SPORTING MEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 291, 2 November 1875, Page 2

SPORTING MEMS.

Twenty-six horses are entered for the "Wellington Cup, which' must be hrgbly gratifying to the sporfclovera of the Empire City. The weights were published by us a week since, and acceptances have to be declared on Monday next — two days before the Canterbury Meeting, where all the principal horses are likewise engaged. We regard it as a serious mistake that the weights for the Wellington Cup should have been published just prior toa great meeting, where the large majority of the horses entered for it will figure, and a further blunder to compel owners fo accept on the very eve of the Metropolitan meeting. It is a short-sighted arrangement. A few more pounds may be got out of owners of horses to help reimburse thjb. Club its 200 soys. stake, but the race and the meeting, will suffer. -„- The weights for the T.C..T. Handicap, to be run on the lOfch, have been so : closely/ copied, even to their evident blemishes, by the Wellington handicapper, that it is virtually asking the horses defeated at Jiiccarton to run- again a month later afc the Hutfc op the same conditions. The penalties for success in handicaps at Canterbury may stop the winners, but what inducement will there be for unplaced horses to; ; travjel

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td Wellington to encounter assured defeat? Twelve out of the twenty^six Horses entered are three-year-olds, and the majority maidens. It is quite impossible =to satisfactorily ~ adjust weights for young and untried horses Canterbury plan Has been to assume $>£ youngsters are better than the/tried horses. Ranolf has to give 41bs each to Tambourini and Tempkjljon, 61bs to King Phillip, lOlbs to Guy Fawkes, 13lbs to Hercules, L7lbs to Tadmor, and 19Ibs to Eory O'More ! The other three-year-olds are let in on 3lba to slbs" better terms. It isquite possible that a dark three-year-old may prove a better animal that Ranolf, or that Eory Q'More, , whese laat yaara' Tac^ns &t liunedin and Chriatcburch belied his , Viotoriaa repatailoo, may, now that he baiiTeeoverad.froia his sea voyage, retrieve Jtis character, aod, favored as he is, Van away with both races. The Canterbury handicapper can plead ignorance of the real choraoter of the majority of his horees, and the impossibility of learning it. A little delay in publishing the weights for the Wellington Cup, and a handicap might have jbaea- Crsraed that would have insured a Urge numbQr of acceptaac.es and a good field of horses. Canterbury being 'the' first meeting of the season, the handicapper had necesearily, m a jn>aaure, to work in the dark; bat why the r Wellington Jockey Club preferred darkness to light is difficult to understand. Had the weights been withheld ontil after (he close of tbe Canterbury meeting, the Wellingtonia'na would still have had nearly a month during which to speculate. : The ; Cadterbory papers have frequeot noticea of traioing proceedings at Riccarton. Mr Redwood, ootwithatundiqg. his sale of Kauri, The Chief, and Babbit, is believed to have a strong team, " Sinbad," in tbe Weekly Preis, aays^— " On my last visit to the course a deal of work: was done. . Ted Cutts, as usual, was the first to show up, and sent Guy Fawkes and Korari (the Harekakt colt), both stripped, ' a mile md "a half on the plough. Guy went very strongly, and will beat more this meeting than will beat him! I fancy his 'chance 4 for C. J C. very much. Korari performed fairly, and is pretty .(or ward; in conditiob, bat he will never bq « flyer. Twitter (the Sky bird filly) 'did a 'good '■■ serviceable gal lor) obce round by herself. She moves well, but I cannot fancy her "Derby chance much. I expect a light weight and a short .distance ia more her forco. Blue Grass, the big mare, by Traduoer, our of Tassock, and the Certßioty coU (Cocksure) were treated to a strong gallop once rpund; the latser stripped. Blue Grirass is a mare weight will not trouble much, and has a tremendous stride, but th& scarcely appeared lo advantage • alongside" Cocksure, who I look upou as the most promising colt in the team. He ateidea away in grand' style, and 'Pm much mistaken if he does not turn put a /clicker. ; After aq interval of ftbopt a© hhourr r Qj|n O'Brien's trio pat In an appearance, and old Tara went about three milas^ with the clothing 00, Fiahook (stripped) accompanying : him the greater part of the journey. They finished 'op "at" a good pace, and Tarn palled up sound and well. It is quite on the cATde, if Pan keepi the ojd horse right, that he may ha^ve anojher ;o«t io tbia meetiog, for Tarn has done * lot of workand improves fast. Rory O'More and King Phillip > went ia steady gallop three times round the plough, Eory stripped^ The latter is quite a idifferGn^lookiog borae from the animal who came down here for theAatudin meeting, He has vjiatered well, and the feet" hal done him a lot of " good. He has not finished shedding his coat ye|j -w>ich giver him rather b fagged look, bnt he moves freely and ii?elH andif he be anything like as fast as. they maka bim out, he ought to be smongat tbe flrst flight for tha C.J.C. King PbUip has lengtheoed and improved greatly, but in work he is a regular loafer. Tm fold in a race he runs, frejir^ , The , oqU is well byed enough ; for any thing, and seems, from whS^ we "nive - seen of him, to come at tbe right end of a race. I fancy he ongbt -to"ba ivery; near about for the Cop. Bob Ray, who had stripped some of his, lot in; tbe road, najtt turned Up. -and, starred Satanelle, Daqiel O'fcourke, aad Tattler (Deception colt) in company it a good Ipace. They went once round,. Tattler leading for about half., the distance, . when Dan went ap and seemed to hava rather the best of it coming home { Satanella so»rp9ly;impreased:one very favorably. r Tbeyv gp ; cgrtainl? in all. forms, but at present I don't like hers much. . Bob then sent Sonoambulft and Tommy God^d a"Bteady perspirer twice round, dnlshing «p at a good pace The mare went strongly and well. Mr Webb's team otski showed. Slouch (which I believa is the name of the Gitaaa filly) went a strong gallop by herself. She gets over the ground like a bird, and fit and well she ought to be One of the best «f> the Bash Inn string. The Pbasbe coU and Caatilian, both stripped, did a good serviceable gallop once round, tbe former not going quite so freely aa I should like to see him. Mr gbaud'e pair, Blair Athol and Cloth of Gold, went a steady turn of about a mile and a half, both going well. Kauri was out, bat only did walking exercW, the Chief was in physic, >nd SQ.was Mr Lqod'« Nectar."; ' Beldw' is given the allowance .which every bbree in the Wellington Cap is to ' receive : from his or her racing weight, and the an adjoining column are the allowance which iae same hora« wa to ge£ la ibe feandwap at

Christchun h t the distance, two miles, being the same :—

Allowance Allowance In Wellington In Cup. C.J.C.H. lb?. lbs. Baolf,3yra 1 2 Tambourini, aged ... 3 S Temrl-ton,syra ... 7 6 Kauri. 3 yru ... ... 7 5 HaphazarJ, apel ... 9 King Phillip, 4 yrs ..9 8 The Chief, 3 yre ... 9 7 Blair At hoi, 3 vra ... 9 Cloth of Gold, 3 yra ... 9 C eksure, 3 jra ... 9 7 Korara, 3 yra 9 Puogawerewere. 3 yra..,, 9 7 Folle Farine, 3 yrs ... 9 7 Gay Fnwkee, 4yw ... .10 IH j Castilian 3 yrs ... 12 lo Banker, 3 yra 12 j Vottairine, 3 yrj ... 13 Beroules, 4 yra 15 15 Tadmor, 4 yrs 17 19 Corneiia, 3 yrs 13 Glenavy, 4 yrs Id Maid of the Mountain, _ yw 19 Rory O'More, aged ... 20 21 Voltaire, 4 yra 21 Princess Mary, 4 yra ... 24 Tommy Dodd, aged ... 28