ROUND THE WORLD.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9357, 5 March 1896, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

It is said that the new betting act, if passed in Victoria, will shut up the unregistered racecourses there. The recent spatial meeting of the Victoria Racing Club rejected Mr Garmson's proposals submitted -'for the better regulation " of the sport. Some time ago a paragraph went through the papers saying that*Mr fc>. R. Wilson had been asked to select a horse for Sir Gerard Smith, the West Australian Governor. There was no foundation for this statement, says the Australasian. . Four and five-year-olds appear to be most successful in the Newmarket Handicap, to be run on Saturday next, eight.of the former and nine of the latter having annexed the stake. Three-year-olds won on four occasions and a six-year-old once. Lena by Creswick—Web, 6yrs, carrying 7st slb, won the Hobart Cup on the 13th inst. Mischief (7st Sib) finished second, half a length away, while Mountaineer (7st 71b) was third. * Harefield (7st 101b) was a warm favourite, and there were three other starters. Lena paid a dividend of £9 ls. Three-year-olds have won the Australian Cup ten "times in thirty-three years; aaed horses eight, four-year-olds seven, and five and six-year-olds four each. This year, the field will likely be small, but, so far, nine four-year-olds, seven three-year-olds, four five-year-olds and four six-year-olds grace the bill." The only aged horses are Admiral and Taurus, who may not start. Mr Charles Littlofield, who had charge of Mr .7. R. Keene'B horses in the Foxhall days (says a London paper of January 10th) is going to run a few Over here "on his own," for he recently lodged the necessary veterinary certificates of four two-year-olds, viz., Brave Himyar, by Himyar out of Bravoura ; David 11., by Tenny out of Quesal ; Dutchman 11., by Teuton out of Alta Blue ; and Gessler, by Tyrant out of Cresset. . And this is by no means the end of the Amei*ican equine invasion, for on January 4th there arrived at Newmarket a further contingent of thoroughbreds, being a batch belonging to the Messrs Wishard and Duke. These came over in charge of one of the brothers Wishard, and are tempororily located at Mt-3 Alderoft's stables. There are something like fifty American racehorses of various ages now located at Newmarket, '■Billy" Rogers having charge of one tidy string, as has. Jacob Pincus, who is located at Park Paddocks with Mr P. Lorillard's lot. George Porter's lot, if foaled in America, are of English paternity—at any rate ' they seem less American than the others ; but young Jack Watson has charge of three belonging to Mr August Belmont, viz., Tagus, oy Rayon, dOr—Queen F. : Glorious, by Rayon d'Q;-- —Glory; and Terpsichore 11., by St. Blaise —Reel Dame. All these are two-year-olds. We hear that other American owners are bringing horses over. Referring to some of the youngsters a London exchange says:—From what we hear, the ex-Premier's delicate colours are likely to be carried prbinjuently'\this season by.; more than one useful twof'year-old. ■" Repor." speaks highly of a half sister to oLadas; by the young Ormonde hoi'ley Goldfinch, who is already said to have shown old Matt that she can catch trains. She is heavily engaged, tint, all going well with her, she wul first carry silk for the Hyde Park Plate at Epsom. There is a two-year-old in Porter's string, the joint property of Lord Alington and Sir Frederick Johnstone, that if illustrious parentage counts for aught ought, to turn out a veritable Ormonde. This is Simmer, a brown colt by St. Simon but of tlie famous Dutch Oven.

Says- "Ranger " :—I nolice that.the two-year-old brother to Ormonde, the chestnut colt by Bend Or—Lily Agues, now in training at" Kingsclere, is called Orelio. The Duke of Westminister has an evident partiality for the name, for in 1892, a chestnut colt—own brother to the present two-year-old—was also called Orelio. He', howover, died when a two-year-old before he was able to make an appearance on a racecourse. This was a very unfortunate occurr- | ence, for to judge by the long string of I engagements made for him he must have been a very promising youngster. The present Orelio is probably the last chance of I a smashing brother to the great Ormonde I that there will be, for Lily Agnes is now in I her twenty-fifth year, and according to the j return in the recently issued supplement to ! the Stud Book is not in foal at the present ! time. From all accounts Orelio is a very fine youngster, though,' as was the case with his two own brothers, he is not likely to show to advantage early in the season. We shall probably have to wait until the back-end Newmarket meetings before we can form -in opinion whether the produce of the old mare more nearly approaches Ormonde or Ossory. The Suppression of Betting Bill is "a measure over which disagreements have arisen between the two Victorian Legislative Chambers. The Assembly inserted a provision exempting racecourses registered by the Victorian Racing Club, but the Council objected. The mover of the original j amendment moved that the House should insist on the amendment. Mr Longmore agreed with the Council, fend said he failed to see why Flemington any. Caulfleld should have a license to indulge, in vice. He would make it penal to bet. Look at the number of young men who had blown their brains out through rash bets. Mr Hancpck, who j prides himself on his ability to pick doubles, remarked that they could not have hadmnch brains. His opinio*} was that, if they ! wanted to put down racing they should be thorough. He suggested to make it penal for the poor newspaper man,-and to fix a fine of £100 for the first| offence in publishing betting quotations, with.£looo fine for the second offence, and twelve months for the editor without option, for the third repetition. Probably fearing that the next suggestion would be a torture chamber the J_ouse decided to insist on the amendment. The spring entries,: taken all round must be deemed satisfactory says the Liceimd Victuallers 1 Gazette oi January 10th. No fewer than sixty-four subscribe to the Grand National, and of the young school the .most conspicuous are Nepeote, Lord William, Lord Percy, and Alpheus, the latter alone representing Mr Vyner. The Messrs Widger hold a strong hand with Miss Anthony, Miss Baron, Wild Man from Borneo, and Victor, while Waterford, who is likewise trained by Roser, appears in the entry, as everyone expected. The much-improved March Hare has been nominated, as have also Cathal, The Jew, Moriarty, Marcellus, and the smart hurdler, Swaledale, while New Zealand is represented by Norton, and, as usual, the Irish hand is a strong one, for beyond The Jew and those belonging to the Messrs Widger, Mr H. M. Dyas h_3 a trio {including Gentle Ida and Manifesto) and Fleetwing, the property of Mr Corbally, may prove a formidable candidate. Cloister is missing from the list, but old familiars crop up in the shape of Not, Father OTlran, The Midshipmite, ___op, Horizon, and Red-ill, so that the handicapper has an interesting task before, him.

Of the sixty-two subscribers to the Lincolnshire Handicap, the odd couple _re three-year-olds, viz., Gulistan and the Yankee colt Montauk, the latter being one of Mr Richard quartette, the others being Santa Anita, 5 yrs, Sir Excess, 5 yrs, and Americus, 4 yrs. Class is well represented by such performers as Clorane, Wise Virgin, Laodamia," Worcester, Gangway, Lesterlin, El Diablo, Axnandier, Medicis, Mountain Chief, Count Schomberg, Missal, Easter Gift, Indian Queen, Court Ball, Clwyd

and Hebron, whilea French candidate appears in Vigoureux. a four-year-old, nominated by M. de St. Alary. Fifty-seven subscribe to the City and Suburban,"eight of these being three-year-olds, the best known of which comprise Gnlistan, Funny Boat, and Tambour. Lord AVjlliam Beresford has entered the Australian impostor, Paris 111. ; and other "aged" competitors are Amandier and Favora, the. latter of whom has so frequently shown his partiality for the Epsom gradient albeit the City and Suburban distance miy be a bit beyond his tether. Mr Crocker is represented by Santa Anita and Sir Excess in addition to Montauk, and M r Basset depends on the same trio as at Lincoln viz.; Clorane, Wise Virgin, and Lady Tertius. Colonel North looks formidable with. Red Heart, Clwyd, Hebron, and Wherwell, while other good horses iv the list are the Oak's winner, La Sagesse, Worcester, Count .Schomberg, Court Ball, and Stowmarket. s Calceolaire, Cherbourg 11., and Dormeuse are French aspirants, the first-mentioned of whom is a very likely candidate indeed, if not over-burdened ; but on the whole, the quality is lacking in this year's entry for the popular Epsom handicap. The companion race, the Metropolitan, has fifty-live subscribers, the most notable being Rockdove, Cornbury, The Docker, Merry wise. Telescope, Kisallaghan, Cypria, Noah's Ark, Calceolaire, Bevil, Bride of the Sea, Filepa, Boxer, and Scotch Wisdom, the latter of whom is sure to secure a good race for Colonel North. Several of these crop up again in the Chester Cup(47 subs.), but there is a better class engaged here, as, for instance, Clorane, Portmarnock, Rockdove, Baj*d of Avon, Highland, The Rush, Reminder, Earwig, Bowline, old Newcourt, The Russian, Boxer, Scotcli Wisdom, Contract, and Noah's Ark, while I see that Mr John Corlett has entered Marston Aloor, presumably with the hope of capturing one of those " Champion Prize Cheshire Cheeses " which willbe presented to the owners of the first, second, and third horses.