SPORTING.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2221, 9 April 1881, Page 3

SPORTING.

AUCKLAND RACES, [press association telegram.] AUCKLAND, April 8. • The following are the acceptances and entries for the Auckland meeting:— Easter Handicap (acceptances)—King Qnail, Sir George, Ariel, Maori, Riwanata, Fonl Play, Matan, Dan, Maid of Honor, Tim Whiffler. Steeplechase (acceptances) Argylc, Lonehand, Harkaway, Renata, Matan, Sportsman, Wakaheke. Tradesmen’s Handicap— Sir George, Omega, Ratcatcher, Lonehand, Miss Domett, Maori, Fonl Play, Paramena, Matan, My Dream, Dan, Tim Whiffler, Maid of Honor, Hippocampus. Ellerslie Handicap— Sir George, Rifleman, Tenambra, Miss Domett, Tim Whiffler, Rosarma, Slander filly, Kenilworth. Publicans’ Purse— Sir George, Ratcatcher, Maori. Fonl Play, Dan, Maid of Honor, Slander filly, Tenambra. Flying Stakes— Sir George, Ratcatcher, Foul Play, Dan, Maid of Honor, Tim Whiffler, Slander filly, Tenambra. North Handicap— Omega, Diver (late Bon Accord), My Dream, Magician, Skylark. Selling Race— Omega (SOsovs), Diver (late Bon Accord, 20 sots), Ratcatcher, Rifleman, Paramena, My Dream (100 sovs). Hurdles— Lonehand, Whitefoot, Matan, Morning Star, Sportsman, Rawanata, Harkaway, Lady Grey, Whakaheke. Sports Handicap— Omega, Kenilworth, Lonehand, Miss Domett, Dan, Maori, • Harkaway, Renata, Fonl Play, Paramena, [Matan, My Dream, Maid of Honor, Tim Whiffler, Yatapa, Grand Duchess, Tanawa. THE NEWMARKET OE TO DAY, [From the “Field.”]] Newmarket on a race day, brimful of bustle and excitement, and Newmarket during the long vacation, when a stroll down the High street reveals solitude supreme, are indeed two very different places—each enjoyable of its kind, though more pleasure is perhaps to be derived during the dull season by the man whose veins are not warmed by the shouts of “ 6 to 4 on the field,” than when racing and its concomitants rule the roast. The Newmarket of to-day is, however, very different from the place wo remember a decade ago. Then lacing was carried on in a quiet, enjoyable manner, with onlookers limited in numbers, but conspicuous in quality ; while now the reverse is the rule, and racing at Newmarket, with its big fields of selling platers, is witnessed by all London, and, in the eyes of the old stagers, not to its improvement. Daring the interregnum, too, Newmarket has put on a different aspect. In the days gone by it was an easy morning’s amusement to witness all the horses in training at their work, now it is impossible, however well mounted and keen, to witness a moiety of them, even by taking two days instead of one. Then house property at the racing metropolis was rather a drug in the market; now the old buildings are fully occupied, and new ones are cropping up all over the place. Close to the Severals a large building is raising its head, which is being built for Lord Castlereagh, Lord Helmsley, and the Hon. W. Gerard. Tom Jennings hag a new residence in contemplation on his own freehold, on the completion of which young Tom will go to Phantom Cottage; while the local architect and Jockey Club official, Mr W. Manning, is cutting the finishing touches to some very landsome new stabling erected for O. Wood, the jockey (whose income must be simply princely), showing him to bo as great an adept at bricks and mortar as he is in the business with which racing men associate his name ; but then he was educated in a good school, his tutor having been Judge Clark, to whose abilities as an architect we owe most of our race stands, including that much-abused erection on the B.M. Greater improvements than these are, however, in contemplation, for it is possible that the Jockey Club will quit their present somewhat cramped tenement in the centre of the town, and erect new buildings on the vacant Queensbury plot at the top of the town, which would be an immense improvement to that end of Newmarket, especially if the unsightly stabling in contiguity could be improved away. Changes have taken place in the personnel of some of the principal stables. The lamented death of poor Joseph Dawson, who was the most popular man on the turf, and with whoso change from Ilsley to Newmarket came the improvement in the latter place, has left at the head of the gigantic Bedford Lodge establishment, a man of talent and reliability in his profession in the person of Richard Shorrard. Joseph Cannon has changed his quarters, being now private trainer to Lord Rosebery instead of Captain Machell, to whose Newmarket establishment Jewett has been removed from Kennett, which place will probably bo filled by young Robert I’Anson as public trainer ; while Fred Archer is now in active work in partnership with Matthew Dawson, and we hope the new connection between them will be as pleasing as was that of servant and master. If there be any truth in the adage, “ that a bad beginning makes a good ending,” this will be the case, as the early days of the new partnership have been clouded by the accident which befell Bal Gal, who, when at exercise, slipped on the snow, and injured the round bone or hock, and has since been confined to the stable. It is to bo hoped that the mishap will soon be remedied, or good bye to her chance of winning the Two Thousand. At the present moment there are over five hundred horses in training at Newmarket; and we cannot wonder that the Jockey Club have seea the necessity of limiting the number of persons to whom licenses to train can be accorded, for it is impossible for the ground to carry so many horses, and at the present moment some of the gallops are more like ploughed fields, despite the constant care bestowed upon them. Some relief will, however, be experienced when the three hundred acres in contiguity to the Limekilns, recently taken by the Jockey Club, become in working order; bat thie, even under the most favorable circumstances cannot be for some time. The horses that Cannon has left behind him at Bedford Cottage comprise nothing of any note, although there are some very pro-

mising two-year-olds amongst them; and Captain Machell has experienced a slice of illluck by the disablement of Oimaroon, who, despite his evil temper, was a good horse, and would probably have done something big in the jumping lino had ho not mot with n serious mishap. In Town Moor it is possible that Cannon- may train a Derby winner for his new employer; for, despite his size, he is a fine actioned horse, and probably loss difficult to train than is generally imagined. The high-priced Savoyard, by Oremorne —Caller Ou, of whoso merits the tongue of rumor has wagged considerably, will now, however, in all human probability, be disqualified, as his breeder, Mr W. I'Anson, is in dire ex tromity, and we shall doubtless see “ void nomination ” appended to the horse’s name. It has been stated that Cannon wos to receive £2OOO a year for training these horses. The statement is absurd, and a fourth of that sum is nearer the mark.

Sherrard has some sixty horses in training, amongst them St. Louis stands out as the most noticeable, for in him we have the probable winner of the Derby, He is a handsome racing-like colt, bearing a great resemblance to his sire, but on a somewhat bigger scale._ In this team also are some highly promising two-year-olds, notably a fine sister to Peter, and the 1100-guinea yearling by See Saw—Carina (both of whom require a lot of time) ; while one cannot help being impressed by the good looks of the American three-year-old Eoxhall, unfortunately not engaged in the Derby, Other fine animals here located are the champion over short courses, Peter, and the American horses. Spendthrift and Lord Murphy j but unfortunately, when the latter pair are about there is music in the air. Tom Jennings has a long string of Count de Lagrange’s in training, but amongst his three-year-olds wo fail to discover a Q-ladiateur, a Ohamant, or a Rayon d'Or j and his son, private trainer to M. tefevre, and whose string principally consists of two-year-olds, doubtless has a bettor candidate for honors in the powerful Tristan. Mr Leopold Bothschild fills the stables of both Joseph and Alfred Hay hoe, amongst those trained by the former being promising colts in Brag'and Tunis ; but we wish we could see more winning names in these establishments, which remark also applies to Mr Savile’s stable, which has been singularly unlucky since the days of Cremorne. Manser has a large number of platers that were winning throughout last season. It is more than a generation since we saw that really gaod sportsman Prince Batthyany with less than half a dozen horses in training ; such is, however, now the case, and John Dawson, who has served him for so many years to the mutual satisfaction of employer aid employed, has now started as pub! o trainer, supported by good men like Messrs B. C. Naylor, 0. Alexander, and T. E. Walker, of whom the first-named has not a two-year-old in training, but the others have some youngsters, of whom good things mey bo expected. Blanton’s is one of the moat promising teams at Newmarket, Exeter and Bobert the Devil being almost certain winners of races; while Newmarket generally inclines to Scobell as the winner of the Derby, and he is certainly a very nice horse, although rather short. Somewhat removed from the busy whirl of the Newmarket training grounds, we find Richard Marsh, the most rising of the young school of trainers, busily engaged in superintending the preparation of some half a hundred horses, of whom a largo proportion belong to the Duke of Hamilton, who we should like this year to find Alpha instead of Omega in the list of winning owners, and he has certainly some promising horses to conduce to that end, although his two-year-olds, with a few exceptions, are small. They say at Newmarket that Soot Guard is a good horse over hurdles, but it may bo that the wish is father to the thought, and that outsiders at present know more than those directly interested, although good things may bo expected of such a sportinglooking horse. Another animal in this stable with whose name the public tongue has been making free in connection with the Grand National is Thornfield, who has gone the right way since ho was seen in public, but whoso form is nothing very wonderful. For Messrs Langley and Poy Marsh will probably find some youngsters that can gallop, and the firstnamed has some useful throe-year-olds 5 but Hackthorpe has proved a failure at the jumping business, at which he will not be persevered with, but again relegated to five furlongs on the flat. Altogether Newmarket may be deemed to be in a most flourishing condition—never did the stables give greater proof of vitality; and when the note of preparation for the coming fray is sounded it will be echoed from the head quarters of the Turf with no uncertain sound. Still, the horses are anything but forward, for very few of the two-year-olds were tried prior to the closing of the stakes on the 4th ; and a good thing, too, will be the response of the old school, and the best judges of racing affairs as they should be, to which we beg, with a firm conviction of the truth, to respond Amen.