Sporting Notes.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 3, 4 February 1890, Page 3

Sporting Notes.

PELORU3 JOCKEY CLUB. A meeting of stewards of the above was held.at Dorreen’s Hotel on Saturday evening. Mr Scott occupied the chair and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and con&rmel ; The SeacStafy tfismstraobai to sell logai g 3^33 oa wa* 33 *

1 The following tenders were accepted - Publican’s booth, H. Smith, £10; No 1 ani 2 refreshment booths, Mr Gwillin, £1 5s and £1 respectively; and for Town Hall refreshments, Mr Reader, £l. The following acceptances were received :—■ Havelock cop. st lb el Barsoma ... 10 12 Miss D ()•• ... 91. Victory .. 910 Victess ..9 (> Baggaman ~ 9 0 Pompey ... 8 0 Pblords Stakes. st lb a lb laros-na ... 10 6 Miss D’Or ..9 6 Vic ory ... 9 5 Burgundy .. 8 7 Klywhaal ... 8 0 Handicap Hurdles. st lb lb Ocaola ... U 7 vSawdust ... 10 10 DanO’Oonnal 912 Fywheo ... 9 0 The Mahakipawa races on Thursday with fine weather should attract a large number •of visitors. Blenheim people, with the facilities for going there and back in the day, shouldmuster in strong force, while many from Havelock and surrounding districts will be present. The course is in fair order and a band of music is all that is necessary to make the day an enjoyable one. I expect to see a slashing race for the Hurdles between Oceola and Sawdust. I think the latter will win. For the Cup I shall adhere to mp first choice, Victory. Of Major Egerton, the English Club’s handicapper, it is said that in a single day he handicapped no less than 670 horses. So it is not surprising to learn that the principal jockey club in the world had deemed it expedient to appoint a second handicapper to relieve him of a portion of his duties. Of French winning owners M. Lupin heads the list with £22,800, and Baron de Sonbeyran second with £15,200. Owner (looking closely at scales): “ Williams, you are a trifle over weight. Can’t you lighten yourself a little.” Williams; “ Got on my lightest suit, sir; ain’t ett a bit to-day, and have just trimmod my finger mils.” Owner: “ Well go and get a shave.”

Wiiifce’s Darby horres ara improving in favour especially Narellan. The final payments for tbs Wellington Cap are Dalu, Bsfc lOfo, Whisperer, Bst, Kotaka, 7st 2lb, Cynisca, 7sb ’lib, Wakatipa, 6st lllb, Cruiser, 6st 7lb, Sincerity, 6st 3lb. Dulu fit ani well should win. Tue cricket m itch Auckland v. New South Wales was drawn in favour of the visitors. Erebus.

CARBINE AND ABEROORN. Tae f-flowing interesting letter on the respective merits of Ourbine an 1 A 'ercom app-nrs in the Australasian of the 4th uti.: — TO THE EDITOR. Sir.— Since tue last Msl'»mrne Cup meeting a great deal has be 01 written .-iii-1 sail as t* wiidi is the better of the iw >ab ive great hors is, and a ijreat many pe»ple are in >re tuan ilu uous as to Abercirn b lig tlie better, in spite of *' Augur’s” statement that lie was the best horse he ever saw on the day he won thi Metropolitan. After Abircom’s defeat by Carbine in the Ciainpiou Stakes, “ Augur's” opinion was that Ahercorn fai ed borough Volley not ra iking a pace fit hi n •/however", this upiuim was again upset la their next meeting w ien a pic; wis set. I tii'nk, witu the others with wuom I hive cake I over the merits of the two, that Caroine can claim quite as brilliant a record as his well-performed opponent Ahercorn. His Sydney Cap success, if not so enily secured as Abercorn’s Metrop liitau win, was quite as brilliant a performance, and, I might ask, was Carbine in thu perfect state of healtu and preparation as it was acknowledged ■■■Ahire mi was on too Men*opolitau day ? Again, in the Melbourne Stakes was t.iat little opinion between them at tlie finish, and what result might that race have had liad Carbine doue one more gallop previous to it? 1 fancy he ran pounds a ; bAter horse in the Cup than that performance showc.l through Melos, from beaten at level wnghis and turning the tables wh*n presenting 161b —periups 3ib also for j the year at a mile and a quarter is nothing much in favour of the younger horse.

I may point out the handle ipper’s opinion of their merits was aomowbat at variance with “ Augur’s,” an he askevl Carbine to concede lour pound' and a year to A )ercorn in the Melijonrne Cup, and wh it a gran i race he ruin under a welter'weight Tne betting also iu the Canterbury Plate, tne odds on and against the two horses, also goes to sum - extent to show which tut’ bookmakers thought the hett r of the two. Taough the race was disastrous to Carbine, no one will, t presume, .claim that this race showed Carmne m his proper or even ordinary form. What intense i it rest a match b “- twe u tne two w.mld cmse—weight, lor age oy r toe Melbourne Cup course, Ctu bine to. carry nis C ip w ng Both tit and well, i fancy tne b mk-, makers would make Catoiue favourite a

We have mwer lul i really great match in" Australia like this wmild be ; it would bn a see m i - dition "f timgrea' Volt.ig'*up find F ving Duiclim in male t!ia' took p'ace in the distant past, and Is still fondly talk'd ov rhy old lovers of racing. If such' « mate 11 c'ill 1 say, f>r £10)0 aside, pmple would 'ravel a Ions? distance to vyitn’ss it, and it would give a gr-.-if, impetus t" that p rhaps greatest of all r-al y tru • sport-matches between if "»d horsesand what a race to talk of m the days to come. S'toii'd a match b> mad' and Ab’reorn prove snecessfn 1 , he weald then -nd >rse the opinion f >rm‘d >f ni.n by “ Vugur’’; but until lie has don * so iii this or tue Champion Stakes,! shall, among a good many others, hold to th* belief t'sat Car one is quite the eq lal, if not the superior, to tmt gem 1 horse Vhercorn. I d-*eni it hardly lair to laud up Ahercorn and pass C irbin * by in comparative silence. However, if he is the champion c'aim-d for him, h ought to be able to mak; bis own running without the assistanc* of a stable companion, and put Cirnne through. • No one would bgmdre him the honour less than rnvsdf; hot until h* has done so it is not just to claim Ahercorn as th- o*st of th* pair, judging by their diff rent running against -ach other and the other rices in which 'hey were not opposed.—Yours. &.*. Josrim.