SPORTING NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3130, 6 August 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)

SPORTING NOTES.

[BY LK NORD.]

The three-year-old filly Stella, by Gaptivator— Rangi, has joined W. Windsors team. This filly is a rare brcd-'un, claiming as she does among her paternal ancestors three winners of the English Derby. She should bo heard of to advantage "during the coming season in the hands of this skilful young trainer, who, I notice, has also got Yum \'um in work again, after a somewhat lengthy spell. At the Hawke's Bay Steeplechase Meeting all the jockeys wore crape bauds in memory of the late Walter Clifford. A set of racing harness, trimmed with | aluminum, is being made for Axtell, the American trotter. The whole set will weigh but 51b. Colonel North was recently asked it he would sell Simonian. " Yes." aaid the Nitrate King, "if ' you will give me £10,000 for him." Euclid was the great bargain of the English yearling sales of IS9O, as all he cost was 70gs. Mr Kilsyth won £20,000 on the horae last year, and his slice of the Kempton Park Jubilee Stakes this year was £15,000. At a recent meeting in America the most important race was a seven furlong handicap, which was the longest distance race of the day with a card of six races. Conqueror, the horse that trotted 100 miles in the year 1853 in Bhrs. 55min. 53se<\, was sired by a son of the imported

Bellfounder, and out of a mare by the j; Eame horse. " Spectator" regrets to learn that j Melinite, by Nortlenfcldt—Pearl Ash, has slipped twin foals to Maxim, thus ( preventing what looked a likely experi- i ment in breeding. In the five seasons from 1885 to 1889 inclusive, 126 English yearlings were sold for IOOOgs. or more. Sixty-seven of these, which cost 100,000gs, have not yet earned a shilling:. Reporting a race at New York. Turf, Field and Farm says :—A series of accidents delayed the start. First of all little Penn tnmbled off Freemason, but as he is a negro and fell on his head he escaped injury. It is an old »ud true maxim that " a horse well-groomed is equal to half fed." Allsop, who rode Sir Hugo in the English Derby had not previously had a mount in the Derby. He has thus had the unusual experience of attaining the highest jockey honours the first, time of askiDg. He can go to scale at6st 71b. It is reported that Megaphone will shortly be put into work again, and another old crack in Melos is to be given a farther chance of distinguishing himself. The Sir Modred horse, Tournament, after a two years' absence from the racing track, came out at the New York meeting, but was beaten in the stake for which he competed for by a length. Talking of a forthcoming race-meeting at Harpenden, " Vigilant," of the London Sportsman, playfully remarks. '' A little bit rough at times is the fun at the resort, and ' leave your watches at home is my advice to those who contemplate a visit." , It is stated that the symptoms observed in Orme have since been noticed in other .stables in the south of England. For example, several horses are ill at Lambourne. Is it poison, or trouble with the teeth, or have we discovered a new disease, asks the Licensed "Victuallers Gazette. One of the chief prizes at the New York June Meeting was achieved by a son of Sir Modred, This was the Great Eclipse Stakes, for two-year-olds, the prize being worth close on 4000sovs to the winner. In a magnificent struggle, Sir Walter gained the verdict by a head. MrScarr, the A J.C. handicapper.says to owners " Run your horse ; run him j out and you will be well treated." An J owner now writes to a Sydney paper : " To my unsophisticated innocence that sounded encouraging, but after a careful study and trial I conclude this advice is a delusion." The Sporting Times says "It has now been established beyond all possibility of doubt, that Deeming poisoned Orme. A strong acid in a gelatine capsule was despatched direct to the horse s . box from Melbourne, per submarine i cable." The English chaser Champion is rightly named. He has closed the season with a record of ten firsts, two seconds, and 1 three thirds to his name. During last season he negotiated 300 fences without once putting a foot wrong, and he is aa 1 fresh and as clean on his legs as a two- , year-old. It is probable that trotting is more 1 popular in Russia in any otner country outside of America. Instead of a sulky, however, the Russian trainer sits on a four-wheeled trap, called a droschky, ' built very light and of the best material, l weighing more than sulkies and costing ' fully twice as much. ' Sir John, of the best known of Sir r Modred's sons in America _ has_ been

destroyed. Hewss thrown in his stall to be punctured .for a spavin. In his exertions to regain his feet be hurt his loin ic some way, and the day following was paralysed and nnable to rise, although he made strenuous efforts to do so. The outcome of the trouble was so serious that he had to be killed. Lord Rosebery has the honour of breeding Bonavista, the Two Thousand winner, and Mr Rose bought the horse as a yearling. His lordship is very unlucky, in the fact that he can scarcely win a race himself. Bonavista is the name of a cape, town, and bay on the east coast of Newfoundland. The cape is famous for its lighthouse with a revolving light. " Early Bird," of the Australian Star, tells how a gentleman in business in Sydney dreamt a few nights back that a certain number in Tattersall s sweep on the 1 Winter Stakes drew a prize, and making application for the identical ticket, he obtained it and drew a £20 prize. On Friday night the same man says that he dreamt 37 was the number of the winning horse in the same race. This turned out to be Kookaburra, and he took £200 to £12 and won. This ■ dreamer should be a success as a turl agent. A Yankee rider named McCauley was riding in a hurdle race in May, when his horse fell over the fifth jump, but he goi up and, helping his horse to rise mountec him and started after the field, ih< horse was hardly in his striae agau when he fell for the second time, throw ing his rider a dozen yards over f hurdle. He again got on his baclf, how ever, and rode him in triumphantly, H( was heartily cheered for his bravery. A Tennessoe paper on spring Nov is the time of the year when the blui grass shoots up the tender spear of it juicy blades to meet the eager rr.outU o the frolicsome yearling or langh with i wavy smile at the staggering locomotim of the new-born colt-with Ms awkword angling, knack-kneed gait—his thin ribbed, cat-hammed, bowed-up form, ani the calloused, unsteady and uncertaii instinct that has yet to decide whether l will trot or paco." Buccaneer, who won the Newmarite Handicap this year, has turned out sue! a a-ood bargain to Lord Rosslyn that h had refused an off 9.' of £7000 for him and nothing less than £10,000 will bu; the horse. .His present owner paid £200 for hi.n at Epsom in the last Derby week On one ocoasion, writing on the sensa tional price paid for a particular rac horse, ''Augur" pointed out that th animal might end his days in a eab> Tb purchaser wa9 nettled, said, *It rather rough to sav my horee'raay end hi days in "a cab." "Augur" simpl answered : "If you are not ctireful, in young friend, you will be driving him."