AUSTRALIAN AND FOREIGN SPORTING.

Mr Barney Barnato, though he oivnod a few horses, was little known on raoeeoursos, and he seldom had time to visit them. The last time we saw him (writes- Mr Corbett m the London Sporting Times) he told a story of lio^v he went to Brighton to see Worcester, who is a bad-tempered hoise, win, and this was the first time he saw his colours m front at the winning post. He had been advised, so as to make matters safe, to lay odds on two, " but," said lie, " I did not make my money by laying odds on two with three runners, and 1 took S3 ven hundred to four .about my own. When I saw him come m an easy u-inner, I felt the enclosure was not bijj enough, so I w^nt outside to stretch myself out a bit, but,presently a man cii,uic iipto m«, uml. touching his hat said, ' M'Lord !' ' Well, my man, what can I do for you?' 1 asked, ''M'Lorcl,' hesaid, 'I saw your horse win; he won m the most noble manner, but oncoming back he let out and kicked ovor my whelk stall, and I thought you would like to make mo some little recompense.' 'Go to Joe Cannon, acd tell him all about it, and he will give you a pony,' I replied ; but whether Joe did or not I never heard." Mr Barnato liad it m contemplation, when he should have more time on his hands to form a large stud; but it was not to be. According to " Vigilant. " of the London Sportsman racing 1 is so firmly established m England, that lio faddist attacks can ever permanently injure it, if only the powers that be will realise to the full the importance of giving the masses, as apart from the so called classes, facilities for attending race meetings cheaply and m something like comfort. We have a lot still to learn, however, m this matter, and one bogiins almost to despair of progress on finding Ascot "more of a bear garden than ever. This year no one who paid to go into the lawn enclosure could see anything of the racing unless also the possessor of a box or stall. I have met several people who attended themeetingand were totally unable to see a single race. Then, tco, although at first it was thought that the going- was much better than m previous years' it very soon became as bad as ever, and it will continue to go from bad to worse iinless energetic steps are taken. The faql; is, the turf mid its subsoil aro all wrong, -and nothing can cure the trouble except digging out the whole course to a depth of two or three feet, and replacing it with fresh material altpgether, as was done at Hurst Park, whbre the going is now invariably first elas3, though m the earlier clays of " *Appy ■Aniptbn," it used generally to be of a most adamantine character. . ■ « '■ Thore is no doubt (writes "Ranger "in .the Illustrated, Spovlhyj g/tul .Dramiiiic News) that, this- year's' two-yetir-olds iara, much ' above the average, and there are a great ntimber- r of . good ones. Orzil and Cap Martini who-rnn such a- good race for the Cover t.vy Stakes; Florio Kubattino, who beat the .- eedy Ehoda B m the New Stakes; a>.-~ Cyllene, who galloped clean away from the useful Nun Nicer m the Triennial Stakes, are all clinking good youn<}3terß. Cap Martin is a big, overgrown, loose made baby, but will "improve a lot with time, and I think ifc was merely his lack of power to struggle on m a long close finish ivith the more forward Orzil for the Coventry Stakes that lost him that race. At the same time, the winner is a really nice colt, and evidently stays well. Florio Rubattiuo has not clone well this year, and had only done about a fortnight's fast work before ho went to Ascot, tmt he won the New Stakes like'a real racehorse, and all things -considered, it is not unlikely that he may be the best of his year. The well-known Victorian sire Glorious died on July 23. An imported horse, by Victorious from Letty West, Glorious after his arrival m Victoria, went to stud : at Tabletop, near Albury, v/here ho remained the property of Mr James . Mitchell for a number of years. While at Tabletop he begat Boolka (sire of Hayseed, Lavnoplt, Insurance, etc.), Sfc Lawrence, Santa Claus, Mahdi, Good Hope, Creinorne, Letitia, Babol^ Colleen Juna, Defiance, and hosts of other capable horses both on the ilat and over jumps. From the first his progeny were noted for speed and a liking for jumping. Leaving Tabletop, Glorious went into the hands of tho Messrs Miller, with the l'esult that he was responsible for a lot of useful sprinters and jumpers, The Indian, Whernside, and Hera amongst ' them. Aft9r being disposed of by the Messrs Miller little was heard of Glorious, but it turns out that he had been located afc Mr Manson's "Alton Park," Upper Mafra, where he died. When Vesuvian secured the Dewhurst Plate last year, half-trained, it was generally ' considered (writes " Banger m the Illustrated Sporting cifid Dramatic News) that he was an undoubtedly good colt, find would be dangerons m all tho classic three-year-old events of the following season. I therefore looked out for him to oppose Galtee More and Velasquez, but although he was on the spot when the Newmarket Stalces were run for, he did not- compete against the Middle Park Plate winner, nor did he dare to oppose him either m the Two Thousand Guineas or Derby. His first effort of tho season was made at Ascot, and after seeing him there no one could doubt that it was very wise of him never to have' tackled* Mr Gubbins's colt. In fact he has grown &11 the wrong way since he was seen out last ; and although on the Dewhurst Plate day I thought him a promising youngster, on the occasion of his reappearance- I did not like him a bit. He won his race easily enough, of course, but he had only the softhearted and moderate Monterey, Frisson, and two other very third-class horses to beat, and when I saw him m the paddock afterwards I thought him a clumsy-looking brute, with very bad forelegs, and shocking ioints all round. The Morris Park track at New York (United States, America) must be remarkably fast; judging by the fact that most of the five-furlong races run on it aro negotiated :n less thau liuin. At a recent meeting held there a three-year-old named Zanone, with Sst 21b on his back, won_ a five-furlong selling- race m GSzlsoe, while Previous, a two-year-old, carrying Sst 111 b, cut out a similar distance m DDsec. Handpress, another two-year-old, ran four and a half furlongs m 52sec, and the other sprints were run m correspondingly a3^ time. Going, on time alone American sprinters jivouid appear to be far superior to ours, but the probabilities aro that any horso from the States would not accomplish fourand a half furlongs m 52suc on colonial tracks.