SPORTING NOTES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 35, 7 February 1876, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

, .**» ' - TBE ptNEDIN CUP. ' ; yy^ 'NeWcZealan-d'Sjigrea.fc^handicapa^^ the DuriMitf Gup? 6f>400 soys, will ibe ■-. Jrun on Thursday the v *2&ifr,oi; /Marchy^ jabd /twenty^sev.? ; n ; li6r-/e|; : oufc' o*t fcjrtf- f 'f\ ,tlireeentei*ed, : baye paidy/S/soys . ea'ch^J being the first/ moiety, of r the sweep-/ stakei ;-'TKe stake -at present 'amounts * ,therefpW/tq &E»5 soys';.' find as at least al/ dozen 7 wi11 7 pay /the- final r deppßi^Jtije ! winner -will net about 4540.- $50. going . -to r the second horse': **'* . ;;u7,; . , ' ./There' are; several rea/sons for" believing. thai. ,^ Cup of this^yeair'.^ilj 1 bei! r the greatest race Otago -has/ seen: since* 1 ./ Ladybird -'*-carried* off ithe "Champion' Race from Mormon, in 1863. Since ) the pForbury course -was opened, not- ■ withstanding the* tempting stakes, the . meetings^ have : riot been all -that could , be. desired.-; 'In. /1874,. the .great : superiority, cjf . Lurline, .and Calumn y"to the other' horses they/ met, deprived the ■meeting --qf its interest j and last*yea*v although the librses^were 'more evenly matched, there was nothing to cope with Ten^p^eton., T r This <year, there is quite a crop'J .of/ thjpe-y eear-olds,r r -olds, very superior to those which made their debut last season. Thirteen of the acceptors, .being nearly one-half ,,prf r the whole number^; are of tii is 'juvenile age^ four*are. four year's i old, four five years old, and tho remainder aged. In the following list of acceptors, the horses are placed according to: the weights the^wiljlcarry^relative- to tbeir weight, forage, anci KorarYand DariH b'ftourkfS both three year oils, bead the/ list, making large. cpncessipnß-- to all the others. From the past performances of these colts, it. waa to be* expected they" would' have htive to/ pay. the i pen illy of tbeir successesV/and/the handicapper has not spared (hem.. /For Kornri to - sive *'- ; 161 b?, 1 and /Dantel O'JJoUfke^lbs, to a horsetfke'Templeton in ii rhc^e of over two tjniies,, and resp^ctivelyTiSibsj/and iTlbs, ;to"£3lbs and 19ibs to a lot of three year bjda as* well bred* as themselves several of wboa\ have ran creditably when in their best form, looks at first like weighting those two colts out of the race. Then the two Dunedin horses, King Phillip, and Rory O'More, the oue gelting ist 7lbs 'from Daniel, and the bther'2st slb, their weights, considering thereputation they brought froni Victoria, should more than satisfy their owner. The lumps of. weight given to -the. aged division, including. one three-year ojd, reaching to iipwardt*} of 4gt., is re^liy7a;bßurd.' Few of*, these wilfcjgo* to fchejpjpej, and they

.7 can^hlyf^hyifaem entered to awell the £5 /•eaofi to the stake. - ■

7 *^^^7;l^tfdieap;7h blemishes, 7/-^uWtbjiSfle /are largely attribu table to ■77?iho77erVpr^^ 7^efor/el.7the /yVelliugton and Auckland 7?7m§eVipg.Bi,7s*iFyhieh/threw• additional light: y ipia///tlie/bapalylities/of: aeveral of the : fV/feprees/Tengaged^ aiid brought out fresfi j »/***qne"^ handi- ■ "^^a^.peir;Kad,^'7w.a« f the Christchurch I ' M^ fin November, ! f.7v7b6i^.4&^ in the season to ; ./aa'an*infelliblb/^uide/ as will be • ./^s^v/^t^orburjNf 7. What would*, the'j r;>EugHih Jockeyf^Jub..think of/publish- \ / f iiig/the yyeightß.for the autumn /handi- * capsbeforqthe summer races had taken biaSyeU for /the club] :^*Pl-^rJ?.^®^^Mi ":^' •fttf'd"'"- i& future delay j *///thje/7 publication 'of the weigh ts. for / As air: instance /o/ what j fffinigbtl^ 7f^^ii]^^3r'J/oif *3[anuary, Guy Fawkes j /7f.ita<i/^(_^ I //for thie Publioinß'/ I!Purso at a difference' pof-''2Bs,^ Cup i ¥■[the} difference in weight between the: 7 /t3\ime7horsesia 3st f4lbsi The bolting \ yfjaf^th-a^/three7-year,...ql/d prevented the! PfMmi!^6flmi_if'^i\t ~ being /seen, but as; v/iithe/ colt/efift^d, ;greaj;; pace in thei / /JJerJby: (in^ which also he bolted) :it is / v/dlearfhe will be no mean opponent at 7/7/Fctrßiify\ 7 wheite a fenced course will /7Vteep/hin-t-.attaigbfc----;7 ; - ; no causalities occur, Mr Red-; /fvvdo'df.wiil probabiy jtart two out of three '• //pf;his-teaßa*-^Ambhia and Korari, oi* the 7f filly' arfd/Guy, as be may see fit; Mr, *I)elamain will^do the Bame—Templeton; ////iand one off his fillies; Fishhook aiid! /Tattler are -both in the race at: their 7 weights^ to go to tbe; ;7poßi^as7*^iir7l*i^ f Tadmor; !7'7may7 start'ft6/f/K<sp.' his 'brother Daniel _./OJ^Quiik.e,7and" Cocksure, who has been ;'/s^ be in exr vperienced hands, and attempt, to make.' T^gtM -/the r6putation be h'ad^ early in the -two lqcaLhorses, .favored! y^p^Hey/^ face ihe starter, and [ ;many fri -inds,/and this I thiuk; ;'7-7ejcha'us'tß;this last^ of probable runners, ' /;|%tolessVthe M'errymaoflUy and,old Atlas; ./ increases This would make! ;7 ia fibld of .fifteen, which I fancy will, not; r/7f^^*sceed/^he; actual/, number '' Mv\ f 7George tbodson will despatch on their! P£r.rssd;'P':: / ■'.." ..:/*; Y'.f./7To'|B.elebt/a<winiier'in such an open; ./field' is not an eaßy matter. ;Mr Red-J /./:■fyfodd'a. stable 7 will be warmly supported,/ and Athohia isa hot -favorite/ though/ .;sbe.bas,never raced. ..This filly is aj. /r'daughter;-.'of Towton, oiid/of a Ravens-/ wor/tn^ mare, her dam (imported) by! p f Sweetmeat. She has great po wer and; ••^isfflf really beautiful filly, showing a gpbdl ./-deal of the Sweetmeat character, whilej /|fhef*doubie strain of Touchstone blood,' ;/-which usually nicks successfully with; 7/j.tlie Melbourne cross, makes Amphia one* ■gl.the most fashionable bred animal in! k^^tjie.cplony.;/ Whether Korari will start •'"*witn/his great weigi t (increafeed s!bs| /by; winning the Wellington Cup) is' doubtful, thongh it may riot be safe to/ ft^st tbvGuy Fawkes as a second string! // as he/is hardly op to Bat lllbsjor two! £mjl^ tired in (he! '///'•Aupkjand. oup-->jrith;Bsfc. Bl.bfß, f though a; / distance shorter than the race in! ;.i'questiod. For Daniel O'Rpurke's chaboe; 71^ 7 r haye no. strong fsmcy, as it is! /whether he has speed suf7to 7 win a great handicap,! f- Weighted: as be is. Templeton will| /not/stay the distabce, at the'pace the' - face^wili be ruo, but Fishhook, Tattler,-. • and Cocksure are all dangerous, aa also fialsaao Walton. Mr Delamain'i filies; ,/-'^'iH.iSbt'; *baVe a ahbwj and Eing;PhHlip s>|in(i ;Rpry must run better ihan they! * haVe ever yet done in New Zealand :toj ikeep .thb. great stakes: south of the! Waitaki. The three I/will name Tor! pla^b/shall /be Mr Redwood's belt—: •probably'A'mdhia, Tattler, and Isaac) 7*/.Waltoo,' and next to theße Fishhook,^ , ;/^-jnier O'Rourke, and Templeton./ the race 'something may pfo4 /bably occur to lead me to modify these ! 7;-^ieWß./,; !. ff.'-f.: "1- '■' .- :*. . A pleasant little,meeting will beheld Jn Marlborough on the 16th and47th iost-jnt, and sportsmen who can spare fa few/days could not do better than go /down to Picton by the Ladybird on <'Monday,! the 14tb, and return by the ■?: jTaupo oil the following Friday. There; //ls.afgbqdf entry for the Cup, and al/though thb horses are not iirst ciass, "7^ i/ft/Z/A/great loss has been.sustained by! -"in; the/death, of, Dag worth, Australian horses; f:;7|jb^^j^^.*raii^in •*. ;the' ph/anipibn/Race /K'jfpn^fNew:"TMr's/Pay,/and/ poet wiih an. ff .f^-^^^^ag^t^^ by Yattebdon,;' fy e-^^/fSir! ;.;Hefbuieflk i oUtLJa/f: !Natdiit»/.

whose maternargrund dam wasan Artib. For heavy weights anil / J long /distances j ,tbere?have b-^en few better hprsesi j»t*d ] he Would have been a- valuable aniuialj ;at;the'stud. ;'■ ? } 'fp ■■."; k : -kk -'f'-Xp ! .1 /jftm'/giad tbf^eee the}/^ros[ij-^Qit !of.!ai liberal subsoripAioij toward/the Nelsp.n I Race Meeting, intended to be held fob i tbe course/ at Stoke at iho latter bud : of April./ A programme of.the two days/ sport will shortly be published^' : *!'. '.- *!'*-"CHEVAIi*7-

A-*. ■"' AAV .•---' AXVZ -*?>■■■'-■'; '■-.--.:. -, Above racing*' ' -A^'-f-AAA'A yy-AAAy -..->-'* -.- * -wfeight. 0 vKaroli, 8 yra (inbiuding Slbs penalty) 11 lbs .;-- r ''''_^^i6i-0-U^rk^3y_».U.' A«*'. .-— 7 V < -. ' ' *A... .. •■-*.. .Below raoltig -. '.A.y A-'AyA '■:■■--': * ■•■ *■-- .• ;"--*.. .-•--•- weiglitA ,Guy)F4wkeßi 4yra ... . ... : .'_.--'■ ' ;3ib. . -Kiitihpo_%-3:yr» -\_ _ .-' ... > ... 4 • „ ATempreto_ij-5/yrß «. **> *•..-.* ..... 5„ ';'*^ratt!er, ! B.vra . *.'..•;*" "-.-. ... ■ ... ... ti;,,"- --■• /Cocksure, :3;.yro__.. '•;.. : ...i ...-. 7„ Amohia, 3 yrs .*..*■ .... ._ ... * ... ,8-v v.Clc.thjbf,Qold^B yra ;,..._, v.. ... 9„ AFa^y^isX^colt X__e_aa6 Walton), 3 yrs 9 „ ; ' Punga^ete-ifref e, 3 yrs... ... ... io „ Tv"^^^^^^'^^^' "■"*'.... ,i. ... 12 „ * iKmgPliinip; 'Z&ytay !'.« A- ••"• I *>» ATtidmor, 4 yrß .;» ... ... •<• 1-* v _. ABlaiV Afhol, 3 y w ... 16 „ aged ".'.... ... -• -... 26;,, tkMerrymttp filly, T 8 yrs ... - . ... ... 27*,, fi^Kigfit Bower, aged ... ... ... 34 „ „ ... '...'• 41 y. AcSeamatrcißSj Z&'j-ra- ""._. ... . ... --46%, -. _ Bi£_WilHaihj 5 yrs ... ... ... "... , 47",, A Gattjpcock, agedi? -'yV '.'••." A ...'.;.. -48 „ iA ; lSierry. Monarch, aged ... ... ... 48 „ A^FrfeOs^onißS "6; yrs;. "*_»; -'*■ W ■' * .:...;. '■"...'..'< 48 „ . .vsyNeboo^-lish, s.yrs '.'--- • ... - . ... ... 49 „