SPORTING NOTES.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2493, 3 April 1882, Page 3

SPORTING NOTES.

[From the "Weekly Press."

' We remind cwaers, trainers, and others in* terested in the CJ.O. Autumn meeting, that; to-night (Saturday,-April lit) is general entry night. Final pay meets of the Great Autumn. Handicap, ssovr, and Champagne Stakes, 8sot?, are due. Nominations for Epsom Btubes, 3sots ; Autumn Nursery, Zjovt; and Selling Race, 2jovs, mus? be attended to. On Wednesday, April sth, also acceptances for Free Handicap, 2sov»; sad on Thursday, April 6th, final payments of Champagne Stakes, lOjovs ; Epsom Stsftsa, siova ; Free Handicap,. 3sovs; and Selling Raoe, Ssovs, must be forwarded to the secretary, Mr Penfold.

We also beg owners not to f crget that nazt Saturday is general entry day fo? the Knwzi Pass Meeting. And also those wbo intend nominating for the Taranaki Champagne, 1863, and Derby of 1865, must rend-to Mr J. Paul,, the secretary, the necessary information and 1 tntrancs fees.

The Es>wai Pass Handicaps, published on Thursday morning, call* for no comment. Lsvant heads the list in the Hardier•■and On Bit, in the Springfield Plate and I/'adies' Purse. In the latter race Statesman; a two-year-old, was amongst the list of entries; ■ but as- rule 2H>, section 1, of the 0. J.O. 2'eleo, [under whir.h the Eawai Pass Mee£3ng is , advertised, "does not allow of a two-year-Old to run in any handicap race in which Larses of other ages ire engaged," the colt's name has boen omitted in the apportionment of weights. The following are the amounts paid over to owners of winning horses at tie Wanganni Meetina —Mr J. Poudrell, £soor Major ifons, £395; Mr Walters, £170? Mr Westmaoott, £225; Mr Ohitham, £ll3 j Mr Pilbrow, £75 ; Mr P. But Her, £79-; Mr R. Higeie, £79 i Mr Goodman, £7B ; Mr Martm, £l2s s Mr Brewer, £4O-; and several other smalt amounts, the whole footing up to £3904. A pleasant little meeting was held at New Brighton last Saturday. The racing was excellent, and Bijou overturned a big pot in the Cup. The details are furnished in another column.

Of the thirty-three nomjnatieao in the Great Autumn Handioap, sixteen hare accepted, against twelve laet year. The most prominent malcontents- are Betrayer, Virginia I Water, Sir G-eorge, Somnus, Louis d'Or, and ' Fleur de Lja. The four laet had certainly no reason to complain of their respective, impost!. Xho Beef ton people were most unfortunate respecting weather at their annual Baoe Meeting, which was to have taken place on the 17th instant. After running off the two first events, the rain poured down in suoh perfect torrents that the remaining events were postponed to the following day (Saturday), After getting two more events off down came the rain again as bad as ever, and an adjournment was then made till Monday, when the programme was at last got through. Lillipee won the District Plate Handicap, and old Fishhook the principal event, the Goldfields Handicap of two miles, carrying the big weight of list; Bide-a-wee, 7st lllbs, second; Forester, 7it, third; and four others. In the Autumn Handioap On the Monday old Fishhook had a good thing in the Autumn Handicap, beating Forester and Din O'Oonnell; and both hurdle events were won by Hercules. We oooasionally see some extraordinary apportionment of weights in handicaps, but the genius who officiated at Beefton caps everything. The weights of the Autumn Handioap were not deolared until after tha Gold fields Handicap was run, won by Fishhook by a length and something in hand, carrying 12st. Notwithstanding this easy victory the Hook in the shorter race is asked to carry 21b less, meeting Bide-a-wee and Dan O'Connell with a like reduction ; Forester at 31b, Orient 41b, and Lillipee 6 b less than they carried the first day. A raoe meeting was held at Havelook, Pelorus Sound, on the 17th and 18th instant. The programme was originally framed for'a one day meeting, but owing to the inclemenoy of the weather, some of the events were postponed to the following day. Mr Twidles* King William won two events, the Handioap and Maiden Hurdles, and Flying Dutchman, belonging to the same owner, the Maiden Flat Bace and Distriot Plate, whilst the Oup fell to Mr Piokering's Te Kooti in an easy victory over Darkie and Black Bess.

At Egmont, Larry, who was so successful at Wavorley, again proved his superiority by winning the Egmont and District Handicaps. Odd Trick, who also ran successfully at Waverley, carried off the Bailway Plate. The Hurdles fell to Gatoh-'em, and the Flying to Scotch Mist.

In a paragraph on the boils over of the season, "Spur," in the "New Zealand Mail," matcg the statement that " Messrs Lanoe and Bobinson made a sweep of the Cup and Handioap with On Dit in a style that left no. doubt as to the manner the bandicapper had miscalculated. Grip, "Spur" should know* was the winner of the double referred to, and not On Dit.

While on the subject of correction, we will refer " Beacon." respecting Gipsy's pedigree, to " Notes on Pedigrees " in the last volume of N.Z. Stud Book, wherein it is shown that a son of Mr Bmith, the breeder of this very successful stud matron, whilst turning over some old manuscripts of his father's, came across the mare's pedigree, given as follows : " Gipsy, by imported Emigrant (Bous), from a mare by imported Camerton out of a daughter of imported Steeltrap." Mr Alexander Thompson, of Kakanui, prior to the Oimaru meeting, purchased Chanoellor at a good figure—" Beacon " save for somewhere about 220 guineas. The latent thing in names for racing clubs, says the above authority, is the "Puff and Dart," which singularly named body held its first gathering at Tologa Bay on the 3rd instant. The course is said to have been "in a condition most unfavorable for the fast speed of racing ; hillocks, hollows, and freshly turned tufts of rushes abounded all over it. But fortunately no accident occurred, and the committee must have felt a great load of responsibility lifted from their shoulders as the last horse passed the winning-post, and no casualty occurred to either horse or rider." The privileges of the Nelson meeting, consisting of books, games, and cards, realised only £4O. The weights for the Auckland Easter Handicap appear to be very fairly apportioned. Band wick heads the list at 9st 21b, the weiehts running down to Gilderoy, 6st. Larry, 7st 61b, and Louie, 7st 51b, both read well. In the Steeplechase Lonehand is top weight at 12st. N or M, 10st, one of the three lowest in this handicap, if he is clever at the game, should have a good show, but Matau and Te Whetu, at list each, look txtremely dangerous. At the Wanganui Trotting Club's autumn meeting the Handicap of 30 sovs, mile heats, was won by Mr Eirkwood's Our Pony (scr.), who did the first heat in 3min 33sec, and the second in 3min 25seo—terribly slow time. The theee mile race, of 55 sovs, was won by Mr Chavannes' Little Nell (60sec), beating five others, including Our Pony (sor.), in Bmin 14 4-s;ec, or 9min. 14 4-seec with the allowance for the start. Mr Kirkwood'a but won the Consolation Stakes from two others.

At the Moa Flat race meeting on St. Patrick's Day Freebooter won the Maiden and Hack Race, Glengary the District Handicap and Farmers' Purse, Merrybird the Domain Handicap, Honest John the Hurdles, and Miss King the Consolation. Commotion and Pell Mell, who ran respectively first and second in the V.R.O. St. Leger Stakes, have changed hands. Commotion being purchased by Mr W. Pendar at 1400 guineas, and Mr W. Pearson giving a like sum for Pell Mell.

Besides the Newmarket Handicap on the 3rd day of the V.R.O. Meeting (particulars, or rather the result, of which was forwarded by cablegram), a vary interesting event wa» the Town Plate of 500 sovs, with a sweep of 10 sovs added, w.f.a., two miles. In this the cracks of all ages met at weight for age, with their penalties added. Commotion'* penalty being 71bs; Wellington, 31b ; Progress, 71ba ; Salisbury, 31bs; Darebin, lOlbs ; Ooriolanus, lOlbs; and Bathurst, 3lbs. Pell Mell was favorite at 6 to 4. The following is a curtailed report of the race : —At the abbatoirs Progress and Darebin made an effort to get on terms with the Leger winner, who continued going with apparent freedom and was four lengths in front of Progress on entering the straight, where Darebin and Wellington followed in hot pnr suit. Neither were able to overhaul Commotion, however, and although Wellington made a most determined tffort when within the distance he could not get nearer than five lengths of the winner. Progress was a moderate third, Sweet William fourth, Santa Claus fifth, Darebin sixth, Salisbury seventh, and Coriolanus absolutely last. Time, 3min Sine.