MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 250, 21 October 1891, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Contrary to general expectation, Mr L. D. Nathan's filly Miss Letty has been scratched for the Maribyrnong Plate. Mr Blackvvood has paid up for Aldershob, the half-brother to Teksum, bred at Wellington Park. The following are the names of the juveniles who remain in :--Idolater, The Shrew, Brotherton, Nemesis, Aldershot, Sycophant, Happy Jack, St. Denis, Mcli, The Captain, Nobody, Trio, Inheritance, Palm, Gaillardia, Gladys, Etra, Weenie, Pumice Stone, Trieste, Moonray, Glitter, Dan O'Connor, Vangrave, Survivor. St. Blaise (by Hermit), winner oi tha EnHish Derby in 1883, has been sold to a New York sportsman for £20,000. The benefit conferred on blood stock throughout Auatralia by the introduction of Musket it is impossible to estimate. The brilliant careers of Carbine, Nordenfeldb and Martini-Henry will perpetuate the name of Musket. For some years pasb Musket has headed the list of winning sires in Australia, and he now comes again to the front with £17,587 to his credit, made up by six winners of 24 events. From the English papers to hand, the Jockey Club hae decided to create two new races at Newmarket, the value of each to be 10,000aovs. The first race is to be run at the July meeting, 1894, and the second at the October meeting of the same year. But America is going to outdo this ; they are going to establish the largest stake race ever known. The entrance fee is to be £250, and the added money £20,000. The race is to come off at New York and will be hold during the Chicago Exhibition. _ QuoonMab has dropped a filly to Brigadier, and visits him again. Lallah Kookh has produced a colb to Grip, and visits Brigadier. ~ .„ , ... Mr Wallace is very dissatisfied with Megaphone's running on Saturday, and thinks that Ramage was unable to do the horse justice. From accounts «o nana Ramage has parted company with the Btablefand the crack amateur, Mr Brewer will now have the weight mounts, while Moran will probably steer the lignterweighfced horses. , .. a MrH. J. Greenslade has sent me the programme for the Thames Jockey uiud meeting on the 26tb and 28bh December. Nominations close on the 2nd December. At Wellington Park Yabtecy has produced a filly to Nordenfeldb, and Lyrehnus U colb to the same sire.

There was satisfaction on all sides at Mr W. Peroival's win in the Pakuranga Hunt Cup with Jim. The Master of the Hounds has made many attempts to land the coveted honour, but ib was not till Saturday laeb that he was successful. Mr C. Gordon rode the horse in good style. A good feature in Jim's •victory lay in the fact that the horse had been fairly hunted during the season.

In the race for the Caulfield Guineas, Sbromboli came on towards the distance apparently with the race 'in hand, but the moment McGowan moved on Strathmore the colt shot to the front, and had Stromboli in difficulties. The favourite did nob respond well to the call of Huxley, and Strathmore beat him easily by three lengthi3. The Doctor wag three parts of a length away third, Sword bearer was fourth, Sanfoin fifth, Aster sixth, Sternchaser seventh, Albina eighth, and Cherrystone last. Time, lmin 44fsec.

The ex-Auckland-owned pony Too Soon won a race at Moorfield (Sydney). Cambria ran third in the two leading events of the programme.

Town Moor (by Sb. Leger—Misa Laura), formerly owned by Mr D. O'Brien, has been purchased by Mr Luck, of Tasmania.

The following are the entries for the Melbourne Stakes, one mile and a quarter, which frequently throws light on the Melbourne Cup :—Annesley, Burlesque, King Olaf, Bungebah, Sir William, Vengeance, Carbine, Megaphone, Marvel, Paris, Whimbrel, Albemarle, Strathmore, Zalinski, Dillon, Glenloth, Malvolio, Tirailleur, The Admiral, Yarran, Correze, Cobham, Muriel, Highborn, The Tyler.

By winning tho Caulfield Cup, G-'Navoo's weight in the Melbourne Cup is increased to 83b 111b. The horse was a deal fancied in Auckland, and some of the pencillers have been struck nearly to the full extent of their books. G'Naroo has been a well-kept horse, and is trained at Caulfield by thenatty-lookiugFoulsham, of Malua and Silvermine fame. As a three-year-old. G'Naroo gave Vengeance a stone and five pounds and beat him over a mile and a-half in the Ballarat Cup. Hβ also won the Birthday Handicap in May lssb at Fletnington, carrying 7st 61b, and running the mile in 2min 374 sec. These are G'Naroo's two best public performances. Strange to say, the Caulfield Cup has been won bj' a five-year-old horso for the past six years.