SPORTING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 593, 11 April 1891, Page 3

SPORTING.

In taking Higborn at 1000 guineas, after the V.R.C. M-eting, Mr W. Jones was thought to have paid full value for the gelding; but he has plenty of room to laugh now at those who questioned his judgment, as Highborn s winning the Sydney Cup took the Sydney ring down for about £20,000, of which the owner had a good slice. Mr Butler’s horse Crackshot is said to be walking sound again, and as far as appearances go, there does not seem to be anything radically wrong with the colt. In 1871 Fordham had the mount on Idas in the Newmarket Handicap, Snowden riding Paganini. A short distance from home Fordham saw it would be a desperately near thing between them, and, indeed could not disguise from himself that, if anything, Snowden’s mount was actually going the better of the two; so without looking at Snowden, he said “ Jem TH save five pounds with you I” Snowden desiring to see bow the chances stood, looked to ascertain how Idas was going, as Fordham bad thought be would, for that was his artful plan to distract his dangerous rival’s attention for a moment. Seizing the second, Fordham got first run, and won by a short neck * Biding back into the saddling enclosure at the top end of the turn, the victorious jockey saw Mr Smith looking anything but pleased, and maliciously determined to vex him still more, so leaning down to the hoy who was leading Paganini in, he said in a whisper loud enongh for Smith to hear, “ Look sharp; I think I am a bit short of weight!” The bait took. Mr Smith —hopes of winning yet by the disqualification of Idus flashing through his mind—rushed frantically into the weighing room to watch with keen and eager eyes the process of weighing in. There he saw Fordham passed all right at the scale, as of course be knew he would be, and as he got out of the chair and passed Mr Smith, be said, with a smile on bis face, “ Quits!”