CONDENSED ITEMS.

Observer, Volume 5, Issue 120, 30 December 1882, Page 252

CONDENSED ITEMS.

— I am glad to hear that a well-known journaisfc won 6100 over Welcome Jack's victory in the Cup* —The Auckland bookmakers were heavily struck over Welcome Jack's viotory; one of them especially having a dead-set against the winner. — One of the Southern books says the Hurdle Race, on Tuesday, was the best lie has seen in New Zealand. — The " great gun," Rewi, ran absolutely last in the Cup, while the 'sensational' Vortex was only a coupla of lengths in front of him. — For the Christchurch Cup, run on Monday next, I like nothing better than Bundoora, Emir Bey, and Vanguard, in the order named. — A well-known blacksmith was the lucky holder of Welcome Jack in " Adam Bede's" consultation, while one of the local pencillera had The Poet. — A prominent Southern horse-owner, who knows a bit, says Welcome Jack is quite good enough to win a Melbourne Cup. — Canard's win in the Hurdles is a feather in the cap of the Auckland Stud Company. They aro the owners of his sire, Antoros. — If Chandler can manage to pull off the Steeplechase on Tuesday, Mr J. Gallagher will be a happy man. He got several " legs in" by Jack's win in the Cup. — A great pot was upset over Kingask in the Free Handicap on Tuesday. He was backed in the - paddock by the " knowing ones" to win a good round sum. — Mr Adams' new "Octagon" totalizator, which was largely patronised, proved a great convenience on . Boxing Day, and did away with a lot of the rush usual on race days. — There was little betting in the paddock on Tuesday, considering it was a big mooting. Although : the Hurdles was very open.no thing: but L«ne Hand would go down.

s^Hfe-There- was a deal of growling on Cup Day 'HHlfilic number of jockeys who rode in wrong colours to JHp that appeared on the book. A fine should certainly '|Bure ibeen inflicted by the Club. ;aH||jp-At Christchurch, the other week, Snider "laid ■Kp) to 10 about Adamant for the Dunedin Cup, to his 'I^Kjjer, Mr D. Kirby. He also booked 500 to 5 twice ••.HKjput Gitana, the stable taking one of the wagers. ;^B;;i-The profits of the late Victoria Racing Club SB Soring Meeting, lately balanced, were greater than the H»fthibition year, when they reached £8294 9s sd. This «■«!« they were £9214 18s 6d. B —While the horses were going the last round ■Bjathe Cup, one of the Southern pcncillers laid a genuine HJfljger of £200 to Is 6d that Vortex would not win. ■l How is that for odds P H : —Although Mr Hammond evidently did not fßtMre universal satisfaction (and who can) in wielding the ■BfJlflrter's fldg on Tuesday, I think, on the whole, he Mr ßdo seeded well. The start in the Cup and Railway Plate BB were all that could be desired. M -Mr Bates' Why Not, the dam of If So, broke SB her leg lately at Christchurch, and had to be destroyed. H Why Not was bred in 1865, and was by Tom King (son" Mof King Tom), out of Zitella (full sister to Calumny's SB gtanddam, Gipsy Queen), by II Barbiere, out of Gipsy. H — By Welcome Jack's victory in the Auckland B (Jap, tho Southern party made a great pot, every one of H them to a man sticking to the brilliant son of Traducer. B i understand the stable and Messrs Harris and Weston H were the largest winners', but all succeeded in winning a B — " Augur" says Lurline, who is looking as well B as ever, has a fine colt to Fisherman, at Bundoora Park H gtud Farm. Like his mother, the youugster turns in ■ one of his toes and inherits her great power. He should H make a name for himself on the racecourse if all goes ■ —-My tips last week, although written five days H "before the races took place, were most successful. In ■ the Maiden Plate I selected Minerva, and The Poet, my B only pick for the Free Handicap, was scratched, while ■ in the Hurdles and Cup I named the first and second ■ horses in each event. Those that I fancied for the RailH way Plate were scratched. B — Wednesdaj next, the 3rd of January, is the day ■ that has been fixed for the sale of Mr Walters' blood 9 stock, and I expect to see a large gathering of sportsmen ■ and spirited bidding for the various lots that are to be R brought under the hammer. The sale will be held on I the grounds of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral ■ Association, at Ellerslie. I — It is not often that the owner of one private I stable usurps the place of a Leviathan metallician, and | wagers a brother turfite so large a sum as £10,000 "at I one pop,*' writes " Tout Cela" in the Melbourne SportsI man. Such is the on dit, however, anent one of the most I popular and straight-going of our racing magnates — to I wit, the gentleman in whose colours Aspen, Prattle, and others have so often won, and whose jacket I hope to see carried to victory by his latest-purchase, Prometheus. The sporting yarn afloat avers that ho has laid the owners of Welcome Jack, Granville, and St. Lawrence £10,000 to 500 that he does not win the next Melbourne Cup with either.