SPORTING NOTES.
Strong interest is beginning to be felt fit ' great Ling event of t£ afef Dunedi T^Cup, g with its rich stake of 500 sovs. - I do not purpose fullv aßo^L^vTi' acceptances io?Tsin^ wlllc^ t ? le man y of th ® nominations will be weeded out. Though seendngly poor m number at first, the entries were swelled up to forty-three by the assistance of five nominations from Victoria; bub of fif£ 0t a “ tlcl P ate aeein « » fine 'field Lt, 7^ oraea 8° tfi® port next March, as was the case on Puugawerewere’s Cup day. The quality ia class afd°ftfh ken th r? u « hoQt . for the Ingh the forfv ff the Sa T time sotmd ones out of the forty-three can be counted on the fingere ° e ™ 7 h haa f B ’ and 1 donotexpeTto see more than ten start at the utmost. Guy Fawkes and Templeton, with their nre- !! Q must both be dangerous, and as neither is going to Auckland they iSJ™ 1117 IU , CUr pai)alties at Wellington in fnd J c y jfLn? e they ee W ed the Cun handicap. Koran is still crippled f-^ ÜBt prOV - e npon hia Auckland ha ' e a chance in our Cup. Tadmor is not good enough at the distance, but FishWIU have a - good outside if he coutiuues improving at his present rate. o>R e^T y - 1S *5 S bs and 41bs below Daniel OBourkes and Korari's weights last year, and as he is by far the bfst thiee-yS£ old of the season he should have a thelSr?r ded^K. incurs no Penalties in a f SO T fcb ‘ , Cieohte is the only one of the Australian lot that I at all aS their coming is extremely problematical, it 18 useless to consider them at all at present. nonfnTffT 6 / und °nhfedly' the weak po.nt of the handicap, and if she behaves as i . I,adl y in th « spring and comes into form in the autumn—l hold the ra w e 'At at her mer °y. for she wifi carry oidy /|lbs more than when she so unexpectedly ran away with the Cup of 1876. Kingfisher I do not fancy, though he ran linX cjeditablyat the Forbury last week; Jf* l-hJip will, 1 believe, retries his lost laurels next March. Everyone wlio. saw him at our spring meeting was struck with the wonderful improvement in this horse since his last appearance in public—he seemed full of healtn, and showed more life and playfulness than was his wont. David Jones, his new trainer ami ruler, deserves great credit for the condition in which he brought the King to the post, and the game manner in which the son of Camden won the St. Andrew’s Handicap in the fastest time ever done at the Forburyl gives good grounds for imagining that with /lbs less oil his back he will take a very prominent position in the Cup. King Philip has always been a favorite with the public, and his win on the 30th ult. was loudly cheered, everybody being pleased to see his plucky owner get a turn ef hick a t last. Elfin Kmg I do not consider class enough for the company he will meet, but Middleton—the fine colt who won the Maiden Plate and Metre politan Handicap at Christchurch in such fast time—-must be looked on with respect. Uoth of Gold has run father unkindly of late, but he maybe in better form in the autumn, m which case his weight will not trouble him. Stormbird i s , I presume, enJ “ °^ er , t0 emulate Mr Tait’s action with The Barb, and I do not suppose he will accejit.. Izaak Walton, if the distance were thret-quaiters of a mile less, I should fancy much, but Bob Boy seems to have gone aU to pieces. Bight Bower, second in 1874 and again m 18/6, has but just the same weight to carry as last March; and as three is said to be a lucky number, Mr Coombes may reap his reward this time. At any rate, the Bower must be labelled “dangerous, especially as the other day, when only half prepared, he showed an unexpected amount of dash over a mile and a-half course. He then beat King Philip but with 201bs the advantage of tSe weights the Gup there will be only 41bs between tnem. Glengarry is another that seems to have lost his last season’s form. Fallacy the Fanny Fisher colt, and Dead Heat should not be feared on their Christchurch running; but I think Mr Logan’s colt is capable of great improvement, and if Stuart Waddell cures him of his propensity for bolting, Dead Heat will be heard of bye-and-by. Maroro, Puriri, Amanda, Stirabout, and Tasso are non-performers as yet; Titania, Follefarine, and Princess Mary are not class enough, and Tara is another maiden, full sister to Korari, and even smaller than him. Steamer is a better horse this season than last, he running very gamely a fortnight ago at the Forbury, but I don’t think he can compass the Cup distance. Stanley was picked up by Mr H. Goodman when on his spring tour in the interior, and though called the “station-horse ” in his own district, he won three or four handicaps in his new owner’s hands. However, he and Kathleen, Freestone, Merrybird, the Glenshee filly, Chloe filly (Spray) and Rosemary are most probably not up to tup form. A considerable amount of bitting has been transacted, Guy Fawkes being spotted as a good thing directly the weights came out and made first favorite. In this position he was soon run bard by Templeton and King Philip; but last week some infatuated individuals made a run upon Maroro, and the bookmakers being only too willing, this untried cripple was speedily rushed up to 7to 1. With the recollection of the previous result of backing the ]S T elsou cracked-up ones—such as Wa£ uui, Kauri, Puriri, Amoliia, and 'others it is simply astounding that thig.year the Redwood fever should again break out amongst backers. The following is the latest betting on the ° DUNEDIN CUP. 7 to 1 agsc Maroro (tk) 100 to 8 agst Guy'Fawkes (tk) 100 „ 8 „ Templeton (tk) ion ” 7 ” f ing PhUi P (<*) •• « .. Fuugawerewere (tk) • too „ 6 „ Eight Bower (tk) 100 ~ 6 „ Danebury (tk) tOO „ 6 „ Middleton (tk) tOO ~ 5 ~ Fishhook (off) •» ® »» Elfin King (off) 100 >• 4 „ Dead Heat (tk) too „ 4 „ Ariel (off) 100 4 „ Cloth of Gold (off) 100 ~ 4 „ Ifcaak Walton (tk) 100 to 2 til agst anything else. _mi —— — Pegasus.
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Evening Star, Issue 4303, 11 December 1876, Page 1
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