MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 17, 20 January 1900, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

.Nominations for all events of the Otahuhu Trotting Club Summer Meeting close with the Secretary at the Metropolitan Hotel and at Otahuhu on Friday night- next at 10 o'clock. The hurdler Dentist is being 'hacked about by his owner. V i racehorse Douglas recently got hung tip on a fence. The Hon. H. Mosman left on a visit South this week. He returns here shortly

Boreas is favourite for the Wellington Cup, run on Monday next. Want of rain has made the training tracks at Ellerslie hard.

Miss Delaval is to be ridden by W. Ch-ke in her Takapuna Cup engagement.

Of the Takapuna Cup candidates trained at Ellerslie, AulC Reekie, La Gloria, and Laetitia have so far.done the best work.

Mr John Marshall has lest a fine filly foal by Soult—Coalscuttle. The youngster ricked her back. The Napier jumper St. Lemon is still at Ellerslie in charge of young Connop. '■.".. Seahorse and The Labourer have been regular attendants at Ellerslie this week

Weights for the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup will reach Auckland on Monday night. Mr W. Walters has eight fine looking Soult foals at Papakura as the result of last season's foalings. With the exception of N.or'west, who is doing well, the remainder of the Takapuna Steeplechase candidates have been schooled at Ellerslie during the week. ' The privileges for the Takapuna J.C. Summer Meeting brought £976, against £323 10/ last year. The gates realised £406, against- £275 in 1599. There is some curiosity in local racing circles as to how Mr Dakin will ask Merriwee and Seahorse to meet in the Australian Cup. .. ■ Sir D. O'Brien's two Wellington Park yearling purchases were landed at Riccarton without a scratch. They are now quartered at Lonsdale Lodge. Christchurch advices state, that Screwgun, Sant Ilario and Skobeloft are much improved as a result of their trip to Auckland. It is said that Formosan has grown into fine big colt, and he looks fairly well seasoned. He is to be given a run at the Wellington meeting next WThe St Leger—Valentlnia colt and the brother to Tauhei, knocked down to Mr A. Moss at the Wellington Park yearling sale,1 arrived safely^t T>unedin They were taken to H. Goodmans stables at the Forbury. Everything being all right, Sajs Melbourne "Sportsman» itaut Boy should.be the early favourite for the next- V.R.C. Derby.

The programme of the Waitekauri Hack Club Meeting, to be held on Saturday, February 17, under A.R.C 'miles, appears Jin this impression. Nominations close on January 26 with Mr W. S. Morrin, secretary, Waitekauri.

The Hon. H. Mosman's 2-year-old filly Circe, by Castor—Cissy, who has won several races in Queensland this season, is highly spoken of in the "Australasian."

The highly-bred stallion Ben Godfrey was mated with eleven mares last season, the result being ten colts and one filly.

Explosion is being treated to walking exercise at Ellerslie. He is to be rested for the remainder of the sea-

Mr J. T. Ryan has bestowed the name of Chantilly on his good looking 2-year-old colt by Seaton Delaval —Charente, purchased at the Sylvia Park yearling sale xor 105 guineas. Mr J. G. Ralph, the genial owner of the old Sylvia Park Estate, owns a very fine colt sired by Ben Godfrey from Problem, by St. Hippo—Ellerslie, by Trenton.

Before Mr A. F. Scott left for Napier he presented Peter Chaafe with a watch, suitably inscribed, as a souvenir of Bluejacket's win in the Aucklanu Cup of 1899.

It is suggested in the Empire City that for the future the Wellington Cup weights should no. be made known until after the A.R.C. Summer Meeting, and that the re-handicapping system in vogue be abolished, and penalties for winning be provided for. St. Laurence has been added to the list.

John Chaafe is not- done with St. Paul yet. It is said a further effort will be made by the much-respected veteran trainer to a. race out- of St. Leger's son in the autumn. Word from Christchurch states that Mr D. O'Brien purposes sending Sunningdale to Auckland to be mated with one of the Wellington Park sires.

"Terlinga" says that Rose of Wellington, dam of Screwgun and True Blue, must now be regarded as one of the crack brood mares in Australasia.

In the last issue of the "Referee" to hand to-day appears a laudatory notice by "Spectator" of the yearlings bought by Mr Stead at Wellington Parle. The Christchurch scribe is much impressed with the Hotchkiss— Frailty colt, and he selects him as very promising.

The total amount- of money run for in England during the season 1899 was £507,05S 2s, exclusive of prizes taken by second and third horses. This is about £3728 less than was won in IS9S.

Mr V. Harris's team won sixteen races during the recent campaign at the festive period on the West Coast of the South Island.

The bracelet and necklace for the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club Winter Meeting" are to be ordered from the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London. The bracelet is to consist of a single diamond bangle.

A Napier writer says that Tire is evidently fast recovering from the accident that prevented him from starting in the Auckland Cup, for on landing at home he moved jauntily enough, and showed no apparent signs of suffering. At a recent meeting of the committee of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Glib, F. Kingan's jockey's license wa3 suspended for failing to fulfil an engagement to ride at the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's summer meeting. Just prior to last files leaving England, the Anglo-Colonial sportsman Mr VV. T. Jones disposed of his racing string. Airs and Graces was sold To the French sportsman and breeder M. Blanc for 3000gns., but the others went for rather poor prices. On the same day the racehorse Eager brought 3500gns. V