DUNEDIN.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8964, 30 November 1894, Page 3

DUNEDIN.

_. . . November 19. My information «3 that Casket i* very L ?». fco K ° to Auckland. Thi. colt, - e ?K I v b * s regular succession of defeats, is the be.t of the Castors yet seen racing. He is a beggar to run wide. They reckon that, owing to bis wilfulness, he ran 50yds further than anything else in the Canterbury Cup. Tb e Taieri Club is up in arms against -he recent decision of the Conference to exclude from the concession as to stake limit clubs racing within twenty miles of a Metropolitan course, and I understand that step 3 will be taken to make same representation as to the injustice of the arrangement. The present feeling cf the Taieri Club is thatrhe D.J.C should retain supervision of the O.ago district and have no baud or lot iv the proposal- for a court of appeal.

Tempest's £oal, a colt, was never seen alive. _ It appears to h»ve been smothered in a ditch soon after birth. Messrs Stephenson and Hazlett's stable was not represented at. the recent racing carnival, and as the public therefore have so far no idea of what this generally powerful team are likely to do at Danedin and elsewhere, I went out on Sunday at stable time. I was fortunate enough to meet at the stable Mr John Stephenson, who returned recently from a trip to the other aide. He and 1 went round the boxes together, Sid. Bishop superintending and explaining. He is a good hand at that sort of thing, having a happy knack of telling one all ahout a horse in a few sentences. The first fellow we looked at wa* the bay colt, two years of age. called Gipsy Grand, by Grandmaster—Naomi. He is the bigger of the pair sent over to the stables last season by James Monaghan, and a fine handsome colt; quite a three-year-old in measurements and general appearance. I like this fellow very much, but from his make I should say that he is hardly likely to be seen at his best this season. So far he has trained on most satisfactorily. His nexodoor neighbour is Hippomenes, whose looks betray the fact that he has done a fair amount of work; indeed, he seems to mc to be a trifle on the light side, bat with this horse appearances are most deceptive. None of the other trainers would have him for the Birthday Handicap. Yet he ran a brilliant race and won. Perhaps he is on the eve of another surprise, but somehow or other I do not fancy he will accept for the Otago Cup. Forbury i 3 looking exceedingly well in lm coat, but those lees of his give him away completely for looks, and it may be as well to mention that his triHning consists partly of swimming. Bishop has, in fact, had to ease him up a bit, and it will be impossible to have him at his best at the coming; meeting. He will not accept for the Federal Handicap. Though big and unsound, he is by no means knocked out, and may possibly gee half a mile. Duckenfield, as he stands in bis box, loots short and leggy and quite a plain horae all over. Moreover, he does not move as fast in training, so they tell mc, as a horse of his breediag (The Australian Peer—New Holland) might be expected to. But, as Bishop says, he may get faster as he gets older, and in this hope he is kept pegging away, being quite sound. Outpoat, as usual, catches the eye at once as a stylish horse. He has been pretty regularly 111 Work fever" since the Wlutel , »"»<i thoaKh that lee oE liis ca.uses soma? SrillSii'-li'iliTffl iii horse that is coming through a. careful preparation. He has lengthened since last seen out, but not grown up much. Hβ may be expected, when he does dou colours to present a very showy appearance. 1 expect that he will have :t run in the Cap, or one of the other band:caps at the meeting. Neva has been partly trained by being hacked about, and it may be chat she will get; a chance noon to prove finally whether she can race, or is useful only for carrying purposes. 'Wild Feer,thetwo-year-oldCQltbyTlieAußtra,!iaii Peer from Wildfire, has not long recovered from an attack of strangles, and this thVew him back a bir, but still he is pretty forward and may run fairly well if tried this month, as I expect he will be. From his looks he might be fast, but they say he is a bit awkward ia his action, one of his front legs turning in as he gallops. I cannot Ray that I really expect the stable to do great things this spring, but surprises are ajvygys possible at racing,,. aud 4 if BUhpp shoiili have the luck to lead in a"winner this month, the result will be well received, for it is a popular stable that he is connected with, and one that the public always follow with the certainty of & square run. Neither of the owners are betting men. They go for the stakes.

James Cotton has iv hand the two-year-old colt Clairvoyant, by St Clair from a sister to R.thamst.ad, by Gorton— Hippona.