SPORTING NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 471, 14 May 1890, Page 4

SPORTING NEWS.

By HIPPONA.

Auckland, May 8. George Wright and T. Taylor accompany Hilda, Teksum, and Antelope to Sydney this evening. There is no question that Mr Scarr has treated the trio well in both the Birthday Cup and Royal Stakes, but we must not overlook the fact that the handicap is made on the most flattering lines, and in the Birthday Cup Hilda is giving weight to a number of good performers. However, I shall expect tho mare to make a bold bid for the stake. The Royal Stakes is run on Saturday, the 24th of May, and the Birthday Cup on the Saturday following, 31st May. ,: Jimmy Kean’s esfcablisnmenb ab Ivonimamma will soon be a thing of the past, and the majority of his present charges will be located in fresh quarters. Kean expects to leave for Sydney on the 27th of the present month. George VVright has rented the Kohimarama establishment. W. Clifford has again made his appearance in the saddle, and at the Waipawa (Hawke’s Bay) County Winter Meeting last Thursday, he distinguished himself by riding two winners. Mr S. H. Gollan s colours were in great form at the meeting, for he annexed the Handicap Hack Race and Hack Flying Race by the aid of Princess Helen, and the Waipawa Handicap and Flying Handicap with Melrose (by Merlin—Primrose.) Princess Royal was bred at Sylvia Park, and was got by Leolinus out of Nelly Moore, tho dam of Lochiel and Corunna. George Hope is breaking in the Captivator —Madcap colt bought by Mr W. Bobbett at the last Sylvia Park sale. J, Rae is doing well with Titokowavu, his first effort in Victoria being a victory. Bushman and Sir John Moore, who filled the places behind Titokowaru on Saturday, are not in the front rank of jumper'. As Mr D. O'Brien is leaving for Anstraia in the course of a few weeks, I hear he sends up here the filly iattaghan, by Nordenfeldt—Yattacy, for George Wright to train. Pygmalion was to have left for his new home in Adelaide last week, but his owner cabled instructions which will ileiay his departure until this week. Last accounts state Mr R. Mason, the well-known trainer, continues to make good progress towards a compluto restoration of health. For some time the Police Department made a charge for the attendance of constables ab race meetings, bub by recent regulations the practice is discontinued. With regard to the horses sold at the Hon. J. Whi-e’s sale, Mr W. T. Jones’s purchases, Dreadnought, kMnccure and Litigant, have joined T. Wilson’s team ab Dowling Forest. Titan has become a stable companion to Carbine at FJemington, where Walter Hickenbotham will in due course prepare him for bis numerous valuable three-year-old engagements. _ Singapore now occupies the box formerly tenanted by Chicago at R. Clifford s establishment. Argos, who won the Two-year-old Handicap ab the recent Hawkesbury -Meeting, is the brother to Blink Bonny purchased at the St. A bans sale of yearlings last year for 500gns. The cold was a rank outsider, and beat everything by eight or ten lengths, traversing the six furlongs in lmin. 17^sec. A Hurdle Race of 300sovs. has been inserted in the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase programme this season. The added money of the big crosscountry race is 400sovs. In the Napier Resident Magistrate’s Court, Mr T. Donovan, a bookmaker of Hastings, attempted to recover from Mr George Wright, the trainer of Hilda, £3, which, it was alleged, had been improperly paid by the plaintiff co the defendant. After hearing evidence, the Court gave judgment for defendant with costs. The Hon. G. McLean’s stud in Otago consists of three stallions —St. Clair, Gorton, and Rubezahi; and nine mares—Lady Emma, by Yattendon out of My Fancy ; Lady Evelyn, by Perkin Warbeck-Pul-chra ; Lady Gertrude, by Cadogan-No Name ; Dione, by Traducer Gilda ; Legerdemain, by King Cole—Skittlesharper ; Malice, by Traducer —Mermaid ; Indolence, by Grand Flaneur —Scraps ; Lady Florence, a young mare by Gorton out of Malice ; and Mountain Lily. Mr L. Markey, an old Canterbury sportsman, is about leaving for Sj'dney to settle down. He will take the stallion Johnny Faulkner with him and two or three year-, lings. This is from an exchange :—“Most of us are sometimes caught napping, but when the ‘ Field,’ one of the bo.-t sub-edited papers in the world, tells us that Bendigo won the Epsom Derby, we may think less of our own blunders.” Writes “ Spectator The champion hurdle hack, Colonel, has not won a race or run even respectably since he became Mr Bobbett’s property. His late owner swept the boards with him pretty well. What ails the gelding now ? A spell was perhaps wanted when he changed hands, or is it the change of training that troubles him ? I certainly thought him a fair horse in the rough, but he seems to have gone back, judging by his last display ab Avondale.” Evidently Mr J. D. Ormond, of Napier, intends going in largely for breeding, as in addition to the purchase of Dime at Mr I-T. Horsford’s sale, he has recently become the owner of a filly called Roll Call, by Painter—Loch Levin, and he has also bought Mr P. F. Tancred’s mare Gabble, full sister to Whisper. Mr Merry, the American commissioner, has bought three more mares in Victoria to take to America. They are Catherine Wheel, by Wellington (winner of the V.R.C. Derby and Champion) out of Phizgig (dam of the V.R.C. Derby winner, Suwarrow); Harmony, by the Drummer — Maritana (dam of Hilarious) ; and Spinach, by Atlantic—Sea Kale (half-sister to Fryingpan and Haricot). It is Mr Merry s intention to have these mares covered by an Australian horse before shipping them, and they will foal to American time. Catherine Wheel is already in foal to the Melbourne Cup winner, Dunlop. Shootover.who defeatedtheNewZealander Sultan in the Adelaide Cup, is by Young Tregeagle(late Devilshoof) out of a mare by South Australian from Miss Cracknell. He carried 7eb 71b, including 51b over, and was ridden by Hodgkins.

AN AWKWARD K.ISTASC3?.

Rather an awkward mistake (says the Napier “Telegraph’) was made in the Selling Race at the Petane meeting, which may cause the Club some trouble to settle to the satisfaction of all concerned. The race was open to all horses that had never won a race of over £4O in value. Mr H. 0. Caulton, who had taken atrip to Auckland, Bent instructions to his trainer to enter and run his horse Expelled for any race at the meeting he thought he had a chance in. The horse was therefore entered, started in, and won the Selling Race, and afterwards Bold according to the conditions of the race to Mr H. dull for sixteen guineas. It was afterwards found out that the horse was not eligible to start in the race, he having won

two races of over the amount. Hearing of this the owner of the third horse (Last Chance) put in a claim for the stakes, . and a protest against the second horse for running under a wrong name. Now, Mr Caulton very naturally says, “ If I am nob entitled to the stakes, you must give me back my horse.” But he has been sold to another party, and to do this the Club would have to purchase the horse at the present owner’s valuation, which might be a great deal more than ho gave for him. SlTould they do this, and award the race and stakes to the third horse (who was entered to be sold for nil), they might then claim the right of selling the horse, as the whole of the proceeds of the sale would go to the Club ; but then tho owner might say, “ Here are five totalisator tickets I had on the horse. I certainly entered him to be sold for nil, but then I intended to. put a fiver on him, so that if he won the dividends would make up the value I put upon the horse.” It is certainly a very awkward case for the Club to settle satisfactorily. The Petane Club have referred the matter to the Metropolitan Club of the district.