SPORTING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 390, 13 December 1889, Page 2

SPORTING.

' Tgs weights for the VVaerehga-a-hikq Jockey Olah's Boxing Day meeting ar. to be either accepted or rejected by nominators to-morrow evening, In the interest of sport I hope that the non-sctaptore will be few, still there is grave reason for disputing the adeqaatenese ot the adjustment, \ Starting with the Hurdles: The Mooi* L SPR’ttig'itf V s ? 4‘h. ,‘h« ttoy and Wherefore it ik difficult to ooneeivo, Printer is-allot-t@d ust 101 b, for what ? Is it because during three years’ racing he succeeded in winning a Maiden Plata on one occasion; On the other, fiend, Off Dolor has Oat gib—a horse having won a double at ths Murewai, and two races at. Karaka. in addition finishing third in the G-B.Q. Hurdles at the Park. The exceptions I taka to the Boxing Day Handicap, I Will briefly state: Pani, gat 21b, is asked to give Cynical Blbs, and Truthful 7ibs. Now let facts be taken; Pani won.a Maiden plate iu very alow time, and was ridden to a finish, Oymoal has started six times, winning three events, and finishing second twice, Truthfill at the last tpsetlng showed a taste of quality that the handicapper should hot hnv« lost eight: ot. Misfortone, tor her one win, has been jumped up to Ist 3lb«. By performances why should there only be lO'.bs difference between Cynical and Misfortune, more especially as he had beaten her at weight for age, and in the Hu 6f the fact that her last win was with Set up, and his with Bst Gib 1

Nqw as tq the plying Handicap ; Orwell, 9st 4lbs, is in my mind unjustly treated, and so far as my memory serves me, never yet has succeeded in getting his nose in first in a j-mile race, Pani, Bst Gibs, must certainly have merits discovered alone by the handicapper, but even fancying him ever so much, he might have been more lenient. Oynical, Bst 4lbs, has 81bs removed from hie back through winning at the Park. Again why ? Truthful is well treated with 8«t 41b; Criminal, 7st 71b, according to performances, has not been evenly dealt with, whilst New York, 7et 31b, is absolutely thrown in. This latter horse is one of the fastest sprinters ever seen in the Bay. Misfortune also bring allotted within a pound oi New York, must be considered to have been placed eta disadvantage. No special mention is called tor ae to the others,—l am, «c q Qlo