SPORTING NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 4045, 12 February 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

SPORTING NOTES.

The programme for the .Tunstan summer meeting is issued, but it is a wr tohed products n compared with th se of Clyde'- ha cvon ffij 8 ' h A*ff ß ce ' ,f 15 sovs.Gr..ndStand H.u.d.capof 'iOfcoys, Hurry curry of 5 bom Tradesmen b Hardicap of 10 svs Secon I Day: Dunstan Han I:cap of 25 sovs, S lling Race of 10 sovs, Trot of ss„vs Consol.ti n Hand-cap of 10 srvs, Hospital H»nd cap. It is not many years since nearly tw.ee ss much added money as all these together us.d to be given to one r.tce alone.

«\vJu ch * t,,ne >, witiDg m the Auklmd 7 10l 7 £ 6 * 8 co ?« e n»ff hj s hobby- a New Racing Club - says.--'This U I think, an inevitable conclusion, which must sooner or later be arr.ved »t As it „t ncls ar p eseiit, each place of any impo.tance make., its own laws and ihese m,y be c ntrary to all e tabhshed precedent*. , ach chh make any date that-eems suitable the day from wi fch a hj -rse sh >ll da e his bir hj and so on. I th nk that so many centres of spo . t require a ' head centre.' Now a New Zealand Vaoinp Cl.b «bnl U ° 'r + an ' "^V I^ 6 a fixed i* of abode. It would, in the fist instance, be composed of members of all the other c übs-the pnucipil members, such as the steward- &o at any rate-and it ►houll be t.. r rt ci ain New Zealand what th* Jockey Cluh is to racing at Home. F.om what I have herd there would not be an in isposition on the part of Auoklmdeni to take u . the ouesti-.n " • u*" i? .°" e T Mch an Auckland delegate might well bring be ore the «ommittees of the Dunedin and Onns.chu.ch Racing Club, at the meeting which are to take pi ce s oi-tly It could i )o t do any harm, for a prope ly c L stituted htadis what > 8 badly wanted in this hl°Jl' n^ miM >, P erha P s > come a little heavier on the pockets of the Wiin* supportera of racing; for I (hi k it would he i',di pe, sable that the Nov Zealand • acinz Club should givece.taiu {.riz s, not haudica s to he run for. 1 o this bony shoul.l be intrusted thceoustitution . f a general co ie of rules, suitable to the ii.cumstances of the Colony ; a d it should also estab.ish a public ha..dica-.pe,—a roan wh . *hall frame hll our haauic ps fir the large meting, excepting, of curse, tho ß e country meetings, wit. whlc'.i it vuld he an for any but a local to dea'. I suppose that there would be an unlimited amount ot disputation ax to such a na.ional club should give it- first prize to b-; ru for Tn».t however, i.eed not trouble Auckland; for I brlieve we are not disinclned to freely ac oid to Canterbury the , remie • position in racing affairs M any rate, Cant rbuiy has thi» largest breeding studs, and that is the man point m eveutual supeiiurit.-, though it may be hardly the Newmarket of New Zealand vet lne adva ta.es such an instituii-n would confer might be set down as a.milar to those wh ch in law, a Cout «.f Appeal .-onfrrs. It would, belles this, be the legislature; and heing composed of men from all p rta of the Colony, would enact such laws as w.uild m et with general npprov d. \\ hen the N t w Zealand ±»acing Club c mes on the scene, as it will do some time or other, a greater c.nfidencein racing will be set up." Writing in the "Lytteltoi Times,' "The Druid says:-"In view of the approaching Dunedin meeting a .,d the Canterbury AutumS Itaces, 1 [aid a visit to the racecourse on Monday momiu- to take stock of the nags in preparation. As usual, Ted Cuts was first to show out. H s str ng at present is very limited, bemg conhned to Guy Fa *kes and ('oc su. e the other r pres ntai.es of the stable—R rari >nd ;,t p,es nt located ~t Mr KeilAoods r. Bidßi.ee in t,h<> Marlbw. „<di ismct. Is iw Cocksure and (iuy Fawke* take a canter once roind Imt the pa- e was very slow 1 could not ther fore fonu much opi.ion of their going. Loth a e very fie-h and wi 11 i ufc i. do not L.ncy Mr R dwoo I looks to either of the two as the .stable horse for the Dunedin as he famies, a better animal iu Amoiiia a filly out of Anti ip.t.- n by Towtoii, Anticipation being by R;vensworth, out of imported by the Hon. W. Robinwm. It will thus be seen, as far as pud «■ . e is concerned, Mr Redwood is not leaning on nil tLe can touch her, Si" '. ll '' hilK ,ieVKr y fct been beaten hi his merits when running in public- What inn crack filly Amohia reullj^eado"remains ulte; •* th y e bookmake? lTe uU of her. Sfie may when asked, t uru out ikeJPuog&werewere a 'rank duffer.' Being a

fi'ly. the a »ason of the year will be in her favor. I have never seen Amonia, I cai form no opi ion of her chance in the Dunedin Cup. B-bßeayhad five on t!.e course— Tadmor being an absentee Little Daniel look' fr*sh and well, aud none the worce for his Wellington campaign, alth ugh eve.ything was dead against him up there, and 'he little fellow had to nut up with a beating from Korari, who was in fine fettle. Daniel O'riourke was out of sorts at the time, the heavy rains in Wellington during the race week flooding the box the Irishman was in, and obliging his r moval into town; in fact the little horss was literally knocked from 'pillar to post' in the Norta Island. It was, therefore, no wonder he was all amiss when the races did take place. Daniel and Tattler went once round the course on Monday at a fair pace. Tlie l»tter horse is s much improved since the Novembe-meeting, and by a few is fancied as ihe most Lkely horse of the siablepair for tbe Dunedin t up. *is weight will be more favourable than Daniel's, but I am inclined to think that, if condition means anyt ing, t>>e little chesnut ought to beat him At Dunedin, Dauiel O'Rourke will have about eighteen months'condition again-t eight; with Tattle-, • ndthat ought to be sufficient to carry urn h>me, and will, if the pace is made hot al! the way. Defamer, Cloth of Gold, and Tommy Dodd took a slow canter, goig once round. Defamer his only Ltely bi-en taken into t.-ainiug, and is e tired in the Autumn hand cap. >.t pre-ent ho looks very full of flesh, which will take some lim> to get. off. should lie be leniently dealt with by Mr Stead, thete is no reason why be should not be in the race. He comes of the right st'ck tor r cing. being own brother to Hat e I, who wou'd take .t deal of licking The Genera had his morn ng <>r.ng out, a<id thy numb re • six. The < hief, th« only candidate for the Dunedin up M» Webb has in his stable, took a good str :ng gllp, and is much improved since I last saw hj m, ju-t, previous to the S: ring Meeting. At hat time the colt was ilea I ami s, and could not go a lute bit; now he seems to shape v.ry we 1, He w.s accompan<ed in his work by Mr Webb's Karbary (R-vensw-nth) fiiiy, and for a, youngster at the tr de she did not go at h«1 like a bad one. lam rath r surprised Mr shand does not try t e Chief over fences. The Grand National Steeplechase! we are to have here on the Queen's Birthday ar<- now established on a firm footing in Canterbury, tmdwillbe held annually in different parts of the Province. The Chief in my idea is just the horse for cross country, and if he took k>ndly to his work would be most difficult to I i eat, as he has substance, breeding, and pL nty of pice. In England he wou'd comm.nd a high pi ice iu the i-untimc counties ; s a weight j canier to houu<>s. Ranolf was out. aiid went once round with Mangle, Mr Mai o.k's Champaiji'ecdt. The went muih k-nder than he used but I a.'n't Ike his g->ing; he •ioes nots ri e out as heusedto.io studis evident yi:trv.>us ;ibo;it putting his f.. e'eet to the ground. I cannot Mr Uallock un Ms purch,se<f Kan It, as 1 fancy when he ran as a two y.-ar-old he was at his I e>t day*. j Ihe "Fiat Ir n colt, or Mangle, is a great lanky co t, a.-d may grvwinto a fi.,e hj *>he. he nils out; j.'ie seems to possess a god turn of spe d, the.ef-ivh* should run well up m the Baby race. Mr Webb's two Traduc r colts, out of Tantrums »nd cr*.iit to hj m, and with tb ir heeding ought 'o bj good ta e horses in another year. They a e c;.udi.iat-s for the • hanipagne Stakes, for wlmh race I am tod Mr Webb has , n prei-aration « nvi ha fdozen, five col s, and a filly out of Butteifly hy Sedm-e, belo ging o Mr Lee of he WarreH. I saw lh-r on my return home in he b~x at .he Bush Inn, looking v.<ry hj althy and weil and showing a deal or quality. She might have been a fine two-je.r-od if her uw.er had treated i.er better. I also saw iu .'- r Webb s paddocks two ve.y neat yearling', one a Tantrums, the other a evoke colt, both being by Iralucer. Of the two I like the chesnut or the Revoke colt the best, being much more evenly mad- than hj s companion, who U rather nicined to be loach-bick-d—* good or bad qualification in a race-hr.se I am not prepared to give an option about, but I don't like lfc Mr- Stead's two Melbourne iurcba-es which arrived per Onuo, on Satur ay, are located at the Bush Inn. One is a two y ar-old colt by Fireworks, out of Lot. by P ter Wilkins Firew..rks is t e sire of Gol sbomugh, ixobin H<.od, and many other turf ceebrities. Peter Wdkins' is the sire of Q ack, and own biother to Hose de Florence dam uf Maribyrnonc, of the Ring, &c. lias colt i a <ia k brown, and hj s pi 11 y o< siz- and substmc-, st-mdi quite six een hands high. The other is a n.-at It ti.ly by D monstra or out of Conceit, th • d..m of Pride andJrish King, who was supposed to be one of Ihe btst horses of his day. On both dam's and sire's side the filly just imp ,1 ted by Mr bt< ad sho * s in a great degree very cl se breeding n i.n-l in witn W aleb.ne and Waxy the si. blood in England If the filly never races a yard sue must be a valu .ble acquis.ti. n to t le Piovince as a broi.d mare trom ih- i> od blood fr m which she spings. a d I hear ily wish Mr Stead every luck with his purch -se. The fo'lo*ing aie the entries for the Timaru Ract s:

SOUTH CANTERBURY HANDICAP. Mi M. Barratt's Mi monetae Mr K. ;- tanse 1 s Golden Grape MrR. Bartou's Promised Land (late Lady Mr J. H. Lunn's Nectar MrC Co ,n.be-'s Elfin King Mr W.C., Webb's bay filh by Ravens worth Mr R. Cam, bell a Tommy Dodd Mr ■{ Campbell s Cloth of Gold Mr Thomas Shand's Chief timabu cop. Mr O. J Barkers Investment Mr Thorn s Sh nd's Chef Mr R Campbell's Cloth o' Gold Mr Campbell's Tommy Dodd J?r W 0. Webb's bay filly by Rav.jns worth Mr C. Co m es's Eltin King Mr J. H. Lunn's Nrctar Mr M. Barratt's Mignonette. With reference to the late regatf a at Wellington, the « Post * says :-Def ate. 1 competitors are g>ne ally prolific in excuses, and the Xaiapoi cr<-w are u«. exce tiou to th> , u le At the recent dinner give . to the crew, thrir captain said the manner in which the course was la d out at Wellington had given great dissatisfaction, and that f the course liad been iliorou.hly unde.s ood the Kaiapoj boat would have been fir*t instead of last. Mr rtnderaon, of the Commercial Hotel Wanganui has just imported a novelty in th« shape of a billiard register. The ve. y coi nplete little machine indicates with unerr ng accuracy svery score recorded, and should a mutate and a number be t .ken abiu-k, that also is regi-tertd. A together it is one of the sbob'. joniplete and reliable requisite which has yet been perfected. The invention i, quite new, a W. having been issued for it. We know )f bilha d rooms in Duned.n where these registers would be appreciated. The Nelson 'Colonist' of the 3rd inst. giv eg jlie following account of the Champion Mtf« Kace. Iha terms were :—First prize, l 6 • .ecoud prize, L2 ; third man to save his stakes:.' A- < hamp on Cup, given by the .Licensed Victuallers to the winner if run within five nmutes, to be won two cousecutive years The plowing men toed the scratch: -Moran (Wet- i uigton), Skelly, < huck, and Lines The race* vas the principal ev nt - f tue day's sports, tnd gr.at interet was taken in it in consluence of Moran, who won it last year being ! kam a competitor. The men s-a ted fairly ! ogeth r, but Chuck took the lead, followed, i Isely by Moran. Ihe fir-tlapwasrmiins.le:,- i lid turn, only33secs beingo cupiedby the first, f nau. By this uuie h .1 passed Chuck, -nd the other men were 11 w e ,l up Lin s - nokiDg rather dangerous, for he wi» taki «r- i Jng strides and running well The se.ond xp was run m 37sees., Moran having increas d < : is lead io about ten yards, an i the o her men '■ fere racng well and >tru,gl ttf j Lard for posi- ' ion. The thud lap was run in 37secs., and y t..n time it was pretty evident that, b'arri. g ii accident, Moran would be the winnerkeliey was second, Lines third, and Chuck' mith, but shortly afterwards Chuck put on a> urtaiid passed Lines, who tuereupen gave ': ihe same relative positions were mam- i ;med, Moran winning easily, and doing the- \ istance within the pr scribed time. ' What > animate are always seen'at funerals-'-. , J lack kide. < i