SPORTING NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 4051, 19 February 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

SPORTING NOTES.

At Southbrdge, Canterbury, last week, th° well-known'ld iac hor<e C fdon, for sevral years the pro.,eriy of Mr W. M'Jl >.ith, me' his d ath by a butet, at the hands of the local vete nary su g* n Mr A. W. Wat's. Death took place without a ft-ugg e. Caledon was foaled in 854, was by Sim -on, out of I icle, and is a gr nis m of the celebrated horse C mel. He was imported to this couutiy. in 1864 by Mess b Sti.l ome anl since thtt ti it*- ha be.ni n«ed f r stud purposes. Anrong th ■-. be t known of his B':< ck ar • The Belle our. «.f Belle <f the Iolea; and Tadmor, out of Brum tte. fc'ator, whiehlarely WeVington St id O-mpiuy, has been purchased by Mr W. B. Watt. " hev il," the sporting wrire<- of the Nelson 'Evening Mail,' say* : Tneie are several reasons f.rbelievin,' th-it t-e 1 >untd n Cup of this ye.tr wll be the greatest rpce *»tvj:o ha* ee n s nca Ladybi d carried off the Champion RctsfiomM-Tmon, in 1863 Siiica the Forbu y course was- op ned, notwithstanding the ti mpt ng stake * the meetings have not been all that coull ba d sired. In 1874, the g.eat suijtri.rty of Lu-line and O-ilumny to the other horses they met, f'ep ived the me tin;? of interest; and l>t*t year, a'thou hj the horses wt-re mo'e < venly n a che hj t ere n thing 11 cope with TVmi leton. This yi ar, there is quite a cr>p of ih *e-year-ol<ts. viy supe ior t> those which m.ide their debut a t A'-ason Ko -, »-ri and l>a ael <-'Kourke, both tn.ee-yenr olds, make arge <oncessons to a'l the others. From the pw-t performauos of these pots it was to ba < x'pe ted th y would have to pay 'he pe a ty of th. ir su<:cess-e , »nl the ham.K-ap er hj s nut sprd the n. For Kmi to tsiv.- lolbs, and Laniel OYcurke l&bs, to a horse Hue

7 Temrl ton in a race •f < ver two m'ee, an-* r 9 . e epectiv ly 15 bs an I lllbs, to 231bs a d I9lbs t. 3 ft lot of as bed as them--8 m "* n ' * everal ** whom have rm. credit--7 ably when in go.d fur.n. lo.ks at first nks m? :<ht l n - ! thoße **° '"l" out of the a<e. i j J" 8 T TK. " u,edi " hres. Ki.gPhi i.» «nd R'.ryO'Mor<«. co silerinr the tio > c tiny brought fr«.ui V cto.ia, should mor, t .-n - »a isf v their ow er. I tie lum s <.f wei< hj r given to th* ag d division un.luding one i <h ee-jear-oli) rea.t.ng to upwards of in 18 ' ely L abs ' ,rd - Few of the* ■ wll go to the post, at,d they ca:i can oniy have been entered to swell the list , their ownew thus cntributing L 5 each to the ' STbjL'j' Supposing no casual-ies occur, Mr Kedwood Will probably start two out of three of his and Kora-i, or the til »»i? oy ' M hje n, mt y Bce fit - Mr D-lamain will do the same-Templeton and one of his nil es. fishhook ani Tattler are both in the race at their weights and will be like y to « > to the post, »s will Izaak Walton. Taimor may Kt rt to help his brotherD niel ORourkeuM Oockßttie, who has be n sold by Mr Redwo d, will be ii experienced hands, „nd atempfctom.ke good t e repata'ioa he had «. rl f lnt J ,e8 t ,B ,°, a - This . * ,m 'k. exhausks th* list. f probable runners unLea the Merrimac fally and ,ll Atlas incr a e the number, rhii w uld a belt of fiteen, which I fo icy will nt fa< exc -d the aotu,l number Mr Oreprge Dodson will despatch on t'.er er.and. lo xtiec- a wimer in su hj an < pni field is not an ea y matter. Air Redwo d'a stable will ba warmly suppo ted, and Amoh.ais a ho-. fivo rite, though she has ne er She has gr«a power and is a really beautiful fillv, and on* of the most f<*shi t.ablv br. d a< ima ain the tol ny. Whether Ko.ari wh eta t with his gre ; t * eight (i crease 1 51bs hy wn in* t e Well ngto , Cup) is ... übtfu>, th ugh ttm y not be safe -o t tist to Guy FawKes as a s coa-l str'i.g, f.s he is hj rdl/ up 'o Bst Illb-. f r two miles „nd ad, t nee For Daniel O'Rn.rk *s cha. ce I have no strong fancy, wit qnesti nab■■■> w «.t rhe has speed s-ifficient 10 in a great handicap, w•gh ed sh • U Templet n will not stay t.e di tance .-.t h< pace the race wil»>eru ; ;b,tF hj o ,k, Tattl.r. ~ d Cockvt * l ■ ge , 0Us ' as hlso 8• z «ak W lton. i-. r 'J: 1 ' Bale •wi 1 ot have ash w and ■Kan*l ih, and Eoym.it run bett. rt' an ■• ey have yet . i.i New Ze la--d to keen th-.great sake s uth of the Wai a K i. 'lhe ( three I B'iaU name f.»r ulace* *iil be V[ r "Re .. T^« - w 8 ? t '~' J - oa, y A «n h''a-T.-l-r and : TU l °" I n '* Xt to th he FiAho.k, Da, elO'o'ourke, and TempLton, tiP 1 ? ! ,1!ow j n ff m from "Au ut's" notes in | th r Au.tralrtsi n ' :-"Odteo-po o is, more comm »i.ly know. in A sr,it a. the nasal ' •ie sen be,o.»ing prevalent, on t-»e C»..tinei.t ! ftLS G .v. hj? fol . : ° w '« intere t'ng extract hS- 1 . Vete ?n rian' shoud be taken to > neart hy iho e who poob-pooh the exist J aiy such ail.nent:—«Ost o-ma acia-or mo e i properly spea mg p-rhaps, osteopoois (0..e of th- form, of hy so de ignated by L.ob ton)—«|ip e usi obe attracf.ing some a' teution ; tnou<h whether th sis due to its be- 1 comin; more prevalent than formerly, or be I be so . ewhat difficu tto say. Certain it is th it i its .uanife tation m the »-q : iine spe ies hj s been j not'd in y.nous parts of the wo Id nre ent i times, and one of the latest re ,-rt* m tom B,.ne, Switzerla .d, wh-re it has bim ttcing h..ss i.i a serious man it r. 1> J STiWw i,,VeßtJ ?»ti by Pauli, Jrahr, \ Muber W.vsma , Anacker, utz. ,nd o he.s ' veeinarr pr-.fssors hn d t.ra..tition-vs- \ who seem to hwe att ib-.ted its deveop- i menfcto the too abundant ani al ~os; ] exclusn e use of br ,n as fo d. 1t.... «e particu- i larly affected miUe.s' horses, which, b v tee ling < on bran, beoom- gr . B and fa-, bat are oth r i wi<e heavy and dug wh. Aft r Win; kept for s,me time on this dien the ui e-tive process i» . "np ired - ! f a V x'', e urmar y api) -ra us are observed, ad ultun t,ly thi< sp ci .1 dsese of the bon W ( which is mre i a tic<i ar y loc xl sed in those of 1 S« a*' 4 . dlrifi '. ult t0 • *hen it hj sap- 3 peared, bat which mvy iieverthe!- ss be pe- k v ntd by addmg a rea<ou ble propor ion of J ha/and nit-, to the ban diet." The mala iy ] a a ,dLI its s, mpt..ms are nescrib din a moa;. 1 £™£ Ti \ ma i n *:- a ' d state ihat. j though all k nda of trea m >..t-touu !( I tve .bftlep .c-we e indulge! in. t'iey we e f useless unless the diet was altered at an earl, 1 pe io I. C..mi»if f, msuhe .iaent author!-. r .I?\}"T remar 8 . !l ' e w,,,th y the at ention I «>t eders and raci g men, so ne of wh,..n, f perhaps, m.1,,1 ea i ttle too fl . e ., y •„ , he . d mi-u ration of ban s foo 1 for horses a ittej lowng are the accept inces for the f Hob rt Town Cup of 600 h.-v ~ added to a i s*tep .f2O to vs. ei.cH. Two miles:— , Mi H. Sharp's khj Wollomai, 6yrs ... *s lo' ! Mr R. Eou.e's bu, Viva, Mr W. Wilson's b f Maid of All Work, 3 I jrs 7 2 r Mr WiULim Field's bf Bella! 3 yrs' \" 613 1 £ brm Feu d'Axtiace. 4 yrs 611 1 MrC. B Fisher's be C.nterbury, 3 yrs... 6 5 c Messrs T. and A. (Jhiruside's br g Irish l otew, 3 yrs .... 6J5 V MrS.Waldonk'sbpßlazesreyrs.'.'.' ."" 6 2 Mr F. Lena's br sr Bischoff, 6 yrs . 6 2 8 wL W T li^ F J eld,S V Stro P' a « ed ••'• 6 2 * 5 0, U T-Elder's br c Lorenzo, 3 yre ... 6 0 s MrF.C.aoyder-sbrhMonntaiuDeer, ' oyrs . 5 10 Mr t>. Bennett's b c Emulation, 3 yrs .'.'.' 5 7 * Mr E. Dawoin's r c King of Diamonds, t 3.V18 5 7 Mr James Wilson's b f Mary* Gladstone."' r 3yrs 5 7 e MrS.Waldock'shf My Idea, 3 yrs '..'. 5 7 t The • Au tral sian* that at the re.ent I 1 mr- an le I billiard ti-u-- a ent a Melbourne * s me th .iM.nds ot 1 oundß w re taked o-i c r.suit that diring t n minuted - of f co s at .ha <o clus on of tha l,st match one a bookm kei Ist 1.1,201). -* . . ■ Int llgenc has been re eiveiof hj ■>. death of 1 hegreatg. tleoancrck.terMrF P. Mil«, J of Ui-rd. S mersetshire but «ho ori/i alv f bHl.ngd to -unrey and pla , ed wt * u £ 1 cou y ',¥ r Mlle ' M.-l.ourn\ Syi- c nev, and Ta m uda sme tive or six ya a ago f and was much w.te me Iby all »ho kn wh m ' f •> ft V'"-i k fr m t ,e At ' & ntic to th'' Pacific - u at nas beeQulld rtaken for a wa er by Mr ampb 1, Am-r canpe Ist ian. He ] n.s.,lre dy bee fo :r m n hs on the journe.\ and h*d vanston, on <he Union Pacific, on th- 2nd Nov mher. Du>ing n< P rt of ins wal th >. »v,.athe>- was s » co'd that hj ■ never- sat d-w . dur ng the d y for even ten , minaes. Th-r turn tri,. wil be underta'-en l fro(nS.nF..ncisco oa the Is", of February c and is expected to take 199 d ys. He wdl 1' re-cro <s Iheco . i ent by t e sam 11 oute with a * whe l'virr w, in which ne will carry h.s blan- 7 kets and - n king app r .tus. 4 Tl.e Paris Entr Acte states thit a grand i ch"SR-m ten by cres.iondei.ee, t» la t t*o f ye i. t. be . layed be ween England « and France, fo- a.ht ke of 10,00 fr. head- t qna-tarsi-i Paris wll bn .t the '"ate de la l Rgit.ce. whre the nine pat play.rs, un ler "* the direction of Rosenthal, will form iheniselves ito a committee. Th e • days will be * «11 wed f r each move, wh.ca w.ll be m,de by » tel graph. <j

A ten mile m tc'i between Stan'on, th« Jong d< taice bin cle clumpi-m, and Mr Tj\. ke ** . Ha Prar * f,,k « ha< ben d cided at l-i Br d e At half pas three he c mpe it rs started, Stanton rioing a 58-in ma Line i y Keen, bo ng o;i tne cinJe pati. .nd ths horae on fie i_r ck out ide The raw lute descrpim. Th« hone w« capi ally rildei, an'l irot ing ; n first cat style, won ev.-niually byne rly 300 yards, hwii.g cove ed the ds tance in litt e over thirty-four nrinu 63 The betting was alw*vs in favor of the wiuner. The mth was f r LSO. Kfg'.-epfng the visit of a team of Fngl'sh professional cmk.teis to Australia n-xt season, J^mrs Lllywbite, the we'l known bowler, has wn te i to a friend in Me boum > (sayi " Cra ► or' in the 'Austria ia '), xt ti-g fiat the t'->m wli ba the best all-round one th it e e>left Englan j, and will be pa'tiulry strong in, b>wlin . Th* f llowng are among ihe i aues °' th °e ni ei.ti ne las com-gr-A Shaw, Allan Hill, Emmet, S -uthe: ton, Pouley, L ckwood, Juo , Daft ad Oeeuwood. There is a Frenchman liyin* at Ma r sei les who enjoys th- singul r distinction of outlived «tven wives A »ido,*r I oasts that' if he'd marry her, he'd never outlive another wife.