SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 4057, 26 February 1876, Page 1 (Supplement)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE DUNEDIN CUP.

•U. a. month’s time the Dunelin Annual . Meeting of 1876 wi ! l have gone by, so I must Woceea to pass in review the houses engaged in the principal racing event of the Cohn>y—tin • Danedus’Cup. The large number of acceptors, the previous perfoimances of some of them, and the grand breeding of others, lead me to .anticipate a big field, an exciting race, and probably r a close finish. The following notes will give an idea of what those of the twentyseven acc-ptors who are already public per- - foimers having done dur ng 'he season, but, as was the ease with Templet n last year, superior ••• condition on the day may defeat all calculations based on previous running. Mr F. W. Delamain’s 1> hj Templeton, 5 yrs, t>y Tradncer—Belle of the Isle, 9st 2ib, heads the list. At Christchurch in November Tem ... p’eton (9at.3lb) ran second to Nectar for the J; C. Handicap, Guy Fawkes (Bst) third; Rmy o*More (Bst 21b) nowhere; in the Canterbury Chip, weight for age, he Was not placed, nor was King Philip, but Guy Fawkes ran se (Bond to Daniel O’Rourke pin the Metrdpoli- ' ' • tan Handicap_canyiug 9st, he was not placed, nor King-Philip (Set 71b), nor Rory O’More ' ,n |7st 121b)—Gay Fawkes (Bst 12ib) howev-r getting home third. At Wellington Templer ton (9st 31b) ran. second to Korari (6st 101b) Ihthe tup; in the J. C. Handicap (Bstl2lb) ‘“ran second to Guy Fawkes (Bst), Ta'.thr (7st 61b) not being placed; in the Flying Hand! ' : cap (Bsl 91b)' ran sl-cond to Fishhook (7st 6 b), ' Daniel O’Rourke (7st 121b) third; won the Open Handicap (Bst). but met no Cup horses In that race. Now he will meet Guy Fawkes ■ at level weights (the latter having incurred a 61b penalty). Fishhook on 81b worse terms, . Tattler 71b; King H ilip 71b, and Rory O’More ' 61b ; and as he had a great deal taken out .... ef him’ in 'the,. 0. J. Handicap’ on the .first day he should hold Guy Fawkes tad Daniel O’Rourke quite safe. Fish- ’ hook, fattier, King Philip,’'and Rory O’More, . however, should show him the way home, the - last two having improved greatly on their V Wretched Christchurch form Wh|ther Korari, receiving.only 10lb for the two years between them,. Can hold. his own (great colt though be \ has proved himself) against Tempriton is a : difficult question, and one I should not like to .. answer in the affirmative; but if be.camiot Mr Redwood has ’ another string to his bow in ~ Amohia—a filly 'with a great reputation, bat ‘, wb6 has never performed In public. The only other that last year’s winner heed fear is Gamecock, who meets him 71b better, than when he > - > made the Dunedin J. 0. Handicap so hot last year. ■' Mr Delamain has lost.. the services- of > - Bean Haines, who turned Templeton out such a picture last year, .but I believe _ equal justice ... will be done h'm by Monaghan, in whose care Mr Delamain’s string has.been placed. Tem- , pletdn, Pungawerewere, and Elfin King ar- ; rived by on Thursday las ,Folle,. farms firming left t ehind. , . r Mr H. Redwood’s bl li Guy Fawkes,, four years, Try Ravedsworth—Fidget, 9st 21bs (in* i eluding 51b penalty) comes next ’ He is a won- ’> derfully good pertormer, having been plao d ■ ■ inevery mee he has started for this season, be.rides winning the. Wellington J. 0. Handicap, the Auckland Railway Stakes, and the Auckland Publicans* Plate. Mr Redwood’s stable will, however, meet probably be repre-ented by I one of his youngsters, so 1 shall not go fully Into the GUy s performances. ~.. ‘.Mr H. Redwood’s bre Korari, 3 yrs, by Towton —Harakeke,’Bd; Gibs, third place* on the list by bis 51b penalty for winning the Wrii - lington Cup. This . colt : came oat at the ; 'Christchurch Soring Meeting, and speedily V/’ made himselfthebaght particular star of the .year by the ease wijh which he won every race > i ,|ae ban in - with .the exception of the Wairarapa J.O. Plate, which he lost through bolting off 1 ■ the course. He won the Ohidstchurch Free Mandfeap* giving* Blair Athol 31bs; the Maiden Plate, b-ating Tattler, Follpfarine, and Cloth of Gold; -ahd the Christchurch Fla'e (a weight - for - age race, but wjth penalties for winners),, giving Fishhook lOlfes, werewefe 15lbs, and receiving 71bs from Daniel - OHUmrke.. At,. Wellington. bp. won .the Cup (fist lOibe),,Templeton (9st 31bs), second ; and L the Derby, :Dihi«l O’Rdtirke second, Pungawriewora .third. Fishhook fourth. At Wairacdpai be won ’the three-mile race and lost the . J. C. Plate to Fishhook as before *■ '"the last race, ha was giving E.sh'book'tlbs and was wiming easily.' In our Cup Korari will. , , ,'jtosg.ia’ along rase, while those of his oppohe has, already m ; t are in as fol- ' IpwSD«aid P’Kodrke 7i b above weight for .*'; Tattler 6lb below, Fdllsfarinel2)b, Cloth of ; 9ib, Fubkbok dlb.'Pimgawereweie IQlb, ! -Templeton 6lb. Stid I think he is good camugh, cven -en these terms,- to beat Daniel sKFßourke, Fellefarine, Pungawerewere, and i-/.- perhaps Fishhook; but Tattler, Cloth of God, {ugd.Terapleton. are hot to bp treaCed with o»n- ---.. .. twapt .with,so much the' pull ha the weights. , .. Korari is Pluch better quality than any of y mh<ematader that! shall expect“th see. all of ; ‘.tneo behihd him, except the * leniently tieated. £ _ ' Bong.' Philip and Rory O’Mbte. Edward uiic Cntte will ahorihr he down with Mr Eedwood’s cOmprisir^Korari, Amohia, Guy Fawkes, and Nora. ; , .Mr P., Caoapbell’s ch e Daniel O’ Rourke, 3 ; 'jits, by Sledmere—Bhmette, Bst 2ib, carries : slbriiove bis weight for aue on account of his winniaga at Christchurch in fie Spring, There r ‘he won the Derbyj. beating Fishhooks Punga*. werewere,. Cloth. ,q t. Gold,. and Tattler ; the . Cup, weight for age, beating Guy Fawkes, Tenitiletqn, King Phthp, and Pungawerewere ; and ’ Ih tiie Christchurch Plate ran third to Korari and Fishhook, giving the former 71b and the - latter 171b—he also gave Pungawerewere, who j tan last„22lb. At Wellington, he ransecohd to.Korari for the Derby,, heating Pungaweravore and Fishhook ; and with 7«t 121b iup ran third to Fikhhobk (7fit 61b) and Templeton : 91b). ]Tn onr race he gains 111b with re- ’ gard to Korari, but meets Fishhook 51b worse, ii:. - abd l prefer the chance of either to his; and I cannot see bim in front of Templeton with

; only, a, stone difference for the two years, or , r 4ia<r*cing King Pbjiip by giving him a year “ *ad2lbs. Darnel O’Kourke is a brilliant little

horse, -bat I think his- heavy proportionate > atwight will stop his apd that his stable companion, Tattler, 4s in more favorably. _. Bob' Bay will have these two under his care at the . Fdibnty, « well as Tadmor and Cloth of iCK&L '

’ i i •. ICr H. Yeend’s b hj King Philip, four years, fey Camden—Lady Dowling, Bst, is so well known since his arrival from Melbourne in 1874 that there Is no occasion to go minutely into his performances. He ran an exceedingly g. food colt at the last annual meeting, winning " wfrS. Maiden-Plate against Hercujes, Daniel O’Rourke, and others'; and ran'second to Temston in both, the Publicans’ and the D.J.C. andicaps. He next won the Trial, Plate at the ’Christchurch Autumn Meeting, but has . since cut but a very poor figure in good com- ' ' panv, never seeming to have been brou<ht fit vio the starting post. It -would appear that he is a very difficult horse to strain, but his party fancy that the happy medium has been struck . this time, and are very sanguine from his . present fine eond.tioou Mr Yeend is 1 oking -alter thC.Kiog and Pory-himself, : and, so far, . maybe cpngratula'ed on the change be has ; worked in the appearance, of both. if all goes . Well, be will have a great throw in with one or . , the other, and, as both wil start and each is Very leniently r-reatedin tbebandicap, it will be a question of superior condition on the day which will gonearest winning. It is- rumored : that Battyv who rode King. Philip here last T sleaSon, ana couid always «ec more out pf the aolt than anyoicelsp (ipuld, has been engaged ::, to ride him m the < Cup ;, y bile Rory O’Mpro , trill probably be ridden by d. Go^tpu. MrR. Raysbr hj Tiuhnor, 4 yrs, by Caledon -'Brunette, Sat, is half .brother to Daniel OTiflarkn, butlismot to b v - meatione ’in the same fcreath as the tittle chesnut. He will be remembered as loring; the ; Handicap last - year through, a, piece of batiidm>', and since then he has travelled about a,gppd deal, win* sing several races with heavy Wights up, -hut Hot in first class company. '■ As he id not likely V - folade the starter I ahaUi waste »P wort time - ■’ •overMtim,' - r . ■ <’ ■■ • '

V' Mt'H.Teeßd’sb g RdryO’Morajaged- byPb ; ' ,a^^t r ' B^ rtefirst^^qpfitbepf^c bard to {* : free

forrmmces here were of so mediocre a description that weight was gradually taken off him until from 9st 121b or so he was reduced to fst 121b, and >et without a favorable r suit. Rory managed to pull off a handicap at the Dunedin M-.y meeting last year and another at the November meeting, but the comp n.v was nothin? exirao dinary. There is no doubt tint through too much knocking about or el e overtraining the horse has never been seen in New Zealand in his true form, and a section of the public knowinsr this spo* ted bim as soon as the weights came out, and made him a hot favorite; tut be has sold his backers so often that I doi’< expect to gee him firm in the market eape.ial'y now that the Northern horse?, m st of them known sterling performers, are putting in an appearance. At Balaiat two years ago, h-. ran in a three-mile hurdle race, and then without a rest won the Autumn Handicap, doing the mile and a-ha’f n 2min <ss c; and why should he not be brought to something like' hat form again? •If Rory O’Rore does not win the Cup right out, or at all events be somewhere near about at tho finish, the sound of his name wid create as much disgust as need that of the now hap;Uy defunct Earl of Lynne. Mr D. O’Brien’s b g Fisbhok, 3 y;s, by Traducer—Laurel, 7st 51b, has done a great deal of work this season, and some of it is of no mean order. At Christchurch, in the spring, he ran second to Daniel O’Rourke in ihe Derby, beating Pungawerewere, Cloth of Gold, and Tattler; and divided Koreri and Daniel o’i‘oorbe in the Christchurch Plate, receiving 101b and 17lb respectively. At Wellington he was nowhere in the Der jy, Koran, Daniel O‘R u»ke and Pungawerewere gaining the three situa ions ; but won the Flying Handicap, carrying 7st • lb, beating Temyleion (B<t9lb), Daniel O’Rourke (7st 121b), and Pungawmewere (7st 2>b). At the Wa’rarapa he won ihe Ladies’ Purse ’against three local horses, and snatched the J. C. Hate from Korari by a fluke. We next find him at Napi- r, where he won the Kailway Slakes and Publicans’ Purse and was winning the Hawke’s Bay Stakes when he accidentally fell. The amount of knocking about he has done proves him to be a sound colt, and I hear that be looks none the worse for his short but sharp campaign.' Of his old antagonists Fishhook has Templeton and Daniel O’Rourke 81b and slb cheaper than when he beat them at Wellington and he will probably repeat the dose; Pungawerewere, Tattler, and Cloth of Gold, how evrr, have the advantage, now in the weights, and the las'; two will make good use of it. At present I shou’d not give Fishhook a place, as some of the Otago horses may have a say in the race, bat he must not be thought lightly of. • ir'KGASDS.