SPORTING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVII, Issue 6505, 2 January 1882, Page 5

SPORTING.

AUCKLAND BACKS. [Psb Fbkbs Association.] ' AUCKLAND, Die. 31. Die following is the latest betting on the Oband Stand Handicap. 100 to 26 agst Billingsgate 100 100 100—20 Maori 100 100 100— 10 Othello 100 100 8 Vampire 100— SO Hilda 100 100 - 10 Lara A.B.C. Handicap. 100 to 10 agst Band wick 100 100— 4 Yatapa 100 100 00 taken 100 500 500 100 100 taken 100 100—3 Moonstone, taken 100 100—10 Lan Stiipxbchasb. 100 to 30 agst Clarence, Lonehand, King Don 100 100 Sledmere 100 - Morning Star 100 100 THE LATEST ACQUISITIONS. [By Sib Lapncidot.] The announcement of the arrival in Lyttelton harbour of the good ship Marlborough, from London, with Mr G, G, Stead’s recent noroughbred purchases on board, was snffiient inducement for a visit to Port on SatnrfnLl n OOOII, Gn "riTol in Lyttelton, I wmd Davy Jones waiting to make the S a f. ance of hiß n ®w charges, and having J?®*? 10 delight that the Marlborough „° ne V dethe OMstone Pier, Davy and L tif a C !- boarded ten and were introduced Lz, ‘£ e v mare * b 7 «»«* custodian, Mr aenson, who ha« had rather an anxious time J - T ®7 bad weather having been rfflZTn “ Neighbourhood of the Cape ot STt /Tv our guide led the wav fiwt JLS w th o. h®* «cupied by the highest E d , ot - Steppe, footed in 1868, got by wbSer w° Ut Seclusion (dam of the Derby assays

back from the effect* of ege. She *M a fair performar f for a* a iwo-ycar-old the ran second in the Middle Park Plato to Albert Victor, who subsequ.-mly finished second to Favonius In the Derby, and a» a three and tour-p ear-old she won several events. She ha# every appearance of being in foal to Doncaster (tire of Bend Or), at d when .this, and the fact of her being half sister to such a celebrity as Hermit, arc taken into consideration, 760 guineas does not seem an extravagant price for her. Sweet Cicely, who cost 670 guineas, was the occupant of the next box. She is a bay mare, foaled in 1875, got by Lord Clifden (winner of the Leger of 1803), out of Cecilia (winner of the One Thousand Guineas of 1878), by Blair Atbol out of Siberia, by Muscovite out of fig Tree by Savoy; Lord Clifden by Newminster out of The Slave by Melbourne. Her only appearances on the turf were, as a two-year-old, when she ran twice unsuccessfully in the colour* of Lord Falmouth. She is in good condition, and shows a deal of j quality, but is rather too narrow to please me, in addition to being a bit hollow becked. She i* in foal to Wild Oate (by Wild Dayroli out of Golden Horn by fiarkaway). Leila (1577) i’ by Buccaneer out of Vcstalin by the Sweetmeat how Lozenge out of Vesta (dam of Vespasian); Buccaneer by Wild Dayroli out of a. daughter of Little Rid gover. She is a nicely backed bay, with plenty of quality, but one of her hocks wears a most suspicious look. She has been served by Blair Athol’s son, Craig Millar (winner of the Lrgor of (1876, and Doncaster Cup of 1876) and appears to be in foal. A mare whose breeding I like very much is the chestnut, Florence McCarthy (1878) by Maccaroni (winner of the Derby of 1863) out of Lady Morgan (dam of Buperra) who ran second to Bayou d’Or for the Leger of 1879) by Thor man by out of Morgan la Faye (dam of Marie Stuart, winner; of the Oaks and Leger of 1873), by Cowl but of Miami, by Venison; Maccaroni, by Sweetmeat out of Jocose, by Pantaloon. The blood is good enough, but Florence Maoarthy Vappoaranoe is by no means aristocratic, for she is a long narrow weed, with an unmistakeable splint on her off fore-leg. She has been covered by Blair Athol, but 1 do not think she is in foal. Deviation is Urn youngest of the lot, having been tooled as late as 1879. She is by Flageolet (tire of Bay on d’Or) out of Eva, by Bredalbane eat of Imperatnce, by Orlando out of Eulogy, by Euclid, and is an. extremely plain bay mare, very narrow across the hips, but 1 presume Mr Stead purchased her for the sake of the blood of her site, who is by Fandango out of Eglantine, by The Flying Dutchman, and I have no doubt she will turn a very good 26gs worth. She seems to be in foal to Cadet (winner of the Austrian Derby), by Buccaneer out of Dahlia, by Orlando. I was not at sill impressed with Lady Bavensworth (1865), by Yoltigeur (winner of the Derby and of 1860) out of Lady Eawthom (sister to Thormanby), by Windbonnd out of Alice Hawthorn, but she was in such bad condition that perhaps it was not fair to judge of her. She has been served by Craig Millar, bat does not appear to be in foal. Decidedly the pick of the basket as regards condition, and a beautifullybred mare. With good looks to back her breeding, is Nelly Moore (1872), by Yoltigeur out of Fickle, by Dundee (who ran sreond in Kettledrum’s fast Derby), out* of Changeable, by Weatherbit (sire of Kelpie), out of Miss Aldoroft, by •R*tan. A handsome black mare, and one of the last of the Yoltigenrs, she was worth every penny of the 150 guineas Mr Stead gave for her, and she is undoubtedly in' foal to the champion of the T.Y.O.—Prince Charlie. Lovebird (1875), by Maccaroni, out of Better Half, by Marionette, out of Tamara, by Weatherbit, out of Taurine, by Taurus, out of Esmeralda, by Zingaree. On the dam’s aide goes back to the same blood as old Kelpie, the progenitor of so many winners on the Australian turf, and sire of Maid of Honour and Kenilworth. She is the by both Wild Oats and Blair Athol, 1 doubt her being in foal.. The last of the lot is an aged Matron —Fairyland (1862), by Orlando, ont of El Dorado, by Harkaway, out of Epaulette, by The Colonel, dhe is a .magnificently - quartered, big - boned and powerful bay, standing on nice short legs, and it is gratifying to be able to record that she has every appearance of being in foal to See-Saw, winner of the Cambridgeshire stakes of 1868, and sire of the hitherto unbeaten Bruce, who is now first favourite for the Epsom Derby of 1882. Of the whole nine—who vrill be landed and taken up to Bassley to-morrow—l mast ray that the trio I like best are Steppe, Nellie Moore and Fairyland, but though some of the others may not please on the score of good looks, yet the blood is all there, and mated with Oadogan and Leolinus—not to mention the result of their unions with the English stallions—-Mr Stead’s enterprise should be rewarded by the yellow and black being often carried to the front by the offspring of the majority of the brood matrons I have described above. I understand that the full brother to Cham ant is expected to arrive in Dunedin from London about the end of the present month.