A RECORD OF SPORT. Compiled expressly for the Waikato Times. Auckland Nov. 16.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 691, 18 November 1876, Page 2

A RECORD OF SPORT. Compiled expressly for the Waikato Times. Auckland Nov. 16.

Tax Melbourne Cup is .on and won, and a« usual tue reiuit i* rather a turpn*e, for rerj lew looked upon Bmei* aa ukeiy to pro?e tue winner ; albeit ber peif»ruanucet «t tbd backwnd ol la*t teaton werequue good enough to warrant ber bjim; Decked with oaiy 6*t 4ib» on her b-ick. Her win in the All Aged Stakes, when ■be ran away from auoii «p«adj cattle aa i^ipgibor^ugli aud (ha Valetta colt, at weiglit for age, should have altnoted wore atteutiou to her ■banco ; but tnen theio u ttie popular preju hue against mare* in me Spring to account for her neglect, m woli «m the face -n»t it take* a wonderfully gooi tbreejetr.old to »tand a chance agnnat ao many q oi "old 'vii»," who Uavo been kept expr.»*ly for the iace, »s witneas the oa?e of iiicnmond Ijui year, who cou d only run second with 2io* lei* weight. .B.i-eis, by winning the Derby acid U*ks ia ad ntiou to the Cup, has proved her»e>f Lbe moat remarkable filij ever brad m tuo coiOQiea. Mr WiiaoD, ..hither intentionally or not it u diifioult to lay, succeeded m putting nwrjbody off the seen'; bj btokmg F«u d 1d 1 Artifice, aud cv n Kapid Bay it** generally thought to atand a better aho* than the b'lly. The Ntabl* w conueoied with the pn eipal bookmakur* m Violona, to that it ia only re»»ou»bU to auppo*D ih* obitngea in tbt beitiog wet* rung with intern, *nd if thi* ia ao, the owup wm wonted wuh great cleTerneii. It ia an eztraorain*ry coinciden •»•, that all the Urat three ahouid be tbe off priug of lim VVuiffler. Tutjr ur» no', howerer, nil by the aamd «iro, for ther* are twu Titn VVliiffldi-a ataudmg in Fioiona ; one beio^ the fum.iua U)ugJiah ho »• of that name, who w»a imported »oma je«ra ugo, and tha oth<r bem^ an Au^raiUu bred *u>m»l. Brmeia and Sibyl own the firtt* uauicd aa tliei- sire, and iimuthy the Litter. Pour Newouiuaier ! hi* glory ia departed with a rengeaiic*. Ue remmda one of Ladj iinzibcth, th« flying filly, who wnt to redeem tue failing tortunea of tne huune of Hustings. Like jSewrnin»ttr, flho uad prored hervulf tbe moit wonderful tv»t>-^ei»r-old of th» decade, and it wa» Uken for grunted that ahe was to m»intain her prtceminence m a three year-old. tihm waa reserved lor the Derby, lik* Nowminster agnin, and odda of 6 to 4 were laid on her in a large bela, but- the waa never in h from tn« aUrt, and finished auriomti'ly lut. The pmnlel ia «tili kept in the rumour 01 loul play being oircu ateJ about t>oin. 1 a«e they SJ>y in Melbournu that haa bwen poiaonod witu a ituuuuj. Tue aingular fact about the parrnta^e of tbt ihrca placed hor«ca in the Cup waa uutdone in the Engluh Derby ot 18St>, n wliioh the threo leader*, Lord Ljon, Bnborj colt, add Kwjuo were all toua of StookWtiJL I'hia parlormatioe so euhanuod tha raJuo of tbe sirai i, that Mr Baylor rawed th« aplenaid aiaiiion'a fee to two hundred guiaojs, and efen at that figure had wore appliomious than ojuid bo *cc immodatoa. The Auckland horses sadly ijaappoi»ted me at Ouri.tchurch. 1 fully aipec-tad to have iteen at Kaat one of tb» big races tail to tueir share, but it w&s djl to be, and tb* Pubacau'a Pur.c, won by th» unc-rUin iau<*o Wakon, i», 1 belmva, thd only event whioh tbey carmu off betweea the lot ot them. An*l ran we.l iv th-» Metropolitan Handle i^, but uke the F*nuy > ituer ooli in t»» Derby, ne was uulortunate in only getting sauond, an outsider beating each alter they hod succeeded in beating all the f»vorite*. Mr No* worthy iu»do a great mm ike in eending Fullaoy for tlieD.rby mate id of Daaebury, who teetna to b« ibe crack year old of tbt year, to judge by hit lor u in ike Übri^ioburoh Pi*-e. t , The meoting of cle^^nt** at Chnatohurch mutt be looked upon aa one ot the .oat rnipori ant event* >n tbe hiatory of the turt in Ntw Zealand Outside competition ia the- graat deaide aium fjr creating puhlio intcreat m local nee invetin^e, aud un e»s there be unanimity in all c>nba on such important point* as d«tin^ hor c* age*, weight* for age, handicappiug, <te, it is imprssiule to expect that any but local horaea will compete. The resolution* pa**ed show ib»t tbe delegate* were fully impressed with this fiiut. Tey *crt uuanimou* about tht dcsirtbility of a Sew Zealand J"okey club, to oc^ npy the same position with ret aid to racing matte- s in Ktw Zealand at the Jookey Cluh doe* at borne. I'hi* will bare a great effect in raiMne tbe ktaiua of raoing in tbe colony, and giving a substantial guarantee of fair ''mh g. The appointment of o"e hanrii« capper for the colony i* another great benefit. He will have to be well paid to place him — not only beyond the raa h of pecuniar* induoement*— but beyond even suiptciun. From what I bear th re is A very general ioelination to give th 6 appointment to Captain H. Handlty, a wpll-knnwn Er glish sportsman, at present resident in Auckland, aud a man on whom ibe most perfeot ie,iance may be pla< cd. It wue a pity that the proposal tj make the great three old • rents rmiional rao^s wis not oa'ried. It is ffinply absurd to have a Derby and a Lrger run »t erery paltry meeting. But I luve no doubt that local jealousies are at pr«aent a little too ftrong for tbt idta to b" aooeptable in certain quarter*, and aa theae are likely 'to be diuipated by the v ta'iliah-nent of a joi-kty olub, the reform ii prttty certain to bt brought about in *

abort time. For tho present a conipfj-ini-e might bo mule by lulling »'ach place keep its lofiil UerHy, if it is so T.iy p pcious, aud in nt mi entries for^ a n«tic*uil I'env, to brt run aay in 1879. The entrie f>r ill- Dune'liu Cup th 9 y.-«r number thirty-eiisbt thu« sbewii g■* •liplit fi<lin* "ff frun laß' ye»r, Wlien l here ware, 1 think, forty-three ; but the qtmlity of the n iui n-t' -ns i» exceeding v jjooii. «I'd Hi thfy at.nd they amp-ise the fiu.-*t lot of rae- hors«-# ever e> terra for » rnce in 'he colony. We b»»e splendid en trios frr the two pri..ci >al race* «t our text meeting Tne »ri hu »'c dae on Monday n. Xt and sp^oula ion is ri'e «« to the impo»ti which will be a*nuled to •e»- ml of the mysteriou* division. Mr FtrguMOi/* ne^Jy imported «tttll'on Ff re took thefint p> «* »t the Cittle thow lut Thunduy ftgaintt Fttific and Ak«Ak«. The oheti nut hM filled out won. darfullj tince h» arrival, and he now doe* credit to hia il'ustrioa* ancettry. Theaporta at Klleitlie Gwdeni on lh« <>th were a tucceiw. There were ijir#* tliouMiid people present to see the Birthday Handicap run. Ihe w uutr, Vf J Grme->. ia a » T o«iok man and tins run iwo or tl-.ee fimen pre? ious y very nnl-ffererjtly, to iliat ht wus i.oi fxaciad ut all. b« vsme out in slashing form on tln'a ocennon. and won Trry e» ily. Hi» ju gmenl in running the 600 yards raop waa particularly good, for he ran Ttry vaaily at first, and lat bia opponents race thtmselrea out, and then came through them like a lien it the turn for home Talking of running, what a thnrt supteina<y Kobert VN at son lias enjoyed in Vustraha. When Jia beat Hewn t, scarce ly mx months ago, the belief was unirer al in Wem South Walts that he waa invinni b\e, but 10, ho baa succumbed to hi* very first challenger. From the lalegram it appears th*r Applnt beat him Tery • KSily. Wouldn't the Newcastle bo>a jnt (*r< pit over him. I'll go bail any number of them pawned their tools to have t. bet on tht-ir ohampion. Tlie Pigeon Shooting Handicap is at )a>t anao^ed. It is to coroe off on the £7th insi ant, and Wetars VI J Murks, J Xi k»ood. and J Brown are to do the hsi dunpi ing. Only those who subscribed lo tbe it>terpri'Ti oa mat> h ar« t-hmble for ci. try. The conr.ujittee wish it to be tloiotgbiy unoarftood that the winuer ninm d»oid« upon some trophy to celebrate tbe victory, for th* £63 ia not to be given in cush 1> « i>D>;li.-h cricketers have arrived in Idflmde, and will play iheir fir*t watch in h few da.t a. I auppos* wa shall heur now defiiitelv wli»t rout* thfv will take in thru- wanderings through th* colonif*. 2 ill that i decidad w» shall not kuow when to expect them here. Vatis.