CONDENSED ITEMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4419, 12 July 1884, Page 4

CONDENSED ITEMS.

Sunray and King have gone into Chaafo's stable.

Canard has beon blistered all round and turned out.

Foul Play, tho Auckland Cup winner of ISSO, has beon purchased by Messrs Stock and Conroy, of Napier.

" Warrior " is very sweet on Dirk Hattoraick, and says thoro is no horso in Australia ho has moro respoct for.

Georgo Williams, tho Australian lightweight, rode Tho Ghost, winner of tho La-li Ob' Trophy at tho V.A.T.C. Meeting. Last your tho Hawko's Bay Jockey Club received £020 for gato money, which, at Is a head, represents the admittance of 12,400 persons.

Mr Horsford has decided not to raco Holona again, and sho visits Cadogan in the spring. Leopold has boon added to tho list.

Charley Rudings, who steered Welcomo Jack to victory in tho Groat Autumn Handicap of J 883, has beon engaged to ride for Mr (}. (i. Stead during tho forthcoming season.

It id .staled that Lord Falmouth, so faros his racing gains are concerned, will not be to tho good moro than i'.'W.OOO at tho outside when his accounts with Taltorsall's and with Wethorby'H are finally closed. Splendor, who has boon carrying the eel on re of Air G. O. Stead in England for tho pant couple of seasons, has been purchased by Mr F, Reynolds, of Tocal, Now South Wales, and is now on his way out. Should the forthcoming Arab race at Newmarket provo a success, tho project of Atab-breoding in England will receivo its tinal sanction from the Jockey Club by the raco boing increased in value, and made an annual ovont.

The stallion Crawford l'riory, by Gang Forward—l'eradvcnturo, purohased at Sir Thomas Kldor'n recent sale, was landed safely in Wellington last week, and taken to his destination in tho Wairarapa, where ho will bo at tho services of brocdors.

Tho following amounts woro paid over to tho various owners of winners at tho late llawko's Bay Steeplechase Meeting :-J. I'ilbrow, £332 10s ; 1). Scott, £221 ; F. Peacock, £47 10s ; W. Douglas, £47 10s ; and W. Broughton, £28 10s. Lord Wilton, who is allotted (Ist. 121b. in tho Melbourne Cup, has changed hands, and w now tlio property of Mr C. Ellis (ono of tho Firet Water confederacy), uf Adelaide The prico given for tho chestnut non of Countryman and Instop was . r>oo guineas.

"Ma/oppa" says that Adamant has been put into work again. Jlis leg hccuis to have got all right again, being as cool and clean as over. If all goes well with the old horse, and tho weights suit, ho will probably have it cut in at the (leruldino handicaps. Says a Napior [Taper : —Lady Artist, who ran at tho late mooting in tlio nomination of Mrs Scott, is tho property of a Maori lady, who i.s, as she says herself, tho only woman racing on tho Now Zealand turf. Tho bracelet will mako a pleasing addition to the dusky arm.