Sporting Items.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume II, Issue 68, 12 November 1891, Page 7

Sporting Items.

It is most improbable that Melos will ever race again, his “ dickey ” foreleg being •‘crooked.”

Oarbine is to be put in training again provided, after a spell, he is found to be sound; object, the Champion Stakes. “ Freelance,” in the Melbourne Sportsman, says Strathmore won the Caulfield Guineas more easily than he ever saw it won. The Australian record for 1 miles is held by three horses, Prince Imperial, King Olaf, and Megaphone, time 2min 35 A-secs. The privileges for the Onslow Trotting Club were submitted by Messrs. Wilson and Clayton at their Auction Mart on Friday, and realised the following prices:—Publican’s Booths, Purcell £2O, Cards, Messrs. Adams and Andrews £lO. The gates were bought in at £l6. The Australasian, of the 31st ultimo, says :— “ Mr. D. 8. Wallace was asked whether, in the event of £20,000 being offered him, he would feel disposed to part with the champion. Mr. Wallace replied with a patriotic “ No,” otherwise Carbine would very shortly have been transported to America.” Carbine’s owner intends putting half-a-dozen mares to him this season, amongst them Essie and Novelette, the latter is a full sister to Correze.

Cuirassier has been sent to the stud, and visited his first mare in Australia about three weeks since.

The two-year-old colt by Nordenfeldt from Albatross has been named Elswick. Mr Jas Redfearn has a full brother to Malvolio, and has named his colt Marusa, a Fijian word, which signifies “ delays are dangerous.” Malua, who is Marusa’s sire, gets his name from the Fijian signification, “ Wait a bit.”

Owners should take notice that entries for the Onslow Trotting Club’s Selling Trot of 20 sovs., close with the secretary, on Friday, the 13th inst., at 10 p.m., at the office of the Sporting Review, 1 sov. is the entry fee

Mr. Tom McEwen, the genial and wellknown caterer of the Auckland City Buffet, has been appointed caterer to the Auckland Racing Club, his contract having been extended by that body in recognition of the admirable manner in which he has provided the luncheons, etc , at Ellerslie for the past five or six seasons.

In our advertising columns will be found the full programme of the Noi them Wairoa Racing Club’s meeting, which takes place on Saturday and Monday, December 26th and 28th. The Club is registered under the A.R.0., and the list of stewards and officers is a most influential one and the stakes are of a liberal character. This meeting is gaining in popularity every year, and the programme is well worthy of the favourable notice of Auckland owners.

Those people who predicted that the Ellerslie course would be in a bad state after the top dressing it has just received, were surprised when they saw the excellent going it was on Monday. Although the top dressing was a heavy one, it is hard to distinguish that it has been done, except that the holes are filled up. It reflects credit on Ruddy’s energy. All the tipsters for the Sportsman’s £250 prize coupon dropped out on the third race. The conditions were, to pick the winners of the Caulfield Guineas and Cup, Maribynong Plate, V.R.C. Derby, and Melbourne Cup. Malua can claim to be the only Melbourne Cup winner whose progeny has pulled off the great classic event. Malua won in the 84-85 season for Mr. J. Inglis. He was then a five-year-old, and carried 9st 91b in 3min 3lf sec, being ridden by Robertson. He is by St. Albans—Edella. Malvolio is a four-year-old by Malua —Madcap, and carried Bst 41b to victory this year by G. Redfern in 3min 29|sec The yearling colt by Galopin from Lady Yardley, for which Captain Machill gave 3,000 guineas, is a half-brother to Mr. T. Morrin’s Castor, now doing stud duty at Wellington Park. Lady Yardley was sold as a yearling for £26, but her present owner gave 800 guineas for her three years ago. “ Caspian ” ( Weekly Times} is entitled to the credit of being the best “ tipster” for the V.R.C, Derby and Melbourne Cup. For the former he gave us Strathmore, Stromboli, and Oxide in that order, and selected Malvolio, Strathmore, and G’Naroo for the < 'up. “ Augur,” “ Ribbleleden,” “ Asmodeus.” and “Freelance” all picked the Derby winner. The Sporting Standard coupon of £lOO, which was offered for picking the winners of the Caulfield Guineas and Cup, V.R.C. Derby and Cup has not been picked. Twenty thousand were received, which contained very few Strathmores, and when G’Naroo won his race only two were left, which dropped out with Strathmore’s Derby win. We have received from Mr. D. McPhee a copy of Dr. Chase’s last receipt book, which is a veritable multum in parvo, treating as it does of Medical receipts, Nursery and Midwifery, food for the sick, the treatment of domestic animals, culinary and cooking, bee keeping, dictonary of medical terms, the treatment and mode of branding or marking horses, and a host of other most useful information. We regret that want of space prevents us taking any more than a passing notice of this most valuable work in our present issue, but it is without doubt the most complete and cheapest book we have yet seen offered to the public, it is profusely illustrated and capitally printed and bound, a copy can be seen at our office by any one desiring to inspect it, the cost of the book is £l, and orders left for Mr. D. McPhee care of this office will be attended to, already he has had a very large sale in Auckland.

By Australian exchanges to hand we learn that the Toorak Handicap winner, Zalinski, ran a boxthorn into his foot during exercise, which is the reason for the Nordenfeldt — Frailty colt being withdrawn for all his engagements at the V.R.C. Spring Meeting. As showing the prices realised for booths, gates, etc., in Australia compared with what is usually given for similar privileges in New Zealand, we quote the figures for the recent V.R.C. Meeting. On the hill—Grandstand No. 2 booth, £120; No. 4 booth, £160; No. 5 booth, £170; No. 6, £150; new booth on the hill, £160; pagoda on the hill, £155; oyster bar on the hill, £29. On the flat—No. 1 8 booth, £120; No. 7. £100; No. 6, £115; No. 5. £6O; No. 4, £3O ; No. 3, £2O; No. 2, £l5 ; No. 1, £lO ; outer carriage paddock, £9O; gates, £655. The privileges of the Auckland Racing Club’s Summer Meeting, which fills up three days, last year brought very considerably more than this sum pro rata according to the population, but whether this may be accepted as a moral compliment is very doubtful, but it does show most unmistakably that we are not behind our Australian brothers as regards our love for racing. •