SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9220, 24 November 1888, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. NEW Zkalanh November SO, December l—Wellington Racing Club. December I—Takapuna Jockev Club. _ _ Member 15.— Pakuranga Hunt. Club, Otanuhu. December 24.—South Franklin Racing Club. December 26, January 1, —Auckland Racing Club. December 26.—Hakaru Races. December 2tt and 27 Thames Jockey Club. December 26— llawke's Bay Jockey Club. December 27— Drury Racing Club. December 29-South Auckland Racing Club. December 31—Canterbury Jockey Club. January I.—Napier Park Racing Club. January I, 4—Rangitikei Jockey Club. January Waipu Jockey Club. January If, 17—Taranaki Jockey Club. February 7, B—Wellington Racing Club. February 13, 14—Egmont Racing Club. Februarv 20. 21, 23— Dunedin Jockey Club. March 18, 10—llawke's Bay Jockey Club. April 22, 28—Canterbury .lockev Club. April 20, 22—Auckland Racing Club. j Junes—Auckland Kacing Club. June 20—Hawke's Bav Jockev Club. DATES OF COMING EVENTS. December 26— Auckland Cup. January I—A.R.O. Derby. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. TaNGIIU'a.—I. Tradueer was foaled in 1557, and i died in June, ISSO. Welcouio Jack is nine years I old. j Wager.—l. Silvio was weighted at lOst 101b in i the last Summer Steeplechase, but carried 4lb over- | weight. 2. Nelson was weighted at lOst 2lb in the A.B.C. Handicap, but did not accept. NOTES BY PHAETON Though threatening weather militated ! greatly against the success of the second i day of the A.R.C. Spring Meeting, the j club will get out of the matter much more I satisfactorily than could have been anticipated. The totalisator investments on the first day were £4099, while on Saturday last £3644 were put through, which made a total of £7743 for the two days. The racing oil Saturday last was, on the whole, very fair, but the presence of such a flyer as Hilda robbed the Spring Handicap and City Handicap of a lot of interest. In the last-named race I thought that as they ran up the back of the course Taylor was lying too far out of it, but once he asked the daughter of Musket the question in real earnest, she cut down her opponents as though they had been a lot of selling platers. She appeared to carry her Sst 71b with just as much ease as as she did the 7st 31b on the opening day, and how much weight it would have token to bring her back to the field it is indeed difficult to say. In the Nursery Handicap we were treated to one of those periodical "boil overs" which lend such a fascination to the sport. The patrons of George Wright's stable put down the pieces to such a merry tune on behalf of The Bean, that it was very evident that the son of Feve and Memento had answered his trainer a very satisfactory question on the track, and the public taking the cue he went to the post an even money favourite ; but the presumed " good thing " was floored by La Dauphino (by The Dauphin—Brassolis), who finished i very gamely and beat, the favourite a head. j The win of La Dauphin was a great sur- | prise even to' the stable, and 1 underI stand that she did not carry a shilling j of their money, the whole of their invest- | ments being on the other stable representaj tive, Nosegay. The Bean appeared to run a bit green, and had he finished straight would certainly have won. The Baron ran a good colt, and appeared to me ] to be going better than anything at the 1 finish. The Hurdle Race, like the one on i the opening day, was a great contest, and ! was worth a long journey to witness. At j the last hurdle, Shillelagh appeared to me to | be able to hold his own, but once over Pre- | tender were him down, and won by a neck, i The latter seems to improve in his jumping ! every time, and he will, I think, win many j a good race over the sticks. The Handicap i { Maiden Plate brought about a great race, i but the favourite, Fox ton, got so badly j away that his chance from the fall of the I flag was hopeless. Puschkaand Patchwork ■ hatt a great set-to in the last hundred yards, ' and the former won by a head. Mauy j think, however, that Kidd endeavoured to | cut matters too tine on Patchwork, and ' Katterns pipped him, but I myself could i see nothing to grumble at in the manner in 1 which he rode the colt. Puschka is evi- | dently a much better colt than many gave - him credit for, and in the City Handicap it i surprised me to find him well up amongst ! the leaders at the turn into the straight, I when he dropped out of the struggle when ! his stable mate Hilda shot out. Tne great ! form shown by Hilda enabled "Mr. W. I Somerville" to annex the lion's share of the j prize-money, and his cheque amounted to I £021. { The death of old Libeller, which was j announced last week from Paeroa, will ! no doubt take the thoughts of many back i to the stirring scenes in which he formed I so prominent and unfortunate a figure, j Well do I remember the first race in which i the little son of Traducer carried the " rose I and white stripes." It was when two years' old, in the Publicans' Purse, run at the A.R.C. Summer meeting in 1878, in which he was ridden by J. Allom and started favourite, but he got badly away, and Mr. Walters' cast-off Izaak Walton beat him half a length. Asathree-year-oldhe went through a groat amount of work, winning nine times out of the twenty-six engagements which he fulfilled. One race in which he contested when that age has always remained fixed on my mind. It was the Auckland Plate, run over two miles at weight-for-age, in which he was ridden by T. Hodson, and was opposed by Templeton (Ray) and Ariel (Matthews). Templeton was, of course, made a great favourite at 2 to 1 on, while 3 to I was on oiler about Libeller. Sir Hercules Robinson, who was in the pad dock on that memorable occasion, was greatly taken with Libeller, and I remember seeing the lute Mr. H. P. Lance accept " three fifties" on behalf of His Excellency that the little fellow won. When they went past the stand the first time, Hodson rattled him to the front, and stealing away with a five lengths' lead, it soon began to dawn upon those present that the race was j no moral for Templeton. What a roar went up when Ray was seen to take out the whip to the favourite at the half - mile post ! It was of no avail, however, for the little son of Tradueer and Yatterina held his own to the end and won by two lengths. As a four-year-old Libeller opened his career in the Auckland Cup, in which event, while riding him, poor little Johnny Nolan lost his life. The little horse was going extremely well at the time of the accident, and many to this day aver that had he not ■ fallen Foul Play would have been beaten. He finished second to Natator for the Wellington Cup in the samesoa3on, and lie held a like position to Sir George in the Wanganui Cup, while Matau just beat him in the Taranaki Jockey Club Handicap. In the following autumn he was reckoned a real "good thing" for the Dunedin Cup with only 7st 81b, for which he underwent his preparation at the hands of Dick Mason at Yaldhurst, while the services of J. Wattie were secured to steer him ; but the ill luck which had so consistently followed him in big events was still to dog his footsteps, and Lady Emma (a 100 to 5 chance) beat him by a length. "I wish he had never been foaled," was the remark once made to me by the late Mr. li. H. Vallance when discussing with him the defeat of the little horse in the Dunedin Cup, and I could realise by his face what a heap of money he cost the Yaldhurst party when he failed to get past Lady Emma in that memorable contest. Before the next season came round Mr. Walters had "gone to that bourne from whence no traveller returns," and Libeller, along with his half - brother, Musketeer, passed into the hands of Mr. W. Bobbett, who always had a great affection for the little horse. In the Racing Club Handicap run at the A.R.C. Meeting on New Year's Day, 18S4, the little horse recorded a performance which gave rise to one of the most enthusii astic scenes that has ever been enacted at . Ellerslie. Tim Whitller was reckoned " a I dead bird" for the race in question, and so in reality he was ; but, alas ■ for his backers, Willie Butler eased ' his horse before the battle was quite over, and Alec Sutherland dashing Libeller . up on the inside snatched the race out of the fire by a head. The last race in which Libeller contested was the Henderson's Mill Cup, when he and Cremorne ran a dead heat for first honours, so that he fittingly wound up his career on the turf with a win. As , game as a pebble under the whip, Libeller i; v.-it.-i one of the good sorb that the last ounce could be got out of; and, though during l , his career Aucklanders lost heavily in sup--1 porting him, lie was to the last a greab favourite with them.

There seems to be a good prospect of the Musket family presenting a formidable front in Australia next autumn. Carbine, Pearl Shell, and Necklet are already there, and it is now stated that Mr. Butler intends taking over the New Zealand Cup winner, Manton, after the A.R.C. Summer Meeting, while Chainshot's name is also mentioned for a like journey. Trenton's sister, Cissy, is engaged in the valuable Ascot Vale Stakes, besides one or two events at the A. J.C. Meeting, and if Mr. Somerville eleets to send her over, the picture will have received the finishingtouch. When Orangeman cub such an inglorious figure in the Hurdle Race run at Lllerslie on the Prince of Wales' Birthday, many ran away with the idea that he was not a tryer, and that he would be about on the second day. I felt persuaded all through that there was nothing in this, for passing the stand Rae was riding for his bare life in order to try and get a bit closer to his opponents, and last Saturday's contest bore that opinion out. Those two hurdle races were a bit too fast for horses of the Orangeman calibre, and when the company is again so select I fancy that Orangeman's name will be missing from the list of starters. There was very considerable grumbling at Ellerslie on Saturday last on account of there being no communication with town either by telephone or telograph. The Ellerslie racecourso, I make bold to say, is the only course in the colony of any pretensions that is behind in this matter, and if the stewards wish to save their trysting place from being christened " Sleep} - Hollow," they will see that this very necessary convenience of communication with town is provided without delay. There is, I understand, some prospect of Cynisca, the winner of the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes being brought up to contest at tho Auckland Summer Meeting. Should the daughter of Apremont come up her meeting with the A.R.C. Welcome Stakes winner, Cissy, will create a lot of interest, and from what I can learn the latter will have no easy task before her in clipping the wings of the Southerner. While on two-year-old matters, it seems to me that a great mistake has been mado in not making the winners of the Wolcome and Mit J summer Stakes carry penalties in the Great Northern Foal Stakes, for as matters now stand that valuable stake appears to bo entirely at the mercy of Cissy, as it. also was last year at the morcy of Pearl Shell. T. Taylor was at the head of the list as a winning jockey at the A.R. . Spring Meeting, scoring a win in each of the four events in which he rode. W. Katterns and R. Collins had two wins each, while .1, Carey, J. Laing, R. Frewin, J. Farrell, J. Neilly each got home first on one occasion. Though he could get no closer than third in either race, I thought that Sam Fergus rode a great race on each occasion on Peter Osbeck. He handled his horse throughout like an artist, but the weight and thoheavy ground told its tale on the old grey, and, though struggling home very gamely, he coulcl not avert defeat. When old Peter drew up to the loaders at the last hurdle there was quite a flutter on the stands, and it would have afforded no small amount of satisfaction had Mr. Gallagher scored a win, as; he has consistently raced his horse out. If any proof were wanting as to the brilliancy of Hilda, the daughter of Musket and Ouida certainly furnished it. in the contest, for the City Handicap run at Ellerslie on Saturday last, for the mannor in which $he carried her Sst 71b, and the ease with which she disposed of her field, left nothing to be desired. Of course tho old stock argument of "she beat nothing of any account" has been introduced, but with that view I cannot agree. Antelope is, certainly, a smart one over a mile and aquarter, and I consider for Hilda to concede her two years in age, and put her down in easy fashion at even weights, was a rattling performance. Whatever Manton may be able to do with her in the Derby, of this I am quite sure that he has a stiff task before him to concede her 181b in the Auckland Cup, and if she is as well on the day that race comes up for decision as she was at the late meeting, I shall expect her to finish in front of him. That she will be able to stay the two mile--I don't think there need be any doubt, as in all her races she finished like a stayer. The following is Hilda's extended pedigree =— , i 1 Touchstone | IjLonJtow m, " M ?^ one ! IsHnfbow | 5 ' . ~ Cation ! "c. Miss Botve Orvilio mare I I "a 1 v, .. Castrel ,2 , PftuUloon Malta. , 5 = Legerdem'n j I'ilho da Puta j®, I jDeooy Finesse *j |~~ : Humphrey Clink'r 3 "o'west Melbourne Cervantes marc j S3 . O WfiSt I " * - . j" 3 2 Australian : Mowerina !Em'm'i' U Un o' no "Si L, ~ — - [whalebone q 1 |5 : Camel jSelim mare i a Brown Bess| [Brutanrlor'f — | | j Daughter of Mrs. Cruickshank — 1 — jThe Colonel | Cap-a-pie Sister to Cactus S j 3 sir Hercules. sir "Hercules •§! .Paraguay Paradigm § i _______ 'Priam I j£' 'I'ros I Ally ! „ '■» Cassandra ... „ ; Emigrant ;J| Alice Grey jftulnaro '5, 1 ■' St. Nicholas p I St. John ; Dr. of Thunderb'lt | i £ Little John iTheorew j | II Problem jSpaewii'' l | 3 j j Emigrant | Csi>, , . Gohruma lOulnare I l"" 1 *" 6 [Deception |ThKST i j | deception ; Theoronl 1 I I ICutty Sark Counting in the two races which she ' won as a tWo-year-old Hilda has scored six successive victories, while in her other j three engagements she ha 3 never been unj placed. 1 The foaling season has now concluded at i Sylvia Park, and from Mr. Stephens 1 gather that the total number of foals is -14, which I may remark i- 11 snore than last year. The following table shows how the various sires are represented :— Colts Fillies Nordenfeldfc ... 6 9 Leolinus ... 5 3 Captivator ... 3 3 Sword Danco ... 2 3 St. Leger ... 3 4 Herculaneum ... 0 1 Daniel O'Rorke 0 1 Albany 1 0 Total 20 "! !" 24 The Drury Racing Club have issued the programme for their annual meeting, which has been fixed to take place on Thursday, December 27. The total amount proposed to be given away in added money is £145, which has been apportioned as follows :— Maiden Plate of 'JOsovs, Hurdle Race of 20sov8, Drury Cup of nOsovs, Novel Handicap of ISsovs, Drury Racing Club Handicap of 25sovs, and Stewards' Handicap of ISsovs. Nominations for the four principal events are due on Friday, December 7, with the secretary, Mr. D. Maher, Drury, or with Mr. W. W. Robinson, Tabtersall's Club, Auckland. Should the weather prove fine on Saturday next there is every prospect of the Takapuna Jockey Club's meeting being in every way up to its predecessors. Seven I events are down on the programme for dej cision during the afternoon, and as the j acceptances and entries are first-class some good racing should result. Young Adam Skirving scored a good success as a trainer by the manner in which | he sent Pretender to the post at the recent i A.R.C. Meeting. On the opening day the ! son of The Painter won the President's 1 Handicap, after which he was only beaten j a head in the Hurdle Race. On Saturday i last he got home first in the Hurdle Race, i and he had a like record in the Hunters | Welter Race. j Mr. Williamson informs me that The I Dauphin is having a capital season in j Auckland. Amongst the mares that I have been put to the son of Traducer , are Lioness (by Leolinus—Miss Laura) | Duchess of Montrose (by Hippocampusj Grand Duchess), Bangle (by Musket Locket), and Charity (by Lucifer). A few days before the commencement of the C.J.C. Meeting, Mr. H. Redwood's candidate, Phormium Tenax, injured himself badly by bolting into the rails, and it is now said his ever racing again is very doubtful. This is a very cruel turn for "the father of the New Zealand Turf," as he considered the son of Korari the best colt that he ever bred. The South Auckland Racing Club have published the programme for their Summer Meeting, to be held at Hamilton on December 29. The bill of fare consists ot seven events, the added money to which is 1 the good sum of £270. The principal ■ event is the South Auckland Cup of lOOsovs, the distance of which has been fixed at a mile and three-quarters. Nomii nations for the three principal events are | due on Wednesday next at nine p.m.

I clip the following from the Canterbury Times : — " Perhaps Lochiel's running wa , the public disappointment of the New Zealand Cup, and one of our contemporaries has gone so far as to say the performance of lost year's winner was too bad to be true. However, if we look at the respective times occupied by Man ton and Lochiel, we shall find, quite apart from the additional weight carried by the latter horse, a very good reason for the defeat of Mr. Stead's representative. Here are the times for each half-mile, in the two Cups Lochiel. Manton. 50* 52* *>4.-) 51 fwl 56 J 53? sl£ 3min 34£ sec 3min 31Jsec It was the comparatively slow pace in the second and third half-miles that enabled Lochiel to come through with his light weight last year, and win, and applying the time test pure and simple, without any regard to where it was made or where it was lost, we find that Lochiel occupied 3sec longer than Manton in galloping the two niiies, and assuming that the start for the race of 18S7 took place sixty yards in front of the post, Lochiel was actually one hundred and eleven yards off the completion of two miles at the expiration of 3min 3Usec in the race he won. With 151b more on his buck lie was not much further than that behind Manton last week." Commentifcg on Pearl Shell's victory in the V.E-C. Oaks, the Argus says : —Early in the day the betting was even against the field, but that was before the money was put down in earnest, and as soon as the first race was over Pearl Shell became favourite, the odds being (5 to 4 on her, and the same against Volley, while practically there was no betting upon Mantilla, even at extreme outside offers in a threehorse race. When they were sent away, Pearl Shell immediately dashed to the front, while Hales kept Volley well in hand, as a sort of invitation to O'Brien to ease his fill}'. But. the latter is a tactician as well as Hales, and this time he was determined that there should be a pace, so, in spite of tho loitering on the part of Mantilla and Volley, he took his filly along at a sound pace. Passing the bridge Hales was lying back, and holding Volley hard but a little further on he had to give the Guineas' winner her head or be hopelessly left. Both Mantilla and Volley closed on Pearl Shell at the turn, but in the open there was never any doubt about the result, for O'Brien kept his horse in front very much as he did in tne Cup and won by three-quarters of a length, though this might have been very materially increased had the jockey wished it. Tho time, '2min 44>Jsec, was exactly the same as in Dainty's race last year, and just about the average for the Oaks, the fastest record for which was Petrea's 2min 4'2}sec in 1579. Here again the success of a New Zealand racing man—who in winning both the Alaribyrnong Plate and Oaks has been more fortunate than the majority of visitors from Maoriland—was much applauded." Very poor prices were realised at the sale of the Russley yearlings at Christchurch on November S. The thirteen yearlings sold only realised 569 guineas, or an average of 43f guineas. The six Albany* averaged 44i guineas, and the six Cadogans 41 guineas, while the solitary representative of Hornby brought 56 guineas. The following are particulars of the sale :— 8 s - Rc, by Cartoon—La Mode, Mr. 11. Redwood .. .id f'h r, »>• C:irlo?an— Caprice, Mr. Clark .. .. 45 Bt, by Ali.'uiy—No Nainn, Mr. Stead .. .. lid I! or hr I, l>y Albany— Zelica, Mr. Delarnayn .. 15 Bf, by Albany—A thole, Mr. G. B. Starkee .. fit) !> f, by Ca.lo-.in— Mr. Harrison Davis .. S. r > Ch f, by ('ut'.ngan—Nonsense, Mr. Davis .. To Ch f, by Ottoman —Mariiana, Mr. Clark .. :!i> Br f, by Albany—Helena, Mr. H. Redwood .. ,84 Kf, by Cad"naii — Doris, Mr. 11. Redwood .. 20 Hr f, by Albany—Trinket. Mr. U. Jones. . .. -JO II f, by Albanv —Diveit, Mr. Harrison Davis .. 28 Br f, by Hornby—Albania, Mr. It. Redwood .. 50 An examination of Ensign's leg which was broken during the contest for the Melbourne Cup showed that the fracture was a very bad one, but tho strangest circumstance was that the bone bore unmistakable signs of a former fracture in another place, and how the horse came to win a Derby at ill was a mystery. For many years to come (says the Australasian) it will probably stand as a problem for discussion in racing circles whether Mr. White's horse really won the Derby on his merits, or whether Hales had actually more to do with the victory than the horse he rode. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Mr. D. O'Brien has returned to Christchurch. Manton is the only three-year-old that has ever won the New Zealand Cup, Derby, and Canterbury Cup. Lord Calthorpe's Seabreeze, as a two-year-old, won £4142 in stakes, and this year lie rilly has taken £19,097 —a total of £23.819. Horseowners should bear in mind that acceptances for the Auckland Cup and Steeplechase are due on Friday next, the 30th instant. The progeny of Musket secured the lion's share of the prize money at the recent C.J.C. Meeting, winning £'2630 out of the £f>stir> disbursed. Leorina cm. her near fore leg rather badly while contesting in the City Handicap on Saturday last, through the plate on her oil' forefoot spreading. Nelson has been a regular attendant at the course during the week, and on Thurs day morning got through a sound two miles on the tan. Carbine was yesterday scratched for the Auckland Cup and Derby, and Jctd'Eau for the first-named race. The latter is still engaged in the Derby. Gipsy Prince appears to be an unworthy brother to Gipsy King, as he could not gain a situation against a lob of third-raters at the Taieri Meeting. Mr. Harrison was so dissatisfied with the weight (Sst Gib) put on Catesby for the Spring Handicap at Takapuna, that he at once struck him out of the race. Friendship (winner of the last A.R.C. Easter Handicap) dropped twins (a colt and a filly) to King Cole this week. The colt die! shortly after foaling, but the filly is still alive. It is stated that the injury which caused Maxim's withdrawal from his engagements at the C.J.C. Meeting is not of a serious character, and that he will probably be seen out at the meeting to be held at Riocarton on December 31. Ten favourites out of 22 were successful at the C.J.C". Metropolitan Meeting, and (says the Canterbury Timccs) had a backer investod £5 on each favourite during the three days' racing he would have been £30 2s (id richer by the transaction. The Wanganui Cup winner, Dudu, was submitted to auction recently at Christchurch, and was knocked down at 160 guineas to tho bid of Mr. W. Prolitt, but it is stated that he was only acting on behalf of a patron of E. Cutts' stable. It is stated that Son-oi-a-Gun was walking lame before the New Zealand Cup, the result. of an injury to one of his fetlocks. The son of Anteros and Vivandiere ran such a tremendous race on three legs that some are inclined to think that he might almost have won had he gone to the post sound. J. Kean returned from Christchurch on Tuesday last with Cuirassier, Leopold, Escutcheon, and Covunna. The reason Escutcheon did nor. start in any of his engagements at the C.J.C. Meeting was owing to his having injured one of his feet, through a shoe getting loose while galloping. Wakatipu(by the Drummer—Corisande), a full brother to the Caulfield Cup winner, Chicago, was put up to auction recently in Christchurch, but a bid of 280 guineas was insufficient to cause his owner to part with him, from which we may presume there is some prospect of his emulating the deed 3 of his brother. The South Franklin Racing Club have issued the programme for their Summer Meeting, which is fixed to take place at Pukekohe on December 24. The programme consists of seven events, the principal one of which is the South Franklin Handicap of 30sovs. Nominations are due on December 7. The excellent programme issued by the Thames Jockey (flub for the Summer Meeting on the 26th and 27th December, is published in another column. Fourteen events are on the card for the two days, the added money to which is £490. Nominations for the principal events are due tonight at eight o'clock. There was a substantial falling-off in the amount of money pub through the totalisator during the recent C.J.C. meeting, compared with last year. The following are the figures : —November, 1887—First day, £11,681 ; second day, £13,673 ; third day, £11,949: total, £37,303. November, 1888— First day, £10,054; second day, £10,092 ; third day, £8249 : total, £29,595.

i TAKAPUNA SUMMER MEETING. : j The following acceptances and entries ; 1 were received last night for the Takapuua - ; Jockey Club's races to be held on Saturday ' i next :— ■ j St. Andrew's Handicap. One mile and ' i a-half.—-Clogs, Sst 61b; Antelope, Sst 41b ; i j Miss Alice, 7st 51b ; Lioness, 7st; Capella, ! /st; Eruption, 7st; Barber, 7st ; Ernest, 6st j | 31b; Buzzard, fist. Spring Handicap. Six furlongs.Squire, I 9st 121b ; Antelope, 9st 51b ; Capella, Sst 91b : ! Leorina, 8s 61b ; Lioness, 1211); Eruption, I 7st 91b ; Pustohka, 7st 71b : Reproach, 7st; ' Ernest, ost 121b ; Cushla, 6st 121b ; Jessie, i 6st 101b. Hurdles. One mile and three-quarters. | Kangaroo.(Hill's), 12so 31b ; Shillelagh, list ' 21b; Orangeman, list; Catesby, 10st 21li;i Recruit, 9st slb ; Don, Sst 101b ; Larrikin, ; Bst 71b : Quilp, Bst 71b. i Maiden Handicap. One Eruption, j 9st; Puschka, Sst 71b ; Tupaki, Bst 71b ; .Kangaroo, Bst 41b; Satyr, 7st 1 lib; Fragrance, 7st 91b; Muskerina, 7st 51b ; Cushla, /St. Steeplechase. — Kangaroo (Hill's) 12st 71b ; Magnesia, list 91b ; Orangeman, list 6lb ; Shillelagh, lOst 121b ; Ma Petite Fille, I lOst 101b; Kangaroo (Lorain's), lOst 21b; ! Whalebone, lOst ; Landseer, lOst; Recruit, 9st 121b ; Quilp, 9st 7lb ; Don, 9st 71b ; Larrikin, 9st. Selling Race.— (20sovs), Buzzard (nil), Capella (nil). Selling Steeplechase.— Messenger (30 sovs), Don (lOsovs), Whalebone (nil), Quilp (nil), Hawthorn (nil). [No doubt further entries will be received at Takapuna.J WELLINGTON SPRING MEETING. [BY telegraph.— press ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Friday. The following acceptances for the Wellington Racing Club's spring meeting were received to-night;— FIYi'SG Stakes. Threequarter mile.— Forester, Whisper, Little Scrub, Man Friday, Cupid, Stave, Rifle. Hurdle Handicap. Two miles.—Kangaroo. Clyde, Orlando, Reputation. Hutt Park Spring Handicap. One mile and a-half.— Strenuous, Lenore, Little Scrub, Man Friday, Smooth. Grandstand Handicap. One mile.—Forester, Whisper, Man Friday, Coquette, Orongorongoa.