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Observer, Volume 4, Issue 102, 26 August 1882, Page 382

CAP AND JACKET

MY NOTE BOOK, . J3y " Sohiedajt." ; '■'

" Tot homines, quot sentential,"

■' ■ • — Kavigator is going well again, pleasing, the touts.' ■ — Hares are very plentiful, the hounds having killed each day. • . .; ' —The Dauphin has had the pen drawn through hisname for the C.J.C. Handicap. —Mr Andrew Town will officiate as judge at the forthcoming Sydney Turf Club meetings. —Joe Gallagher laid a few hundreds to ten about Hippodamia for the C.J.C. Handicap last week. , —Banter, an aged gelding by Conrad-Badinage, ; who won an Adelaide Cup two years ago, has . , lately been sold for 2*l guineas. — -D. Wallace has purchased Dhurringle, and \ E. Chiffney bought Annie Laurie. The price paid for the .latter was £200. —A krge meet is expected oh Wednesday at Eihikihi, as. a strong muster from Auckland is down. .—Mr and Mrs Waterhouse, with two friends and their horses, arrived in-Te Awainutu on Monday last. • v • J —There will be more than twelve horses in , this district qualified for the Hunt Meeting in Auckland. .-_ — The hounds leave for Piako on Sunday,finishing up in Hamilton.and in all probability will reach . Auckland on Saturday, 2nd of September. — A steeplechase meeting, under the auspices ■of the Hunt, will take place the week after next, in the vicinity of Cambridge. —The two-year-old mare Rupella, full sister to Maud S., has passed over to Mr E. Bonner for the handsome little sum of £2000. —The colt Smike hss changed hands, and Mr R. Lamb intends giving him a trial over the sticks, but I am afraid it will not suit his temper. — Toothing gives me greater pleasure than to see ourfair citj coming to the fore this year in racing, and I bhd.)l erpecf to see more visitors from the South. -—BfUina- seem., rerj dull here just now, although fciiv.-ie c ! ' o>.>r honest bookmakers, viz., Lyons, Bitiikit-, and G->!>kfi;her have books open on several wem*, and -c offering tempting odds. — Austrsiicm scrib- s are sorry that the JS T ew Zealand heifer hri-e been struck out of their engagements ov-ir fbr-ro, and a general feehng of GJbai..pomtmeDE hvx Hi-isen. — J ;ho-ul-.i_ expect- i;o see some lively bid-aim-' <it over the. H mile at the earlyS|t-t of the month and neither of these are crawlersipithi'r. —The death of Mr John £$Jtj: murif be a severe blow to the A.E.C., ac " bo^.v-si. ,)oim r; was never backward in coming fcrvr&rd ; nnJ for furthering the interests oi .sport p-.jo lo'*. -d'.n .. >o man could equal him. It is JikeJy^V' sbu ■ i. • ;'- fee sold by public auction. '&A \ — " Augur?' informs me tha, jj> 'RoV ,ac I other side) owns a very prom r,uig <io .coiiese; | ; in Barcso. At present he is gveer., and vt^iives | . more schooling, but when he settles flown to-hia i -work he will land a big steeplechase for hi:, o'vne:-. —Mr J. Kerr is offering good odds, viz., £b<)<* to £250 against the Marlborough mare, Lucy Glitters, who is to run against one of the celebrated Yankee trotters, he, Mr X., having accepted the i Challenge for a match to take place wibhin a ! month. ' i ~^l see by the Evening Star of the 16th inst. that one of our steeplechase riders is likely to get into trouble for an assault ; I also see by a later date of the paper that the case appeared in Court before any summons was served on the defendant, who says heshall be pleased to defend the case. — Tkefi%recentlypurchasedinEngland, by Mr w. A. Long, (late owner of Grand Flaneur) for 1050 guineas and which is by Hermit out of will be run on her native turf by her plucky owner. The filly had only one eve from birth. ' • - 'r'-^ 0 - owner in Australia has christened a colt Kaipara after the New Zealand district of that name ; and the way the sporting writers over there ■wrestle with the word is simply amusing.' They get it Kypari, Kappira, Kaparay and every way Trat the right way. . —Ironmaster, by Tubal Cain-Coquette, dam of ■; Trogress, a eh. c. 3-year-old, has been brought ■prominently into the betting here since Monday for the V.E.C. Derby and Cup. Sting, 4yrs., by „ "Grand Master-Queen Bee has also been backed to : win a hit in the Cup. Ironmaster has 6st 91b and , j Stmg 7sfc 51b in the Cup handicap: ■miT~a lie . ■ A - E '- C - *""* ft dded largely to the stakes. The Spring Meeting will now be worth £400, the Summer £2400, and the Autumn £1095. They have also added a new event to the Summer Meeting, the Midsummer Stakes, to be run on • second, day. Altogether, it is a most favourable , programme, and. deserving of good patronage. — rThe hounds on Saturday last met at "GwyniMite," the residence of Mr Stubbings, and, after n .Mniking good day, the gentlemen finished the 1 e.veirug at Host Hewitt' B . On Sunday the pack . lerfc iov Messrs Grice and Parker's' station, where .they were ; 'l.'^j.-jtably -.entertained by. the proprietors. On Monday the meet, was at Mr C. atoror'fc-,. where lunch, etc., was served on the Lvwn. A bDoroagh good day's sport was enjoyed, a 2r fl^ f< ;m " ne<3 io Lewis's hotel, Te Awamutu. ihf. })uhhc in ihe Wrdkato are so thoroughly with the pzvk that they 1 will endeavour' '-0 ormg -the hounds down notf; eftc son/ ' . --I aw glad to my the hounds ■ in Cambridge M* haying good sport.'. JJvtli Tom Brown and iiooflspm , Bay they arc .treated like noblemen,, and teat Messrs Heveit aad " Kirkwood keep . up ihf; grand old- sport o? Injuring, . ' Mr, J. g; Buck--U-ad,' the master, is. ginug the . greatest satisfaction, and a I better sportsman, never lived. <t)ver

sixty; people turned" out on Tuesdays and.aftejr a' grand repast given by Host Hewitt, the hounds met , ; at the popular master's residence. '-'. Two. good, runs were i enjoyed and, a kill. Mrs Carter, I regret to say, was the only lady p'resenb, but, being well' mounted,- went", very straight. Among the gentlemen I noticed Messrs ,G-rice, Parker, Parks, Paton^ Carter, Kirkwood,. Hewitt, Laing, Allwright, Allwell, Forrest, ' Cotton; 1 Clarke,. Stubbing, Moon, Hitchman, Turner, and Captain Dally. All present were thoroughly satisfied with the day's spbrfc, and many dirty coats returned home ,at dusk. On Thursday, 17th inst., the meet was at Hatapau. The scent was bad, but nevertheless two kills took place. Bob Kirkwood, with his accustomed liberality, was out with a buggy full of refreshments, which were eagerly devoured by the hungry hunters.