ENGLISH SPORTING NEWS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume I, Issue 20, 13 December 1890, Page 6

ENGLISH SPORTING NEWS.

At Newmarket, in the “.£l,OOO addded ” Handicap, Queen’s Birthday, atoned somewhat for his St. Leger failure. In the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, Shall We Remember defeated Bel Demonio, and the Rous Memorial Stakes fell to Mr. E. Blanc's Gouverneur. At Nottingham, the Nottingham Handicap fell to Glory Smitten, and the Welbeck Abbey Stakes to Grecien Bend. The evergreen Laceman, who was foaled so long ago as 1876, added another laurel to his wreath in the Lenton Firs Selling Plate. There is as great a run as ever on the socalled “ fashionable” sires. Thus Barcaldine’s lists for 1891 and 1892 are already full; his fee being 100 gns. for the first and 200 gns. for the second year, while Minting (150 gns.) and Roseberry (100 gns.) have only three or four vacancies apiece for 1892. At the Newmarket Second October Meeting the most important event was the Clearwell Stakes. There were only two runners, however, Mr. Fenwick’s Mimi and Prince SoltykofFs Woolsthorp, and the former, with 8 to 1 laid on her, won easily. The Flying Welter Handicap fell to Mr. Redfern’s Magistrate, and the Cambridgeshire Trial Plate to Evergreen, Ringmaster being shut out just as his chance appeared a good one. Next day the Middle Park Plate attracted a good deal of attention. There were nine runners, of which Orvieto came in for most support. He failed to run into the first three, however, and the race fell to Mr. E. Blanc’s Gouvernour, Siphonia and Orion being second and third respectively. Countess Therry won the High Weight Handi- . cap. The minor meetings were remarkable for the number of horses that secured winning brackets twice on consecutive days. At Nottingham Grecian Bend and Sir Hamilton were among those thus favoured : at Warwick, Porridge and Maggie Cooper each scored twice ; while at Hamilton Park, no fewer than three—Ossidine, Dauntless and The Solent —had a similar run of luck. It is hardly necessary to say that these successes usually do not mean any very remarkable excellence on the part of the successful animals, but rather judicious “ placing ” by their owners. The racing at Kempton Park calls for rather more detailed notice. The principal event on the first day was the valuable Great Produce Stakes. In this history repeated itself with a vengeance. Last year, it will be remembered, Mr. Milner’s Riviera, which started favourite, was just beaten by Dearest, much to every one’s surprise. This year the winner was Lord Calthorpe’s Blavatsky, which started a rank outsider, and the second, only beaten by a neck, was Mr. Milner’s Valauris, an own brother to Riviera. To complete the parallel, Blavatsky, like Dearest, hailed from Jewitt’s stable. The other great event was the Champion Nursery Handicap. This also fell to an outsider, Sir R. Jardine’s Bondage, Mr. Houldsworth’s Susiana was second. Rarely has the Second October Meeting at head-quarters proved more enjoyable than it did last week. The weather was perfect, bright without being too hot, and there had been just enough rain to render the going good, It was this downpour which really decided the result of the Cesarewitch. Prince SoltikofFs Sheen' had the top-weight in the handicap, but owing to the hard state of the ground his starting had . , been doubtful. The welcome shower decided his owner to give him a run, with the result that he scored a very popular win under the highest weight (gst. 21b.) ever yet carried to victory. Alicante, which Started a hot favourite at 9 to 2, finished second. The Thirteenth Great Challenge Stakes was won by Mephisto, Signorina being easily beaten. Amphion upheld his grand reputation by easily defeating Memoir and Blue Green in the Champion Stakes, but Alloway cut a very poor figure in the Newmarket Derby, won by Lord Durham’s Circassian. Memoir won the Newmarket Oaks for the Duke of Portland, and Haute Saone the Prendergast Stakes for Baron de Rothschild. At the blood-stock sale held by Messrs. Tattersall, in addition to the sale of the late Hon. James White’s horses, Lord Marcus Beresford gave 2,b00 gns. for the stallion, Child of the Mist, and George Barrett secured Democracy, a filly foal by St. Simon—Morning Glory, for 1,800 gns.