 'saddle on the; following day .she again 5 won . without apparently the semblance, of an effortH I have never seen aLmare improve "so wonder- I fully in so short ,a; time as she 1 did during the few'days preceding : the 'races! , , S.hfr looked ter< ribly jaded wben she .came here from Nelson, and though all traces bad not; disappeared outwardly she muethave been pretty right inwardly to have polishedoff her opponents in the manner she did. Teddy Yuille was served up redhot favourite' for the Tradesmen's Plate, but he got ' -beaten by an outsider in f Pretender, though hb mußtfhave twomhad <he -got^well in. ' In the' Sfc.Leger.he 'again- ran a right do.Wn'.good : 'uu. At thelawn hewas on? terms with Lady Norati, but' .a few yards from the post he changed his 'stride 1 , or i otnerWse' I^think he would have boiled * thepofr'ovef. fl 'Ay : it was'he' was'only beaten by a hose.- . 'Rocket- was madea great favourite for ' thej Shorts; Handicap, jwhich t . ia , run over his favourite distance qf.sixiuilongs, but Cinderella caug^tlum.a/few strides from the post "and beat . him by ,'a ,' neck. The > Steeplechase J jwas capitally contested,' the . winner 'turning up'in Volcano, son of Daydawn, who .fenced in splendid style, 1 and won" by" four lengths/ from .Silvio. Falcon was the great, pot for, this event,, but just 'When the real business was about to "commence, t he' 'came down 'at a post and rail. Tho, only thing to mar the pleasure of the meeting was' the suspicion that certain .owners' had arranged matters so as to rim together in the Easter' Handicap; but the ' little/ game was stopped by the notes of warning'sent out by the I I prys, and we were .therefore saved the unpopular sight of seeing horses Contesting with | their beads tied up." iThe, clever division were in a great temper at the remarks of the press, I and denied that any readying up' had been indulged in; but I absolutely know that the matter bad all been cub and dried, and that it was'only the remarks of the press that prevented it from coming off. Cremorne broke down badly last week by overshooting his fetlock, and. I doubt his ever racing again. Turquoise and ; Derringer are also in a queer state with their legs. The handicapping of Mr Evett at the Auckland meeting, came in for a good deal of adverse criticism at the hands of horseowners ; and I must say that that gentleman is either a very bad judge or confoundedly careless, for some of the conclusions he came to were nothing short of outrageous.