SPORTING NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3210, 21 January 1893, Page 2 (Supplement)

SPORTING NOTES.

[!iv Noun.]

Meroaxski:, who rim third in the Auckland (Jiip, was bought as a yearling for o()gs, Aiiißi'i.;;i Ims a yearling which is said lo lmvo lwt-ii tried up to 1 min •k'C :il (ivfi furlongs'. Qiiff ii Victoria's antipathy lo racing' i;i us strong as Albert Edward's pronounced lnvi; for it.

It is reported that; Huron do Hirsch is anxious to match La Flcclie against Oi'iiic for 110,000, Carbine's dam, Mersey, is amongst those marcs which have slipped their foals at St. Albans.

English papers slate (hut Eonzon, the "Jubilee Juggins," is again plunging—but successfully.

St. Oilille, who is by Sr. Albims from Prioress, lias given birth to a splendid colt to C irbinc. The body of Fred Archer is buried within two hundred yards of the winning post for the Cambridgeshire, When Nancy Hunks miulo her record of 2miu -Jsoe she weighed «S iO lbs, and curried seven and one-balf ounce shoos forward and five behind. Tlio well - known racing maro Cyuisca. owned by Mr Hunter, of Hawke's Bay, died a couple of weeks ago from the effects of lockjaw, Cynisca was one of the best mares that ever ran in Now Zealand, having won the Wellington Cup the lust three years in succession, besides other largo races. Mr Ilmiter was offered £I2OO for her, but wanted £ISOO. Mr Stead has named his Maxim foals, The (illy from Enid is called Bellicont; the rest, all colts have Munnlichcr from Sapphire, Manser from Aoniy, Popgun from Burlesque, Musketry from Flattery, Missfi.ro from Takemiss, Bloodshot from Iris, Toxotcs from Aqnclale, and Tocsin from Siesta. While cxcercising at Randwick the steeplechaser Australasian dropped dead. Australasian was bred in Tasmania, and was by Swiveller from Paper, During last season lie started in 12 jumping events, scoring a couple of ivins, his last being in the match with Grafton, when with 10," each, Australasian won easily. At Philadelphia recently a trotter named Grover S. was unintentionally killed by his own man administering an overdose of aconite. The judges suspected that the horse ,vas to be run stiff, and issued a caution. The driver thus had to try and the horso won a heat despito a doso, but the second dose for tlio following heat settled him. He fell dead on the truck. All concerned wore at once disqualified for life. A Victorian writer says: The Caulfield Cup winner, Vengeance, when racing, was always described as a gelding, though in reality bo was a rig, the operation having been only partially carried out on him, and when be broke down it was decided to try if lie could perform stud duties. That be has been equal to the sot him is evidenced by Benzine, the dam of Newton, producing a colt foal to to the stout-hearted son of Newminster,

tn America recently a linn of 250 dols was imposed on each of two trainers for omitting to parade their horses before the judge prior to sending them to the post. Splendido, the four-year-old filly, who won the Queensland Cnp the other day unclov the thumping weight of 9st2lb is little more than a pony, bhe was bought as a yearling for liOgs, and has since won over £l',ooo in slakes alone. Tainmn !V, in of Hin Dorbv winner Iroquois. ut r ranlcrl by many as the greatest ijr.v-yenr-old' of America this season. He litis won six out of eleven races, and his recent success in the Jerome Stakes, in vhicli ho ran the mile and n-half, with 1201b up. in 2niiu ofi jsoc,brings his total winnings to 110,210d01. There was a bona Ikle cheer, says the Sydney Bulletin, for Donald Wallace when Titan won his race on Oaks Day. Tho owner of Carbine deserves well of holiday race-goers. It would pay thein to purchase, by public subscription, some of the few good horses that ara now rim crooked and make Donald a present of them.

Tho English writer. " Man of tlio World " says: Our racehorses are in outward conformation as shapely as ever tlioy were. It is their internal organisation which is defective. They la k soundness, temper, heart, coil: stitution, stamina, and sturdy wear and tear. It is this which renders them so different to tho animals of the past. Writing nnent the sensational English three-year-old horso Onno, an' exchange says tlmt his owner, tho Dnko of Westminster, is by tho public about the least esteemed of all owners, "Of course," the writer snys, " among his own circle tho dnko, like tho king, can do no wrong; but tho grout British public go for n man on his merits. They also love a good horse, and love to see him treated with fair consideration. Thorefore, as they—and very justly, too—believe that Oi'ine has been harshly managed, and run when he deserved rest, they call Westminster all sorts of names except a good sportsman. Tho unfortunate creature was pulled out for tho third time in one week to collar a stake of about £BOO or so, Tho ground was very heavy, and ho lmd to give quite ft decent three-year-old Kko Hushoy Park !Solb, Not a single soul that I know had a word of regret for tho owner when poor Ornxe was defeated, Heaps of sympathy was expressed for the horse, but, if it had boon that wo : wore on a metropolitan racecourse instead of Newmarket I verily believe that tho crowd would him hissed tho great duke.