SPORTING.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8553, 22 May 1895, Page 2

SPORTING.

« Wanganui J.C. Steeplechase Meeting. ■ - Anticipations by "Pakeha" On ITriday next the annual Steepleohai gathering of the aboro Olab will bo helt when a programme of .sews , Brents wit £540 in added money will be ran off, an with fino weather there tboold be a^ larg attendance to witness what promises -to b the most sacoeiifnl winter meeting held o thii coast. The field- tor the Wasganx Steepleohase promises to be one of th largest that has erer gone to the post, an as the quality of moat of the contestants i well known tho race U yery open indeed • and whatever wins will pay a decent dirrr , The Wint»r Oats is alia creating a lot o interest, mainly owing to the foot that th four ex haolrs— lrish Twist, Waiukn, Th Artist, and Lorelei— will meet, and aa eaol of them hat a strong following, speonlatioi should be briik and a good raoe result. I wil. doubtleu afford plearani.to racegoer* fa remember the result* of the Steepleohaie fo the last few yews. In 1886 the Bedonii golding Quy Fawkes, list 21b, nominate by Mr J. B. Williamson, of Anokland, anc '■ ridden by H. Bdgeoumbe won in Grain *. 4-Bth mo, Skylark, lOst (KTBVewin) seoond and Erebui, 12.7, third, jllte other startsn : were— The Druid 11.7, Qoepo, Bull's Bye ' Patent Safety, and Auctioneer lC«t each ' la 1887 Orient, lilt (by Sultan) ridden bi Peory MoOonkey, finished first, followed bj Waitangi, 9.8 (H. Pell), with Victor, 10.1( > (T. Lyf ord> third, the Hue being 6min 48j , sec. The rest of the field comprised Tht ' Jilt lOst, Merrilegs 0.8, Beform, Lands eer * and Pathfinder 9,7 each. In 1888 Eangaroi s (by The Mute), 10.5, ridden by H. Pell let i past the post, followed by Faugh-a-ballagl » 11.11 (T. t,ytoid), and Te JBTeamu, 9.7 (J Cameron) third. Also started — Orangemm 11.6, Waitangi 10.2, Allagrd and Clarice 9.1 o each. In 1889 the prise fell to Taddy MoElwain with, the aid of thai sterling son ol The Painter, Oddfellow, who had Jimtni Redmond np, and won easily in 6tnin 46seo Orient, 11.7 (F. Gentrt) was seoond, witl . aieneoe, 9.11 (T.ttlej) third. Also ranKaogarob lOst, Beform g.ll, The Lamb; Kingeraif, and Olarios 9.7: The year fol« lowing the stake went to Wellington fox the second tune by the aid of air Garnet, 9.18, Jimmy Hiokey haying the mount on the son of Southern Ohief,,who was followed home by Oddfellow, 11.8-r (T. Cameron) B seoond, and Orient, 10.10 (H. Pell) third. The other two starters were GHadius, 10 2 and Ber» 9.12, the time for the raoe being 6min 52|s«o. Following Sir Garnet's year a Terr select field of horwi fioed the starter, ■ r amongst them _ bsiag Japiter and Takapna, t the former taking the wrong course when 3 leading and going well, being followed by ', Takapau. Ingorangi 10.10 o>v Bothwell) the erentoal winner, at this time was lying third, and seemed hopelessly out of it, but the incident aboTO alluded to allowed the Northern zepresentatrre, who was ridden by "Bob" Wright, to win somewhat enulyia 6min42iseo, being followed home \>y Pangerous, 9.7 (J. Oamsron), and Hatch* lessj 9.9 (B. Frewin) in that order. The rat of the field were made-npas follOWli'; — »c Bare. 10.5 (J. Better), Iral, 10.8 (J. Hiokey), Jupiter, 10 (W. Higgins), Water- « bury, 10 (H. Pell), Whalebone, 9.12 (P. to Johnston), and Takapau, 9.7 • (Well*}. For tht> abore race Whalabone wits a warm faTonrite,' but fell at the stone wall. In . 1892 Jimmy RedmoncP scored his second win on the back of that sterling good performer Oouranto, 10.7 (Patriarch— Quick. stop). ' Harry Pell had the mount on Lyndoora, who treated the pnblio to a splendid a " display of jumping. She finished in seoond • fc position, with Flintstone (Humphries) •• third. The reit- of the field were • — m Whalebone, 11-7 (Qilpin), aiadiui, 10.5 10 (Hathaway), Commotion;' 10,6 (Cameron), 19 Shillelagh, 10 (Williams), Waterbury, 9 12 o* (Hiokey), Dangerous, 9.10 (KToLean), and The Dnnoe, 9.7 (W. Higgins). The time for the raoe was 6mia 46seo. In 1893 a field of nine went to the post, viz. :— Empire, 10.10,- W. Higgins j Ohester, 10.9, Eollo ; Gondolier, 10.9. Alexander; Waterbury, 11, G. Hope { Gladias, 910, A. Hall ; Iroquois, 9.9, G-. Powell; Diatnzba&o*, 9/9, Mitchell ; Allegretto, 9-7, G. Laing ; and id Manine, 9.10, F. Potto. The winser turned ta up in Empire, who was trained by Charlie if Woodley, and the cheers that greeted the at winner must still be fresh in the minds of be those that were nresent The time put up b« by the son of Natator if the record for the ixe race, nz., 6min 42 4- 6 th see. Chester was ill second and Gondolier third. Last year a field of seren faced, the starter/s flag — Booties, 10.6, B. Vinoj Nanalria, 9.7, G. Laing; Lonely, 9.10, Holmes; Whalebone, 11.8, P. Johnston ; Kaimanawa, 10.7, J. Hiokey ; Strephon, 10.4, W. Higgins i and Baran, 9.10, A. liycoh. Whalebone and Strephon were equal farourites in the machine, but, as the remit proved, neither gained a place, (he flr»t»named mesting with aa accident at the gone jump past the stand, while Strephon.who nndoabtedly would have won, ran off on going- to the . entrance to tho oentre of ihe course. The 5 finish of the raoe waa a good one, fhe judge) ' being unable to separata Booties and Naoakia, and therefore his decision ,was--ftiTen at a dead h«at, with Lonely a good' third, and Baron close"* up fourth. , Th» time for th« raoe was. 6min 42 4sth ss% whioh is the same as. Empire's, Ti'etory in f893; The probable starters and rfderiW the raoe this y.ear are :— „ >„»-' . " <'■

Union Jaok, Unity, and Egmonfc in an- 1 certain starter*. With such a bitfield the race is a very open one indeed,* and. the ■peculation in the machine cv to the probable winner is snre to be rery brisk. Buiteo, who v on the same mark as Norton, is Mr Chilian's recent porohate in Australia, but despite the performances he placed to his credit over there I will prediotthat Norton will hold him safe. Of Tiritea, Kapua, and Morag, I prefer the ohanoe of Morag, and I expeot to see him one of those that will fight out the finish. Booties, Belle, and Union Jack are the three Taranaki representatives and ther* can be no doubt but they hold a strong hand ; of the three I deolare in favour of Bootlas, [ who is a sore jumper and has been orer the ooutte before. Baven (lOit) ig anhoneit old plodder and will not be far behind the leaders when the straight is entered for the run home, but nevertheless he will find the oompanv a bit too warm. Awarua, Spreydon and Bangipai are all at the name weight (9st lllb) eaoh. The first named has proved himself a fair hone over obstaoles, so with bis light impost he should have a good onteide ohanoe of winning. Should Bangipai stay out the distanoe I fancy her chanoe is a good one indeed as she is a fast mare and a good jumper. From fcho above it will be seen that Z f»a,cy the winner of the Wanganni Steeplechase of 1895 will come from the following fiveNorton, Morag, Booties, Awarua and Bangi* pai, and I shall vote for them to finish in the following oider— > Norton 1 Booties „ 2 Morag .... 3 f ) For the Flying Handicap I shall plkoe them— Waiuku „ ... % The Artist 2 Orion .., M * .<• ... 8 Hack Slat Baoe— Ascot Tale „« .„ .„ i Bowshot „ ... 2 Strayshot 3 Hunters' Bteopleohase— Amalgam ..„ 1 Hop Bitters 2 Seddoa ... „. ... „, 3 IWel Steepleohase— . <i v Langley the Devil 1' Spreydon 8 Bgmont ... ... ... „, 3 Should Kapua start I shall deolar« in bis Savour. Seven is the number that U likely to go k> the post for the Winter Oats, and h the ihrto ex-haoks Irish Twist, Waiuku and Lorslei will meet the race will bf mosk ntexesting, as eaoh of these contestants has i strong body of followers. To brr and '. mtioipata the verdict of the judge I shall i >lace them — * Irish Twist ... 1 i Waiuku 2 i Lorelei ... .« ... •* 8 ;

■ —■-.— <.■■■ —..i ,■!■ n_i_ i..— l ; ,- f „j> Otaki Hack Meeting. , -)Ui The Otaki Maori Hack Meeting is »1»O» '- •et down for decision to-morrow, and thew^., have every anticipation of having ft mod: • successful gathering The aooeptanoM numbor in all for three ereots 47, and amongst them are to be found the names of all the best back* on the coast. My selee* tions for the different event* are »• folio ws» ~ Sin); Hurdlesr-rßarmanl, Couteript 3. Ohrrttaia. Otaki Plate— Man-o'- war 1, KahorangiS, Vfeil 8. * i Flying Handicap— Boll Call I, 3e»bretc* -2,~Msn*o'-war 8. - - "Hotes T>y Pakeh*" The thoroughbred »tallion Sod* -wetter, by Goldiborough— Seibreeae, i* adverfciMd for tale or to leate for the coming MMon. Bou'-wetterV progeny daring . the. wston . jaat gone h»Tt shown np to Rood adTsa* tage as will be aeen by the performaaoet of Bkßßipai, Hotspur, Lotion, TangaroaKHan- , tonga, Bioomtbnry, KaDakia, Tongwaaittd nameroat other*. Breedert of twck hare had their attention attracted to th» too of Goldfborongh by* the ptrformtnort of tho abort mentioned horiit, «o no doabt iom«* ' one will tnap at the ohanoe of teedriag taoh > a laooenfnl lire. - v - , , T Hie Dancer, woo waa heavily backed by ;~; ~ pnntert on thit coast when mnniair at the ' Bgmont, Wanganni and Manawata Me»tingt, it now being tohooled *t jEUerthe by J. Bae with a riew to the illegitimate game. 1 The hurdle horte Aoroa hu ,been takes to Donedin by B. Kingan to fulfil hit 1 engagements at Forbury on the 24th intt. > Strephon,-who lately left Wan^anoi for » OhrutohunKu said to be doing well in hit I work and will compete in a hurdle race at i Dunedin on Ifriday. . ,-_ •• Sfarrel'a brother Blarneyitone hkf.been i bonght.by an Indian buyer for £800^ ' Oreel, the two-year-old ' daughter of ■ Carbine and Fish wife^ hat broken down in f her training, and will 'now be referred for' t the stud. ,■ ( < The Anokland mare Dorit hat born told , ■ > toi Sydney bayar, 'who intends to prepare ■ the danghter of St. Leger with!a Tiiw of > the next Kewmarket Handicap. • The Soa'-tt/este* horte ;EoUpar,will not f take part' at ""either Otald or Vvapgtmui > BCeetings at it is his b'woer's intijaltaoa to t tarn hfari out for the winter. Thisuhaid I luck for his 'traiseiy Q. 'Powell, "as his V* oharge had,, greatly improved since the • Voxton Meeting, and I feel certain he *, woold have taken & lo¥of beating" in Uie I OtakiPlateV liJ -<■-•--

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