Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Saturday 28 February 1874, page 30


' English Sporting.

TUR papers up to December a-lth, arrived by tho Inst mull antoni several items of interest connected with tho close of tia racing season, us well as other matters which our readers wlli look through with ploasuro.

4 Tho turf statistics for tho tensón of 1S73, giving winning sires and horses, numbers of runners and ot races, glvo a good insight into tho state of racing in tho old conn. ry. From those we gather Hint thc number ot* races run annunlly in England was on tho increase until IMO, in which it readied its maximum (2238), and that it has since been decreasing till 1872, when 1023 was the total, this being raised to 1051 last scasoui In thc samownv tho number of llorac.« that ran was 25(30 in 1870, reduced to 2070 in 1S73. Blair Atliol is thc seuson's king of sires, with thirty-four winuors and Lli>,lS2to his credit, his dead sire, Stockwell, being next, with ten win-ners of L13050, and ho fs followed closely liv Scottish Chief, by lord of tho Isles (brother tó Lord of tho Hills) who is credited with ton winnersof Lia.-ïOfi. After theso nono lins readied LlO.OOf); but Lord Clifden is in tho next ton hundreds, willi twenty winners and L0291. 12ie,ht and seven thoumnd arc blanks, but there arc no fewer than live with over six thousand to their credit, headed hy Adven-turer LI5812, whois followed by Macaroni LOiïOl ; King Tom, Thunderbolt, and Skirmisher, each with something over L83O0. Saeohnrometcr has LMM; ; Monarque, LßJOS; nud then wo como to half a do/.en of four thousand und odd, from V/ding Melbourne L470.'i to Oxford L1270. There ure then len with botweon three und four thousand to their names, and ninny more over L1000; and ol'the lot we glvo u table of the seventeen sires that huve over L-IOOO on tho winning side, out ol' whloh the following facts may be extracted to show the value of racing families to transmit, their excellences through several generations. In the following table will be found three sons of Pocahontas, ,namely the full brothers, Rataplán and Btockwell by tho 'Daron, and I heir half brother, King Tom, by Harkaway; whilo Stockwell has his three sonn, Blair Athol, St. Albans, and Thunderbolt, so that of tho seventeen highest sires of the season, six are of ono family ; representing no fewer than 88 winners of 314 races, and IR>3,/>4 I : «nd tho winnings ol' t hese six sires, com-pared with those of tho other eleven, aro ns L!>3,544 to L7I.89I, or an average of L8021 for each of thc six, us aaainst

Lüfi-M odd for each of tho cloven.

Tho table above referred to is us follows :

Sires. Winners. linees. Amount. Blair Athol ... 34 ... 84 ... ¿518.482 Stookwoll (dead) ... 10 ... 21 ... 13,05o Boottish Chief ... 10 ... 21 .,. 13..W, lord Clifden ... 20 ... 41 ... 0201 Adventurer ... 14 ... 31 ... tis 13 Mucaront... ... 19 ". 40 ... 0501 KingTom ... 12 ... 18 ... «3S9 Thunderbolt ... 14 ._ 42 ... 0307 Skirmisher ... 2 ... ß «347 Bacolmronietcr ... 20 ... 37 ... 5957 Monorquo ... 13 ... 24 .... fi 168 Y. Molbottrne ... 0 ... 23 .... 170.5 Saunterer ... 17 ... 41 ... 4031 Thormnnby ... 17 ... 34 ... 4514 Rataplan... ... 0 ." ll ... 4357 St. Albans ... 12 ... 35 ... 4209 Oxford ... ... 12 ... 20 ... 4270

Tho owners who have won over L2000 apiece nro tho following :

M. lefevre.625,813 Baron Rothschild ....Í285S

.T. iterrj' ... 20,033 Mr. Spencer ... ... 2717 H. Suviio ... 13,705 T. E. Walker ... 2IÎ15 F. Fisher ... 9310 W. 8. Cartwright... 2113 W. 8. B. Crawford 7033 J. Johnstone ... 2380 lord Falmouth ... 7572 Colonel Carleton ... 2335 Mr. J. Bowes ... 4958 Mr. J. II. Ilouldsworth 2275 lord longdale ... 4403 Connt do Jaigne ... 2270 Mr. T. Stevens ... 31575 Mr. H. Chaplin ... 22U3

E. Brayley ... 3025 R. I*. Batt ... 2137 Jos. Dawson ... 8465 .1. Osborne ... 2010 Mr. Bruton ... ... 3130

Tablo snowing the onmtor of Horses of ulffovent ages that havo run lu tho «»fcT«»^^^, Mre ""rt J ^ «s Yrs Year, Yea., jnç^ *g

S:::z-: ä v.: % ::: iS ::: S :r. S

1807 ... ... .« 88 2S.i ... 821

1812 ... - ... «j 239 goo U32 I" - T.* lia 285 ... 101 ... 387 ... 088 ilii. ;,ia aol ... 210 ... 46» ... nco MU "' - "' W WS 237 -... 407 ... 1239 ÎR« - H $5 320 ... 210 ... 402 ... 1313 í¿ía 204 410 ... 254 ... 378 1315

ll o ::: I ::: fm ::: «S :.. 240 ... m ... jew

i860 ... - ... Ö08 ... Ml «M ... 280 ... 1717 1801 ... - ». ÖÖI ... 550 ... 211 ... M3 ... 1<87 ÍSB5 _ 028 ... 528 ... 201 ... »81 ... 1826 }"S? ". _ 0.Ï3 «IO ... 201 ... 393 ... 1837 li«4 - Z 06 548 ... 293 ... 438 ... 1918 îals "' - "* 05» S73 ... 804 ... 447 ... 2042 UM8 '*' - li" 72» 573 ... 869 ... 449 ... 2109 1800 ... - TA .. ¿ 037 A458 ÎRSÎ - Z 844 «31 ... 418 ... 017 ... 2510 îsno 'V Z 842 «73 ... 402 ... 017 ... 2534 \MO "' - "' 807 709 ... 443 ... «tl ... 2509 iii? - _ ?aa 740 ... 450 ... Ml ... 2483 îlïo *" - 009 027 ... »82 ... 390 ... 2098

The Iris!» horses ave not included prior to IMO. lu 1843,113 horses ran in tho Irish races reported in the English Haning

Since tho autumn 'of 1807, Hurdle linces hnvo not hean in-cluded in these tables ; and since tho cud of July, 1871, Hunters' Races on the Mat have not been included.

Table showing the number of races of different distances in Great Britain in tho undermentioned years (Including tho principal races in Ireland, u» reported in the English " Racing Calendar.")

Distanco. 1808. 1807. 180S. 1800. 1870. 1871. 1S72. 1873

Handaundër} 324... 390... 117... 401... 338... 170... 188... 210

Over half a Y

mile )

One milo ... 334... 3!ir... 323... 325... 281... 253... 264... 208 Over one )

milo andi- 383... 411... 410... 383... 307... 363... 323... 307

under two J Two mileij

und under > 204... 225... 181... 100... 173... 158... 00... 01

und under}- 20... 25... 23... 22... 21... 20... 17... 18

Four miles ... D... 7... fl... 4... 4... 4... 3... 2 milo and under ono

731... 745... 603... 850... 814...1020...1033...1040 Total' ...1004 2140 2103 2238 2073 1087 1023 1051

Forty-three liorsos or nil ages won In stakes moro than £1000 each, namely : M two-year olds, lil threes, 8 lours, S lives, 2 «btes, and 1 ugod j and Hie lr names aro as under i

Two-year olds.

E cousais Newry

Couronno de "Per. Miss Toto

Lacouroiifio Sugarcane loarnos

Marlo Stuart ... Kaiser

Gang Forward "Doncaster CoalUa

Montargls Plogoolot

King lud

Uhlan

Prince Charlie .., Oromorna

*

Mornington

Field Mundial ... Sister llclou ..,

Syrian .., Westminster "

Fou d'Amour ... Mr. Winkle ... Napoleon III, ... Atlautle

l'oudrlcro

George Frodorlek Blr Wm. Wullara Threo-ycar old«.

210,135 Chivalrous

Tho Colonel Andrcd Thunder Thora

Tunglblo

0306 8000 .1825 3026 2370 2280

Four-year olds.

.1 3032Í Wliwlow

7 2755 Drummond

0 2150 lord Derby

2 2U00 Loiilso Viulorlu

Flvo-year olds.

5 2720 Houghton 0 2027 Flurry M 1625

Six-year olds.

8 1375 Falkland

A «od, 5 im

7 -I 0 ll

Tho return of brood mnresfortlieReiisorislinws2817, of which 1080 had foals-namely, S34 colts and 840 lillies. Fifteen sires have 20 foals or over, lord Lyon,heading the list with a total of 33, composed of ll colts and 22 (¡Hies. Lord Clifden has 12 colts and 17 lillies; in nil, 29. Tho Polmer, 10 colts nud 12 lillies, making 28. Bliukhoolio and Knight of tho Garter have 27 each. Twenty-live upieo» nre credited to General Peel, Julius, and Trumpeter. Uluir Athol hus 24, made up of a doze» colts uud u dozou lillies; 23 uro down to Cambiifcan and l'urmesau ; 22 to King o' Scots ; 21 to tho dead Beadsman und "Afacaroui, a score to Camerino, vhl.Oi makes up nil thc statistical turf nows we have room for this

week.