NOTES BY "FALMOUTH."

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 141, 26 May 1883, Page 157

NOTES BY "FALMOUTH."

■■•• .'. -^Silvia has visited Anteros this year, and ■ immerous wagers have been laid (privately) that Stork- .. ."wells grandson throws a superior race-horse to the ■ much, over-rated Musket. > „. -'_ r~ Any Northerners wishing to have a shot at \ y'vthe V.R.C. meeting must bear in mind that it is quite ' „ <oa the, cards that the Lance-cuin-Robinson confederacy : will send a young un' over which, with ordinary luck, '„ ■ imay have a " cut out of the pie " of the good things * provided by our brothers on the other side. | '•;-'; .'.:— My readers must bear in mind that I shall , ; ' 1 ,ibe only too 'pleased to hear from them anything that ■ affects the welfare of sporting, such as naming their ',?.y earlings or deciding their disputes, reference to pedi-,'..';•-greeV, or expressing an opinion in anyway whatever which lies in my power. •='•,,: —I understand Miss Jervois is fond of hunting. A .ysleo that she is the possessor of a hunter. Surely " The '", Jolly Master of the Hounds " can give a run somewhere '•'-near town. I feel sure that he will be well rewarded by ."'j 'the kind, wishes of the ladies in forgoing one day for . 'their sak'es, much as it may go against the grain of a /■.sportsman." ' ,/,v -^I-have been instituting my enquiries relative ,;", to the merits of South Island, or rather ZVliddlo Island '-', Strainers versus: North Island, and I feel sure that I shall , .'lie able to defend' our trainers, both past and present ; ; no doubt I may have to answer several knotty questions. . -Still, in the end, I hope to be able to show that Southern ';- /-sporting oritiques must not " bark ivp the wrong tree." -.-•'■. ..— A great pity Mr Ferguson did not ship Feve ,to Australia. He would have realised a decent price, ,and :had a chance of showing his merits instead of remaining in oblivion, as he must do in this Colony. ■ Nothing .appears to go down in Auckland except > Musket. When the southerners scoop our pool next ■-.< year the same old cry will come, " It's the Stud Coui- ,'. -pany ;,they breed, they handicap, and they try to train h all" the Auckland horses." ... J -.-—Strange, but nevertheless true ! No sporting ■.critique from New Zealand has attempted to pub ■'-. " Augur " straight ibout the Lance-cum-Robinson mare ; ; : On. Dit. I still see the "Prince of Sporting Corres- ' ppndents " cautioning his up-country friends. Mr ■ Sevior has given the mare up, and she has gone — "*' Augur" knows not where. I fancy he is wrong in r , -stating tbat she ran in New Zealand us Factory Girl, " ' . and ins4»Kb o£ being a good one she is a bad second- '■;. later. , r — For the benefit of our coursing friends, the ■•' owners of Snowflight (runner-up for the Waterloo Cup), ' '. smarting under the sting of their defeat, laid £500 to ; '•' £500 that Destruction, by Scamp out of Mischief, . would win two courses out of three against Wild Mint. „- A grand trial ensued, Destruction winuiug the first ■•'•■' course, and Wild Mint the two latter, clearly proving \< that her Waterloo Cup was not such a fluke as they \y tried to make it but. '.;.. — Mr- Drake, who at one time held a good ?.\' position amongst our metallicians, has had a short ..; -passage of arms — so it would apiieor, according to the „1 Cfiristchurch Press, who quotes from the Napier Tele- '■ grap7i — with the widow of the deceased .Ferguson. I '-■',' iiaveino doubt in time that the layer of the odds will * .' redeem.his laurels. When he had it he paid it ; and if • the books cried " Wolf " evei-y time they are suffering . V'Sroin " slow fever," the above much-maligned could 1 ; a tale or two if needs. -/, — Auckland bookmakers, for the sake of their ,\r own, prestige, will, it is to be hoped, show a little more ;- forethought before they entertain one of their country ■-■'" cousins, ala Pierpoint, in the future. I see they are •\ ■ He'ld^up as a laughing stock in all the leading journals .- of my Southern confreres. Albeit it was done out of .'.'■'. good nature, and with free heart, which would puzzle .■■some of tlie Southerners if they had to suffer from the : ' same complaint. -t ; "■' \" Manny "■■ Lyons, one of the leading bookies ; v- ■ ■from.Dunedin.is on a visit for liis health to our Hot , ' /''Xj^kes.- In my old days he enjoyed the unfortunate ; I ' position of havingjtaid the late respected W. F. Neilson ■'•,.'. '£5000.. t0 -£ls for the Dunediu Cup, which, we all know, ■V. stie romped home with,. I don't think, if my memory is \: ,' correct, that his partner was one whit luckier, as I •?-' '{fancy he 1 laid Mr Deleinain, the owner of Punga, the :':\. . same odds. 1 It was amusing te see the partners, Lyons '. ./and. Cohen, 'with a roll of t*nk notes as big- as them- " -" '^selves rushing to pay all they had lost. I hope Manny " ..'* willsettle with us. '.;J ; ::— Mr Stead has decided on the following for his yearlings :— Colt by Prince Charlie ';?>>- rNelly/Mooro, Loohiol; colt by Albany— No Name, i,/'Jj<3arltbn<; ; colt by Leolinus — Tres Deuce,' Tres Sec ; filly ■"' J.- ; -/l>y.-V Albany — Miranda, AiaxSe; colt by Leolinus — - Puck ; colt by King of Clubs— Martyr, Cranmer; f-.^icol'tby Craig Millar— Lady Ravens worth, RavensworthA/;" jfllly ..;by Blair Athol— Florence Macarthy, Athole ; colt Sjv" 'by, Dpncaster — Steepe, Russxey. '^/^(ifi-^Siv. Launce)ot" devotes a lot of space re ?T;:«Mr'...Ste;ad'a colt Splendour— who is engaged in the '■H .''rßliler-Ribbpn"- of Old England— in his issue of the '^>19th'iiltli • I quite fepl with him in having such a sportsCivi'jtnari, in: our midst to have a nomination for such a 4M^-classic event." ,1 only hope that Splendour will equal his '' ','■ v^ldipetV'Trump Card. I can hear the " Hurrah !" and ■);~/kee!'p)xe'*"ha,t. in the air," of my old friend Mr F. '/,Ci3^eils6n j:\wlieri. The TrUmp conceded Templeton half-a- '* •^s't6ne"weight-for-age at Dnnedin. and'beat him. $$^-,:S": — ; -:?rft- am indebted, to "Sir Luuncelot" for the i«^ !^upwiu i 'g :— Virginia Water has gone to the stud.. ' j|g''^^Mr-.;JEledwood's ■ old. favourite, Manuka, has ■ : .j*gbpred4a.win > jjy.his daughter Princess, at Coleraine, K.f^icst.ii^Tb.p^beihs 1 full sister to the sensational Cup I|.s|^L^o^^^- v l>uchesß. . $^; : ?rWs&^ : -Over, the dam of Malibaran, who . ran .the One Thousand Guineas, is by Caterer; J .^■.A'aript^erf feather' in the cap of Anteros, both hailing on gfil^ja sire's'side from the emperor of stallions, Stockwell. %^l^Cfiug§sWork,having polished off Prometheus Leger so easily, must not be forv .wKen';!the'. Melbourne Cup doubles are being lie'inade tha iunning from the jump and was H|^HK^y¥op^aiai,^inher,of the Newmarket Handiof Savanaka and Topaz, at weightHH^^H^CamdenStukes (Lniile and a quarter), proving lady, as well as worthy of Mr mi^^^mmXom.h^P>M^ jjdt,o^erMa, hie-bbok

. —Beau Brurnmell, first favourite for the : Derby, is out of sorts, so it would a^ear from latest advices, the stable not caring to jeopardise bis cbance .by sending him for the £200. [Galliard has since won ifc.— Ed. Obs.] — Those of mj readers who follow running blood please bear iv mind that the Chester colt this year is called Buckingham, and Creswick's half sister by 'Chandos, out of Q.E.D.,'he has been christened Lady Temple. — The Duchess of Montrose has made, the sporting baronet, Sir J. D. Astley, her fidvs acJiates in the management of her late husband's racing establishment. Mr Crawford's colours will be received with the well wishes of every true sportsman. — English Derby quotations state that Hamako, by Hermit, out of Hippia, is one of the best outsiders, being full brother to Nellie. "Robin Hood" says he will see a shorter price ; so if any of our local books wish to lay a shot, bear in mind, he must be treated with respect. ■ — " Augur " seems to have been all astray over the Adelaide Birthday Cup, having tipped First Water and The Plunger as his picfc, with Corolauus for a saver, albeit he had. the astute metallician, Harry Haines, as a fourth, with Doncaster, whom Harry pronounced as good a thing as Euclid last year. — Thanks to " Augur," of the Australasian, for his information. Entries for the Melbourne Cup and other events can be made in New Zealand with the Secretary of the Canterbury Jockey Club, Christchurch, New Zealand. This is a step in the right direction, and I hope we shall have one or two Maori representatives.