SPORTING MEMORANDA.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1362, 24 March 1881, Page 3

SPORTING MEMORANDA.

The raceaat Greyfnouth on Monday were a grand, success. Every event was fairly and honestly won. There were over 1000 people on the course. Tbial Stakes.— Greyhound, 1 / Kensington, 2 ; The Tout, 3. Greymouth Jogkby Club Handicap. —Hero, 1 ; York, 2 ; Whalebone, 3. Handicap Hurdles. — Whalebone, 1 ; Tho Bat, 2 ; Kensington, 3. , Hack , Race. — Kumera, 1, ; Butcher Boy. * - ' :

Railway Stakes Handicap.—Greyhound, 1 ;• Whalebone, 2. Nominations for the Whanganui Derby of ,1881, for three-year-olds (lOOsovs., added fco a sweepstakes of Jpsovs.), close on Saturday^ April 7. At Mr Town's recent sale of yearlings in Sydney, the following were purchased fori New Zealand by Mr Smith : — b c (brother of Otira), by Maribyrnong out of Telopeia; br c by Maribyrnong out of Lady l4ady,Blair (imp.) ; blk fby Malta .puj; of The Awk. These will form a valuable acquisition |fco TinY Wiffler and Maifl of Honour, formerly purchased by the same* .g«^ft^4«i n ". Sydney.' |tf Addition to these Mr Elliott bought a couple of brown fillies, by Yattendon out of Gulnare and. Ecstacy. The introduction of so much Xattendon and Maribyrnong blood into New Zealand must bV considered mo§tja^is|aptpry,. ? f it 4 „ A% ljjrtJl Sa4p|jng over £4000 went through "the totalisator during the two days. An o/maru ho'teikeep^r, liametl Campbell, was killed by a fall from his horse last week: whilst coming home from; the local races, , ;i , , i, , „( "" Hornby has been scratched for all his engagements at the Canterbury Autumn; Meeting. - - , The Ellesmere Jopk^y-Club Races will take place on Thursday, April 14. > A stallion valued at £300 was burnt in the stable at the farm of Mr. Christie, at ••Corbir' ". ifrj'>J^'\if( 717 1 -Ju' .{//<?{ ? i .., ,Geor^e -Biooi^f torig |n«»pi< iu. Ko^ten oreyen m Europe, lias just died at the age ; iof&o. - No "oiie^ in,. England Was*, so 'thoroughly -at hptbe in^display&g thgpe^t

wh,ich t he did nqfc wish to bo published daring his lifetime. 'He wu commissioned by a.friwnd of the late Sir Robert Peel to look out a perfect hack for the- Prime Minister. He found and trained to perfection an animal which he took to Sir Robert on trial. After a couple of hours' ride, Sir Robert returned him, with the remark, " This horse is perfection ; what's his name and price f" "His name," said Rice, '"is Premier, his price 400 guineas." Sir Robert considered the price too high. The horse was sold for 400 guineas the same- afternoon to Mr Hall, of .Oxford, and Sir Robert Peel was suited with an animal that fell with him in the Park the second or third day he rode him, and caused his death three or four days later. Apropos of the ill health of Mr Brewer, owner of Robert the Devil, the Sporting Times says — " Despite the doctors, if the truth were really known, it was suppressed excitement that killed the ,late Lord Hastings. What did hw pay on his death-bed about Hermit's Derby, and of the imperturbability he displayed when he descended from the Jockey Club stand and patted the horse's neck as though ho were a winner, and not hopelessly beaten : 1 1 bore it well, didn't I, old fellow ? but my heart was broken.' There are backers who are not moTed either by victory or defeat, but we never knew a bookmaker who did not let you know when he had Jost. The most heroic man in defeat is [ Mr R. Ten Broeck, but in him there is a lot of Dutch blood, and that means a phlegmatic temperament. It is said of him that when he had £50,000 at stake on the Derby of 1860 he made a bet of £100 that he would whistle " God Save the Queen" as the horse passed the post ; and he won. We do not know whether it is true or not, but he of all men was the man to do it, and the 1 story is too good to contradict." Says the Sporting and Dramatic News : — One by one the " Northern Eights " of racing renown seem to be paling their firos before the grim tyrant, and the latest extinction reported is that of ' Mr Anthony Nichol, whos«> bine and red jacket was once aa well known and eagerly looked for as the different combination of identical colors which Count Lagrange has made famous in latter times. The sporting chemist of Newcastle was one of the fare old-fashioned school of sportsmen who were content to witness an occasional race in which their representatives took part without the insane desire to mix up their names with sport in all its various phases which seems to characterise tne racing man, per excellence, of the present day. Newminster, Warlock, and The Wizard were horses of that stamp which anyone might have been proud in calling their own ; and it is impossible to over-estimate the calamity to breeders which would have resulted had anything happend to stand in the way of Newminster's victory in the St. Leger. To him and his sons we may well apply the Horatian ejaculation,, " Quiddebeas, oh Roma, NeronibusV — and his conspicuous success at the stud amply atones for the comparatively obscure figures cut in that department by Warlock and The Wizard. Mr Nichol seemed to possess the happy knack of perpetually stumbling over those racing nuggets which so many more powerful and wealthy rivals have striven to discover in vain ; and his reputation was firsts made with Nunnykirk, a son of that famous old Beeswing the canny Northumbrians still mention with the reference due to so distinguished a performer, and who may be said to have " crowned the edifice " of her renown by the production of Newminster. Mr Nichol had lately quite slipped out of memory, and his .decease diminishes almost to vanishing point the' number of those "Knights of the Round Table " who rallied round John Scott in the "golden prime" of old Whitehall days. Ay American paper thus amusing'y Sums up Laycock : — "Laycock the tall Australian winner, u a mau among ten thousand, and has earned the unqualified approbation of every decent man in Christendom We have had scullers who planned, scullers who plotted, scullers who talked, scullers who lied, and scullers who stole, but here is a sculler pure and simple ; j that rare aquatic jewel a sculler who sculls, j The infallible riverside critics all said he did not know how to row, and sympathised with his stupidity when he made a match for 1000 dollars against a third-class Englishman, who could of course row right away from this awkard Colonial. Finding that this untutored savage had money and would back himself, Hosmer next jumped at him, and was speedily accommodated with a similar match. Then Hawdon wented a slice of the cake, and was spepilyjhelped ; lastly Hanlun and his backers pToked-Outßiley as a sure thing aud made a fourth match against the industrious simpleton from far-off shores. As soon as the match-making was over rowing commenced. Laycock paddled away from Blackmail, and everybody said Blackman was'staie. He leisurely finished far ahead of Hosmer, and it was found out Hosmer was over-trained. He made a laughing stock of Riley, and it was found Riley had not been in the country long enough ; and his fourth victim, Hawdon, who had been in the country quite long enotigh, was keen enough to forfeit his match, and thus save half his money. 'Then domes the regatta, and Laycock finishes an easy win. ner, beating Ross, Hosmer, Smith, Trickett, Riloy, and all the smaller fish. If a certain American sculler had Laycock's heart in his vest, the Champion of the World would have lived in New York since 1876.", Lice on Stock.— Vermin of some kind rery frequently infest domesticated animals ; they aro mpstly of the louse type, small parasitic animals that mudt be removed by the application of some insecticide. A number of substances have been used to a greater or less extent, of which a few a^re mentioaed: below. One pound of .tobacco* and six ounces of Borax, boiled in two quarto of water^-te soft' soap enough is added to ma,ke q tgiick paste has proved a good vermin salvjß. A mixture of carbolic acid and soff' soap in the proportion of one to f oar, makes a compound easy to apply, and y.ery effectfiah 'Shortly after the parj^^o' which. the soap mixture has been should be washed with pure water,andai6ii-drying; oil rubbed on. Oil of tufp'entime and lard oil, equal parts, with a little carbolic acid, is perhaps the most convenient mixture to make, and effectual in its applicatiqn. Animals that , are effected,, with ye'rrain need' better care and Tiigher^ feeding, in order to overcome the drain that thpB^parasjtiBjiWke^p6& t toAsf^em. , Blub Gowjt.

An English stock company has secured about 100,000 Wcres of Wdin the province of Quebec,, where ifr is prpppeed^to colo-'" nise a large number of English and Scotch farmers.' 1 »• f'■ ' ' r 'J" ' -. Aocording t to t ihe 'Patifie Moral Frost white Russian wheat has been grown with, success in some of the wst infeoted diastr»otB 'al&ng tne Southern coaist. ;3li 'lti fact this wheat has saved somonfarmtir&f from abandonment of their lands. It is, quite* probable that thtsseArtb£ Whfte'Efissia.nj. will be tried ia- all districts liable to 'F°Bt- -s^if .fit oost ;-ij/X flitfjf j j,. o^ th.eidiyQroe[ suit J?aaJal(^:ißarrelknd Powell, held in London, iv petitio^oje Bopg^tt^ obtain a divorce from 6f adultery^ thW ■Court u 1u 1 conaemned. the >«j^rajpp'ndenfc"