SPORTING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 650, 22 August 1891, Page 3

SPORTING.

AUSTRALIAN RACING. The V.A.T C. held their Grand National Steeplechase Meeting on the 15th inst., at Canlfled. The two principal events resulted as follows:— Handicap Hurdle Eace, of 400sovs, added to a sweepstakes of ssovs each for starters. Yabba 1, Montrose II 2, Ixion 3. Time, 4m 245. The Caulfield Grand National Steeplechase, of 1000 sovs, 700sovs of the said sum to go to the first horse, 200 to the second, and 100 to the third. About four miles. Bnsaco 1, Beggar Boy 2, School Boy 3. This race famished qnite a chapter of accidents, and only nine ont of the eighteen competitors completed the course. The horse Fujiyamma fell and broke his back, and two jockeys, Fallon and Eastham, received concussion of the brain, The Poverty Bay Trotting Club announce, by advertisement in another column, that their inaugural meeting will be held in the Waikanae Paddock on Monday, the 28th of October. Nominations close on Thursday, October Ist, at 8 p m., at the Masonic Hotel. Attention is drawn to the Poverty Bay Turf Club’s advertisement which announces that their Spring Meeting will be held on their new racecourse at Makaraka, on Wednesday, 21st October. Nominations for the Spring Handicap, Handicap Hurdles, and Flying Handicap, are due on the Ist of October. Our popular local sport, Mr J. Clark, was not long in filling the vacancy in his stable, caused through the death of his game little mare Misfortune, he having purchased Pouawa from Mr Duncan Hepburn. Mr Clark has also leased Pani for a short term from Mr W. Walsh, with a view, it is stated, of putting the grey son of Merlin at the " illegitimate ” game. The above are undergoing their preparation at the hands of W. Harrison. Dreadnought having proved nntrainable, Mr Jones has struck him out of both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. It is considered that the son of Cheater's turf career

has ended. At a recent settling In Sydney the Melbourne Cnp came m for some attention, and all the money, amounting to several thousands, at 100 to 2 was taken about Megaphone, while 100 to 3 was the best offer at the finish. The demand for his stable companion had the effect of easing Carbine in the market, and 100 to 9 was obtainable about the eon of Musket. Tirailleur was the only other horse inquired for, and as there was no better price than 100 to 4 forthcoming very little business resulted. A recent issue of the Melbourne Sportsman contains the following : Thanks to the execution oi a biggish commission in favor of the New Zealanders, Sternohaser and Tirailleur, for the Derby and Cup, the monotony which usually is a characteristic of the betting market at the tail end of July has this year been slightly broken. The commission, to which I refer, was mainly executed by a Sydney bookmaker, who, owing probably to the fact of Sternohaser not having ypt performed |n public, got an extremely satisfactory figure about Mr Gollan’s double. In some cases, I believe, the odds obtained reached thousands to four. G. Shaw, the erstwhile New Zealand champion, accomplished a couple ot splendid performances over hurdles st the Huddersfield Athletic Sports on a recent Saturday. The groat attraction at this meeting was the first appearance of the American athletes who had come over to compete in the forthcoming amateur athletic The Yankees made a very creditable debut, and will evidently pick up a good many trophies whilst in England. The hero of the day, however, was Shaw. His first success was in a 120 yards hurdle race, which he won (owing 15 yards) in 17 4 5 sec. No American competed in this event. Later in the day the New Zealander gave * far finer exhibition of his prowess by Winning easily the Northern" Counties' Amateur Quarter-mils Hurdles Championship in 59 8-5 seconds, thus establishing a new record for the distance over 3 feet h g dies.