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SPORTING MEMORANDA.

Matas earnings at Adelaide came to £796. "Augur " fancies Spinningdale for the A.J.C. Derby. The Tubal Cain— Topaz filly has been named Turquoise. Laura, dam of Petrarch and ProtoMartyr, died suddenly. I he Daniel O'Rourke — Raupo filly has been christened Martyr. ' " Monmouth and Darebin are about equal favourites for the V.RiC. Derby. Mr N. R. D. Bond I* Beacon " has been elected secretary of the Victoria Amateur Turf Ciub. Count de Lagrange's Albion won the French Derby. This is the seventh tiaae the stake has gone to the Count. It is said that Mr J7 J. Miller, of Melbourne, is the buyer of the trotting stallion Contractor and a Patchen mare, included in Colonel West's shipment from Ameiioa. Mr Blower's old horse Septimus defeated Nr J. Boltons Half-Caste in a two mile match, run at Nelson on the 23rd for £100 a-side. It is said that £1000 changed hands over the event. In congratulating Vistorian sportsmen on the establishment of a Grand National, a writer in the says, "We may expect many horses will be 'specially prepared and sent here from Maoriland when it is known that valuable prizes can bo won annually. Edward Trickett is at Saratoga, America. Whilst rowing there he caught a " crab," and hih boat capsized. Tiickett sank twice, and was only rescued with difficulty. The Two Thousand Guineas this year was accomplished in lxnin 49sec, being the fastest for some period. Petronel's time was lmin 52sec ; Chanbert's, lmin Slsec ; Pilgrimage, lmin 56dec; Chamant, lmin oOsec; and Petrarch, lmin 52seo. The committee of the Dunedin Jockey Club have offered the Forbury Park Company £25,000 for the racecourse. Liberator was put up at auction at Melbourne recently, and bought by Mr L. L. Smith, whose sole property he now is. He has been backed for about £30,000 to win the Melbourne Derby and Cup. A very handsome solid silver cup has been presented by the licensed victuallers of Christohurch to the winner of the Allaged Stakes at the recent meeting of the Canterbury Coursing Club The lid is very tastefully surmounted by a trophy in frosted silver, representing a j)air of greyhounds in hot pursuit of puss, with the judge on horseback in close attendance. A dog is al&o chased on the front of the cup, surrounded by the inscription, " Won by Matchem, the property of Charles Adkin, Esq., June 15fch, 1881." The engraving is very beautiful, the grouping of ferns, &c, round the inscription and the work on the base being very artistically executed. — Wcchly Press. Lord Falmouth's three-year-old colt Henry 11., by Henry out of Atlantis, one of the mares en route for the Auckland Company, won the Bedimngton Stakes. At the Curragh meeting Mr W. W. Louisson's four-year-old colt Beauchamp 11., by Victorious out of Bergerera another of the Auokland mares, won H.M. Plate, two milen, and also ran second to Greenfield, a son of Stockinger out of Lady Lynbury, in another Plate of three miles. Mr Driver has sold Sir Modred, Somnus, and Idalium for £3000. It is understood that in future they will run in Mr Allan Macdonald has purchased the stud horse Parthenopo2U3, by Traducer — Atalanta. Mr H. Prince's name. Blue Gow>*.

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Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1411, 19 July 1881, Page 3

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SPORTING MEMORANDA. Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1411, 19 July 1881, Page 3

SPORTING MEMORANDA. Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1411, 19 July 1881, Page 3

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