MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 148, 25 June 1898, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

It appears that after all nothing , 3s yet definitely settled about the A-h.C. Century Stakes. The whole Matter comes up for revision before tte committee at their monthly meetln? on 4th July.

ever l-eeni" ter JUry Jocl<e .V Club are nlark nX 8' horae -°wnera up to the Son aul 1 Payment'of nomitbe Or■_?. . a^ eP. ta"cc money. Over Soutbein p yyio^ Meeting- the ture S,?+? Ub ha? made a new (lepnrBeaufort nd National Steeplechase, H TT, In eß lechase' and Nation' to th? r* . lac° were spited •ist, , «1- riStc. lu"'eh PaPers w«l an tb show SHFtf* S°me horses' "»«e« roc Sri ' k uthe nomination was only ccened subject to confirmation by 12™ U1 °*er words, when the nomination money came to hand. tiv_ f • ° + ?. rien h£>s three representatives in this year's N.Z. Cup, viz., Hentas, by Goldsborougb— Ta Ta _ years; Malatua, by Malua-Faithful, .Meais; and Peerage, by Australian I eer~i\aomi, 3 years. The trio are reported to be doing well at Ricearton. the Ascot Cold Cup, which in many respects is the most important race" in the word, was this year essentially cosmopolitan, in character. The winner, Jj.lt LI., who is by Upas-Analogy, was bred m France and owned by AT. .). de Bremond, a Frenchman, tins second horse. The Rush, by Barcalthne, has Irish blood in his veins, and the third horse. Cartouche 111., was bred in the Argentine, and is the property of a resident, of that country. Pfom ilawera comes news that'Mr I. S. Hardley is possessed of a five-year-old mare by St. Leger—Perfume, and the last named is identical with the winner of the Auckland Summer Steeplechase two years in succession—• in 1877 and 1878. The mare has only recently been broken.

I gather from Napier papers,that when the fire was discovered at Hastings m .Mr 11. (). Caul ton's property last week a rush was made for the si aides. Mr Skipwith's gelding The Sinner was first got out, then .Social Pest, Agent General, and Female Franchise. The (ire broke out about a quarter to eight at night, which was fortunate. Had it occurred later in the evening no doubt the horses would have been destroyed.

The Nelson Jockey Club has a credit balance of £0..~, oi' which £270 is at fixed deposit. Mr Finney is to represent the club at the Racing- Conference next month.

At the Magistrate's Court, New Plymouth, the case of a local resident against a firm of bookmakers, a claim for ..'_ 55, was heard. Defendant's counsel said that before the case commenced, he might say That the affair was contrary to the Gaming- and Lotteries Act, and the whole thing was invalid. The plaintiff detailed the circumstances of the transaction, which was in connection with a wager about Waiuku for the New Zealand Cup. The S.M. said it was clearly a gambling transaction, and was not legal. Judgment would be for defendants, with costs £2 3/. To defendant's honour, it may be said, he afterwards settled in full with plaintiff.

The mystery as to who the Auckland trainer .1. Cliaafe was acting for in the purchase of Waiuku has now been cleared up, and the name of M. Carmody is given out as the new owner. Carmody will be remembered as having trained for Messrs Lyons and Blaikie at Green Lane when those respected turfites were associated in racing partnership, and he also prepared Glenloth, who triumphed in the .Melbourne Cup. Cliaafe took passage to New Plymouth in the s.s Gairloch on Thursday to finally clinch the bargain on behalf of his client, so it may be the horse will be landed this afternoon at Onehunga to enable him to be shipped to Melbourne early next week. S. McGuinness takes Daystar to ISew Plymouth on Monday next. The horse, prior to changing hands, got through an examination by Mr l_. I). Halstead, who gave a certificate as to his soundness. It is proposed to form a racing club on proper lines at Coromandel, and to ask the Colonial Secretary for a totalisator permit. Messrs W. Adams ancl C. F. Mark will represent the Auckland Trotting Club at the forthcoming North Island Trotting Association meeting, and also at the Conference at Wellington. Mr R 17. Absolum also represents the Otahuhu Trotting Club at both meetings. „ , . Among trotting clubs formed from Wanganui to New Plymouth, the Ilawera Trotting Club is the only one left. , . The ex-Auckland-owned chaser Ditto has won £767 in prize money in Sydney since last July. 'Mr Henry's Handicap for the .New Zealand Clip is due on Friday next. No doubt Waiuku will be at the head of the list, but it will be Interesting to see how much the C.J.C. weight ad luster puts between last year's winner and St. Paul. Multiform prove, himself such a great three-year-old that he is sure to be among the three first horses weighted. Mr J. C. Booth was presented with a handsome sovereign case before he left for Sydney, subscribed for by a number of his friends. Mr J. Gallagher, by whose means Daystar was sold this week, has received a letter from Mr I. Earnshaw, the well-known Sydney trainer, asking him to pick up on his behalf a couple of good racehorses in New Zealand. Frank Burns, the plucky cross country rider, fell from a ladder one day this week and broke one of his arms. The billiard tournament of. lattersail's Club concluded last evening, the final being played between Mr Chas. McKinney and Mr Frank McManemin. The first Vanned who had the best of the handicap-defeated the Ellerslie trainer easily.