BITS OF TURF.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 217, 13 September 1890, Page 3

BITS OF TURF.

. Efforts to form the company to take over Sylvia Park have boon busily proceeding during the last two or three days. In addition to Colonel Carre, Mr Thos. Morrin apd Mr Jaa. Russell made a personal canvass to obtain shareholders, and have met with fair success. f . The Auckland Racing Club Committee have declined to pass the programme of the Onehunga Racing Club Spring Meeting, on account of the Auckland Trotting O.'ub holding their meetings on the same course. According to rule 21 of the Metropolitan rules of racing nob more than one Club shall be allowed to hold meetings on tho same racecourse. The Auckland Trotting Club made a profit of slightly over £100 on last Saturday's meeting. Tho protest against Mount receiving the stakes in the Handicap and Maiden Trots will be decided On Monday, lam glad bo hear the Club also intend taking notice of the telegram thab was sent to the Auckland papers purporting to be signed by R. R. Ralph, stating that Antic bad broken down. The Auckland Trotting Club are determined to carry oub their meetings strictly, and their action is to be commended. An ex-Aucklander now in London sends one or two interesting items of sport to a friend here, from which I have been 'permitted to make the following exbracb : — "I should like to see the Aucklander, Billy Murphy, get to England and have a 'go:' He seems to be in America a bit at times, if we a_e to believe the papers. The Australian Cricketers are having rather bad luck, as well as playing badly. I have seen them play twice ; and I bad a yarn with Murdoch, Boyle, etc., and they tell me they have not batted up to their Australian form ; their bowling has been up to tho mark, I, of course, went to Epsom, principally to sco Kirkham run. Ib poured with rain all day. When I saw Kirkham in the paddock he did look a commoner, and when he galloped he moved like a rabbit that had been hit across the back. I had received a letter previously from the gentlemen looking, after them that they had not backed them for a shilling. I was in the Spread Eagle on the Derby evening and I had a few words with Boase, who was looking after them. ' He told me Narellan was a good colt, but they knocked him out. Old Plutarch broke a bloodvessel, but is in work again. Tho other youngsters that came over are turned oub to get as much exercise as they like, which, I think, in a splendid idea. Chicago has not been well; but when well, I'll bet if he gets in he will win. a race. TVhat sorb, old Carbine? Isn't he a dead bird, or, as they call ib here, * Dead Snip ' ? Lady Betty was thought to have a great say in the Stewards' Cup at Ascot, bub she rah nowhere. The other day she won a race, beating a good filly, w.f.a., but I fancy the obher filly—bhe Prince of Wales' Golden tiff. Thero was some talk of an objection, but it was nob entertained. I fancy if they had pub in an objection that Lady Betty carried the wrong weight, Sat 111b, ib would have stood, for her weigh* should have been 7st 31b, as she had never won a race worth' £300. All her races were vfilued from £200 to £100, and I think the people got on the ■wrong track thinking she had won one race worth £1,000." Mr. A. E. Glover, the well-known penciller, arrived this morning from his island trip.