SPORTING.

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SPORTING.

NOTES. Tile Winter Mooting of the Victoria Racing Club will be continued to-day a« Fiemington. It berag an off duy, tlie events are not of an important nature, the only two of any special interest being tho Keilor ilurdlo Race, in which Aiaahua, Waipu, and Gaohucu are , engaged, and tilie Kensington Steeplechase, which is likely to bs confined entirely to Australia n-awncd horses. I'h© meeting will bo "brought to a conclusion on Saturday, wlli-en the valuable V.11.C. Grand National Steeplechase will como on for decision. The heavy rain that has 'fallen almost continuously during the past week has left the traoks at Riiocarton in a wretched state. By reason of tJiis, fast work of any kind ha« been nest to inrpossiblo. a fact that ■will prejudice the dhaiices of tiho local horses intondea to conrpete at the Wellington Meeting next week. Amongst them are Burns, ProbaWe, Slow Tom, Virtus, Stronghold. Paragon, and Caratiiia, all of wham will i>e jenvi-ng for Trentham in tiio coiiTse of a few day*}. The well-known trotting stallion Specification, who was imported from America sotno ftftaen years ago, died at his owner's (-Mr J. Holtnw) station. Bangor. a' few dayu at the age of twonty-two. Dtfring his rneing career tfce son of Contractor and Xat> Merryhawk won soreral important races and eetablisihfd a world's--three-mile record. He left a nuTT-ber cf nw-ful horses, all of whom were ivoted- for stamina. Tho full conditions of '•'Blocd Fitodc Valuation C/wnprtuicn" n?«_set out on pa£p R*2 of "The Woc-klv Prcr"." "Pile <r"T>nptition r> in ttH- ,, t?i'e Ynldhiuvt sal« of blood stode, and ton gumoas in priasce are offered.