SPORTING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1279, 20 February 1883, Page 2

SPORTING.

POVERTY BAY TURF OLUB’fl ANNUAL MMTING.

(Per Pigeon Express,) The weather being unpropitious, it was thought flirt the attendance would be small, uut as shortly afterwards the sun, if not in its usual resplendency, mr nagod to peep its head through the clouds, and the attendance on the course clearly proved that those who cared nought for the weather had confidence, either In the clerk who keeps account of the Astronomical state of affairs, or Sam Stevenson's proverbial good luck, as there was a fair attendance. The arrangements were excellent, and the booths did a busy trade throughout the day. The usual " pop it down’’ gentlemen were of course in attendance, and the enclosure echoed and reechoed with “two to one, bar one,” and “I’ll lay you a level fiver.” The gentlemen who had undertaken the various duties appertaining to a race meeting, acquitted themselves admirably. Mr Pritchard, in a carefully arranged red jacket, stove pipe hat and blue veil, acted as Clerk of the Course, and did his work well. The Band, under the guidance of Mr T. Fatam, discoursed sweet music during tbe day, and all went merry as a marriage bell, notwithstanding that the ground was sloppy. The course was soft, but the precautions taken bore good fruit, as horses tn training were not permitted to gallop on it for some few days prior to the meeting, and this preserved it in good condition. The first race was the—

Maiden Plate of 30sovs., weight for age, distance one mile and a half. J. Carroll’s Forest King (Honor) 1 H. Potae’s Wairarapa (Robinson) ... 2 Wild Dayrell was scratched. The horses got away to a fair start, and kept well together for the first three-quarters of a mile, when Macaroni was baked. The race between Forest King and Wairarapa for first place was closely contested, but the former was in better form. Town Plate of 75 so vs., two miles, weight for age. M. H. Smith’s Tim Whiffler 1 A. McDonald’s Virginia Water ~. Q

—Piscatorious was scratched for this event. Virginia Water and Tim Whiffler were the only two that went to the post, and were sent away by the starter at a slow cantor. After a short distance had been traversed, Virginia Water was pulled up, leaving Tim Whiffler to win, thus spoiling that which might have been a good race. County Stakes Handicap of 30 sovs for first horse, and 10 sovs for second horse ; for all horses bred in the County of Cook. M. H. Smith’s Luck’s All (Harries) ... 1 J. Carrol’s Ericthoneus .., 2 G. Burnand’s Cat a

Tregeagle waa no where. This was a good race. There was one false start. They at last got away and kept well together, until about half a mile from home, when a splendid race ensued between Luck’s All and Ericthoneus, both whipping hard. There were 106 subscribers oh the Totalizator, 26 being on the winner.

Tradesmen’s Handicab of not less than 100 sovs.; top weight not to exooezd 10st, distance, 1J miles. W. Tatham's Romeo ~, ... J T. E. R. Bloomfield’s Piaoatious 2 T. Ruddock's Yankee 3

A false start. After a little humbug they f;ot away, The Star being last. Yankee ed the whole of the way, until within half a mile from home, when Piscatoriua went to the front, and maintained the load until close on the winning poet, Romeo rushed to the front and won a good race, both under the whip.Jthe rest nowhere. 156 on the toteBeater—3s being on Romeo. Tips far the Seconfi Days Rmii. (By Bbd Horsren.) The ball opens with the Hurdle lUee, and were the horses all to start I think I could without difficulty spot the winner. Romeo, it is said will probably not face the fief, and Morning Star is also rumored to be fa the same division. Ruahine has not put fa an appearance, and Director is about u fit as one of Mr Adams’ toy horses, The race la then virtually left to— Highland Fling J Wild Dayrell 2 The Hack Hurdle Race la the next event but as It Is not known whet horses are going to start, it is impossible to supply tne information our readers no doubt desire. Aromoho is the favorite however and should he go he will probably make it warm for Gundagai. For the Publican Puree seven of the cracks are nominated, but as the weights will be declared after the Standard goes to press, I can't spot the winner. Weight, like blood, will tell. Of the Hack Race I shall say nothing, except that if Aromoho is the horse he u reputed to be there is nothing else fa it. The Turanga Stakes Handicap I fancy will fall to the lot of Virginia Water, closely followed by Yanhee. I fancy that the first and second will finish as I have named them, unlese Morning Star and Romeo are reserved for the event. I shall, however, place them— Virginia Water 1 Yankee 2 Duaedla @up AeoiptaaoM. (per united press association). DUNEDIN, Thio Day. Ths following are the final acceptances for the Dunedin Cup :— Sir Modred, 9st 61b ; Bttndoera (faeluding penalty), Bst 61b ; Lady Emma, Bst 81b ; Welcome Jack (including penalty) Set 41b ; Salvage, Bst 31b ; Somnue, 7st 91b ; King Quail, 7st 81b ; Envy Filly, 7st 41b ; Poet, (ineluding penalty), 7st 71b ; Adamant, 6st 71b ; Sir Garnet, 6st 71b ; Jilt, Sot 71b.

Bundoora is scratched for all engagements. Don Juan has been scratched for the Hurdle Race. Duxudia Ouv Bettlag. The following are the latest quotations for the Dunedin Cup last night 2 to 1 agst Bundoora 4to 1 Salvage sto 1 Sir Modred 6to 1 Lady Emma 100 to 15 King Quail 100 to 15 Welcome Jack 100 to 17 Somnus 100 to 10 Envy Filly 100 to 7 The Poet 100 to 7 Adamant 100 to 3 Sir Garnet 100 to 2 The Jilt

A woman named Alice Allen, a member of the demt-monde in Melbourne, h«a been sentenced to three months imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for shocking cruelty to a child, The child was a girl of five yean old, who had been adopted by the accused, The evidence was to the effect that the woman had deliberately, in a fit of passion, thrown the child out of bed, its head coming violently in contact with a washstand: ' and one witness said : “ I saw her bite the child, and lift it from the floor with her teeth. I told her to leave the child alone, when she said she would do 'the same to me.” The doctor who treated' the child deposed that when she was brought him SMI had about 20 bruises on her body, that she had seven or eight bites from taeuor teeth on her shoulder ana buttocks, and that though she was not suffering any injuries which would cause death, she had been most shamefully beaten. The Kawhia correspondent of the Waikato “ Times " writes“ Mr Rdgeeumbo is ptoceeding rapidly with the surveying of ths Government land for the purposes of a township. The Natives of the Ngatimahuta tribe are extremely angry with the membtee of the Ngatihikairo tribe for having lent their assistance to Captain Fairchild fa the buoying of the harbor, and Te Ngakau threatens to punish them for it when the other chiefs of the Ngatimahuta tribe return from their Southern trip with King Tawhiao. The sites which have been reserved in the Kawhia township for the Post Office and school occupy two elevations fa the centre of the Government land. The main street, which it has been proposed shall be called Brycestreet, has been laid off one chain and a naif in width, It has also been proposed that the land should be surveyed as far aa low water mark, with the object of ultimately reclaiming that portion which is now covered with water at high tide.” As little truths keep coming out, we begin to. see that there was some very funny soldiering in Egypt. At the fight at KaaoaMfa, the Household Cavalry—it being dark—didn’t clearly know what they were doing. After charging through the enemy and back again, they seem to nave got a little mixed up. At any rate, when it was all over, our gallant cavalry were found to have received a good many sword cuts, and—the enemy had no swords. Having thus sobrod thur opponents—and themselves—they rode back exultingly to the British linss and then—lt being still dark—they were very nearly killed by their friend. A regiment had actually deployed on purpose to fire, and was on the point of doing so when the mistake was found out.

At the annual conference of Engliah cricketers, held at Lords, groat pleasure WM expressed at the brilliant success of the Hon. Ivo Bligh’s team. Apropos of the match in New South Wales, in which Mr Leslie scored 144, Punch has the following stanza (air, ‘•Nelly Bly") Ivo Bligh had a shy At Australian sticks, Scored like fun, gave them one Of the neatest licks. Hi, Ivo ! ho, Ivo t Britons breathe once more, While they fill to your skill And Leslie’s spankfag score. Ivo Bligh, England's eye Murdoch fairly wiped; Leslie’s “gross" retrieves our loss, How he must have swiped. Hi, Ivo, ho, Ive! Stick to it .‘—you will, Not for “ crow," just to show England's "in it" still. Female clerks fa the Melbourne Poet Oflfoe do not seem altogether a sueceee. A eorrii* pendent of the Argue complain! that thi ladies apparently regard the public aa their enemies, and give them their etamM M tf they were aggrieved at being asked for them,

Two ways of “ melting a cheque " have I been Illustrated fa recent owes in Adelaide, > One man indulged in a four weeks’ bOttt, ■ which terminated fatally i another bMIUMti after a long spell of work, took a trip to England, arrived fast aa the Australian cricketers were the Mroes of the day; MMi a month fa England, retarnrd to Adelaide with £8 fa hit pocket, and roaumed hie buah life. There are msny signs (writes a Kami Mar) of the feel approachfag disaalntiM « th* Turkish Empire. Austria, Russia; MM <W many are beginning to wrangle ameng ea£i 1 other aa to the manner fa which the ( territory is to ba .divided. Kenoe the about the visit of M. Oiars to PrinM Sta 1 march end his marked attention te the Pepo. Germany doee not want any part of the Bub 1 tan's dominions. But if Austria pushes od to the Boepheras, Prince Bismareh la reeolvud to advenes all the way te THette, Rdolfa will not be satisfied with extension merely in Asia, trance, the nation which should not be confounded with Bourse-rings, is pacffie. She is indifferent te what goes on fa Tenu and in Egypt. But were Germany to eud‘ denly extend herself from the Baltic to ths Adriatic we might expect the French to mis in a claim for the provinces- lost in 1870-7!. It io therefore to bo feared that the disruption of the Turkish power will be a eigne! for military strife on the Continent. The following io a recipe for destroying vermin on fowls s—Fill tbe bowl ef a largo clay pipe with tobacco, insert the stem under the feathers of the fowl, and blow the omoke into the feathers, changing the petition ef the pipe, so that all the feathers are thoroughly impregnated with the smoke. This is best done at night. Stop the procoM if the fowl shows any signs of k-nmnfag stupefied by the smoke. Anvone caUfar aT the Standard Office can see exactly toe sort of pipe to be used. It io twenty-two years old, and as black as a black cat fa fa a dark collar. We will forgive the henwife who gets within four feet of it. The stapefaotiea of the fowls would be as nothing compared with the remarkable effect which would bo produced on the olfactory organs of tike misguided dame. The Wesleyan ministers in and . •round Sydnev have come to a resolution—“ Thai the spirit of our laws and the ussmo of our church from the commencement of its history are condemnatory of the practice of dancing. John Tobin, ex-Pretident of the Hudson River railroad, formerly a millionaire and a man whose operations set the Stock tatimp fa an uproar and influenced speculations all over the country, has become an utter, wreck physically aa well as financially. K« was arrested fa New York recently for drunkenness. “ Peeping Toms " have a slender stance among the strong-minded Maori female a, as is shown by the following extract fnom a contemporary :— *■ A scamp who concealed himself in ambush at the Orona river, near Awahuri, and watched the tnovementa of a number of Maori girls who went to bath e fa the river, had a very rough time of it w hen they discovered him. They surrounded him dragged him to the river, beat him qzith sticks, and but for the timely arrival on the . scene of a policeman, the probability is tl'iat the infuriated dusky maiden would have pitched him into the water. Mr Bryce is reported to have promised hie latronage to a Native race meeting to be leld at Kopua on the 6th March next. 111natured people are wondering if he w.ill “enter” on the white steed he used Jit Parihaka.