ENGLISH SPORTING NEWS. (From Our Special Correspondent.)

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 322, 5 December 1888, Page 4

ENGLISH SPORTING NEWS. (From Our Special Correspondent.)

Doncaster lives on the September race ruee*ing. To make you understand wha this annual carnival means to the little town, 1 need only mention that apart from visitors staying for bho week the railways this year brought and carried away over 140,000 passengers on Leper Day alone. Thoro wore 174 ordinary trains and 167 specials received and despatched without a hitch. During the four race days it i* estimated that 300,000 persons weie dealt with, and this calculation, of | comvo, takes no account of the large contingents of country folks riding, driving, and walking bo the city. Jewitt, the trainer, wae the chief winner over Seabreeze's victory. Captain Machell distrusted the filly V stamina, and had only a very mild plunge. Nob a penny of stable money was invested till the afternoon of the race. This was because the weather materially affects Seabreeze's form, and she cannot act in mud. Fortunately, the Leger i d:iy proved splendidly fine, and" the course ' capital yoing. Yorkshire would naturally have prefon od that the Duke of Portland j and Ayrshue should havo been the heroes of the occasion, but " the Tykes " were very coidial when the handsome daughter of Ifconotny and St. Marguerite returned to scale, nnd cheered Lord Calthorpe and little Robinson loudly. "Mr Manton," gorgeously costumed in white and gold, looked rathor gloomy as she explained to her juvenile spouse how, but for that tragic sale of all her yearlin<r s to Lord Calthorpe for 7,000 two year? ?u_>o, the Oaks ami Leger and half a seote of other races would have fallen to the weaicv ot the Giaffcon scarlet. Talking of j'early sales, some stiff prices were paid for highly-bred \oungsters of Doncnster. Two thousand guineas Avas nob perhapstooinnchtogiveforMorryMonk,aaon of Rosicrucian and Bonnie Katie, as nearly everything the last named mare th»ows, wins races; witness Enrly Morn. Ro.^y Mom and Rose Winslou- The costly brothers to Goldh'eUl, which fetched fancy prices in 1886 and 1887. have not, howevei, done .so much that 1 should have cared to pay C 2.600 for Gout Wing (by .St. Simon out of Crucible) a-. Mr Abington did. Nor have the doings of Ti»er Lily's pioduee hitherto seemed to justify Mrßaird in bidding up to £2,800 for her colt by Bond Or. Captain Machell, who generally knows what he's about, gave 2,000g5/ for a lovely white sister to the famous Geheimniss, and Lord Penhryn secured a promising sister to Saraband and half-sister to Superba for 1,250g5. The same noble ran to 2,500 for a black filly by Fitxjames — Briony, sister to the crack two-year-old Sweetbriar. On the other hand, 300 guineas was surely cheap fora nice-looking half-brother to Haipen den by Zealot, and the shield trainer who gave 550 for the colt by Beauclere-iStella (brother to Luminary) will probably see his money back before next year is out. The Lancashire Plate of £11,000, run at Manchester to-mon ow o\ er a straight seven fuilongs, will be the lichest stake evei con-te-ted in Groat Britain and Ireland, and pi onuses to produce a most inteiesting race. Amongst; the probable runners are Ayrshire, Seabi eeze, Friam Kai^um, Eiitei prise, Le Saucy (ii French ciaek), Aunamibe, Hnzlehufch, G.i'oie, Nina, i'hil, Penzerschiff ami the l\\o-yeai old.- Napoleon, Devil's Dance. Gay Hampton, Donovan (or Melanion), Gold -md Antibcs (whole sister to Seabreeze). The two - year - olds ha\e such a pull in the weights tluit if there is a first class animal amongst them, I should expect it to win Graft on (by Galopin — Miss Middlewiek), the lime year-old colt George Chetw\nd gave a modeiats puce tor at poo- Benzon's sale, won both the Scaiboiough Stake-, and the Cup at Doncaster. Foi the latter — aDonea&ter Cup winners incur no pena'ty in tiie Cesaiewitch — the gieat " pob '" Admiral Benbow was staiced. He could not, however, keep upsides with Grafton and was beaten a long way from home. One effect of Graf ton's \ictory v\as to make Lord Lurgan'? Acme a strong lir&biavom-ite for the big long distance handicap at Newmarket, for which he has been specially kept. The handicapper has not favoured the colb, in fact, Bst Jllbs seems almost an unjust ,veight for an unknown animal to have to carry. Shenard's t-table, sMange to sa t >, professed thempclvfb quite satisfied. According to them, Acme is the best 3-year old in Engl.m.l. "About 2st the front ot Grafton" w»s the cry after the Doncast ci Cup. A few hours later, however, another "dead certainty" for the Cib:ne\uteh cropped up in Mr I'Anson's Kenilworth (3 yeai's, 7st lib), who has been tiied stones better than Belle Mahone. Mr Pei'kins's mare was we'l backed for a place in the race, bin. never showed prominently, so that it .scarcely seemed worth while to start her foi the Park Hill Stakes on the Friday against Zanzibar and Briar Root. On this occasion the Manton-Milner maie could not see the way Belle Mahone went ; in fact, Mr Perkins's filly won anyhow irom Spice and Fair Haven, neither of the favouiites being even. This would make the Lc^cr form look decidedly " dicky " if Zanzibar were not by Hermit, whose produce soldoin run well twice in the same week. Mr Ley bourne's great cow?) with Gold seeker of three races in three successive days (one of them a big sprinter handicap) has seldom, if ever, been equalled. Such n good Lning did the Portland Plato appear for the colt after his victories on Tuesday and Wednesday, that, despite the size of the field — 17 strong —backers took 7 to 4 eagerly. Nevertheless, the good thing would not have come off but for Nina (heavily backed at 8 to 1) being seriously interfered with and shut in. When the Duke ot Hamilton's filly did get through sho camo with a terrific rush, unfortunately just too late. Goldseeker is another feather in the cap of that deceased sire The Miser, whose progeny have been running so wel 1 thif season.

Mr D. $. Wallace's name appears at the head of winning owners for tho V.R.C. Sprintr Meeting vvibh the handsome total of £4611, which amount, with the exception of £40 won by Enfilade, icpresents the sum i total of Mentor's successful performance*. The Hon. J. White fcnUe*. second place with £2616, closely pros&ed by Mr J. Mai shall, whose joint victories in the Maribyrnong lJlatel J1 ate and Oakfc show the great total of £2272. Mr S. (*. Cooir, who had the worst of luck by running second and third in no lewer than 6 races, netted £979, whilst the other largest winner was "Mr D. OBrien, for whom Carbine scored t,o the extent of £965. Of the total distribution of £17,274 in stakes, Victoria's portion was £10,098, that ot New Soubh Wales, £3,659, New Zealand £3,237 and South Australia £280. This is from " Augur's " notes :— I saw one man on the Derby day who had a piece of luck in a small, way. Just before the Maribyrnong was run he was going down with a friend to back Rudolph. On his way he picked ud a bead ornament "What is thi-i ?" "That," said the friend, "is a necklet." "Necklet? Isn't there a horse of that name in the race ? By Jove, this is a Mascotle "; I'll bci'6k", Necklet 'instead of Kudolph. '' ' And he did, and 'Necklet won, anorh'6 cah'sho'w l tho < Tiioney'ahd'the i necklet to convince the sceptical,