SPORTING NOTES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5916, 3 June 1886, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

(By Flaneur.) Mr Evett has issued the weights for the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase. Looking through the list it appears a pretty fair apportion* ment of the weights on past running j al* though I do not think I should have asked old Canard to head the list with 12st 91b. No doubt in his best days the son of Anteroo could have carried top weight in such a -field with a fair prospect of success, but he is now in "the sere and yellow," and a patched up animal at that. That he can carry 12st 91b to victory over 3J miles of stiff country I for one strongly doubt, and I expect the pea will go through hie name when the acceptanoeu are due, if net before. Erebus comes next with 12st 31b. and is not ill-treatodj It was thought by good Judges ho was not on the job here In either of tho race* 1 he started for, and that the Hawke's Bay raoe wai his dart, If he starts fit and well I shall expect to see him run a better rac« than he did here, bar acoidont. Guy Fawkeu, list 81b, la (airly weighted, and should have a big say in it, if he goes to Napier, which is doubtful, as Jig is engaged in the Auckland Steeplechase, and will probably remain to contest that event in preference to travelling 80 far from home and facing so large a field* Why Sultan, list 61b, should carry more than several below him Ido not know ; he has not earned such a distinction as yet, Maoaroni, list 41b, is having a spell, and will not accept I should imagine. Belle, list 21b, will run a good raoe if she starts, and be bard to beat for a place, Shotover aad Tiger, at the same weight, are held safe by others lower down the list, notably by Denbigh, Faugh-a-ballagh, list, should, if fit, give a good acoount of himself, and the same may be said of Secretary, who, however, might have had 31b leaa. The Druid, lOst 121 b, is not ill-used, and, if in good buckle, should run a better race than he did here last month, but I fanoy he has never got over being turned out last winter. Orient, lOst 71b, is nicely weighted, and will inn a good race. Romeo, lOst 71b, is also fairly treated. Pastime, lOat 41bs, is a hone I have been expecting to see do something good, but so far he has not done so, Denbigh, lOafc 31b, is a better lino to my Kind, and should run very forward, Of the rcafi I don't think much, as they are a very moderate lot, Gazelle lOst, and Alpha Out 71b, being tho best of them; At the weights, I think Guy Fawkes, Belle, Orient, Denbigh, Erebus, and Feugh-a-ballagh are the best half dozen, Poppy died a few days since, after a long illness. Rowe, on opening her, found her whole inside one mass of inflammation. She had never been well Birice being turned oufc laßt year, and finally suocumbed to her ailments. Her breeding was of the beot, as she was by the English horse Wild Oat 3 — Sweet Cioely, and would have been a valuable brood mare hadshe lived. She only started three or fotir times, and failed to gain a winning braoket, as she was never wound up thoroughly, her tendency to inflammation rendering Rowe'a t»Bk a hopeless one. Sbe is a heavy loss to her spirited owner, who has this season lost two valuable animals by death. I hear his colt Foxton, by Somnus— Leoneesa shows a lot of quality, and bids fair to prove a first* class horse. ' Those who saw Guy Fawkes win our big Steeplechase will agree with me that breeders in the Rangitikei district cannot do better than gfye his sire, Bedouin, a turn during the coming season, as he has fairly earned a title to publio favour. I see that Wild Boy is entered for the Maiden Steepleohase at the Auckland Autumn Meeting, where I hope he will add another winning bracket to his credit, as such a success will do the district a lot of good. As it is, nearly all the best crosscountry and hurdle horses now in training up North hail from this coast, and are a strong incentive for Auckland sporting men to buy other animals from the same locality. Mr Wm. Crozier, junr., of Adelaide, a well-known breeder and owner of racehorse^ has purchased the famous St. Albans estab1 lishment near Geelong, so long presided over by Mr James Wilson, who retires from the turf and goes Home for a tripi Since the days when ho ran Musidora and other old times celebreties, Mr Wilson has turned out a number of well-known animals, hi 9 mare Briseis landing the Derby and Cup of '76. Mr Wilson won the Champion race with Romula in '71, and again in '78 with First King, who defeated the mighty Chester, repeating the feat in 1880. He won the Mel* bourne Cup with Briseis in '76, having trained the winner Don Joan, of the same race in '73, who was ridden by his son William. He was rery hopeful of winning it in '80 with PrqgreßS, but Grand Flaneur pipped him in both Derby and Cup, and caused the followers of the stable to drop a hatfull of money, as they thought nothing could atop them winning the Derby at least. Mr Wilson won that race with Miss Jessie in '71, his son James piloting her, and again he led In the winner when Briseis pulled it off in '76, when Tom Hales won his first derby. He annexed the V.R.C. St. Leger twioe, The Peer's daughter, Sea Spray, doing the needful in '73, "and First King in '77. Mr Wilson also w*on other valuable stakes, such as the Australian Cup (twice), and the A. J.C. Leger and Sydney Cup with Progress. His establishment at St. Albant was and Is one of the most complete iv the Southern Hemisphere, and haß turned out a large number of winners. As Sti Albans, who, I think, was named after it, ia now chief lord of the harem there, the fame of the place should be in safekeeping, especially as its new owner, My Crozier, he a taken some very fashionably-bred brood mares to his new home to enrich the splendid collection already there, Mr Horsfall won a race lately in Victoria with the New Zealand bred Navy Blue, by Hornby— Malvina. The Hon, William Robineon has scratched three of his horses for the New Zealand Cap; In the Liverpool Grand National a 14year« old boy rode the horse which finished fourth, Cerise and Blue measures but 14| hands, and only weighs 7cwt. There is not muoh of her, but what there is cannot be improved on much, judging by her record. Tne hitherto unbeaten Bard, who won 16 races as a 2-year.«ld last season, has had to lower hia flag to Ormonde in the English Derby. The Auckland turfites are going to plaoe a neat headstone and fence on George Belcher's grave; Old Commotion is again in work at Flem« ingtom Efforts are boing mado to get the railway authorities to carry racehorses to meetings and back at single fares. The following are the weights for tho New Zealand Cnp :— Trenton, 9st 111 b ; Nelson, 9st 101 b; Recklaco, 9at lib; Stoneyhurst, Tasman, and Boul Shot, 9at; Molina, Bst 101 b ; Tigredia, Bst 91b ; Liverpool, Bst 81b ; Turquoise and Fusilade, Bst 71b ; Paßha ani Winchester, Bst 61b ; Waitiri, Bst 51b ; Der* ringer, Bafe 41b ; Lochiei, Bst 21b ; Forerunner, Bst lib; Hanlan, Administrator, and Moana, Bst; Alpine Rose, Tit Bit, and Russley, 7st 121 b ; July, Gordon, «nd Salis* bury, 7st 111 b; Hermitage, Strenuous, and Leon, 7st 101 b; Sou-wester, Cannon, and Wave Filly, 7st 91b ; Everton Lad and First Lord, 7st 81b ; Archduke, and Brigadier, 7st 61b ; Ruby and Artillery, 7«t lib ; Talebearer and Maßter Agnes, 7st ; Speculation and Howitzer, 6st 12lb ; Silver Prinoe, Ar* gonaut, Chanticleer, Clair and Torrent, 6st 111 b; Spade Guinea, Apropos, Trickster, Cremomo, Disowned, Quibble, and Rifleman, 6st 10lb ; Merlin— Repo gelding, 6st 81b ; Take Miss, British Lion, Musk Rose, and Patrician, 6st 7lb j Tamora, Torori, WaiI runa, and Farewell, 6st 61b ; Reproach and La Crosse, 6at 31b ; Vanity Fair, Madonna, Huata, Fardingalo, Rose and Gold, St Ives, Rubezahl, Fantasy, Nourmahal, Tarantulus, The Spy, md Beresford, Gat.