TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 88, 15 April 1891, Page 3

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Wager (Owen-street, Thames).—Marvel was scratched for tho Sydney Gold Cup at 12.23 on tho day of. the race (Easier Monday), Thk Avondale Jockoy Club Autumn Meet, ing takes place on Saturday next. Tho Dreamer should win tho Cup, and, if started, Fishmonger or Yum Yum the Hurdles. The first race starts ab 1.30, and trains leave the Auckland station for Avondale ab 12.20 and 1.10 p.m.

Acceptances and general entries for tho Onehunga Autumn Meeting close with Mr C. F. Mark on Friday night.

At the last meeting of bhe Canterbury Trotting Association', a telegram was read from tho Northern Trotting and Pony Club, congratulating the Association on the Government having approved of the Association's rules ; also a letter of a latter date, asking to be appointed senior Club fer the Auckland provincial district, and assuring the Association that the Club would render every assistance towards carrying out their objects. It was resolved that the letter be acknowledged with thanks, and that the recommendations of tho Northern Trobbing and Pony Club should be acted upon, bub thab all recommendations for the use of the totalisator must come in the usual way through the Association.

Adam Dyers, who was in Chaafo's stable at ono time. ha 3 started training on his own account. He has taken stables at Green Lane, and at present) his team consists of Orakei, Justice and an untried five-year-old by Musket—Medea, purchased ab the Sylvia Park sale. Byers is a steady young fellow and a good horseman to boot. Nominations for the Lake races are duo on Friday. Mr R. Mackay is tho secretary.

The Dargaville races come off on Friday and Saturday. Tho p.s. Osprey is announced to leave Helensville for Dargaville to-morrow on the arrival of the 10.55 brain from Auckland. Tho return fare is 7s 6d. Leorina was taken to Dargaville on Monday. Her weight in the Cup is 10.3 (includine 71b penalty). T. Hales, tho well-known jockey, purchased several brood mares at Mrs J. White's clearing sale. Among tho number was The Solent, dam of Sinecure. Australian writers think Stromboli the best two-year-old ol bhe season. Oxide and Sanctuary are also very favourably spoken of. Auckland Tattersall'a Club will make a decent profit out of Saturday's meeting. The "sensation" of the gathering was Warrior's win in bhe Wolber Handicap. The horse's public form has previously boen of poor description, bub despite this he only paid a £5 9s dividend. A two-year-old gelding named Bulrush owned by Mr N. Dickey, of Paeroa, made his first appearance on our racecourses in the Flying Stakes. He is a pony in height, but possesses a good dash of pace, and those who looked ab him beforo he lefb the paddock were surprised ab his forward running. The little fellow is by Radames out of tho Anteros mare Weazel formerly owned by Mr A. Drake. Angler won the Nelson Cup yesterday, the ex-Auckland-owned Dollar being second and Victory third. Dividend, £2 10s. Ab the recent yearling Bales in Sydney, James Koan bought a filly by Trident, oub of Gipsy Girl (dam of Randwick), for 80 guineas. The ex-Aucklander, Mr Joseph Bennetb, now of Queensland, bought several yearlings ab cheap prices, including a full sister to Sou-Wester, for 35 guineas. . Mr D. O'Brien is back again in Christchurch. He has nob sold Whimbrel as reported. The yearling colt by Robinson Crusoe—Rustic Lass that he purchased lately has been named Survivor —a distinguishincr title rather happily chosen. The youngster is in the care of J. Nicholson. A Sydney scribe writes:—"Higbborn's Sydney Cup victory simply advertises Carbine's brilliancy. Compared with Musket's marvellous son, who is a champion amongst champions, Highborn is merely a king of handicap hacks, and yeb, with Mr Wallace's horse oub of the way, the black son of Grandmaster would be regarded—justly regarded—as one of the best handicap horses of the day." Mr J. B. Clark's Melbourne "syndicate,' who own the crack colt Stromboli, boughb a number of yearlings through Mr Garling at the Into Sydney sales. Amongst them was a sister to Melos. The Hon. Donald Wallace also purchased fourteen yearling fillies at a total cost of £1,225, among them being two by bhe ex-New Zealanders Welcome Jack and Trenton.

In England Lord Herschell has introduced a Bill to render penal the inciting of youths or boys to betting. For such a misdemoanour the penalty is to be imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding three months, or a fine Dot exceeding £100, or both imprisonmenb and fine.

Writing in a Queensland exchange. " Rattler"" says :—" An offer of £1,000 was recently made and refused for our champion two-year-old Dillon. A thousand seems a big sum to pay for an unsexed youngsber, bub this son of Archie is such a long way ahead of anything of his class here that hi 3 engagements alone represent fully thab amount. If he trains on all right there will be no show for any of his opponents in this year's Derby and the Leger of nexb year, unless indeed some of bhe as yeb untried ones burn out far above the average."

A London sporting paper states that the Association which has been formed for improving the breed of the once famous New Foresb ponies has jusfc been presented with a stallion by Her Majesty. The light between the Auckland Trotting Club and thab known as the Northern Club (or more properly speaking the Takapuna Trotting Club) does nob yet appear to be over. m The " Australasian " says A. J. Keith is one of bhe best men ever seen on the back of a trotting horse in Australia. R. Batty, the Victorian jockey, owns a gelding that has had its name changed four times within a year, and " Birdie, late Take Down, late Hard Times, late Gipsy's Warning, lato Billy " was the description required when the animal won a race ab Elsternwick Park lately.

The totalisabor is (says the London correspondent of the "Australasian") certain to be shortly the only means of backing horses in France. List betting is to be made illegal and to be a criminal offence. At the Port Adelaide races, on March 17th, Tartar, by Musket, from Steppe, 7sb 12lb, was beaten by a length in the Cup race, run over a mile and a quarter, by Comedy, an aged gelding, whose impost was 6sb 101b.

The total amount of the stakes disbribubed ab bhe A.J.C. autumn meeting - was £14,940, of which Hon. D. S. Wallace scored the largest share of £2,242, oarned by Carbine in the Autumn Stakes, Cumberland Stakes and A.J.C. Plate, Wilga in the City Handicap, Bendigo in the Final Handicap, and Yarman second in the Maiden Stakes. Mr J. B. Clarke comes next with .£2.099 9s. Mr W. T. Jones follows with £1,997 17s, and Mr H. C. White received £1,345.

Mr G. G. Stead has purchased Tres Sec from Mr 11. Lunn, for harness purposes. Tho New Zealand-bred Orator (by The Premier—Gossip), at one time owned by Mr P. F. Tancred, won three races in ono day ab a meeting held at Penola, near Melbourne. In the last event ho won with lOsb in the saddle.

According to "Spectator" Mr R. J, Mason's health is so much batter thab there is every probability of his remaining ab Yaldhursb, instead of going to Australia.

In Sydney last week, Mr Clibborn held a sale of racehorses. Greygown was offered, bub failed to find any advance on 1,350 guineas. The St. Legor winner Correzo was also passed in, Tho highest price—sso guineas—was given by Mr J. Monaghan for Corinth, a handsome chostnub colb by St. Albans from Medea, and consequently full brother to the Caulfield Cup winner, Blink Bonny.

Mr Hugh Boa has imported into Victoria a couple of Irish hunting sires. One is by Rostrevor, the sire of lie:;, last year's Grand National winner, and tho other by Ascetic.

T. Hales, the well-known horseman, contemplates retiring from the pigskin at the end of the present season on account of ill-health. The popular jockey intends turning his attention to agricultural pursuits. The Australian Jockey Club Committee, immediately after the race for the Place Handicap nt tho recent meeting, called upon Mr R. K. Maitland to explain the running of Greygown, who went out first favourite for the event, bub finished in bhe rear of the placed horses. The investigation lasted for some hours, when tho following verdict was arrived at: —" The evidence adduced as to the suspicions running of Greygown in tho Place HandiciiD does not necessitate the further interference of the Committee.''

A correspondent of tho London "Sportsman," who chums to have scon all the famous steeplechase horses that have flourished in England since Lottery won his first Grand National, thinks Lottery and Emblem tho best chasers the country has ever produced. Bendigo, the well-known son of Nowbold, has carried Mr D. S. Wallace's famous magpie colours for the last cime, Mr Wallace having sold him to a South Australian sportsman for 300 guineas.