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NOTES. [IS Y FI.AXEUH.] Oain< v Step finished well in . 1 1 or races at. Oinki, and the- daughter of Liieullus should win a race soon. A northern paper reports that the Whatigttrei Racing ( ltd) has purchased the slid- , lion Mountain Knight. , ( ! An offer of 409gns did not tempi. H. f>. Henry to part with his trotter '1 he Number at Christchurch. Henry is returning to Australia. , Oaisford has Mattock, Mark Time and Projector in work on the Hulls course. l'ro]eck)r looks rough, and lias not built tip ns expected. In 1919 the total put through the machine,! al the A.R.G winter meeting came to £205.638; 1920, £220,391; 1921, £272,294 10s; 1922, £212,615 10», I It is understood that “’led”. Penman, ( Otuki trainer, was offered a big inducement to lake up residence al Auckland, but turned the proposal down. j Adrienne, in M. King's stable, keliding, | ha.- qualified as a hunter for this season, t and is to race at the Hawke's Hay meetings. Oaisford will also lake a team ti.ciu.-s. A well-known Eoxton sport-man is re-1 ported to h ive asked Mrs M. A. Perry to put a price on the two Demosthenes' youngsters from Rungiao and 'l ino PlUtgo, t Mrs Tilley, wife o! Mr i'red. lilley, the. well-known' Eordell trainer, recently ur- j n\ed in England, nccompi uied by her two ■ children. Mrs Tilley purposes remaining in the Homeland for some months. The South Island-owned ( alma has the* liatidv impost of 9.0 in the Napier Park t Steeplechase, three miles. If the daughter . of Calibre is to make a name for herself; in the North I-land now is her opportunity. ■ M, MeCurten was the most successful j rider at tile Otuki meeting, notching live wins, C. E'-ance. two; R. Mackie, \\. Fielding, L. Pine. T, Voting, L Butler, 1 { 1 Jut wards and \\. Anting ope win apieie. [ Atickiand trained animals hud the treble, to themselves, Poatiui winning the big Hurdles. Archie the Cornwall Handicap and | Sea De’il the big Steeplechase. As each j northerner won decisively there can he no grumbling. . . Some of the jockeys riding in jumping events at Kllerslie on Saturday were ordered hv the chief stipendiary steward, Mr J. McMahon, to lengthen their stirrup leathers and it may he guessed that there was good , I rea.--.iU for the action I liken. Mr Frank Yale, well known in trotting | circles, died at Chri-iclmrch on Wednesdaymorning. Mr Vale bred many high-class j animals, including Ottawa, Coal . King, j Tatsy Dillon, Archlight, lately Teddmgtoii, I.adv Cole and Astmio. Whizz Hang started on iwo occasions, on j the flat, at Otaki, hut failed to run into it : place. ' Do can gallop fast, but hurdling is his game '1 he son ot Hus-I baudman won two hurdle . races at- trio Wanganui meeting and, judiciously placed, will win some more. Many early bettors on the Great i Northern Stoepkchusc- have good cause to remember Ngata. 'i he Mamupolo gelding claimed a lot of attention for the, Ellcrshe nice both last year and _ this, only, however, io leave his large circle oi followers lamenting without even a run. The following is a list of the principal winning payments to be t maHo- over tinA.R.C. winter meeting: —Win. (ttscx. £2300; D. i. Meredith. £2000; A. N, Dim-le. £1050; Erie Kiddilord, £950; R. Ila niton. £80U; Hon. K. W. Alison, £700; Finest Alison, £700; 11. Kriedlander, £700; C. and F Peach, £700; R. T, Reid, £7CO; ! W. G. Hnrrcu. £660; James Hull, £500;

ll.' .1. Palmer, £500; W. H. Kemhall, £4OO After having passed through several hands, boiltg somewhat of a failure'as a racehorse. Sea De’il. winner of the G.N. Steeplechase, was purchased hy Mr 1). 1. .Meredith for £lO. Last year the son of Seaton Delaval cattle out ol his shell, and won £1740. This season he has won £2300 in stakes, so that Mr Meredith has good reason to regard with a deal of pleasure the day on which he secured the chestnut '■elding. Sea De'il was foaled in 1912. r Mr (', W, L Mutchisott lean his duties as ti stipendiary steward with the A.J.t • on June Ist. -Mr Mttrchßon was an amateur rider in the t'astlereagh district, inan> vears ago, and took a prominent p i" in many picnic races. He began Mi|i(*n(liAry with m** nonii ( * north-west racing associations, and then, after relieving in the moiropohs. acted with Ihe Newcastle Racing flat, for three years. Two years ago he received a similar ap point incut in New Zealand, hut resigned on being placed in an independent position hy the acquisition oi the estate ol It’s hue unde. Mr Roderick Murchison, and returned to New South Wales. While being schooled at Randwtck recently llaonia. which was ridden hy G. Dally, was responsible for a remarkable jump. The lirst: jump cleared was the one near the mile post, and quickly outpacing Ihe others llaonia “look oil'” long before Ihe obstacle was reached. Those who were dose to the fence almost held their breath while he was “in the air.” until he landed safely on the other side. The distance from where llaonia took off was measured to he 15fi, ami win?iv Ik? lamlml uas 911 ilu* otlioi side of the fence. Ihe obstacle, which is a still’ brush fence, is fully 3ft wide, with a jo g in front of it another foot wide, so the distance cleared hy llaonia was at least 28ft.