SPORTING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 526, 1 November 1890, Page 2

SPORTING.

TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. Melbourne, October 30. Titan has gone hop-len-ly lame. Daring f he gallop this morning Rich Ruby broke hie leg, and had to be destroyed. Carbine is favoi ite for the Cup at 100 to 10 taken. There wp.b a fair am rant of business transacted at Tattersall’s last evening for the D j rby. After Gatling had been backed to win £5OOO at's to 1. 4 to 1 was the best offer about the son of Nordenfeldt. Titan has been knocked completely out of the Derby quotations. Melos hrs receded in the Cup belting, 100 to 6 being at one time obtainable, but his eloping price was 100 'O 7. Muriel has been well backed at 100 to 5, »ind Chaldean has been supported to win £5OOO at the same price. £6OOO tn £lBO has been taken about Admiral, and £3OOO to £6O about Richilieu. Christchurch, last night. Crackshot still strikes himsdf in galloping, though his gallop yesterday caused him to harden in th'* market, and there is no money at 3 to 1 about him here for the Cup, local backers being so strong.

GISBORNE RACING CLUB’S SPRING MEETING.

Mr Evett has not been successful in giving sati-facuon with the weights forthe Gisborne Racing C üb’s Spring meeting, and it wou'd seem as if he had specially singled out Mr Hepburn and Mr Parsons (men who always run their horses on their merits) to let them feel what a handicapper can do. In the Flying Criminal is given 9<t3 b, though how he has earned that impost it would be difficult to discover. In the Grandstand Handicap he and Kupenga have tnp weight. Pouawa has Bst 4 b in the F ying, while Truthful, who carried 2ba more in the Forced Handicap at the Park aud beat her, hue now 6bs less. Still that might be considered fair, seeing that Pouawa beat Truthful in the Flying, but the comparison with other horses does not hold eo well. Fitzjames had the same as Paniln the Spring H indicap, Pani gets a deserved Increase of 7lbs, while Fitzj-.mes gets a remission of 14lbs, though it wou’d he hard to tell why In the hu dles again Mr H phurn’s Daadinc has to give Bit of Blue Ist 3 ba, though at the last meeting Bit of Blue really had the best of Duadiue with only 2 bs advantage in weight. C'imiual, however, is the worst treated horse of the lot. The following are the weights: — Flying Handicap—Kupenga 9.5, Criminal 9.3, Pinfire 8 10, Pouawa 8.4, Truthful 7.12, Cairngorm 7 10, La iy Cicely 7.7> Leita, 7.3, Dancing Master 7.2, Misf »rtnae 7.0, Zanzibar 6.7, Papakura G.G, Avis 6.3, and Maroon 6.0. Grand Stand Handicap—Kupenga and Criminal 9.0, Nora 8.4, Pouawa 8.2, Truthful 7.6, <’airngorm 75, Poti 7.4, Lady Cicely 7.0. Flirtation 6.10, Mungarangi 6.8, and Tumahine 6.5. Hurdles—Oeo 119, Duadine 1010, Defamer 10.5, Bit of Blue 9.7, Caitiff 9.5, aad Leila 9 0. Park Handicap—Pani 9.7, Pinflre 8.3, Wakutipn 8 2, Fitzjames and Kupenga 8.0, Nora 7.8, Pouawa 7.6, Deceiver 70, Truthful 6.9, Cairngorm 6 8, Leita 6.7, Misfortune 63, New York 6.0, Zanzibar, Rejected, Avis, and Bit of Blue 6.0. Acceptances close on Tuesday evenlog THE NEW ZEALAND CUP. From all quarters cmnes satisfactory accounts of the dning« of the cand datss left in the above event, which comes off on Tuesday next, and everything points to the Riccarton meeting this year being a great success. In th* two past years, the Hawke’s Bay meeting has f irnished a capital line to the New Zealand Cup, as Manton and Tirailleur both distinguished themselves there prior to the big gathering of New Zealand, aud it will be interesting to note if history repeats itself this year in that respect—by Crackshot annexing the big event. V.R.C. DERBY.

The first day’s racing of the Victoria Ra- ing Club’s Spring Meeting commences to-day, whnn the above important event will be decid d. The following shows the placed horses in the Derby for the past three years : —

1887 : G innon’s Australian Peer, by Darebin—Stockdove ('lorry) 1; White’s Aberoorn, by Chester—Cinnamon (Halos) ! ; Cooper’s Ni igara, by Anteros—-F-ailty (Robertson) +. Won by half a length ; Niagara and Abereorn ran a dead heat for second place. Time, 2.40.

1888: White’s Ensign, by Grandmaster— Formosa (Hales) 1; O’ Brien’s Carbine, by Musket—Mersey (Derrett) 2 ; Gannon’s Melos, by Golds borough—Melody (Power) 3. Won by a head; a bad third. Time, 2 455. 1889: White’s Dreadnought, by Chester —Trafalgar, 8.10 (Hiles) 1; O'Loughlin’s Ricnelieu, by Richmond—M ss Harriet, 8.10 (Power) 2 ; White’s Ru 10l ph, by Martini Henry—Ruak, 8 5 (Huxley) 3. Won easily by a length an 1 a quarter. Betting : 5t02 on Dreadnought. Time, 2.41.

In ths Sydney Mail of last week 11 Nemo’ 1 selects Loyal Stone, The Admiral, Carbinrfl and Tantallon aa the four most likely horses, to supply the winner of the Cup. It Is stated that Cirbine will be ridden in the Melbourne Cup by R. Ramage. Svdney pape p « to hand show that, in ftddi ion to bning heavily supported for the V. R. O. Darby, Gatling has hsen backed for the Melbourne Cup towin £2O 000, It is stated that tha victory of Vengeance in the Oan'field Cup <jngt the bookmaktrfl fully £30,000, £20,000 of which was won by the stable. The Anokland.hred Too Soon beat a field of eighteen in the Pace Welter Handle id at Warwick Farm on the 18th instiut. He started faVonrire at 3 to 1, and won with the greatest of eass*. Merrie England and St. Andrew still divide favoritism in the betting on the New Zealand Cup at 4to 1 each. Crackshot is well supported at 5 to 1, and Wolverine a point longer; Duda and Medallion at 7 to 1. Gibraltar has been backed to beat Titan 1,3, 3, in the V.R.C. Derby for £5OOO aaide, and in the event of him winning that race, I believ* he will be matched against Megaphone, Derby weights, over the Derby distance. A correspondent writes—Sir : Has breeding and not performances been taken into consideration in framing the handicaps in connection »with the forthcoming Park races, or the names and weights drawn out of the hat ? If owners are to be treated to productions like those in the future, they will prefer to leive their horses in Xhe paddeck, where the handicapper’s idea of merit won’t trouble them.

At tho Thirek (Yorkshire) meeting on the 10'h the Australian mare Lady Betty won the Autumn Handicap, and the following dav (he Hambleton Plate r< Pakeha ” sav«:—"The mysterious Jet d’Eau is grill in theN Z Cup, and although a good many believe he will journey south and win, I am of opinion hie mission will be Australia about Newmarket Handicap time, as he has already given & taste of his quality over six furlongs. . . The race loses much cf its interest through the Yaldhuret steble not being represented, hut should Merrie England, Crackshot, Dudu, and Bt. Andrew face the flag, a real good race may be expected.” The Melbourne Cup of 1890 will be a thing of the past after Tuesday next. Tho well-known sporting writer " Hippona,” writing on tnat event, says:—“ Notwithstanding the Caulfield running, Carbine and Melos travel well in the market, and hold their position of favorites. So firmly do the pair seem established in favor that it would appear nothing short of a breakdown will deDoae them from the top of the quotations. What a scene there will be should Carbine got home I I verily believe the crowd would make an effort to carry the horse to the weighing yard if the racing rules per-* mittvdit.”