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Nominations for the Ashbnrton T.C.s "Winter Meeting close tins evening. When tho last mail left England a great race was going on for the premier place among jockeys ridincr on the flat. C. Trigg nnd F. Wootton claimed 14 winners r-nrh, and D. Mnher had won 13 races, but while Trijrg had had GO mounts, F. Wootton had only 41, and D. Mnher 34. At that staup of the season W. Hiivlpy, of Sydney,'" had six wins to h's credit.

Nominations for the Hawke's Bay J.C.s Winter Meeting close this evenins.

The Auckland horseman 13. Deeley will i:ot be riding at tho A.R.C. Winter Mnctisux. ?.« he is fn.llv engaged at the Otaki lixturf, which clashes "with the E'iors.'e Catherine. D.-rby Pan!, which won tho Centnry Third "s, is statod to }:ave made a very Pl 7 1>llOT: first nut into work, md was £:ivcn a turn in barneys, and then put into work again with beneficial rcsnlt-s.

The many, friends of J. H. Proper w>ll r??ret to hear that lie suffered a soy.-re Joys on Monday in the dc-th of his w-Te.

It nnroars that Torbello went amiss nt Uancrnniii, and is unlikely to be ae.TTi trained. He has been "a most disappointing gelding, and must have fo?t his owner-trainer, J. H. Prosser, a ix)t of money.

Jingling Gcordie, a good English throe-year-eld winner, was a great iJerby fancy of the "Special Commissioner" of London "S';orteman r, when the last mail to hand left Britain, liiat authority remarked "that tlie takiijg of short "rices about I.onioiid or \\ hito Star for the Derby is madm-B, a that is likely to be verified by Jinglinc; Geordie." During the week precedincj the departure of the mail Mist to hand his Majesty's colours were twice successful. Pintiuk-au and Thrace each securing gwxi stakes. As the King had prev.otisiy won races with Doraiido and Carol Singer, h 0 has o'xmed the season s account auspiciously. A meeting of the committee of the Oran Jockey Club was held on Monday night. Mr J. Kennedy (president) in the chair. A financial statement was presented which showed that the last race meeting held entailed a loss of « As the clvb > however, had still a sufficient balance in hand, it was decided to carry on and apply for a permit to hold the usual meet in" , . It was also decided to try to >jet a permit for a totahsator, which had been refused last year.

The Auckland agent of the Press Association telegraphs that t!io interest attaching to the Auckland ltacins Club's Steeplechase Meeting, which takes place t-o-morrow and Monday, was yesterday morning manifested at Ellerslie, when fully a thousand people assembled on the course to see the final gallops of the horses competing at tho meeting. Over 200 horses were worked. Touts were early on tho scene, and by 9 o'clock there were quite a thousand people present, the Club's officers having the greatest difficulty in keeping the course clear.

Mr J. C. N. Grigg has purchased the two-year-old filly Lady Marcia, l<y Martian—Lady Lillian. A special meeting of the stewards of tho Amberley Steeplechase Club was held on Monday last for tho purpose of passing a regulation which had been (duly drawn up by the Club's solicitor and approved of by his Excellency the Governor, granting the Club authority for the removal of bookmakers and undesirables from the course." The chairman, Mr G. B. Starky, moved the adoption of tho regulation and, being seconded by Mr 6. A. McLean, was unanimously approved of.