SPORTING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 272, 13 June 1888, Page 4

SPORTING NEWS.

The Caultield Cup has nob been patronised by Messrs Stead, Robinson, or OBrien, and the only Kew Zealand owners who lip u re in the list are the Hon. E. Mitchelson and Mr J. Marshall, the latter ha\ing entered Pearl Shell. The numbeis of entries for the last six years are as under :— IBS3. 14H ; 1884, 137*; 1885, 143 : 1886, 102 : 1887, 110 ; 1888, 115. xVfter rive years' experiment come 1 ? the news that thememberd of the Canterbury Jockey Club propose in future to hoi I their Summer Meeting on some other date than during the Christmas and New Year holidays. This step has been forced on the j Club, who have found out to their cost that clashing with the long-established fixture of the Auckland Racing Club is a mistake, so they have instiucted the incoming Committee to select a more suitable date w hen drawing up next season's programme. 1 could never understand why the C.J.C. attempted and persisted in opposing the Auckland Club's Summer fixture. At the very outset tho date wa« selected in a feeling* of opposition. To say the leapt, it shows rivalry on the part of the C..1.C. that one should not see in a lacing institution that prides itself on being the acme of perfection in all matters appertaining to the sport of kings. The yearly balance-sheet presented to the members showed a very considerable re duction on that of last year both in receipts and expenditure. The toial receipts last year amounted to £13,274 and the expenditure to £14,283, and this year to C 11,329 and ti 1,022, 022 Respectively. Thus the receipts were £1,945 less and the expendituie £3,261 less than last year, a result in favour of the Club of £1,316,' and inroad oi adding £1,010 to (he overdraft as last \ear they pay oil" £306 of the liability. Tnc receipts show a general falling off fiom all -ourct^. the principal one being £938 lets tor nominations and acceptances than the pie\ioiis \ear, £440 less from Grand-stanu and entrance fees, and £'252 less fioin the totali&ator. On the expenditure sidt the piincipal reductions were £1,300 loss in added money and no expenditure on peimanent impio\ements, a* again«t £1,043 spent on this item last >ear. In the pioiit and loss account of the season's meetings there was a piotit on the Spring .Meeting of £1,110 and losses on the New 'S c »r Meeting of £248 and on the Autumn of £245. In the previous year there was i prolit ot £1,450 on the Spring and losses of £806 and £204 on the New Year and Autumn Meetings. The profit on tho actual lacing accounts amounted this year to £617 a" against £440 in 1887, an increase of £17/. Mr Stead's reports, which are amuuilh attached to the balance-sheet, alu iys foim interesting reading, and this >ear is no exception to the nVle. In connection with the totalisator he makes the following pertinent remarks :-" There can he no question amongst those con\er-ant with the subject that the totalisator has done much towards impnmng the class of lacing held at the various centres in New Zealand, and when it is remembered that the (Jovernment of Ureat Britain gi\es a large sum annually in piize" for the purpose of improving the breed of horse, and tha* immense suir.s of mone\ are spent on the Continent in the >upport of _ breeding studs, it would be a thousand pities if our Government prevented the public of Kew Zealand from voluntarily contiihuting towards the same object. During the pa«,t two yeai some three or four cargoes of horses have been despatched from New Zealand to India; complaint, however, is made there that our hoi>e? lack sufficient quality. E\ cry effort should therefore be. used to impro\ c the breed ; and this can best be done, without Government aid, b\ the principal racing clubs being permitted to give the necessary encouragement to breeders. This encouragement is provided by the rich produce stakes, such a> the Derbies. Champagne Stakes. &c. ; the tunds, to .support which being at present unattainable excepting through the aid of the totalisator. Our climate is second to none for breeding and rearing horses, and w ith a continuance of the assistance that ha« been lately afforded for this purpose we may fairly ex-pect that our horse-breedeis will soon be able to satisfy the demands of India, and =o add a very important item to our list of exports. It ma}, therefoie, be fairly maintained that, if the use of the machine is continued by such club? as are conducted in the interests of high-cla*--racing, it would tend to improve our breed of horses, and thereby add to the colony '« available wealth, whiist at the «arne time it would encourage the sport of horse-racing, a sport which i> so keenly enjoyed b\ e\c-ry English community.'' Isaac, lately the property of Mr I). OBrien, won the Hurdle Race at the Amberley (Cbristchuichj races a few- days back. The contest was remarkable for a succession of casualties. Ingomar stopped at the first hurdle, and took no further pait in the race. Icenian, the favourite, fell at the next hurdle, and brought Forest King down, both riders being stunned. I-aac, with a commandii,glead of Sockbnm, came down at the next obstacle, and Sockburn following suit, all the riders weie on the ground. Isaac and Sockburn galloped to the corner of the course, and Mr If. Limn catching the former first, cantered past the post and won. Mr Pilbrow secured Sockburn some minutes later, and finished f-eco*nd. The death is announced in late English papers of the famous stallion Macaroni, the winner of the Two Thousand and Derby of 1863, at the advanced age of 28 years. Macaroni was bred by the then Loid Westminster in 1860, being by Sweetheart out of Jocose, by Pantaloon, her dam, Banter, by Master Henry, out of Boadicea, by Alexander. The be&t of Macaroni^ sons were Macgregor, Couronne de Fer and Macheath, while of the most noted of the weaker sex that he sired may be mentioned Spin away, Camellia, and Bonny Jean. Macaroni's daughters that have been famous at the stud comprise the dams of such cele brities as Ormonde, (ralliatd, Busybody, Kendal, Muncaster, and Hagioscope, while in Australia his best representatives have been Stockdove, the dam of Austialian Peer, and Frou Frou, the dam of Wellington. The New Zealand Stud Company own two of Macaroni's daughters, in the shape of Florence McCarthy and Lovebird. One of the most disgraceful scenes of rowydism that have occurred on a Kew Zealand racecourse took place at the Lower Heathcote (Christchuich) races on Queen V Birthday. The cau&e of the disturbance was an alleged false btart in the BirthdayHandicap, lb appear-- that after half-a-dozen breaks away the flag dropped to a miserable atait, or no &tart at all, Rewi, Erin-go-Biagh, Jack, and Tit-Bit going on at a canter and the rest standing in doubt. However, it was boon known that they were intended to \±o, and Kewi, making the best of his advantage, won without much difficulty from Et in-go-Bragh. The crowd, some of whom had lost their money, were considerably exaspeiated by the Jin wo, rubbed the paddock and threatened to demolish the totalisator unless their invest ments were returned. The officials had a very bad quarter of an hour, and at one time it looked quite on the cards that a stop would be put to the racing ; but quiet was atlaet restored by Mr T. Quill taking the

flag, and tho programme was concluded without further blunders or interruption. Mr Punbur, in explanation to the stewards on the second day's racing, made a statement ro the effect that every horse was ready to start, and that he (Mr Dunbar) eaid " Go,'' whereupon the Held went away, but that some spectators standing adjacent shouted " No," and that in consequence three of the liders in the race pulled their mounts up and returned to the post. At the recent Greymouth races, the startling di\ idend of £95 8s was paid out on Corrie Vic in the Consolation, the owner being the only investor on her. This dividend (says "Muzeppa'') counts tho thirteenth in order among the bonanzas of the toialisator in New Zealand, the list of plums being a* follows :— L 306 Crumni> . Fire, Brigade Handicap, Tarcdalo. . TT Jt t2s9— Louie. Nnpter Handicap £251 145- Ka o, bhorts Handicap, Auckland 1.223 4s — Mas is. Tradomen s Handicap. Ila'wki-'s Bay , £174 12s- La-sennor, Ashley County Plate £159 6*- Polly, Trot tins: Handicap, Dmiedin tIS3 9s -Libortj, Umrdlo Handicap, Hawke's £lS'Jlos~Trhtan, Count) Plato. Ciomwe"! £120 17s- Aduumnt, Dunedin Cup £1146* Malvina, Peninsula District Handicap £113Ss~Sly ' s am. Now Brighton Trot £96- Isaac! Hurdle Handicap. Ihmedin £95 qg — Come Vie, Gre.\ mouth Consolation I clip tho following horn the "Canterbury Times," which ha- special teference to Mr W. Wallers'*, brood matron Slander:— "The Elliotts, father and son, ha.c made pedieree* the bobbie* of their li\e*>, and it is almost impossible to over-estimate the value of the fen ices they have rendered to the th'U-ouu r hbre(K ot tin* eountiy. Still, strange mistakes hn\e ciopt into the equine pce t age compiled by the^e grntlemen ["The" X.Z. Stud Book 'J, and one is so impoitant that we ha\e made it the subject of careful inquiiy during the past day or two. with thr ic-ult that we nnd the wellknown biocid nuueSland' 1 !, tin* darn of Bill ingsqate. Hippodamia, and Foul Shot, i& no*t b> Tr.iduccr. as tlie ' .Stud Book ' represent", but by J>a\ Camden. It .-cyms? that in 1865 Bay Camden and Tradiuer, then the property of Mo^in Han is and Inne-s were located at Latl brook's stables in I'luNtchuich. A lad was directed to take Annie Lavuie, the dam of Slander, to Tiadueei, but made a mistake in deli\eiing lii- me—age to the- stud groom, and the mare was by Bay Camden. We first n> 'ceiled this statement from a thoioughK reliable souiee, and weie able to contum it by an intei\ie\v with Mr E. Sulli\an, now of Ca. lew's .-table.^, wJio was in charge of both stallions at the time. Mr Sullivan adds that the ovner ut the mare was annojed K> the mistake, an 1 left in- ! -.tiuctioiih that »he '•hould go to Traducer ] if an oppoitunity uccuirod, later on, but no 1 ciich opportunity occuned and Slaud' r i?, j beyond doubt, the result of Annie Laurie's union with Bay Camden." ! According to a late Sydne} paper to ' hand thi« week, there was some talk of an I objt'ctiiMi l>eing lodged against Lamond, ' the winner of the Eo}al Stakes, on the i grounds of an informality in his entry, he i having, it is «=aid, been eiitcied as a colt j instead of a yelding. The objection, how- ! e\er, cannot be fatal. «•* Hule 25?a)> . -" If '; a horse ha» been once enteied with its ' name, description and pedigice, and has i in a lace on any course, it will be 1 sultieient afterwards to enter it by its name \ only for any iace to be run on the «amo course; and in enteiing a hor-e in several race? closinsr simultaneously it will be surticient to give its name, desciiption and | pedigiee in one of the nominations and the ,' name only in the others-." \ Mr F. Cotton, recently of Christ church, ha^ been iiding -teeplccha-es in England. At the Bridgnorth Hun 1 Steeplechases, he J waa successful on Brookland in the Trade.— I mend Selling Hurdle Kace, on whom odds weie laid. Mr Cotton, however, had a bit I of bad luck when inline? a maie named Wicket at Bui ton La/aaifc, as he fell oti in a fainting tit when his chance of winning [ appeared a good one.