CANTERBURY.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 435, 24 November 1898, Page 12

CANTERBURY.

The late meeting—Winning owners — Win ning jockeys — Winning sires —P unt er s backward — Murray Hobbs’ horses —Sale of Epaulet — Double Event sore —Red Dancer — Gre ymouth n ominations —S ire s’

Produce Stakes nominations.

Christchurch, November 22.

There is very little more to add to the review of the New Zealand Cup Meeting. Most of the visitors and horses have returned to their homes. Things are in consequence very quiet at Riccarton.

Mr G. G. Stead, who has a very powerful team in training, once more heads the list of owners who were stake-winners at the C.J.C. meeting, his cheque amounting to £2060. MrS. H. Gollan came next with £l2lO. all of which was won by Tirant d’Eau. Mr H. Goodman, who has met with a good deal of success lately, came third with £509 tojhis credit. Thanks to Tirant d’Eau’s efforts, Jet d’Eau heads the list of winning sires at the late meeting with £l2lO to his credit; Castor is second on the list with £800; then comes Hotchkiss, £725; Cuirassier, £510; Crawford Priory, £550; Medallion, £435; Stepniak, £360; Maxim, £350; Ahua, £325 ; Perkin Werbeck 11., £270; C anranald, £230 ; St. Leger’s stock only won £ll5 ; Apremont, £l5. The most successful jockey was. W. Holmes, who rede five winners ; R. Derrett came second with four, while McCluskey was the only other rider who got more than one win. F. Holmes, Lindsay, P. White, W. Clark, Noble, G. Matthews, L. King, Hewitt, Davis, H. Moore, and Carmichael each rode one winner, while R Wilson finished a dead-heat with Davis. Mr F. P. Claridge, an amateur rider, also scored one winning bracket. Local bookmakers are complaining of the laxity of punt-rs in paying their N.Z. Cup wagers. Seeing that pencillers paid up so well, despite heavy losses, they deserve more consideration than they sometimes get from punters. More than one bookmaker told me to-day that their outstanding accounts this year are heavier than usual.

Murray Hobbs, who is generally fairly successful at meetings held at Riccarton, had no luck this year. Starshot went amiss a day or two before the Cup was run, while Dundas failed to run up to his track form. Hermosa, Bold, Bizarre, and Bloomer all failed to score a win.

Mr Dan. O’Brien was also very unfortunate with his team. He had four running—Heritas, Malatua, Peerage, and Lepanto—but the first three are probably not quite ready. 1 think they will win some races in the autumn.

Epaulet, who was sold by auction to Mr J. Parkinson for 45 guineas, should be a cheap horse at that price. Mr Parkinson bought old Liberator from Mr V. Harris for £l4 about twelve months ago, and the old fellow is running as well as ever. B°oth Epaulet and Liberator will journey to the West Coast for the meetings there at Christmas time.

Double Event will not run at the Wellington meeting, having got soie. Murray Hobbs has sold Bold to a West Coast owner.

I hear that the owners of Red Lai.cer intend to race their horse in the North Island. He will most probably get as far as Auckland, and if he does he will be worth watching. Tirant d’Eau, Epaulet, Red Lancer, Black and Bed, and Pitch and Toss were shipped for Wellington on Saturday night. The following Riccarton-owned horses have been nominated for the Greymouth Cup of 250 sovs Sequin, Haria, The Spinner, Epaulet, and Liberator. G odman has nominated Swordfish.

Among horses nominated for other events areBold, Miss Charm, Jib, Clarence, Quiltiri, and Petroline. F. Holmes, who was very successful with his team last year at Greymouth, left yesterday. The following are nominations of stallions for the Fourth Sires’ Produce Stakes of 200 sovs, for two-year-olds, at the Canterbury Trotting Club’s May Meeting, 1900Vaneleve, St. Louis, General Tracey, Wildwood, Viking, Ha Ha, Imperious, Rothschild, Specification, Prince Imperial, and Brookholm. After the second payment thirty-three two-year-olds remain in the Juvenile Stakes, to be run in May, 1899. Mr J. A. Buckland, N.S.W., has two in.