SPORTING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 543, 11 December 1890, Page 2

SPORTING.

Amongt those of the sporting fraternity on their way to Auckland yesterday wae;— Messrs D. Munn, Page, and A. Roberteon. The following horses, engaged in the Auckland Racing Club's Summer meeting, were on board lhe Tekapo yesterday morning:—Waterfall, Strepbon, Kapu, Pani, and St. Andrew. The first three horses lire also engaged in the Gisborne Racing Club’a meeting. Those in charge of the- horses complained about the very poor accommodation on board tbe steamer, St. Arid.ew being the only horse that, was put between decks. 4 Owners and trainers are reminded that the acceptances for the Waerenga-a hika Jockey Club’s Boxing Day Meeting, which is to be held on the usual conrse, close at the Masonic Hotel on Saturday evening next, and as the nominations are of a most satisfactory character, an d the weights fairly allotted, it is generally thought that the fields will be largo. As usual the committee are sparing no trouble in perfecting all rhe necessary arrangements tq make the gathering a .conspicuousßuceeSS; ’ ’ He is a born-tired young man, walks as

though his feet were built of eggshells and and his spine were a fragile son of poker, but he feels sure that he can row like a Beaeb. So when two fellows chaffed him as he polled out from tha promptly challenged to row them to Watßorfe Bay for a bottle of fizz, although he was owrrying a fat friend as dead weight. When he got there, dead beat, some hours later than they did, he discovered that his antagonists were Kemp and Stansbury. He iancMS himself more than ever.—Bulletin. The racehorse Carbine was bought for 3000 guineas by Mr Wallace, and has already won over £24,000 in stakes alone. A Sydney paper reckons that within five years the Melbourne Cup will be a £20,000 stake. Some time sines a certain Australian had a two-year-old under offer to a young ' Juggins,' who consented to pay a round figure if the colt did certain time over six furlongs. Tbe young 'un couldn't gallop tor sour applss, but as be started 200 yards inside tbe distance, there , was not much difficulty in showing the required test. In fact, the time wae jbo fast that Mr Trainer showed unwHUagnesS to carry out his contract; and only on the atipulstion that the purchaser should present him with an oil painting of the horse, * For,' said the trainer, 1 that colt will Utrn out a flyer I have no doubt, and I will then be able tn point with pride to the painting, and soy I was the first man to handle him.'srAn artist was duly sent out, but the trained was from home, and the painter asked tha stable boy to show him the colt, ’What tori' asked the led. 1 Why I'm going to point him,’ weS lhe reply, ' Are you ?’ said tbe hopeful, • not if I can bally well help it, it will take me • week to wash him clean again.' The first prise la Adame’ Sydney Tat. tereall’s sweep of £5O 000 amounted to £23,5000, and was seourad by two domestics in service in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney. They had bought a tloket between and were fortunate enough* tb draw. Car bine, so they netted the aide little sunt <rf £11,200 each after all deductions. A second priss of £4,500 was wou by a messenger employed in one of tbe public departments In Sydnsyi