TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 283, 28 November 1891, Page 3

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

J,R. (Onehunga).—lsonomy did not win the Doncaster St. Leger. Iroquois was the winner ia 1881,

The weights for the Auckland Cup and Steeplecbaso are clue during the forth, coming week. Florrie, the heroine of the Otago Cup, is nob engaged in the big Ellerslie race, bub Mr O'Brien has Free, dom.and Flinders nominated.

Major George's catalogue giving particulars of the " Wapiti " yearlings that will be offered for sale by auction on Thursday afternoon, 31st December, will be issued on Monday. There are eight lots, as follow : —Chestnut- colt by Nelson—Florence (halfbrother to Fiesole, Coalscuttle, Clive, and Nile) *, chestnub colb by Nelson—Tenambra (half brother to Raglan and Miss Cole); chestnut filly by Nordenfeldb—Tre3 Deuce (full sister to the flying filly Naoma); bay colb by Nelson—The "Maid (half-sister to Tho Workman); chestnub filly by Nelson— Memphis (half-sister to Reprisal and -Egyptus); brown filly by Ingomar —Sister Agnes (half-sister to Percussion); chestnub filly by Nelson—Corcyra (half-sister to Alcinious and Bay King, and full sister to First Nelson); and brown filly by In-jomar —Sweeb Alice (half-sister to The Dreamer). From a personal inspection of the yearling 3 I can say they are a EOtind, good-looking and well-grown lot. The Auckland Trotting Club has good reason to feel satisfied with bhe entries received last night for bhe first day's events of the Summer Meeting. For the Trotting Cup of "OOsovs there are 36 entries, for the Maiden Trob 37 and Handicap Trot 29. A number of oubside horses appear in theenferies, Wellingbon, Nelson, Hawke-Bay and Taranaki being represonbed. No ■enbries were received from Christchurch. The handicaps are due aboub the 4th December. A most successful meebing may be looked forward to.

In to-night's Star will be found the full programme of tho Takapuna Jockey Club three clays' Summer Mooting. It is of a most liberal character. The principal evont ia the Takapuna Cup of 200sovs, 1_ mile, but there are _ a number of other rich stakes, including a Steeplechase of 120sovs, Anniversary Stakes of lOOsovs, Takapuna Stakes of lOOsovs. " Onward "is the motto of the Takapuna Club, and they desorvo credit for putting forth such a lavish bill of fare. Nominations close on Friday, 18th December.

During the week a number of visitors have been looking over bhe Wellington Park yearlings. The full list of _ bhe juveniles that will be offered by Mr Philson appears in to-night's Star. The cable thi_ week conveys intelligence from Sydney of the deabh of the stallion Chester, tho property of Mrs James White. During tho last fourteen years no horse was faster known to turfites than Chester, both as a racehorse and sire, and columns could be written about his deeds. Chester was the firsb animal thab brought bhe late -Hon. J. White's "blue and white banner" prominently before the racing world. He won the much - respected turfite's colours, the A.J.C. Mares' Produce Stakes. V.R.C. Derby, Melbourne Cup, Mares' Produce Stakes, the Town Plate ab the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting, and the A.J.C. Plate as a- three - year - old; as a fouryear - old won the A.J.C. Spring Stakes, Craven Plate, Randwick Plate, Melbourne Stakes, A.J.C. Autumn Stakes, Cumberland Stakes and A.J.C. Plate ; as a five - year - old won the A.J.C. Spring Stakes; and as a six-year-old won tho Melbourne Stakes. Altogether, Chester started 29 times and won 19 races ; be was only tv/ice unplaced. The success of Chester has been something phenomenal, and the names of his winning representatives are familiar to most people. Chester :3irod Abercorn, Carlyon, Oranbrook, Stromiboli, Singapore, Dreadnought, Titan, Vol_ano, Acme, Uralla, and numerous other celebrities. According to statistics lately mads up, Chester's progeny annexed in Stakes from the season of 1884-85 up to bhe presenb time about £59,000. A Victorian paper thus refers to Marvel's running ab the late V.R.C. race meeting :— *' It certainly (unexplained) affords one of the most extraordinary zig-zag sequences of in-and-out running tbe public have witnessed for many a day." Nelson is having a good chance given him this season to make a name for himself at the stud. Durinar tho week he served Antelope, and Atalanba (by Dainty Ariel— Mcvmsbino, the dam of Paddy) was broujrhb .up from Waitara to be served by the old .racecourse favourite.

Zalinski, who injured himself by running a _>ox-bhorn inbo his foob, has pretty well recovered. Va~icli.se, by Rapid Bay from Chrysolite, who won the V.R.C. Oaks, has joined the stud matrons ab Mr W. R. Wilson's stud, St. Albans, Melbourne. Referring to the overthrow of Marvel in feV.R.C, Flying Stakes, '* Martindale" •writes :--" With Marvel in ib every one looked upon the result as a foregone conclusion, and only Bungebah and Triesbe (cho 2-year-old) were sent oub bo oppose him, "lb is often thab the unexpected happens on tbo turf, and if anyone had -.attempted to place them in the order bhoy finished before tbe race, Lo would have been laughed ab. Bungebah was tho first to jump away, as Marvel appears to havo losb a lob of his brilliancy in thab way. When they gob on their legs, Trieste dashed to the front as last as sho could, the others lying about two lengths behind her. In this way thoy ran to "aboub tho half-mile post, when Harris passed Bungebah, and went after the filly. Gainsford now appeared to take matters very easy ; bub rinding thab Marvel was nob leavine him, at the three furlongs he ran up to him, and in the nexb half furlong ib could bo seen thab bhe chestnub had bhe Iblack horso fairly beaten. Gainsford then turned all his attention to Trieste, bub she Viad been allowed to get too far away, and . .ftcr a very brilliant r-n, Bungebab finished w \oh his head on her quarter, with Marvel a Jen- *th and a-half away. The chronograph showed tnat Trieste, who is by Chester from T>o*.pe, had broken the Australian record foi' the distfince, having run the seven furlong in lm i n -*76ec, the previous best timo bo/a_" Gladstone, half a second longer."

Pigeontoe'a brother, Bowmont, by St. Albans from Pardon, after having been fired and used for a season and a-half at the stud, serving*, several mares quite recently, has been pub into work again. Major ©eorgo tells me The Workman has Come round wonderfully, and this week the colt has been able bo do walking* exorcise. Erom Melbourne comes news of the death of Mr'G. Glasscock, of Kirk's Bazaar. He was gored by a cow a few days ago, and of such a nature were the injuries thab from the outset but very little hope was entertained that he would pull through. There were but few better-known sportsmen in Victoria than the deceased, who was once to the fore among amateur riders, and for some years past his colours have occasionally been carried to vicbory, more especially oyer country. The most notable among his recent successes was thab by Crusoe in the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race. Mr Thos. Morrin has had good luck with Frailty again this season, for during tho week she produced a colt foal to Nordenfeldb. What a prolific maro Frailty has proved herself! In her first season sho produced Trenton, but the year following she missed, and bhis was followed up by her next foal, a colt by Musket, dying. Since thenjshe has produced in successive years, Niagara, Cuirassier, Cissy, Mary, Zalinski, and lasb season and this season colts to Nordenfeldt.