SPORTING NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 851, 20 August 1881, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

\ -7 ; last I B|Jenta few hours very, .pleasantly amongst 1 .the colts and fillips which are likely fo perform joining- seasoni'- and it ii gratifying to find most of ithem-in good condition for the work before them, Buccaneer was the first one I saw, and being_only_a few days handled hedid not 'show" to Bucli advantage "as "he" will ultimately do. He is a good brown colour; bie for his a^e^considering. hn - has had to get Tiis since foaled', evidently a gross colt, and of the largest to, who will require a' good preparation"' and "paying" for all he does. There is nothing very stylish about him, bufwhon looked carefully over he has much to recommend him, and : whatever his pace ia, he ouebt to prove a weight'carrier and " stay with it." In substance and general appearance he is more like a-son of Kakapo than a Barbarian, and when one remembers-how unlike a flyer Kakapo was and yet how*faat he could go,.it makes him careful 'how he writes about such colt Nts Buccaneer, Whether -a fast ene or not Mr Vallance's colt will always com--mand a good figure for general purposes, and this I take it ia a'much better alternative than breeding and rearing horses which, if useless, are only fit to carry boys to school.'

In looking through the stables where Buccaneer was standing, among a lot' of others, I caught sight of a good intelligent head, whioh made me desire, a. closer inspection of the owner of it. I found-it belonged to quite an old acquaintance, and I wish our District, heldmany more like her, I allude to Queen Cloil by Clymonus' from Little VVoirfers dam. . There is a lot about this Bciou o'f the Riddlesw.orth' line which' I like, and mated with a aire who would repair her faults, Queen Coil would become valuable amongst brood mares. Oii the turf she was not successful, If my memory serves me right she is still a maiden, but that says nothing against her, her blood: is running blood, and that is the "rule for breeding a' racehorse.

I was fortunate enough to have au. opportunity of getting more thau a stable look at Treasurer. Mr Macara'was.. just going out for half ail hojir's. ou his favorite, and together we went to look at some other probable candidates for the Champagne honors. Treasurer has furnished since last Autumn into a remarkably nice horse/ In fact lie is a racehorse 1 not perfect of course but such a ouo as one >rare!y- 'has the pleasure, of seeing hereabouts, claiming the district as-^hia birthplace. In Little Wonder, Rattling, Raven, Romeus, and others we have bred and?'• others •> who have proved our best at various times, there was a want of quality, a something that caused you to say " They are' good enough", for they win, and beat all others, but still they not do look horses of high class. Whether Treasurer ever wins another race or not, he certainly is a colt to be proud of, for his sire his breeder, and the district, Mr Macara has given this son of Premier every chance to wipe out tho head defeat'he BUiiained in _ the District Produce last autumn, when Mr Bucjrrid'ge'a Whitau, thanks to Jonah Harris's vigorous riding, oeat Treasurer joh the post. That Charlie Winteringham made a mistake by holding Treasurer too long, and his field too cheap, is geuerally admitted as being the reason Treasurer's owner did not draw the money. The colt was by no means as well as ha was at Opaki, when he cantered home first for the Produce, and yet at the distance the event at Tauherenikau looked a moral for the brown and amber. The certainty boiled over, but Treasurer will have his revenge if' ever he meets Barbarian's daughter again, which he probably will do in the autumn. Treasurer reminds me more of old Hurrioane than any other horse I'ever saw, and for his owner's sake I hope he proves as good, We met. the gay little chestnut Petruchio on our way. He, too, has been properly looked after, and his owner intends Ffavihg another cut in, believing the son of Gladiator to be a much better horse 1 than we know him to be. I am afraid'he will be disappointed, and I shall be glad if he is not, for although willing' to give Petrucliio all the credit for winning the Maiden at Tauherenikau, I cannot blot out the fact that he had nothing behind him, Whitau was so

shin sure that she could hardly move, and Elfrida on lior previous performances cannot be respected. To beat those two iB not class enough--for Danebury,- Soukar, Senorita, Oomus, Romeo, and Treasurer. Although fit and well in a handicap, he may show us some of that brilliant speed lie is oredited with having shown in his training. Foremost .among the popular victories last autumn was Petruchio's maiden, and what a cheer there will be if he gsts his head home first for the Birthday Cup, is not hard to realise, Freebooter and Whakiitoi were tlio next to come under my notice. They are both Champagne candidates, the formar being by Barbarian—Coquette, and the latter by Kingfisher-Skittles. They are' both in rare good fettle, and Mr Drumuiond is taking good care of them. Freebooter is my fancy of the two, and.there will be something very much amiss if this younnstor does not beat more than will beat him. The filly may race, but whatever she can do', I shall predict the colt to beat. He has a hard, determined appearance about him which indicates that he would not shut up, but fight away as long as he was able. Besides he looks like going, and being from a granddaughter of old Sir Hercules, on the dam side, bred aa he is, he ought to go, Whakatoi. is a short-necked, plain-! headed filly from aNutwith ninre, and therefore also a great grand-daughter of Sir Hercules, but for all that I cannot say she looks.like racing, I know that Mavis, one -Of Kingfisher's fillies, upset a great certainty at Napier the other day, and enabled Mr 0, 0. Murray to take ifiOO from the totalisator, and this causes one to pause before pronouncing against a Kingfisher, but in this instance I'must vote against his filly, and go for Barbarian's son, leaving the future to decide which of the two is the best, From what I had heard of Treasurer's sister—the filly Mr Macara unfortunately lost through breaking her neck over a wire fence—l was prepared to eee something nice in Romp—her half sister by Mangle—but confess to being agreeably surprised, Romp is a chestnut filly, has the Traducer blaze down her face, and with beautiful quality she has lots of substance, She is a lady every inch of of her—and there can be no doubt that

her dam, Sweetheart, (also Treasurer's) must a high class niare. Romp is a trifle wide between her fore legs, but this does not saem to interfere with hor action, as she moves in a way to make one who has nominated her inferior—envious, No doubt she is a nice filly, and with luck she will bo heard of. Laundrssi by the Premier—Lucy has evidently not received the same attention as Romp, nor is she such a grand filly, although for quality, above the average to be found in the district—she too is a Champagne candidate, and her owner will probably hereafter take more care of her if-lie intends to race her as a two year old. in t'ne : Autumn. It will not surprise me'to find h«r very fast, but Sweetheart's daughter at present looks the best of tho two, Secretary and Security are foals, both being by the Premier, the former from Sweistheart, and the latter from Luoy. Unlike the 'gioiralify of . Mf.Mttara'i I

itook, the yiftrlings are miserably poor, although I wwasiured ihflt Trenaurattiai -no better, as a yearling,-.1-still think auoh' colts bj Sdoretary and .Security, eipooially the former, well worth looking after, This riaw of it came home to me yery, forcibly when Maire's box door was opened, and I ear the-colt that could , olean them all out for four furlongs last season. _ They tell me that nothing could catoh him from the atart to finish, he m always.iq.frontior half, a; mile, but, tWn, his turning action" would' causa "aeollipae, and 'the,others travel .past ,/him. Marie thanks to the good care He has had, hai grownv into a yery taking oolt, and : one that will-fet'oha good/figure!;,for a stylish haolc-or - horsoX Oertainly he is not a racehorse to look at, howeyer, fast -he can go. As he jumps well, prcf we > may find him amongst the season.'-fijeaTing his box I could nßt help regrettjng that his owner had not something better to train than Petruchio and .Maire. The man who takes such care of his horses is worthy of better cattle, and now that old Lacy, has joined,the jnajority,'it is probable her plaoe will boj filled by something more worth spending trioney on,, ..Every- year r there, is a clearing, out of oaatioffa irom tha breeding studs down South. When for a very small sum one can procure a ,filly capable of giving most oLour.youngsters a start; and.a .beating, I hope Mr John Macara will fill old Lucy's place'with such a filly as Discretion, Songstress, Maid-of-All-work, and other cheap Jots, which the Canterbury breeders do not think good enough, and whose progeny it now takes the best of the southerners to beat.