SPORTING NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 3672, 28 November 1874, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

(By our Sporting Contributor.) T ■ K SPUING MEETING. The weather has been settled during the week and promises to keep tine over Monday nex*, an i, if such be the case, I expect to so> the race mooting well attended—there being noth ng else in t e way of amusement of a specially inviting nature arranged for that day. ’I here appears to be a chance of some anticipated interest being lost, the t.’hriatchurch horses—Traitor, Tadtnor, and -'onoambula—not having arrived. r lhe s s Wellington was due at about three o’clock to-day, and she might bring them ; but that boat had not arrived at the time of writing, tn their absence the St. Andrew’s Handicap appears at the mercy of Mabel, though the 7ib penalty for winning that event may spoil her show for the Spring Handicap. I analysed tie two handicaps in Monday’s issue, so \vi 1 now merely mention that for the first L should place Mabel firs 1 --, Engvy second, and IVtobe thrd; amt for the Spring, Verbena first, Euvy or Mabel second, and flight Bower next These positions are of cour.e liab e to be aucivd through the Australian horses—P«.rtobe ami Wuhfc iiower, of which we k iow untiling, and both of which are in some pounds below weight for age —turning out somethin good, in the.eventof the Christchurch buses arriving to day and bring tit on Monday. 1 should place Tadmor next to Mabel in the St. Andrew’s tiaad c p, and Traitor next to Verbena iu the Spring. For the Maiden 1 late there are eleven entries, including Captain Hutchison’s recent purchase in Australia King Philip This hor,-e I look noon as the winner, he being of a very different quality and breeding to his competitors, and his weight, 7st 5 bs, giving him tuoh an advantage. Sonnambnla, carrying s;bs less, might run him hard if she arrives in time from the North ; but [ shall place them—King Philip first, Sonnambula second, Ne’dy King third, then Miss Alfrel. Eight have entered for the Selling Rac;, wh eh should result in Wee Lad being first, Gun* sUr second, May Queen third. For the Trotting Race old Magic starts at scratch, and gives Polly Green 175 yards. Maggie 200 yards, and Lady Glasgow 35;) yards in three miles. Polly Gram trotted at the last meeting, starting a scratch, but got off so badly that though a ie went s-lendidly when started, her chaaoa of winning was hopeless. I con. sider t.i;s race a gift to either her or Ma ic, both belonging to Mr Podsou, though report speaks well of Mr Leckie’s Lady Glasgow. UNTRUE FOR RAGES I notice in the Christchurch ‘Globe,’ of the 23rd inst., a letter signed “ 1CR...” calling attention to “the present difficulties which lie in the way of a racehorse owner entering for events to take place in various parts of the Colony.” The writer says : “ Let me say, for the sake of explanation, that I am the owner of various racehorses, more or le*s indifferent, and am at present residing in the Canterbury Province, lam anxious, of course, to have an opportunity of running these animals at other meetings th iu those which t ike place in this Provmce, and accordingly 1 make my preparations to enter them for various races which are to come off in Wellington, Auckland, /tc. Of course 1 do nob wish to send iu my entries until the last instant, as an accident might happen to a horse at any moment, and I ther fore do not send any entry sooner than lam obliged. But now comes the difficulty. - proceed ou the morning of the general entry day, say for the Auckland races, to the telegraph office, and am informed by the clerk at that office that * the wire is down at the Cheviot,’ or some other place, and it is quite uncertain if it will be repaired in time to get the entries through before closing time. This is one instance ; new for another. I make my mind up on another occariou to send my entries by steamer, and run the risk of anything going wrong with auy one of the animals I intend to enter between the time at which the steamer leaves Lyttelton and the time at which I am compelled to make my entries. The steamer leaves at her advertised time, but is detained, let us say, at Timaru, or Oaniaru, and my entries arrive an hoar too late at Dunedin. All my time, trouble, and expense are therefore lost, and I have the satisfaction of seeing prizes, that I had already appropriated in imagination, going into the pockets of other owners. Now, sir, all tliis might be very easily rectified, by an arrangement which could be made with the greatest facility between the various racing club* in New Zealand. Surely if. would not be too much trouble to the various secretaries of the different jockey clubs to receive entrances on the days appointed for the different meetings, and the expense of a telegraph massage containing the names of the auimals entered would be cheerfully' borne by the respective owners. By this means I should be euabled to make my entries this evening for the Wellington races to Mr Digby, and owners in Auckland could enter these to the Secretary Auckland J. C. One thing, I am certain of, and that is that if the C.J (J. were to initiate the plan it would soon be followjd by the clubs in the other Provincs.”