SPORTING NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3070, 19 March 1892, Page 5 (Supplement)

SPORTING NOTES.

(By Le Nord). Mk W. R. Wilson has bought a bay filly by Trenton — Tuberose for 220 guineas. Tom Payten will hold a strong hand for the next Derby if his two-year-olds go on well. Wild Rose, the winner of the Newmarket Handicap, as a yearling was purchased for 370 guineas, and was bred by the late Mr T. Chirnside. The V. R.C. Committee have issued an intimation that any rider at the Flemington meetings coming to scale in anything but clean and correct jockey costume will be liable to a fine, and may be prevented from riding. The New Zealand Jockey Clubs should enforce the same rule. With St. Simon as sire and Quiver as dam, what is bred in the bone has come out in La FMehe. This is the filly Baron , de Hirsch gave 5,500 guineas for as a yearling, and in her first four races she returned £3.415. Tirailleur's running at the Y.R.C. meeting goes to show that ho wants a spell badly. Strathmore was first given the name of Halbert, and Zalinski that of Bandolier, but when Mr Wilson bought the pair he renamed them, and there is no mistake but that both have earned tlioir now cognomens. It is stated on the West Coast that had it not boen for the vigorous riding f Clifford on Whisper, the son of The Dauphin (Fraternite) must have won the Egmont Handicap. The Sydney Referee referring to the downfall of Strathmore in the Australian Cup says :—Cusdin rode a most peculiar race on Strathmore. Ho dropped back from a forward place to second last at the rivcv side, and then came round to the

tarn on the outside all the way, covering more ground than any other horse in the race. The Referee (Auckland) says:—Balderdash was the centre of attraction in the Wheel Race at Potter's. He did not seem to warm up to his work until tho last two rounds, when he gave us a taste of his quality and came in for hearty applause each time he passed the stand. The Hon. J, D. Ormond's Lustre, by Nordenfeldt—Radiauce, who won the Selling Two-year-old Race at Dunedin, was knocked down to Mr J . Stephenson for £215. This gentleman is now in possession of two of Mr Ormond's castoffs, the other being Llippomenes, who lias won a race for him. The first three in the Wanganui Cup were mares. A most peculiar thing has been di;>covered on the Hastings raceeourso by the contractor for fillincr in and levelling the piece of swamp extending from the gate to the second stand, he having struck a submerged forest, which has rendered the accomplishment of the job no easy task. Trees of all kinds are being unearthed in profusion, showing that that must at one time have been an

old river bed. It is had enough for a man to "strike" a "stiff 'un" 011 a racecourse, but when he strikes a submerged forest it is really too bad. Says the Yeoman Mr S. G. Cook's horse, The Harbour Lights, rau third in the Newmarket Handicap, at Flemington on Saturday, so that Mrs Arbrey, of Bell Block, Taranaki, and Mr T. Johns, of Omata, who hold the horse in Tattersall's Sweep of £50,000, will draw a substantial sum. The money allotted to the third horse in the prospectus is £2500, which is subject to a 10 per cent, deduetion. As Tattersall's Sweeps generally close with the total amount subscribed, the lucky holders of the ticket may rely on getting the advertised amount allotted to the third horse,

or very near it. Ben Hall, the bushranger, was prior to his becoming an outlaw, the breeder of some good horses, and at the Forbes races, in the sixties, was the best-mounted man on the course, which attracted the attention of Sir Frederick Pattedger, who remarked that none but a bushranger could ride such a horse, and had Hall arrested ; but there being no case at that time, the beautiful chestnut was handed back after some weeks of detention. Some amusement was occasioned at Ellerslie races just as the Vice-Regal party were about to take their departure. As the Governor entered his carriage someone in the crowd called for three cheers for Lord': Onslow, which were given with hearty good will. At this stage a working man forced his way to the front, and not to be outdone, called three cheers for " Mrs Onslow " in stentorian tones. Her ladyship could not help hearing him, and she enjoyed the laugh as much as anyone. Lord Rosebery's determination never to open another connection with the turf is no common ant of self-denial on his part. It is au open secret that he sacrificed a degree (an almost certain first-class at Oxford) to his devotion to horseflesh. Dr. Liddell, who has just retired from the deanery of Christ Church, objected to Lord Rosebevy, when he was an undergraduate at Oxford, keeping a stud. " You must choose," said the Dean, " between Oxford and vour stud," "Very well, Mr Dean," was the prompt reply, " I will take the stud. The well-known writer, " Asmodeus, says in alluding to the recent Caulfield meeting The racing left nothing to be desired, the heroic style in which the youthful Camoola worn down the field opposed to him in the Oakleigh Handicap being aloac worth a special journey to the Heath. It was a very fine performance on the part of the son of Chester and Copra, whom I selected as the pick of Payten's juvenile string when I visited Randwick last spring. The stable possesses another clinker in. Autonomy, between whom and his stable associate the question of superiority has yet to be determined, though the eusuing meeting at Flemington will doubtless admit of the formation of a tolerably correct estimate of their respective merits. A finer two-year-old tliau Camoola has not appeared in public for many years, and rarely is such combination of aize, substance and quality seen in a colt of his age. The game style in which he wore down his opponents one by one in the trvinc struggle which took place in the straight was something to be admired. i The following story is current in Has i in"\i : B owned a racehorse which hi leased to A. The horse liad done 110 rac i ing for a length of time, but B though , A was getting him in great form,but wa 3 keeping it all to himself, so as to make 3 ri*c. He therefore planned a little sehem t to find out the truth. A day or two be l foro the ruccs he got A to go up countr i to fetch some mares and promised to 100 " after the horse meanwhile. A would ha-v li swallowed the bait perhaps had not B tol the xtable toy to go to bed eirly, as ho ii tended to take tho horso out bofore daj

lijrlit, ami have a trial, Tho boy casually told A, ami as ho w:i» not then r>n the best of terms with 15,1 ie sliahtty altered bin plans. Ho was to have left for tho mares about eight o'clock, but instead of doing so he delayed his departure. At nine ho sjavo the horse a good mash, at eleven hn ■rave him another, and übont a couple of hours afterwards lie (.we him a good belly full of water. Then ho left for up nountry. 15 cuinc in mi hour or ho luti/r and took the horse out for tho intended trial with tho result that tho length of the straight separated the horse which is the chief figure in tlio story and tho olio ho was raeiujJT with. B put Itim away, quite convinced he had found out all about it. Two days later were the H.B. Jockey CluVs races. A advised Bto put a bit on him or he might be sorry for it, but A replied that lie knew quite enough about him ! The horse won in a canter, and A, with a select few. scooped a pool. B. is still satisfied that he—knows quite enough about tho animal, but ho doesn't care about hearing his name mentioned too loudly.