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RACING AND TROTTING NOTES. (Bt "Loo*m-Oi».") A special train will leave Christohurch at 9.20 a.m. to-morrow and on Friday for the Ashburton races. Handicaps for the C.J.C. Stewards Handicap are due on Friday. Accopt traces for the Wellington Eaomg Club's Spring Meeting close on: Friday. Forfeits for the Champion Plate at' the Wellington Meeting must be made on Friday. • At yesterday Gay Lad was given strong pace work once round on the plough, and pulled iip sound. He will not race at Ashbur-t-on, but may liave a run at the Rangiorat Meeting on Labour Day. Mr JGrigg has decided to run Gay Lad ini the New Zealand Cup :j possible, and he is to be worked with tiiat object iu view. Mr J. Grigp has had the misfortune to lose the colt foal that First Glance had to Martian this season. The Victoria Amateur Turf Club's Spring Meeting will be continued' at Caulfield to-day. The principal event is the Eclipse Stakes, a event over a mile and three furlongs, with penalties and allowances. Among those engaged are Artilleryman, Richmond Main, Surveyor, Ard-na-Ree, Prinoe Viridis, Golden Bubble, Snub, and Missgold. { "An Appeal to Isitfc Sober" is the heading under which Antisthenes in this week's "Referee" discusses Mr L. : M. Isitt's references to racing matters in the House of Representatives. Wayfarer deals with the recent racing in the North Island, and the I>unedin Jockey Club's Spring Meeting is reviewed by Locker-on. Mr H. Whitney's horses which wer6 competing at the Dunedin Meeting went North by the Manuka last ntght. Comment was inadvertently omitted from the nominations for the liangiora Cup. 1 (Br "Searchlight.") Nominations for the New Zealand Metropolitan T.C.'s November Meeting close on Wednesday next, at noon. In the handicaps for tho Gore Meeting, Laura Child, limit, was omitted from the Otama Trot, in which the handicaps of Anna and Rangitata Lass are 84 yards behind, not 48 yards, as telegraphed. VICTORIAN NOTES. (By ' Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) MELBOURNE, October 14. Training at Flomington wa» carried olit in- cold, light showers. Richmond Main (light-weight) ran seven furlongs in lmin32sec, Luteplayer six furlongs in lmin 19sec, Lucknow a mile in linifi 68sec, Chrome : half a mile,in 60} eec, and Nightwatoh nine furlongs on the grass in 2min lOseo. At Caulfield Dependence ran the best ten furlongs on' tho graaß. The time was 2mm lleec, the' first mile taking lmin 44eec. Hymestra teat > MissgoH over five furlongs <>n tho grass in lmin Beeo. Euaebius ran four furlongs on the graas, the of the morning, in 49sec. Ard Na Ree aiid Gambler's Gold ran a mile and a quarter easily in Qmin 23a0c.. Snub defeated Scornful, and Lord Nagar over » mile and a quarter on the grass ■in 2min ISiseo. Highflown ran eleven furlongs in Qmin 27seo and Vasukov three'forlonga in 42seo.