SPORTING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8002, 21 October 1887, Page 4

SPORTING.

THE GOVERNOR. | As the thoroughbred sjro Anteroa has ] made such a name for himself through the ■, performances of his progecy in thiß colony J and Außtralia — the "most prominent o? I which are Niagara, Teddy .Yuille, Silver Prince, King Arthur, Canned, &0., the first-named being the probable 1 winner of the Victorian Derby— by Mr: J._ J. Ruesell's permission I have inspected The Governor, who is also by the celebrated eiro Anterop, out of" that goo t d maro Revoke, and I must say urn agreeably surprised with his bloodline and bardsome appearance, bavins? heard a great (}eal to his detriment; in fnct Mr. Russell himself said to me during my vigit, "The worst point .about him is his legs." As I thought this seemed n strango remark, I produced my tape and took his measurements. 1 I found the horse -measured 8£ inches below the knee. He is a fine, upstandinsr horse of 16 hands, and girths Gft Bin. So quist was he that he did not in the lenst olvjoct to my measuring nnd handling him at my pleasure. His head is neat, nioely got on, and h's shoulders well placed, though some people might like them a trifle longer, his | length of .irni perhaps tnakins them i appear shorter than they aro. His bnck and ioina are us good as they can be, and the arch of his ribs is another accountable roasnn for his being able to race ntt'lt-r heavy weights. He has? verv-' strong quarters, too, with famous s?eond • tlnir h?, and His hocks .ire '•l^snV.Snd' shan'ciy. ] whilst in colour he is ;i' chestnut, witl^a,sli: lit blaze and .a lilfio white on tbo Kind fetlock. Taking him altogether j« - :i. right down '^oodilookjn'i; "qtallioD,- aniMiis pediuroo'.and p'orCr' oiancss might '"well entitle him to irc-t a j.v;ehor3o. . - ■ .For fb<; life of mo. I can cot imiiririe why th'j" Auckland Stud C». Antf ros j forCaptivsttoiyorAvhy their 1 manager «.vrntj to England and bought a third- closs. Uquge { like' Sword Danre. "Flaneur,"- in, tli l e j Waneanui Herald" aptly irked the I other day, that the- Stud Co. reuh^ wi h advantage give Sword D..nee. Captivator. and n areat snm of money to boot to get Anteros back; and so say I. ' i I should like to say a few words to the j farmers of this district, as to how to make j both ends meet during these Units of depression, when butler, &c.,isat low prices. Try breedioe horses. I received a copy of the Bombay Herald the other day', un\ in it I read of the wonderfully high pi ices good upstanding hacks are fetching in India; butter ia also quoted at Is 6 ! per Ib. Ido not profpes to know much about butter, so will confine myself to the quadruped. Hacks are quoted at £40 to £50 each at different centres in India. As many of our farmers have gooi dranght mares, why not mate thorn with a thoroughbred sire, and the article is -at once there. A cargo of sucii horses would, I am sure, be a splendid 1 -investment;* 'at least, Mr., Stead, of CanJ'erbu^, .seems tp be of the'Bame opinion, as J' police he Has shipped over 200 horses 'to* India, ,an/l no doubt he will reap a substantial harvest. -.;? /-.<• -i Saraband,.

A tender-hearted cleric, /while-,.mean--dering round a board spliool tliOjp'the^day, nßked a boy, who hJ?d v just .jccarnbled' through hia final exatnina^ioo, what trn,de he waa going, to be ptit to. - *' Butebferiag,' 8ir r " replied tbe lad. • " Bnt^sulely'yo'a won't like to kill tbe ' poor sheep- and' lambs?" warbled the pastor. "No,"_replied the 'cute youth. "I shdald't like to kill the poor 'uns, but I should like to. kill the fat 'uns, sir!" J ".//„;."' Eh? — Have 3on ever noticeil what .a number of different ties there are ? There's the matrimonial, tie, poverty piety, necktie, and pig's tie. Nest, pleasel /,' .-• ,->' Ri^ht He Was.-^' ' Pa," 6ai liittle Harold to bis palernal parent, after that individual bads been reading an article on "Superstition "to his family. ''Pa, does death always follow tbe bowl of a dog ?" " No, darling," replied Backstruttle, "sometimes it is a boot- jack." Jubilee Jeu d 'Esprit. — One has hearJ a. goodisb bit lately with respect to wh.it goes to snake up England'a greatnes?, but what Mrs J. opines ia this: — The real and true key to old Eugland'u greatness ia^bir — ilonar-chy. - '