MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 114, 16 May 1896, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Messrs Alison Brothers have joined the ranks of breeders who believe in emas* culating their young thoroughbreds. The other day five oub of six rising yoarlinga which they bred last season, aired by Hegel, were emasculated, one of the number being oab of Pearl (dam of Carbuncle).

The Hawke'a Bay Jockey Club have received Bplendid nominations for tha two big lepping races of their Winter Meeting;. In the Hurdle Race of 200sOTa no less than 32 are entered, while the Steeplechase of 3GOBOVS has secured an entry .of 25. The Auckland horses Grenadier and Faddy O'Rourke figure in the small stick race, but their names are absent from the Steeplechase. Mr Henry declares the weights after the North New Zealand Grand National Meeting at Bllerslie.

Complaints roach mo that a certain racing club in Auckland has failed to pay stakes won aba recenb meeting:. Tho Metropolitan Racing Club should certainly refuse to pass the programme of this club in future.

Judging from the manner Mutiny ran in the Napier Park Steeplechnse on Wednesday he has lost none of his old dash. He carried a tidy weight too in 12sb Sib. The Mute's son was not pulled oub for the Park Steeplechase on the second day of the mooting; which fell to Timothy, who, by the bye, did not run lasb season. Tiritea was a starter on both dayp, bub the opposition proved too good for him. MrE. F. Roche has placed his yearling cheatnubcolb Blaircarigg, by Blairgowrie— Cobweb, in A. Byers' hands, to be prepared for future engagements.

Mr VV, H. "Chitham, fehe West Coasb sportsman, who arrived here on Wednesday, bad First Sight and the two-year-old filly Bavaria on the Ellor3lie course yesterday morning. The privileges of the Takapuna Jockey Club, sold yesterday by Mr Digby Tonks, realised £57 10s more than lasb year.

The threo-yenr-old colb Deadshob, who died at Groan Lane on Thursday night proved a great disappointment on tho turf. This season ha failed to win a single race bub lasb season ho made himself famous by winning the Nursery Handicap at the A.R.C. Summer Meeting and paying, a sensational dividend of £135. At ..the A.R.C. Autumn Meeting Deudshob won the Odbl'ow Stakes, bub was disqualified tor a cross. He was gob by Brigadier from Katipo. A maiden jumper named Raupo vyas broujrhb up from the V esb Coasb to Ellerslie on Wednesday. .Tho name waa wrongly printed in our columns as Kaitoa. Warpaint, winner of the Adelaide Cup, paid a dividend of £11 9a. Late advices show thab Paris 111. waa a very hob favourite far Northamptonshire Stake?, won by him a few woeka ago. The little fellow carried Bab 61b, and was ridden by M< Cannon. There were 13 starters, and Paris; who wenb out at 2 to 1, won in a canter, running the naile and a-half and 2Coyds in 3min 7 l-saec. The value of the stakes was £925.

Suwarrow, who won the V.R.U. Derby in 1879, died in California, where he was doing stud duty, in March lasb, the result of an uccideub.