Sporting Items.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume II, Issue 70, 26 November 1891, Page 7

Sporting Items.

Antelope has produced a beautiful filly foal to Nordenfeldt. The pony Silkworm has been placed in. Charlie Warren’s hands. Ruddy informs us that no less than eighty-six ( : horses are in training on the Ellerslie course. Mr. H. N. Abbott of the City Hall and . Opera House, has returned from Sydney. Bob Batty, the rider of May Be in the, Steeplechase at Melbourne of the 7th inst., hadhis leg broken by his mount falling in that race. The Melbourne Cup winner, Malvolio, will in reality not be four years old till Boxing Day. Donald Taylor, senior, has returned from an extended trip to Australia. On meeting his son Tommy, the well-known jockey, the young one shook hands and passed on, not recognising - his dad for some time afterwards. “ Pegasus ” said something in his notes last week about turf scribes “ blowing” after they had “ struck ile ” ; but his tips for the Onslow Trotting Club’s meeting deserve special mention. Anyone following them throughout the day, and putting a 10s. ticket on each, would, be £l4 19s. to the - good at the end of the day He picked four winners in his six attempts. The Sporting Review’s tips for the Athletic Club’s meeting were also most successful, five events being picked right out, and H. Burton given for a capsize. Horsey people frequently remark, what a pretty pair those would make if that one had a white star or this one another white leg. We dropped across a book that tells us how to change the colour of any part of an animal’s skin, and it suggested to us that it would be a much better mode of branding valuable horses; etc., than the prevailing clumsy hot-iron process. The book to which we refer is called Dr. Chase’s “Last Receipt Book and Household Physician.” This work treats on stock doctoring extensively, and divulges a great many secrets in connection with the training school, and valuable information with regard to taming, breaking and shoeing wild horses. We have thoroughly examined this work, and find it the most complete and cheapest book we have ever seen. We highly recommend it to owners and anybody having anything to do with stock. This work is sold by subscription only, and a copy can be seen at this office. Anyone requiring a copy of the same should communicate with the firm’s representative, Mr McPhee, who is now in Auckland, c/o this office or the Queen’s Hotel, Symonds-street.

It is estimated that the attendance on Melbourne Cup day at Flemington was 79,500. The Hon. J. D. Ormond has scratched all his horses for the Dunedin Jockey Club’s Spring meeting. A boy named Williams had his arm broken at Takapuna the other day while schooling Mac small sticks. Marvel is said to have been a good deal cut up in his race in the Flying Stakes When he was beaten by Trieste and Bungebah. Roeefeldt received a kick in the stifle at the starting post for the Derby and had to be withdrawn from the Oaks in consequence. Mr. T. Moirin’s mare Frailty dropped a fine brown colt foal to Nordenfeldt yesterday. This full brother to Strathmore has not a bit cf white about him, and is a beauty. We have received from an Avondale correspondent a letter with reference to trotting and pony racing, which has been unavoidably crowded out of the present issue. •Myrtiform was brought down from Dargaville in the early part of the week to fulfil his Takapuna engagements. Mr. A. Raynes, his owner, is also in town, and brought First Love with him as well. Messrs. Digby Tonks & Co. sold the Takapuna Jockey Club’s privileges last Friday, the following prices being realised :—Gates, £59, C. Woodroffe; outside publican’s booth, £32 10s., P. Quinlan; inside publican’s booth, £l3, J. Hawkins; cards, Scott Printing Co. £l2 ; refreshment booths, £2, Mrs. Mclntosh. The Huntly pony Taffy was tried by Messrs. W. Adams and E. D. Halstead, the Auckland Trotting Club’s pony measurers, on Saturday morning - on three separate occasions, but although the paring process was resorted to until Mr. Page declined to take off any more, she could not come below 14.2£, and was consequently knocked out of her Onslow engagement. A reference to our advertising columns will show that the declaration of the Onehunga Racing Club’s weights has been postponed till Monday next, the 30th inst., and acceptances are due the following day by 10 p.m. The postponement has taken place to allow the Takapuna Spring Meeting to take place beforehand.