SPORTING NOTES.

Patea Mail, Volume 1, Issue 48, 25 September 1875, Page 3

SPORTING NOTES.

The famous old English sport—racing—seems at last to have established itself on a firm footing throughout the Australian Colonies, and from the several entries already made for the principal events of the season to bo decided in Dunedin, Canterbury, and Wellington, it is quite ai - parent that the pastime is still growing in favour. Even a small district like Paten is not to bo left behindhand and this year will see its maiden meeting-. Wanganui is going in heavily for the event to be decided on the Wairoa course, but it is our opinion they will receive a hot reception from some of our own horses. The following notes on the coming “ youngsters” is clipped from the Nelson Eceuha; Mail and it is evident that Mr Mcßae has a good horse in Dead Shot, from the i'ae; that Mr Redwood (one of the best judges of horses in the colonies) has now no less than six yearlings out of 9 by the famous son of llavenswortb. Wellington has a respectable progamme for the 7th and Bth of December, the public money amounting to £795. Nominations for the Derby and Cup must be made by the Ist of October. Dunedin comes out strongly this season. The St Andrew’s Meeting has been extended to two days, November 30 and December 1, and the public money advertised is £485. But Dunedin’s great meeting is in the autumn, .March 23, 24, and 25. For these three days’ races £IOSO will be given in the stakes, the plum of the meeting being-, as usual the • Cup, a handicap sweepstake of ten sovs, with 400 sovs added. It is not unlikely tliat some of the best horses in the eo'ony will be reseved for Dunedin, and wo shall not be surprised if a horse or two was sent down from Melbourne to strive for a slice of the pudding, notwithstanding the ill success that has always attended similar ventures. Cheap steam fares would largely increase the number of visitors to the Fori hi ry course. Mr Redwood will have a strong team of horses this season, and if they are as good as-they arc numerous, his winnings should be considerable. At CiiristehiT hj, Warnin', Guy Fawkes, and the three-ycur-ohls Cocksure (Certainty colt), Haruka (Fair Puritan colt), Kauri (Waiinea coir), Liliipna (Shrovetide colt), Tim Chief (Queen of the South colt), and Kuku (Fair Agnes filly), have done steady work during the winter months, and are now in exccll.-nt fettle. At the Stud Farm, Spring Creek, Hercules, half-brother to Malvina, and own brother to Monarc! —[now the property of Mr R. E. Mcßae* and advertised to stand in the Hawera, Mainlinin', and Patea districts this season] —is now in Mr Redwood’s bands, has become more tractable, and is in excellent condition, as also is Nora, a three-year-old filly out of the Same mare, by Towton. Another tbree-year-old is Amohia, by Towton, out of Anticipation, by Ravensworth—dam Coronaria, by Sweetmeat, and a perfect beauty. She is rather email, but very muscular, and promises to reputation of the Sweetmeat blood, which, ] when transmitted through fillies, has often | proved of the very first class, Tlie two-year-olds in preparation at Spring Creek are Puriri, colt out of Waimsa, Maroro, colt out of Fair Agnes (a daughter of Phccbo, by St Atibyu), Taha, filly out of Harakeke (daughter of Waiinea), Queen Moe, out of Queen of the South, Songster, colt out of Skybird, Stirabout, colt cut of Shrovetide, and Amanda, filly out of Malvina’s dam—all by Towton. Several of these youngsters show great promise, and particularly the Waiinea colt, who is being “inquired after.” The yearlings are nine in number, three being by Towton, and the remainder by Dead Shot, now the property of Mr 11. E. Mcßae, Kakaramea. The latter are all colts, and arc a credit to their sire. The Waiinea yearling, Wai-iti, is a filly, rather flat-shied but of great length and height, with excellent legs. The brood marcs at Spring Creek are eleven in number, and Wainui, who is 'to be sent to Traduccf in Canterbury, will i make up a dozen, which is the maximum number Mr Redwood purposes to keep. It is probable that both Waiinea and Toitoi will also be sent to Canterbury to visit Traducer, the fee for whose services is fifty guineas a mare. This is not bad for a horse that could once have been purchased for £6O.