SPORTING MEMORANDA.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1419, 6 August 1881, Page 4

SPORTING MEMORANDA.

Op course 'i^'Wrathdr'sdonlio' 'speak of .<tihe taeritsiof the Melbourne KCupites,! still perhaps u fdw: remarks about "6ur it ZeAlfindrepre^Bnt/tfcijYe ( ti\ig^t npt be! i out of pjace,,:— "The' champion- of (Now' 'l&ealand, at f tho,,pi]esent: time is SitiMbcJrecl,! and there can. be, no (lisputingT-tlißAfactj tfyvmml %e0 t .dalnmnV M%n! nave proved r 'tnat? 'they 1 ' 'can breed, gre^t, animals in our colony, 1 can hardly agree | with ,Mr, Parnard ) in giving the colt Bst 41b. 1 , or 13lb. less than Progress has. Had GranfliFlaneur'bfceh 1 'Engaged in the, Melbourne iQup ho- would have had to, concede something like 201b to our candi- j date. As a two-year, jold ,(sayfl" Augur") Sir Modred'wbri tHa Dunedin Champagne Stakes, and this season he has ( done, some good'th r ings, for'at the Canterbury Spring Meeting he parried Bst 101b, .and won the Derby in 2jMri 43se'c, a .refyl good per- ! formanoe. ' At 'weigh' t for age, however, heiiwent idotfu befdre^Le Loup in the Canterbury Cup, and on the following day he ran; second' in the Metropolitan Handicap, (Natatory Byrs, 7fltl2lb,' giving him 61b and beating 1 him easily.' At 1 the Dunedin Autumn Meeting he carried 78t 101b, and won the Dunedin f Oup, and on the following day. he easily carried off the Railway! Stakes* Later on he appeared at the n 'Canterbury Autumn Meeting, and with,Bsfc 101b he ran second to Lady Emma, )&sti ) &$t i }3lb ? fqr the ,Great Autumn Handicap, the t|me for a mile anda i halsf l being I 2inin l 53Jse l c. This was a grea^ perfbrmatide ibi a 'tliree-year-old and must establish' Sir Modred as one of the best oolts of the season. 'His breeding is first-class, for he is by the f»mour Traducer from ih6 imported' mare Idalia, by Cambuscan from, jDuloibella, by Voltigeur from Priestess, oy The Doctor from The Biddy, by Uranium Idalia., > The Dunedin Jockey Club have bought the Forbury . . Park i for £30,200 £2fyooo to remain as a loan at 4 per cent. The Jockey Club will get £500 out of the £|2000 returned, in or ( der to improve .the property by planting, &c. It is stated that Mr Lorrilard won ■£400,000 in bets on Iroquois, who won the Epsom Derby. i The Waitaki Jockey Club have collapsed. After Analysing the handicap for the Melbourne Cup. p " Augur " thinks the victor or ' victors' will come from the following :•— Savanakaji SUwarrow, 'Lord Burghley, Odd Trick, Falmouth. Venom, Hesperian, Monmfl^th, "The Wandering Jew, The Pontiff, Henchman, Lord Clifden, Dnrebin, Spipetset, Spinningdale, The Czar,, Royal ,Maid,> Creswick, Petrel, Orient, Gjnic, Gloucester, Pollio, Nautilus, Koh-i-noor, and Uudarz ; and those most leniently handjoapped according to ; per- j formances are Savanaka, The; Wandeb,ino Je^v, Pontiff, HESPEifraif, and Thk Czar, the '.last-p^med being especially well treated. , The myitery about the Grand Prix is j cleared up. Foxhall, after 'all, 'is the winner. None cf the English "Guides " had his name among the entries, but it neems that he 1 was nominated in New York. The following is a list of the winners of the Grand Prix :—: — IS61 — Ihe R.ingcr ' 1873 — 13oihrd 1804 — Ihe Vermont ' 1874 — Trent 1805— Gl.uli.itor ' IS7s-S.ilv.itor 1800 -Ceylon 1876— Kisbcr 1807— Fcrvacqucs I JB77— St. Chriitophe 18C8— Earl ' 1878— Thuno iB6f)~Glanenr I 1879— Nubionne 1870— Sornetto - ] iBBor-Robort the Devil 1872— Crcmorne | 1881— Foxhall Owing to the war the race was not run in 1871 . Writing of a visit to the Middle Park stud farm, "Sinbad" remarks that the three colts and four fillies that make up last year's lot of foals are not only possessed of a great deal of quality, but look in far better condition than any youngsters he has yet seen. It would appear that Idalium's young brother has been named July. He has greatly grown, and promises to make quite as good a colt as his illustrious brothprs. His hocks are especially good; and though,' of course, he will be incapacitated from competing in any of .the classic race's of his time, he will be able to run as a three- year-old in handicaps. His symmetry is of that perfect character that there is little doubt that he will fetch nearly, if not c[uite as good a price as his more fortunate brothers. , ' Darebin has bsen working in bandages. " Augur" hays that he seems to keep on improving the right way, for he is fining down, and should all go well with him up to the Derby day he will strip one of the grandest colts ever seen at Flemington. ' , A remarkable mile foot-race (says the iWits of the* World) ,was decided at Preston, Lancashire, on May 14, and the hitherto " fastest time on record" (Richards and Lang's dead heat, 4min 17{secs) was decidedly beaten. The competitors were William Cummings, the champion, and fWilliara Duddle of Preston ? the stakes £LOQ, and over 4,000 persons paid at the gates . to witness the contest, which was very exciting. Duddle made the pace very hot for seven furlongs with a slight lead, when the Scotchman sprinted up to hia shoulder, and rushing to the frontin the straight run for home, left Duddlo as though he was standing ffcill,' finally winning easily by about eight yards in 4inin 16, l-sth sec. The champion, who has now run the fastest uiile.mile and a-half,' and 100 yards time could have beaten ' the mile record still easier had he been pressed during the iast 200 yards. "Enquirer" writes asking upon whose estate the Victorian Wa'terW Cap is run* and what is the value of the stakes. — It is worth £500 and' a dollar; and run on the estate of Mr W. 'JV Clarke, Sunbury, .near Melbourne. '■'• Poor old Prodigious, wejl-know as one of the best steeplechaser's in days ,ot yore, fell dead during the ch^se.of the Melbourne Hunt Club hounds, /after a desperate run of 20 miles 6f country after red deer. ' ' ' ' ' ' Barney Winter's, oi^e.of the oldest jockeys in Australia I ,' died in 'Laymceston about a fortnight ago. Winters 'rode for Messrs Feld and LdnJ, and for'ttie former he steered' Strdp to'victory wh^n 'the son of Panic won the Lirancestbn" Champion Race. , f ''>' '! ')U Fred, F/^d, „whQ was, well-knownl in ra i c !pg OTcles.as/a bookmaker arid- as the owjner.of $c hurdje-raoer, Dutchman, has passed away and joined, the ul" great majority." £v< - 5f M The .own^r ,of Irqquois,! ,thfj o Dejrby winri6rjgave Archer) tender,' £5000. Archfer'js already' j'a .mcb/pjan bids soon to beoorae a millionaire anp. be raised to' %hW pj'&fege. t ,' T\ro" jsjears ' ,agp $iis profesAidhal' eataings ..^uring 1 ' $$ , twelve months were £17.000.' 'J^ven, a leader at tha.Parlikraiß^ar^ Bjir;'dig^'jenvy him his income. 'i ll!> ' A ™ The latest betting on the Melbourne . ,t., ■•<!»■> /HiOtttf. -, -' ',""'' * , ./, loo— s-agrst'HeS^Ha\i l ' (1 ' » 100—5 Monmouth'J . <•< 100—4 Darebin ' 100—4 Wanilerine Jew . j til j 100—4 Sprinjrd»le lOO Tfi r-rr Rawb*) 1 ) A U 1 ioo~ 4 — — venom * .) /!',4onh^f-4-i.|aVanaW*' J '->''• *\ fi-i xfi whl-) (it '^KGOWf. 1 ,