MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 152, 27 June 1894, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

The postponed Hawke's Bay Steeplechase Meeting is fixed to come off to-morrow. My selections are:— Hurdles, Melinite. Sbeeplechase, Norbon.

Ib appears bhab Ladas was ridden by John Watts in bhe Two Thousand Guineas. He received 500 guineas for his mounb, and was-also engaged bo pilot bhe greab son of Hampton in the Derby.

Messrs Eales Bros., of Duokenfield Park, have purchased tbe stallion Russley (by Doncaster —Steppe), formerly the property of Mr G. G. Stead.

A Melbourne cablegram says bbc following horses were omibbed in bhe Cup weighbs :—Melbourne Cup : Brockleigh, 9sb 21b. Caulfiold Cup : Capsban, 7sb 121b; Pulvil. 7sb 71b.

While trotting quietly round the braining track ab Randwick, Pulvil dislocated one of his shoulders in bbc mosb unaccounbable manner. Ab latest the Chester colb was making fair progress bowards recovery. Though he will never be able to race again, such a well-bred animal can hardly fail bo be successful ab bhe sbud.

The bhoroughbred horse Bill of Porbland, who was recently purchased in England by Lord Marcus Beresford, on behalf of Mr W. R. Wilson, of tho St. Albans stud, has arrived at Melbourne. During tbe voyage soma rough weather was experienced and bhe son of Sb. Simon and Electric Lighb gob

knocked aboub in his box; a swollen knee being the resulb. Otherwise, the well-bred animal was in fairly- good condition when landed.

Among t\e horses that are credited wibh doing excellent work in 'Victoria are, Mobcow, Tayforth, Polonius, Busaeo, Medicine, Corangamibe, Bischoff, Dondi, Trojan, Bill, Ixion, Glenview, Cerberus, Neli, and tho veteran, Ellerslie. Hova, bhe Newmarkeb Handicap winner, is again in work, and doiner well. , Aba meeting of bhe English Jockey Club the following new rule was adopbed, on tbe mobion of Mr Lowbher :—" No horse shall be disqualified solely upon bhe ground of incorrect or imperfect description in the entry, bob the stewards may inflict fines upon, or otherwise deal at bheir discretion with, any persons responsible for snch errors.'-' In bho Canterbury Park Shakes, won by Acone, a serious accidenb occurred, for as the field swepb round the far corner, aboub three furlongs from home, Lady Margaret, on whom C. Parker had bhe mount, came down, bringing with her Zoedone, wbo was piloted by T. McCarthy, and Captivity, ridden by H. Cook. Assistance was promptly to hand, and the riders were bronghb bo the casualty-room, where they were attended by Dr. Allan, who on examinabion found thab Parker had his left arm broken, and T. McCarthy. had his collarbone and several of his ribs badly fractured, while young Cook escaped without injury. Lady Margareb and Capbivity were soon on their legs again, bub bhe gelding Zoedone, who had recently been purchased, by Mr S. Fielder, gob bis back so badly injured tbab ib was found necessary to destroy him, and tbe übubl course waß adopted. From a Sydney journal I gather bhab tbe name of bhe winner of the Park Sbakes at Canterbury bad been incorrectly given in bhe lists os " Acorn " inabead of *"■ Acone." and was handicapped by Mr Scarr at 7Bt 31b; bnt bhab gentleman snbseqnently discovered tbe error, and re-adjusted the weight to 7sb 111b, which the son of Sb. Leger carried in tho race. Ultimatum, who finished second to Acone, is by Dunlop from Resulb, and is owned by Mr D_ O'Brien. llluminata, dam of the Derby winner, was mated wibh eight different stallions before she bhrew Ladas to Hampbon, ber other produce being failures as racehorses. Her firsb mate was Kisber, and she was pub bo bhe Austrian horse a second year, and then in succession followed Kaunitz, Dutch Skater, Foxball, Town Moor, Master Kildare, Foxball, Dutch Skater, Hampton. ...