SPORTING.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 194, 15 November 1872, Page 6

SPORTING.

THE CANTEEBUEY EACES. The first day's races came off on Thursday last. The attendance was good, but the racing only moderate. Maiden Plate, of 100 sovs., added to a . sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; h. ft. Second horse to save his stake. For all horses that have never won a sweepstakes or plate of the value of 25 sovs. previous to starting. 3 yr- . - old, 7st 131bs ; 4 yr-old, 9st 51bs; 5 yr-old, 9st 81bs ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 91bs. Distance, one and a half mile. Mr. Eedwood's Marvin*, 3 yrs, 7st lOlbs 1 Mr. !Nosworthy's Malice, 5 yrs, 9slslbs. 2 Mr. IsTosworthy's Calumny was scratched. Malvina won easily. Time: 2 min. 53 sec. Eailwat Plate, of 50 sovs. Entrance, 5 sovs. 3 yr-old, Bst; 4, 5, 6, and aged, 9st. Distance, half a mile.

Mr. Griffith's Defamation. 4 yrs, Bst lllbs ... ... ... l Mr. Walter's Slander, aged, Bst lllbs .. 2 Mr. JNosworthy's Hatred, 5 yrs, Bst Hlbs ... ... ... 3 Mr. Delamain's Miss Flat, aged, Bst lllbs ... ... ... 4 Mr. JSTosworthy's Envy, 5 yrs, Sst lllbs 5 Defamation led from the first, and won easily by three lengths. Slander had a good start, but was outpaced. Caxteebuey Ctjp, of 250 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of £ls each ; £5 forfeit. Second horse to save his 3 yr-old, 7st 41bs; 4 yr-old, 9st; 5 " yr-old, 9st 91bs ; 6 and aged, 9st lllbs. Distance, two and a quarter miles. Mr. Nosworthy's Lurline, 3 yrs, 7st lib 1 Mr. Campbell's Tambourini, 4 yrs, Bst: - Hlbs ... ... ... s Mr. Brabazon's Detractor, 4 yrs, 9st ... 3 Mr. Walter's Yatterina, aged, 9st 81bs, pulled up after the first half mile. Tambourini led three parts of the distance. Lurline then went up and won easily. Time : 4 min. 13 sec. Feee Handicap, of 50 sovs., added io a sweepstakes of £o each for acceptors. Distance, one mile. Mr. Griffith's Defamation ... 1

Mr. Nosworthy's JNo Name ... ... 2 Mr. Campbell's Harlequin, Mr. Lunn's' Shadow, and Mr. Redmond's Malviua also ran. Defamation won easily. On Friday the races were again very well attended, and the weather was splendid. The following were the several events : i Hubdle Race, 50 sovs.; two miles ; over I eight flights of hurdles. Mr. R, Eraser's Medora .1 1 Mr. K. Oram's Bismarck 2 . Medora ran right away from Bismarck, winning by a distance. On coming to the scale, however, Medora's jockey—M 'Kay, of Dunedin—was 31bs." short weight. He said he had dropped some lead. It being supposed that some unfairness had taken place, the Stewards held a meeting, at which evidence was taken, and after long consideration decided to declare the race null and void, and to disqualify M'Kay from riding on a Canterbury course again. This decision gave universal satisfaction. Dekby Stakes, of 150 sovs,; 1-| mile. Mr. Nosworthy's Calumny, Bst slbs ... 1 Mr. Nosworthy's Lurline, Bst 51bs ... 2 Mr. Lunn's Kate Kearney, Bst 51bs ... 3 Mr. Campbell's Dunbroon, Mr. Douglas' Dragoon, and Mr. Redwood's Awatea also ran. Mr. Douglas' Adonis, Mr. Cutt's Renga, and Mr. Griffith's Mrs.! Stowe, were scratched. ' Awatea was a hot favorites at the start. " I

Luriine and Calumny cut out the running, and came away from the rest. A capital race for home then ensued between the pair, and was won by Calumny by a head. Time : 2 min. 40 sec. Canterbury Jockey Club Handicap, of 200 sovs, and an added sweepstakes' of 10 sovs. Distance, two miles. Mr. Brabazon's Detractor, 7st 71bs ... 1 Mr. Nosworthy's Malice, 7st 121bs ... 2 Mr. Nosworthy's No Name, 7st 21bs ... 3 Mr. Campbell's Tambourini, Bst 51bs ... 0 Mr. Mar ton's Barbarian, 6st 21bs ... 0 Yatterina was scratched. The betting was as follows : —3 to 2 against Detractor; 2 to 1 against Tambourini; 4 and 5 to 1

against Malice ; 3 to 1" against Barbarian;" 5 to 1 against No Name. After one. or two false starts, owing to Barbarian refusing to leave the post, tbe lot got away to a capital start. Malice took the lead at a not pace, and was closely followed by Detractor and Tambourini in tbe order named. After parsing'tlie stand the first'time, Malice increased the lead to about 100 yards, the rest being in a cluster. In this order they raced until'reaching the top turn, when Malice had evidently' had enough of it, and Detractor came to the front. A capital race then ensued between him and

Malice for the first place, Detractor ultimately winning by a length. Time: 2 min. 42f sec. Cbiterion Stakes/of Sb'soys.'.'' Distance, One.and three-quarter mile. Mr. "Walter's Slander, 9st'6lbs 1 Mr. Griffith's Defamation, 9st 21bs ..." 2 Only two started—Envy, Hatred,'Malvina, and Awatea being scratched. Defamation started a hot favorite,' but Slander won,' after a good race,'"' by' two lengths. Time: 2 min. 26 sec. Mr. Griffiths entered a protest against Slander for not having a 31b. penalty for winning over £IOO in 1871 and 1872. ' Tlie'proW was to be decided at noon next day. G-kand Stand Handicap, of 100" sovs. Distance, one mile. Harlequin, 6st 101 bs 1 Slander, 9st lOlbs .. "' '"2 Hatred, 7st 12Lbs ... '" a Defamation, Envy, Malvina, and Adonis also ran.. A good start was effected, Harlequin and Slander^ cutting out the'running at a hot pace. The pace throughout was terrific. Coming down the straight, all were plying the whalebone,, and a fine race ensued between Harlequin and' Slainder all the way down to home. By dint of good riding, Harlequin's jockey succeeded in 'getting him in a head before 'Slander, amid loud cheers from the spectators. Time: 1 min. 47| sec. ' Near the quarter-mile post a mixed up

jostle occurred, and the'owner of Slander protested against, Harlequin taking the I stakes, on account of a dross 'alleged to have been made by . Harlequin's rider. The Stewards, after hearing the' evidence, 'dismissed the and awarded' the stakes to Harlequin. ! A race between the" ! sailors i of"H.'M.S. Dido was got up.at the conclusion of the last event, and'ereate'd'great fun! " : . The, Jockey Club'have b"een'thanked'by memorial for disqualifying Peeress.

The Melbourne Cup - has - only been 'won twice by" Victorian horses.; New South Wale's have ' won it '' seven times. The celebrated' Beadsman, the property of Sir Joseph Hawley; and a Derby winner is dead. _ ; A grand rat hunt with English terriers fifty of which are kept, for the' purpose at Bercy bj the.municipal administration took place in the sewers of Paris recently from five in the morning until noon. The vermin destroyed amounted to nearly 3000. Two of the dogs severely bitten, have since died.; Mr. ' Simpson, the gamekeeper of Brotherton; a few days ago fired at a rabbit sitting on a walk fringed with trees, and'at the very moment a' second rabbit rah across, between him "and the firs?',, and amayis'-flew' across the V&lk still closer tb the man'. All three" Were killed by one shot. " ' novel yachting .costume, is seen at the seaside, constructed of the coarse blue linen such as butchers'aprons are made of. - Ifc is over a.plain black petticoatj and the body was made - with a square sailor .collar, the tunic being trimmed with large horn buttons. Women, of course, add ornaments, diamonds, and pearls.' Men have taken to wear this butcher stuff, and many of them, 'as' a consequence, simply look like buteheVs—sdine- ; times, it may be said, like clean "butchers out ior a holdiday at f,he seaside. The G-reymoiith face's are ""fixed tb ;! tate' place on .the 17th March' next. - The handicaps are'published to-day. 'The Jockey Club Handicap consists of 17S sovs., with,a, sweepstake' of seven sovs added ; the G-oldfields .Handicap of 125 sovs., and. the Hurdle. Handicap of 75 sovs. . . At the. Victorian Spring • Meeting on

; %,. Perby , Day, the. Melbourne• .Stakes ; won by; Coates ß a;""Hamletr second, Barbelle.. third : time, 2min.-- 18see.:Hotham Handicap : Early Morn, ; first; Misty Mlovn, second ; Nimblefoot, third ; time, 2iniu.-59sec. Maribvrnong -"Plate : ,l)agmar, fi r ,st ; My Leah,".second ; "Miss fMiliy, third; time, lmiu. dsec. The JJerby : LoupiGarou, first; "Xing of the Ring, second ;" • Patriarch, third ; time, £min. 46sec. Essendon Stakes.; -Blue Hirst ; Dolphin,. second ;.. Quack, tiiird; tame, 3mih.', 46sec. . Footscray : S.r Hercules. ' Dagwoftli has ~ A receded in tbe bettmg for the Cup. ■ The Jockey who rode the favorite- at the last English Derby has been discovered to be a woman, who was urged by her love for a sporting nobleman to go on the I turf in order to be of service in making 1 up; his betting book. ' - - ° Referring to the scratching of Peeress for the Canterbury Cup, and her; consequent disqualification, the Press says : " The. action of the Canterbury' : - Club will, we feel sure, he endorsed by every sportsman in Canterbury. We do'not care to inquire into the question of who is the. guilty party in ' this very shady transaction ; it is enough to say that a gross insult has been offered to the Jockey Club, and to the whole sporting community of Canterbury, by the withdrawal of Peeress within forty-eight hours of the time of starting for the Cup. We, without any approach, to egotism, may sately affirm that the prestige hitherto held by the Canterbury turf lias been second to none in New Zealand. Up to the present time the majority of our spirtsmen have been men who ran for the spoit alone. Indeed, we recollect a time, not so very long ago, when we were primitive enough to have an annual meeting without the presence of the professional bookmaker, and, so-far as our memory serves .us, the racing, was none the."less pleasurable or exciting on that account. We should be indeed sorry to see the Canterbury racecourse converted into, an arena for the display of the bookmaker's' talent : us would' be, not which was the best hone, but which one was 'meant,' and- which the likeliest to be ' pulled.' Having, as we .always have, had, the'well-being of.the turf at heart, we congratulate the Canterbury Jo«-key Club on the decided stand they.have taken; for, in such a case as this, it is only by the most stringent measures that, to use the words of Sir Hercules Robinson, we can prevent a fine old British,institution from degenerating into a mere instruitieufc of gambling knei speculation:"-' ,In the same issiie ; of : 'the ' Press '_ appears a letter from Mr.' Redwood,, junr., contradicting a report "that the sale of Peeress to Mr.. Waiters was a fictitious one; pointing .out.that he had frequently cautioned sanguine ' backers that she was in the market, and might be sold at any minute; and stating that, he , had nothing to do with the scratching of the mare,, iwhich was done very.niu'ch against his advice. Mr Redwood sold Peeress 'to" Mr. Walters, who scratched her for theVCiipJ iSlie had been heavily backed forit' by the public. . The'impending protest by the owner of Defamation'against Slander in the'. Criterion "Stakes, for hot ck'rrying a penalty, has been withdrawn. '","""'