SPORTING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 368, 15 May 1889, Page 3

SPORTING NEWS.

By Hippona in the " Auckland Star."]

It is astonishing fche manner in which some of our governing laws can be interpreted and twisted aboub when the occasion is required. In the turf world during the last lew days we have had a good instance of it on the part of the Takapuna Jockey Glub. Clearly, 'the ruling powers of that racing institution have driven the proverbial coach-and-jfour through the metropolitan rules of racing in the " Compulsory . Stakes " which vfcaay 'w.ere forced by the Auckland Racing Club to add to their Winter Meeting programme. The narrow conditions drawn up for the event point conclusively that it is an intended evasion to add the £50, as ordered by the A.R.C., and it will be interesting to watch how many bonajidc entries aie received for the race. If the word of the " man in the street" is to be relied on, there it ■only one two-year-old eligible to be entered, and so far he has been raced by the leading spirit of the Takapuua Club. 1 may state the Takapunites put forth as their defence that they fully complied with; the uiles in the first instance by giving the £400 in added money, as required for the day's lacing ; the A.R.C. Committee passed the Summer Meeting programme with the two pony races' inserted, and now they want to "up«et their own t ruling, pimply because the recent Napior conference of delegates .since agreed that the metropolitan clubs did not recognise pony racing. As matters stand at present, tfio TnkapuuaClub have kept themselves within the racingrule^, but general en try nigh'twill ; show whether the "Compulsory Stakes " is to reeolve itself into a farce or o'theVU'i'se. ' " 1 had a chat with W. ClttloVd duiifig/tlie time he was here this wee'k^ en' -i-oicte to Chiistchurch. The" crack horseman" toid me tbabLochiel pulled up lame after «aahrace he ran ab Randwick, and -thai the reason of .Rose .Argent uob being seetr;out was on account of her injuring one.ofher knees. By this time the pair, along with a yeailing that Mason purchased , chiving the A.J.C. week, will be near- home, Clifford says he found that,-,,a New Zealand horsemen has a deal to contend with in Sydney, in many ways, while the starter especially shows nG mercy to anyone unfortunate enough to hail from 1 Maoriland. In Molbourne, he found things ciiiieicnt, and he had no caut*e of complaint. On the clay Clifford left, the two colJts that the Hon. J. White intends racing in England nexbseason weie brought to Randwick, and he wo.^j greatly impressed with them. He says, they are wonderfully well-grown,-and are big enough for carriage "horses in' *ize. CliHovd heard that D. Boase, "Who is. weli-known as a capable Australian iiorseman, will 'accompany the colts when they are shipped in October next,... , 1 Since the Auckland Racing Club Auturrm Meeting-, things have been \evy quiet at Ellerslie. Nelson has not been down on the 1 course, so We may reasonably conclude that ho has taken his leave of the fcuif. Lady Noiah is thiown out of work, and so are * Hilda and Cissy, while Balista may now be* ?een roaming about the hills at Mount Wellington. Reciujfc i-> doing nice" ser\ ice-* able woik in view of the coming Auckland' and Takapuna Meetings, and I hearfroma " reliable source that Don has entnely recovered from the mishap he met wjbh months back, arid that Kean has. the horse looking well. ' . v;-_ ■■" a . If the Resident Magistrates throughout the vaxious districts in the colony 'carry out the, proposed attempt to regulate the totalisatau as laid down by the Colonial Secietary in' his circular, it will have a beneficial effect in stopping many unnecessary meetings. There is not much fear of abuse taking place in outside dbuntry district?, but it is' within a certain radius of the town where the race gathering* require to be stopped, And tdo Resident Magistrates have a task before them that requires both prompt and discreet action on their pai,-t, especially when there are attempted evasions in forming new clubs. lam glad it is distinctly laid down' in the circular that toti-jisator lidenses should never be given for pony, hack race; and trotting meetings, for they are simply got up to benefit a few, while they do considerable harm to legitimate racing clubs. AftQr all, so far as Auckland is concerned, the number of race meetings neld here throughout the season i 3 small compared with Ghristchurch and where the greater number of those undeMrable meeting are held. To one racemeeting hold in and about Auckland, there must be afc least two in the vicinity of the place above -mentioned. I see- by Sydney papers that speculation on the next Melbourne Derby and Cup has set in.' After the A.J.C. settling some genuine wagering took place. " For the Derby, Dreadnought and' Sinecure were each supported aVSOO, to 60,' and Rudolph and Richelieu found backers at §00 to ,'5OFor <the double of Derby .and .Cup, the 'piincipal selection was Dreadnought aniT Dreadnought, and about £20^000 Was at lj'ooo to 20, that price b'etng; i wan ted at closing;,; Sinecure and Cai bine; and Dreadnought and Cat bine \veie the other combinations most asked 'after, and £10,000 secured in each-case at' l,ooo 'td's. f A line ot 1,000 to 500 -a as, also writtetr that* botb the V.RC.ancl A.J.C. Derbys would be won by the Hon. J. .White's representative?. - i ! The Finance Committee "of the" Auckland Racing Club estimate there will -be a loss of between £80 a,nd £90 over the Autumn^ Meeting. k t ' jVJr R. C. Vyner'jS Minthe, the heroine of this year's One Thousand Guineas, failed ; t6 distinguish herself in the two-year-old •races J last sedsdh',' 'b'ujb-sbe-'jian "third i to Donovan* aprtrtfioheer in the Prince of Wale^ Stakes' last month.- ia, by iCamballo from Si in*t> Sauce,, by Y. Melbourne from Sycee^'b'y Marsvas-from Rose of Kent, by, | Kingston, and v was bred by her owner. 1 Mr P. 1 Butler isth6vt pn his way to Christchur.ch, txut before leaving Sydney he j fjlaced Mapton in J. Mohaglian's hands, 'with a [ view tp the>nexb-*seas6n's racing campaign., Monaghan ha^ ? also -had Pearl Shell placedji tinder. h is cavp. It-turns out she was puiw. chased by Mr,H. C f ,White ; a brother gf-'fJie Squire of Kirkhan,}., i After the'misfortune and expense Mr W. I Lyons has entailed with Too "Srfon s-'ince he I left Auckland, "his many friends hero will 'be glad to hear'of.nhe colt's success at Rose,hill, on Saturday last. The May Stakes, Which Too Soon won, was run over six fur- ' longs, and he had the nice impost of 7st 81b to carry. He started at the remunerative price of 4 to 1, so it s is only fair to assume Mr Lyons and Kelso's stable connections netted a nice sum. lam glad to hear that Mr D. OBrien, hat n ade A up his mind not to leave this bo'oriy. A "few days ago ho made apu-r-ch'ose of "some seventy six acres at Upper Riccaiton, with a'view v of having u- private^ tra'ning ground> while he- also invested in some city property in -Chi&ftchurch. , OBrien now proposes to make an occasional, dqscent on the Australian turf when he-lms a Trenton ov.a Carbine. At Papateura, French is handling a couple , one-being a colt by Somnus> — iFishwpman, and the other a filly by Somnus I'n^F.anny Fisher. 1 He is also breaki»g-in. a fchrpe-yeav-old colt by Ingomar— rßosaicin(». s ■f'riiat gay deceiver i Magnesia, and whoee

I name Auckland turf speculators can hardly hold in respect, haa been brought up from Taranaki, where she haa been located since last January. From Christchurch comes news of the | death of an old stud matron in Mr \V. 0. Webbs Wave. She was foaled in 1871, and was by Malta out of Spray, by Donizetti. Among Wave's progeny were Leonata, Virginia Water, Ruby, and Springston, all of whom have distinguished themselves. The settlement of wagers over the A. J.C. Autumn Meeting passed off satisfactorily atSydney Tattersall's Rooms, and notwithstanding that the ring suffered severely, all, engagements were promptly met.. During', the! evening champagne was introduced, and ' the health of Mr Donald VYallace, owner of Carbine, was proposed by Mr J. B. Olliffe. The toast was received with great enthusiasm, and Mr A. Joseph replied on behalf of Mr Wallace, who had been called away to Melbourne. In the course of his remarks, Mr Joseph stated that Mr Wallace had authorised him to «ay that next to the pride and pleasure which he felfc at the victorious career of his champion racehorse, was the gratification that he experienced at the enthusiasm displayed by the sportsmen of New South Wales' on every occasion that Carbine came home a winner. The' following table taken from the '"■ Canterbur3' Times " shows at a glance the" performances of the leading two-year-olds that have raced in the colony during the present &e»son :—: —

' ' Mr T. S. Clibborn's annual sale of race•horses li»"Sydney last week attracted a very numerous, assemblage of persons. The ; principal attraction 'was the New Zealand • colt Man ton,, whp^e entr3' into the ring was th* signal for .spirited bidding, commencing wiiih an offer., of -1000 guineas, and at "century" bicls 1700' 'guineas was the price reached," biifc" Mi' Butler refused to part 'with^fheitv^ndsoine son of Musket at that •i figure. -%k§. best price realised at the sale \va's"6Oo "guineas, the bid of ]\li T. Sampson, fof*fche Ji.RvC. Rowley Mile winner, Golden ■■Crown ; and the New Zealand filly Pearlshell went to the nod of Mr H. C. VVhite at 315 guint'as. The Hon. W. A. Loner secured 1 7"tjr)e Maribyrnong Plate winner, Nk6kl6tyioj*.J2so guineas ; and Braemar, a .fdilbi-otiiet^td Mitrailleuse, was passed at a pimiUiriisrure, but subsequently becAtne Mr M. O'Brien 'fc .property. I learn -from.. Christchurch that among the now being trained at Riccarton, JlrD. O'Brien's Gatling, th© chestnut coltbyliordenteldc — Pecroleuse that he purchased at the last New Zealand Company's sale, looks the bee-t. It is also thought the Cantei bury sportsman has a clipper over short courses in Hazel, the Nordenfeldt — Ouida filly, and Town Moor, by St. Leger — Mi=3 Laura al?o promises well. 1 clip the following from "Spectator's" notes : — Many of my readers will remember the handsome little grey stallion, The Cat;, who raced with success in Gisborne and Auckland up ta last season, when he was shipped to India with the New Zealand Stud and Pedigree,Conipany's hoises. Some difficulty was experienced in getting a sale, indeed it uas not till the game little fellow had been eiiteied and run for a race that a buyer was found.- After running second in a handicap to an English hor&e whose name my informant forgot, a Bajah came along and secured the son of Pacific and Lady Grey, giving a satisfactory figure. Jack Thorpe — everyone in the northern racing district knows " old Jack*' — who aocompanied the horses, declaied that had the course been a left-handed one, his old i favourite would have won. At the Eilesmere (Canterbury) meeting, the District Hurdle Race was won by a son •of Ranrarama calfed Royalty. It was suspeefee^that Ivanhoe, who finished second, " was pulfed in the interests of Royalty, the two'horseb being in the same stable, and 'the.btewards promptly took the matter up, ■a-nS af-tei* inquiry disqualified both jockeys ' — Bell; the lider of Ivanhoe, for five yeats, and W. Mitchell, rider of Royalty, during the 'pleasure of the Club.

Two-3 ears-old. i I el I i m i! c 13 q o o "p. c p o s ' * Is '~l r , | l_l II i - Cynisca', by r Apremont — Nau- - tilus L '.-'. '.. , Gorumi?, by Musket— Nellie Moore " .. Dunkeld, fty Ap^omont — A thole "Scofs'Grey, fyyMjisket— jMEaid of Merrie Engltod, by Si. George Rupee .. .. . : Cissy, by Musket— Frailty Quilr,by Ito'binsort Crnfeoe-Patch Ko/alJoribciir/ bv Elack Itosc — Fail' Agw-8 Musk Deer, by Musket— Sweet Cicely * ! Retina, by Apremont — Iris . j Bli'/zavd, by Gorton— Lady Gertrude Loo, by Trump Card — Gur Fawkes marc . Stiephon, by Ingomar — Fjlfin.. ' Esmerelda-. oy Crawford Priory — Wait aft .. „ .... .. 1 La Dairphine,' by^The* Dauphin — Bwtssoijs- '*'- * Tphijrpnia, by Ingomar— C]yteniuesfi;£i"" *• £ 9 0 1262 5 8 4 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 829 480 0 434 5 I 5 S 1 2 3 2 2 0 I 1 2 7 G 412 274 209 0 128 4 7 i 1 1 1 1 1 4 118 102 1 0 r 1 95 1 4 1 1 0 3 0 c 1 0 95 86 1 c 0 76 0 1 48 0 2 62