Sporting

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 101, 17 February 1891, Page 4

Sporting

(Notes by CeJackshot.) \ Mr E.it'.py's adjustments for the Eg j rnonti and_Wfin'j;aniii Meetings have not elicited very f.uorable comment in racing circles. The general opinion appea.ro to be that these Clubs have "jumped fam the trying pa." into the lire." Mr Higgie, when he nan^licapped for the above Clubs, framed se er 1 mcon istn.nt h indicips, but occa'-ioniilly he ca,me out with a good advwtment His successor, howover, seems to le " all at sea" in his work, and I consider the sooner such good Clubo as and ilgrnont get rid of tins genlleiii jui's sev\ices as H^indieappei the inoie profitable it will be ior them. If Mr 'Hutely w onld only handicap with gome judgment for the Wang.inni Meeting, whichlopens on the 11th of Match, it would turn out a successful 'gathering,' und it is to be hoped the remaining races ]ie has to handicap will be more correctly Adjusted "'in the Wang..nui Cup, If miles. Hilda "and Cissy ai e set to «i",e Cracksbot 7lbs and ,31bs respectively. Why snould this Ue ?' * Crafekbhot g ive both a severe drubbing in "the Auckland Cup last Boxing Day, when he cut out the two miles irf Bmm SO^secs, and the mares receive no recompense for then beating, as they are asked to concede him exactly the same difference in the weights. Suiely CracksEot7lia 9 not deteriorated to the extent -'Mr'Hately reek'onb, or Mr Momn'd mares ' improved &o much. Aa the colfc was hot very, pink at Wellington, and the course did not suit his style of his unrueritorioua performance tuere can hardly be r (taken "into considerate n. Cy/nsca, '8-9, is not harshly treated, tor with the fame weight she won the \\ eJhngton R.C Handicap, 1£ miles, her nearest attend ants' being such clinkers as Prime "War--den? 8-4, and Boulanger, 80. She is a real-honest mare, and if as h t as when shewon.the last Wellington Cup. I^miles, it will take some Hildas and Crackshots to beat her. Dudu and Sirephon, '-not being Al, I can't stand, which remark ■ aioO applies to Crutchfield ; but perhaps Recluse, 8-2, might emerge from tie cloud he has been under so long, at Egmont this 'week. Whisper and St. Andrew.cannot get the journey, while Boulanger, 8-0, might eifect a surprise, beii g I such a'regular "Bully." Of the othe s , entered the most likely ones appear to j be PursestiiDg, 7-12 ; Ka,po, 7-5 ; Vendor, i 7 : 2 j.-Weka, 7-2. Tne acceptances on the j 26th will" weed oui; a few, but at present my fancy is Crackshot, with Hilda, Cynisca and Boulanger next best. The -Duue'din and Egmont Meetings will give an idea as to tne probable winne 1 s. The Flying seems a better handicap. Whisper, 9-0, should have had a lew more "']?dfasds to curry, a-i also sh -uld Bor-9-2, and St. Andrew, 9 0 Betniii, "73.2, and Lochne&s and Purs siring, 7-9, must be reckoned with on recent running. ' _Uothing further down the list striKes me ( bo formidable asPyramu^, 6 9, who ouglit j •'.to have a good outside show, although he 1 liaB 1 some good company to meet. The "^jtiairtette I have most ' liking ior are — -'Whisper, Bouiange'r, St. Andrew, and Retina. Further reference to these races will appear latter on. ,It is 'reported that Mr Hunter, the .owner of Cynisca, is going to test the alteration ot bib mare's weight in the Cup. The weight was posted and published at 8-0 and aiterwaiUs cor- - reeted by-the handicapper to 89, he alleging that he transcribed the weights wrong from a rough copy. He also made a mistake in the same ruanper with lie- ■' .'Cluse's weight^:? ~l : -:~^ ■■■':' -.• ' . Ms Fraiik'i&ay has. a.3 ; year-old filly by "'.JSSsuiieSr-BayOlieaf UliSurel's' dam) in iaud. . She \b '.not a .bad made filly, but like most of the .Premier's, on the small ■upside*. :May- : she turn out '&s' good as his old • ;;^3harge,' ' Germain e'}'. is uiy bust wish. . : •v. >■;•'•. sl?he; Raciiig Club made a clear profit of '£1,005. : over ; their Suuiuief Jkleefcing pp.. Anniversary Day, whiih :; .! : v zu^ti'hgVdamaged.We^F6iit;inCliib a great - r^deai,'by fcakingtbe' best lVorsei away, it "is a bad eXfbuipie for a-Matropoliian Chib . ;,tp..se t t | byj"upijjing a minor, , club.'s day for \ Y their 'retfugnised annual r .'meeting. The :<«ame thing bas'be^n "perpetrated by the —Aiistralian Jockey Cluu in nxiug their ' crl ira'ces,on. : .the dates . previously held by the Hajykesbjury ' J.O. ±oori r their. Spring Meeit■jtfg;'arid informing the' H.J;C. to alter . their .figure's, w.hich action is described by • CrSatiy 1 writers' as tyrannicall" dOOO to 15 has been 'taken about Carbiue ; in ; Ghristchurch; for the next Mel.bourne Cup. ."■ ;-v^lr-J. '^Wilson has -got the Natator . gelding Pyramus.- in gceaf heart, and is ,jiow ; .beginmng to slip. spine good work antb him "to get' him fit ifor Wanganui, which, will Joe > his next, mission. He wi.il "-'Tje'a noh-a|ceptb'r ' for. -Viie Cup, as the ''•distance i3.a|bitto'o : farrbiit will figure, if ■ ■ '^all goes w«feiamong the- contestants f6r the Flying^ .-: ' ' ._ -:Of tl|e^eight final;, accep.tors ;for the • '■^gmont^anclicap,. l^ :in|lfeflj ;to" be run to- ■ smlorrdw, ; ' my' yeVdict goes ior — Lenbre, -/ -^10f 1; Kudu, 8-10,;2 ;^Vendor, 7-4, 8. An Australian writer says:— To put of, the , crocks that^are- entered for „^e Australianj Cup.on an equality with ; ap^ar bi ? uej : the latter ; w.oijl.d have to drag ,-^6ne of the '.'Corporation .carts behind him. '-•-" fr Frbin.: Melbourne I learri that while -Vjbeihg dressed iri; ; iiis box. on the 28th nit, ■'■'ri-JMegaphone slipped and' fell, straining the :' >-:zn'nscles "of his 'thigh and' quarter very ; j seyerly. -Eyery attention being paid Jiim he progressed very, wel], and on Febjnary 2. walked without showing much ; lameness. ;> Walter '" .HickenbotHam is, ' however, afraid that the stoppage in his work will present Megaphone from being ;At>his best at -the ■■forthcoming "V.R.G. . jjAutuinn Meeting ;. if indeed; he is well enough to run at .all. : At Geelong races on 80th January, two .^New Zealand, horses distinguished them- ' selyesr The : Hui;dle Race 100 soys was woriby Mr p. Wallace's br g Kneecap, : iby<Gap-a-piej 10-2, who started at 5 to il -againat.' The Trial Stake's of 100 soys . W. A. ■- WiispnVblk- f Cooya, b^ Npcdeufeldt— rßadiance, 2yrs,- 6-5, '- who 'started at 3 to 1 against aud won easily. Says a Sydney exchange :— The prbprietors of the "Hobartyille stud seem to realise, the.fact that 'a. grave error of judgment -was displayed when they parted' .^witli that promising sire Trenton, the son • of the noted horse Musket, out of Frailty, for after all ' only~ : a -consideration.' To j -make amendment for their great lo.=s '- : the proprietors have decided not to submit any of;.fhe yearling fillies to auction . but to reserve the lot for breeding ; pu- ? poses solelyi r The big -prices the sons oc , Trenton,realised at a -'resent' sale 120 doubt ' influyiiood those- -iu'tei-ested to take this .'v^iser.stfp,.;" fe; . ■':■■ '•■■■-. . : J 'Tie. B ; Byretary:of the New South Wales Agjj^ulitural ,'ABKOeiation applied recently ■;tO.;^r D. S. "\Vallace, Jtlie owner 'of Car-' -bine, asking him to exhibit the son. of -and' Mersey at tlie Society's show <i at . ;il!iaster. - Mi" Wallace .replied :— ' I should not object .in the slightest if it conid be arranged on .a day he was not ! ■ f .,racjng.'- ,..,•.;,;;, ■ f .