TALK ABOUT THE TURF.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 980, 21 January 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

TALK ABOUT THE TURF.

■ .coward, for that's ,yhafc he is, aud no mistake. .■Now ; youcom?'alongo',iiie.''.:.'':,'',',/ '' | ~,; It,,,was vigorous, hands .that had.liieraliy boxed my psrßecutor's eara,; ..knocked his .hati. : of|,.in^j|thp;muddy/ r6ad,i and put him taflightj while nqiy, 'as, if I/had, , been her [prisoner,; .she hurried' me! h'pm'e and up int6 ; rhy : p^n.r i 6om r where/ a'jfellbw lodger had ■ been .placed 'by her to/si);,by Katie's .Bide,. ... „'',,;!. 1,,'/,"-,'",'. .'". '"" >! ~;" You go dqwn'now,; Harnpspn, 1

.'imperiously,', and,, the. Jodger j 'went, away; ~" And "so this is ypur grand confectioner's?,'is it; „J.„ ill ,W ■■.■l..J,. ,;.i.P ~ ~ ',|",i'| ma,dam ; [; ..,;i., .., ~;,, .;.. „ ■ ; " Don't. he angry with mo, Mrs/Hamrjs'pn, ! ! I said, .faintly.,, ,?? It .you. knew all you would not be harsh," •,./,..• .','/,.'■/ /.' ,';'/,'/'."■, j .',,,; '.',.] Which ma'danv and I -do know allij..There,/there|' won't say ,a .hard, word', to /you," sliq ] .cried j ; "but as forthqlt.hualiapd'of yours'!"/:''/"'" ! | heaven's for ,1 ; c6uld/hardly r 'quen., eel,jngs that, cn'oked/rhyjutteraric'e., *' " /', ''".;! ,j.:"Which,l won't,,;niy.|dear," she ! cried,' .taking me to her heart, {''and I wont, scold, you; for if you had told.me ybu/was'a bailetj pliQuid''liayp Baid, ) ' , .out'bf tny.'hottae) you/go,;' ..but/I,'dpn't .Bay soj and, I/wpn'tJ ,l!ye watched you night after, night,, my .deary andl/ye/spent.shillings' and shillings/in thatgallery to. see youcdme on,, and. all. the 'time' J,shuddered at soei'ng you dressed so shame-j jesa'andsp.lbwi/.ißut I aayat6.iiiy : masteW I says', 'There's a mystery abdiit'tliaVMrpJ : feece,'l;says:;;'and,kpow what she does'fori ,»(living jiwiil,ifor.it ain^t/confe'ctipnerin,] .th/a£l am sure',.; Splfoll.off'ed ypu, : my'dear,! and see you go." straight to,the stage door,j it j/but I' tho'ught'l'd make .sure,, and i,wenfc 'to tho/fi;ont cpme.on, and'thpn.ljsaw you '.come out, and ,how-,ypu;snubbed/sdmeone.as followed, y'oui (I've seen .it all niglit after night, and .sb/IM ,ypu.l;lmbwßall,s/,!;.,'/./' ~'.' : '. i "',.'/'.■ i ;,,.," Please/don't', say! any more.tp'mb.'tci nightjiMrs,, Hampsoh," I .pleaded!/ ! ,.'' I will }p,okoutfor.fresh,r.oomstp'morrowi". , ',.'j ... i,.■'.^yhichyou/won't,'do nothing/of the sort; ,rny dear,", she; cried hdtly././.J'.I, may itemper, .lyhich I.cloii't' di.sown,''lM(/'ham'a get'a livimjlik'e that/you'must, mydear j'.b'ut forihe,future.,eithcr,,me'/pr my/master sees iyiju safe. 1 thore,.nnti /eitbojr my master or,' mo conies and' sees you safo back', and if ever-—'! She did not 'finish, for she set to work ti try and check my hysterical sobs, as I sank crying iipon'her breast ;> and since that night she'has' mostly been -my, companion to and f;fro.'"'- : ■'■' " : '■:•'■'■:■: r. '.-. : '>/■;.•■ i.

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•!,. ii-..y»'-.--n yilj U-'i-itJ::- M Asp. ABO.ni.'!,thk dbbby.;:;,i.h-,pabxiojjlaß( ; ' . !'■!•■■ <(Continuii,)\ I Phosphorus,' the'winner;iif tlie-Dpfbyih't 1837, ; was"' hs laihd' as : a 'cat" ; at : nootf onthe. flay of the race; ''arid wheii I 'his-trainer'c'amd for',orders to his b\yner, Lord- Beraersj' ex-' pectirig to be instruct'ed'tb scratch'the horse; the only 1 tepl^ r he : received': was j''' Run—l always'runj" •>" All his baqkers did-their best to' get'their)'money'off,•'•'but' ! liis jbckeyj iGeorge'-'Edwds, ; bh';re'a'cMng:'itho.'ijudge's' fchair, " drove hishorse'half a length' in froiit |jy 'downright manual labor;" and achieved' a yjbtory'which' as'tourided '< everybody. '•'. .Phost < plibrus's .lameness', lvoweVer,'proved' 'to : bo : subsequently incurable;' : - i;;;,;| - 'C 1 ' "■■'/ '• j \Vhen Hero, who had been entered for the l Gobdwbbd Giip/.-'arid stood'well- inipublio estimation,'pulled'up'• a-Hriali gallop! everybody looked Upon him as out of 1 pressed that ho Bhould ' not ; 'have been BoratcUc'd; ■' His'owiier •r'an 1 him, however, arid he won, Ten dayS'beforethe Doncaster 'Meeting Bird-on-thenvirig was seized : with wha,t :i ap'peared"tb be acute inflammation'of theinngs, arid Was ordered to be blistered-and': ;bled.' 'A.sheepskin waS'wrapped -round-Her.! loins.' and-her-'Veterinary 'surgeon directed; her to be kept in the stablo for a fortnight. Her jockey- (William Day) disregarded hisinstructions, and ran her' for i tho- Patk-hillt Stakes, ; wbiolisheWoneasily. : ' ■■■■' : -''■'■ The fallacy of trustingtoo much to appear-' ances has been' I repeatedly illustrated' oh the i.turf;' There' was 'a 'light,' bad-conditioned l mare, 1 afterwards called La Pique,'afewyea'rs' agpjn England, so meagre in body,' andiso rough and ragged of : coat; that she looked only fit to be' Bept'to the knaoker's, - When she "appeared on l 'the-course' she excited a- ; burst of derision, arid people loudly declared 1 it Was'a crueltyto run siioh a'.liag of'bones.' Her backers knew better, 1 and by her beating ;a good field of horse's in a selling plate'they < Janded'a^pbtof ! morioy.' Shewasiboughtiy' Sir 'Riphard Sutton,'iand'when her trainer ;bf ought' her into '-good condition'it was found ■Bhe cehld do nothing,' 1 The late Lord George l Bentirioki' I 'who • was considered ito be splendid judge of horee-nesh,' refused to' buy i one of 'Touohstone's fillies,' because' she was! such a'miserable-looking weed, with a weak' body and weaker legs*; ; This was Mendicant?, 1 ' : the beat animal "of' her 'year," whowas thei winner of the One Thousand and the Oaks,i other races;!- Musjid' codld not' :„■:■'..";.', 11l- !...- - ~;.:;,,-.;'-(I 11-i

find a purchaser at ISO guineas; : after having. 1 . Been inspected by all the best judges in ; Doncaster; and Venison was ao small tlmt-hia ibreederwould not send the' !rest •■of his. yearlings,- The .late Admiral Rous parted with Weathergago for £4o,' bo-: •cause-he'was incapable of winning even, a' ;sellirig plate at Northampton; and yet he; •subsequently won the Goodwood and Cosar'e. •witch Stakes; besides other good races', ■ i : ' < : ; i 'Of 'Unfashionably-bred horses ; which have dorid well >on tlle'turf .we 1 May'enumerate! ' Hero.iElcho,: and' St.' Giles, bought for £150,! and for 100 and CO guineas respectively. The' first of these turned out to be, according to William Day."the beat horse in England,"; Jester was another horse with a miserable pedigree, and"tKe bar- sinister "on his escut-| cheon, , As. a two-year-old he .could have' b'e'efl.readily'puroh'ased i6r-a''*l6o-noteiJaiidj yet as a three-year-old he won asuccessipn of; races, lincluding two,-at Ascot,., and was'soldpnthat'cpurse for £4000,;,,,,..' „. .'. ~, j ; .; ■ iSohisro wag, bought for twenty guineas at .Doncastor; wpn.thousands of pounds' for her' trainer,, including .the Queen's Vase at AscotJ iand,was, afterwards,sold.,for £lsoo.',;Blue Rock.was purohased as a yearling jor, the.in-' signiflcant sum of ,10 guineas, and won mahyi races for ;his fortunate. owner, including the Great Eastern Handicap at Newmarket,,.; Noli unfrequently ( pld ; mares, : which,'ha,ve fallen 1 •into discredit, and,;ev,en .contempt, .drop .excellent foals..,:.The ; dam;of. Crucifix was .a! j.casejn point.,..She.aud her : mother; werd .parted with for os,guineas: while Caraotacus,flero,' and,: One Act were'each the offspring of; a.dam altogether undistinguished in the . studibooks of their ttitne, .i/ ;: ;,... , I According.tp.thedictum of.oneofthe niost experienced trainers, in England,, a small diprse,is,generally preferable.,to,a largo,.one 'oyer,;a .long;course. Venison,, loe; filler,' Dtticibella, : ap'd; Weatherbound , were little [better than. ponies., ,',! As a rule," he, saysj "you inay, get 50 good small horses for one good largo one, .and .the former ;do, ;and willj run well-after.the.latterkve been ; put tp.the stud." ; ; ,For L ~both,;. he-' considera. the,most eligible horses .to; be those standing about ,15 hands .one' or, two ..inches 'high, straight ,on with an'outward inclination -of the .toes. .-.j'A; good big .horse,", we. are :told|.."may l beat a good, little one over a short .course, but at three or four.milcs a good little one.wpuld beat, the,best big one. that -ever ;ran,, Camerinp,wastperhaps,,in her own.pt any other day, ;the- best'fOur-mile mare,.' and Touchstone probably, tho, best long-distance , horse, I; ; The former; after running a race,ovei' the Beacon .course (four., miles),, ran .through Newmarket on (thejqthc)' ~ .side ,qf Jthe town) before, she cpulibe.stopped.. , of these horses stood oyer 15 ; hands :and an, inch, : ,'and yeniaon was- still jm,

: ' latter.Siraa billy beaten' 'twice 'at'thW iyeppld, by' Bay Middiet'ori and'Touctisfcbrie' a,year older'•', arid traveluM over ,1300'miles''bn'fbdt" riinninf longdistance 1 y V 1 •-.' L'k .' .' l Hi| |!! ''MM '■ 'it9"M--' Oi ;.< n I ■: , Somej tremendous''risks 1 'have' beeii .taken' i0n,.% turf,. 1 ' ,'On .bnejbfiibri,JoKii'Day'.is 1 iid.to ljavojaid ■ ™,' Derby,_ to' the,extent tif £200,000; Bat' '' B .4FPwJsg!jWned, arid'l'ha'd 'to' Squeeze out' ,: t a ; ruinous: price.'' Not 1 'so D^the' 11 lie- , viathW','' of' .the betting"ringi wlfo' haa , ' , b'dt ; if Jij.MDprby,. and ;sa\v' : tiilei' tWsfe ; starfc ; 'it;' '6 ■ t 0,l wijhbut hedging!! 0 'iHete'bave b'eoiibme ■ i ronj|[orfully.clo3e l 'tli•iu^f(ljr"tlillt , celbbfatea lace,' j.ln.Ma it'was.wpn' by'Merry'Mbriar'clr' owing; Jo ..the' 'fact jo'f'' (The ; 'libbli Wing' knopked,'Alaciii;' fihe ut hdfse,' 'and : his ;ockey (] 6yer';t!ierppea!'' : ln J'tb6;'yeai'';f6llbw- : ng.'Pyrrh'us .the Tir'st''achieved the. Derby' by r foul .'lplay.; id;, ciouliectioii. xyifcli' ScStb, ''the opkeypf'SirTatto'n'SykeW 'Thia ! M6rbo i! an'd lis J rider; had lieen caretuVly' wcitched up' 1 to tlie last foment; 1 ; Five; minutes'.'before ,'th'e itarfc a man—who' miserably ; naditch-askV^ iquor was' drugged ; and'Scott wentbra'z'y' in l iye. minutes.; There, wris ; 'sdme : talk df'un-' lbrsirig'. him, but 'the 'project' was' overruled by'legal a'dvicp,, The race was rim 'with Sir (Tatton's! rider' avoir tkliie dbhiee, ■'■ -Even them'he' would' have won it, if' he-'had'riot stopped at' the send-off'to'" excharige.ebnjplimerits' 'with' the' starter."' 'ln' 1853,'' 'West' (Australian won the Derby'by''a shave, although his hopfs.had been"'sb "tender for weeks previously 1 that : he-had stood, play.". When Wild' Dayr'ell, who -Won the [Perby in_lßso,. waa ; foaled, the old butler of te,d.wnßr,| : Mr.' Popham, 1 with ari'unaccouritable prescience of' the animal's'' future', great- : pess, insisted upon wheeling'the'shivering roal up to the kitohen fire in a' banw'with 'his own hand,: in order, that he. might say he jhadoarriedaDerbywinner. In 1863,Maca-, [ronicarriedoffitke blueribarid, because Autojinaton/amuch superioranimal, ran .away in, thehands.of-.a.stable boyonthe'eyeofi.the [race, and plunging info a railway; cutting, > jbroke.hisnecki - Blair. AtM,- the winner.of [the JDerby iiijlß64,,wa3 to haye beeu'scrat'ched, )for'betting,, purposes, .when',, a. confederate, jblabbed the' secret, and the' owners ,'bf the [horse were.obligedtorim liiin,,' In 1867 Mr." 'Henryj Chaplih'p Themis Was 'the winner 'of jthe • D'erbfyla'ridirig 'owner,' iand', beating, 'the favorite,' 'Lady' Elizabeth; !owned'by ; tlie;Marquißpf Hastings,' who had. ;eloped three years before with 'Lady Florence jPaget,'to Chaplin bad' been l-en-'gaged, VO'n'tlio' very day of the race' Themi s: I'was so'friendlea's that' 66 to 1 was laid against' 'him. ' The rionißnclat'uro'of: racehorses is one of

the curiosities of the turf, Nothing can be! ■more capricious, fanciful, 1 or—in:mahy in-'. stances—absurd aiid 1 inappropriate than the' appellations• ; bestowed upon these'.'animals.j .Sometimes', however, 'the names< of.' horses, 'exhibitedat the great shows in London arc 1 : anything 1 but unsuitable; as in the case,of two prize-winners' entitled Jack ; and Jillj of •impair called Othello alid lago,' another.'de- r ■signated Gladstone and' Bright, iand a couple ■of black''horses• dubbe'd:Day : and; Martin,; Occasionally, classical and'foreign shames .undergo some curious itransformations in>the' mouthsof the general public. Thus Gemma' di:Vergy beoame '•!Jemmy : the,'Virgin;" II 'Pehseroso'waSiitranslatod "BillSpencer, the , Grocer;!' Heart o''Greeoe ; was a. sore puzzle 1 to thousands of persons, who thought it must .ibea'm'isprinfc'fot Heart ; o'; Grease, .whereas theepithetbeours in an old.ballad,< and.it was selected because the■ horse's sire,was King of the Forest and his dam was Acropolis, ..The • discussion which arose oyer the name of Lord .•Palmerston's filly, .Iliona, some years; ago,' was ayeryianimated one;, and the editors pf i sporting: newspapers may. be, excused for be-i 'coming' prematurely: .greyheaded • when , ■ of, i take 'into, consideration the, .multitude we lotters constrained to.,.r.ead and answer, inquiring .how the names of ■ certain 'horses should bo pronounced,,.what is the . meaning of them, ftnd where they are derived '•from;: ■■•: ',.' . ■■<,'■ ■■,.; ..'j ■, ~.,. •. ■ I

to the Derby of 1839, which was >wbn;by,'Blooinsbury,- a story is told which ii iion'xveroe'hit trovato, A sporting butcher on his way to Epsom was annoyed in crossing, Westminster bridge ,by -a cart;.persistently keeping. • ■ in front': of : his .trap, .The 1 iword I'.Bloomsbury", painted on it seemed to fasten itself upon his attention—to .burn itself into his memory,';andwhen he reached the'eburseit literally haunted him,; By, way of easing; his, Irritated feelings he .took tM ,oddsrr2s; to. I—against, Bloomsbury. pretty 'freely,'and wont home the winner.of, £12,0001 ■ ■.':ln -.the i year, folld\ying.. Little Wonder} rbought in 1838 ,as a-yearling for 65, guineas, carried off: the Derby against: Launcelot, for .whom:it.was lookedupon'as a dead certainty; r The,betting was 9; to i .against the latter) and i .,50,'.:to i l against,tlie former.''.As the pony challenged:aud passed the' 'crack, Scott, who.was riding,Launeelot,".cried out, "A thousand, for. a pull,. Mac !" .'"lt can't be done., today, Mr.. Scott." : was, the'.other jockey's;icahn,reply,;,,and' Macdonald, was' sentfor to the. Royal, box, "and,' presented by Prince Albert with ; 'a.gold : mpunted, riding whip, in .admiration of, his excellent'jockey-' .ship.,.T6, I tliis.period;'be|6ngs.,that famous' horse .whose owner, Mr. fergilspri, when asked .what he.jvould ,take for.hi.m by l some, pnterprising.'Ainericani replied,'"',' The [price,, of Hartoway. i 5,6000, rod ;

,hunt twice, and thiice,a. -week,'' Nor "ihalce W!^Hing'''nientibli' , of' [ tjhp-Mcplbits, of \ |Cru'cifix !in Ito.'^Shp 1 was' 'only" I % , 'year-bld,.°|bat, t i ßae ,wbn' for lei! :dwner, Lord QeOTge; i Mincjj,, J | ',^s7; ! isingleB i eMon.,,;AnQ'Kefe'^e l 'mention, that of. the stak es'.ruri'for iii Great Britain and Ireland 'during -'Mingle, yqar, from a quarterpf "a millipff steiS' ling to,£^tyobo.' 1 , A,century'ago'it' oarely reached five per-cent,'of'the latter'amount! the gains of English jopkeya arValsb' enor-' jnous,, but, they arb.pftendissipated m rapidly as'.thpy.are earned the'w'ealthicst'memv ber.',, pjf',,'ithe' .'fraternity,'. j Chifney, ';died; 'of 'a broken hea'rt'in 'abjeot! poyei'ty.—TAff (Melbourne)!';' .' ',' ''•'"'' : ,"'''," : '' ■" !-•■" i".vi'.il .•)/.-.'..:! ,""i., ii ■:;, ~ i, ...