THE MAITLAND WEEKLY MERCURY, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1897. when Campbell put up a deposit and signed articles the Maitlander's friends weren't huving any. On pablic form Bertles should beat Campbut that has not deterred the latter from bell, boldly oballenging 'any rider in the North -bar Abe Chapman-to rido a series of races, one, two, and three miles, on the Nowcastle track, for 050 appeara to flourish in South Africa. The following is clipped from the Johanneaburg The report of the Puny and Galloway Club paper: presented last, night mny well make other clubs in, the country envious. The twelve TACO meetings held during the year showed a profit of over .28000, the amount of stakes run for amounted to 23720 17e (an increase over the previous your of £1124 138 6d), and the balance-sheet showed a cash balance of 26402 13a 11d, which was materially increased since the date report.
The gatoR account increased from £1057 6s 6d to .82082 16a 6d, while the receipts from the totaliaator amounted to no less than £7048, an increase over the previous year of £4222. Two New Sonth Wales horape, The Hall and Buglo -the former was trained here by Mr. Joe Brown until receotly-ware entered for the recent Loogrench meeting, but did pot put in an appearRaCe. Referring to this a Queensland paper 6AVA: The nominator of The Hall and Euglo, Mr. George Anderson, was mode an example of by the Longreach J.C.
that should prevent a recurrence of anch negligence. It transpired that he wired to the to Dominate the horses for eix of the principal events, but never communicated any further either in reference to acceptance or scratching, consequently he was held liable for £21 for entrance and acceptance, while A fine of £1 1s wA8 also inflicted for each race and each horee, 9 At Maribyrnong on Saturday Loch Fyne, Lochiel- A fection, a mare raced some years ago by Jack Kerr, and dam of AMance, etc, won the Maiden The useful Curlston, by BraemanSilence, accounted for the Hurdle Carrick, by Tim Whiffler-Burbarion, the Welter, and Doctor the Steeplechase. Glouker, by the defunct Glenmarkie-MiRa Glorious, gecured the Seagull Handicap, in which Sam Fielder's oast-off Mnedonald was unplaced, and Ironsides, who unexpectedly landed a double for Mr. S. Miller at Flemington on the Saturday, previous, followed up his success there 7at Gib.
and beating the whilow Sydney crauk gullaway Cinderellen, 94t and Westwood in the Heron Handicap. Ironsides is by Iron Horse out of a Blondia more, and was bred in Queensland. One of the queerest things thnt ever happened in connection with the Waterloo Cup WAS the victory of Brigadier several yours ago. The owner, Mr. Foulkes, had given 259 for very scraggy and unpromising dog, which made a wretched performance in all its trials.
Brigadier's owner had nominated another dog to represent him in the grent course but this one failed him. The picked dog met with an accident, and, to the huge amusem*nt of the coursing world, Mr. Foulkes entered his 25-shilling failure in the place of the erask. There was 8 rumour that the accident to the picked dog had affected hie brain. He bad backed his choice to win £19,000.
The day came, and the despised Brigadier eat out all his rivals in clean and well run courses, and won nearly £20,000 for his owner--a very fair return for the original 25s. A few issurg back I referred to the growing taste for sport exhibited by the followers of Confucius who have made their home in the colonies, and doubtless many really good people who read my notea for the sake of the mental improvement to be gained thereby mourned for them ng souls addressed and properly stamped for perdition. The Chinese bave even gone farther in adopting Caucasian ways. They have quite gone to the dogs. Ac almond-eyed resident of.
Victoria who aporta the peculiar cognomen of S. Ah Dere recently entered greyhound called Shang Sun Way for the Federation Stakes at the Plumpton coursing meeting At Bendigo and the blessed canine abaped 80 well that it way not until the third round that he was run out, and then it took the subsequent winner to vanquish him. We may now regretfully prepare nucselves for the shock of seeing a Chinaman witching the world with noble horsemansbip at Flemington or Rand wick, Among the recent arrivala in Weat Australia is Mr. J. C.
Simson, at one time one of the moat aucces-ful breeders of racehorses in Victoria in years gone by, and also one of the heaviest bettors. The station, Charlotte Plains, wan one of the firat established in the sister colony in the 40's, and before the advent of gold discovery. Mr. Simeon bred The Flying Buck, winver of the frat Champion Race, and Maid of the Mist, winner of the frat Melbourne Cup. But it was not called the Melbourne Cup in those days.
84 Mr. Simeon that it waR the Moan Rose Cup." It wan, however, ran at Flemington, and was the chief race of the year. Hie brother, Hector Norman Siragon, who has joined the great majority, WAS a grand old sportsman, and his coloura were always popular. It wag a treat to hear the veteran dilate upon the old-time racing, when he, Mr. Ettie De Mestre, Tohn Tait, and one or two others were the principal racing men, and when the wagering was heavy.
Mr. Simson on one occasion lost $25,000 over a Melbourne Cup. An musing example of American enterprise lately came to light. The proprietor of a leading Now York daily paper telegraphed to his London ageat, Please ask Conan Doyle whether he can be induced to come to America, write account Corbett- Fitzsimmons international match, March seventeenth, State of Nevada has passed special act legalising conteat at State capital; seventy thousand people expected; unprecedented occasion. need spend only one week here." Whether one should admire most the go-ahead freedom of the State capital" of Nevada, which passes a special net to legalise a prize and rope 'in 70,000 viaitora, or the of the gentleman who would like the author of 4 Rodney Stone for hig reporter, is a delicate matter to decide.
By the wAy, nome other enterprising editor engaged the whilom mighty John L. Sullivau, whor* handwriting- g9 a critic who dida't fear him, saidlooks as if a bundle of fishhooks were pulled through ink and dropped on paper, at a big salary to do the engagement. Samuel Popa Davis, who died at the age of fifty veara, at, Elemington, on Thursday, WAS leading jockey in Victoria some years Azo. He WAB contemporary with W. Yeomans, C.
Stanley, J. Wilson Chifney, Enderaon, J. Morrison, W. Laing. W.
Simpson, A. Davis. J. Carter, S. Oracknell, T.
Hales, and other well-known riders. In the early daya ho was Aranciated with the 'fortunes nf Mr. C. B. Fisher ond Mr.
Hurtle Fieher, And rode many winners for them. He was twice successful in the Champion raGA, riding Mr. C. B. Fisher's Fishhook in 1867 and Mr.
J. Tait'a Fireworks the following year. For Mr. Hurtla Fisher ho landed the Melbourne Cup on Lantern in 1864. The Ascotvala Stakes WAR won for the late Mr.
W. Pearson by Davis on Lamplighter in 1869, the same horse heing ridden to victory by him in the Champagne Stakes. About the latest winner of any note to be riddan by Davia was Gaslight in the V.R C. Oaks of 187k. After retiring from the saddle he settled down to botel-keeping, and for some years was a councillor of the borough of Flemington and Kensington.
People who now the red-haired freak who now signa of himself the as Robert Fitzsimmone, champion pugilist world, BAy that ha was born in Cornwall, and, like the bloke in the gong, had poor but honest (alao Irish) parents. Robarto i1 Dinvolo came out with the old ones to New Zenland whenihe wha about two years old, and Maoriland, nurtured big -inelegant but gallant frame until renched manhood's estate. After he bad welted the soul-caen out of Corbett, however, some the just as Summer they so months readily did Prince during English papers adopted Fitz as an a Englishman, when he wan knocking 'em to the boundary for fourers. Fitzsimmons is just about no English as Paddy's pig, for aside from the fact that no patriotio Cousin Joe" will acknowledge more than that Great Britain in A amall portion of Cornwall, the bruiser is A naturalised American, born at home, reared in New Zealand, and taught in Sydney. One day a famoue American bookmaker asked Fitz what country honoured by Knock adoption and WAS anawered.
I got my knees in England, my boxing in Australia, and my rig outin America." 15 THE CALENDAR. HOREH, RACING. May 24-Lochinvar. May 24-Newcastle. May 24-Tamworth Holiday Associntion.
2, 3-Muswedbrook; entries, May 22. Tune 19, 21-Northern Jockey Club; entries, Cup, May 31; other evente, June 9. ATHLETICS. May 24-Eaat Maitland Athletic Sports PIGEON SHOOTING. June 5-Wentworth Hotel, Bishop's Bridge; post entry.
THE erratic Loch Leigh will io fature carry the The rose and black livery of Dan O'Brien. A good-looking horae called is Trichord by Trident -whom he greatly at work at Randwick. Joe Thompson is reported to have loat nearly over the Lincolnshire Handicap and Grand National meetings. The Irish-bred Winfield's Pride, who appeara to be the crack bandicap horse in England this sexaon, the Brat foal of his dam, Alimony. The well-known horse Wat Tyler, who won a race at the recent Bligh amatear meeting, is 1 now in charge of Harry Rayaor at Randwick, G.
G. Stead is the principal winner of Mr. prizes this season in New Zealand, won Gold bim Medalist, upwards multiform, and Uniform having of 85000. Mr. F.
Moore, of the Went worth Hotel, Bishop's Bridge, announces that be will conduct rules a on £5 the pigeon 5th match under Sydney Gun Club proximo, when post entries will be received. Mr. Gibson is not yet convinced that Daimio is inferior to the English cross-country horses, desthe pite big gelding more chances of upholding his his failures hitherto, and he intends giving opinion. During the present season R. Lewia, the crack Victorian light-weight jockey, has ridden in 116 races, winning 27, second 24 times, and third 44.
That is, he has been only out of a place on twentyone occasions. Pleasure seekers may on Monday enjoy A day's racing at Newcastle, Tamworth, and Lochinvar, the entries for the latter place being post. At East Maitland the Athletic Club has arranged an excellent programme of sports. At Bingara on Wednesday, Ptarmigan ran second to The Bud in the Opening Handicap, And afterwards won the Jockey Club and Flying Handicaps. The Farewell Handicap fell to Tiberius, who defeated the consistent Narciseas.
An English paper says of our old equine friend, Paris III. seeme to have gone to pieces, and the sooner he retarne to Australia the better for everyone coonected with him." This was after the son of Grandmaster was defeated in the Northamptonshire Stakes. Maitland sportsmen will probably regret to hear that the genial Dave Dunlop and his amiable better ball have shaken the duat of the town off their Trilbye and have gone into business at Singleton, where I hope they may comfortably rest and watch Fortune smile sweetly on them and theirs. The grand colt by Splendor from Equation (by Grand Flaneur-Fair duch*ess), bred by Mr. Frank Reynolde, and added to Tom Payten's string at the recent yearling sales, was slightly staked a few days back, but the injury is not likely to be a permanent one.
The colt is known as Senior Wrangler. It ie reported from Perth that the committee of the West Australian Turf Club is making An effort to secure the services of Mr. W. E. Dukin HA secretary and handicapper to the C.ub.
It is sAid that the Club' made profit this year of £6500, although about £10,000 was spent in improving the course, etc. Tattersall" baa written to the secretary of the Newcastle Jockey Club stating that he would be unable to hold a consultation on the Newcastle big handicap, as he bad already arranged to conduct sweepa on the Spring Handicap and Metropolitan Stakes -events that were always patronised hy the general public. A cable message states that those two doughty old opponents, Peter Jackson and Paddy Slavin, have been matched to box to a finish in 'frisco in July. It Peter the Great has not deteriorated into a ghost of his former self Mr. Slovin will fancy that all the boys of the village are throwing stoues at him, and that they are remarkably good shots, too.
A Victorian paper is responsible for the following Nalt, dam of Larnock, has this season throwns foal to the Goldabrough horse Goldreef, whose firet born progeny at the Bacchus Marsh are said to by of a particularly prowising order. By a strange freak, Nalta slipped foal about three months previous to dropping her surviving pledge of nffection News. to Goldreef." winner of the Steeplechase. at Carrick, TaBmania, on Easter Monday, rejoices in the euphonious name of Waachteenbeeche. I should like to hear some of my mortal enemies, the bookmakers, pronounce it.
One of the genus is reported to have tried a Muori name, and he got as far ae Manuwad," and then yelled out, Any price these hunpronounceahle The foilowing names have beer. given to nine of Mr. S. Hordern's yearlings by -Welcome. Canadian by Nord On Guard; by Nordenfeldt-Lady Norah, Nansen br by Gunbearer; ch by Nordenfeldt-Miss Whetbourne, Miss West br by Nordenfeldt-Spite Spiteful or br by Nordenfeldt--Blue Mould, Decay; bi or br by Nordenfebit-Barndance Reverse bl or br by Nordenteldt-The Queen, Royal Purple.
There are a few leviathan bettors to be found in enclosure at the present day, with Richard Henry Fry at the head of them; but it 18 8 question if any individual in these times makes anything like the monster books of Davia, John Jaokeon, or even of Steel and Peach in -their palmy days. Davis, for instance, regularly made buadred chowaand pound book on the Derby, and on one occasion a bundred and fifty thousand pounder. That we something like betting, if you like. Mr Hamlyn, known in England as Miller." the author of the "Perfection" eystem of betting OD horse IACeR. baa become ineolvent.
Proofs ninounting to 93600 were made by seventy-eight creditore, It wAR abated that the only assets dieanvered wore some wine and wearing apparel and 810 28 Gd in cash. Evidently the "perfection" ayatem worked out badly for its author, and woreu still for those dupes who entrusted him with their money, some of whom are now prosecuting Hamlyn criminally. A writer in a contemporary anya: A short time Ago the death of the celebrated show-jumper, Fairfield, waa published throughout the colonies, and, as it was reported that be had been sold just previons to his demise for 2450, the buyer came in for general sympathy. Now it appears that the whole thing was a fiction, we Mr. Morris informe me that Fairdeid is alive, and well as ever he was and that gentleman says that he has never sold even the combing, from the main and tail of his farourite, nor can he locate the silly rumour which so nicely arrunged the sale and funeral of Fairfield." I understand there is very little chance after all of George Campbell and Sam Bertles coming to terma for a eyeling match, though it was generally underatood that the pair were to meet at Nowenstla on the 19th Juno for a gond stake, From what I can gather at the outaot the friends of Bertles displayed great apparent anxiety for match, but The annual reunion of the Sydney Turf.
Club will commence at Rand wick this afternoon, when anme finieh for brilliant the Hurdles be between Pat and racing should be witnessed. The may Colas, the Maitland representative being very well. The Royal Stakes wears an exceedingly open totally appearance. ignore I suppose Hopscotch's chance, but I cannot it would be abaurd to believe the big horse will win. Delaware may Steward, got a place, Muodiva (if Hordern's best), and but animals I like better are Riven's Plume, and to risk placing them Precaution, I will truat to Mundiva, Raven's Plume, and Sovereign way account for Steward.
Physician or the Amateur Welter, and Alarm Ball should run well in the Steeplechase. The Turf Club Handicap will take A deal of picking, but Glare, Royal Rose, Glendennon shonld be hard beat. For the and Cap on Monday I have a fanoy for Hordern's best (which I take to da. Rebel Queen), Messmate, At Taranaki or Sam. horas is doing better Rand wick than Cremorne, who it should be remembered won event some sensona back with 1lb.
more on his back than he will be asked to carry on Monday, Mr. Alfred Joseph, the leviathan poucillar, who is at present nursing a broken leg, tello a story of the way that the racing stewarde manage affairs at a certain place that he was once in. He stater that the authorities in question alwaye looked out for No. 1, and very rarely failed to tout the jockeys as they filed in to be weighed out. Perhaps there wore ten starters in a race, and one of the stewards would, quite nocidentally, of courae, meet the lada as they went to scale.
In reply As to what 'chance he had, No.1 jockey might say that his mount had not been feeding well," And when No. 2 came along he would vouchante the information that the mare he was going to ride wag short of work." Similar excuses wold be made for about seven af the ten runners, and fually tho stewards of the would accost the ring and back each of the remaining three. The metallicians, thinking thas they bad rE found would perhaps bet 100 to 25 against each of two, and 160 to 20 against the third, which would be regarded 08 good businesa until it became patent 'a little Inter that they were the only three horses in the betting, and trying to win, and it 1000 to 1 on one of the trio getting firat to the judge. The Great Jubilee Stakea, as the name indicates, was institated in the 50th year of Her Majeaty's reign in 1887, and Bondigo'a name was the feat inscribed on the scroll of winners. Since then Minting, Amphion, The Imp, Nunthorpe, Euclid, Wild, who ran third on Saturday, secured the prizes Orvieto, and Ariogton were A successful, and Vietor in 1895 and 1895.
The entranta for the racn decided on Saturday numbered 71, of whom 18 retired from the list at the declaration of first forfeit, and the candidates included such good handicap horses 08 Cloraine (winner of the Doveridge Handicap Stakes). Winkfield's Pride (winner of the Lincolnshire Handicap), Labrador, Regret, 'Thais, Shaddock, The winner, Clwyd, is by Besuclere from Strathbrock, by Stratbern from Poinsettia, by Young Melbourne from Lady Hawthorn, by Windbound. Clewd won a couple of races as a two-year-old, and the following season be scored six wins out of 13 starts, his victories including the Breeders' St. Leger Stakes at the D-rhy September meeting, and the Prince Edward Handicap at the Manchester September moating. AB A a four-year old he started eight times, and won twice, the Prince Edward Handicap at Mancheater again falling to his prowess; and last season his only win was in the Bristol Plate at the Brighton August meeting.
Mr, Ferry, the South Australian sportsman, is a lucky man as regards horses. He bought Baujo in the sale ring for £11 10a, and since that the bay gelding has won tivo big eteeplechases and the A.R.C. Grand National for the master of Sydney Park, On the occasion of his last victory he went out with a suspicious-looking foreleg, which Mr. Ferry bandaged with a skill born of long experionce, So skilfully IVA8 the black bandage put on that once the 'chaser got into the straigt few could detect it. Nalpa he at 8 game of carda, the grey and another of Mr.
Ferry's being the stakes. Mr. Ferry won, and took Nalpa, and afterwards sold him to his chief patron, Mr. T. who aold him the other day to Mr.
Godfrey Watson for 0250, His string is trained to a great extent on the beach at Brighton. Here they play follow the leader to a great extent. Nalpa did A lot of work which fitted him for the Hurdle Race which he won at the just concluded meeting galloping about the beach following the rest of the string. Hie horses Are never rugged or hooded, nor are they shod. Should the going be soft a few nails are driven into their feet, or a tip is put on.
A Melbourne gentleman, who went to see Nalpa after he bad won the burdles, remarked to A friend, Why, that's the brute I saw running loose on the beach the other day." Going home from work Nalpa was never ridden or led; he waa always turned loose, sad would follow the rest of string home. It will be interesting to see how the grey takes to his now quarters and trainer in Victoria. Although the matter is one upon which the secretary of a big racing club is slow to take sides, Mr. Clibborn WAS pressed the other day to expreas an opinion as to the totalisator and its probable influence on sport. Of course," he explaina FE those who look upon racing rather as a business than a sport will say that I cannot see beyond Randwick -but there is unquestionably too much metropolitan racing, and the proprietary meetings have not.
in my opinion, helped the turf in any way. Whether it: be the totalisator or the book- maker, I would confine betting strictly either to the racecourse or to recognised institutions, auch ng Tattersall's or the Victorian Club. When A MAn bets continnally in hops without visiting 8 racecourge he is gambler pure and simple; not a man food of the sport and Reeking an extra zeat in wagering. Apart from the fact that the shop betting ie first past the while on the course a man must have 8 atart for his money, I look upon the betting and the tote shop as mischievous. They help to increase the number of metropolitan meetings, and, as a natural consequence, kill country meetings, which were formerly in the beat.
sense worthy of being termed sport. AR an old Victorian I know what the Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, and Hamilton meetings used to be in the old days. You probably kaow what they are today. So in New South Wales, the Bathurat, Singleton, Orange, Wart Mait and, and other cluba have lost their one-time prestige, and will not regain it, Ithink, until racing has been decentralised. The totalisator would effect this, and if the matter had only been put before country representatives in the right light I fancy the bill would have passed the No.
South Wales Legislature." It is odda that it ill paan it yet. The late Sir Willirm Clarke took an interest in several branches of sport, notably ray ng, coursing, and yachting, but he WAP never A very enthusiastic sportaman. On the turf he met with only a fair share of guccess. The most important event ever won by him was the V.R.C. Oaks, in which Patres, sister to First King, by King of the Ring from Mischief, carried his coloure to victory in 1879.
An a two-vear-old Petren wag in the V.R.C. Ascot Vale Stalea, V.R C. Sires' Produce Stakes, and in A TACO at Rund wick, but she was then the property of Mr. Herbert Power, aud abe ran in the nomination of Mr. W.
A. Long when she subseand quently Cumberland scored in the A.J.C. St. Leger, Sydney Cup, Stakes, She wag then, for gome reason orother, transformed inton lady's hack, Bordeaux, Credit, Wentworth, Flirtation, Cannonball, Proposal, First Consul, Fish o' Silver, Add Menot'i wore amonget other horseR to carry the deceased gentleman's coloura. Hia private trainer, H.
Yeend, won a good few races with Menotti, who was a horse. Intterly Sir. William Clarke' coloura had not been seen on the turf, the chaser Claret being the most recent horse of his to steeplerun in public, Steeplechase Claret won the V.R.C. New Year's Day in 1895, the victory, it may ba remembered, being enthusiastically received. On 8 small scale Sir William wen's in for broeding thoroughbreds, but with little success.
Claret was, Bordeaux however, from one of Flirtation. hiR own breeding. being by Petrea was ranted in Albane. successive yeare with Bordeaux, Angler, Defoe, St, Wellesley, First Consul, and Trenton, but never produced horse t'nat showed any form to speak of. It is said that on one occasion Sir William complained to the late Mr.
C. T. the Victorian handicapper, that he Barnard, his horses unfairly by placing them at was the treating bottom o' the handicaps. We know that what is one man's food may be another man's poison sud we seldom go ou to a racecourse, look over a stud, or attond a sale unless we are reminded of the old proverb, for an animal that to one acknowledged judge is the beau ideal of critic is nothing more than a comody in horse-fleab. equine symmetry to another equally accomplished Tastes differ, and we occasionally drop across good horses of all shapes, makea, sizes, and colours, and it is only groping in the dark when we attempt to judge a book by its cover, Recently some interesting remarks appeared in an English publication relative to the method of choosing polo pony, but AB the pony depicted should he fit for many more uses than knocking about at polo Ireadily clip them: A young player is represented as approaching his uncle (Captain Hardanphast) at a propitioua moment when be is not being bothered by that dashed orderly-room," and he gives hia instructiona somewhat as Well, I look -for a blood head, and don't like a small, pig-like eye.
Neck should be put on the right way, but that's not essential; good, olean sloping shoulders, and he muat not be round in the withera. Now there is one point' I stand or fall by as necessary for 8 polo pony, that is, his elbows must not be tied. Look here, young fellah, it you see wrinkles about the elbow, and a tendency to be cupped, leave him that means hackney blood, and ho can't gallop for nuts. The deeper in the girth the better, and be must have his forelegs put on well. forwards liko good hound, BO that when the saddle ia on there ia room for the breadth of your hand at lenat botween the elbow and the girth.
Don't buy them with long cannon bones and small round joints; the latter is a point worth studying; neglect it, and yon'll have a lot of lameness in your stable." Well, now, what about hie back "To gallop fast he should be long in the back. To turn quick and jump off he should be ahort. So we won't trouble too much about that, though do hold with their not having too much room between the last rib and the hip-joint. How good most Arabs are in that respect. The bigger over the quarters and thighs, and the longer from hip joint to hock, the better.
It does not matter where his tuil is put on, but the bocks should be well under him; don't select them with sickle hocks, or, as they say, with their hocka in another country'; that is bad. The feat must be sound, and a match; when you buy, remember the Arab saying. "He who buys a horse to cure is a ruined man, and the gon of a ruined IFI could zet a pony built on Captain Hardauphast's plana and specifications I would not be in a hurry to sell him. Since the Newcastle Jockey Club the other evening rendered inoperotive its recently passed rule compelling owners to pay jockeya at scale a losing fee and providing for the rider's further remuneration it auccessful, a good deal of discussion bas arisen about the matter. Ag a supporter of the Club's original attitude I cannot conecientiously turn a literary sumersault and applaud that body's latest position more than to admit that a good deal can be said on both sides, just as the late lamented and taleuted David Buchanan was wont to find when he made stirring, thoughtful addresses pro and con and kept Ministry and Opposition alike on tenter hooks as to how he would ultimately vote, But the great balance what can be said, 80 far AS I can analyse it, in favour of the principle of paying the boys before instead of after they ride.
I may be countered with the retort that this is against all commercial and businesa practice and custom, which demand that a man must do his work before his wage is earned, but the circ*mstances are not at all parallel. A jockey who is owed money by AD owner-and I know many such -cannot sue for the recovery of it unless he is prepared to endure blackballing by others, and few can afford to da that. There is no such delicacy in recovering other debts. An acquaintance of mine, one of the beat behaved and best jockeys in Sydney, said to tHe one day-" Ah, old fellow, it I could only get all the money in that's owing to me I could afford a real pleasant and long holiday." Then why don't you get it queried I. I've got as much chance of going to.
Heaven," wag the reply. Why it a lad summoned some of the fellows be'd never get a mount from their friende. Take my word, the boys that ride stiff 'uns are compelled to do 80 by dishoneat owners who won't pry them when they rido square and are licked. IE you ride A dead 'an you Are paid 99 times out of 100. I know it." And truth remorsefully compela me to acknowledge that he does.
But that en passant. It is argued, too, by opponente of antepayment that it is unfair to owners to be compelled to pay 23 for a losing mount in a race Bay for £20 prize, when the same amount is the fixed fee for say the Metrop. or Sydney Cup, conveniently forgetting that a boy may have to ride as hard, as well, and as cleverly for the smaller event n8 the larger one, whilst it successful the reward is proportionately greater for the big race. And then again the adberents of the proposal never, I think, intended the regulation to apply to apprentices and other riders connected with stables with whom special agreements are made. Where owners and the jockey report such Agreement at scale and where both are agreeable to act up to it no club would interfere.
In the interests of the turf it is necessary that jockeys should be paid for their services, and when the trouble, care, dangers, and anxieties they have to experience in the pursuit of their hazardous calling is considered it cannot fairly he said that 82 is too much remuneration for the risks and hardshipa they have to endure. A good horseman is worth that, it must be -acknowledged, but if owners Are desirous of going into a cheap and nasty market they must expect to get rubbish. And some of them do. Mr. Donald McIntosh, the Victorian crack pigeon shot, has achieved such a measure of sucess in England and Europe during the paet year or BD that Australia may fairly lay claim to the possession of a world beater in this branch of sport.
Mr. McIntosh only juat missed winning the greatest prize of the year at Monte Carlo few months ago, and during the great annual international meeting at Notting Hill and Hurlingham (Eng.) he won in stakes throughout the week 8600-au anparalleled feat. Since that time Donald" (which is the name under which he shoota in Australia) has been wintering in the South of France and shooting successfully at Monte Carlo, Paris, Brusselle, and other places. Writing to a friend in Melbourne the champion relates some of his experience. At Genoa during January a championship contest took place, all standing at 81 yards.
There were 58 competitors, comprising the cream of Italian, French, and other talent. The birds were the real hard Plymouth Rocks, 4t tough nE leather and fast BR cAnnon balls." The shooting lasted until the eleventh round, when Donald" won a hoodsome gold medal and 1000. on eleven kills. At Cannes, where A championship shoot" was also held, the Auatralian representstive had still more distinguished success. 'The conditions were the beat of 20 birds, all competitore standing contest at thirty-one yards from the traps.
In this the creme de la creme of Continentel and English talent was represented in the lists. About a dozen tried conclusions, and again frat' braours fell to the Victorian with 16 killa out of 17. At Monte Carlo, in the Prix D'Ouverture, of about £400, he once more gained premier honoura, and divided firat and second money with another competitor, who Saished alongside of him at the thirteenth round. His share of She prize money amounted to $305F. (about £172.) Mr.
winnings on the of visit to Monte Carlo were 16.125€. (about 8650). During the latter part of the Monte Carlo Donald" was joined by the well-known South Auetralion marksman, Mr. R. M.
Hawker, who left on A European and African tour several months Hawker after a few essays in taking the measure ago, Mr. of his BOW surroundings, became one of the dangerous division. In the Prix do Nil, Me. M'Intosh and Mona. Poizat divided first and second money, and next day Mr.
Hawker tied with Mona, Poizat mentaries. for third honors in one of the Prix SuppleA few days later the South Australian sucopeded in mooring a win, dividing Brat and second monoy (253) in the Prix de la. Soave with Mons. Laon. When giving promise of further success, Mr.
Hawker left for England, and he will be fouring in the all- world contesta at the Gus Club of England grounds and Hurlingham noxt month, where, no doubt, Mr. will again be wielding the walnut with distinction. Mr. C. H.
Gorrick, later of than Sydney, Mr. who sailed for Europe a fortnight that Hawker, the will very probably competa 88 wall, B0 three loading Australian colonies rifle will be represented. What with pigeon nod shota, eyeliate, swimmers, and Englishmen will a good opportunity of judoing the prowess of sportemon from "down under" during the next few monthe Neither punters nor foldera had much to boast of when they counted up their small change at tho conclusion of the meeting at Moorefuld on Saturday and this is just the sort of an incident that playa havoc with the finances of both aider, for ench loses money. in exposes and there little to spond afterwards. It a backer of horses wine a bit at one meeting and plays.
it up nt another it gives the penciller a chance to get it back and generally induecs the plunger to confess that all such money gained by. bim is only borrowed, and is aure-to return to the bug it he keeps coming often enough. The bag will win in the long run, if the bank be strong enough, but, when the public and the bookmakers separate with about their own, ne they on occasions do, each side in discouraged. The Gun and Satanella were tho most fancied of an indifferent fold for the Hurdle race on Saturday, but although the pair ehnped well they had to strike their coloura to Marlo, who had been alao well backed. Marlo, who.is by Premature out of Eva, hag many back block flat races to his credit, but this was his first euccees over timber.
If my memory does not play me false Premature is one of the first aou8 of Grand Flaneur, who was dropped a few days before he was uxpected hence his name. Sixteen horas were stripped for the Welter Haudicap, and but little time was lost in manking the Marie May favourite. with Kingley, Pux and Sovereign uncet demand of the others, and backers were wall on the apot, for Marie May, who ia now owned by Mr. Kelso, And is by Marvellous out of Spec, wou canily from Pax, with the much-talked-of Physician third. King Clovis, by Clan Stuart-Swanlie, once owned and raced by Yorksbireman" Franke, won the Kogarah Stakes as anticipated, being followed home by Prince Carbine and acd I will.
be disuppointed it his majesty does not ecure again soon. Mias Nora and Sam were in most demand for the Moorefield Landicup, which wAS' productive of an excellent finish, but whilst the duughter of Nordenfeldt and Lady Nora scrambled home with a neck to spare, Sam ran very badly, and has either turned rogue or is Mr. Hordern's mare was followed past the post by Taranaki and Euglo, whom the judge WAB unable to separate. Mr. Weat's big horse was remarkably well handicapped -ba would have been given neurly a9 much in Melbourne Cup-but he is still on the big side and his party would probably regret going with the son of Axiom so.
soon. Miss Noran'a dam is by Cadogan out of half.sister to the mighty Hermit, dam of Rausley, Too Soon, Stepaiak, and Como, by Beauchamp out of Ettie, was regarded as the good thing for the Selling Stakes, he won easily from the Swell and Oddfeilow being aftor wards bought in tor £50. However, backers got a great facer when they tried to select the winner of the Stewards' Mile, for they down their pieces with a will for Devoted, Shanghran, Crongingalong, apd others, but Surge after his failure in the Kogarah Stakes was almost neglected, yet the brown son of Gibraltar and Dilisk (own siater to Kathleen, eta) won by a head from Queen of the Ring with Shaughraun, and in the victor Mr. Coppard, a former regident of Nowcastle, and a well-known member of Tattersall's Club, appears to have the makings of a decent horse. Our old friend Chance shaped well, but Croagingalong wos never dangerous, and poor old Brockleigh, who can well be let down by the bandiCAppers, wus last, a position which he has Ailed in the majority of his late public appearances.
'The eratwhile great son of Goldsbrough is now nothing more than an equine wreck. Geoffery de Holden Stone in words that are a reecho of Adam Lindsay Gordon's, tells in Baily's Magazine how Paris won the Caulfield Cup of '92: Last night at seemed, as I mused and dreamed 'Mid the fumes of my blackened clay, That a vision rare, of the duye that were In the young lands far away Came o'er my aoul; and I saw unrollLike the mists that veil the dawnThe acene of fray of an olden day, 3 And a triumph past and gone. "Tie a sandy heath, blue skies beneath, Of a warmer hue then these: And the brine of the boy, three miles away, Te borne in the southern breeze; The atands are filled, and the thick crowd thrilled With the shout of the roaring Ring For the numbers are up for the Couldeld Cup, At the mecting there, in spring, The gate swings back, and along the track They are going, one by one Till the Anal word by cach jook is heard, And the latest canter done, Then the restless host at the etarting-post, In their silks and entine gay, Surge to and fro, tall the starter's Go 1" Sends the eager Auld away. They passed the stand; and on every hand There is shouting loud and long, As we mark the stride of St. Albane pride, And the favourite going strong Then the Coulfeld horse, at the buck of the Shoots out with a three-lengthe' lend And the boy on Clonard is riding him hard; And the flanks of Spokesman bleed.
Lite the roar of surf on the shuddering turf They thunder along the baok But the pace is too hot for the Flemington lot, And the weight for the Sydney crack By the railway-aide they quicken their strideThey are racing in earnest nowAnd Oxenhatn's colt has shot his bolt And the favourite's beat, I yow. The echoing track senda the hoof-strokes back With sound as of mulled druma, Aud into the eeven or eightThe van of the squadron comes: The orange-and-rose in the coutre shows With two that are biaok as night: There's the blue-and-red. with maroon And the scarlet crossed with white. 'There'a a volley of whips as cach horacman grips HIs mount with a closer seat; Ride, Lewis, ride! the lad at your elde At a finish is bad to beat! At the furlong-poat by a neck at most "Tis Yarran that leads the way Till the scarlet and white, like a flash of Shoots out on the ragged bay, They are head and head: 'tia the bay jostead: That leade from the gallant browa, Who atrives too late to avert his lato. For his stable's fair renown: One leap at the Inst, and the post is passed, And Number Four goes up: And the Sydney crowd about long and loud, For Paris has won the Cup.
Through the realma of sleep still I strove to The drift of thut wondrous dreamThat bright ray cast from the golden past By fancy'a backward gleam But it passed away, like the long-loat When the every gay sky songe, was blue: when the world sung was young, No touch of sadneas knew. But the echoing beat of their golloping feet My listening fancy hears, Though the still abode of tho steed I.rode I8 green with the swathe of years: And my heart leaps still with the old, glad thrill When I see the coloura gleam, Though that bygone race, with its wondrous pace, Is a memory, and a dream. Upper Manning, Show. The annual show of the Upper Manuing Agri cultural and Horticultural Association was he' id the 12th and. 13th inatant.
There were 24 .00 exhibita, and it was the most auccesful show vea bald on the Society's grounde. The weather 17B5 just lovely, while there WAS an immeRs0 crow id of people on both days, especially on Thursdny, The Wingham Brass Band added considerable anjoymeat by their colivening strains of music. 'On the ground Mr. W. Ocean.
and ad' air-gun carget a kept things while the Imperial Photographic Studio" secure 4 the shadow ere the filled subatance with. exhibits. Tho spacious pavilion wAR fairly Considering the drought the produce shed cor Mained an excellent assortment. Vegetables kinde, maize piemelons, in oaten excallent. and lucerne pumpkior, grammas, hay, 0.
half, millet, oats, barloy, impbee and lucerne seed, besides A should splendid command exhibit of tobacco leaf, 'ahich quality a ready sale. 60 gallon crown separator was at work: on the ground under the direction of Mr. E. By and the milk taken from the dairy COWS was put through. Ag usual tho horse ring was A attraction.
Mr. A. Petrott's horao Barnaby Bi adge won the long jump, covering the zly "long distance of 32 feot. Mesara. J.
Martin Mad Co, were the chief exhibitors of machinery. The exhibits in drays, carts, buggies, sulkies, wore goud. The cattle, horse, pig, and poultry were well filled. The takinge at the gate' a on both days WAR little short of 2100. Repres antatives from the firms of Messrs.
Denhum and and McArthor and of Sydney, about held a in the Balmora Hall, laree, the drairying industry, whon about 200 were Toresunt. Tueso are starting a Dutter Fac cory on the river, with numerous crenmerius thee aghout the district, and a steam launch to collect the milk and creum. BANNISTER, MORRIS, COMPANYA 07 UCTIONEERS Sussex-st. and Prompt PRODUCE Account Sales. SALESMEN, 02722 JOHN A.
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