IN A NUTSHELL.

— Response ha 3 gone amiss. — Bungebah is now in his tenth year. — F ortunatut has arrived safety at Calcutta. — They call Nobleman " the horse with a maro's heitl." —T. Clark, the rider, has leffc Mr Mercer'e stable. —J. Baumber and A. King han gone to Alexandra. — Brin is engaged in only the one race at Haw he's Bay. — The A. J.O. Derby was no race at any portion of the journey. — Last week Nobleman was being offered for Bale in Sydney. — Grenadier and BluftP<ster have been scratched for tbe Caulfield Cup. — The D.J.C. declines to remove the disqualification from W. Brown. | — Mannlicber is declared to have been much above himself at Sydney. — Rosalind, dam of Black Rose and Royal Rose, has fouled a filly to Oatesby. — Nobleman's 141b penalty in the Caulfteld Cap briDg^ bis weight up to 8.11. — Guardt,xn<tn, the hntthcr to Outpost, died recently in tbe North Island. — Oxtde was prominent in tbe Metropolitan up to the beginning of tho laat furlong. — Hopscotch^ victory in the Epsom Handicap is described as a bxilllant performance. — St. Hippo was nevtr seen in tho Spring Stakes at Sydney, and finished seventh. ~ Thi-eepi'nny wagors, it ia a»id, wero recently bainß taken at a Flemington race meeting. — Toxa is my faucy for tho Kurow Cup, unless Exile should show a return to hid old form. — "Hori Poene" tays that Bob Hay looked a pony alonjalde tbe other A.J.O. Derby candidates. — They 83y that Mannlicher is a great jpullor, and that is why he made the pace in tha Sydney Derby. ~ Besides Le'natcr and Law? ley, Alexander M Kennle has now got Bl.ick Pt.»rl in work at "Wyndbnm. — "Sir« Modred " hears that the Lorraine— La'ly of the Lake filly will not start for the WlnI ton Guineas. — Ti e Duke of Portland dcea not intend to race the colt by Carbine {torn Novelette until ho is four years old. - — Much A(Jo may have c show fa th« Hurdles nt Hampton Park, and for tbe Spring Haatltcap I like S'lver Sp'c — llu I etiy, riidcii by Connop, fliti-hed ekhtb in the A J.O Kpsom Uandiivp, with Wakawatea aloncsiJo of him. — B> Ins win in the Epsom, Hopscotch has cnrnel a 14)b penalty for tho CiulfleM Cup and 101b for the Melbourne Cup. — I tolect C*ptivo for tho Spring Handicap at O.\rnur i, SrecuUtor for the Flying, Toxa or RoU-awUad for the Welter. — In th= Sb rtß at HyJtey the Aucldoud maro Doriil.'-l till Iftiytn f.oni hon.e, anil theu died out. (She wur nut a favourite. — A hacli meeting was held at Spung Grcuk, Marlljori'iifib, lust witsk, wlien the chief event wen*< to Mr Dillos'ii Flywheel. — St. Simun's »tock has won closo on j£200,000 in the list six years. It is probable thut hia fee of 30Dg.i wi(l be wi-ed before loiiff. — It is a^att-d that Smith, the rMuv <>f Inipulsa in the latt New Zealani < v up, hti.t been retained to »ido Wa'ufeu in thi-i jcar's r«ci>. — '1 \w I)i'c'>ie3B, Kiiap, Mumbriuo Abilallah. and Bonuio M'Grreor h*vo bveu sci-at«f'«d for all engagejuents at tho TabmwPark meeting. — Alex. Snii'h's n-a-mo is added to the list of disqualified portons. He wua repod/cd for breach of rulrs at the O'.««o Hunt Club m<>«tinif. — TLe Lswcs Hnndicap, the r.oult of wliioh \s reported in this iosu*;, wiw won in 1872 by ProtoSia^yr, wio if-iTW*rds c-uno to A 'flir.i!i»>. — While t*ki-g prt i;> th« AJ. . tic I Riuhcs C'live f-.-ll ci« hvlr the joimny w.uicoin.-If.M.'J, and liis jockey, T WOarlby, w«b bady s.h.«lu n. — DuiiuK tbe last 20 yovrs, Loun (;'arou and Enfien aro the oolv gtrldio^ tbivf. have w..n the I V.11.C. ])orby. ' Will Bob R.vy »ok<-. t!i- third? I — < lii-i^Riwa, tke horsa trom wlu»c b»o!c Oliarlio Lo^ia Rot bit fatal f«.U. c.ime dovn at tho last X'-auldild meotinf, and Hox-n, hia ri.er, bad hia leg Lr^ksn. — Hop-cotch was bred at Hobartvillc, and is by the unbeaten Grand Flaneur, from irotwrted Turrara, who is by the Engliab. horao Honntt ftom BreakwattT. — Euroclydon and Casket are the only Duuedin nominations fur the Auckland Oup^ aud, strange to say, CAntirb'try seenni to be repnsented l*y nothing but Mftrin>). — Wiißht \vi*s to leavn Sydney yeuterday, presumably brißglnß St. Hippo with him. This horse nW\ic& hhus-lf lait w-ek, whether serioUßly or not dooa not app«er. — B ib Ray had his knee iu',ur.<3, it ia wpposeo, throuKh being kicked wbile in the wt-ij?liiDg enj closure afteT the raco Mr O^Biicn expucU that I the colt wiil be all rixUt very «oon. I — The CaulfieM uecretary ge'.s p.ai c for ftrnoging hia race-boolcß so an to -Ji"\/ i,ha pedicreo of each horse aftor tha name We b>ve had that 1 fcysfcem ov.t so Lng at the F< rb'j y — Latest Entfliih newd el.owb St. Simon to kef p at tho head of tha winning sta)li< as' Hst with £23,582, Isonomy following with £16,248, and Barcitldine third with £12 577. — Of the horses token to In'Sln by Mr J. Green about 18 months ago, Lori Hopetoun, Sable, Toirouza, Survivor, and Telephone have died, whil« Myra and Liberty brolto down. — The firotof Drca-iK-ngbt's New Zealand stock are onleici to -.ppear iv tt c Wvtcoiiw Svilieu at llawko's bar. l)'«!Hrnoufiht is a colt out of Dryad, and Defnvt.ee a gelding (rani Legacy. — Utather Bell, in her lost days a really good mare up to, fioy, a mile, with perbatM 8 5 oa her back, ratal ued to Now Zcftlatid wiih. Mr Stead'b colta. Age mua*i be telliug again-4 her bow. — D *imio is t<) be i-hipped to England iaFobruavy, so that he will be given nearly 12 ruooths t> bee >ne acnlimati cd wivh a vii.-w of bavins a cm iv foi tlic Liverpool G.N. St< cp'erhase cf 1837. — hvv Visto, \he colt <b«t s\o:i Lo d R^nabery Lis fiist *-t. Lexer, isilc cr>b<i(l aa rotter flat-hided and phtin-lookiiig, and, accoroicg to En^linh turf rcrilieH, la thrf biat stayer of an admittedly bod lot of three-ycßr-oli's. — On Tuesday of last weak tbe yearling by Occi'ient from the Le Loup mare Kaocthaapie was gekltid. He is a tough lhtle customer aud apparently a natural jumper, and he thould pay Mr Brown for koeping. — Bob Ray was bred at Neotsfield by Mr H. O. Dangar, and sold as a yearling for 35ga to hia present owner, Mr Dan O'Brien. Bob Hay ia by Welcome Jack from Gage d'Am'our, by Grand" master from Kaepsake. — There is some talk, I understand, of shifting the Gi-ra'dine races from Or»ri and holding them near the township. This w mid bring more suppo: t from the touth. Tin re is eruat grumbling at the lienvy chnrg'-s at O ari. —Mr VV. Bladder ha 3 definitely dcuidod to throw Port Admiral out of training, and tuo horse will be sent back to Fulham Park this week, A full brother to the son of Richmond and Footstep will soon be put into work. — Tbe Wyadbam Racing Club has made a great impiovenient on the racing track by ploughing and sowing. Tbftlocal trainers say it will make one of the best tracks in the island. Tho races will be beld on January 1. Stakes, £165. — William M'Oonnall, James Mitchril, William J. Laverick, John Dempwy, R. M'Manter, George Campbell, and John fclaiou have been disqualified during the pleasure of the South Canterbury Club for a breach of the Rules of Racing at the racent meeting. — Two well-known local sports have put up a tenner a-piece for a trotting match, distance thre* miles, between their" respective nans. Tha match will eventuate on Saturday week, on the road between Edcndalc and Yfyndham. — Wynd« hara Fai nu-v. — Mr Gol'an gemls two much-nended nominations for the Auckland Cup, and they are of The Possible and Bessie Macarthy. Another sign that backers of Sterncbaser for the New Zealand Otrp have an unpromi«ing look-out, as I have all along thougiiti they had. — S iys the special commissioner of Melbourne Sportbm&n : We have very few capable light* weight jockeys in Australia at present. Most of the promising light boys gravitate to the pony meetings, where they can get plenty of riding and will not be required to work. — A Melbourne bookie's yam i~- v Last year, ■when I was betting on the two Cuna. I left nu

tfoo pencil at horn« one day and bought a black &ne. I only laid one double that afternoon, and It was Parii and Patron. Tbk jjear I wonldnt fate » ticket in black for a Aver. -Bu letin. ' «- Tho Victorian Blue toband promiies, as it Mjpeared right thronjrh the winter, to resolve tfsdf into a trianguUr intercolonial duel, and ba finally fought for ty the New Zealand, South Australian, andKt. Alhans representatives- Auraria, Bob Ray, and Challenger, or Wallace.—Sports- ' — The A.J.O. Derby winnor, Bob Ray, was carefuUy examined on tho Monday aftornooa by the well-known veterinary surgeon Mr J. M. Stewart, assisted by Mr F. O. Btewart, who found that although the horse's knee was leriously Injured, it was doubtful if any bones had been broken \r-In tho high-jumping contest at the "Wagga Wagga show, when the bar had reached sft Gin, the stipulated height, the battle was left between Bammon and Mazeppa. So even were thoy that the ]udg« gave orders to have a blue ribbon placed round both their nocks, and the prize to be divided. '•— George Brown, a well-known English jockey, who won the Liucolnohire Handicap and the. Jubilee Stakes on Kuclid, was fa' ally iujuttd by the fill of Woodhousc in the Sussex Plato at Brighton in August and died noxt day. Hes;rved his apprenticeship, with M. Cannon for a mato, At Danebury. — Two New Zealand riders, Underwood and Katterns, hid mounts in the firot hurdle race at Sydney, the former on Favour, tho latter on Maisdea. ILtli fell, but neither was hurt. Tho Only serious & i-J'ap in the ra?o was tlut which befull BruoklynVrider, J. M'Mahon, who gut his left colUrbone (r»c*ured. — Word frm Melbourne says tUwt Mr H. M'L^au, who ar>iv«d oq S»pt^mber 10 by* the Ba&coora fioiu India, reports the TaKnvantau bred mara Myia died aboard on September 2. It was found imp )ts ; hlo to train the mare in India, and her owner, therefore, i6&hipr>«l her with the view ot having her moted with Mama. —Iv ia not of frequent occurrence that an owiver riu.s thieo horeo^ in a r»ce and each obtains a position. Such whs the case on he tecond day of tHe S.A.J.C. Spring mooting, when Mr W. Sh*pp*«i ran Ro-.id.ilo, Aogl,\ife, ar.d Germainc, thay Jinialiing iv their respective order. RojC'lale is a dautfhior rf Mistake, by Dijito. — Mr Ju Ha> Dvnnie4on dismissed the appeil of the pubH&ltoi 1 of tho Weekly Prcs» against the decUion of Mr JFL W. BUhop, S.M , cmvictißg him of a breach of the Gaming and Lotteries Act, by having published an advrriiscmerit of a s»ec-p-Btake?, tj be drawn iv Bria^nne. Leave to Cii'iy tho c".so to Iho Court of Appeal was given. — A couising match f*>r S, I OO a side between Sbauarbraun (by F»ugh-abiUagh- -Mu-s Currsn) aud Hibist-us (by LiviDgstone— Uoueysiu-kle) was run at Beiutlla (Vk.)— the bcit two out of throo cours s— 4id r< suited in >>n easy win fur Sliaughraun. Sbnuahraun is a full brother to Slnll l«gh, owrw.l by MrJohn Cr»BS-»fU. — Sajs t.Uo Bulletin: Tht» big^f«t tole in Melbourne is run by a bookinaking linn, »tnl run openly foe < cor s of women and cniLiren are to lie seen hj-nging about all day. Say the divided is 2s 4d eicb, tbe totemau p^ya 2s only, le-m 10 per coat No odd money under ?d Ih paid. 'Ike extra goes tf> tho church— or the police ! — '1 ho South Australian cross-country rid or J. M' G-Ava)» lo^t his Umper at the South Australiui Jockey Club's Spring- ine«tii»g on S-3ptrmlKr2, and ."tnulc l-i-» nu-übt, Sky P'loh, over the head ■witii tin butt tnd of his wkip. The stewards sus'-" peMted MGo wan for tkr..o months, but afterwards commuted tho sentence to one of six weeks. — Toto opponents argue that tbe machine teivls to redded tho vaUie of blood etc-k. At a J.iieh'ild at Mtlr-ouri c the other dcy, out <>f e'ght hor*-s put up for auction only two were sold, and thoso roachfd tha txorL-itint p<ic*s of 17ts and 10^3 roBpec.ively. And yet the Totalizator Bill was thiowu out by tho Victori tn Purliitni-ut — Bulletin. — Tb» dcv! lopment of the horse trade Iv-tween Sydney and Fivlt* nwy bo judged by tke sh'pmrnt that Kf : by the Fultala. It in tke Urgent lot tkst ever left Sydney, au4 include* 47 <5 luad, principally rouumnta ami light cwvalry iio^B.^9, but soveval thorou-ahbieds »jo ou boaid. wkila mott of the stock are by Uiorouglibri-d siivs fro <i high-rl >s^ inftrai. — J. Bcishmn, who used to ri<lo with eurceps at tbe Southland race me* ting*, bita t-ken tho Hveiy jtablea at tho WalUce Ctmnty Hotel, Riv- rlon. In con&octi-iii with th*» bvv-iness are a number c>f loose box>», which lvave beeu lot to Walter Duncan for tho ooiup^i m of tho horeoa which he is to prepare fc>r tlwi foithco>iuin; raciaa leasoiv. Kiivy, r>y Loirrain'* — lfcaitburo, ib one of them — " SU Modrv-d." — 'IhoGoio Club has decided to bold a Spring mctij.g on Oc-obftr :^O, with JCISI 10s added nionr.y 'fho follow ; n^ offlcAra w*rc t»pp -iutcd for "the mee>*.in([ :— Ju-'ge. Mr Thomas Green; starter, Mr W. Philp ; dctk of th* cenrse. Mr J. M'Ew-n; cUrk or tha scales, Mr T. Grieve* clarts of the totalis-'.fc.'vr, Messrs Wallis and Lath.-- I.1 '. ; tim«-k*vper, Mr A. J. Gibbs ; handiC»pj-«- ' 1! rf!, Povffe. — Tht Victorian Atiiatc-ur Turf Club bad tho ratl .'•■• unut.u'4.l exi:e i«ruci bst season of losing ov I ii>c m&itlings. A good profK however, wan bhowu onihrt > car's transactions the club clearing £88 on the Wiprcmber n> eting, £174* on the Spriu*; mestif g, £116 ou the Boxieg Day mcc ing, £115 on the June rne'jtiug, £41 on the July meeting, an I £872 on the National meeting. Tho club has a credit balance of £3& 9. — MrGrtlMol B<;iintrtt, who died in Adelaide last m-jt-th, \>a«« r -eof tJ-e oldest r.tci>'g men in Australia. In IPGO he won Ibe Adelaido St. Leeor with IV<V»»f Ki'daie, a^d i» 18<3'J hu &ilt Lord of tb<s Islei look tho Dorby. H«* U better kuown ',q tha pye-ent generation of iaei-g men through Eouilation «»nd Imr>udtnce,wVio won the Gceloug Cur> and AiUUido C'»p towaida the end of thn ■ seveatits. Lorkloys was anotl.er gco'l torse for him.- 1 " Terlingi."