SPORTING NOTES

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3106, 11 June 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)

SPORTING NOTES

[By Le Noiui.J It is said thai £35,000 was offered for tlu: English Derby fnvoin-ite Uimu, who was supposed to h.'iv'e liuen poisoned short.y li-iforu that event took place. Mr Tom C rrinaton, the well-known artist (if the .■>..isir- 1 1,-i»i.i!i 1 has .In-lir-t prizH in the M'-lbounn- Cup trophy eer.ip'jtition There wore a iargt; inimlwi of competitor?, including sever-il wellUiio'vn nrtist.l The design is allegorical A female figure in classical garb, repres'.'iniii" the spirit of the cup standing on the edge of a vase or cup, hol-ling thru* - wr■■■ath.s in gold, silver, and copper, r«ad to iuvar<l to thu three placed Imrsys, which are standing, with jockeys up, below her. Mr Cnringtou was also the successful competitor last year.

A suecjssful operation in Wyngotomy was recently performed in America. The subject was Mr Steel's trotting gelding, G.IJ. The operation, which was performed while the subject was under the influence of chloroform, was done with a view of curing the common disease known as roaring, and consisted in removing the left arytenoid cartilage and vocal chord. Drs. Pierce and Rntler, of Minneapolis, Minn., who performed the operation, expected to have their subject fit for public inspection in the conrsu of a couple of weeks. Father O'Plynn, the Grand National winner, trained at Melton Mowbray, was bred at the Stantou Stud by Mr E. C. Wadlow, and sold at Doncaster to Lord Cholmondeley for 100 guineas. He was subsequently sold at TattersalPs to Mr G. C. Wilson, his present owner, for 470 guineas. Says the Sydney Referee :— At the Morphettville (S.A.) races the other day a gentleman went up to the totalisator with a pound and put it on Strike for the Hurdles. After leaving the window he discovered that the clerk had given him a £5 ticket, and he went back and explained, but the clerk could not take it back, as the machine had registered £5, and it could not be altered. Tho holder must keep the ticket, and tho clerk would have to make up i' 4 unless the gentleman could induce some of his friends to take uji the balance. This he did, and Strike won, paying a dividend on the £5 ticket of £p 3 10s. Another backer wanted to put a pound on No. 2 in one race, but on looking he found he had a ticket on No. 1. He rushed bank in a fury and wished the ticket changed, but the clerk guessed he couldn't oblige, and while the sojnabble was going on the windows were shut down and the race was run, with the result that No. 1 won ! With mixed feelings the man went and collected his dividend. And such are some of the " humours " of the tote. " Vagrant," in the Maitland Mercury, writes:—" I wonder how many thoroughbred foals are dropped in the colonies a day or two before August I of whosn prematureness mention is lever made ? It is almost needless to observe that horses take their age from August in Australia and January in England, and therefore if they are but a few hours old when those months are ushered in they are rated as yearlings. It is surely a sore temptation for a stud master to hide the fact of an early foaling, when the mere fact of a day or two in age makes a differences at times of hundreds of pounds in value. About eleven o'clock on the evening of December 31 the well knownEnglish breeder, G. S. Thompson, was sorry to find that Amphion's dam had dropped a full brother to the beautiful chestnut, but he was houest enough to announce the fact. I fancy I know one or two men who would have quietly locked the stable door and not have discovered the little equine stranger until the fateful Ist of January. THE KING. John L. Sullivan says :—" In my opinion, Peter Jackson is the only fighter in the lot, now that Jake Kilraiu hiss retired. You know n fighter mast bo dead game, and Kilrain was of that kind. Ho never gave up until he was whipped. I am not drinking, as you hear. I could live sober for fifty years, anil still noliody would believe it." Good old " Sully." Try it, and see how the system works.

" Australian Billy " Murphy, in his latest effusion in the San Prancisno Press, complains bicterly of Australians in general, and particularly of the way ho was treated by Griffo in their latest match. " The oulv one," says Murphy, " who has sized Australians aright is John L. Sullivan. They thiuk no one is like an Australian, and no outsider can get a show in this country."

Frank Slavin says : " I expect to whip Peter Jackson easily."