SPORTING NOTES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4593, 9 December 1875, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

(By Tipster.) Having succeeded in spotting three out o£ the four events on the card .for the first day o£ the races, I shall give what I think will pull off the various events on the card for the second day. 1 Of course, in naming the winners for the Handicap, I place the horses on the good faith of their starting, so that if they do not start my readers must not blame me should they be inclined to follow my tip and drop their pound, by the horses I have selected not starting. The Maiden Plate was won by Tattler, who ran a great horse considering the state of the course, and proved himself worthy of the confidence that X placed in him, and came like a racehorse ought to come when asked the question. Not so with Punga. She turned it up like the cur she ran at Canterbury, for if she had only struggled a bit when inside the rails she must have won the Maiden; and I have come to my opinion about her, which is that she may win a mile handicap in fair company, but she will never win anything further, with any weight on her, in anything like a field of good horses. Cocksure ran a good colt, but he is a long way off what he ought to be as far as condition goes, and he went stiff and proppy; in fact, he looked out of sorts all over, -and I think his owner will be too good a, judge to knock him about any more this meeting, for with the engagements the colt has got; it would be a pity to spoil his temper by racing him when dead out of form ; for I believe that there is nothing so calculated to spoil the temper of high-classed well-bred youngsters as to ask them to-race when out of condition. Of the other three competitors who started, I can only say it was no disgrace to be beaten by two such colts as Tattler and Cocksure. The Cup turned out the moral I always thought it would be for ‘ Korari with the weight he had to carry, for they could not make him gallop, and if ever he meets anything that really makes him stretch himself with his weight for age up, look out for some fast going, for I believe for his size, combined with his make and shape, he is a clinker ; and then again, he is such a nice bred one. With his Melbourne and Cinzenella blood on the side of his sire, and St. Aubin and Sir Hercules cross on his dam side, he is as full of the best and most fashionable running blood as any horse this side of the Line, and I am afraid Mr. Redwood will be a. long time before he will get another sire to nick with his maxes like old Tow-ton was just beginning to do. Templeton ran the good game little horse he has always proved himself, hut it was out of the question to ask him to beat Korari at the weight, Guy Fawkes was not wanted, so that it is no use saying much about him, and his running third Idonot take any heed of, for had he been the selected one of . the stable X feel certain he would have quite justified the confidence placed in him. Old Tam had no show of the race at his weight, so just came out to show himself to the public, and take a breather to open his pipes a bit. He did a bit of a scramble past the stand, but it was only for a moment, for it is all nonsense for his present owners to try and make the stewards believe that Tuesday’s running was Tam’s true form. And I am inclined to think that if they try much of that game with him, they will find instead of getting much weight off his back that he will get something on it that will not require his attendance at any more meetings in New Zealand. The Selling Race turned out a selling race in every respect, and, as I said in my first day's remarks, the sooner they are done away with the better. On what grounds thestewards disqualified Castillian I am at a loss to understand. All that can be said is that they came up on the outside of the course, which was caused by both horses coming wide round the turn coming into the straight, (and if the stewards do not get it altered 1 m afraid there will be a lot of young horses that will not come into the straight at all). But that does not constitute a jostle, and I aiu sure (m justice be it said) that little Albert Lyford 13 too good and straightforward a nder to take any unfair advantage of another rider. I nave seen him ride a good many races, and feel quite confident that he took no unfair advantage in any oneTrespect during the race, and that if I'iretail lost the race it-was not by any unfair riding on his part; andl amfurther at aloss to understand on what grounds the stewards arrived at their decision. The Provincial Plate brought a pretty good field to the post, but amongst them there were what are called “ mm ones to look at but good ones to go,” and Phoenix may be classed amongst that sort, for she led at a pretty good pace for about a mile and a quarter, when Premier and Flora McDonald gave her the goby, and the light weight managed to laud the Provincial stake pretty easily in 3m.—not a

bad performance considering the state of the opening event of the second day s racing is the Hutt Park Handicap, one and a-half miles, and taking it for granted that they will keep Guy Fawkes for the big event, I shall place Templeton 1 ; Tattler. 2 ; Princess Derby , comes next, and had the weather been whaf I call good, and the cour.ehard, I should have looked forward for what I call. treat in the race for the hluenhhon of Wet lington, between Daniel O Korke, Kora , and Fishhook; but of course a fast race not iter the heavy and continuous ram we have had. and still continue to get will be out of the question. fhat Daniel first-rate colt nobody for one instant can doubt' He ran a good horse in the. Canterbury Derby and a greater colt m *L Cup so that he has got plenty of pace and can stay • but I think he will meet one m Korari that is his master at both things, and were the race at two miles and a-quarter, at weight for age, I should look no further for the°winner than the latter, but not having seen Korari with Bst. 101 b. on his back, I must give the pride of place to Daniel. But still that does not say that Korari will not win it, far he may be able to carry his Bst. 101 b. better than the Irishman, only that be is a small horse, and the weight may just stop Tnm Fishhook failed to beat Korari in the Christchurch Plate with 101 b. difference, so that I think Korari will beat him. Pungawerewere only ran third to Darnel and Fishhook in Christchurch at the weights, so that she can have no show whatever; and from what I have seen of Banker and Voltaire, they are in too good company, so that 1 shall place them —Daniel O’Rorke, 1 ; Korari, 2 ; Fishhook, 3. _ . For the Jockey Club Handicap, I shall place—Guy Fawkes, 1; Tambourini, 2 ; Templeton, 3. '