SPORTING NOTES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4169, 31 July 1874, Page 7

SPORTING NOTES.

All New Zealand sporting men romcmhcrthat Mr. Redwood sent his splendid horse Manuka to Melbourne about five or six years ago, having entered him for the Melbourne Cup. The horse mot with an accident, and did not start, and since that time ho hiis boon at the stud in Victoria. Since then wo have heard little or nothing of his stock ; but from the entries made with the Victoria Racing Club lost month, there is every probability that we shall soon have plenty; of opportunity of judging of Manuka’s qualities as a sire. By the Australasian of the 20th of Juno wo notice that amongst the entries for the St. Logon Stakes for three-year old colts and fillies, there is the name of Mr. Hurtle Fisher’s b f Troy, by Manuka, exit of Fair Ellen. Xu the Mares’ Produce Stakes, to be run in October, 1877, for three-year olds, the produce of mares entered in 1873, there are no less than eighteen entries.of colts and fillies who claim Manuka as their she, For tho benefit of those who take

an interest in the matters we give their names : —Mr. N. A. Wilson’s Pelle Ramie and Deception, Mr. R. Roderick’s Arabella, Mr. T. Sawyer’s Psyche, Mr. P. Henty’s Mayday and The Jewess, Mr. S. P. Winter’s Beguine and Gadabout, Mr. W. Learraonth’s Dagmar, Briseis, Chatterbox, Thyra, Delight, Dewdrop, Evelyn, Chatelaine, Stanza, and Darkness There are over two hundred nominations for the Mares’ Produce Stakes.”