SPORTING.

Otago Witness, Issue 1891, 1 May 1890, Page 23

SPORTING.

1 FIXTURES. May. 24. 26— Duneflin I— Waipawa 26— Heathcote I—Duntroon1 — Duntroon June. 3— Canterbury Trot 2— Lancaster Park 8-^-Nortb. Canterbury 7— Auckland 14— Egraont 19— Hawke's Bay 22— Amberley 25— Napier Park 24 — Wanganui July. 24— Greymouth Trotting 12 -Wellington 24— Winton

NOMINATIONS, ACCEPTANCES, &c. May 24— Winton.— WeightB, May 10; acceptances, also entries for Maiden Plate, May 17. THE BEST RECORDS TO DATE IN HEW ZEALAND. Four furlongs— Sextant, 47Jseo, in the 0.J.0 Nursery Handicap, November 1886. Five furlongs— Forester, lmln lsec, C.J.C. Flying Handicap, November 1886. Six furlongs— Necklace, lmin 14Jseo, A. E.G. Newmarket Handicap, January 1886. Seven furlongs— Euby, lmin 27iseo, C.J.O. Craven Stakes, January 1888. One mile— Ravenswing, lmin 42 l-sseo, December 1888, 0.J.0. Consolation Ohudleigh, lmin 42 l-ssec, March 18, 1889, Hawke's Bay Free Handicap. One mile and a-quarter— Titbit, 2min B§3ec, 0.J.0. Grand Stand Handicap, January 1887. One mile and a-half— Tasman, 2min 36Jsec, ABhburton Cup, November 1883. One mile and three-quarters— Waitiri, 3min ssec, Auckland E.G. Handicap, 1887. Two miles— Manton, 3min 3ljaec, New Zealand Cup, November 1888. Two miles and a distance— Gipsy King, 3min slßec, Dunedin Cup, February 1888. Iwo miles and a-quarter— Nelson, 4min, Auckland Cup, December 1885.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. [Correspondents must forward their proper names as a guarantee of good faith. Full performances of horses cannot be supplied through this column, but these and extended pedigrees can be arranged for by communicating with the Editor.] Waikaka.— Carbine is at present four years and Abercorn five years old. Kumara.— Carbine had 10.0 and Maxim 9.5 in the last Melbourne Cup handicap. 1890.— He was one of those bookmakers who went wrong over Loofaiel's Gup. I have inquired and have reason to believe that when he left New Zealand he had not £1 to oall his own. Everything was left to pay his creditors aB far as possible. It would be unfair to put him in the pillory and leave alone others who have never made an effort to pay 20s in the £. X.Y.Z.— Can personally aisure you the statement is correct, having had the opportunity of seeing and conversing with the gentleman referred to. Otbpopo. — Necklace raced and won aB a two-year-old. So did Carbine. M. A. - Cannot pretend to say which is the better man, as (hey have not met. The three best, so far as we know, are Sullivan, Slavin, aud Jackson. B.B.— Under the conditions you set forth there seems to he no reason why a beaten trotter should not start for the Consolation. G. G.B. — No five or 10-mile race was run in Dunedin about March 31.