SPORTING.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 187, 4 October 1872, Page 6

SPORTING.

DTTNST.A 3ST SPRING' MEETING. The annuahSpring - Dustand .dullness Race Meeting of were-the prevailing' the Dunstan Joe- characteristics - of key Club came off the Dunstan Spring' on Eriday and Sat- Race Meeting, of urday last, the 20th 1872. On the road and 2Jst inst., and down, the dust.-was as a success, whe- perhaps -justplenther for attendance tiful -enough to of visitors, number- be disagreeable';, of competing hor- whilst on the. ses and their per- course it was posi-. formances, or for tively- -disgusting, fine weather, com- But- the dust was pletely eclipsed' only ' partially v the any Spring Meet-cause of ..the dull-, ing ever before nessdn connection held on the Dun- with the races; for stan course'. The I have seen a fairly days' were beauti- lively annual meetfully fine, scarcely, ing on ..the, same any dust rising-to .course under the mar the pleasure of • infliction -of a deahy one: The coifc- eidedly more gri'etesting ground was \ vpus 1 "dust pesti- 1 in capital order, lehce." than,,tha£ and the arrange- Elements of the day day last: Spring were carried' out meetings are'selwithout a hitcK— dom very exciting thus - everything or full of gaiety ;■ conduced to the and. certainly-that satisfaction all at the Dunstan was niiist have experi- no exception to the enced. Each part general rule.. The. of the .district, was. wasfairly represented, very . poor: . not and many were the more than 120 peohappy greetings'of ple : were • present, friends and ac- of whom barely the, quaintances ..- who odd 20.were ladies, had not met for a Betting was " conlong time. Ever spicuous by its -absence the sturdy sence :" • money miner first entered seemedtobescarce, the valley of the and the only apUpper Clutha in proach to anything his search for the "in the "laying the hidden treasu'res ; of odds " line was by the Molyrieux, and thdse i individuals by his presence who wait until a' converted the horse -. is either, sleepy hollow into bound- to win or a" busy thorough-. hopelessly beaten fare, the Dunstan before" I 'tney risk racecourse was al- their "five to one," ways . a favorite and so forth. But trysting place, r and evenof this there on'Eriday and" Sat-:-- i was little/ Every - urday"; last'the best thing w;as " slow " of. evidence was in the. .highest degiven,' in spite of gree : no . *'single> all the' croaking,'.'event ' was -* run in and of l the"iiiigene>' anything : like, '.de- { fous" sentiments* J 6f. cfent ,, tirrie, .and .',the some of its : neigh-: intervals . between bors, that it. 'has - the races *were unstill power to'- at-i • conscionab'ly ■ ex-' tract, and ifc is our tended. -As rehearty wish' that' it garJs the' -' latter may retain it; and ' complaint,, .'there that it will fall to was much need for bur duty, for years more:energetic suto come, to recount perintendence on: the pleasures" of"the part "of ' the many. more, such Stewards.—'Crom- \ successful meets as well Ai;gus.' the one we areinow engaged .pm The programme- con-'

tained : eight events, and the money, to be run for £95. — * Dunstan -Times'.' Alexandra' Handicap of 15 so vs. Distance, one mile. • - • • Mr T. Mellor's b m Merrylass, Bst .'."' 1. Mr T. M'Kay?s b g Saladin, Bst 61b ... 2; Mr -J. Hazlett's b g Atlas, > lOst 21b .... 3 Mr J. Gox's c c Port Philip Buck, 6st 71b . 0 Mr D. Taggart's b g Grlenwherry, 7st 71b. 0 Mr T. Hawthorne's g g Bobby, 6st 121b.: .• 0 Maiden Plate of 10 so vs. Weight for age. Distance, three-quarters of a mile.' Mr M'Kay's Swindle ... ... ... 1 Mr Taggart's Grlenwherry... ... ... ,2' Mr Grindley's Lady Chorister . . :.. 3 Mr J. Cox's Port Philip Buck ... ... 0 Hack' Selling Kace'of 1.5 sovs. No weight under lOst. Three-quarters, of a \ mile heats. ' "Winner to be'sold for 15 sovs., and any surplus to go to the race fund. Mr Burke's Wexford 10 1 Mr Grindley's Lady Chorister ..2 1 2 Dunstan Handicap, of 30 sovs. One mile and a half. Mr J. Hazlett's b m Brunette, Sst 101b... 1 Mr W. Beresford's c m Cressidor, 7st 41b. 2 Mr T. g g Bobby, 6st Sib ... 3 Mr T. M'Kay'sb g Saladin, Bst 31b . . 0 On the second day the weather was equally as fine as on the. day previous,

and nearly as many were assembled-to; see out the programme. ..;,'* Hack; ; Hurdle Race of 10 sovs. Three- , quarters of a mile heats." Mr Mellor's b m Merrylass 2 11 Mr : M'Kay'sbg Sir Charles... 1. 22 , : Fireater ... _ 0 0 0 Mr Cowan's blkg Dr. Black.. 0 00 Hospital Race. " Mr Hazlett's c g Wexford ... ' ..;' l Eive "others started. t > COKSOLATION HANDICAP of 10 SOVS. One ■ ; mile. ' - ' • .Mr M'Kay's bgSaladin - ...• ... i* Mr Beresford's c m Cressidor.. ..] 2 Mr, Grindley's.r.m Lady Chorister .:'. 3. Trotting Race, of 5 spvs.,. with entranceadded. Two miles. Mr Perry's Peggy, 600 yards 1 " Mr Mellor's Tommy, scratch'.. ■ ..' 2 Mr-King'sDonald,.4oo'yards :■" ];} 3 A .Remarkable RACEHOBSE.-r-At. the Croxton Park, steeplechase meeting, held near Melbourne, oii the, 17th, of August last, considerable interest was excited, by the knowledge. that the hairless ahorse,- reared in- a wild., state in some part of New South Wales : . and discovered about two years, ago, was entered.for the Handicap race.- At the appointed. , hour /for starting, Caoutchouc, as the horse, is . called,. • appeared at. the post: in company, with Gaffer Grey, Brownlock, and.Hector. When Caoutchouc appeared on the course to .take his-, preliminary ... canter he created f a.roar of laughter. He- resembled nothing so much as-one of the well shiny black pigs one sees at agricultural, ■shows, and when set-going;- his -Action was verjf - like, a pig's .gallop. He jumped well enough';, but. from', the"' start he was out of-the; race.'" The.further he went the further he wastehind, and by the time he had completed one round Gajffer' c G'rey" was nearly three-quarters of a mile ahead of*,-,him. Staffer Grey went to - the front soon after, the start, and.was never caught. Brownlock made a very poor second. Referring to Loup Garou V victory in' the Australian Derby' Stakes at the Randwiek meeting, the Australasian ' remarks :—-" the time (2min, 46Jsec,) the race was done in was remarkably fast, and has only been beaten once in Australia.''The quality of the coLt is fully shown when he can win'such a race with • ease. Loup Garou is by Lore of Linne out of Hebe by Magus. He was described before the race as an - overgrown . and rather leggy colt, but "' with. a. fine style 'of getting over the." ground. -Possibly now that he has achieved the blue ribbond of the New' South Wales turf,, his good.points will .be much more plainly,*, visible. The supporters,ofjKing of.'the Ring, -who principally belong to-the betting- fraternity, are very heavy losers. They - 'backed their colt, .a known good;, one, with ..'great. pluck • and. now,-to 4teet their reverses. with resignation. They have been remarkably fortunate for some time back, and cannot grudge the backers of horses- a turn of Fortune's wheel It is worthy of notice that both King of the Bing, who was second; and Hamlet's full brother, ; Horatio, who secured third place in the race were bred at. the celebrated Maribyrnong stud. Loup Garou was. purchased, by his present owner, Mr.. . V- Winch, at Mr. Cox's annual sale for 'the small sum of £6o.'

Preparations .are .already beihgmade in. Canterbury for.the racing season. On the. last. strip of the Pheebe, five horses purchased in Auckland by Mr. JKedwood were brought down ; four of .them are : engaged for .the Derby, : and ' among, thein,is a filly out.of Miss.JVaimea, the dam of the renowned Manuka, which won everything he started for a year or -two ago. The Taranaki brought down Mr. . Walter's . mare - Tatterina.