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Nominations for several events at tho Auckland Racing Club's "Winter Jkeiing dose this evening. At the Le Bon's Bay races, held on Tuesday last, tho principal events re srlted iis follow :—Maiden Plate—Marlite. 10st 31b. 1; Slave, fet 71b, 2; Doctor. 10ot, 3. Maiden Ti - f —UardWiKid, osec, 1 : Wooddale. 2; Plain Child. 3. Le JJons Cup—Marlite, 10st 31b, 1: Knocklyn. 10st 21b, 2; Great Gun, list 3. Handicap Trot-HaH-wood 1. Tilikitm 2, Sit rue 4 mo H. T"'lyimr Hand leap —Kalitlu, lOst, 1; Marlite, list lib, 2; Rocket, list, 3. Tho following penalties have, been imposed in connection -villi tne Hawke's Bay Jcckey Club's .AJeoting :— Hack Hurdles. Coroxen 101b; Porangahail Handicap, Flitawav 71b: Hn\M's Bay Cup, Sir Tristram olb; Karamea Hurdles. Kairoma 101b: Pokawa Hack Handicap, Illustrious 31b. The well-known Riccarton trainer, Geo. Matthews, is seriously ill in the Christcliureh Hospital. When eomi>eting at tho Hokitika Meeting the well-known gelding, Count Gorton, ricked his back and sustained such serious injuries as to necessitate his destruction.

At the Sydney sales, Mr George Currie, of Wanganui, purchased the two-year-old English-bred filly, Bonny Jean, by Symington, eon of Ayrshire, from Siphonia, by St. Simon, for 200' guineas. Bonny Jean is unbroken. In order to comply with the requests from provincial racing institutions for the services of stipendiary stewards, the A.J.C. proposo to license from tinio to time a certain number of officers to act in that capacity at the race meetings of such country clubs as may requisition for them. The minimum rate of remuneration has been fixed at £5 5s per racing day, and ordinary expenses, payable by the club employing them, but no definite salary is guaranteed. An English sporting writer says:— "Amateurs in whom little confidence had bern placed have nevertheless won 'Liverpools.' Ido not remember Austerlitz, but read that those who fancied the horse were horrified to find that Mr F. G. Hobson insisted on riding it himself, and I believe he was offered a substantial sum to allow a iockey to take his place. Lord Manners, who had had no experience of 'chasing, not only won on Seaman in 1882, but beat one of the most accomplished riders of the day; and in the following year Count Kinsky did not inspire the least confidence, but nevertheless won on his mare, Zoedone. Mr David Campbell, too, would certainly not have been chosen for The Soarer, but that when he sold the horse to Colonel HallWalker one of his conditions was that he should ride, and he, too, was victorious. Amateurs have done extraordinarily well at Liveroool."