SPORTING NOTES.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2082, 26 October 1880, Page 4

SPORTING NOTES.

By Sinbad. : Mr Elliott writes mo that Mr P. Stafford, who will bo well remembered by old oporlsmen here, has been very seriously ill, so much «r> ; ♦hafc his life was for some time despaired of. Owing to fresh treatment he is now recover- i ing. There is now at bis farm a filly of whom Mr'Elliott entertains a very high opinion. Bier name is B iquotto, and she io by Totara Ottfc of a Miss Nightingale filly, thus having a double cross of the Sir Hercules blood. She is a nice even filly with beautiful sloping shoulders, and the good middle-piece and racing-looking quarters which the old horse almost invariably transmitted to his stock, and if she do not race my correspondent is very much mistaken, Mr Bassett has named his Middle Park purchases as follows :—The bay filly by Tradnoer —Norma, Prima Donna ; and the ohesnot gelding by. Castaway out of Sweetmeat, Pniituriki (starvation). Had Mr Bassett known that there was another Prima Donna (by Bavensworth—Ladybird), he might have adopted some other nomenclature; but as this last-named mare has not so far appeared in the. Stud Book as a matron, the onances are •he must be dead. Owners are reminded that nominations for the Auckland Cup, Racing Club Handicap, and-Steapleohose must be sent to the secretary, Mr William Peroival, before 8 pm. on PViday, October 29th. I published last week the various items of the annual meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Seeing Club, Coming at the last moment, I scarcely had time to notice the fact that the date of the meeting has been selected with much judgment, coming as it does at a time when those owners who have been running hones at Auckland and Marton-Kangitikei, will be able to put in. an appearance. Amino, owing to an accident, has been thrown out of work. -MV 8. Powell, having received a good offer from Southland, has sent Totara to Invercar--gill, , where he will stand for the coming season. I greatly regret his departure, for, as I have frequently stated before,! feel convinced that, if well mated, this grand-looking son of Diomedes and Waimea will get racehorses. Ho will certainly prove a great acquisition to the Invercargill breeders, as, from his great size, constitution, and bone, ho ought to leave behind him many good hacks and carriage horses as the result of his visit. The stewards of the Waitaki Jockey Club had not the best weather for their first day’s •port, but the racing appears to have been of an interesting kind. Sport commenced with the Maiden Plate. Of the merits of the con--testants in this race I am entirely ignorant, as Ishould presume they consisted mostly of local animals. The winner turned up in Ned Kelly, Magician being second. The district race, the Waitaki County Plate, proved an easy victory for old Unknown, another veteran southern performer. Blue Peter, being second. Adamant, who was conceding five pounds to Sandwich, seems to have upset rather a pot upon the latter in the Waitaki Cup. Eandwiek’s rider appears to have held Adamant ■too cheap and waited too long. Pour weighed out for the Handicap Hurdle Bice on the second day, which was won very easily by the top weight Milo, Shillelagh and Eobin Hood being his immediate attendants at the finish. The Waitaki Jockey Club Handicap proved an easy victory for Bandwiok, the rest of the field being very moderate. The Ladies’ Purse produced a pretty good race between Adamant and Unknown, but Danebury’s brother, whose form seems to be much improved, stayed the longest and worn Tern won the Consolation.

It is the intention o£ the owner of Bnssley to put his recently imported mare Pulchra to Perkin Warbeok. Pulohra is certainly ono of grandest bred mares south of the line, being by Bosioruoian, out of the celebrated Buccaneer mare Formosa, whose extraordinary three-year-old performances are almost unprecedented in the arnals of racing. . She won the Ooe Thousand, ran a dead heat with Moslem for the Two Thousand, and won the Oaks and Xieger. Her daughter Pulohra could of course, it is needless to say, avail herself of the services of Loolinus, and it certainly is a very high compliment to Perkin Warbeok when •nch a first class judge as the owner of Bussley selects the eon of Adventurer as the most fitting mate for what must certainly be considered the most aristocratically bred mare in hispaddooks. The result will be looked for by our breeders with no small amount of curiosity. I personally have little doubt about the result, as apart from his patrician lineage, I have always felt sure that the handsome little Perkin Warbeok would get high class racehorses if well mated. Taking advantage of a very fine afternoon on Saturday last and the offer of a friend — end a rare judge of horses too—for a seat out, I paid a short visit to the Middle Park paddocks. I found the recent rains bad brought on the grass splendidly, and the stock running there are up to their knees in feed. Bing of Olubs has wonderfully improved since the parade day, when, «ts .plight naturally be supposed, he did not, from the effects of his late voyage, appear to the best advantage. Gossip and Norma are now running in the Middle Park paddocks, with a view of visiting him this season. St. George, too, looked well, and has already made not a few engagements. The yearlings wore all looking the picture of health. The Bnpee and Hammock fillies, two rich dark browns, are a pair of beauties, while the Oharm filly, Chancellor’s sister, and the Laolinua-Watersprite filly are all pleasant to look at. Sir Modred’s yearling Brother, who bears a close resemblance to Mr Campbell’s colt,- though ho is more powerful, is a grand youngster, but I like the son of Traduoor and Aglaia nearly as well. The only two mares to foal now are Maria Theresa and : Strenua, who, George Outts tells me, should foal in about a week. The foals are all looking well, more particularly the unfortunately too early arrival by Trodaoer oat of Idalia, who, Mr Beeves informs me, is to be called July. Sporting men may have noticed that a number of the smaller clubs hare for the last two years been establishing Derby and Produce Stakes. The added money, as might he -expected, is not as a rule very large, but, considering the circumstances of the case, very liberal. The introduction of such races is however very satisfactory to notics, as illustrating the confidence possessed by the coo. mittees of the various clubs inaugurating such races in the stability of their respective institutions. The Geraldine Club, a Clnh whose success is due .in no small measure to the - exertions of the enthusiastic secretary, Mr D. McKenzie, has just started a Sires’ Produce Stakes to be run at the annual meeting in 1884. I hope some of our owners up Bars will give Mr M'Kenzie a turn when the conditions of his race make their appearance. Mr H. G. Griffith who, it is needless to say, was recently appointed as handicapper for the forthcoming Metropolitan Meeting in November will, I understand, apportion the weights at the Amberley and Eangiora meetings. Monday was a cold drizzling morning, and os a consequence but little work was done. The number of sheeted beanties putting in an appearance was smaller too than usual, and ws might as well have stopped at home. The Ohokebore team were very early out, but with tile exception of Hilda, who has recently gone into the Ohokebore stable, and who was sent u mile and a half, the team was almost reatrioted to walking exorcise. Luna did a useful gallop once round the plough, and Laertes followed suit at a faster pace. Kosciusko and Lone Hand did slow work singly. The Knowsley team worked on their own course, where, if all reports are true, -some early birds had been before them. I have received from my old friend, Mr -James Payne, the secretary of the Greymouth Jockey Club, the mid-snmmer and autumn programmes of the Greymouth J.O. The -date of the former is fixed for December 27th and 28th, The items on the first day are the ■Omotnmotn, Midsummer, and Hurdle Handicaps, of 20 sovs, 40 sovs, and 20 sova respectively. On the second day the biggest stake is the Grey Valley Stakes Handicap of 30 •sots, with other smaller events. The olnb, however, appears to be reserving iteelf for the Autumn fixture, to be held on March 17th and 18th. Here 120 sovs will be added to the Greymouth Jockey Club Handicap, and 75 sova to the Goldfields Handicap. Nominations for the Summer Meeting close on Monday, December 13th, and those for the Autumn Handicaps oa March 10th. I hear on good authority that there is every probability of more than one Sydney breeder .nominating youngsters for two and three-year--old races both in Canterbury and Dunedin. I hope this may prove to be a fact. The Totalizator Bill in Victoria does not seem to have met with the success anticipated. It I* supposed to be next to a certainty that it will be thrown out in the Upper House ; II per cent, was, however, all that the clubs ware to be allowed. Mc Donald Fraser sends fonr of his best -man*, amongst them Vanessa, to Patriarch,

and Mr David Scott will send Policy and Cornelia to him. Both these mareo are in foal to The Painter. ■ ,

Mr Redwood is (according to the " Hawke’s Bay Courier”) sending IhreoN of his brood mu' es lo Puriri,. in the Patea district.

Mr W. Peroival has been elected secretary to l ho newly-established AucklandTattercaU’ii. lu connection with the horses recently arrived, by the Batomahana from Tasmania, the “ Mail” has the following :—“On Saturday last I paid a visit to Eidy’s stables at O’Brien’s whore I inspected those well-known horses.-Albion, Calstook, Quamby, and a St. Albans colt. These horses have been in Chant’s care for some time, and they certainly do him credit, as they are all in, great fettle, looking strong, healthy, and, big as bullocks. These horses, accompanied by Chant, who takes charge of them, go by the Batomahana, next week, to Christchurch, where Mr O. O. Eady intends to offer them for sale. Albion is an aged horse, and in 1878-79 was the hero of the turf in Tasmania, winning almost every race he started for; latterly he has been weighted out of everything. He .is a good horse for a distance, and I hope, to chronicle mony wins for him in New Zealand. Calstook and Quamby are both by Castle Hill, and are good-looking colts. The former is very fast for a mile, and will take a lot of beating, while Quamby will yet be heard of over the sticks. The two-year-old oolt is well grown and moves very freely. I visited the Blwiok course on Wednesday morning and saw Quamby and the St. Albans oolt do a smart flutter together. The youngster goes like a flyer, and the Castle Hill colt gallops very determinedly. Albion and Oaletock went twice round and finished very, well. The latter seems to go much inoro freely this year, while the old horse is as game as ever. I’m sorry to see these horses going out of the colony, but I hope Mr Eady will be fortunate in obtaining high prices in New Zealand, where good blood is properly appreciated.” The whole lot will be sold shortly by Messrs H. Matson and Co., in conjunction with Messrs B. Wilkin and Co. , The “ Sporting Life ” says that a remarkable finish took place on the 6th August. In the Aatley Stakes at Lewes, a finish of unprecedented severity and closeness resulted with five of the nine runners. Soobell, Wandering Nun, and Mazurka ran a dead heat for the first place, whilst only a head behind them came Cumberland and Thora, in another dead heat for the fourth position. With regard to bats, we may mention that the whole stake on either side is to bo added together, and then divided into three, the layer taking two-thirds and the backer one-third. Mr H. Goodman, bringing with him Tera and York, has arrived in Christchurch,'and taken up his quarters at Sam Powell’s. Goodman informs me that Chancellor has been turned ont, and he intends giving him a good spell, after which he fully expects he will be es sound as ever.

Ohaffe is shortly expected with his string, who will take up their quarters at Ohokebore Lodge, where also the Spring Creek team arc expected in a few days.