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Acceptances for the North '-. Otago Jockey Club's Winter Meeting close to-morrow evening. Nominations for the Canterbury Park T.C.s Winter Meeting closo this evening. * ' For the Union Jack Stakes at Liverpool, on April 3rd, Craganour started at odds on, but he was.unexpectedly beaten by Mr E. Hulton's Flippant, by Marcovil, from Flitters, who, ridden by F. Wootton, beat tho favourite by a length. On the same day ; Mr Hulton won the Liverpool Spring Cup with the four-year-old Scot's Saint, by St. Aidan, from Fair Jean.

The Brocklesby Stakes, the first important two-year-old race of the English season, run at Lincoln on April 2nd, was won by Mr Lionel Robinson's filly Decagone, by Martagon—sire of Martian—from Desca, by Desmond, from High Feather, by Henry of Navarre. Half-a-dozen of the officers of the battleship H.M.S. New Zealand wero out with the Pakuranga Hounds on Wednesday at Pigeon Mountain, in tho Pakuranga country, and they all got mounts and enjoyed tho sport, though none were finished horsemen by any means. One of the number got knocked off his mount by coming into collision with the limb of a tree, and received a scalp wound, which bled profusely for a time. Nothing daunted, he persisted in going on with the game, and at each obstacle that came in the line of country "let go everything" in contradistinction to his fellow officers, who made good use of the pommels of their saddles and hung on bravely, though some had hair-breadth escapes before the return to the city had to be made. The young sailor had come off six times altogether, and though he treated his injury lightly like a good sportsman, it is feared that he will always carry a wound scar to remind him probably of the first hare and hound run that he waa ever engaged in. Mr T. H. Lowry-s private trainer. F. Davis, has recently taken in hand a quartet of promising two-year-olds. Tho batch consists of a fullsister to Blackguard (Royal FusilierGossip), a full-sister to Beldame (Royal Fusilier—La Cloche), a colt by Charlemagne II. —Neva, who is therefore a. half-blooded relative to Danube, and a rising three-year-old gelded son*?' Royal Artillery and Quietest. This horse was purchased by Mr Lowry for 120gns at Sydney in April of last year. Pelican, who is a more than haltbrotiier to the defunct 'chaser Corazon, came a cropper last lhursday while schooling over tho country on

the track at Hastings. He waa on tin *■ track fencing again on Saturday morn. ' - ing, so that nothing of a serious nature '"■- ---lias ensued from the mishap. Pelican! * who is the property of Sir Wm. Rusl -• * selL i s one of V. H. Colello's pupils Downham, Jason, and Football who * havo lately hcen added to the .list " ' havo all got over the effects of the " 1 operation satisfactorily ~ Cheddar and Culprit, who are bei ne '. spelled at Ngatarawa, will bo brought . in early next month. The Rover gave a first-class displat over the battens ono morning last w<*_ in company with Chief Marshal at Hastings.

It was reported shortly after the, taster Mooting of tho Australian Jockey Club that a bookmaker operating in Melbourne had an agent in Sydney laying odds for him. It transpires that the bookmaker backed the horse at Melbourne that his agent was laying in Sydney. Tho horse won, and he collected from the Melbourne pen* cillers ami left his Sydney agent without a cent to pay up with. Tho book.' maker who did this was an ex-New Zealander who resided in tho South Island, and is said to have made a big scoop and to have quitted the Commonwealth.

While racing recently near Sydney, Goodwin Sand\ carrying 9st lib in** mile raco. was fancied, but slipped, fell, and injured her withers. The daughter oi _vnilt has Ik-oii very unlucky.