SPORTING.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 75, 4 December 1862, Page 3

SPORTING.

The Canterbury races are fixed to take place on January 20, 21, and 22, 1863. Entries for the Maiden Stakes, £IOO, added to a sweepstakes of £6, must be made with the Secretary of the Canterbury Jockey Club, on or before the 6th December. For the Canterbury Derby, 1865, £IOO added to a sweepstakes of £lO each for three year-olds; entires must be on or before Ist January, 1863. Otago Champion Each.—The entries for this great race arc closed, and embrace only seven horses, four of which are Nelson bred, two are Victorian horses, and one hails from Tasmania. It is true that Revoke, a mare bred in Nelson is entered by her present owner, Mr. Lance, of Canterbury, and will appear as the representative ot that province, and Antonelli, though bred in Victoria, stands as the sole representative cf Otago. The following are the horses entered : Mr. S. Blackwell’s (Tasmania) b g Shilalagh, aged. Mr. EL P. Lance’s (Canterbury) b m Revoke, 5 years, by Sir Hercules, dam Finesse. Mr. D. Corsar’s (Otago) b c Antonelli, 4 years, by Cardinal \V iseman, dam Crazy Jane. Mr. P. I. Roighran’s (Victoria) br h Mormon by The Premier, dam Delaware Girl. Mr. 11. Pod wood’s (Nelson) ch m Ladybird 4 years, by llßarbiere, dam Moth. Mr. 11. Redwood’s, jun. (Nelson) ch m Waimca, years, by Sir Hercules, dam Flora M’lvor. Mr. Hugh 11. Stafford's (Nelson) b m Ultima, by Sir Hercules, dam Vesta. A letter was received by the Otago Jockey Club nominating a horse named Barwon, which lately ran second for the champion race at Geelong but through some informality it could not be accepted. Mormon, as far as we know anything of the Australian horses, is the most formidable opponent the New Zealand horses will meet. He is a good horse and has held for several seasons adistinguiseed place on the Victorian turf, and has quiiu recently run second for the Melbourne cup. New Zealand on the English Tckf.—The jSelson Examiner, states that Mr. W. Robinson of Cheviot Hills, Nelson, intends to contest next year the Thousand Guineas at Newmarket ; the Derby and Oaks, at Epsom ; the Prince of Wales’ Stakes, at Ascot; and the Legcr, at Doncaster. “In one of the latest numbers,” says the Examiner, “of ISelC.s Efe, wc observed it announced that Mr. Robinson’s eight horses had gone into training under (lie care of W. Butler, and those consist of the lollowing animals ;—Ravonsworth, a colt by Touchstone, dam Fair -7can, by Verulam ; Stockowner, colt by Stock well, dam Ennui (Saunterer's dam) ; Symmetry, filly by Gemma di Vergy, clam The Deformed, by Burgundy or Harkaway; The Mo a (sister to Vidclte), fdfy by Voltigeur, dam a Birdeatcher marc; Altisidorian, filly by Backbiter, dam Sangfroid; Reconnaissance, fillvby Sfoclcwell, dam Sortie, by Melbourne; Gratitude, filly by Newminster, dam Charity, by Melbourne. Of these horses, Symmetry. The Moa, and Gratitude, arc engaged for the Thousand Guineas; the Moa, Ravonsworth, Stockowner, and Altisidoreau, for the Derby ; Symmetry, Gratitude, and Reconnaissance, for the Oaks ; all but Stockowner for the Prince of Wales : and Ravensworth, Stockowner, Tiie Moa, and Altisidorian, for the St. Leger. Not one of the whole number has ever yet started, Mr. Robinson having paid forfeit on all theirtwo-vear-oldengagements; nor isit his intention that they shall appear in public before they run at Newmarket and Epsom, so that they will scarcely appear in the betting, and they must remain dark horses until they come to the post. What success may attend Mr. Robinson’s efforts, it is impossible to say, but while we readily believe that the purchases made by him were perhaps the best that offered, yet of course there may bo animals of the same year superior to any-of them. One tiling, however we feel certain, that everything that care and attention can do to insure success, Mr. Robinson’s horses will receive. Mr. Robinson is now in Nelson, but purposes returning to England by the January mail.”