SPORTING MEMORANDA.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1432, 6 September 1881, Page 4

SP ORTING MEMORANDA.

Foi the A.J.C. Derby, one iiii!<j and a-h.ilf, run on Saturday last at Kandw iek, only tlnoe laced the starter, and the l.ice was won b\ Wheatear by a length. The winnei is ai.,o engaged lit the .Uetiopohtan, with 6st. 911). ; Melbourne Cup, (ist. 71b ; amrCjismplon. ' „ ', s, The Thames "Jockey Hub h.ivo obtained a raoecouiso of their own.it I'awnvu. I heal that it 1^ tlieu intention of ffiwug a butter " bill of fate " loi the futwe, "In Veply ti>' "Enrniiiei "--Tin- grtSit English jatT mate, Beeswing, won f>7 ouV ot 61 laces, Rtiusein, the Austialidn niaie won p5 laces <nul novci was be.iten, Fishei'h-fa'h -Parted 12f) tunes and won 70, including "2li Queen's J*lat'Ji>. ( In 157~7 Lord Falmouih won C 31,280 (and Gold Vase at Ascot), the laigest amount e%er won in one year by a single owner. TJie other day an even 000 was laid on Id against the field for tho Melbourne Cup, aud tho horoes solcoted weio Monmouth, iKuebiH, Hebpeii.m, Progiesy, Sayanaka, Sir MoJUed, Watciloo, U.ithui'st. Somerset, Wheatear, Koh-i-noor, Canary, Wandering Jew, Ouent, and Sardonyx. Somuus and Sir Mod red have been backed at 1000 to 40 each, Lord Chfden at 1000 to 10, Wai lock at 1000 to 30, Aogiess at 1000 to 30, Haulouyx at 1000 to 30, aud Ivm-i-iioor at 1000 to 25, and 100 to 3 Monmouth and Uarebm remain at 100 to .">, and Watciloo at 100 to 1. For tho Maiibyruong- I'late, in addition to the 10,01)0 to 400 laid against Pimee Geoige, we have heaid ot 2000 to 100 having burn booked m favour ot I'ndeof the Morn, 2000 to SO Fiyingp.in, 2000 to 80 Footstep, and 10i>.) to 4) lyjftnii l de Bmi'v Walteis' Grand Duchess .md black (illy aie ii' t>< lining foi the Waik.ito induing, aitei w hu,.i tliL_\ twnel .South Fietl Vulici ii>,|( eight ivmnii-> .it Koui Oaks J'aik l.tejs on June JM;h and 2'Jtli. U[> to June 24t!i Aichei still headed the winning mounts, 7"> being ei edited to Ins name ; Wood, .~>2 ; Cannon, 31 ; and Foidliam, 50 The Adelaide City Coipoiation has lenevved the lease ot tho uiekct oval for twenty-one >oais, and the Club pioposo spending £].">, 000 in erecting a giand stand. .Sn Jolm Astlej has not been long in getting back the L">000 odd he, gave tor "I'etei. The hoi -c lan m bhnkeia when he won the Ilaidwieke btakes, and the additional pieiaution of tantenng him the leveise A\ay ot the couw a\«i-s taken. lletpiimg to tlie pioject of having a cential lace meeting for Waikato, the Ngaiuawalua uuiespondent to a Wellington papei wiitts :— " One gieat difhculty hitlieito in bunging about an amalgamation of the two Waikato Racing ( 'Libs — w ithout v hit ii w e can ne\ ci make tho Waikato l.ioe meetings the successful ailan-. tliey should be — has been that of jiovidmg a laceeoui^e which would be oential aud convenient to all, anil w ithout huoiitisin to tiie inimcdiate suppoiteis of eithei club Since the possibility ot iNiLcaiu.fuabi i finding a suitable laeecomse toi all Waikato was hi->t mooted m thc^e columns some months ago, man\ )ia\c turned then attention to the inattn, and hue come to think f,ivoi.ibl\ of the pi-iposiil. Wli.it ib wanted ii to have iail\\a> (.oininunication dneet to tne spot, and this accommodation neithei lacOLOiu-e posses-,L">-. Xganiawaliia, too, is ecntially situated for all paits ot the thstnet, anil possesses the double facilities of communication by lailway and Matei carnage. The collide itself consists (A J<)(> acics, immediately ad]Oinnig tlie town^hi)), lc\ei and M-uud giound, than which none could be better, and would be gi anted on such t( mis to a jockey club that it would be to them a houicvi of income i.ttiiei 1 than expenditmc. A sum of ClOO would be giruanteed to be laised heic to assist the chili m putting the eoiuse into oulei The pio|t>ct has been favuiibly lcceivcd, especially uj« counciy, and it is to )» Hoped may a«Hst m toinnug the basis oi -oinc auangenieiit between the in al cbil)The Aiukl.md btud Company's ic-cently-puicb.i>-ed Kn^hsh lniires have .anvcd at Aielbomiic m tli ■ s. 1 -. DclcDmyn in charge ot J'ldw.nd l),iy, who is ;i brother ot the orientated John and William Day, and who appt.us to liavc .leer ptcd an oih l lo si iv with fhe Conipmy " Auyui '' ]<aid a vi>it, te the \< v-lI bcloii s}k i left i'H ■s^ (liic\ , and this I-, what, he his to si\ of the niipoiled sloclv • — '' Tbeii l <<ie io'u m nei on bo.iui, find nioit" iamous ot , til pci hap>, on jii'digiee irionnd'., is Ro'-ctt' loi \^ tlnreiouiths Jvv to the si'iis,i(,ion,il J)(iby ■wiiinoi Jjeiid Oi, .she biinjr bj the Dei by winißi Loid Lyon (son i t ntockwi 11) lioin ]{oii»c Uo-f, the da'ii 'A llcnd Oi She is u beautiful b.u mm, with a white in.ii k down hd f.ico, and j)lenfy of quality , out an inimal that I like as ■well as any biood in, us I've .seen ioi m.my <i day i,s Atlantis, by Thonnanby fiom JluiiKane, .i "l.aiuljolau,^ clicsnut, with plenty oi ehaiiKtei' about hci, and J e\p(it Ihe hippie-^t icsults to follow lur uiiuiii with hi r ihs-tmguii-hed counti yinan Muslcct. M 'dfap, by Truinpetei, tioui a joung Melbourne dam, is a plain, neivou -.-looking maie, but quite diiteicnt is i)ei ', r ere, a chestnut, by Xaunterei, a n-etul stylish .soit, and being tlio dam oi a good hoi so in De.Miohjmp II , ' must piOM> an a< qnisition to jScw Zealaiid. Jn a box together I .saw a net little chestnut cole foal by DouCfistei, fiom Atlantis, and a bcuitiful bay filly foal by Scottish Chief tiom Ilosette. ]joth ol the >c Mnin^sters should piove veiy valuable, foi (hough thoy have lost flesh thiough expencncing veiv hot weather in the Red Sea, they aie both nicely shaped youngstcis, and will be very presentable when they pick up again. In refcionce to tho foil he oming visit of the All-England Fltveu, tho Milbo><nii Spot tsniai) sa} s — Mr ■Tohu Conway, the agent for the All-Engl md Kleven. who piupose visilinff the colonies duiing the ensuing 1 ciieket 8< j aso, icceived a letter by tlie last English mail fiom the promoters of tho scheme, statins: th.it the following nine men have been selected for tlie team • — Ulyetfc, Midwinter, Shaw, Shievvsbuiy, Barnes, Moilcy, Pilling, Bates and Lillywhite. It is intended to bi ing thn teen men out, but the selection of the other four playeis will be left till l.itci m the season, in order that tho-.e who are in the best batting foim may be chosen. The names from which the eleven willpiobably be made up aie Gann, Scotton, Floweis, Selby and Charlwood. At' fiist it was decided not to bzing Ulyett, but as the gieat Yorkshire player is in such wonderful all round form just now, the promoters feel they could not leave him out without materially weakening the etiength of the team, i Ulyett is ansiou« to come, and we feel sure all lovcis of cricket in Austiaba will forget tho very silly achon he adopted when the last Australian Eleven visited England. Midwinter's conduct' when he deseited tho fiist Australian band in the famous Middlesex match wus magnanimously overlooked by us, and we feel certain the bntne'good natuie will be displayed in the case of Ulyett. Lillywhite writes that it is not improbable that two gentleman' eiickeiers may accompany them to lend a hand in the more important Australian^e'n'^a^ensents. If suitable terms are offered by the Queensland cricketers,. ; the opening: 'ma'foh* of the tour -wiU'be played at Brisbane, on November 2oth, 26th, ?nd 28th. '■ . i > Bi/ojs Gown.