SPORTING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 586, 24 March 1891, Page 2

SPORTING.

NAPIER PIRK RACING CLUB'S AU LU MN MEETING.

The following acceptances have been received for the first day’s events of the above meeting:

tere. re ani P ' V '‘' kZ K Tu?"eui‘tu?OhiWri l,u a i ' ,t ’ D,irn ’ e J’ c,litiff * C Stak -’

A.RC. AUTUMN MEETING.

The following weights have bo» n declared X V- Club ’’

Easter Handicap Hilda 9 12. Ci-sy 95 of '-Bl™ 9 8,. EishmongWß,' B^X'V Wuf g orina97.’B B E h 9?, B jX

° a a’’ t ?' no ”t an* "thers interested are reminded that aooepi.no«a f„ r th, Flying Handicap, Toroa Sterplrchaae, and Easts? Handicap close to morrow evening at the Ma«nmn Hotel, ° 9

Mr D Hepburn'S mare Pouawa has been nomtnated for the Taranaki Jockey Club Handicap and Flyin/ Handicap, to he run at the Taranaki Jockey Cino's auf . ninn meeting. The little mare has been handicapp»‘d it 6 for ewh evnnt. Mr T Gre-ne's Bit of Blue left f or AuHd in i on Sun lay morning lasi by the b.s. RotoniahanH, to fulfil his engagement. iVnu” 1 ?' o '"'!'' rica meeting. The little horse has the handv impost .f 912 in the hurdle race, and fit and well ’ith 8,,h Marshall up, should be pretty hand? at the finish

At the sale of privilege, n f the Toroa race m-eting, hel l on Saturlay last by Messrs Pitt ami Davies, the following pri-o, were realised : —Gates, £2l 10., G. R Wvllie ; grandstand booth, £5, Ferguson ; ou'side b >o*h, £6, F -rguson ; grandstand r-freshmenr. booth, £5 10., Erskine; outside hon'h, £7, Craig; f. nit H'all, £l, Mrs Gordon; books. £1 12, 61, Bailey ; charge of horses, £3 2s 6i; Aitken. Total, £5O 15«

The well-known spotting writer “ Buff and Hl i.'k ” writes as follows concerning our local horses Caitiff, the Gisborne hor.e, who is , good fencer, won the Second Handicap Hurdle Race easily, and had his rider exercised a little m >re judgment he might have won the first day, for Darnley, who was cutting out the running for Ival, appirendv. l«d him astray, and he went along with Mr G illen's horse at a clinking pace for a mile. Darnley formerly belonged to Gisborne, and is by Bothwell. Caitiff also comes from that place, and is by the same sire. They bring out some good fencers in Poverty Bay. Misfortune, the Gisborne mare, who had the misfortune tn b* left behind in every race, is by old Lmnato, who in past vesrs his figured on ths Ha-tings race course hunself. A good many Gi.horne people • feu ’ over Mt.forlun* on 'll. fl'st day, hut she was not herae.f, behaving badly at the post, and gelling left hopelessly in ih. rear. The full brother to Chicano (now in England), Wakatipu, by The Drntnmer—C rrisande, loos, very fit just now, appearing to he in the pink ofooodi'i in. He ran third i i the Barks Me norial Stakes, which I thought he would wi ~ bul when I ,'a'e that the mile and a half was out out in he quickest tim. on record, 2.88, no wonder can be exore.eed at his not having won. He Shoo'd have a cut in at the Park meeting, however.”

At a sale of racehorses in Malbiurne Highhorn was knocked down to Mr P Glenisier, for 1000 guinea.. The Be,f was bought by Mr J. [. 3 .q.,i f,r 440 guinea*, and Chintz f ir42og iiiieas.br Mr Wal.h; McP. Glenisier secured Swing at 300 guineas.