TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 139, 14 June 1893, Page 3

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

'ÜBSCRIREK AND G.S.—Theroarc no rules in rospect to sweeps. In oquity iind a spirit of fairness the holder oi Scaltkeen should receive the amoinu of the first prizs in tho sweep. In the case stated by "Subscriber" the parties who drew Scaltheen and Noro, we think, are entitled to the money.

According to Australian pripera betting jn the Melbourno Cup has actually conaaenced, and a few wager 3 laid a8 follows : — £2,000 to £50 against Makolio, £2,000 to £40 Malolo, £2,000 to £50 Oxido, £1,000 to .£25 Zalinski, and £1,000 to £20 St. Hippo. Tho ox-Auckland jumper Never Miss ran iliird in<^he Hurdle Race at Sydney Tatter;all's Winter iJeefcing. Melbourne papers to hand to-day record •he sala of the racehorse Zalinski to Mr Indrew Chirnsido of Koort-Koortnong, jear Camper/down, Mr Chirnside, wlio for iomo titno past lias been securing fashion-sbly-brad mares with the view of forming id extensive breeding establishment, intends putting the handsome eon oi Norcteneldb and Frailty to stud duty after hia ;urf career is ended. The members of the V.R.C. ballofcted asb week on a motion disapproving of tho jction of tho Committee in giving the hanJicapper power to Ox penalties. The voting n uupporb of the Committee was 168 i2ai'ri3t 71. During tho meeting, Mr C. D. )'Halloran stated that if matters went) on is they were going the Club would shortly 50 £15,000 in debt. He thought that the Melbourne Cup should bo reducod to ;5,000. Tho much-talked of racehorse Paris has jone into Allsop's stable at Randwick. North Australian, who appears among1 (ho entrants for tho Melbourne Cup, is an mported horse, and i 3 by Hagioscope from ■Jhiquita, by Blair Athoi from Nitocris, by King Tom. Tho Tocal-bred horse Proh Fudor, by Soldabrourrh from Fie Fio, has been purchased by Mr Mi Jacobs, of Melbourne, for 255 guineas.

Kedleap, who won the V.E.C. Grand National double at Flemington lasb year, has gone into training ah Mill Park, and, if he stands the preparation, should give a good account of himself at the coming ronnion, in connection with which his name ippeara among the candidates for both jumping events. Hopetoun, tho winner of the Bagot Handicap, has been purchased by Mr S. Miller, of Kedleap fame. The New Zealand juniper Captain Webb, now in Victoria, is reported to have injured himself. From Tallangatta a correspondent writes to the " Sportsman " as follows : — "Plausible, who ran third in the Melbourne Cup won by Malua, was sold here on Friday last in the saleyarda for £5. Tho old follow looked aa gay as a two-year-old, and the man who bought him reckons he will ■win a shearers' race with him." A much-discussed question ab' the rooms' (aays a Sydney paper) was the weight likely to bo allotted to Cremorne in the Melbourne Cup, should Mr Dakin be called upon to handle him. Wagers were mado that ho would bo asked to carry lOsS, and subsequently a speculator was found to bet that hia handicap would not be higher than Safe 71b, and tho latter would appear to have the better investment. A Dandetiong (Victoria) exchange in responsible for saying that Carbine is in work again and looking beautiful. Further, thab he will engage in the spring weight-for-ago races. The Committee of tho Australian Jockey Club have granted a license to J. Gallagher, the Auckland horseman. The affairs of tho late Mr "Abington" Baird are now found to be in such an unfavourable condition that all his landed estates will require to bo sold. He had lately baon living most extravagantly. Sir Hugo, who won the Derby last year, wasßnccessful in ih^ Thirty-fourth Newmarket Biennial Stakes for four-year-olds, one mile and it half, run on April 20th. During tho last five years tho cum of £16,C00 has been spent on improvements on tho Flotningfcon racecourse, in addition 00 15,000 por annum in maintenance. Impulse ran very badly in tho Sydney Quson'a Birthday Cap.