SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3743, 20 February 1875, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

{By our Sporting Contributor ) Tt ia rumored in town to-day that "a Dunedin g. ntleman has i urrhased in Victoria through an agent, two rath, r celebrated racehorses, and that they will be entered on Monday evening for various races at tbo onsmug meet ng. They are Protos and Goshawk, the former of which is a performer of great fame, and ran. second to Haricot in the last Melbourne Cup. We bavenot been able t > trace the statement to a reliable authority but give it for what it is worth. “ Augur ” states, in the ‘ \ustralas : an *of the 13th mat, that “the two New Zealand mares, Lurline and Calumny, have been placed in Mr W C. Yuille’s bands tor sale, br their performances and breeding, these horses are extremely valuable for racing purposes or t e stud. Both are just now gettiug into better condition than at any time since their arrival in the Colony. ” The same writer conadera • urline “stones a better animal than Calumny.” Lurline’s weight in the Australian Cup is Bst lib, the same as Harlot’s ; Calumny carries in the Newmarket Handicap Sat. J r ihe following extract from the ‘ Australasian,’ which refers to a brother of Messrs Charles and Norman Haines (both well known in Dunedin and t hristohurch), will be of interest to sporting readers : •* By the next mail that hav s for Ungland, Mr Henry Haines, a member of the Victorian betting ring, will leave for the old country. Courteous and gentlemanly in manner, he has always been a hist favorite, not only with the public, but also with his brother professionals, to whom he invariably has shown an example that might be followed with advantage. He visits old England to see an aged parent, and Pm sure that all who know him will join roe in wishing him a safe return to this his adopted land. Mr Haines will probably return in time to see the uexk Melbourne Cup run.” Owing to an interruption on the telegraph bne between Tasmania and Victoria, the folard °a } y particulars given by the Melbourne papers respecting the Hobart Town Cur, of 300 s«vs., added to a sweep of 15 sovs. each. Two miles. Mr P. Lewis’s b m Ella, by Yattendoo. 4 years, 7st 2lb ■» Mr G. Bennett sb f Edith, by Corsair 3 years, sst 9lb ’ « Mr T. Blackwell’s b g John Peel, bv’Panic aged, sst 121b ’’ ' ’ s Dagwuth hit his leg while at exercise two days before t-e race, and Donelly scratched him, fearing a break down.