SPORTING NEWS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 297, 11 May 1889, Page 4

SPORTING NEWS.

The following is the latest betting on the Derby, to be run at the Epsom Summer Meeting, on the sth of June, 1889 2 to 1 against Donovan, 3 to 1 Eldorado, 10 to 1 Enthusiast, 10 to 1 Laureate, and 16 to 1 Jricquet. DUNEDIN J.C. QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY meeting. Duse din, May 9. The following weights have been declared for the above race meeting :— Hurdles — Torrent 11.10, Premier 11.6, Garibaldi, 11,4, Trapper 10 7, Panic 10 3, Victory 10 2, Monteagle 10 0, Satan 10.0, Dnnluce 9.10, Erebus 9.7, Louis 9.5, Civis 9.8, Crossbow 9.0, Waitangi 8.9, Tenakoe 8.7. Birthday Handicap—Sultan 9.7, Apropos 8.9, British Lion 8.7, Ruby 8.5, First Lord 8.0, St. Clair 80, Chudleigh 7.12, Occident 7.12, Quibble 7.8, St. James 7.7, Ixion 7.3, Mon Loup 7,2, Apres Moi 6.10, Rainbow 6.10, Le Temps 60, Forget-me-not 6.7, Zealot 6.0, Cinnabar 6.0. TAKAPUNA WINTER MEETING. The following nominations have been re* ceived for the above meeting, which takes place on Queen's Birthday :— Handicap Hurdles King Quail, Ernest, Tetford, Recruit, Kangaroo, Landseer, Don, Orangeman, Guy Fawkes, Artist, Buzzard, Carbineer, Le Clair, Rosie, Sirloin, Forest King, Messenger, Seaweed. Steeplechase—King Quail, Ernest, Guy Fawkes, Recruit, Orangeman, Artist, Don, Le Clair, Messenger, Forest King, Rosie, Sirloin, Tawhiao, Tairoa, Seaweed, Jack the Ripper. Birthday Handicap—Audacity, Signess, Leila, Tetford, Fusee, Leorina, Carbineer, Capella, Memorandum, Haricot, Lioness, Lorace, Hune. Victoria Handicap — Audacity, Signess, Tetford, Tupaki, Fusee, Artist, Leorina, Octopus, Carbineer, Capella, Memorandum, Haricot, Black Joe, Lioness, Medusa. BillyBilly, The Squire, Cateeby, Lorace, Sirloin, Hune. Dunlop’s time (3 min 28} sec) in the Melbourne Cup of 1886 is the fastest on record for two miles in the colonies. He had Sot 81b up. It may not be generally known that the entries for ths forthcoming New Zealand Cup an the least in number that have hitherto bean received, and total only 54 as against M in 1833, 70 in 1884, 61 in 1885, 80 in 1836, 70 in 1887, and 63 in 1888. •' Coach," in the Wanganui Yeoman, has ths following James Scott, Manager of the Maori Football Team, says he will take another lot of New Zealanders Home, but next time he will exclude Maoris.’’ Mr William Proffit has nominated the trotting pony Fisherman—which he recently purchased in Gisborne—for the First Handl, pap Time Trot, of 20cove., 2 miles, and the Second Handicap Time Trot, of 20 save., 24 miles, at the Petane B.C. Queeu’e Birthday Meeting, to be held on the Napier Park Course. In the former event Fisherman’s handicap is 45 secs. Fit and well ” Bill” should have little difficulty in raking back his purchase money. Carbine’s winning!, up to date, amount to the respectable sum of £7,660. During the time he has been running in the interests of Mr D. 8. Wallace, he hae won £5,541 for that gentleman, bo that he has already received a big return for the 3000 guineas which he paid Dan O’Brien for the «on of ifaaket—’Mersey. The thoroughbred horse of America has nil riien from an insignificant number 100 y« r « *go to such vast proportions that the number, of brood mares entered in the “ American Stud Book ” exceeds that of any country in the world, numbering in the last volume, just published, over 4000. Leorina is stated to have covered the mile and. three-quarters in the last Auckland Racing Club’s Easter Handicap in 3min ssec, which, if true, is equal to the best record in New Zealand, vi?, Waitiri’s performance in the A.R.C. Handicap in 1887. Waitiri’e performance was, however, decidedly the better of two, ne she carried 8.5 as a four year old, while Leorina had only 7.0 up and u a five year old. New Zealand has (says Mazeppa ”) a reputation as the birthplace of Trentons, and Maxima, and Carbines, and it is our interest that that reputation should not wane. Perhaps the best move that could be made in the right direction would be the establishing of more races of the type of the Challenge Stakes and the Marshall Memorial. They, at least, eeem to be popular with owners, and can be run without loss. A good stake of this kind S’ttJ , wl ‘ h made part of the D.J.C. s Exhibition programme. Mr G. Elliot, the editor of the N. Z. Stud Book, furnishes the particulars regardinthe breeding of that good colt Eao’use, which Will have the effect of sett’ng all doubts at rest on the much debs led nnn. th 1‘ E i eCIUSS -s breTly J- 5 0 P eland ’ got by Daniel O am ol ‘ ar s u ’’" Jam of Steelbone T e n ° Ut °J -J 011 ? Dod—dam of % J all v eyran3 • Egmont - by and Bofi- ?r ,? 1U Sally—sister to Ultiria * r Hercules from - .r—Peter Fin mare.