SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1278, 19 February 1883, Page 2

SPORTING.

'—‘———•” ' SPOR'TIJTG GOSBT.r. To-morrow Ami the follow day will be devoted to racing, and business will be in a measure co mpletely dropped.. The acceptances and entries are not so large as were expected, Dutthe racing pronrises to be good For the fiiut event Forest K’mg, VVairarapa, Wild Dayrell and Macaroni are entered, but I certain ly shal? pin my faith to Duyrell, as I think him the best in the Maiden Plato. I shall tip the result to be---Wyld Dayrkll 1 Foheat King ... ~, 2 The Town Plate should make an excellent race between Tim Whiffler, Pircatorious and Virginia Water. This event I think will result as follows— Tnr Wttteri.Eß ... 1. Virginia Water ti , ... 2 The County Stakes Ylandicap is the tiext on the list and will ©xcite a large amount of interest as th© horss/4 are so well known. I expect to see them finish— Cat ~, 1 Treaglagle ~, IU 2 —This however is subject to The Cat being fit, as there are imor* abroad that he is in a queer street. For the Tradei (mens Handicap there will be, if not a largo field, a good race, and it is extremely diffioU It to spot the winner. The horses are well known and require no description. lam of opinion that when it is all over and the numbers up, you will see— Yankee 1 PISCATORJOVS 2 with Morning Star “ meighty adjacent.” For the Selling Race I shall select— Glen fern 1 Barb 2 The Hack Race will conclude the first days sport, and will possibly settle the question as to Aromoho’s and Gundagai’s respective merits. The former is however most fancied. Red Hot-spur.

Yankee, in charge of Bob Gooseman, arrived yesterday, looking remarkably well. “Goosey” complains, however, about his charge being kept out in the Bay for three hours. The Christchurch “ Press ” has the following concerning the approaching Dunedin meeting :—Canard is a hot favourite for the Hurdles at Dunedin, and is backed iu doubles with all the principal horses in the Cup.—lt will be noticed by the quotations below that Bundoora and ing KQuail have hardened considerably for the I 'unedin Cup, whilst Sir Modred will be found a point or two easier. Bundoora continues to find considerable support, but King Quail perhaps has most money behind him. Last week an arrangement was entered into by Messrs Horsford and Butler—the lattar) as we understand, to train the horse for the remainder of the season. The horse was at once backed to win close upon £2600, most of which is in one hnnd. Sir Modred’s retrogade movement is accounted for by him being under offer for sale. Mr Allan McLean, on the 3rd of January, announced that he would dispose of the whole of his stock, wi.h the exception of Vasco do Gama. The horses were sold, and Mr McLean ceased to have the slightest interest in any of them, with the exception of Lonia. He had an interest in her, in as much, as had she won the Wellington Cup, he would have received an additional £5O. A tfnrt.hArn paper bn.® th© following t—- “ What with bad handicapping and scratching, the Wellington Cup this year was nothing short of a farce, and the public as is generally the case, have had to pay the piper. A great deal of dissatisfaction has been expressed at the unsportsmanlike conduct of Louie’s owner disposing of the mare to Mason and Variance at the last moment, and it is things of this kind that bring the turf into disrepute.” Now, this is rather rough, as Mr McLean is not a betting man, nor connected in any way with the metallicians, his heaviest wagers being a suit of clothes. The mare was sold and bought at public auctien and it is unfair to Mr Mckern to impute motives to him which are wrongful and damaging.