SPORTING NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1655, 11 March 1886, Page 2

SPORTING NEWS.

1 THE i; MUSKET STOCK. I

Very general gratificatibh' will-4)e fe|t ; throughout the colony at the newsjtHat aNew Zealand bred horse has w6n the 1 Chainpipn. Stakes. y The Hon. J. Wjhite must be bo'tlT the luckiest man and! the; judge of horseflesh m the colonies, ' 4o6kln£at^ilve'xcraofd/haf y^sdecessefl' m oH^bewohflrNsiue. j Th4', three Musket colts Martini- Henry, ppiv 1 ' denfeldtj; andt Matcli^ck, purchased • 'by him at different times from the {New Zealand Stud_ Company, have between tliem won almost every one of the imbst 1 stakes m Australia, includfmgf [thol/4J^.:"|)ei)y, $fejl.^.j!D.l.l)erbjr (twice), the Melbourne Cup, the V.R'.Gi St. Legjsr (tjrice). ihe Hawkesbury QiiiHelals 'Wd>ilhe«6Hanlpion Slakes. Matchlock, who on Saturday put the seal on M.usfeet'&twe/as/ajiiifarjan .fiW, i times as a two yearfOld .and twice, his^yictories ; being An ;the,-pDr4al , Slakes,; and the Nursery Handicap ait the' A; J.G. J^ut^oiiij Meeting/ He met with an ao" cidenf m the early p*arfc of this season, and did pot run m an j of the' great events of the spring. It is very rcrn.%rk.v ableith&t just.as Nqrdenfeld^ .who was reckoned $. certainly ; ±orj the.' St. Leger, and Champion, breaks down, Matchlock; > another -of Mr. White's team, sbouldf jhs troughjtibut in.suoh' prui 'a^' td'te;able to win both those' events. — Post. ■