ROUND THE WORLD.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9606, 22 December 1896, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

The death is reported from Sydney, of Mr Wm. Darwin, whose Melbrodale won the Summer Cup in 1880. At the Collarenedri (N.S.W.) races on November 27th, there was a dead heat between three in the chief race. Winkfield's Pride for the Cambridgeshire was, says the Field, a well planned coup, and.his success meant the taking of the best pact; of £50,000 out of the ring.Riley Grannan, the Western plunger, who was disqualified by the American Jockey Club for malpractices, has, pending argument of his case in the courts, obtained an injunction compelling the clubs to give him the privilege of attending meetings. At Adelaide last Saturday (says an Australian exchange of December sth) the tote div.. were respectively .*—£4 6s, £19 lis, £3 12s, £18 2s, £3 19s, "£l3 4s. At Randwick the starting prices of the winners were severally: 2t01,6t04,5 to 4, sto 1,10 to 1. Aftor that, wliat poor punter doesn't say Tote? At the Ascot (Victoria) pony races on November 25th, when the connections of a previous winner; Elfie, Were carpeted for suspicious running, both the jockey and the owner candidly admitted that the pony was' run "dead." McDermott, the owner, stated he wanted to back the pony, but could not get on at a satisfactory price, and issued instructions to the rider not to win. A month's disqualification was all that was meted out. . They do not go in much for steeplechasing in the United States, and judging by the accounts of the few cross-country events that they have, the jumpers are a poor lot. In the Steeplechase at Morris Park on November 3rd a son of Sir Modred was successful, the account of the race reading :—Midgeley was the favourite, with Decapod second choice. Midgeley and Rey del Mar were running head and head with Decapod, when they fell. Rey del Mar, who broke his leg, fell on Brazil and Midgeley went over them. Midgeley ran away, crashed into a fence and smashed his shoulder. Mara, pulled Brazil out, bruised, but not seriously injured. Decapod won, but he was so tired that he could, scarcely stagger home. St Luke finished second with the tendon showing in his foreleg where he had sliced himself. All of the others fell, but Baroness was remounted by a stableman, Tim Donohue, and was ridden over *the. course, securing third money. Tidman, when going easily, and apparently a most dangerous outsider, fell at the bank at a mile and a half, but was remounted and finished fourth. Writing of the Newminster Park Stud where Newhaven's sire spent his last days, " Asmodeus " says : — Zalinski is the sultan of the harem, and it will be -passing strange if this young lord de Jiaras' does not perpetuate the fame of the family which he represents. Mr Chirnside gave 2500gs for Zalinski, who has grown into a remarkably fine stallion, and now bears a very striking likenessto his three-quarter brother, Trenton. As a racehorsej was without doubt one of Frailty's best sons, and his yearlings andfoals now running about the paddocks do him the utmost credit. The majority' of them bear such a strong resemblance to their sire that they can readily be identified as ypung Zalinskis. Zalinski shows no trace of the season's active service he has just completed, and is so healthy and vigorous that with ordinary luck his career promises to be as extended as that of Trenton. "Terlinga" in the Australasian says:— In addition to the Perturbation and Patricia cases, the V.R.C. has got another little case of alleged conspiracy in hand. About ten days ago.. Mr Wright, the club's detective, received instructions to try and find out if there is any foundation for a story which has been going the rounds concerning an attempt to make Thunder Queen safe for the Oaks at the late V.R.C. Meeting. Owing to the Perturbation and Patricia investigations having occupied his time pretty fully Lately, Mr Wright has not yet started on the other matter. The parties most likely to be able to give particulars of this " hocussing" story are ont of the colony, and it may be some time before the tale, which was started three weeks ago, and has been gradually gaining strength since, can be either confirmed or disproved. As I remarked at the time, "the betting on the Oake was most peculiar. Thunder Queen opened at 3 to 1 on, and gradually receded to even money. Some of the bookmakers evidently thought something was wrong. As it turned ont, they were wrong." There is no doubt in the world about some bookmakers thinking they had grounds for supposing that' Thunder Queen could not win the Oaks, but whether there is any foundation for the sensational story of Miraculum getting a ball which was madup for Thunder Queen's benefit is quite another matter., .1 believe the betting over the Oaks was reported upon by Mr Fraser at the first committee meeting subsequent to the Spring Meeting. ;,...'■