SPORTING NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7606, 16 January 1903, Page 1

SPORTING NOTES.

The price paid for JJavalette at Auckland wa3 300gs. Witdhelm, by Zal&asM,... was a %vinner at Mobnfre Valley racently.

The Porirua rider Jenkins rode -seveai winners at the Wa-ixarapa, Meeting. Error ca-rried lftst 4lb and won the Steeplechase at Oau!fie!d on Boxing Day.

Mr C. O'Connor ga.ve g<aieral satisfaction as starter ai th-3 Auckland Meeting.

The Americ/an colt Aoefull fans aarrived in England, to be trained for the Derby. The AusiTalian-'hred Oban rain, unplaced in the Middlesex Steeple dhase om Nov. 29.

Seringapatam (late Screw Gun.) was passed in at 550gs .aft tlie A'ewtnaiket Docembar saJe3. If Moifaa- an-d Sheiiback can .pass a veterinary -surgeon, they will b& sent to England. Covenant Maid, Secret Society, Whirlwind and Goiden Vein arrived from the north last week.

Lord Janie?, a four-year-old by Trenton, won a hurdle racoat the Kempton Park November Meeting. It is reported thai the North Island jumper Scallywag has been sold, and will go 'to Australia.

The Sydney rjj-oehorse Kinglock has> been so.*! to Mr A. Bailey, Cape Town. Tlhe prioe is withheld. (

Tugela, who 'has been very successful at southern meetings of late, formerly raced aa First Light, G. Pleloher Ihias. resigned • his posdtion of caretaker of tihe Dunedin Jockey Club'e course at Wingatui. Oherson, winner of the A.J.C. Dec_mb_r Stakes,- has been twice first and once seoond out of femr starts. The stewards cf the Wairarapa I.3c_a.g CEub 'kept a keen look-out for crooked running at their lato meeting. Cackle, a' full-sister to Koteko'to, ia now racing in Southland, ' -where she i.. expected to score a win short'}*.

Evening "Wonder ia set to 'carry l-t3t 101 b in the AVairio Steeplechase, Southland. The minimum i 3 9sb 7.b. # J. Keiff. the uVmerioan jockey, wiho -had hia license withdrawn by the' French Jockey Club, has returned lo America.

The Hon H. Mo-smah'e five-yeair-oild nwre Ciroe, -by Castor— Cissy, won a-Wc-Iter HandLoap at Randwiok oni Dec. 27; In. woig-ht-'for-age iraces in -South 'Africa, Australian horce3 are penalised 71b, but those bred sin New Zealand escape.

.The Loohiel ho-se Kinglock carried lOst Gib and won the New _ Year's Gift at Handwick, covering "(jh-o mile in- lmin . 39^sec.

At the '"Liverpool. Autujhn Meeting, the draw for plaoee was exhibited on."* board, and the innovation was much lapprecaa/ted.

.A two-year-old by the New Zeaknd-bajed Mikado 11. was a winner, ot the West Australian Turf 'Chub's Meeting on Dec. . 26. - Thoea who wefe present at the Auckland Meeting state that Okba<ri shirked her wo_l_ badly ait the nnufli oi one- pr two of her race& j The Melbourne " Sportsman " has ehamged hands. Among the| ah anges contemplated is a reduction in price from, 'threepence to one J penny. „;,.Mr John Duncan lies resigned the position "fepresideni of the "Wellington Raoing Club. Mr J. .B. Harcourt has been elected to fill the vacancy. .■'"'-. Evening Wonder will probably be" nominated for tlie Great Eastern Steeplechaee, to be tun at Onkaparinga, SouHih Australia, on E'r.ster. 'Monday. Tihe Asihurst Meeting will give a profit of £700. This is .a.'vary .s&tisfnctory result.: e3popiadly -when ,dfc is.i4lnemibea.ed that the stakes only total £7SS. •"-." | The .Victorinai steeolechafer Error, after winning under 133t 41-bom Boxing Day, w*s given 13st lllb for a race On New Year's Day, but did not fit-art. The Seaton Ddaval colt. Lavalet'te, is nr.w . a stable-mate of Paila*. His new owner, Mr C. Macihill, haa ' engaged him in hack company at Wellington. The American jeckey, D. , Mjaiher, who ihsus ridden so successfully in Englamn, was interviewed on returning to New York at tbe clo3e of the English season. Ho says-tihero is no. need to get into trouble in- .England if you do the right thing. ' t The disqu-alifipftition of Carmont, the rider of Cu/muhis at tihe Wairara.pa Meeting,. is reported to have resulted ib. the meeting; being boycotted by one stable- oh '''he isecond' day. FJ.'A., by Wa.l-te.oe— La "Eosca, winner.-, of the two-year-old race at Cau'fi-ld on Boxing Day, is closely related to Wakefivl. LB<jsi were siired by descendants , of Musket, , their dams bein_j full-sisters., ■ .' V Kinglpok, oarrying. 9st 2tt., won the ViMiers Sft-k-s at Randwicjj- pn, Boo_i_ig Day. Nexi day« with his penality of 10lb, ihe niad lOrt'j • -■.. '.. . ..[. ".V.i'Vy....:",

lib in tlie saddle when ihe ran second to Pendant.in the Cairrington Stakes. Tho Caulfield Cup wirai.r, Lieutenant Bi.l, wont to the post for the Hc-petoun Cup at Oaulfk'ld on Boxing Bay, but .practically took no pa« in Ihe nace, owing to refusing to jump off until some time after the .harrier rose.

An Auckland writer expresses 'ihe opinion that Golden Vein is hot much good, «tnd that; judged, Iby his displays on the» other three days, he was hicky to win the Obrislma© Handicap on ihe first day of the ' Auckland Meeting.

A tele-gram from New York published ih London -last month stated that the New York West-hester Racing Association ha 3 decided to build " tho finest- racecourse in the world " at Queen's, Long - Island, to be called Belmont Pa<rk. It will cost £300,000.

His Majesty's steeplechaser Ambush 11., who won the Grand -National, 1900., h.aa been m good work of late, on "the flat and schooling over fences. The harsa v will. in'ail probabil'iiy, c_-rry silk before very long (.at one or other of ihe South Country meetings in Emgl-aod.

The Viceroy's Cup, the principal race in India, was won by the American-bred Va.sto, by 'Ihe Sailor Prince— vV-es.-al. Two Austraiians in CWtonoie ('Bill -of Portland — Chintz) and Acetone <xriderit — Duen-ua) filled the places. When ' fiio Tasl mail -left Record 'Reign was first favourite, with. ' Va£io next in request.

The AustraJi'an-bred itede-emer is in a obass by himself i&mong the South AfaicaitD hucdle racers. . On the Jiing'a BirThday he. carried 15st to victory, his u-oarest opponent ia the weights having lost 7lb. A week or two later, again wedghfed at lost, he wias. beaten by funother Australian in Mecca, who was carrying 103t.

According to a London, paper, Mrs Langtry'B provei'bial luo-k tras temporariiy' 1 deserted har. She was ilie possessor 'of «- very 'beautiful yearling by 'Merman out iof Petrovna, which' was e-nt-ered fcr several ampexbant events. She was offered lOOOgs for ihe.ipal, which she rtfitsed, to her sorrow later, as, a few days after it was made, the yearling- broke a leg and had to' be d-dstroyeo. ;, Mr' T. H. l/o-yry," the V well-known -Hawke's Bay- -Eportßrnain', is having v> bad' run of' luck lai-ely. He lost the ser\'icea of Comfort tlhrough tha Quilt gelding falling at Ashurst. In- th.- big race on the seoond day at Hastings, Ia was putting ' in a good ran; at the turn -when one of ttua Btirrup . -leathera gave way. A moto--oar, which. Mr Lowry imported from .England a3 a cost of £750, has broken d-ownj, and wiil be useless uctiJi duplicate parts arrive from Etigiifl-id.

. A t-w-c-yoar-old filly by Qrme^ — Lady Heron was purc-i_-.ed in l_Lngland last momtlh by Mr J. Brawn., • tao Key/ South Wales ownier, who ecquixed Siir F«o<te a yeai or .ago. If his latest purchase turns out -as well ais Siv Foote, did, Mr Brown will -have jv. reason to regret hi's second (visit to the English maiket. Mr Bro%vn also secured, for 90g-s, .a- 'two-yeao:-o'kl by St Simon— Taot, a, full-brother im blood to William i/he Third, the Duke oi Pccilaaid's cnampioni

At the Newmarket «E.l-e-s in December, bidding was very dull, ou the first day, but improved during the we.k. Among the lots disposed of were n. number containing c_!cT_.kil strains o. bicod, and fcT tiiiese va'rj'iag- prices y.-ere secured. A liLy foal by 'Merman broj^ht 25gs, a three-year-qi-d colt by ' Trc-nton luo^s;, ■a /illy f&a 1 . by x\bircoriL s*ogii, o- fi-I_y foal oy Metnian 25(ig!_, v. brood mar. by Carbine 155gs, Oa.rbunc_'., by Carbine, G3ogs, wnd a brcocl m-a-ro by. ORrbine ISOgs. '