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A Press Association messago from ( Wanganui states that Master Tupuhi , has been scratched for the Cup. 1 Tho Western Australian lurf Club 1 made a profit of £11,000 on its Perth Cup Meeting. Last year tho club mado a profit of £9450. and they increased the stake money for the annual meet- r . ing from £10,000 to- £11,600, while extra money was also set opart for other races. . ] Sea Pink, who has been resting since Mr- E. J. Watt bought him at Auck- _ land in the early part of tho year, has 1 been put into commission again by T. 1 Quinlivan. ; W. Davies, a well-known Wellington _] owner-trainer, contemplates taking '; tliat pood son of Field Battery, Sonito, ] to Australia, with the view of racing ] him. Meantime, a number of his 1 brood mares havo been placed tinder 1 offer to a Victorian breeder. '. Football, a rising two-year-old son , of Float's, by All Black, and a colt j of tho same age, by All Black—La _ Notte. have been put into work by i T. Quiulivan. Tho latter colt is a halfbrother to Nightfall. Noctuifonn, Mid- j night Sun, and Moonbria. I It. Berry will ride Lady Menschikcff _. in the Wanganui Cup, to bo decided < to-morrow. < A sensation was recently caused in racing circles on tho Rand by the 1 action of the Johannesburg Turf Club '■ in accepting an entry for the Summer (Christmas) Meeting from a native. An exchange says that the native is a_ well-known Basuto chief named N'Tsicng, whoso horse, Mow. was nominated for several races, but, says the contemporary, "it is felt by many members ot tho club,that a precedent will bo created which may lead to very great difficulties in "the future. Hitherto tho policy of the Turf Club has been extremely strict, coloured trainers for horses innning under their rules 'barred,' also coloured jockeys. Natives and Indians have been allowed to run horses in Natal and at the Cape, but this practice has been 'tabu' in the Transvaal, and it is felt that a great mistake lias been made in departing from the policy enforced for so many years. Moreover, it is pointed out that whilst the nomination of a native has been accepted, the Turf Club will not allow a white woman who owns horses to enter them at their meetings. A number of men- < bers of the Turf Club have openly de- ; dared their intention of resigning :'r ! tho new policy is continued." ° !