ENGLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 92, 22 April 1891, Page 3

ENGLAND.

April 29—Two Thousand Guinoas, May 27-English Derby. May 29—Oaks.

The Onehunga Racing Club hold their Autumn Meeting on Saturday next on tho Otahuhu racecourse. The entries are jarge, and wibh fine weather bhere will probably be a good attendance of turfite 3.

I am glad to bear that the South Auck" land Racing Club cleared £30 over the recent meeting-, despite the rain and other heavy extra expenses. During the winter the Club intend to drain tho course and enlarge tho saddling paddock. It is proposed next season to extend tliß Summer Meeting to two days. The initial contest for the Waikato Produce Stakes is set down for that gathering. There are 27 youngsters nominated, the progeny of Ingomar, Muskapeer, Fusilade, and The Dauphin, and even now the event is being talked of among Waikato breeders. A correspondent, under the signature of " Sentinel," sends me the following : — ,s Sir, —Will you kindly settle the following dispute: A sweep was promoted on the Easter Steeplechase, in which Sentinel was left in on the morning of the race: The A.R.C. decided that they could not allow the horse to run. Now, sir, does the holder of Sentinel drop out of the sweep, or is he expected to pay up ? A. says he must pay ; B. says that he falls out of the sweep. Which is right? The money is hold oyer for yourdecision." [According to the ruling of the Auckland Racing Club Committee in regard to wagers over Sentinel, the horse was really never in the race. Therefore, I think B. does not pay.] Mr F. D. Luckie (the secretary of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club) has, in his capacity as secretary to the last conference of Racing Clubs' delegates held in Wellington, issued circulars to the various Metropolitan Clubs calling a meeting of delegates to be held in Wellington during the forthcoming session of Parliament, which commences nexb month. The following is the text of the circular : — " Dear Sir, —A conference of delegates of tho Metropolitan Racing Clubs will be held at Wellington during the ensuing session of Parliament. The date will be advised you later on. In the meantime, I beg to call your, attention to the following regulations : — * (1) Whenever any •Metropolitan Club desire 3to bring before a Conference any important alteration in the rules, notice of such proposal must be forwarded to each of the Metropolitan Clubs at least one month before the date fixed for holding Buch Conference.' In addition to any new proposals the following business from the late Christchurch Conference will be considered by the Wellington Conference: (1) The question of the formation of a New Zealand Jockey Club. (2) Report of the sub-committee appointed to draw up rules for the registration of colours. Kindly furnish me as soon as convenient with any notices of motion from, and the names of tha delegates appointed by your committee."

It is gossip in the South that an attempt will be made in the House of Representatives next session to effecb some amendments in the Gaming and Acb. A reduction in the amount of commission rharged by bhe totalisator and the legalisation of sweeps will probably bo bhe proposals. The winning payments of the South Auckland Racing Club Autumn Meeting are as under:—W. Robertson, £76; H. Windsor, £66 10s: J. C. Booth, £38 ;J. Brown, £28 10s ; J. Caulbon, £28 10s; J. Wight, £4 10s ; A. Bach, £4 10s. Nominations for the Melbourne Cup of 1891 are due on Monday, June lsb, and the handicap will be declared ab or before noon on June 22.

From Dunedin I learn thab the veteran hurdle racer Trapper has changed hands, and his future destination is either Sydney or India. La Rose (by Apremonb—Red Rose) has been broughb back from Melbourne, and is entered for the Dunedin J.C. May Meeting, while Don Casaar (by Cadogan—Maritana) has been killed by a friendly bullet. The last-named had been undergoingan operation for a tumour, which appeared to have been successfully cut oub, when he commenced struggling in the slings and broke his shoulder. Says a writer in the Egmonb " Star " :— "I am informed that an offer of £170 was recently made by an Auckland sportsman for the locally-owned horse Jupiter, bub no deal was effected, as a few pounds more was asked for the son of Mufti." A correspondent writing to the New York " Sportsman " says :—"Long experience in breeding has taught me that a curious influence is exerted by the lunar system during the period in which a mare conceives. You will find in almost every instance that a mare stinted before the moon is full will foal a filly, and if stinted when the moon is waning she will foal a colt." The betting over the New Zealand Cup (says the «' Canterbury Times "), which has been referred to by some of our contemporaries, consists of two or three insignificant transactions which are ecarcely worth recording. The bookmakers offer 100 to 6on the field, bub backers are not at present inclined to do business at the price. Writes the Melbourne scribe "Cranbrook :" — "Carbino has returned from Sydney, and he arrived safely. I saw him in his box this morning, and he looks none tho worse for the trip. Hickenbotham informed me thab the owner's intention was to indulge the great son of Mersey in a spell at his estate, near Queenscliff, for a month or two. Eight royally has the New Zealander earned the respite from active duties, for he has now been in braining aboub three years without a regular holiday, such as be will now get. Nexb season I hope to Bee Carbine and Marvel meeb and fighb their All-aged Stakes battle over again. Should they ever do so I will pat down my last dollar on 'Old Jack,' as Ramage familiarly terms the son of Musket." There is no doubb (says " Mazeppa, ") that trotting is going to boom in Christchurch. Ib is in the right hands—in the hand?, that is, of men who are unquestionably in earnest—and if they do nob succeed theirs will be the first case on record in which enthusiasm and straightforwardness in a, good cause have failed,

Crackshot has left Mr P. Butler's stable, and is now under the care of Mr R. Ray. Mr H. Chaplin has presented the skelebon of his celebrated racehorse Hermit to the Royal Veterinary College. (BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Chiustciiurch, Tuesday.