Cap and Jacket

Observer, Volume 9, Issue 533, 9 March 1889, Page 11

Cap and Jacket

[By Centaur.]

FIXTURES. March 7, S— Wangamii Autumn. March 18, 39— Hawke's Bay Jookey Club. March 16 or 18 — Henderson's Mill Annual. March 26, 27— Nacicr Park. April 20, 22— Auckland liacing Club. April 20, 22— Canterbury Jockey Club. May 2-I— Takapuua J.C. YVinter. DATES OF LEADING EACES. March 7— Wa7)ganui Cup. March 9— Champion Stakes. — Manton is not entered for the Auckland Sfc. Leger. —Carbine recorded an excellent performance in the Australian Cup. — The "Wanganui Cup is run to-day (Thursday). My'fancy is Eecluse. --The New Zealand Stud Company own the dams of both Lochiel and Carbine. — The Dunedin Jockey Club will profit about .£1,500 over their Cup meeting. I — Jessie (Manton's half-sister) and Capella have crone into Harry Harrison's hands to be trained. — Southern papers are very rough on Mr Driver for his starting at the recent Dunedin Meeting. — Sedition, the Newmarket Handicap heroine, has only won three races during her whole career. ' — Nominations for the leading events of the Auckland E.C. Autumn Meeting- due on Friday night. —La Vallette beat 'Poo Soon easily in the Election Handicap at iiosehill. Too Soon started favourite at 4 tol. — A well-known local sport and ex-Auck-landcr drew Lochiel in ' Adam .Bcdo's ' sweep on the Australian Cup. — Mr A. Drake took Peter Osbeck over with him to Melbourne. Sam Fergus went in charge ot the old grey. — Mr Percival is collecting subscriptions to bring Major "Waimsloy's remains over from Adelaide, and have tliem interred in Auckland. — XbW Zealand has received another good advertisement hi Australia this week by the running of 0u2 % hor.ses at ii'iemington. — Yolk-y's running in the Y.R.C. St. Leger proves what a grcar. mare she i.s when at her best. The field undoubtedly was a strong one. —Messrs Ilearn arid Kennedy are reported to have won over .tIOOO in bets, stakes, and dividends with kejlu.-'j during the hut twelve IHOU'CUS. — The .Hon. J. "White had bad luck in the V.R.C Sire-;' Produce Stake--. Spice was defeated at the hands of 2\lv .1 . O : Loughlan's I'iohclieu, a sou of .Richmond. — Followers o? first favourites would not have fared very we:l during iho recent; .Dunedin meeting, and an j"uve.--tinent of Jd\ on each would hare rodiilied in ;i lo^s of £?> 17s (id. — Mr \V. A. Itiirvey (of Jloss and Hump. ship eh/nidlor.-.) drew Lochicl in Adams's (Sydney) con.-aikation >m tiie Newmarket Handicap. His cho'ine amount to about c£l,otJl). — The Southern joclicy, XV. White-, received &M for riding Sultan to victory in the Llunediu Ciiji, and the owner of the horse made a present of J_'iO to his trainer, ATr xi. Piper. — The local betting public had none the worst- of tho deal over the Australian Cup. There was a lair amount of money in the market for Lochiel at 3 to 1 and 3 to 2, and theso prices were freely taken. — Subscriptions are being raised in Auckland sporting circles to erect a head stone and railing around the grave of Harry JSdgecumbo at Taranaki. Jilr H. ii. Rayr is iuterosting himself in the matter. — The- defeat of Lochiel and Carbine in the Newmarket Handicap was a disastrous one for the army of local turf speculators. The combined ring, though, laid fully <£'200 against (Sedition, one backer winning <£105. — Mr Stead had bad luck in the Y.R..C. Ascot Vale Stakes. Rose Argent ran second to the Hon. J. White's filly Spice, which unerrable position Maxim occupied to Abercorn, when he was taken over for the Sires' Produce Stakes. — Final payments for the Hawke's Bay Cup are :— Silence, Sst 61b : Escutcheon, Sst 21b ; Lady Norah, 7st 121 b; Lady Florin, 7st 101 b ; liecluse, 7st Sib ; Salisbury, 7stslb; Meta, 7st ; Partner, list l'Jlb ; Leopold, (ist 121 b ; Foxton, 6st Gib. — The handicaps for the Henderson's Mill meeting have given general satisfaction. Pretender (Bst) and Tetford (9st 31b) have no cause for complaint in the Cup, and Orangeman lOst 101 b) and The Don (Ost 71b) read best m the Hurdles. — The Champion Stakes comes up for decision at Flemington to-day. The great weight-for-age event will probably resolve iteself into a match between Carbine and Abercorn, and as the three-year-old will have tho pull in the weights he should -win. — About spectators patronised toe East Tamaki races last Saturday. Tetford came out of his shell and won the two principal events very easily. Harry Harrison is doing wonders with this horse, and it is quite evident he knows how to treat him. — The betting at the post on the Newmarket Handicap .was 4 to 1 Carbine, 6 to 1 Cranbrook, 7 to 1 Tradition, 8 to 1 Lochiel, 10 to 1. Lady Betty, 12 to 1 Churchill, 14 to 1 Chetwynd, 20 to 1 Epicurean, Paddy, and Gladstone, 2-3 to 1 Sedition. — The leader of the Australian ring, Mr Joseph Thompson, leaves Melbourne to-day for England by the Arcadia, the good ship selected to convey his iixcellsniiy the Governor and Lady Loch to England. Mr Thompson will be accompanied by his family, and he intends being absent from the colony for at least 12 months. — Mr Percival, take a hint at fut;ire meetings, and remember the cost is practically ml

This is from the Christchurch Referee :— ' Everything that a Pressman can desire lor the furtherance of his work is provided for him at the Forbury — the totalisator figures on each horse, time, dividends, etc., being posted on a board in the room. Mr James has, indeed, set other secretaries an example.

—After the Dunedin meeting, several year" lings bred by the Hon. G. McLean were offered by auction, but nono of the lots changed hands. A chestnut colt by Gorton from Lady Emma gave rise to some bidding, but no one seemed disposed to go beyond 200gs, which wag a century below the reserve. A gelding by Gorton from Dione was aubsequently purchased by Mr A. Smith for .£3O.

—Everyone was glad of Mr G. G. Stead's success in the Australian Cup with Lochiel, and it is only fitting that such a genuine sportsman should have his name inscribed among the list of winning owners in the race. During Lochiel's racing career, he has placed some very important races to his credit, among them being the NewZealand Cup, Auckland Cup, Newmaarket Handicap, and Australian Cup, while on two occasions he ran third for the New Zealand Cup. Lochiel was sired in England and foaled in New Zealand. He was sired by the champion of the T.Y.C., Prince Charlie, from Nelly Moore, by Voltigeur — Fickle, by Dundee — Changeable, by Weatherbit — Miss Aldcroft, by Ratan. Mr Stead purchased Nelly Moore (in foal to Prince Charlie) in England for 150 guineas.

— Anent the scratching of The Australian Peer for all V.E.C. eno-agcnents a late Sydneypaper to hand says .- That there was something' wrong on Tuesday was indicated by the fact that in Melbourne the horse went suddenly back in the betting quotations, owing probably to the market being flooded with hedging money. During the afternoon a telegram was received in Sydney from Harry Raynov, the trainer of the Peer, briery intimating that the magnificent son of Darebin, while in a playf'il mood, had injured himself so severely that he would not be able to start for the Newmarket Handicap. In Sydney, rumour had it that the Peer ho.d broken down, but those who knew the horse best scouted the idea of his legs giving way ; but Raynor's telegram indicated that no constitutional weakness was responsible for the mishap. A limited number of Sydney gentlemen backed' the Australian Peer for a considerable sum of money for the Newmarket Handicap, and in some quarters it was hinted that the record would have to be lowered by the horse which beat him. Mr Gannon left for Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon soon after hearing" of the mishap to his favourite.