AUSTRALIAN AND FOREIGN SPORTING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5689, 7 October 1896, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN AND FOREIGN SPORTING.

Mr M. Power, who recently brought ou the horses which Mr S. Hordern, th( Sydney racing man, purchased in England states that Maluma suffered from he teeth after arriving in England. She ha< not been put into training when he left and will not race until next season. On< of the stoutest St Simon's that he saw ii England was Haut Brion, one of the horsei he has brought out. He asked the price o] Plorizel 11., the Prince of "Walos's horse and was told .£16,000. He was afterwards informed that he could get him. foi .£IO,OOO, but did not like him at that price even. The Australian horses purchased by th< Messrs Ezra, the Indian owners, are al doing well, judging by the following remarks in the Indian Planters' Gazette :— "Quiver is said to be doing particularlj well, and all the newly-landed ones look fil almost to race at once ; those who hav< inspected them are scarcely able to believt that they have practically only just come off a ship. People in Bangalore expected to see the ordinary cut of Waler when Quiver arrived, but were pleasantly surprised when they saw her, as she' is described as being "such a good-looking one, all quality, and such manners, more like an English than an Australian." The good fortune that attended M. Cannon at Goodwood did not follow him, and though, with a score only two below that of T. Loates on previous advices, he seemed likely to wrest the lead for the riding supremacy in England from him, he had when the last mail left, dropped further behind. Loates had then had 103 wins to the 9§ of Cannon, but the margin between the pair was so small that they might very soon come to close quarters again, and in any case the fluctuations in their scores cannot fail to arouse interest. Allsopp, with a total of 61, seemed to have settled down well into third place in front of Madden, and the last-named was followed by Finlay. White continued to make good progress, and with 39 was two in advance of J. Watts, who sustains his excellent average in a marked manner, and tied with Rickaby at 37. The balance-sheet of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club shows the club to be in a most prosperous state. The balance to its credit at the date of the last statement was .£2335 12s 4d, which has been increased to .£5580 17s 4d, so that the club is .£3245 5s better off than it was at the corresponding period last year. This is the *more satisfactory since the stakes during the past season were increased by about .£ISOO. On only two of the twelve meetings was a loss experienced— the January and February fixtures — the club coming out -318 6s 6d to the bad over the former meeting, and .£129 13s lid over the latter meeting. The profit made on each of the other fixtures was as follows : — September meeting, 1895., .£B3 Is 2d ; October meeting, .£2405 18s Id ; December meeting, .£157 13s lid; March meeting, 1896, .£206 8s Id; April meeting, .£l6O 10s 8d; May meeting, .£l7 17s lid; June meeting, .£6B 9s Id; July meeting, .£l9l 13s 8d ; and August meeting, .£6Bl 7s lid. Up to now, among the highly-engaged horses preparing at Flemington (writes " Reginald" in the Melbourne Sportsman), none pleases more than Bloodshot. When this immensely compact grandson oi Musket makes his first bow to a Victorian audience, racegoers will agree that nc more taking specimen of the thoroughbred has ever been introduced to their notice Bloodshot cannot well be called a big one ; but his construction is big enough for all purposes, and he is best described as s perfect mass of quality and strength In New Zealand Bloodshot was chieflj celebrated as a sprinter, and, 1 believe,' in the country he hails from there is still a suspicion that a journej is not to his liking. That view maj be proved correct, but until evidence is forthcoming one way or the other, the writer, for one, will not take any notice oi it. Such a shaped horse, and such a beautiful, even mover, could hardly heir staying, especially as Power is giving the Maxim horse a preparation that will develop any stamina he possesses. In the ■way he bowls along on the track there is an unmistakable indication that Bloodshot is thriving, and though he has not been tried as yet, I have no doubt he would do something pretty good if asked a question, The Maorilander is in the Caulfield Cup with Bst 121 b, and while he, keeps well he can be one of mine for the big mile and a half race. Talk about British love of fair play. Is it dead, or is the following merely, as London Truth puts it, a monumental example of clerical nawow-mindedness and pedagogish arrogance. Mr Richard Dunn the well-known bookmaker, lately had a son twelve years old, at Heathfield School Streatham, under the charge of an ornament of the Church, by name the Re\ James Cornford. Recently a report appeared in the papers of an Anti-Gambling League prosecution, in which Mr Dunn was one oi the parties. On the day following, the headmaster called young Dunn up before all the school, handed him a news paper, and ordered him to read the report. He asked the boy whethej he knew what it meant, and the boj answered that he did not. The mastei then expounded his views about Mr Dunn sen., in the most opprobrious terms, anc informed the boy that he would not have the son of such a man' in his school, anc that he intended to expel him. Expellee accordingly young Dunn was. School boy annals are full enough, Heaver knows, of stories of the persecutior endured by boys at the hands oi their schoolfellows on account of theii fathors' avocation or rank in life. Bui this is the first time that I ever heard of i boy being publicly insulted by his mastei on the score of his father's calling ; and i1 is difficult to say whether such a proceed, ing is more reprehensible for it 3 cruelty or its snobbishness.