OUR AUCKLAND SPORTING LETTER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1910, 29 June 1888, Page 24

OUR AUCKLAND SPORTING LETTER.

', 'From Our Special Sporting Corrh- ... BPONOBNT.) ' Auckland, June 27. The Papakura breeder,, Mr, W. [Walter*, suffered a serious loss last week by the' death of his brood mare Fishwoman. ; I understand that she feel into a ditch on the property, where she lay for nearly a day before being discovered 1 T?:Bawoman was _, got by ' Yattendoa " from" Fanny Fisher, and at the time of her death was in foal to Brigadier. It is .fortunate that ,in> Ftshgirl -Mr Walters ha? a full' sister/ to Fishworaan, for' if there in anything- iff nigh»olaßß ' breeding something' of a high order should cerv taihlyconte, from, this family.j. { « . '/ (J( J vArtiliery'a sister, Hilda, who was :sent home to = Wellington after - the Auckland j Autumn .• meeting, Jjaa rejoined George, WWjhi'a team,

iShechaa furnished into, a ireally niqe filly^and } I •shall be muph mistaken if .she does not kejep up the family, record, /-'hi ■• ,«i,< . -'"> 'r-f v V . ..Nofcwitb^tMding that the Racing Clhb piib•lishdd a notice , to, the effect that if, the'bookmakers, laid totalisatpr prices at their/meeting on Saturday they would be. expelled, several of their number disojjeyed ; with impunity, and I fancy. that combined.theyinust, have put fully ,£4OO through their books; during the afternoon: It is very hard to say ,what are the intentions of the owners of Cuirassier, and I fancy : ,that they have not yet seriously considered the quesr. tion of. sending him .'over to, fulfil' bio engagements in Australia. „' '; ' "',"',' \,' i ; The , weather , on Saturday,. was cold and showery, bat a good number turned, up at the Onehupga Racing Club's meeting at Epsom, Vut as only £1342 wag invested on the totalisatbr in the seven events decked, it J? very, plain, that thej needful , was < but /scarce^ , '. In the 1 Hurdle Race, of 30sovs r Wideawake and D,on fought out the finish, the former winner by a head. I Dividend, lbs tickets, £4 12 a ., In the Winter Handi-cap,-of 40aoyfl, one mile and a-half, Capella jumped off in front, and was .never caught, win-, ning by three lengths from Formo, Miss Alice third. 'Dividend, £7 15s. , In the Handic&p Steeplechase, of SOsovs, three, miles, the follow^ ing weighed oat^— Peter Osbeck ,(10st: 101b), .Huntsman (lOat 91b), (9st 101b), Fair Play,(9st 101b), Revenge (9it 71b), 80n (9atllH). , Peter Osbeck achieved a victory by six lengths I from Recruit, , who was /the same distance, from Huntsman. Dividend,,, £5, ss. The Selling' Steeplechase, of '4osqvs*, three miles, resulted.in a perfect Jlasco. < The starters were Matiau, Fair I Play,' Whalebone, and Wideawake. , ; Whale-/ bone (who, was. a warm favourite) got i rid of his rider at the first fence, which, also proved an impediment to Wideawake. Fair Play fell when half a mile, from, home, and Kean'sMataucantered in. , Dividend, £3 19s. The Selling race , brought the meeting to a close. Capella went to the front and was never caught; Pretender second. Dividend, £4 3s. When submitted to auction there was, unfortunately' for the owner, a " dark un " present, and she was ran up to £63 10s. She was entered to be sold, for nil. The club therefore received a nice little dividend. FOOTBALL. . , > The approaching match with Warbrick's team is now all, the talk here. Neither Whiteside nor Madigan will, 'l, understand, be able to play owing to recent accident?, but a strong team will nevertheless be in the field, and though the dark skins achieved an easy victory at Hawke'a Bay, the Aucklanders expect to do better' service on behalf , of the pale face?.