SPORTING NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 3996, 15 December 1875, Page 1 (Supplement)

SPORTING NOTES.

The issue of the handicap for tho "Ounedin Cup hae caused a good deal of interest amongst sporting men, and some backers wbo bad previously taken long shots about their fancies are now wailing at the weights put on them and rushing to make a recovery by getting on those supposed to be well in The general opinion is that tho handicap is not a bad one—in other words that it is not easy to 6pot the winner, but there are a few fl»WB in it ueverthele s, and I expect to hear some growls from owners in the ■North. -Vita the Wellington, Creytro th, Auckland, and ether meetings still p nding it ifl u.-cless to examine the relative chances of the Cup ht.res as yet., for tome of them are ure to get penalties ; but taking a r ugh glance down the weights I think the hanaicaprers were to > severe when they clipped 9st 81b on Castaway. Everyone knows that he won the tit. George's Handicap at Christchurch last April, carrying Bst. and then won two races at Aahbmton and two at Timaru ; but at the lat-named places he bad only such hr-rses as Ntvtar, flouuambu!a, Aliee (iray, Muscatel, and Mignonette to contend against. Because tht se peiformances showed that (s'autaway had im proved in the interval bctwteu our Si ..:,-h meeting and then, the handicapped would appear to have now t'<;:i<><l him as if he had been improving in the f;.ii.<; ntio ever since, iiowwer, peihtpa it does not much matter, for he is at the stud again this

season, and may not he put into training. | i lumbniinui'rt <;ay for carrying heavy weights ' in goHd company is, 1 f e ar. gone by, for" his , leg will uot allow him to stand preparation ; severe enough. Templeton, on his running at Chnstchurch last month, and siuce. in the i Wellington Cup, may be considered out of i the race -he is too slow, and he'll have some i clippers to moot next March if ho starts inatcad of a lot of cripples. Both auy Fawkes and Hercules have quantum, wf. in the way of weight, and the two iiymg tbreo-year olcs, Daniel O'Roike aud Korari, have received most fluttering. If not gratifying testimonies to their capabilities. Koran has already raourred a 51b penalty for winning the Wellington Cup, bringing'his weight up to Sit 61b, but as his friends say he can win the Uunedin Cup wub still another stone on his b*ck those who have invested on him miytake ho,.rt. King Philip is decidedly well m with only Bsr, and if all goes well between this and then should be amongst tho first; but his stable companion—Rory 0 More—a little lower down, is almost chucked in, and may be the best at the weights on the day. They are both racehorset (whioh is more than cau b- said of some of the forty four eutrie ), and though it appears a diffi ult matter to bring them tit to a starting post, they have tho stuff in them, as both showed at our recent Spring meet ng. They will have au advantage over the Northern borses >n so far as although th<;y may entor at some of our Provincial meetings the stakes to be won will not be Jarg* enou to coufer a penalty. Tadmor is not in if.; Malvioa has not raced for a couple of ye/.rs ; for Ngaro's form we must watch her runn ng at Auckland at the end of the momh ; and Sormambula must improve upon her recent pe formaaees to come near win ning. R>ry O'vlore I ha e already mentioned. Fishhook in on« of the beat threeyear olds in the race and should bo woth backing, at a price ; old Atlas is not troubled ' with weight ; and Tattler is running well at Wellington. Right Bower, if he is any good at all, should make some use of his light impost, 71ba less than he carried last year. He is a horse that is a sure starter, and will see a short price before the d ;y, but 1 have the same opinion of him as I had last year that he *is not fast enough to win. Cocksure is running in better form at Wellington than he did at hristchurch, and is wo tli watching ; Richmond h;>s not yet faced a starter; and Rauolf, Kauri, and Cloth of Gold a e at present, out of al form. 'lhe first of the trio has been recently added to the list of geldiuga, and this may or may not improve him. The Fanny F.shor colt won the uckland Champag' e Stakes in May, all the three fttarten being son :of Dainty A riel. Pertobe has a shocking light wight for a horse of his breeding, hut L think it is more than enough for him, as he pulled up all crooked on St. -Andrew's Day. Amohia is an un tried filly of Mr Redwood's, and may bo the best of his lot. Pungawerewere maybe , dangerous—she was ons of sorts at Christchurch, but from her private trials it is believed she is a , linker and she will have little to carry. Empress ran well at upcountry meetings two or three years back, and if she accepts must be looked after lest she should run off with the Cap like Nectar ■ did with the Christchurch Jockey Club Handicp. Follcfarine, Castilian, The Chief, and Kathleen have done nothing to cause them to ; be much dreaded ; but Klair Athol may turn out a ««od colt if got fit in time. Gamecock , is m 41b* lighter man when ho rau suoh a ; game race with Temp eton, Kight Bower r and King Phillip f<,r the D.JC. Handicap . last March, and though he may not be quality enough to pull off the big event he has found plenty of backers. Of the eleven r remaining the only two w >rth mentioning are r Nabouchli.ihandSeabird, both untried ones, aged five and four years respectively, and each i with a m«re featherweight to carry. Un . the whole, the best in seem to be Rory , O'More, King Philip, Right Bower, Blair I Athol, P.mgawerewere, Tattler, Atlas (if he . cau stand training), and Cocksure; of th« supposed rank outsiders Nabouchlish, Sea- ; bird, and Empress. Daniel o'Rourke and . Korari lat present think h*ve not much of i a throw in. Ever since last March there has boen a gr at ileal of wagering on the race, j but since the weights came out, ftrange to ; say, things have been quieter. I append a , list shewing the latest business done, though prices vary according to the bookmak n. ° Pegasus,

The following entries for the Pal Hi"rston meeting :- Hurdle Race: Maid c>f the Mill, Blue Peter, I\,keha and Kildare. Shag Valley Cun : Merry Monarch, King leader C >tceno, Venus, B air Athol, Pakeha, Sir Wiiliam, tea» !e -, Selection. Palmes ton Handicap : Kkgleader, Sir William, Maid of the Mil}, iMerry Monarch, Exile. Coles no, Steamer, and Blue Peter. The weights will be declared on the 21st inst.

A protest has been lodged against thremoval, by the >'. U. T. Club, of the discpaalificat on of -'xile, on the ground that the meeting wan • ot properly constituted, not having bcei. duly summoned.--' 'limes.' Tho f'illowiug are tho nominations for the Kakanui races :

A somewhat curious dillicul'y h's ari»(n in c n-ectnn vith one of the sneers lot up r.b Ji. k'!ik;i o.= ri.e Mcil o:ir,- Cup.' The to.'f-on ho:dii.g ;h«. ti-ket <f lh: v.inni-ig horto had given is to a lialo girl, the daughter of a friend, with the proviso, as he

alleges, that should tho bor-e draw a prze he was to reoeive half the amount. Tho father if the girl denies that there was any proviso, and, to have the whole of the money, L 450, It hss not, however, been paid to him, bsoanso the ticket itsel has no person's name upon it, while the block bears the name of the person who paid for the t ; cket.

Latest Betting. 100 to 13 Bgainac Kory O'Moro (tk) 100 to 10 ., King Philip (tk) 100 to " 100 to y 9 ,, Cocksure (off) „ Tattler (tk) 100 to 9 „ Bight Bower (tk) 100 to 9 „ Templeton (tk) KOto 1(0 to 8 8 ,, Pung-twerewere (tk) „ A'nohia (tk) 100 to 7 „ Fishhook (tk) 100 to 7 „ Nyaro (off) 100 to 6 ,, Korari (tk) 100 to 100 to 6 0 „ Daniel O'Rourke (tk) ,, Hercules (tk) 100 to (i „ Kauolf (off) 100 to 100 to 5 5 „ Blair Athol(off) „ A this (off) 100 to 5 „ Kau<i(tk) 100 to 100 to 4 4 ,, Gamecock (tk) ,, Tainbuvini (off) 100 to .'» ,, donnambula itk) 100 to A to 1 any other.

HURJ>LE HANDICAP. Mr W. Davis'a Theodore st lb . 11 0 Mr \. Paterson's \ia:dof tlie Mill . 11 0 MrW. M'Kay's Banjo ;; . 10 0 Mr H. Goodman's Pakeha ... " 9 7 Mr L. Grant's Morven . 9 0 Mr A. Paterson's Klue Petir . 9 0 KAKANDI HANDICAP. Mr L. Grant's Kxilo st 11n . 9 9 Mr A. F.itceon's Maid of tlio Mill . 9 0 Mr L\ M'Aulay' l-in-leader . 8 2 Mr J. Cahill'.s Lyndon 8 0 Mr W. is'Sevrn P.ells ... '.'.'. 7 7 Mr W. Swanson's Sir William ... ..] 7 7 Mr A. Patcison'B.Blue Peti.T 7 4 Messrs Little I'.ros. Ce]oo:!o 7 2 7 0 Mr A. Henderson's Piambloaway ... MrT. Thmusoii's Merry ftlnarrh ... 7 0 P.y.—'1 be nomination for Exile was taken under protest. publicans' handicap.

»t lb Mr J. Cahill's Lyndon ... a 7 ... 8 .J Mr K. M'Aulay's Jfiuglea-.lcr AhW ■ <\ivi '* No Gentl.iiian ... ... 8 4 MrL Giant's ekl'otion ... 7 <( Mr A. Pateison''. Blue Peter ... 7 <j Mr \V . Hwanson'i Sir William ... ... 7 J) Measi'i ;Littlt> I5ro?. (}(•]<-.,•,.*> • •• 7 5 Mr J. IIiMii lei son's Jiiun'Jeaway 7 Mr C, M. Evans'* 1 >i ce{»Li'iu Mr T. Merry Monarch '.'.'. 7 Mr !!. Goodrnari'.s r'ako'-a