SPORTING NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3213, 28 January 1893, Page 2 (Supplement)

SPORTING NOTES.

[BY LK NORD,] Laky Eoseiiery has sis times ran into' a place in the Liverpool Cup, twice first, Tommy Lye's (the, English jockey) style of " finishing " was happily compared to " two feet of silk lihd three feet of boots and washlenther in convulsions." , ,-: ■

In the Inst Caulfiold Steeplechase tlio well-known horse Elton broke his nook at theliist fence, Mr G. J, Brewer,■ his pilot, breaking his noso by the fall. ' :

Parrot-mouthed yearlings aro not uncommon (says "Spectator" in tho Koferoo),-and there lmvo boon several instances in Auckland during recent years of yearlings being; sold that have come into.tho world so deformed. One of the yearlings belonging to one of the smaller studs was purchased for :a" gentleman whoso agent was unaware of tho malformation referred to when he gave Mr Philson the final nod which secured the, juvenile, and lie was not over pleased when a bit of a wag asked him ~if his principal understood anything about horse dentistry. My friend may find tho pro-' verbial crumb of comfort in tho information that the well - performed Strathmoro was one of tho same ilk.

Patrick Kelly, a well known Caul field trainer and .who prepared Ben Bolt and other good horses, died itv the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, „on December 21st.

A serious rupture is said 'to have I taken place between the Hon. D. S. ■Wallace and his • trainer, Walter Hickenbotham, on account:of the latter running a horse of his own in a raee in which Mr Wallace's Titan Was engaged. Titan has now left Hickenbotham's charge. , While running in the December Stakes at Kandwick, Marvel's sister, Wanganella, fell and badlyinjured one of her shoulders, while tho jockey sustained a fractured collarbone. On the following day in the Steeplechase four of 'the eight runners caihe to grief, and one of them, Buzzard, received such injuries that necessitated his destruction, and Brewer, the rider of Buzzard, had a rib broken. Cortis the, rider of one. of the others, fractured his collarbone. ■ The Sydney News says: Thefuneral of the well-known jockey William Stone, who lost his life through a horse ' falling'' upon 'him, near Hamilton, Brisbane, was carried out with marked solemnity; the procession >vhieh was nearly a mile long was an impressive spectacle. The coffin was completely covered with wreatlis sent by the various racing clubs and sym< pathisers. The hoarse was, followed by about sixty jockeys riding in costume, many of them carrying large wreaths of suitable flowers and also a large number of, trainers and other sporting men. • . A youth, eighteen years of age, named Michael Walsh, was brought up at the Napier Court last week charged with, at the recent Hiuvke's Bay J.C, Meeting, presenting a totalisator ticket purported to have been, taken on a winning horse, but which had been altered from No 1 to No, 6, The jouth was sentenced to a mouth's imprisonment with hard labour. Says " Spectator," in the Now Zea--land Eeferee:—At the Otaki;Maori Eacing Club's meeting, 1 a disgraceful scene- is reported to have occurred in the' Boyle Plate. Adam, McMorran, the rider of Primus, who finished first, attempted to jam Walls, on Laitiore, but not succeeding he dreyv his whip and used it most unmercifully on Walls and his mount fur some distance. A- protest was lodged against McMorran for foul riding, but the, stewards refused to uphold the complaint, and did not even censure McMorran. The matter has been reported to the Metropolitan Club. As McMorran's connection with the disqualification of Blenheim in the Hack Race at last season's Wellington Suramor Meeting has not been forgotten, it is to be hoped for his sake thai' the Otaki proceedings have boon exaggerated. A, cable message from India to'Aus-' tralia announces thevictory of Highborn, who, it will beTomembered, : ran second to .Carbine for the Melbourne Cup, in tho Ticoroy Cup.,, i ; . ' ' Tho December sales of blood stock at' Newmarket promised to bo of more than ordinary ' importance, as the 'Marquis of Zetland arid Lord Hastings were going to offer the whole! of their horses in draining, .whilo Lord Hastings; also proposed to. dispose of his 'mares and their' produce, together with his' two noted 3tallians Beau Brummel'and Master iildaro. Nearly the wholo of Mr H. Milner's ' horses in training, and a large section from tlie Duka of Devonshire's mains; stable and stud, were also, to; be offered, while the Duke of Portland is going to .part , ;with sovoral of his mares. . ; , • .florae Aiiierican clubs are putting their foot down on the practico of jockeys wearing : electric batteries concealed under their jackets, with wires running from them down their legs : to their, spurs. Anyono.. found using them now is ruled off the track. It was noticed in,'Chicago,the other day that wh6n a jockey named Kulra touched the horse L witli his spurs tho animal bounded fifteen feet, and he wflis promptly examined, with tho result; that lie had ;tO itake off his hidden bell. This was said not to be. the first time he had shocked both his mount and tho bookmakers'. A bound of fifteen feet' would be very con-; venient at the end of a race if a jockey was losing by a head. > : '