SPORTING MEMORANDA.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1436, 15 September 1881, Page 4

SPORTING MEMORANDA.

"""Lord" 'TLYliffgfxm "lias " I pui'cirase(f gnne for 7000rg$jji.#V?V Maud S. trotted on the 18th September,, 1880 v , ( a quarter-mile, it^ JJO^secs. ; half-mile m lni'in 1 . 2seo.s. ;" three-yuurter-AnileSii I'minJ ; one tiiU6)ih'2min. lO^secs. , , , , i,' in '~' Cheiter ! is to stand it the H<ln. T. White's., ktud at, a tee of 80 ' guine a; King of the RiugMa at Mr T. Wilson's stud at 40 g-iineai. ' ' ' v yVaJla^a Ross, published izi' the ''Boston, lleraU, a challenge to Edward Uan Inn [ for a four or five-mile race in Auieiican uateis for 2000dols a-side. With i 'his! defiance he sent 20')dols as forfeit, which drew the following reply from the champion :— "I will row Wallace; Ross whenever he Lkea for 2 OOdols a-siile. provided a purse ot, SOOOdols is offered in addition to the stakes by the city or town m the proximity of which the race takes place." Hanlan considers it all very well tor Ross to challenge him when he knows that he can make more tlian stake money wheie he proposes to run out of the railways and privileges ; but if Ross likes he will row him on United States waters for 50 iOdols a-side, burring the usual expenses, at any place designated. The last great peiformunce of Mr Vandi'rbilt's tiotting mare Maud S. took place at Pittsburg race;* on July 13th, and is thus described :— The fain in the forenoon did not deter the people from going to Pittabtirg- Driving Park. Three o'clock p.m. witnessed 12,000 'in the enclosure. The event of the day was the of Maud S. The mare trotted the cour.se twice, while being warmed up, then <\t the word '' go" atarted like a streak. If the people preseut expected something jrnind they were not disappointed. The tr.iek w.is heavy from rain, find had been tolled twenty feet out from the pole to the disadvantage of (he mate, but us the ihot of <i cannon she sped, and crossed the line in 2miu lO^seo, beuting her best time by a quai ter ot a second. This was the oih'c ial decision, while some of the judges held that the mare had actually covered tie giound in 2iuin 10 ' pic. Outsiders) coincided iv this view. Baird, the driver, viid that olie could have made it in two seconds \e^». Iho feat was good enough tor the audience, who arose en maw a& the m.uu was led off by two jockeys, and I yelled themselves hoarse. The cheering 'was kept up by Pie&ident Biainaid, of the Paik Association, who advanced to the nonfc in wild enthusiasm. The judges mnounced tho anival ot St. Julien, but as the hoise was sick tho anxious people will hardly be gratified by a grand trial. BI,UE GrOW>*.