GOSSIP BY "HIPPONA."

Observer, Volume 5, Issue 112, 4 November 1882, Page 126

GOSSIP BY "HIPPONA."

', —I. would remind owners Avho intend having a dart at the Thames Jockey Club Meeting, that hoinina- - tions ; f or . the Handicap, Hurdle Race, Thames Plate, and Steeplechase, close on Monday next. . c -rTiie nominations for the Auckland Cup, E.C. .Handicap, and- Steeplechase, received on, Friday night . : are exceedingly satisfactory, and with a good handicap, we may expect a large number of acceptances. Mostly all /the principal horse owners in the Colony have . .nominated, and from present appearances we will have - a ,'most successful gathering. :.-— When the last mail left; Sydney it vras ■Reported that th« Hon. J. White would "bring with him from. England George Fordham, the celebrated English, jockey, and that he would probably ride - Segenhoe in the V.R.C. Derby and Sting in the Cup. I hardly think the report can be true, as the news would -■- have been cabled long before this. — Some very curious correspondence between ' the Dunedin Jockey Club, Mr- G. G. Stead, and Mr . Campbell, sen., with reference to the five silver cups of ~ 100 guineas each, alleged some time ago to have been . promised- by Mr Campbell to the Dunedin and Christ- -■' church Jockey Clubs, has been published. It will be -- remembered that the first— and, as ifc appears, the last — .of these cups was appropriated by th 6 Canterbury . Jockey Club to the Great Autumn Handicap, run for in • : - April last, and won by Messrs. Robinson aud Lance's horse Salvage. —-After many contradictory reports, it seems .'that Grip has iinished his racing career, and will be put ■'. to the stud. It mayb e of interest to state that as a ;three-y ear-old, the son of Slanderer ran second in . Hornby's C.J-C. Derby.; was unplaced in Dunedin Cup, 7st'2lb, wpn by Mata ( 6st 91bs; won D.J.C.'St. Leger, in 3inku 30secs. • ' As a four-year-old did not race ; but next season came out of his shell and won the C.J.C. Handi- . cap, Bst 61b, 2 miles, 3inin. 4#sees.; won the Canterbury Cup, w.f.a., 2-| miles,. 4min. 6?rsecs.; won the Christchurch -Plate, 9st 111 b, once round and a distance, 3rnin. .■_ 6secs. He hft3 thus started six times, winning four of the. races, bt,ing placed second on one occasion, and , unplaced oncq. His. winnings come to over £1800. — Tbe following account of the running for the . Caiilfield Cup, 1£ miles, won by Little Jack, is taken from the Australian Sportsman : — " There was only a • short. delay at the post, caused by the fractiousness of • 3?ryingpau,before Mr Watson let his flag .drop to an excellent start. JDougalston was the first to show in 1 front attended by Verdure, Little Jack, Gipsy Cooper, and Darebin in, 'order named. Verdure led past the stand, Tumult second, Dougalston third, and Lord Burghley whipper in. Verdure and Tumult led round--the turn, Sardonyx having gone up third. Along the ■back of the course the dust obscured the view »f all but -the first three or four horses. Passing the sod wall Flying Jib ran up third, but soon again retired. Verdure led into the straight, with Calina next, and Little Jack third. A great race now ensued home, aud Shee- . han not keeping close into the rails, Moore brought Little Jack up on the inside and won cleverly by half a • , length from Verdure, who was a couple of leneths fr.om <Gipsy f Cooper third, Calina fourth, and Lord Burghley last. Time, 2inin. -Al^sec. ' ■ — At . last, the Jong and anxious doubts respecting the winner of the Melbourne Cup of 1882 are , set at rest, s and many are thousands of pounds richer, • while the less -fortunate ones are bewailing their fate, hut have resolved upon doing better next time. The Assyrian's victory is one of the. greatest " boil overs " in, connection with the riice, and will be long remembered by those backers who had "legs in," and such , perf or niers aa Sting,' Sweet William, and Little Jack ."Tunning, for them. „ On the strength of wonderful L trials, The Assyrian was so strongly backed to win the Caulfleld Cup, that all the money in the market was •exhausted ab6ut him, and he left the paddock at 5 to 1 ■in a field. of 32 starters, among them being some of the TOOst.brilliaut animals in Australia. As is well known, he wasnever in the hunt, owing.it is said, to a <! bump" he received at the home half-mile post. ' The time ■as cabled, is terribly slow, but I presume tho state of the ground -had a. deal to do with it. According to ,:accounts,:the son of Countryman— Tinfinder is one of ' '",. • finest looking horses at Plemington. . „— ttTp to"- Wednesday the principal events of -. '.our Spring Meeting had been entirely neglected, owing. .^to.the Melbourne Derby and. Cup ; but now the market •as -fairly 'brisk, and a good deal of business, mostly doubles, was done at Tfcttersall's on Cup settling night. For the Spring Handicap Tim WhifHer and v Yuba bill ■are still meeting with the most support, being backed • ..to win. at 3 y to 1. . Hardly anything but Harkaway is ' supported for the Hurdles, Angler being reported to be ■not ..right. A few wagers have been laid on the " Wfelcome .Stakes, Pishgirl being backed against any- ; -thing. The following are the prices : — ... .■.,>:. SPBING HANDICAP. .;'■"' 3tol oil the field. ■:DOTJBLBS— SPRING HANDICAP ANJ3 HUftDLES. 50 to 8 Harkaway and Tuba Bill (tk) 50 to S Harkaway and Fitz-Hercules (tk) ■ •,"-..' . 50 tp"B Harkaway and Whiffler (tk) . . 100 to 6 Harkaway and Chequita (tk) ..- • 100 tp % s. Chanticleer. and Tim Whiffler (tk> '. '.. I(3o^6. SChantieleer and anything (oif^ • ' ■ ■ ■ ; .^-iHavigator's'witt in the Y.E..C* Derby was a iniost- popuinr. ono with the Auckland sporting public, •'; for he was heavily backed in the doubles, n,nd mostly all those whodo any-'wagerinj? "gbt a "leg in." His'ruh- ■ liiirig has once iriore:proved-that he is as true a hovse as , .eyer.' carried „a . saddle, and he h.aß evidently lost \-iiojte of Jiis brilliant two-year-old form. Navigator is a • 'fclAck.colt,-and..was.bred by his owner, Mr E. DeMestre,of'Terram, New South Wales. He is" by Eobinson" ■Crusoe out of Cocoahut (imp.), by Nutbone oat. of. Miss ' "Viviun by B%ttle ; Kohinson Crusoe being by-A ngler out , .of .ChrysolSte"by:S<(Ocjfcweli; .iffld therefore full brother to . rthe AucMatid'Stud Couipnhy's mare Oiiyx. Frying' P,an'.8 r "p'ositioTi .i« the race,; 1 ! think, must in a great ■: ujeaswre' be attributed tp.th^ training he receiv.edj nt the' ■;■ Jhandß of Mr P, '!?. Dakiu, for ; .Bethnal ;Gx-e6hs hsyre ' '.always hod.the'.name of beiig non-stayers. Segenhoe,---who, as I predicted, ran. third,' has. always been'looked upon by many as. a greatly over-rated colt, and it has :■ been fnlly confirmed by- hiF.reeent running, His only ■. . ..-win; the : Mtolbyrnong PlaV.e ofoiySl, it-'is^s'aid, was^.a •' "" '-'fluke* for baclSJfjtvigatog beJri .ridden by Teomans (ad-' : mittedtol>epbWest Aye furlong rider this side of tho •live), the.^ colt tyould, have changed .pliicusi with the tor yards -of- the disfnnfie-v.osh hn ffiMß*unp.ing vfe.U'Mfcliiu.khriself, but, his 'rider (UauiHayj

„ y T^Goiiisidiekirig-tlidllargb number of ,;h'orses that 1 wore nominated for ".the, jockey 'Club Handicap^ Van ■ on' Tuesday .nesiti'^he acceptances are, .rather p.oor.and there will ptobablybea further weeding but to-mOrrow (Saturday), when the ,'Ji'ttal payment is due, but nevertheless with.^the, quality jaugaged, thera, is Bufficient.left in, to make'an interesting race.' „ The mostnoticeable absentees from the list are, HippOdanria, and . JTatator. - Lady Eniina now heads the list with ■ Bst 41ba,, and at the weight must be respected, for, she was the best of her sex and age last season. .Betrayer with Bst 41bs, is nicely weighted, and although on the small side the impost will not trouble him,for he is a great weight,, carrier. The'Robinson,-Lane,e representative, Salvage, Bst 4lbs, in myopinion will have a great say in the finish, if sent.'for on public form he has proved himself to be a thorough racehorse. -With 7st 131bs I don't fancy Emir Bey, but Tastnan, 7st lOlbs, if able.to get the distance, should run very forward, while King- Quail, 7st 71bs, has a weight that he.is thorough master of, and with a good jockey in the saddle to rouse him along, will beat more than beat him. Bnndoora, 7st 41bs, by the Peer—Argosy, is in Mason and-Vallance's stable, and Ms recommendation is good breeding, and that he won the only race he started for l, Ohoka and Eyreton Cup, 7st, two miles. This, I think, is sufficient to entitle him to great respect. Vanguard, 7st, must not be despised, for his running last season was good, arid it would not surprise me to see the " clever party " call upon him at the lust moment to fight their battle. The company is rather brilliant for The Poet, 6st 121bs. Weleotno Jack, 6st slte, after his recent running is dangerous, and Turquoise, at the same weight, if the selected one of the stable, should render a good account of himself. To make a selection, my opinion is either Betrayer or Salvage will win, ■ and I expect to see Bundoora and King Quail as their immediate attendants." The Auckland Racing Club's first Spring Meeting takes place at Ellerslie on Tuesday next, and if favoured with fine weather, there is every prospect of both a large attendance and good afternoon's sport. Proceedings will commence with the Trial Stakes, one mile, for which there are seven entries —Lady, Ealo, Katino,' Billingsgate, : Fishgirl, Amazon, and Merlin; and although he has a bad knee, I think Billingsgate will about win, with Amazon close up. In the Hurdles, I shall pluvnp for Habkawat, although there is sure to be a great race between him and Angler for first honours if the latter is well on the day. The Spring Handicap, li miles, is the next event set down for. decision, and the following are the 4 ' PROBABLE STARTERS. Horse, and age. Pedigree Wfc. st ib ' Fitz Hercules, 4yrs Yatteudon—Peeress 8 4 Tim Whiffler, syrs Tim Whiffler (S.)Parachute 8 2 Venture, syrs Day Dawn —Chance 8 0* Maori, aged - ' Tim YVhiffier (S.)—Harauih 713 Yuba Bill, 6yrs Day Dawn—Zillah 7 13 Paramena, 6yrs Satoir —Mina Mina 7 12 Kemlworth, syrs Kelpie —Empress 7 12 Lara,, aged Towton—Fairv 7 8 Kalo, 3yrs Yatteudon—Gipsy Girl 7 7 Angler, aged Angler — 7 6 Yatapa, aged , Yattendon — - 7 4 Chequita, aged Sledmero— ' 7 10 The first to catch my eye as being well in is Tim Whiffler, and he has been doing such good work that it will be a surprise if he is not in a prominent position at tli'- inish, .while the distance is just about his liking. Yuu,: Bill, with 7st 131 b, reads extremely well, and at present, v in such rare fettle that his show, on paper, is a rosy one. Paramena's supporters are pretty confident, and he may be dangerous, but Kenilworth is far more to my liking. Kalo has plenty of weight and Ao good performances as a two-year-old opposite his name to, recommend him. Still his breeding by Yattendon out of Gipsy Girl, entitles him to respect, and a win for his owner would be most popular. Of the rest engaged I have no fancy, and think the finish will lie between Yuba Bill and Tim Whiffler, and will name the uncertain Maori for a surprise. The Welcome .Stakes should fall to Fishgirx, and her most dangerous opponent, I think, will be Major George's selected one, probably Waipiti, who is by King Cole —Realisation. CONDENSED ITEMS. —Dan is at Napier for private sale. —Tom Lamond trained Karma, winner of tliis "i year's Maribyrnon Plate. j —The Hawke's Bay Jockey Club have £400 in the bank on fixed'deposit. —Peeress, who was served in Sydney, has dropped a bay, filly to Maribyruong. —During the week the Auckland Stud Company's mare .Naiad dropped a colt foal to Cadogan. —The other-week, a supporter of Lady Emma backed her for £500 to win the C. J.C. Handicap, getting the money on at the rate of 100 to 15. —In one of the Dunedin totalisators on the Caulfleld. Cup, there were 179 investors, and only four on Little Jack. The lucky backers- received £10 5s 3d each. —Mr Allan Macdonald has leased for their racing career from Mr Allan McLean, Virginia Water, Kingark, and Robina. The two former are nominated for the Auckland Cup. —In the race for the Caulfield Cup, when the flag fell, Little Jack was turned round, and he lost'fully 15 lengths ; but going all the way he made this np, and won easily at the finish. —Suttou, the English ready-money bookmaker, laid Fryingpan straight out to, the tune of several hundreds for the Caulfield Gumeas, and paid up immediately after the race. His style of doing business was much admired. —Just before the flag was lowered in the Caulfield Guineas, Mr 'Win. Pearson, owner of the winner, Fryingpan, challenged the Leviathan, Joe Thompson, to lay him £4000 to £1000 against the son of Bethnal Green, but he declined, a.nd put down £400 to £100 instead.. —Although the Melbourne Cup was a great surprise, only one of the local books, Mr Lyons, got off scot free. He did not write The Assyrian's name once; but Mr Blaikie and Mr J. Gallagher each got hit, the former for £200, and the latter for £150. —£3008 was the gross total paid over for the two days' racing at Caulfield. Of this, Mr William Branch received £690 for 'the Caulfield Cup ; Messrs Robertson and Wagner, £490 for the Great Foal Stakes; Mr William Pearson, £435 for the Caulfield Guineasand Mr A; Taylor, £241 for the Open Steeplechase. - —Joe Q-allagher's time, from the Herald Office to Jones', when the extra came out giving Assyrian jas the Cup winner, is said by competent judges to have been the fastest on record.' Joe had just enough wind left, after carrying such a quantity of. adipose tissue at such a rate, to gasp out—" £20 to a shilling Assyrian has won the Cup," and then sank into a chair to recover. ■ —Jack Jones, the well-known rider, who was 'to have been hitched up to the daughter of one of our Auckland trainers some time ago, but went oft' and broks the double, ,is, I hear, the shine at West Clive, and' will shortly have a stable companion to accompany him in his gallops. Pr<Jm what I hear, the Grange stable was the favourite till Jack came with a rush and knocked those cattle clean out of the betting. . It is to be hoped that on. this occacasion the " good thing " comes off.

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