SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8842, 2 April 1892, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. NEW Zealand April 2—Helensvillt? Jockey Club. April 7—Waipawa County Racing Club April o—Avondalu Jockey Club. April —Auckland Trotting Club. April 18—Turauigaiini Races. April 18, IS—Auckland Racing Club. April 18, 19— Canterbury Jockey Club April South Auckland Racing Club. r May 24—Takapuna Jockey Club. May —Wanganui Jockey Club. June 4, I—Auckland Racing Club June 24—Uawke's liny Jockey Club. June 29— Napier Park Hating Club. July 9—Wellington Racing Clut. DATES OF COMING EVENTS. April 8-Citv and Suburban Handicap. April 16—A.J.C .St. I.e;er. April 18—Sydney <iold Cup. April Great Raster Handicap (Canterbury). April is— tenter Handicap (Auckland). April 'Two thousand Guinets, May 1 -One Thousand Guineas. May 27— Knglish Derby. May 28—The Oaks. June — Grand .Nation-d Hurdle Race (Auckland). June 6— Great Northern Steeplechase (Auckland) June 24—Uawke'i Bay Steeplechase. July 9—Wellington Steeplechase July —V.U.C. Grand National Hurdle Race. July IB—V R.C. Grand National Steeplechase. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. THK TCRF Britisher.- Ueeswing w< "< fifty-one uioes (nine Queen's Plate-*); Alice Hawthorn won a like number •f races (eighteen (Queen's Plates): while Caller Ou won forty-nine races, including thirty. four (Queens Plates. AVaoer —1 It was in I$M, that Sir George defeated Libeller in the AVauganui Cup. 2. At the same meeting at which Necklace ran second to Nelson for the Punedin Cup, she carried s»t sib to victory 111 the D.J .C. Handicap, and in the Korbury Hand cap with'.'-.t Sib in the saddle she also won that race. 'A. Her full sister Necklet was purchased asa yeailing fur'-.'U guineas. DOUBTER, Auckland. - The highest weight carried to victory in tile Caulfleld Cup was by Calm i. who won in li-si under s»t -1:-. You are ijuite lUht. Martini-Henry started in the Cauliield Cup the following year. He broke down during the race and never again raced. T.S., New Pivmonth.—The rule oil the subject reads as follows " Any horse getting away from his rider may l>i> rMunnoril in 11; V part of the sanifield or enclosure in which the occurreu e look place ; but should such horse not be caught until he shall have entered another field, then he shall be ridden or brought back to the one in which he parted from his rider. Any jockey so losing Ins norse may be assisted in catchiug him and remounting hitu without risk of distjii iliticatiou ; and ill the event of a ride! being di«ih!ed his horse May be ridden home by any (>er-oii of surticieut weight, provided he be qi: diced according to the conditions ol the race. ,N.. pen dty shall be exacte 1 for c*rry. ing overweight ill this instance." AQUATICS. Championship.—anbury won the first race, but O'Connor objected to the stake being paid o*er on the ground that he had been fouled In the second race Stanbury won easily alter a half mile had been sculled. ' ' NOTES 11V PHAETON. CRCSIIING THK BOOKMAKERS. fI?HE disqualification recently passed on the bookmakers, N. Nathan, E. Vuille, and R. May, by the stewards of the Wanganui Jockey Club for laying totalisatorodds, came before the committee of the Dunedin Jockey Club last week, when it was resolved to endorse the same. From the fact of tiiere being a serious falling oil' in totalizator receipts at their meetings, it is 110 surprise to find that the D.J.C. are inclined to resort to most drastic measures for the suppiession of the bookmakers, and after discussing the question of laying or accepting wafers to be paid in accordance with totalisator odds was discussed, it was resolved —" 1. To advertise and put out posters in prominent places Stating that if any person lay or any person accept upon the Dunedin course wagers to be determined by the amount of the dividend paid by the totalisator. such person persons will be disqualified and warned nil" tiecourse and other places where the rules of racing are in force. "J. That £10 reward will be paid on conviction of parties infringing this rule. 'A. That cash betting will not be allowed on the Dunedin course."

On this announcement being made a meeting of bookmakers, cash fielders, and others was held, tit which a resolution was carried strongly disapproving of the action of the D.J.C. "in offering £10 reward to secure a conviction against anyone betting or laying totalisator odds, and it was resolved to petition the club to reconsider the decision, It was decided to form a club for their protection, making it a suit of TattersaH's. In referring to the action taken l.v the D.J.C. in offering a reward of i'lU on the matter, the Canterbury Times throws cut a •word of warning to tiie club, as follows : — "We saw, not very long ago. a book which contained '203 totalisator wagers on one day's racing. Now, if a bookmaker should do the same amount of business at Forbury _ lie would expose himself to 2ti'{ informations from -Go informers, who would each be entitled to a reward of .VlO from the racing club Then the '3J.'! backers would be liable to similar proceedings, and assuming that there are a dozen bookmakers who do business at Forbury, this offer of a reward involves the club in a contingent liability oI some i.''>i,U(Jo. Has the committee counted the possible cost ? ' The crusade that has set in in the .South against the knignts of the book aud pencil is not. I think, likely to extend to Auckland, for in the first place the Metropolitan Club's funds have never suffered to any great extent by the ring laying totalisator odds ; and in the next, the club exact an annual license fee of £10 from each bookmaker, which facts make the poneiliers' position fully secure so far as Auckland is concerned. THE K.S'ULISH DERBY. The fact that a filly lias only on three occasions supplied the winner of the English Derby in the 112 contests that have taken place for that race does not surround the prospects of the weaker sex with a very encouraging aspect. This year a couple of their number have, however, been mafic the medium of some strong support. These are Baron Hirsch's La Fleche (a full sister to the St. Leger winner Memoir), by .St. Simon from Quiver, and Colonel Norths Lady Hermit, who is a doubtfully bred one, being returned by Hermit or Galopin from flindra. The first Derby won by a filly was in 1801, when Six C. Bunburv Eleanor got home first, and then tiiere was an interval of fiftyfive years, before Mr. W. I'Anson scored his memorable victory with Blink Bonny, which was followed up twenty-four years later by the victory of the Duke of Westminsters Sbotover. In ISB4, .Sir John Willoughby's filly Queen Adelaide started a red-hot favourite, at 2 to 1. but she could only get third to the dead beaters, St. Gatien and Harvester. It has been safd, however, that had Sir John Willoughby's filly been ridden by Archer instead of Webb, she would in all probability have supplied the winner on that occasion, for as the field swept round Tattenham Corner, Webb took her very wide, which tactics caused her to lose a deal of ground. La Fleche is said to be one of the most beautiful fillies that has ever graced the turf, and should she train on successfully it may fall to her lot to follow in the footsteps of Eleanor, Blink Bonny, and Shotover in having her named enrolled amongst the " queens of the turf" that have succeeded in winning the blue riband. KACK-KI IN" AUSTRALIA.

It is often remarked that the horsemen of the present day in Australia are sadly deficient to the old school, and looking amongst the ranks; of the '"rising" generation, it seems a forlorn hope to point out one that is likely to find his way to a place with the great horsemen of the past. The .Sydney Bulletin of a recent date has something to say on the subject in a recent number, from which journal I extract the following:—The art of race-riding, which has never been widely cultivated in this country, seems in danger of dying out altogether. Time was when one could name a jockey, every here and there, who had "followers," and whose mount "up" was considered worth backing for the sake of the man. But of all thejocks who used to win races with their heads and hands, only Teddy Power is left on the job, and he seldom figures in connection with '* good goods" nowadays. Hales and O'Brien stroll around the scene of their former greatness in plain clothes, the one looking not strong, and the other unmistakably weak. Poor Alec Robertson is under the turf, whilst Gorry—a veritable little nugget in his dayhas failed into obscurity. There are none to fill the places of these old favourites. Racing has degenerated into a miserable exhibition of all round incapacity in the saddle, and although the bo. J horses may seem to be judiciously ridden when they have things all their own way, they getprecious little assistance in the time of need, as witness the lame finish of Strathmore when collared by Highborn. Boys don't ride at all, in the Areherian acceptation of the term —they merely stick on their respective horses'backs and jostle round the track in a wild, wobbling mob. MISOKI-LANKOI-S ITK MS. By cable we are informed of the result of the twenty-second annual contest for the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase. The winner this year turned up in Mr. G. P. Wilson's Father O'Flynn (a son of Retreat), who carried lOst slb home in front of tiie two top weights, Mr. G. Duffs Cloister (12st 31b) and Mr. G. Mastermau's Ilex (l'2st 71b). Father O'Flynn was responsible for some good form last season in the colours of Lord Choimondeley, winning the Budbrook Hunters' Hurdles at Warwick, the Maiden Hurdles at Windsor, the Wye Hunters' Hurdle Race, the Chepstone Open Hunters' Steeplechase, and the Open Hunters' Steeplechase at Cirences- * .

ter. After recording this last victory Father O'Fly on passed into the hands of Mr. G. P. Wilaon, and he rewarded his uew owner with ' a victory in the Quorn Hunt Steeplechase, for i which race he started at the remunerative price of 6to 1, winning easily. On this form ; lie' would no doubt he well backed, but • Cloister and Ilex (the latter of whom won List year), were the two prime fancies for the 1 great Aintrec event when the last mail left. It is worthy of remark that the impost (lOst .lib) which Father O'Flynn won under, is . exactly the .same that Ilex carried to victory ■ last year in the same race. i The Wanganui starter, Mr. Samuel Powell, j cannot certainly complain of the treatment he is receiving at the hands of Press writers, for if anything there would appear a tendency to just overdo with praise the "marvellous starting." By-the-way, I notice in " Spectator's"' notes in the last issue of the Weekly Press that that writer states, "I have met several man who have influence in Auckland who intend to try and bring their influence to bear to get Mr. Powell appointed starter to the Auckland Racing Club." Indeed! I should like to know who are these " men of influence" that are to apply the lever Auckland wards in the interests of Mr. Powell, for, so far as my experience goes, it is altogether in the direction of further cementing the happy relations that have for the past three seasons existed between the club and Mr. George Cutts, the present holder of the office. Mr. Powell is no doubt an excellent starter. So is Mr. Cutts.

The field for the Champagne Stakes, to be ri n at Ellerslie next month, will not, I fancy, be a very strong one, for the fact that the Hon. Mr. Ormond's gelding North Atlantic having escaped all penalties, and being entitled to asl allowance, will not, it must be admitted, offer an encouraging inducement for many to oppose the son of Nordenfeldt and Atlantis, should his owner send him up to fulfil his engagement. Mr. Morrin's filly, Brown Alice, is also unpenalised, but it is asking the sister of Strathmore a big question to concede an ouuee to the Napier representative. St. Hippo disappointed his party very greatly in Huia's Handicap, run at the Onslow meeting in February, and as the St. Leger colt only had 7st 51b in the saddle when he collapsed so badly, there is a chilling ilcinht iw to hi" ability to trouble North Atlantic with .Mb the worst of the weights.

Notwithstanding that Mr. \Y. R. Wilson gave the scandalmongers very plainly to understand that in terminating Cusdin's engagement he did not impugn the integrity of the New Zealand jockey iu connection with Strathmore's defeat in the Australian Clip, there seems to lie a desire in certain quarters to blacken the young horseman s character by insinuating that he made a small fortune over Highboru's victory and Strathmore's defeat in that race. Considering that the lad's home is ill Canterbury, one would not expect to find, after Mr. Wilson's entire exoneration, these spiteful statements get into print there; but there they are, and their publication under the circumstances will suggest to many minds that some writers are only too quick to lend an ear to the scandalmongers and attribute dishonesty where the evidence is all in the direction of showing that none exists.

St. Leger was represented by a good winner at the Tarauaki Jockey Club's meeting on Thursday and Friday last, at which gathering his son Prestige won the Jockey Club Handicap of '.iVjsovs (one mile and a-half), the Flying Handicap of OOsovs (six furlongs), and the Autumn Handicap of loOsovs (one mile and a-quarter). Prestige, who appears to have won all his races in capital style, is, it may be remarked, a half-brother to that good mare Dtidu. both being the produce of The Painter mare Fame.

The hurdle racer Lonely, who has been on the retired list during the past few mouths owing to a leg infirmity, has again been taken up by John Rue, and is training on satisfactorily: but the White House trainer informs me that Good Day, who, it will be remembered fell while contesting in the Steeplechase at Ellerslie in January last, is in a bail way, and Kae has very little hope of the daughter of Izaak Walton again carrying silk.

Word eotncs from .Sydney to the effect that the stallion First Cheater died last week at Mr. Anthony Hordern's stud farm from the effects of a chill contracted while journeying home from the Lismore Show. First Chester, who was a son of Chester and Marie Stuart, andwill perhaps be best remembered for his neck defeat at the bauds of Nordenfeldt in the V.R.C. Derby in ISS.S. He went amiss shortly after that race, and never raced after his three-year-old career. First Chester was foaled in iSB_, so that he had only completed his ninth year when he died.

The Auckland-owned filly Miss Letty is reported to be going oil most satisfactorily in her training at Randwick. The daughter of St. Lcger and Necklace is engaged in the Australian Jockey Club's Champagne Stakes to be run on the IStii instant, in which she will probably have to do battle against either one or the other of the flyers in l'ayten's stable (Autonomy, Camoola, or Trieste), but as the Auckland lilly is unpenalised, while her three most dangerous opponents have each to put up lOlbslwWitional, there is just a ray of hope that a victory may be in store for slaoriland.

From a circular sent me by Mr. J. J. Miller, of Melbourne, 1 gather it is that gentleman's intention to publish a monthly racing record precisely on the lines of McCall's English Racing Chronicle, which will contain, in addition to information invaluable to the racing world, a reliable and authentic complete record of each month's racing throughout Australasia. The work is to be published in twelve monthly parts, the first week in each month, and, in addition, at the end of each season the subscriber will receive the whole twelve parts in one volume.

The weights for the two principal events of the Auckland Racing Club's Autumn Meeting—the Easter Handicap and Steeplechase —are due to make their appearance on Monday next. Acceptances for these two races, together with general entries for the remaining events of tin: programme, are due on Friday next, on which day those wishing to strike their horses out of the Champagne Stakes must do so, otherwise they will be liable for the amount of the forfeit (o3ovs).

Mr. W. R. Wilson has, I learn, selected the appropriate title of Carnage for the yearling full brother to Zalinski, while Strathmore's sister of the same age will henceforth be known as La Gloria.

Though the Auckland-owned Impulse appears amongst the acceptors for the Hawkesbury Handicap, I am given to understand that he was left in that race by error, and that he will not fulfil his engagement.

What have been dubbed "The Huia colours, were registered this week with the secretary of the A.R.C. by Mr. Maraugai— •'black jacket, old gold collar, white armlets." It is, I understand, not unlikely that Mr. Marangai may have an Auckland-bred colt in his possession before long, in shape of Tulloch's half-brother, by St. Leger from Welcome Katie.

Commenting on the chance of the top weight Marvel (9st 9ib) in the Sydney Cup. " Memo" says :—"When it is remembered that Marvel lowered the colours of the mighty Carbine, and that lie has established his right to be considered one of the most brilliant animals that ever trod the Australian turf, it must be admitted that he is well in when only required to carry olb more than weight for age. Certainly he has never been fairly tried over two miles, but his style has everything about it to lead to the belief that he can stay as well as travel fast, and as Monughan still has him in lirst-ci.iss buckle, notwithstanding nil the time he lias been in training, he must be wonderfully hard to beat."

Considering that they had to resort to a postponement of their inaugural meeting from St. Patrick's Day, the l'apakura Racing Club have good reason to be satisfied with the result of their gathering on Saturday last. The attendance was good, the racing capital, and, taking everything into consideration, the club is to be congratulated on the measure of success scored over their first meeting. The commodious and comfortable grand stand erected on the ground has formed the subject of much favourable comment, and there can be little doube that with good management the new candidate for public favour will become very popular.

After treating his admirers to a couple of very severe knocks by his respective defeats in the Caulfield Cup and Newmarket Handicap, Bungebah rewarded them with a win on Saturday last in the Rosehill Cup (one mile and three furlongs), in which event the son of Grandmaster had the respectable impost of 93t 91b. lb was a very close thing, however, as the cablegram states that Bungebah only got home first by a head. Bungebah's victory at Rosehill would appear to pretty well extinguish his chance of success in the Doncaster Handicap, for which race he has incurred a 101b penalty, and as Mr. Scanawarded him 9st 71b in that race, his impost is raised to lOst 31b.

While Mr. Gollan'n crack Tirailleur was being taken across to Victoria last October it will be remembered that the train ran oil the line, and, amongst other injuries, the Musket horse had his tail broken. Intelligence this week come 3 from Australia to the effect that Mr. Gollan intends instituting a suit against the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, in which he seeks to recover £2000 damages for the injuries his horse is alleged to have sustained by the accident.

So far there has been very little straight out wagering in connection with the Sydney Cup, but it is said that if a move was made in favour of either a of Mr. Wilson's pair (Strathinore and Zalinski) he would speedily be at a short price. After the first forfeits, which become due on Monday next, the speculation will no doubt liven up.

f The accident which befel Kegina on the I Riccartou racecourse recently, by which one of her fetlocks was shattered, necessitated her destruction, and a friendly bullet last week terminated her career. Regina was a daughter of Cassivelauuus and the To tar a mare Araminta. The Cultivator— horse, who was purchased last year in Auckland and taken to Fiji, and who'was reported to be dead, is, I learn, still in the land of the living, and is doing stud duty at Suva under the name of Roko. An Auckland sportsman recently sent p. communication to Adelaide inquiring tho price of the stallion Thunderbolt (by Musket —Locket), when 1750 guineas was quoted. This reply, I need scarcely say, abruptly stopped all further negotiations. Mr. Pallin, an Irish sportsman, who won the Grand Military Gold Cup, has made a novel boquest of it after his death (writes a recent exchange). He has three sons, and he has left it in his will that on the youngest becoming twenty - one they shall ride a steeplechase for it, and the winner to take the cup. Thus there will be no jealousy for the possession of this coveted trophy, and it is but few. and those only of the right sort, who would have thought of such a way to dispose of it. The Melbourne Sportsman recounts the following amusing incident A lad, on trying to obtain" entrance to the saddling pad dock at Epsom (Victoria) recently was refused admission on account of the animal he was riding being, in the estimation of the gatekeeper, only a hack. To the surprise of the said official the said " hack" was no less a notability ill the turf world than the V.R.C. Derby and Australian Cup winner Dreadnought. The doughty sou of Chester has, it may be remarked, never once carried Mr. \Y. T. Jones' colours since he was purchased by that gentleman from Lord Restevea in the autumn of IS9O, and the general impression is that the Ballarat sportsman will never get a return for the '2300 guineas which he expended in his purchase, at least on the turf.

It is not so long ago, says an English sporting scribe, that the forfeit list tilled three or four pages of the Racing calendar, and for such races as the Derby and St. .Leger there would be half-a-scoro or more of defaulters. All this is now altered. Only one owner has failed to [my mi over Common's St. Leger, and the money is worth twenty shillings in the pound. There is, too, only one defauier over the Derby, and that is an unknown man. Tho most extraordinary record is in connection with Newmarket. There are eight meetings held there, and the only money outstanding is £6 ss, of which half is good money. There never has been such a record as this. The most interesting item in it is the name of one who might, we know, have had £10,000 for his horse; but lie refused it.

The great Ormonde is now made responsible for the death of Mr. Hume Webster. This unfortunate gentleman had, according to the London correspondent of the Times, closed with the South Americans for the repurchase of Bend Or's son (safely landed in London) for £07,000, and this sum he had to make lip amongst racing folks who had promised to take out subscriptions to Ormonde at .£3OO a mare. Mr. Webster was worried with difficulties in connection with the affair, and was ultimately driven, while temporarily insane, to take his own life. A Sydney cablegram states that Mr. Redfearn's horses Malvolioand Correzo have beer scratched for the Sydney Cup. A Canterbury writer states that Crackshot has gone all to pieces. His quarters have deteriorated in muscle, and his legs are not good. He was a goo.l horse once, but it is extremely doubtful whether he will again win a big race.

Palliser (Tst 101b) is one of the most fancied for the Great Autumn Handicap. With a stone less to carry the son of Nordonfeidt ran second to Hazel (Gat 101b) in this race last year.

It transpires that Mr. Morrin altered his mind about nominating his stallions for the Egmout Hack Sires Produce Stakes. It is stated that the sum paid by the Duchess of Montrose for the stallion Tristan was £20,(XX). The son of Hermit lias been secured with a view to filling the place left vacant at Sefton by the death of Isonomv. Foulsham's pair, G'Naroo and Wild Rose, have been taken to Randwick with a view to their A.J.C. engagements. Mr. Gollan's trio of two-year-olds—Mous-rpietaire. Culloden.and Leontini—were last week submitted to auction at Melbourne, but thev were all passed in. Royal Rose is the title selected for the yearling colt by King Cole from Rosalind, who ligures as the nomination of Mrs. E. Fraser. The Americans have got a trotting sulky now that only weighs 391b. If this sort of business is kept up a little longer (says one writer) the sulky of the future will be apt to consist of two tires with a strip of sunshine. Acceptanccs in connection with the Aucklaud Trotting Club's Autumn Meeting are due on Friday next. HELKXSVILLI: RACES. In the event of the weather proving fine, to-day, the Ilelensville Jockey Club should have a most successful meeting. The acceptances are first-class, and as the club has arranged for a special train to leave the Auckland station at twenty-five minutes pa.it nine a.m., and which will stop at all stations where required to pick tip passengers, there should be a capital attendance. The following are the acceptances for the various events Maiden FlaTI"., one —Transit (Silver's) 8..1, Miss Sly S.U, Assa'sin S.U. Kildar? 7. 12, Tiger 7.1(1, Acacia 7.'.), BraM>7.7, Potent ite7.. r ), liliu- Ribbon 7.0, I.t"i 7.1.1, Pearl 6 12. Kauri Gum 0.10, mainly 0!t I iving .Scotchman O.'.i, I'nrget i::e-Not 0.7, Ruby ii.7. Mritui.K Hack, nil-- mile anil three-quarters. — ftry in O'l.ynn 10.12, Cloth of Cold in. lit. Kate 10.5, Kewarewn. 10.0, Assassin 'J. 111, Transit (Malavey's) '.1.7. Tawhiao 9.&, Potentate 'J. 5, Ruby 9.0. IIELE.NSVII.M-: Cl'P. one mile anil a-<|uartur. — I<eorina 9.10, Jngorina 9.5, Warrior 7.10, lirigide 7.7, Ma 7.2, Miss Sly 7.'.', Ilravo 0.12, Kildare 0.9, Leo (3.9, Potentate 0 9, Sandy 0.7. Hack Rack, one mile.—'Transit (Saver's) 8.8, Tiger 3.0,81ue Ribbon 7.5, Potentate 7.5, Jim 7.4, Fusilier 7.4, Success 7.0, Leo 7.0 Kj.nohio.l2, Mournful Kate (i. 10, Spot 0.10, Flying Scotchman 0.9, May 0.7, Forget-me-Not 0.7, Ruby 0.7. I'I.YINO iA KI s, six furlongs. Leorina 9.0, Ingoriua 9.3, Warrior 7.13, Brigade 7.12, Ida 7.10, Re ware wa 7.2, Johnny 7.0, Kildare 7.0, Acacia 0.12, Bravo 0.9, Blue Ribbon 0.9, Leo 0.7, Sandy 0 7. Novel Hack, one mile.—Comet 5.7, Jubilee 8.0, Thirty Bob. 7.10, Patricia 7.10, Dandy 7.7, Spot 7.7, Reuben 7.0, Lord Glasgow 7.n. AVON DALE JOCKEY CLUB. The following acceptances were received lust night for the Avondale Races oil Saturday next: — MaIDKN Pi.ATE, one mile.—Warrior 8.12, Vieux Rose is.9, Transit (Savers') 8.7, Miss Sly S.O, Kildare 7.12, Tiger 7.10, Acacia 7.9, Kate 7.9, Bulrush 77. Focus 7.0, Chance 0.10, Jessica 0.10, Mascot te 0.9. Handicap HcRni.ES, two miles.— Ingorangi 10.12, Stepper 10.7, Cloth of IJoU 10.4, Itewarewa 10.0, N'eli 9.9, lima 9.7, Warrior 9.7, Ika Vuka 9.7, forest King 9.5, Potentate 9.0. Avonoai.e Cup, one mile and a-quirter.—ln-Koi in,i 9.:;, Tuna 7.7, Warrior 7."., Brigade 7.2, Stamford 7.0, Ida 7.0, Tuliocli 7.0, Miss .sly 7.0, II 'Irtish 0.12, Vasator 0.9. Maiden Steeple hash, two miles.— 10.7, Rewarewa 10.0, Forest King 10.4, Assassin 10.4, Neli 9.9, Randwick 9.7, Dainty 9.7, Tim 9.7, Potentate 9.7, br 111 by Inguinal 9.7, Mistletoe 9.7. Pony Rack, seven furlongs. —Antic 10.7, Romeo 9.0, Pearl 8.12, Helena 7.12, Sepoy 7.12, Fusilier 7.12, La Grippe 7.2, Uim 0.7, Moonlight 0.7. NOVKI, Handicap, five furlongs.' - Daisy 0.12, Flint 0.7. STI.ECIIasK, three miles.—lngorangi 10.12, ■Silvio 10.7, Kate 10 4, Rewarewa 10.0, Tommy 9.12, Cloth of Cold 9.7. Fi.iiNU STAKES, five furlongs. — Jngorina 9.5, St. Clements 7.12, Stamford 7.7, Vasator 7.5, Brigade 7.4, Vieux Ito.e 7.4, Tulloch 7.2, Octopus 7.0, Rewarewa 7.0, Transit (Saver's) 7.0, Bulrush 0.12, Kildare 0.12, Acacia 0.12, Antic 0.9, Blue Ribbon 0.7, Helena 0.7. TAR AN AKI JOCKEY CLUB'S MHKTIxM:. [BY TF.I.ECKA I'll. — I'KKSS ASSOCIATION". 1 New Plymouth, Friday. The Taranaki Jockey Club's meeting was continued to-day, when there was a good attendance, though the weather was showery. The handicapping proved very successful, and Mr. J. O. Evitt, the hanilicapper, was cheered. The following are the results of the races : — Second Hack Hi;hdi.k Rack, of :visovs. One mile and a-lialf. Baccarat, lOst 51b . .. 1 Flute. lOst 71b 2 Recruit, lOst 101b I! Won with a bit to spare. Dividend, £5 7s. Time, 3m. 5 l-sth ». (J it and Stand Handicap, of 70sovs; the owner of the second horse to re.eive lll.sovs from the stakes. Seven furlongs. Weka, 7st 211) (McKeu.gtie) 1 Heather Bell, 7st 51b (Price) 2 Torpedo, 7st 121b (Collelo) .. .. ..2 Loch Ness, Cretonne, ami Musket also ran. Won by a length after an exciting race. Time, lm. 31 l-itli s. Dividend, £5 13s. Ladies' Bracelet, of tiOsovs. One mile and a-half. The Dreamer 1 Durus .. .. .. .. .. . ..2 Tattler 8 Won by i short neck. Time, 2m. 53Js. Dividend, £1 lis. Autumn Handicap of KiOsovs; the owner of the second horse to receive 15sovs from th« stakes. One mile and a-quarter. Mr. F. Hill's Prestige, Bst 1 Heather Bell, But 111b 2 Scot Free, Bst Sib .. .. 3 There also started : Whisper, Krina, and St. Malo. The race was a well-contested one. Time, 2m. 12 2-.itli s. Dividend, £3 ss. Fakbwei.i. Handicap of 40sovs; the owner of the second horse to receive ssovs from the stakes. Six furlongs. Toroedo 1 Weka '> Fleta 3 St Malo, Musket, Snapcap also started. This was a grand race, Torpedo winning by about a no3e. Time, lm. 17 4-oth s. Dividend, £2 15s.