AUCKLAND SUMMER MEETING.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 172, 29 December 1883, Page 6

AUCKLAND SUM MER MEETING.

, :;3 .-j. : : „• . - ; piestpay. —The Auckland Cup day, of 1883 has been looked forward to -by racing men with anticipations of pleasure, and as far as fine weather and -gojul sport could make the day enjoyable, visitors ' toJmersiie had nothing to complain of. Early in the morning many anxious eyes consulted the barometer and looked at the sky, while later on, " "as Queen-steeetTs became thronged with pleasure'eeekers, the frequent question might have,,been heard, 'VWhatwillwin the Cup P" or " Pick me a double," The road to the course was more crowded than usual, vehicles of all descriptions going- at all paces, and driven by " jarvies" in all ~Mnds;of>ways ;- and though I did not notice the -'familiar donkeyrcart of, old England, driven by the artistic 'vendor of" vegetables known as the coster, still there was many a spring cart with a good r! trotter-' chucking his dust into the face of " ap^Vie'ss fortunate, Jehu behind. , The drag from Cliib'was the most conspicuous on the. : %rou.nd^a- capital team, being .handled t 'by 'the of the ribbons, Billy ' -^Meti|ughlq.n^,;jJllh§' chaff- -on the, road was -not;,quiteißp A t^ick*as!*the'd'ust, but as I was fortunate , in getting^ i-ide with arfnend-who drives a good ' Ui mbver7^i<b?P.f iPi'.etty . clear ,o.f ; both. , ; The course lobkfidb'eautiiFul, the rains that" have fallen this ;-^timm : er". giving it a;,Tery different appeamnpe 'look it -ha|?often-.:had Jfi^i^Ivibus occasions. jMany littie*iHrproveriSen%Bmate Ajit,^ie.fi^^at catches the eye.,

of tiie P'reßS miri -is the righf to us? tlie ; eh^l ■ f bl r glje fiiiri |Hq slip too far." Sutherland rode a waitr an 4 there is no ledge'br Bedevereis evidently a brute: he "went" for two 'desk to rest ■% Bbok on sEbuld anyone Wißh'"tp;" -or 'three?o| the jockeys^ in^the race, an^ nearly | Wrlteian acco%tffc-qf atrace/ at^the^ titnetolsend- made a meal- of little * Biuisher "on Soukar." iaway. HoweyW let -us ibe- thankful for smaU Vortex ran a better horse than I expected. Many* inierbies.an¥be:gi^ ;l fnatthis:iß an improvement .pa°pk say ; that. se^alr.pf .the Sout^erp horses. on-former year^Vwitli 'the hope that, as each did not speej. in the Cup-: if so, no doubt ( the eagle meeting tooine* -round so may' we improve and ejre ,of our handicapper -was on them and they keep ptce.with:thetime S . The saddlin^paddoek,- will get.itpopped.on in the future handicaps In ; ; notwithstandirig the amount of walking^exercise S^. Horf Jf B ; Jf r PHbrow declared to win with idone in it,. was pleasant and free from dust. Mr Barbary, but the bay was not good enough :so Percival evidently has. an eye for the picturesque, « ld . Clarence had to come with a wet saiUt the the i r beanng y quite aWappeaLce. , |he g-VJ-. scarlet geraniums lilies and gladiolas inter- ou t. jo ckied b yLxmn, who nearly "brought mixed with the handsome filets of the ladies as alK l his mount to grief at the back of the the fair- wearers promenaded the lawn, formed Hercules struck the hurdle and came on altogether a kaleidoscope of beauty never before hia noso> but cleV eriy. himself ; but he seen on an Auckland course. The.Stand was t fln ter ng J agaill . Railway Plate crowded both on 'the top and second floor, while w&g & | ift to Jacl in Derritt>s handSj won the steps were thronged from top to bottom. eagily \ & head ith how much his sleeve Nearly £6000 was put through the totahsafeor the N ew J Zoa i and Archer only knows. The Free outside, which was well patronised during the day, Hand } cap> that promised to produce a good field, and the pay-out at the sides was a great improve- dwindle{l down to s ix 3 and resulted in Salvage and . nient, as there was very little waiting to get Yuba BiU runn i ng a goo d race home. A word of tickets compared with former meetings. _ praise may be given to young McManemin for the The first race of the day eventuated in a win way c rode o \^ p arame na. This race brought a for Musketeer, whom I tipped last week. This ca pital day's sport to a close, and genuine backers evidently was a pleasant ride for Alex. Suther- o f public form went home rejoicing, for in most land, who won an easy race for Mr Bobbett, and instances the favourites won. The following are I feel sure no one will begrudge this plucky sport t he events, with the results :— his first wia on the Auckland course this season. The MxiDEN p LATE cf ioOsovs., with sweepRowlands, , too, must be congratulated on the gtflkes of 3sovSi to g0 to the eecond horge . f or fettle he brought the colt out, after the form he throe-year-olds and upwards ; weight for age ; showed as a two-year-old. The ten two-year-olds di ata nce, U miles ; for all horses that have never saddled up for the Midsummer was a Bight worth won an adyer ize of 2 5sovs. at time of entry, all the journey. The Southerner, Ugly Buck, Mr w Bebbett's b c Musketeer, 3yrs, 7st 121bs was made the favourite in the paddock at the , (Sutherland) ... ... ... l

last moment, Carbineer's followers having got their money on previously. Trenton, Krupp, Gretna G-reen, and Satanella were all backed for a bit, so that it must have been generally a good " throw in" for the layers. According to all accounts, Carbineer had cleared out all the others in his stable, yet Sylvia's grandson, with the colours up, told the same old story again — ■ ■ . " When spurs were gored, ■ And whips were out !" He came away and won, having, as in the Welcome Stakes, Krupp for a runner-up. What might have happened had not the general scrimmage taken place at the bend I know not, but the winner was nearly carried off his legs at the turn, so I think a little may be put down to Watties coolness and experience in winning the race, though : Dawson, who rode the colt in the Welcome Stakes, handled him very well on that occasion. Trenton was my second string, and a good one he proved to be. ; A, jockey who deliberately " goes " for another liorse when his own is beaten, ought*. to- be .reprimanded, and, if the Stewards are wise, they will keep their eyes open, so .that, this kind, of , thing does not become a common occurrence on an Auckland course in the future. The big race was a capital one, and resulted exactly as I placed them in last week's issue, viz., Salvage, Tim Whifller, and Libeller, "and," I added,- "if these three are: separated, it will be either by Welcome Jack or Envious, .whlcheV^r the stable may select." The stable 'trial was. run on. the day after I wrote the above sentence, ,when Jack, settled the question. "Williams' rode' "Salvage excellently,- showing a capital knowledge;;o'f.;pace,,and hugging tnVrails all the ' way. ' , The ,'same niaj "be- said- of Willie ..Butler, who eyiclentiyVdi'd nofrmeantto let "Cortex

Mr McKinnon's b h Strathearn, 6yrs, 9st 4lbß (Wattie) 2 Mr Atherton's c c Flageolet, 3yrs, 7st 121bs (Laing) 3 Mr Thompson's b g A.B. (3yrs, 7st 121bs, Vaile) also ran. Betting : 4to 1 against Musketeer. Flageolet /made play -when the flag fell, Musketeer and Strathearn being together, A.B. last. At the mile post, Vaile, on the two-lettered gentleman, who ran in blinkers, -went tip to his horses. Going along the back of the course, Sutherland improved the pace abit, and "Wattie drove Strathearn through the cutting, passing Flageolet. Vaile now made his effort on A.8., but findipg he could not live with, them, pulled off. Wattie was hard at Strathearn all the way home, but the son of Yatterhm left him without an effort as soon as Sutherland gave him the ' office, winning easily by a couple of lengths. The Midsummer Stakes of 200sovs., with a -■ sweepstakes of osovs. to go to the second horse; for two-year-olds; colts' Bst lOlbs, fillies Bst olbs ; distance, (5 furlongs. Mr W. Somerville's br o Trenton, Bst lOJbs (Wattie) 1 MrEobertson'sbc Krupp, Bst IQlbs (Clarke)... ... 2| Mr J. Balmaiu's c f Gretna Green, $sfc 51bs (T. Taylor) "' 3 Ugly Buck, Fusileeiy Carbineer, Revolver, Woodnympji, Necklace, and Satanella also ran. Betting.: 2 to. 1" against Ugly Buck, 3 { ;to . 1 Carbineer, o to 1 Krupp, G to 1 Trenton, 10'to ; l others. ? ;A • gjood. • start was effected by Mr. McLaughlan, Ugly Buck getting the best of it, and, being quick on his legs, soon showed tw.o or three,leng.thß tin fa-ont.y. Going up to the hill to the cutting it' looked all o.yer, but .coming down to the..turn home, a sheet might have covered" eight out of the ten. "The colours' ! of • Gretna Green j' Woodnymph, Treriton, p Ei-upp, arid^Car-

bineer,';. appear§^^l^ngHl^t^^^^P^ffl to keep "from'runfiittg'Krupp :oxii;, i "aricl"c|.re ; w;rri^^^^ across Woodnyinph and an opening dr<^eu-pCj^^g;^h^^fei^nd^';thti^fiS^ nearly carried qffi||iipi^^b^a^^^^\oni^^^^| Buck, he stda'diedilluss^piga^gßic^St ;'dbSvn l:^^|* ride him home. A general" scrimmage ensadd^iV.".' Gretna Green nearly corning on her ndse when 6bjb - , '} looked all-over a^inherpKf upp jhayingt Iff*- '■ close under the judge's box, -half a length; behind- . > Trenton, Gretha Green being third! ■■ '. paid £8 10s on this race.The Auckland Oup f of oOOsbvs.^ ''added' 'to a ? v' sweepstakes of loso.vsi' each, second ,hpz'se to receiye lOOsofs., and -the.' iHir^d horse SOsovsi, -i\ but , of , the stakes ; distance', .2^ miles;, for ."'■ three-yeaf-blds and up-wards: ' '■ ' > -- : Mr R. ?. Vallance's eh g Salvage, syref,"Bsl; • 81bs (G. Williams; ;> ... /:'...- ;.-.... .. 1 = Mr Butler's. b h Tim Whiffler, 6yrß, 7sfc 121bs (W. Butler) " '".?.""'..'."/.'..:' *-".::... 2 - Mr Bobbett's br h Libeller, aged, -7st?lbs (Sutherland) ;. i^; ;./...'/ i iit - r ' ... 3 Betting:, 2 to 1 against Salvage; sto ■■> 2 Tim Whifiier, 4 Jbp 1 Welq^me. 6. to l r Libeller, 8 to 1 Sir Bedevere, 10 to I. others, .^yi/irtgx soon showed in front to. an excellent Btart,Tim. second, : Salvage and Libeller in "the order, named, Jack,-*-Sir Bedevere, Maori, and Spiikar, bring|ng';up the ■?'- --rear; the three last-mentioned^either" being out- .^ paced or not galloping kindly'M tii'e'hdnds of the.^ light-weights. This orde/' whs' pretty 'well kepfc%> until the second round, wlieh Libeller closed with 'J Salvage, and Jack began to go up. Williams had been gradually improving his _pace, and. Vortex came back a bit, the;two icheenuts -being /lockjed together for a few strides after coming thrpugh the cutting, Salvage haying settled. Tim at the

back of the course. Butler evidently had a bifc left, for he came again in the straight, but Salvage stalled him off, and won a good race by two lengths, Libeller third, Vortex fourth. Time, 4min. Bgecs. My tip was 4min. 7eetcß. _ The Hurdle Race, of lOOsovs., with a sweepstakes of 3sovs. each to go to second horse; distance, 2\ miles, over ,9 flights of hurdles. Mr Pilbrow's b g Clarence, tged, 12st 51bs (Imun) ... 1 Mr. Sheeiian's b g Hercules, aged, 12st {SJieenanl ... & Mr Blailrie's h g. Woqdraoker, 6yrs, . lOst lOlbs (Taylor) ... »• ''%ffi\ •'••"-••• '•- .- * Harkawaj r and Barbaig&also ran. Betting : 2 to 1 against Clarence, Woodpecker and Hercules, 3 to 1 against Barbary, with whom Mr Pilbrow declared to win. Edwards took Barbary- to the front, making the running for his stable, .champion, Clarence, who lav off,, Woodpecker second, with Hercules last. Woodpecker,,, after a short straggle, wrested the lead from Bar-,,^ bary ariftled round; all jumping, well. Heatorug was hard on to Harkaway, the pace soon telkajpi on his condition. Barbary having fulfilled bjj ;*l mission, Lunn sent Clarence at Woodpecker, -«M? £ at the same time shepherding Heroid^gfli* -■: nearly came down shortly after,. As they-ej»ed &; from the cutting, it was v evident Clarenqiemad^ Woodpecker in trouble.- Hercules i ; n»mSd| his -•» run, but could never get tip, ancl theWdf avo>mte .^ came in an easy -winner •by M. lengthj' H^cu]es : ■ J second, and Woodpecker, third.. The totahsator TheSiiSr PtAi^Vot 100sb'vs.;f6r 'f*p l -year- .^ olds and upwards'; -weightifo|-age; distance, ,•; Mi%™brow's b h Welcome Jack, iyrs-^st-memtt) ... 1 :^ Major George'eKc Wapiti Syre, , 2 Mr Robinson's b.f Mitraalleuse, 3^rs, W 131b,s ,( , ' J (Absolum) '.:: . ../ '-■■, , * '{■• '. .' ••• .* /'"" . "■••? .. : -v Musketeer and StiLej^r alflo ran. ; r.- -■ » ; : > • \ v

'"' ■'--'■- ■ ■; . f-y, „'..". — ■' ■iL . The .boaKfinJSjj- Leger,. thinking; J^i-aa no star £, ■ •wasle_f&aT?p' post': '■ .Mustete%rß^ls^oVr.ed'out ' witbV'a clear." lead, 'but" on coining through the. ' cutting, Mitrailleuse had a. go. at him. Wapiti,., iiext.the rails, and. Jack, on' the outside, began to close up ' .'Once in the straight, .Wapiti and Jack -.singled themselves out; the colt coming well under the whip, ran a good race home. Dorritt took one look on the outside, and, 1 seeing he had them all licked but Wapiti,- rode a pretty race home by a head, Mitrailleuse third, two lengths away. . -..•'. v The Fkee Hakdicap, of lOOsov.s., with. a sweepstakes of 3sovs. each to go to second horse ; distance, 1 mile. , ■ Mr Vallance's eh g Salvage, syrs, 9st (Williams) ... 1 Mx B. Thompson's br g Yuba?, Bill, aged, 7st 81bs (Vaile) .. .;..'.. ... ... ..; ... 2 .Mr Pottei's Paramena, aged, 7st (McManemin) ... 3 1 , Fishwoman (7st lOlbs), Enyious (7st Slbs), and ; -; Vortex (6st 71bs) : also ran. £/j Betting: Even against Salvage, 3 to 1 Envious, i;K S to. 1- Fishwoman, 5 toil Vortex, -6 to 1 Ytiba , A 'Bill. Envious was first' to show in front, but she came back to her horses, and at the j < ionr-furlong post she was done with. Paramona, " liaving settled her, was tackled by Salvage ; but in the -straight Yuba Bill came out full of running, ; and Williams had to rouse up the son of Castaway to stall off the rush of the North Shore repr.esen- , tative, who finished a good second, Pai-amena third.. „ . „ ... " Mi- McLaughlan must be congratulated on the .excellent starts- lie effected throughout the day, th©: only hitch^being the boy on St. Leger, who foolishly would not come tip, and thereby got left , at tho post in the Railway Plate. . NOTES BY SPREAD EAGLE. — Libeller, Woodpecker, and Crown left for tho Thames immediately after tho races. — An unlucky number is 13 — not once has it been hoisted as the winning number this year. —Mr Dodge's greyhound bitch, Skipping Lady, by Totara— Tricolour , has visited Mr Chernside's Musket. —The well-known record of " Care never killed a cat " has been brokon. A member of the staff has a fox-terrier called " Care," and he's killed several cats. ". — Who was the owner who bought all tho neck.ties anywhere near his colours in town to present to inquiring friends ? The colours maybe bought at half j:>rice now the Cup is over. :— " What did you back that time ?"' I asked au astute backer on the Midsummer. (i Oh ! I had a bit on the; old horse. He stays well, and has done ever since I've been on the turf." He had backed 1 tho field. —Old Petronel, as Musket's son is called, was •among the- starters for the Cambridgeshire, but no one could supp«se him possessed of the dash ;> :nece3sary for winning a race so extraordinary in t the demand it makes upon capacity. V — Petronel, by Baffler— Leonora, is dead. This ~ greyhound won our last Cup, and proved himself 'to be one of the best dogs we have had here. I hope his owner will be able to properly fill his place with another as good. — I ,-was much amused at the conversation between two small jockeys as they walked their horses round one morning soon after the weights for the Auckland Cup came out. After some ? { jaw,". one eventually bet the other a level 2s 6d Salvage beat Tim Whiffler. ■ Not bad picks. j result of " Grand Flaneur's " consultation ■was as follows :— The first prize was won by an Auckland; investor, the second by an Auckland Company of 12, and the third prize went to Dungavilie, near -Greymouth. . Tho drawing was faithfully carried out, a representative of this ■paper being invited to attend. . « La' Don r B " consultation on the Auckland Cup closed with GOOO subscribers, and the result will he found in bur advertising colnmns. The spirited proprietor has announced another consultation on the Dunedin Cup, for.February 21st, 107 prizes, of £3000, particulars of which will be found on our sporting advertisement page. . The Cambridgeshire, so long as the winner of the- Cesarewitch had to carry the 71b penalty, was never won by a: horse that had previously secured the Cesarewitch ; but, strange to say, no sooner was the penalty increased to 141bs than twice in. the first five yoaz-s the double has been pulled off by the samo horse. — A starter, being asked whether an attempt had been made to square him, replied, " Yes j -some years ago a gentleman informed me that he liad put a ' pony ' on his horse for me. I said, very •well, sir, but I must go and ask the stewards of the Jockey Club to hold the money. That was the last time ah attempt was made to square me." « A tipster's or tout's lot is not a happy one." it was an amusing sight. the other morning, when if-was supposed to be too dark for the horses to ' work, to see several well-known horsey men snoring, with their mouths open, at four o'clock in the morning, while a trial was run right under ttaeir noses. ..As tlie horses dashed by, one tout remarked, " Ah ! there go, a couple of hacks." --Among 'the many alterations on the grand stand and saddling paddock may be mentioned the concrete floor to the luncheon rooms under the new stand 5 the concrete- floor to the urinal - also a great improvement. The totalisator boxes have been re-arranged to facilitate opera-. '<. itions. The jockeys' names are put up on the scratching board, so that in case of anyone wishing to : back a : jockey's mount there is a chance of what he is going to ride. jj£'>" ■-.— To give a few rough tips on the form show last - Wednesday, I have pencilled the following: — ,;lfeelh'ng Race : Yuba Bill or Paramena. Publicans' ||Ejfߧe: Salvage or. Welcome Jack. New Year's HwHp !'* : '^Csß>ineer or Gretna Green. Nursery : Trenton or Krupp. Auckland Plate : '^Welcome #ack or Salvage. The handicap weights *:-^liroot be out till Friday ,»but I fancy the three JvjSrst in the- Cup and Welcome Jack will furnish -;the {winners of Ike jsarious handicaps on the two #dgyssracmg^ai;;WeJs[ew Year. , In. the two-year-will' now have to cany 51bs r fM^^^*?^^..;*'^ 6 "win 11 !' of both races will be lifo^d/.^Qngst ;'the four I have mentioned. v»u^i>ejßißieaL;"pf 'some .-jockeys- in early life Little Mariini for instance, wh© l mise Cesarewitch, got £1000 for i^^^^pf^^';V^^ : ;^niy- a little orer

fifteen, and he still goes to 'school. It is anticipated tbat his . earnings for 1883 "will be about £3000. Those who know- Martin say lie is a little ;boy with boyish ways; and altogether unlike the typical .fashionable light-weight. One story got-about that he preferred the pocket-knife that his uncle promised him to the £1000, but this is a little too thin. A boy who •is clever enough to. win a race like this handicap is not such a fool as that. I mow which little Alf would " cop." I have to tkank Mr It. H. Nolan, hon. sec. of the Egmont Racing Club, for a programme of their Autumn Meeting, to take place on the 17th March, 1884. They offer £400 in added money, divided between nine eveut a , the Egmont Handicap being worth .£l3O. Nominations for Handicap Hurdles, Flying Handicap, Egmont Handicap, and liace Handicap, will close on Thursday,- 21st February. Weights declared on Wednesday, 27th February. Acceptances and general entries close on sth March, at the office of the hon. sec, Hawera. — The race for the Cambridgeshire was very close. Bendigo, the winner, finishing under the rails, was not noticed, and 19 people out of 20 thought Mr Long's (Grand Flaneur) Tonaus had . won, Modicus and Hackncss being next. Tonaus '■ was wired away all over England as the. actual winner by those whose first desire is to get ahead of their business rivals, whether they send tho right or the wrong winner. Tho confusion in London was something, extraordinary. When the winner's number was hoisted on the course it caused great astonishment, that Bendigo, the 50 to 1." outsider had really, won the race. — On Saturday there was quite a crowd to see the match run off between Otara and Bob Sawyer for £10 a-side, seven stone up, over tho last five furlongs of the Auckland course. Opinions differed very much, as many habitues of tho . training ground predicted that Otara, who is a bad horse to start, would either stop and kick or bolt, while on the other hand many knowing ones said there is only one in it, and that is Otara. The. race does not require much describing, for Otara, when the word "go " was given, with the outside position, jumped to the front, and was never afterwards headed, winning by any nnmbei" of lengths. A bit of wagering on the Cap, Steeples, and Derby was done. Several cracks wore sent round the gallops, ridden by artistes of varied calibre. ■ — Only a year ago (says an English paper) it seemed to be all over with tho Cosarewitch as a : betting race. The 50,000 to 1000 that the Sheffield leviathan turned over to his friend, Mr Smith, as the first instalment of the Roseberry commission, seemed a trasaction almost beyond the power of imagination ; and Mr Smith himself, alluding to the GO,OOO to 1000 he obtained for _th.& late Mr Gretton about Sterling for the Cambridgeshire when that horso was beaten by a short head, said: "It would bothor anyone to work such a commission now." When Cdrcie Roy won the Cosarewitch, Robert Peck found it a hopeless task to get 10,000 to 1000 about Hackness. This year, however, the activity displayed has astonished even the old stagers. A teii thousand pound book had become a thing to bo wondered at, but last week (says the writer) I saw 25,000 to .looo laid in one pop. Yankee Walton is said to have had 100,000 on his book about Girofle. Fry, Hibbert, and Steele all have had very., largo books this year. In speaking of Mr Fry, the writer says he is not one of the G to 4 fraternity, who begin by offering 3 to l,and haggle away up to 10 to' 1 ; but he is a man who gives you the market price, and therefore has a large connection and a largo banking account.