SPORTING.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1883, 6 March 1880, Page 3

SPORTING.

SOUTHLAND J.C. RACES. [By Telegraph.] INVERCARGILL, March 5. These races were continued to-day. The following are the results : Handicap Hurdle Race, of 40 sovs. Open to ail horses ; distance, two and a quarter miles ; over eight flight of hurdles, 3ft. 6in. high ; nomination, 30s ; acceptance, 30s. Mr J. Cotton’s Thilo, 6 yrs ... ... ... 1 Mr A. Mitchell’s Dandy, aged ... ... 2 Mr J. Hartington’s Satan, aged ... ... 3 Commercial Handicap, of 30 sovs. Nomination. 1 sov ; acceptance, 30s ; distance, one and a quarter miles. Messrs Mason and Vallance’s Tera, 3 yrs ... 1 Mr H. Goodman’s Chancellor, 5 yrs... ... 2 Mr H. Goodman’s York, 4 yrs ... ... 3 Southland Jockey Club Handicap, of 75 sovs. Nomination, 2 guineas; acceptance, 3 guineas : distance, two miles. Mr H. Goodman’s Chancellor ... ... 1 Mr H. Goodman’s Titania, 6 yrs ... 2 Both horses belonged to the same owner. They merely cantered round the course, amidst the yells of the public. Selling Race, of 30 sovs. Weight for age. Distance, one mile and a half. Merry Bird 1 Ladybird ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Devonshire Lass... ... ... ... ... 3 The Consolation race, of 20 sovs, was won by Bothwell. WANGANUI KACBS. [By Telegraph.] WANGANUI, March 4. Most of the horses entered for the races have now arrived, and fast work is being done every morning. The training ground presents a lively appearance, about twenty-five horses showing up. Betting is only commencing, and the local horses —Ottawa and Hailstorm—are greatly favoured. “ Spectator ” furnishes the following training notes to the “Herald”:—“ This morning’s work was commenced by Hardy doing a steady two-mile gallop. Laertes was sent the same distance by Clifford, but he evidently did not like going this way, as he threw up his head a great deal. Resolution went twice round, doing a serviceable gallop, with Craft up. Soukar carried young Allen the Cup distance, and came striding home well, although he did not jump away go freely as usual. Numa and Te Whetu cantered once round, Clifford riding the Cup horse. Dundee, a sapling, went round twice at a eteady pace with the cloth on. The best gallop was done by Mclvor’s Balmoral and Loch Lomond, who went two circuits at a good pace and finished up strong. Rocket, who is now in Mclvor’s hands, cantered twice round with Kaiser up, Maria Stuart and Confident only walked, and when work was nearly over Gentry brought Talent and Magnolia on, but did not send them along as they had been galloped on the beach. Hurdles were put up, and Motu and Grey Momug were rattled over three flights. The latter struck the hurdles heavily at the back of the course, but made a long leap, said to be 27ft , opposite the stand. Penelope, a good upstanding mare, by Kakapo, was also schooled, and appears to jump very well. Cavalier made the cleanest fencing of the lot,” SPORTING NOTES. By Sinead. A full account of the recent Dunedin meeting as already been given. Readers of this column may remember that when the weights for the Cup appeared I was under the impression that Mr Caleb Moore, the handioapper, had scarcely been so successful as usual. l—in common with the majority of my confreres —considered that Mata had been treated with such an amount of leniency that the result of the race was a mere question of his being fit and well. The judge’s verdict in the recentlyrun Dunedin Cup will, perhaps, have proved to the public that, after all, I was not so very far out in my judgment as to that event; and Mr Moore’s subsequent labours during the meeting would, I should say, be enough to substantiate the opinion I formerly expressed that the handicapping hand of that gentleman had lost its cunning. In the Dunedin Jockey Club Handicap, on the second day, a race hitherto remarkable for the brilliancy of its contests, Mr Moore on this occasion had one acceptor. Foul Play, vrlib Bat lOlbs, was rather too much for the other owners, who, it seems, “ folded up their tente, like the Arabs, and silently stole away.” Titania, with Sat, had such an easy victory in the race generously introduced by the stewards, that Mr Moore can scarcely be complimented on the result of the opportunity given him by his committee to retrieve his laurels. But what can we .think of Mr Moore’s abilities after the result of the third day. “ Quern Dens vult perdere pritis de •mentat.” Foul Play, who was considered by his opponent too formidable over a mile and three-quarters with Bst lOlbs, is hampered in the Forbury with one pound more over a distance we know is entirely his own. Ho wins it quite easily, and, none the worse for his exertions, carries his five pound penalty for the Flying Handicap, and again secures a winning bracket on the same day. I was not present myself, and therefore am not in a position to say what opinion was expressed by the Dunedin public generally, but I am in a position to say that there are owners who express their determination never to run an animal again on the Dunedin Course while their horses are submitted to Mr Moorg’s handicapping. 1 hear that Mr F. White, of Invercargill, has bought our old friend Dead Heat, by Traducer—Misfortune, and intends taking him through the Southern districts for stud purposes. Cloth of Gold is being trained over hurdles by the same gentleman. This son of Sweetbriar is said to take kindly to the sticks, and will probably make his debut in that line □ext season.

The directors of the “ Otago Daily Times” and “ Witness” Company have received intimation from a Canterbury racehorse owner, that unless they disclose the name of the writer of several sporting articles which have appeared in their papers, and tender an apology for some assumed to be offensive remarks which are mentioned, criminal proceedings will bo at once instituted for libel. Forbury racecourse privileges for the three days’ meeting realised £54-1 10s, or £33 more than last year. The Dunedin Jockey Club Committee have carried a resolution with regard to dead heats as follows :—“ Resolved, that in case of a dead heat for any race, in the run-off the horses shall start again on the same terms as in the original race, and that places be not drawn for again.” The I'.aunceaton Cup was won by Swiveller, after a tremendous race with British Workman and Yiceroy. The last-named is the property of Sir Thos. Elder, whoso Gang Forward stock are now commencing to run, and to run well too. At the Tasmanian meeting Aletho, a filly by Gang Forward, out of Azema, won the Two-year-old Stakes, and at the Geelong meeting another of the Gang Forwards also appropriated a Two-year-old Stake from a large field of very high bred youngsters. The always pleasant little meeting at Hurunui came off on Friday last, and passed off most successfully. Telegrams inform us that the Wanganui race course is in splendid order, and that many improvements have been made. The general entries appear elsewhere. The first horse race (says a contemporary) was held in Melbourne, on Batman’s Hill, in 1839. The population of the whole colony was then about 500, and the whole crowd turned out to see the Squatters’ Purse and the Town Plate run for ; on which occasion, in connection with many other interesting events. Mrs Grubb, the original owner of Petrel, herself turning the scale at 14at, raced her husband for a bottle of rum. Now Victoria has a population of 805,000. The Flemington racecourse is pronounced equal to any in the world. Time as fast as any on record has been made there, and the Melbourne races are looked upon as one of the principal (if not the chief) racing events in the Southern Hemisphere. The handsome Slanderer is (says “Hermes” of the “Melbourne Weekly Times ’’) is again an inmate of Kirk’s Bazaar, which he ha been making his headquarters for some time past. A lawsuit (says the same authority) possessing much interest to sporting men, has just been decided by the judicial committee of the Privy Council. The facts are as follows: — Mr Trimble, the owner of Baronet, some two years ago made a match with Mr Tulip Glenistcr, to run Beacon over hurdles against Gaffer Grey, for £SOO a-sido. An agreement was drawn up and signed by both parties, and one of the conditions was that £3OO was to be deposited by each in the hands of a third party, which was to be forfeited in case

eithff failed to male good hU share of the stekis on a day named. Owing to the death of lis wife, Mr Trimble applied to Mr Oleaster to abandon or postpone the match, which proposition was declined, though, evenually, the match was postponed for a day. Two days before the time fixed on, however, Mr Trimble wrote to Mr Olenister and declared the match to be off, and requested the return of the £2OO deposited. As tie money was not returned, he entered an action far its recovery in the Metropolitan and doast District Court in Sydney, but was nonsiited on the ground that the money sougit to be recovered had been contributed towards a sum to be paid to the winner of lawfil game. Against this decision Mr Triable appealed to the Supremo Court of New South Wales, and though the Chief Justice allowed the appeal on the ground that ihe law was decisive as to the illegality of wafers of all kinds, the other two Judges disserted from his ruling, and affirmed the deoisicn of the Court below. The case was then bought before the judicial committee of the Pivy Council, who reversed the decision of the majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and allowed the appeal with costs. The isuo of this action shows that anybody who wishes to back out of a match will be helpedby the law to do so.

The Heathoote Racing Club have decided to marc out a permanent race course in the paddock opposite the Heathcote Arms. Mr Prank Pavitt has, I believe, received instructions to make the necessary plans, and the work will bo proceeded with at once. A report of the recent meeting at Tai Tapu appean elsewhere. By this it will be seen that th) Peninsula sportsmen intend having a meetinj shortly with a view of amalgamating their several clubs. Thus, instead of having small ixtures at Duvauchelle’s Bay, Little River, Wascoe’s, and Tai Tapu, one good meetinj will be held annually at a race course to be kid out near Rabbit Island, on Lake Ellesmire. The new railway to Little River passes alongside the proposed course, which can be made a first class one with very little expense. The nominations for the Canterbury Jockey Club Handicap, as well as those for next year’s Dunedin Stakes, appear elsewhere. The former ire sixty in number, which is certainly very satisfactory, and is the largest nomination ever received up to the present in New Zealand.

From telegrams we learn that the first day’s racing of the T.R.O. was very successful in everything but the attendance. First King, as might have been expected, won the Port Philip Stakes, and the Art Union colt, the valuable Ascot Vale Stakes. This colt was bred by Mr O. B. Fisher, and is by Fireworks out of Art Union, bred by Mr Hurtle Fisher, by Ferryman, a son of Fisherman, out of Gildermire, an English Oaks winner. Art Union, it may be stated, was the dam of The Painter, who was for some time in New Zealand, »nd whoso death we have had occasion recently to chronicle. The Brunswick Stakes were appropriated by Zambesi, the winner ef the Geelong Gold Onp, but his immediate attendants are not given in the telegram. The St. Albans stable scored a win in the Leger with Caspian, who defeated Suwarrow, the Derby winner, on the post. Gossip has it that Caspian was one of the animals Sir Hercules Robinson had a fancy to purchase. If so, the result of the Victorian Leger proves that his Excellency’s judgment was not far amiss. Robin Hood was purchased in Dunedin by the Hon. Wm. Robinson, who, I believe, intends to use him as a back. Adamant found a mark in Mr Matthew Sherwin, the well-known handioapper of Waimate, who, I fancy, will never regret his bargain. I remind owners that general entries for the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club meeting close on Monday next, at 8 p.m. At the same time the sweep for the Napier Handicap is due.