RACING FIXTURES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9202, 3 November 1888, Page 6

RACING FIXTURES.

New Zealand, November 6, 7, 8— Canterbury .Jockey Club November ft.—Wanpiinui Jockey Club. Novembers, —Auckland Racing Club. November 30, December I—Dunouln Jockey Club. November 30, December I—Wellingtonl—Wellington Racing Clui). December X—Tafcapuna. Jockey Club. _ , December 26, January 1, 2—Auckland Racing Club. December 20 and 27—Thames Jockoy Club. December 26— Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. Decembor 27—Drury Racing Club. December 29—South Auckland Racing Club. December 31—Canterbury Jockey Club. January 1, 2—Rangitikei Jockey Club. January It', 17—Taranaki Jockey Club. February 7, B—Wellington Racing Club. February 18, 14—Egmont Racing Club. February 20, 81, 23— Dunedin Jockoy Club. March 13, 19—Hiwke's Bay Jockey Club. April 22, 23—Canterbury Jockey Club. April 20, 2-2—Auckland Racing Club. Juno B—Auckland Racing Club. June 26—Hawke's Bav Jockey Club. Australian. November 8, 6, B,lo—Victoria Racing Club. DATES OF COMING EVENTS. November 3— V.R.C. Derby. November 6—Melbourne Cup. November 6—New Zealand Cup. November —Canterbury Derby. December 26— Auckland Cup.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

G.H. —Spade Guinea's time in the New Zealand Cup was 3inin 32sec, which is the fastest two mile record In New Zealand. K.C.T.—If the horse contested at an unregistered meeting, he is disqualified from racing at all meetings held under the Metropolitan rules. Query.—Swiveller (the sire of Mentor) Is by Snowdeu from Little Nell, by Yattemlon ; her dam Ada, by Pitsford from Esperanto, by Glaucus (Arab) out of Blue Bell, by (.Johanna (son of Rous' Emigrant) from Quadroon (unp.), by Mulatto. Swiveller is the winner of 22 races, amongst which were the Tasmanla.il Cup of £100;), V.U.O. Three and Four-year-old Handicaps, Launceston Gold Cup (twice), \Vagga Town Plate, V.RC. Esse ad on Stakes and Weld Stakes. The Ladies' Cup at Launceston he ■won with 13st 121b.

THE V.R.C. MEETING.

[BY PHAETON*.] To day will witness the curtain once again raised on the great annual Spring gathering held under the auspices of the Victoria Racing Club, at Flemington, and with the Centennial Exhibition as an additional "draw," the record on "Cup day" of 130,000 faces should on this occasion be broken, unless, perchance, Jupiter Fluvius should come on the scene with his wateringpot, as in Assyrian's year, and throw a damper on the proceedings. The white jacket, gold sash" of the Hon. W. Robinson will, on this occasion, be missing from the great carnival, and the task of holding up the credit of Maoriland will, therefore, devolve upon the Hon. Mr. Mitchelson, Mr. D. O'Brien, and Mr. J. Marshall. Though New Zealand (and particularly Auckland) has on many occasions had the credit of breeding grent winners, the successes of her sportsmen, when they have thrown down the gage of battle on Victorian territory, have, up to the present, been very small ; but it would seem, from the great favouritism shown for Carbine in connection with the Derby, as if the honour of wearing the blue riband was on this occasion to rest with a colt hailing from this colony ; and should Necklet and Whakawai each win their engagement in the Maribyrnong Plate and Melbourne Cup respectively, then indeed will the New Zealander's cup of joy be full to overflowing. The big event of the first day will, of course, be the Derby, the Mold, for which does not promise to be a very large one on this occasion, and at the time of writing I can only count six as likely to go to the post. By all accounts, Carbine has done capital work since his transportation to Victoria, and as he has had such a powerful companion as Malua to gallop with, we may be sure that the move that has been made in his favour is well merited. As a two-year-old the son of Musket and Mersey had not once to strike his colours, and as he is all over the cut of a colt equal to the task of carrying Sst 10lb over a mile and a-half, it will, I think, require something of a high order to silence him. Melos won the Hawkesbury Guineas and A.J.C. Derby like a racehorse, but it is admitted on all hands that he was a lone time shaking Volley off in the last-named race, and that he had really very little to spare. Whether that is so or not, it is, of course, very difficult- to say with accuracy, but judging from the support that has been accorded him for the race under review, his party are apparently very sanguine of his chance. After Ensign's defeat of Lamond in the Wycombe Stakes at the A.J.C. meeting, it looked as if the son of Grandmaster would play a prominent part in the Derby, but since his third to Mentor and Cyclops in the Caulfield Stakes, he has gone back considerably, and there now seems some doubt as to whether he will be amongst the starters. From her form in the A.J.C. Derby and Oaks, a strong-run mile and a-half is evidently beyond Volley's powers, and though it is very rightly argued that she was not supported down to 3 to 1 in August, without having shown the stable something of a high order, I cannot bring my mind to believe that she can turn the tables on Melos to-day. Aldivalloch is said to have made great improvement during the past three months, out his sire has been such a conspicuous failure as a winnerproducing parent, that I cannot fancy his chance. From what I can see, therefore, the race looks like a match between Carbine and Melos, and if the first-named is himself, that order will, I think, be the placing of the judge. The Cup is set down for decision on j Tuesday next, and though the number of starters will not exceed some former records, there seems every prospect of at least twenty-five horses going to the post. Of the top weights, Abercorn is the only one that has dropped out, but with four warriors such as Australian Peer (9st 81b), Malua (9st 71b), Carlyon (9st 31b), and Arsenal (9st) contesting, quality is fully represented. Of these tour, I think Malua stands out the most dangerous. Though he is nine years old, the great son of St. Albans is said to be striding along in his best style, and if that is really so, the best of those engaged will have to look to their laurels, for when thoroughly well 9st 71b will not stop him, as he clearly demonstrated in the Melbourne Cup of 1884 and Australian Cup of 1885, both of which events he won with 9st 91b in the saddle. If it were not for the fact, however, that he is in such astute hands, one Would certainly be inclined to come to the conclusion that the staunch support that has been accorded to Malua was more a matter of sentiment than anything else, for at nine years old a racehorse, as a rule, is well into the sear and yellow leaf ; but Mr. Inglis is suoh an astute turfite we may, I think, safely conclude that with a dry day on Tuesday Malua will be found in the first flight When the placing of thejudge isannounced. Bravo (Sst 51b) failed to stay out the Caulfield Cup journey under 21bs more, and with every prospect of a much larger and more high-class field, I cannot fancy his chance. Judging from the form which he displayed in the Caulfield Stakes, Mentor at Sst 31bs reads decidedly well, and as there seems to be no doubt of his being able to get two miles, his chance bears a very rosy aspect. The following which I take from the Sydney Referee concerning Mentor's victory at Caulfield, will be perused with interest, as tending to show the great merit attachable to the son of Swiveller's performance: —"Mentor's performance in the Caulfield Stakes, of a mile and a quarter and a distance, was a.bit of a staggerer, for although the bay son of Swiveller and Nightmare held (in conjunction with Ben Bolt) the mile and a quarter record in Australia2min SJsec— he had achieved that with the handicap weight of 7st 111b, and albeit he had been knocking the stuffing completely out of Enfilade on the training track at Flemington of a morning, these were not sufficient grounds to base a deduction upon that he would be able to put down such veritable equine giants as Carlyon, Malua, Australian Peer, and Ensign at weight-for-age. This much can be said in The Peer's favour, that he was carrying a 71b penalty; but for the others no plea can be pub forward to account for their defeat. They were each and all better supported in the betting than Mr. D. S. Wallace's horse, and as far as the race itself was concerned, had all the best of the position for three-fourths of the journey. The paoe was only moderate for half the distance, and Mentor was then completely out of the hunt to all appearance; but when he did come, it was like a shot out of a gun, Cyclops being the only one able to live with him at all. The last round (a mile and a-quaftef and sixty-four yards) was made in 2min. 15£ sec., which would return the mile and a-quarter as being traversed in about 2min. lljseo. (exceedingly good | for Caulfield), when it must be remem--1 bered that the pace was never properly Dub

on by Mentor until the last six furlongs. Another thing that makes the go even better than it reads, is the fact that Mentor is susceptible of still further improvement before the first Tuesday in November, as Hickenbotham has not thoroughly wound him up yet. Should he be successful in doing so, whatever beat 3 him will just about annex the great two-mile event of the year." Mentor is engaged in the Melbourne Stakes, to be run to-day, and should he again prove his superiority over Malua and Co., he will certainly prove a hard nut to crack in the race under review. Cyclops (Sst 31b) would appear to have a show, from the race he ran with Mentor in the Caulfield Stakes, and he may be one to bring about a surprise. Dick Swiveller (7st 101b) is by all accounts a good colt, and must be regarded as having a show, while The Yeoman, at 7st 81b, has all along been considered one of the " good things" of the handicap. Unfortunately, he struck himself badly while contesting in the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdle Race, but the fact that lie is left in would appear to favour the conclusion that he is all right again. Whak«vwai (7st 71b) has a weight that should give him a great chance, and according to his trainer the son of Leolinu • has shown him something of a brilliant character. As a three-year-old Whakawai did not show any very great staying powers, but it is just possible that with another year on him he may show an alteration in that respect. Chicago (7st 121b) has been claiming a deal of support since his Caulfield Cup victory, and evidently his party are not dismayed by the 14lbs penalty which he has incurred ; but whether he will be served so well in having to get two miles instead of a mile and a-half is a matter on which there seems to be a doubt. His victory at Caulfield, however, was well gained, and I must have him on my side. Tradition (6st 71b) ran a real good colt in the Caulfield Cup, and as it is considered that he can be made a lot better, he must, therefore, be regarded as having something more than an outside show. Ensign (6st 01b) is given a big show to distinguish himself, and if he runs as good a race as when he boat the Metropolitan Stakes winner, Lamond, at Randwick in September, he should require some shaking off: but I do not fancy his chance very greatly, on the ground that it. requires a three-year-old of great merit to win. The result of the Melbourne Stakes, to be run to-day, may throw some further light on the Cup, but at present the five that appear to me to stand out the most likely winners are : Mentor, Malua, Chicago, Whakawai, and Tradition, and I fancy their chances in that order.

NOTES BY PHAETON.

On the same day on which the Victorians will be engaged in the .settlement of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington, the Canterbury Jockey Club will also bo holding high carnival at Riccarton, when the New Zealand Cup will come up for decision. Since the last payment, nothing has dropped out of the race, and at the time of writing nineteen horses remain in. The final payment, which becomes due to-night, however, will no doubt see several drop out, but in pricking off the card there seems at present every prospect of at least fourteen going to the post. It is no surprise to me to see Lochiel holding his position as favourite so firmly, for when the weights made their appearance the son of Prince Charlie was generally voted "the best handicapped horse in the race." That he won last year with a deal up his sleeve when carrying 7st 121b is a point admitted on all hands, and when we come to consider that he had on that occasion such a great colt as Gipsy King (7st) behind him, his chanco of success though carrying 151b more, bears a very rosy aspect. Silvermark has a nice handy impost, and judging by the support that has been accorded to him of late, he has evidently answered Mr. Goodman a satisfactory question. Last season he ran one or two good races, but still he was a long way from the front rank of the three-year-old division. With 7stslb he ran a great race with Gipsy King (9st 21b) in the Dunedin Jockey Club" Handicap ; and a little later on, with 7st 51b, he occupied a like position to Springston (7st slb) in the Great Autumn Handicap. The progeny of Apremont have not hitherto been noted for great staying qualities, but Silvermark may prove an exception to the rule, and I shall label him "dangerous." During the past few days Lorraine has been eased somewhat in his work, which circumstance may be taken to mean that his old ailment has again made its appearance. Last week Chainshot is said to have ran a clinking two miles against the watch, but there are those again who decline to believe that there was so much merit in the performance as is sought to be made out. Leopold will, I feel sure, run a good colt under 6st 101b, and I shall select him to beat all the three-year-old division. To sum up the chances of the nineteen my opinion is that Lochiel, Leopold, and Silvermark will fight out the finish, and I shall place them in that order.

The A.R.C. Spring Meeting is not receiving much attention at present, and until the Melbourne and Mew Zealand Cups have been numbered with past events I don't expect to see much alteration in this respect. Contrary to expectation, the Guineas promises to draw a very fair field, and from what I can learn the following are likely to go to the post:—Hilda, Teksum, Tartar, Braemar, Patchwork, Raglan, and Foxton. The Prince of Wales Handicap is on all hands voted very open, but in naming Clogs (Bst 51b), Antelope (Sst), and Leorina (Tat 71b), J. think I have named the placed horses.

When the telegram giving the list of nominations for the Dunedin Cup came into my hands, I thought, from the fact of the names of Lochiel, Maxim, and Sextant being missing from the list, that the message had been mutilated in transmission, but though their names appear in other races to be run at that meeting, Mr. Stead has not nominated them for the Cup, which robs the race of a good deal of interest. The total nominations for the Cup are only 35, which is nine less than last year.

Training operations have been going on merrily at Ellorslie during the week. The three-year-old Tartar has been striding along in capital style of late, and he will, I think, play a prominent part in whatever he starts for at the Spring Meeting. Trenton's two-year-old sister Cissy is going on nicely, but she is not quite so forward as some of the others of that age. Hilda and Teksum had a gallop in company yesterday, and the latter neld his place all through, and appeared to have a little the best of it at the finish. Antelope has got through several satisfactory tasks, but her stable companion Catesby still bleeds very freely from the nose after every gallop. Shillelagh and Kangaroo have been moving rather sore ; but ola Peter Osbeck has been tripping along very freely in his work, and with the going hard on Friday next, he will evidently take some beating in the Hurdle Race. Major George's filly Fiosole has been absent from the track during the week, and I understand that she is slightly amiss.

It turns out that New Zealand can boast of a full brother to the Caulfield Cup winner Chicago. This is Wakatipu, who was purchased as a yearling by Mr. J. Pilbrow, but, with the exception of a maiden plate and a couple of consolations, the son of The Drummer and Corisando has done nothing of any note. The South Auckland Racing Club have issued the programme for their summer meeting, which is fixed for Saturday, December 29. The added money is the respectable amount of £270, and of this amount £100 is placed opposite the Cup. Discussing the increase of bookmakers, " Warrior" gets off the following :—" The time is not far distant when the Legislatures of Australia will be forced to introduce the totalisator machine, or something similar, to drive back the tidal wave of gambling that is now prevalent in the colonies." It is quite clear that our Victorian friend has very little experience of the totalisator, or he would certainly not recommend its introduction as a means of driving back the tidal wave of gambling." I fancy it would not be very long before it was fou nd that the "mechanical bookmaker" had increased the evil a hundred-fold.

The Victoria Racing Club have tak' n a departure this year from the usual practice of giving a veritable cup to the winner of the great racing event of Victoria. This season the trophy is to be in the form of a model of three horses beautifully worked in virgin silver, standing upon pasture made of the same metal. The horses will be about 14 inches high. The trophy, as a whole, will represent 252 ounces of virgin silver. The total height of the trophy will be 2 feet. There ia to be a shield with an inscription, " Melbourne Cup, 1888," in bold semi-ornamental writing.

A race meeting was held recently at Taradale (a district in Hawke's Bay), under the auspices of an association formed for the purpose of rebelling against the rules recently laid down by the Metropolitan Clubs. Of course, the whole of the horses which took part (27 in number) have been placed on the black list, and will not be allowed to compete at any meetings held under the Metropolitan rules. " Sir 'Launcelot" writes :—The famous brood matron Idalia (dam of Betrayer, Sir Modred, Cheviot, July, and Idalium) has 1 further added to the Stud Book by dropping a colt foal by St. George during the week. The old lady has been most prolific since her importation to this colony, for from 1876 down to the present she has produced 11 foals —seven colts and four fallies, in addition to which she misled in 1882, and slipped twins to St. George last season. Full particulars of the race for the Great St. Leger Stakes are now to hand. Ayrshire, the Derby winner, was favourite at 2 to 1 : Seabreeze, who landed the Oaks, being at sto 2. Sixteen started, and the made very warm throughout. At the distance, Ayrshire and Seabreeze looked like fighting out a bitter finish, but the colt, about whose soundness there has of late been some doubt, cracked up and was not persevered with, leaving Seabreeze to sail home an easy winner by three lengths, followed by Wellington and Zanzibar, the former of which started at 40 and the latter 20 to I. The mare showed what a good one she must be by getting over the distance (1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards) in the great time of 3min 114 sth sec. She was ridden by W. Robinson, is owned by Lord Calthorpo, and the value of the stake was £4350. The Melbourne Cup has been singularly fatal to favourites, and it is worthy of note that only once during the past twelve years has the favourite come off successful in the great handicap, in '76, Feu d'Artifice, who started at hundreds to thirty for the big race, ran absolutely nowhere, finishing about tenth, and the following table will show what became of the first favourite for the next eleven years Year. Favourite. Odds. Position at finish. Savanaka .. 4 to I..Second 1878Melita .. .. 4 to 1. .Not in first dozen 1870—Suwarrow ..100 to 30..Third 1550—Progress .. .. 3to 1.. Second 1551—Daiebin .. .. 3to 1.. About tenth 1882— William .. 4to 1.. Fourth 1883—Martini-Henry .. sto 1. .First 1834—Hastings.. .. sto 1. Fourth 1885—Nordenfeldt .. sto 1. Fourth 1886—Trident .. . . 5 to 1.. Fourth 1887 —The Aust'ln Peer 5 to 1. Third Referring to Trenton, whom he saw during a recent visit to Hobartville, " Augur " says : —" The grand old New Zealander at present suffers by comparison with some of lis stable companions, because he has not put on a great amount of flesh ; but next year, when he has grown into stallion estate, I have no hesitation in declaring the noblest Roman of them all will be the great son of Musket." It is stated that there is a good prospect of the stewards of the Victoria Racing Club increasing the added money to the Melbourne Cup to 5000sovs, with a sweepstake of SOsovs added, nominators to see their weights for ssovs, and the second payment; to be ssovs. What a stake this would make the great handicap of the year ! Commenting on the great successes achieved by the horses bred by Messrs. Reynolds, of Tocal, a Sydney writer says : —"It is interesting to notice the prominence of the young stock possessing a strain of old Sir Hercules, and it will be conceded that no mares are coming more surely to the front than those descended from that grand old sire. Though The Barb was not a success as a sire of winners, his name is well handed down in several female lines, of which may just now be mentioned that of Melody, dam of Melos ; and another Sir Hercules line also in the Tocal stud, but apart from The Barb is that of his famous daughter, 10, whose daughter Corisande is the dam of Chicago. It has often been written that " The Drummer" was the best horse ever brought out here by Mr. Charles Baldwin, and the writer of this line thinks so still. While on the subject of Sir Hercules, we notice how his daughters have handed down their excellence to their female descendants, for Io was the dam of the great brood mare Ida, as well as of Corisando and others ; and Mr. George Lee's old grey mare Sappho, besides the celebrated horses Lecturer, Kingsborough, and Savanaka, has a worthy daughter in Nellie, the only Maribyrnong Plate winner who ever compassed a Derby ; and she is the dam of Epi, by Epigram, who ran so well at Cauitield on Saturday last."

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

oma La broke down badly while galloping at Ellerslie yesterday. Pasha was recently submitted to auction in Sydney, but failed to elicit a bid. The result of the V.R.C. Derby should come to hand shortly after six p.m. to-day. 3000 to 300 was recently accepted in Melbourne about Aldivalloch's chance in the V.R.C. Derby. The appropriate name of Warrior has been selected for the two-year-old colt by Intro mar from Fanny Fisher. The French mare Tenebreuse carried Sst lib v.-hen she won the Cesarewitch Stakes at Newmarket last month.

The privileges of the Auckland Spring Meeting were submitted to auction yesterday and realised £'280 against £IS4 last year. Disowned, like his former stable mates, Thunderbolt and Silver Prince, has proved untrainable, and he goes to the stud this season.

The three-year-old colt Foxton, (by Somnus—Leonessa) has been brought up from Wanganui to fulfil his engagement in the Auckland Guineas.

There seems to be a consensus of opinion that had Gorry handled the favourite Bravo in a different manner in the Caulfield Cup he would have won. As was anticipated, the withdrawal of Cardigan from the Melbourne Cup was due to his having met with an accident while contesting in the Caulfield Cup. The Auckland quotations on the New Zealand Cup are as follow : — to 1 agst Lochiel, 4 to 1 Chainshot, 5 to 1 Silvermark, 6 to 1 Lorraine, 8 to 1 Leopold. The following foalings have taken place this week :—Mystery, a colt to Foul Shot; Pearl, a colfc to Lionel; Bell, a colt to Brigadier ; Kate, a filly to Brigadier. The total amount of stakes paid away by the Victoria Amateur Turf Club over their recent meeting was £5043, of which sum Mr. M. O'Shaunnessy, the owner of the Ctip winner (Chicago) took £1000. In America experienced breeders are trying how putting trotting sires to thoroughbred mares succeeds, and, so far as the experiment has gone, it has proved a success, the crack two-year-old being bred this way Matador, whose chance in the Melbourne Cup was highly thought of, got cast in his box a few days ago and injured himself so severely that he had to be withdrawn f''om all engagements au the V.R.C. Meeting. The two-year-old filly Bustle, purchased recently by Mr. J. Chaafe on behalf of an Australian sportsman, is still located at George Wright's establishment: but it is, 1 understand, intended to ship her to Sydney by the next steamer. In appearance Ensign is (says "Newmarket") of the lath-and plaster pattern, and though no doubt he can scramble along with a light weight up, he is too fiat-sided and light in the barrel to stand much knocking about. Since the great deeds recorded by his progeny, the services of the English sire Hampton are eagerly sought after, and it is said that the son of Lord Clifden's list is full up to 1890, even though Lord Ellesmere may elect to raise the fee, which is now 100 guineas. It is said that at horse races in Brazil, South America, professional bettors are locked up in rooms with grated windows, from which they make their bets. They are held there until the race is over, in ord6r to prevent them from getting away with the stakes. We liav'nt got to this length at the antipodes yet. The following good story is related of Fred. Archer :—lt is related that a certain prince of London finance, who owned an extensive stable, once accosted Fred. Archer, after one of his brilliant finishes, and inquired on what terms his services at first call could be secured for the next season. Archer promptly replied £3000. " Great heavens! Archer," replied the magnate, " that's more than I pay my head cashier !" Archer tapped his boot slightly with his whip, and replied withan amused smile, " Then, Baron, perhaps you had better get your cashier to ride." The secretary of Auckland Tattersalls' publishes the following : —Settling over V.R.C. Derby will take place on Monday, November 5 ; Melbourne Cup, &c., V.R.C. Meeting, C.J.C. Spring Meeting, and A. R.C. Spring Meeting, on Monday, November 12c

AUCKLAND RACING CLUB'S SPRING MEETING. Excellent acceptances and entries in connection with the spring meeting of the Auckland Racing Club were received yesterday evening by Mr. W. Percival, secretary ; and there is every prospect of a most enjoyable gathering at Ellerslie on the 9th and 10th inst. The acceptances are : —

Prince of Wales' Handicap, one mile and ahalf.—Clogs, Sat 61b; Antelope, Sst; Leorina, 7st 71b ; Balista, Tat 61b ; Hilda, 78t 51b ; Landseer, 7st; Tartar, 7st; Sir Walter, 6st 121b ; Lioness, 6st 101b; Raglan, Ost 91b ; Patchwork, list 91b ; Mantilla, Ost; Ernest, 6st. Auckland Guineas-—Raglan. Foxton, Tartrr, Braeraar, Patchwork, Tatsrnn, Hilda. Hurdle Race, two miles. — Peter Osbeck, list 101b : Orangeman, list; Shillelagh, lOst 101b ; Ma Petite Fille, 10st; Pretender, Ost 121b ; Cutesby, 9st 101b ; Kangaroo, Ost 71b; Sirloin, Sst 71b ; Don, Sst 71b. The following are the entries :— President's Handicap. — Antelope, Lioness, Squire, On Guard, Brown Rose, Balista, Pretender, Eruption, Muskerina, Teksura. WELCOME .stakes.— Nosegay, Viceroy, Fanny Fisher colt, Fabulous, La Dauphine, Loch Ness, Baron, Fiesole, Cissy. Selling Steeplechase. — Hawthorn, 20sovs; Reiorin, nil; Messenger, nil; Whalebone, nil; Quilp, nil. Selling Race.—Comet, Black Joe, Taupaki, Dollar.

SPRING Handicap.—Antelope, Lioness, Squire, Brown Rose, Braeinar, Balista, Puschka, Foxton, Patchwork, Satyr, Landseer, Hilda, Teksum, Leorina, Muskerina. Nurskrv Handicap.—-Nosegay, Fanny Fisher colt, Fabulous, La Dauphins, Loch Nees, Baron, Fiesole, Cissy, Bean, Albert. Handicap hurdles.—Ma Petite Fille, Sirloin, Pretender, Peter Osbeck, Shillelagh, Artist, Kangaroo, Orangeman. Selling Hurdles.—Shotover, Fisherman. Hunters' Welter Stakes.—Squire, On Guard, Sirloin, Puschka, Pretender, Reproach, Cushla, Eruption.

TAKAPUNA SPRING MEETING. The following are the nominations for the Takapuna Jockey Club's Spring Meeting : Handicap Maiden Plate.—Kangaroo (Loram's), Dollar, Fragrance, Cushla, Puschka, Farewell, Forsaken, Barber, Hune, Rosie, Muskerina, Memorandum, Eruption, Tupaki, Mayflower, St. Michael, Reproach, Tiie Duke, Satyr, Vortex, Venetia. Handicap Hurdles.—Catesby, Don, Recruit, Orangeman. Larrikin, Shillelagh, Landseer, Quilp, Kangaroo (Hill's), Sirloin, Ma Petite Fllle. St. Andrew's Handicap.—Eruption, Miss Alice, Leorina, Antelope, Lioness, Ernest, Memorandum, Fragrance, ilalista, Clogs, Landseer, Barber Capella, Vortex, Buzzard. Spring Handicap.—Hune, Muskerina, Eruption, Miss Alice, Leorina. Antelope, Lioness, Ernest, Memorandum, Catesby, Cushla, Puschka, Balista, Squire, Reproach, Capella, Satyr, Vortex, Jessie. Handicap Steeplechase.—Kangaroo (Hill's), Kangaroo (loram's), Sirloin, Rosie, Quilp, Whalebone, Don, Recruit, Orangeman, Larrikin, Shillelagh, Ma Petite Fille, Magnesia.