SPORTING MEMORANDA.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1404, 2 July 1881, Page 3

SPORTING MEMORANDA.

Melbourne Gup. The following weights were deolared on June 22nd for the Melbourne Cup, a handicap sweepstakes of 20 soys. each, 10 ft., or 5 only if declared before 4 p.m. on Monday, Bth August, with 500 added. The winner of the A.J.O. or V.R.C. Derby to carry 6st. 121bs. if handicapped below that weight, and the winner of any handicap race of the value of 100 soys. after the declaration of the weights to carry 3lbs. extra ; of any Buch race of the value of 200 soys., 51bs. extra ; of any such race of the value of 500 soys., 71bs. extra. Penalties not acoumalative. The second horse to receive 200 soys. and, the third 100 soys. out of the stake. Two miles.

It will be seen 'from the above,' that the two New Zealand horses have not been dealt with very leniently, especially Sir • Modred, who carries Bst 4fts, and Somnus i6st 71bs. When the former won the Dunedin Cup he had 7st lOlbs ■ up,' and the latter won the Champagne Stakes, with BstlOß>s. Last year Mata'si weight for the Melbourne Cup was Bst 21bs, so Sir Modred, who. in hxy opinion, is not .near as good a horse, has to carry another 21bs. However, time will tell. I should npt be surprised to see the Wandering Jew to the, .front iu 1 the betting, but as there are so. many changes between this 1 and the ' d#y' ( p.f 'the, ,race,, pne ,hardly knoM-s what roay happen, Still, he is' not to bj despised.

The Inter-University crioket match between eleven of Oxford and Cambridge was played on June 29fch f and resulted iii an easy riotory for the former in one innings with 135 runs to spare. ' It is stated upon good authority, that> Mr Horsfall has been offered £350 for King Quail,, but wants £400. • j Musket-Sylvia - colt,' purchased at Auckland by tho Hon. J. White has been sent on to Sydney^ ] Somnus (says Mazeppa) has been backed in Melbourne for V.R.O. Derby at 100 to 5, with a stipulation that ho reaches there safe. .Messrs Mason and Vallance have lost the services of that useful horse, Pinfire, who died last week from the effect of an internal injury, whioh protwibly explains his non-appearance on the /turf last season. Pinfire was by Dead Shot — Queen of tho South, and was a staunch bit of stuff, as ,he Bhow,ed by winning twelve races put of sixteen in/ his four-year-old ! season! As avfive'-yea^-old he won two races out f>i fire, for which he ran, and the whole amount he won for his owners in stakes amounts over £1600.— Saturday Advertiser. , " | Last -year Tasmania provided the runnermp for the Australian Cup in a smart bitch called Hilda, and this year it has been won by Mr dog j Fraaer ofthe same plaoe. > ' The winner of the first Oaks (1779) '. was Lord Derby with his bay filly Bridget by Herod. His Lordship in his early days spent his mother's fortune lavishly upon racehorses, fighting cocks, splendid entertainments (one of which is said by Horace Walpole to have cost' £5000), and so' on, like a "fine old English gentleman. 1 ' The name of the race is taken from a villa called The Oaks— originally a public-house so-called — sold by General Burgoyrie to Lord Derby, and the name of the villa was extended to the race. The aame Lord Derby was godfather of the race which has been called after him ever since it was first run in 1780. So passionately addicted was he to cock-fighting that he would fight a main of cocks in his very drawing-room, and had an annual match for a thousand guineas with his rival, General Tates. His Lordship won the Oaks in 1779 and in 1794 (the Becond time with Hermione, said in 1797 to have been " the best mare that had started these fifty years.") He also won the Derby of 1787, with his famous brown colt Sir Peter Teazle. His colors were originally green and white stripes, but were altered in 1787 or 1788 to the black and white cross, which had been the colors of Mr Thomas Douglas, who died in 1787. m The winner of the first Derby was Sir Charles Bunbury, with bis chestnut colt Diomed, by Florizel. , He was the son of the Bey. Sir Wm. Bonbury, born in 1740, and died in 1821.- In addition to being the first winner of the Derby, he was the first winner of both tho Oaks and Derby with the same animal, his bay filly Eleanor by Whiskey in 1801— a feat never performed again until 1857, and never since then, and the first winner of both the Two Thousand and Derby with his black colt Smolensko, by Sorcerer, in 1810. Sir Charlos' colors were pink and white stripe and black cap. Bltie Gowtf.

St. lb. Progress „. q 3 Sweetmeat ... 9 o Wellington ... 811 Savanaka ... 8 7 First Water ... 8 7 Darriwell ... 8 6 Sir Modrcd ... 8 4 Martindalc ... 8 3 Sawarrow ... 8 3 Bosworth ... 8 o Democrat ... 7 13 Lord Burghlcy. . 711 Odd trick ..79 Zambesi 7 9 Lord Clifden ... 7 9 Falmotith ... 7 8 Waterloo ..78 Belladrum 7 7 Venom 77 Respite 77 Bathursf ... 7 7 Warlock . 7 6 Canary . .-7 5 Mercury 7 5 Lowl.inder . 7 4 Warhawk 7 -\ Strathorn „. 7 4 Verduro „, „. 7 3 The Pontiff „, 7 2 Wandering Jew 7 1 Totalisator ... 7 * Welcome Jack ..71 Trump Yoss . 7 o Sir Joseph 7 o Chattprpr „, V o Renicmbi'anco „ 6 13 Hesperian „, 6 13 Lothair 6 13 Monmouth 6 13 Liberator .. 613 Darebin , . 6 12 Elastic 6 12 Robbie Burns 6 11 Lord Lisgar „. ,6 u Henchman „. G u Pawnbroker . 6 n Tattoo 6 jo Someiset „, 6 10 Mulatto 6 10 Petrol 6 io Bandalblon ... 6 10 Spinningdalo ... 6 0 The Marchioness 6 9 The Czar . 69 Sir Peter ... 6 ■ 9 Royal Maid ... 6 8 Creswick „. 6 8 Dundreary ... 6 8 Wheatear ... 6 7 Somnus , ... 6 7 at. lb. Euclid 6 7 Orient ... ... 6 6 Cynic ... ... 6 6 The Gem ... 6 6 Adventurer ... 6 5 Etna ' 65 Gloucester ... 6 5 Lavinia ... ..65 Westbury ... 6 5 The Duke ... 6 5 Pollio . . ..65 Brian Boru .1. 6 4 Result 6 4 Guinea 6 4 Marmora ... 6 3 Lady Disdain ... 6 3 Crystal 6 3 Tourmaline ... 6 2 Souvenir . „62 King Arthur . 6 2 Chuckiter ... 6 o Nautilus . .60 The King ... 6 0 Wizard . . . Sl3 Sang Froid ... Sl3 Atlantic , . . . 5 13 Kohlnoor . . 5 13 Rupert s 13 Conolanus 5 13 Sunnyside .. 5 12 Carmen . . ..5 12 Gundarz ... 5 12 ,Game „, . 512 Spoctrum . . 5 12 „, 5 u The Count . . 511 Cresar 5 21 Kingrlovo „. 5 n Flying Jib . . 5 11 LegerdenUin ... 5 10 Coreena ... 5 10 Gretna Green .. 510 Mowerina ... 5 10 Waxy 5 10 Aureola 5 10 Greyhound . . 5 9 The Moor ... 5 0 PellMell ... $ 9 Boncaster ..58 Velo\ 5 8 Spertor . 5 8 Santa Ckus ... 5 7 Duchess ... 5 7 Venus , 5 7 The Cockney 5 7 Primrose ... 5 7 Zulu 5 7 Sardonyx .. 57 Oxalia .. ■■• S 7 Her Majesty ... 5 7