SPORTING NEWS. [ByHippona in the "Aucklaud Star."]

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 356, 3 April 1889, Page 3

SPORTING NEWS. [ByHippona in the " Aucklaud Star."]

The erstwhile Auckland - owned pony I Mayflower has got disqualified in Melbourne for twelve months. It appears she was badly beaten in a Pon % y Selling Race at' Mordialloc/with the result that Mayflower's.* owner, R. Philips, a bookmaker, and the jockey Keating, were summonsed before the stewards for " pulling," ami after a long hearing it was 'decided' to disqualify the owner, trainer (Winters), jockey and pony for twelve months.' Subsequently to the foregoing decision the stewards' re-opened the case, with the result, that judgment was suspended against the owner, trainer, and' pony,-Keating's disqualification, however,* standing ; but all got off when another meeting was held. Keating was severely cautioned, and i^ to be repoi'ted to the V.R.C. 'At auction, after the race which caused so much trouble, the winnßr was bought in for 30sovs. , and Mayflower was knocked down to Mr A. Harper for 85spvs. It was fully determined to have shipped Sultan, the Dunedin Cup winner, across to Sydney this week, and arrangements had been made for Mr T.~S. Clibborn to dispose of him there. Intiruattou from Christclmrch this week state the colt has gone wrong, so that it will prevent the intention being carried out. I notice that Sultan's name figures among the A.J.C. general entries. When Tetfprd left hero for Napier lasb week thos& hehind him thought they had a real good thing for the Park Cop, bub in the race on 1 Tuesday it failed to come off, the son of Pungawerewere being beaten fair on his merits at the hands of Leopold. In the campaign Mr Beresford's little horse. has gone through during the last couple of months he has. shown that, although not brilliant, he is "most- consistent, for only once has he been, unplaced, Ibiswoithy of mention that the three placed horses in the Napier Park Cup were bred in Auckland. Manton's name freely appears among the .general entiies for the torthcoming A.J.C Autumn Meeting. Carbine, Lochiel, Biaemar, Pearl Shell, Necklet, Closes. Miss Alice, Russley, Paddy, and Sultan, have also been entered for the leading races, while Peter Osbeck is in the Hurdle Race and Steeplechase entries. Thus there is every probability of New Zealand being again well advertised as a horse- breeding country. Unless something extraordinary happens, Mr James White will be found at the head of winning owners when the turf statistics come to be complied in connection with the current season/ So far the amount in prizes, inclusive of Own stakes and second and third moneys, his representatives have credited him with reaches the Aery satisfactory total of :012,38s 18?. Of this sum £10,521 is for first moneys, the contributors being : Rudolph, five races, £2161 ; Ensign, three races, £1672 : Volley, two races. £1370; Spice, two races. £1315; Plutarch, three races, £1088 ; Carlyon, one race, £1010; Abercorn, three races,- £846; Sinecure, three races, £671 ; ami Pippo, one race, £388. Abercorn is fast, approaching Trident's record of winnings— viz., £8,618 3s, which is the largest ever won by any one horse in Australia — the son of Chesber and Cinnamon having already Avon £8560 18s. The opinions of the Sydney turf scribes on the Gold Cup handicap are to hand this ■week " Nemo " says, taking the work right through, the handicap is all in favour of the heavy division, and Abercorn. The Australian Peer, Lochiel, Carbine, Cardigan, and Tradition appear to be the best in. The best half-dozen to " Martindale " appear to be Abercorn, Tradition, Manton, Lonsddle, Amina, and Bsperance, but to pick one he should select Manton. " New Warrior " says :— At 9st 41b on Abercorn and the Australian Peer, a particularly low commencement has been made and both top weights have % been- givem -a good shaw of winning. Should Lochiel start he would meet with no end of support at 9st 2lb, but good colt though Carbine is, 9st would prevent him opposing successfully the trio mentioned. Carlyon Bst 121b, and Cardigan Bst 101b. are'both well let down ; Tradibion, too, should be dangerous with Bst 61b, and among those lower still the be?t on paper appear to be Manton Bst 41b, Tranter 8?t 21b, Yabba 7st 71b, Wycombe 7st 41b, and Esperance 6st 61b.Mr W. Robertson left Dollar behind him at Dargaville. She is to be raffled for £50. In the Hawkesbury Autumn Handicap, Carlyon has been awarded the position of honour with 9sb7lb, and then follows Cardigan, 9st 51b, and Manton, Bst 121b. Among the others Sultan has Bst 41b, Paddy Bsb 21b, Clogs 7st 21b, and Miss Alice 6sb 101b. Paddy has proved a most profitable speculation for the connections of Mr W. Kelso, the Sydney trainer. At the Warwick Farm Meeting with 83t 61b, he'put down a field of 27 runners in the Opening Handicap, casting the six furlongs behind him in lmin 184 sec, and on the second day of the meeting he annexed the Forrester's Handicap carrying 9st. Ten others started. In the Opening Handicap Paddy gtit off seventh, andcommencmg racingan a few strides, was with the leaders at the end of a furlong, winning all out by half-a-length. At the settling, the owner of Spoilt Child stated his willingness to run him against Paddy, 9st each, over six furlongs for £500, but this the latter's friends were not agreeable to. Lindsay, the Auckland jockey, was in good form at the Napier Park Meeting this week, for he rode the winners of both the big handicaps, being on Leopold in the Cup and Salisbury in the City Stakes. _ The last-named rewarded his supporters with a £24 10s and £35 5s dividend. I see by Australian papers that doubleevent backers are already investing in the next Melbourne Derby and Cup and Caulfield and Melbourne Cup doubles. The two Traditions have been backed for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups for £4,000 or £5,000, and the two ' Dreadnoughts and the two Singapores bave"< each been supported to win about the same sum in the Derby and Melbourne Cup. At the settling on the Warwick Farm meeting, backers' selections 'favoured most "the two Rudolphs J and " two JELicbelieus" at 1000 to' 20 each. Mixed goods, commencing with Richeliou, Rudolph, Dreadnought, Spice, Singapore and Sinecure, and finishing principally with Tradi* tion, were asked after at 1,000 to 5. The Hon. W. Robinson's cast-off Liverpool^by King of Clubs from Idalia, who cost 625gs as "a yearling, and won the C. J.C. Welcome Stakes in 1883, was sold in Dunedin the other day for 28 guineas. The recent yearling sales in Melbourne have been the means of several valuable strains of blood being introduced to this colony. It turns out that Mr J. Monaghan bought a Tasmanian-bred youngster on behalf of Mr J. Stephenson, the Dunedin sportsman. This is a yearling colt by Creswick out of Nancy Lee. The dam of the 'jcoit is by St. ?Albans out of Cora, by Boiardo— Merry Maid, by Jersey— Diana, by Peter : Fiu. Creswick, the sire of the colt, is by „ Yattendbn out' ot Q.E.O. (imp), by Blair Athol. Another importation is a yearling filly by Nack.ersgat from Fidelity, by Gang Forward from imported Promise (dam of LO.U.)» by Rosicrucian

from Persicaria, by Lord Clifden. This filly was sold at Sir Thomas Elder's auction to Mr D. OBrien for 70 guineas, but after the salo was bought at an advance by the Oamaru gentleman whose assumed name on the turf is "Mr Kildare." Another of. the yearlings thatiiass found its' Way to this 'cbl,otfy is^a -colt by - Richmond -oub of Blue' Lake,' . and i; jvh£r-wae secqr.ed*by Mr Macfarlane« of Kaiapoi,. fo^lOO guineas-. - The sire of the colt, 'the celebrated Richmond, was 'by' Maribyrnong'out of The Fawn, by the .Premier out ot Melesina, -by Harkaway. The co'ftfs da)u, Blue Lake, is by imported Wiuteulake,(by Nucbourne — Whifceface, .by "Turnus) out of imported Bluebell, by Peel — Maggio Lauder, by Turnus, her dam by Banbandorf out ot sister to Coulon, by W hisker. Maggie Lauder vras scixt . from., England to Prussia in 1872. Bluebell was bred by Mr Blonkiron in 1871. Up to the present date tjre descendants of the Hon. J. ~ White's thoroughbred stallion Chester ' have won a total 'amount in stakes ot £36,837 2s (inclu.-ive ot own stakes and, secoiidand' third moneys), while iirsb moneys alone net total £34,189 17s. Thisis a great aecoid Cheviot (Sir Modred's full brother), and who will be remembered by New Zealanders as the hero of the Canterbury Derby of 1882, has not long been proving that he can sire a racehorse. One ot his progenj', named Little Burnie, annexed the Nursery Handicap at the Warwick Farm (Sydney) Meeting, and the colt is nisjhly spoken ot. " Martindale " thus refers to the colt : — Of all the horses which competed at Warwick Farm, the animal which took my fancy ■ mont was Little Burnie. He is a right good shaped ! un. Ho is not big ; but he has plenty of power whenever it la wanted. He is bred the 'right way, too — by Cheviot, 'from Myrtle, by Gemma di Vei<:y from Countess, by Warwick irom Amy Robsart, by Calendar, etc. Under Joe Cook's able tuition he will, 1 fancy, turn out a clinker. All lovers of a good hoise will be pleased to hear that The Australian Peer liih once more put in an appearance on the Kandwick training tracks, and that there is e\ cry likelihood of his taking- part in the A J.C. Autumn Meeting. Mr S. R. Kennedy, a Sydney owner and trainer, has gained a leputation in buying cabt-offs trom leading stables, and landing: a good race with them. His last effort in this direction was with Aberdeen in the Wai wick Farm (Sydney) Cup. The hoi>e went out at a 10 to 1 chance and won from Wycombe, Nonsense, and twelve others by a length and a half Aherdcen was formerly owned by the Hon. J. White, and MiKennedy bought him at auction for £200. 1 clip the following from the last " Melbourne Sportsman" to hand :—lt: — It has been asserted Lochiui was entitled to an allowance of three pounds in the Loch Plate, and that hi? trainer, for some teason ov other, neglected to 'claim the privilege, which would, Ithink(.have won lnm the race, and sa\ ed backer? many thousands of pounds. As the race- »I&3i „jru.n" he was only beaten by tihij<?e. r _ot four inches, and the three poivncU oft his back would at least represent that distance. Heie is the rule bearing on the subject :—ln: — In all races in which standard weigh bs-for-age •^hall be carried an allowance shall be made to all horses sired north of the line, and ipaled between the Ist of January and Ist of August, as iollows : — Two and three years old, 101b ; four years old, 71b ; five years old, 31b. According to my reading of this rule Lochiel, no matter when he was foaled, was not entitled to an allowance, as he is an aged horse, and no prorision is 1 made in the rule for aged horses. If it - read " syrs and upwards" I could uuder- , stand ib. Speaking of the defeated division at the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting, " Vigilant " says l that be will {be surprised if W-hakawai>, Qyclop?,-. Russleyi Lonsdale or Mara doitfe .between' them win •* go«d • race or two for their owners in the Spring." , The Wanga*ui Jbckey.Glubtle'&ied^SOO odd over <theiv}Ailt'ufrfr» 'Meeting.' Among the winning horse-owners Mr Bobbett topped the list with £427 10s. In the course of achatty article on trainers and training:, and referring more especially to Sedition's Newmai\k.eti Handicap victory, the." Australasian " says-: — Our experience teaches us that the trainers wjio are most open in their training ai*e the most successful. We have an apt illustration of this iw Mr James White's horses, who are never routed from their rest in the middle of the night so that they may be galloped before daylight,; and results prove that if the prophets and the' public "follow White," they will come out with -very satisfactory j results at the end of bhe season.