TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1892, Page 3

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

T.C. -Nap is a half-brother to Couranto, both horses being out of the same dam.

The Otahuhu Trotting Club hold their Summer Meeting on Saturday next. The gathering takes place ab Potter's Paddock, the first event starting at half-past one.

Mr Evett's handicaps for the farewell meeting to Lord and Lady Onslow are up to his beet form. Loch Ness reads well in all three events, the Onslow Cup. Victoria Handicap, and Farewell Handicap. If Quadrant can stay a mile and a quarter, his impost in the Onslow Cup will not stop him, while Morion (Bat 71b) and Dolosa (Bst 51b) are given a good chance. Fishmonger and Stepper read well in the Hurdles. If Hopeful Kate was in her best form, she would win the Steeplechase ; Bit o' Blue is nicely handicapped* but I don't suppose he will be an acceptor. Acceptances for the farewell meeting to Lord and Lady Onslow close on Friday night. The privileges will be sold by B. B. Tonks and Co. on the same day. The stewards of the Takapuna Jockey Club have sent a letter to George Wright, asking him to be present at a meeting to be held on Thursday night to inquire into the running of Van Diemen at the Summer Meeting. Nominations for the Lake Takapuna races are due on Friday night. It transpires that Adam Byere got the tendons of his left foot broken when he fell with Orakei. His medical attendant thinks it) will be six weeks before he is able to put his foot to the ground. A subscription list has been opened up on Byers' behalf.

Writes " Buff and Black ":—" A familiar name in Boulanger is missine from the Wanganui Cup this year. Neither are Cretonne and Foxton. entered. All three belong to Mr J. Paul, who, though living in Wanganui, has had a difference with the Club, and declines to nominate anymore horees for their meetings." Awarua Rose, by winning the Nelson Cup, incurs a penalty of 51b in the Egmont Handicap. According to a Christchurch paper, there was a little fracas in one of the hotels the other day between a very energetic bookmaker and an owner of racehorses. The owner .'aljjeig'ed'i ( . i ,. i iffi,n rather unbecoming language, that the bookmaker had tampered with one of his jockeys at the Auckland meoting, and the penciller responded with all tho vigour which the serious nature of the charge required. Feeling ran very high for a time, and it looked as if something worse than hard words would be exchanged, but the disputants contented themselves with abusive language, and ultimately separated, without a marked advantage on either side. It will not be hard for Aucklanders to identify the parties concerned in the fracas. It is stated that the position of starter to the Dunedin Jockey Club will be conferred on Mr Sam Powell.

" Asmodeus," in the " Leader," states that the death-knell ot trotting in Victoria has been sounded, it being plainly demonstrated that trotting and atraight-going ate not synonymous terms. Private information from Melbourne (says the "Canterbury Times") conveys the news that several of Mr Gollan'e horses are on the sick list, and that Martin has only about a couple of really sound horses in his team. Sternchaeer is. said to be all to pieces, and it is doubtful if his legs will ever stand sufficient work to get him tit. Renata and Tiraillerie are also infirm. Tirailleur is doing well, and should win a race or two in the autumn.

At a recent meeting at Calcutta the Wanganui-bred Escapade was defeated a head by the English horse St. Swithin in the principal event. He also ran second in another event, secured by the Kirkhambred Ivo, by Chester from There ia no truth in the statement that Mr Stead intends sending a team of horses to Australia, almost immediately. The ex-Aucklaad Dollar ia in Chrietchurch, on a visit to Chain Shot. It is anticipated the Canterbury Jockey Club will lose about £100 over their recent Summer Meeting.

In referring to the starters for the Christcburch Middle Park Plate, "Spectator" says:—"Wakawatea, notwithstanding his very lean appearance, was made a decided favourite, public form being what most backers relied on. Saracen, also looking much lighter than he was in November, and Vogengang, who was litter than I have seen him, though scouring a little, were next in favour with backers, and were equally supported on the machine. Stepniak, who was not looking so fresh and nice as he did in' the spring, albeit better thau either Wakawatea or Saracen, was fourth in demand, while Captive, who was perhaps the best conditioned, was the outsider of the party. The excuse made for Wakawatea's defeat in the Mfddle Plate (says "Castor")is that his rider lost one of his stirrups, and was unable to hold the gelding-. The sensational run he made after getting badly away, going from a very backward position right to the head of atfairs in a distance of about a furlonpj, was sufficient to, and no doubt did, take all the steam oub of him. Wukawateu was done with ab the distance.