SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9581, 4 August 1894, Page 6

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. New ZEALAND. August 9, New Zealand Grand National Steeple- , V > chase Meeting. - November 6, 8, Canterbury Jockey Club. - * ' • ; ; AUSTRALIAN. ■ August 11—Victoria Amateur Turf dab. September 5, H&wkesbuiy Racing Club. September 15,18,20,22—Australian Jockey Club. October 13, 20—Victoria Amateur Turf Club. '< November 3, 6, 8, 10—Victoria Bating Club. " •; v j ■ . DATES OF COMING EVENTS. . i NEW ZEAUXD. August 9N.Z. Grand National Steeplechase August 11— N.Z. Grand National Hurdle Bace ... AUSTRALIA. v September 15— J.C. Derby, September 18 - etiopolitAa-Stak» . October is—Caal&eld Guineas.' October 20—Caulfleld Cup.' ' November 3—V.B.C. Derby. ■ November Melbourne Cup. ' - ESGLASD. September 12— Ceger Stakes. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Wager, Auckland.— Libeller was owned by Mr. W. Bobbett when he von the A.R.C. Handicap in 18St. He was sold privately to ' Mr. Bobbett. ' 2. Mersey and Sister Agnes were amongst the lot of mares .imported from Kngland to Auckland in 1881. J. 11., Palmers North.Cuirassier was raced as a two-year-old. His first victory mis gained on Boxing Day, ISS3, when •he won the - Trial Stakes. His next nil was in the Great Northern Derby. The Artist. —1. Loyalty and Bonnie Scotland are full brothers. 2. DeUware was cot by Trenton from Genesti (full sister to Richmond) by Maribyrnone out of The Fawn. Delaware is in the same stable as Oxide. T.K.iL—The placed horses in thi Auckland Cup of 18SS were l-ochiel (Bst 101b), * ; Hilda (7st Sib), 2; « ritish Won (7-t 71b), 3. Lochiel was favourite on the inside machine and Nelson en the outside. NOTES BY PHAETON. THE NEW ZEALAND GRAND NATIONAL ; MEETING. Ox Thursday and Saturday next, the Canterbury Jockey Club will bring off the Grand National Meeting at Riccarton; and taken altogether, there is eVery reason to predict that the gathering will prove as successful as any of its predecessors. The Grand National Steeplechase is set down for decision on the opening day, and with the following eleven horses engaged it will be tecognised that there Is ample material to furnish a most interesting and exciting contest st lb st lb Norton .. ... 12 8 Robin .. _ 10 2 Despised .. .. 11 3 Christmas „ 30 1 Bombardier .. 1011 Belle .. „ 911 Tiritea .. .. 10 10 Nauakla .. ..9 8 Mora(s — .. 10 7 Amalgam .. _ 9 7 Booties .. .. 10 5 By all accounts Norton is in great nick; and, as a result, his chance is highly fancied in many quarters. The Ascot gelding has, I may remark, never yet succeeded in winniug a first-class cross-country race; but his second in last year's Grand National (under l'2st 121b) to Water bury (lOst Bib) was a creditable performance, and with 41b less to carry in this year's race, he may succeed in giving his new-owner, Mr. S. H. Gollan, an early return for the outlay of £500 which was made in his purchase. It is stated that Mr. Gollan intends to take the mount on Norton himself, and that will be viewed in various lights. The Napier sportsman has, it is quite true, shown himself to.be an expert horseman, but I think the top weight will have a much better chance of distinguishing himself should the task of steering him be handed over to his old pilot, William Clark. The chance of Despised is summed up in all quarters pretty much on the same lines, viz., that if he'should prove to be the Despised of last summer he will require no end of beating. When shipped South last month the Cap-a-pie gelding bore traces of being in the best ot health, and his connections consider that he will strip a much improved horse to what be was when he failed so badly in the Great Northern Steeplechase, run in June last at Ellerelie. With two such important races as the Auckland Autumn and Great Northern Steeplechases to his credit, Bombardier cannot be lightly treated; but I must confess that I am not over partial to his chance for this race. Tiritea has run a couple of good races, but so far the only wis he has recorded across country was in the Maiden Steeplechase run at tbe Hawke's Bay Meeting last year. Morag won the Hawke%>Bay" Steeplechase in a meritorious manner en June last and as he appears to be a most proficient fencer and layer, he cannot be left out of aloulations. Booties is said to be a much improved horse, but my own impression is that the pace in this contest will be a bit too quick for the Volunteer gelding. Robin and Christmas are a pair that I know nothing of Belle is a mare for whose chance I have always entertained a liking. She is a capital fencer, with a good supply of pace, and a victory on her part would not surprise me in the least. Nauakia is not without creditable credentials tor a race of this character, For it will be remembered that on Queen's Birthday last he made a dead heat of it with Rootles in the Wanganui Steeplechase, and subsequently, on the same day, won the Final Steeplechase. The son of Natalor is said to have made much improvement since he recorded that brace of performances, and he may have to be reckoned with. However, to sum up the whole matter, the three that appear to me to stand out as the most likely to furnish the placed division are Norton, Belle, and Despised. The Grand National Hurdle Race is set down for decision on Saturday next, so that I will have another opportunity of dealing with that race in my notes next week. Judging from the remarks of the Canterbury critics, the issue is regarded as extremely open; and it is considered that everyone of the ten horses engaged has a chance. As Liberator is trained in private, little is known concerning the doings of the top weight, but the general opinion is that he will be started; and if quite himself will have a chance. Melinite, who is said to be in rare buckle, continues to hold the position of favourite, and the parties connected with the Nordenfeldt mare are said to hold a high opinion of her chance. A trio of " maidens " that is extremely well spoken of are Musket, Magazine, and Barnardo, and there are more unlikely things than that one of their number may supply the winner. The following are the horses engaged in the Grand National Hurdle Race st lb st lb Liberator - _ 12 6 Magazine .. 10 6 Kulnine .. .. 12 3 Kmpire .. ._ 10 6 Melinite .. .. 10 10 Birnardo.. .. 10 0 Despised .. ..10 10 Morag .. .. 913 Musket .. ~ 10 0 Jacob Faithful -9 9 HOMffiOPATHY FOB HORSES. It may not be generally known to sporting men that the homoeopathic practitioner is greatly in favour in the United States in treating the equine race for the many forms of disease to which they are subject. It is void of all forcing, and can be used in a very simple manner, all that is necessary being to dissolve a few pellets or globules in the horse's drink, or, if he be trained, he will lick them off the hand of the groom or professional man in attendance. The treatment was recently tried with success in Dunedin ; I and I clip the following from " Carbine's" notes thereon The well-known racer Pa- i ramu, about a fortnight ago, showed signs ' of being very lame for a week, and no one j connected with him could trace the cause, ; Upon the removal of his shoe, however, ; a two-inch nail was found embedded in I I the frog, and & local homceop. was > called in at the instance ' of a gentle- ' man friend of the owner, who had heard j of the efficacy of homoeopathic treat- > ment in hores.; The r.idea of submitting ! Pa nun was not at first well entertained by his owner, but after some . persuasion he ' reluctantly gave the homoeop. 48 hours to | reduce the inflammation, failing which he i would resort to the old practice of poultic- ! ing. Mr. David Wisliart, the professional j man in this instance, who has recently returned from America, and through his studies , under W. L. Reid, ; M.D., . has implicit faith ! in the treatment, or in the law of similars, : undertook the case, and gave?the horse one !, powder in half a bucket of water. This course was'repeated after 24 hours, and the next day the abscess had pointed and was discharging, consequently the inflammation was reduced. ? Under the old system of treatment the owner states it could not have been accomplished under three weeks. I'saw Paramu, on Friday afternoon, and examined his recently shod toot, and he appeared quito ready for active work. Mr. McKewen, his owner, expressed surprise at such a rapid recovery, and intends trying the same system in other cases of failings in equines under his charge. LORD ROSEBERy AND THE TORS'. In commenting on the I Nonconformist outburst against Lord Rosebery's connection with the turf, The World remark:—Even did the ownership of the Derby winner threaten Lord Rosebery with far more serious practical consequences than any that are at all likely to accrue, there is small, fear that he would suffer himself to be driven from the ' position he assumed in the days of the first Ladas, and emphasised in the recent.'Eton speech, which administered such a 'smartrebuff to the impertinence of his censors. If there is one subject upon which the present Prime Minister is universally believed to be in earnest it is the maintenance of his association with the sport in connection with which so large a share of his deserved personal popularity has been won.'

OBITOABY : MB. WHXIAM QASXOK. One by one the old pillars ot the Australian turf are passing away. : A Sydney cablegram to hand . this week. announced the death of Mr. William Gannon, who for a number of years past bad ' held a - place amongst the prominent sportsmen of Mew South Wales. Though daring his connection with the turf Mr. Gannon was the possessor of, many famous horses, he could not by any means be termed a lucky sportsman ; and indeed some of the defeats which the bearers of tile popular maroon and white jacket suffered were of so particularly exasperating a character as to constitute a dose that would have sent many less ardent sportsmen off : the turf. In 1882 Mr. Gannon was . one of v the syndicate interested f in Sweet William, when the outsider Cunnamulla defeated the son of Yattendoa in the Sydney Geld Cup, This failure on the part of > Sweet William cost Ills party a few thousands: but it was as - nothing to the liabilities that he cast them in when, in the Melbourne Cup of the following season, he failed to get closer than fourth to The Assyrian, Stockwell, and Gudarz. Sweet William was made one of the hottest favourites that ever went to the post for the Melbourne 'Cap, and his defeat was a . severe facer for 'his party. | ■Sweet William wait, r Without * doubt, one of the most; unlucky horses that ever figured on the turf, and Mr. Gannon cohld not have regretted very much when his horse proved to be untrainable. In 1888, Mr. Gannon, made a lucky purchase when the late Hon. W. Pearson, tiring of Arsenal, sent the son of Galdsbrough to auction. Mr. Gannon secured Arsenal for ISO guineas, and in the following season the son of Goldsbrough succeeded in carrying the Sydney sportsman's colours to victory in the Melbourne Cup. Arsenal's victory in the great Flemmgton handicap was, however, ' not devoid of bitterness. About a fortnight prior to the race, the horse showed hit, trainer (H. Rayner) a great trial at Randwick, on the strength of which he was. backed to win something like £"25,000. A few days prior to the race, •• however, Arsenal went off his feed, and scarcely eating a bite the hopes of his party fell to zero. As a consequence, the great bulk ot the money for which he had been backed was hedged, and instead of Mr. Gannon winning a very large wager by the success of his horse, a few thousands were all he landed from the ring. In the following season Mr. Gannon baa a real good one to carry his colours in The Australian Peer, and after the son of Darebin scored a memorable victory over Trident in the Randwick Plate, he wou the V.R.C. Derby. Mr. Gannon's colt was thereupon made a strong favourite for the Melbourne Cup, but he could only get third to Dunlop and Silvermine. In the same season The Australian Peer acted as runner-up to Abercorn in both the V.R.C. and A. J.C. St, Legers, and wound up by securing the Sydney Gold Cup. Great things were anticipated from The Australian Peer as a four-year-old, but though tffe son of Darebin opened his career at that age by scoring a brace of brilliant victories in the Spring stakes and Melbourne Stakes, he subsequently lost bis form,, and . wound up his career badly. In IsBB, Mr. Gannon was again found . With "~a good 'one in his hands in the shape ; of Moles. The son of Goldsbrough started well in bowling over a red hot favourite in Volley iu the A.J.C. Derby, but, though well backed, • the colt could only get third to Ensign and Carbine ' in the V.R.C. Derby. In the following autumn, Melos .was made a strong favourite for the V.R.C. .St*. Leger, but Volley rather unexpectedly; put him down. This form was, however, proved to be incorrect, as in the following month Mr. Gannon's representatives reversed places with the daughter of Musket in the A.J.C.St. Leger. At the same meeting Meles Went, very near to lauding the Sydney Gold Cup for his owner; but the lion-hearted Carbine proved a little too geotl for him, and a head defeat for Mr. Gannon's colours was the 'result. When the Melbourne Cup of the 1 following season came to be talked about in downrightearnest, it wasonce again recognised that Mr. Gannon had apowerful representative to carry his colours in Melos, who was backed by the Sydney sportsman and Kis | friends to win a great stake. ' On the opening day of the V.R.C. Spring Meeting Melos ! was. sent out to battle against those two 1 great gusts Abercorn and Carbine at weight- ; for-age in the Melbourne Stakes; and in a ; never-to be-forgotten finish, Abercorn got i home half a head in front of Mr. Gannon's representative. This doughty performance on the part of Melos, caused his chance in the Melbourne Cup to be warmly extolled. The Fates, however, were against the son o| > Goldsbrough following in t)ie footsteps of,' Arsenal, by crediting Mr. Gannon with tho Stake, and he failed to get closer than third to Bravo and Carbine. It waft at/the tim«. freely stated that Melos was ridden', most inf differently, and that had a first-cJ&sa man beeat in the saddle. he must have won. In tb¥ foiowing autumn, M elos was slipped for the Australian " Cup; but ill-luck still stuck to the maroon jacket, and Mr. Gannon's horse suffered hatf-a-heail defeat at the hands of Dreadnought./;. However, on the following day, the son of Goldsbrough made some' amends for his annoying defeat in the Cup by carryiug his owner's colours _ to victory in the Champion Stakes, defeating Dreadnought and Carbine. In the Melbourne Cup of the , following season Mr. Gannon was again represented by Melos; who was again well backed ; but though the Goldsbrough horse flattered the hopes of his party at the turn for home, he failed badly, and to the chagrin of his party he failed to fain even a place. In the autumn of 1890 Mr. Gannon became enamoured of the two-year-old Gatling, by Nordenfeldt from Petroleuse, and the Sydney sportsman planking down the 2000 guineas asked by Mr. D. O'Brien for the colt,Gatling passed into his hands. The purchase, however, turned out a most disastrous one, and the only time Gatling flattered Mr. Gannon that be had secured a good one was when he ran Gibraltar to a head for the A. J.C. Derby of 1890. Gatling proved a most unreliable customer, and subsequently wound up a disappointing career by dropping dead. Since Mr. Gannon lost the services of Melos he possessed no horse of any note, though he still had a few in training. Mr. Gannon, who was, I may remark, well up in years, had for some time past beeu in delicate health, and, sad though it is to find so popular a form ushered from the busy throne, his friends would no doubt be fully prepared for the parting. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Though Impulse has not been seen at Ellerslie for a long time past, Mr. Cutts has not been allowing the St. Leger gelding to eat the oat of idleness, and the veteran having been fortunate in getting a capital piece of ground at Onehunga whereon to work his horse, he has him in pretty forward condition. From the list of acceptances for the Mew Zealand Cup appearing in another column, it will be seen that Impulse has been left in that race, and there is reason to believe that all going well with him in the interval, Mr. Bradley will send him South in order to fulfil his engagement. It is stated that Mr. J. B. Reid, owner of Skirmisher, has not yet made up his mind as to what races the son of Vanguard will be sent for during the coming spring. Summed up on his spring form last season. Skirmisher should certainly have a chance in the Caulheld Cup, but I myself fancy his connection will let the colt's Australian engagements go in' favour of the New Zealand. That, however, is merely a surmise. Grenadier did not do very well in his' efforts during last season; in fact, he displayed such a lack of gameness as to cause him to be generally voted a bit of a cur. Well, this same Grenadier, I may remark, is now going on extremely well in his training at Ellerslie, and he may show a vast improvement at three years old. The son ol Brigadier is undoubtedly a fine-looking colt, and if he has any pretensions to being a good one, the lenient burden of fist 121b should assise him to a victory in the New Zealand Cup. Advices from Napier state that Mr. Allan McLean this week met with a serious loss by the death of the stallion Crawford Priory, ! who dropped dead while being shipped on board the s.s. Australia. Crawford Priory, who was 16 years old, was a very highly-bred horse, being got by Gang Forward from Peradventure; and he was thus full brother to Guesswork. Mr. G.G. Stead having struck both Ich Dien and Hybrid out of the New Zealand Cup the Southern sportsman is unrepresented in that race. Truly Mr. Stead receives his fair share of the cruel turns of Dame Fortune's wheel,* for we may, I suppose, safely conclude that his withdrawal of Ich Dien and Hybrid is due to them having gone amiss. V • Mr. J. Stephenson, owner of Hippomencs, who passed through Auckland last week en route to Sydney, stated that ho has backed the St. Legcr gelding for the New Zealand , Cup ; and expressed toe opinion that his horse will stay the long journey all right. ; T. Connop, the well-known light-weight, who had been on a visit to Auckland for the purpose of visiting his parents, left for the South again this week. This popular young horseman wag, I find, last season at the head of the list as a winning jockey with a total of 31, his chief win being gained on Mr. Stead's two-year-old, Blue-N Fire in the Challenge Stokes of 2000sovs, run at the C.J.C. Meeting in March last. Connop would appear to have a happy knack of handling two-year-olds,, for, counting in Blue Fire's victory, I find that he scored no less than ten wins with youngsters Inst season—Tartan (3). The Shrew (2), Neroli, Lady : Moth, Muluri, all proving successful in his Hands.- Young Connop, I am pleased to say, still continues to hold the charaoter for good - conduct that has been a feature in his career,'and as he has so successfully steered clear of thosequicksands which lure so many successful jockeys ' to take on loose habits, there is every reason i to predict that he will continue to rise in his j profession, V , ;rr < }

The C.J.C. Challenge Stakes winner Blue • Fire Is said to be wintering well, 'and ' all raring well with, her in the interval it is predicted that she will win some good nct» during the forthcoming season. The daughter of Maxim and Sapphire, is, however, not engaged in either the A. J.C. or V.R.C. Oaks j Stakes. 80 that she is not likely to be sent oat of the - colony this season.. ; The sale ef Mr. J. B Hoggin's Rancho Del Paso yearlings attracted very large attention in the States. In all, 117 lots were sent up. including twelve sired by the New Zealand bred Maxim. The sale lasted four days, the average price realised being £220, the: total coming to £25,800. Sir Modred (with twentytwo) had the greatest number of representatives, and the stock of the <ion of Tradncer elicited good competition, the average being £300, and the highest price £850. Maxim's get created a most favourable impression, and in referring to them the Spirit of the Times says" To i judge ?by their appearance, Maxim's stock will quickly establish a reputation in America for this greit horse." The highest price brought by a Maxim was £1000, the average for the twelve led into the ring being£34o r -;V '.r ; K:' 5 There'was an immense crowd to witness the running of the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamps. on the 17th June Considerable feeling'had. been .developed because of the fact that the English , colt Matchbox bad been purchased by Baron Hirsch, and sent to France for the purpose of winning the event There were apprehensions of a riot in case Matchbox should win, and some 100 policemen and 600 guards were at the coarse to preserve order. Matchbox, however, was defeated by s neck by Baron A. de Schickler's Dolma Baghtcne, and all danger of mob violence: was averted. The finish for the race aroused the wildest enthusiasm, as it was a munificent neck-and-neck contest be ween Dolma Baghtche and Matchbox, and in the last few strides the former drew out and won by a neck. Odds of 7to 4 were laid on Matchbox, while 11 to 2 was offered against the winner. It is rather amusing to read some of the "American newspaper accounts of Ormonde and his first youngster foaled in America. The San Francisco Chrouicle devotes a large amount of space to the event, and to give an idea of what they think of the stallion and his foal, I append the following headings which surmounted the article—"A son to Ormonde born.'" *'• irst foal to the king in America." " Bay colt dropped by Kissing Crust." *' Much rejoicing over the advent of the purple-blooded youngster." We haven't yet progressed to this enthusiastic stage in the colonies. ; _ It is stated as a fact that for some days before the race for the Derby Ladas was shadowed by zealous detectives, one of whom in his excitement after the race violently smote to the earth an exciteable person who wished to pat the winner. Nor was this the only curious incident connected with the police protection accorded to Ladas, for Lord Kosebery himself, who had ventured to approach as the horse was being brought from The Durdans under escort before the race, was loudly and peremptorily ordered to " take that dog up," thcro being a terrier somewhere near him. - '. The progeny of the New Zealand bred Sir Modrea have been running with great distinction of late in America. At the meetings of the Brooklyn Jockey Club and New York 'Jockey Club, extending from May 15 to June 19. they won no less than sixteen races, the majority of which were for two- ■ year-olds. These events included the Great Eclipse Stakes of a guaranteed sum of 4000 sovb, and probably worth more—the richest stake run tin to that time during the present season, in which Connoisseur and Sir Galahad, both sons of Traducer's greatest son, finished first and second. > Writing ot Hampton, ? the sire of the English Derby winners, Merry Hampton, Ayrshire, and Ladas, .the London Sportsman says — What' a wonderful career Hampton's has been since James Nightingall bought him for 200 guineas in a selling race at Hampton, whence he obtained his name ! All who ever had to do with him are unanimous in his praise, and I know one gentleman who has ridden him over fences and declares he would have won the Liverpool Grand National, if ever he had been devoted to cross-country work. From the very beginning Hampton was a stud success, as Hippodamia, his first consort, produced Rookery to him on January hit, and Royal Hampton was among his early winners, but he . has gone on from strength to strength, ami finally his Derby Winoerj such as Merry Hampton and Ayrshire fade into comparative insignificance in the blaze of Ladas' all-conquering supremacy. No more quiet and docile horse than Hampton exists, and he evidently likes visitors. So far as it is ■ possible <to judge, he -ought to be geod ■ for a few seasons more, and his foals, instead of getting worse, seem to be better and bettor each year. He is a little fellow to be the sire of such a'slashing horse as Ladas, but you will "not readily find one more truly made all over. He has founded a great family indeed, and at this moment stands right above St. Simon, and any other horse in this country, for not only he, but also his sons and daughters, are constantly proving themselves invaluable at the stud. Hampton, who is now in his twenty-second year, is owned by Lord Ellesmere. who purchsedhim when five years old for 7500 guineas. In another column will be found the programme of events put forth by the Auckland Coursing Club in connection with their August meeting, which is fixed to take place, at Avondale, on the 18th and 22nd instant. There are three events on the programme, as follow —Champion Collar Stakes, for an unlimited number of all-aged dogs at £3 each ; Pappy Stakes, for an unlimited number of puppies at £2 each; Open Maiden Stakes, for an unlimited number of all-aged dogs that have never won money, at £2 each. The Foxton R.C. has adopted the following definition of a hack " Hacks shall mean horses that hare never won an advertised race exceeding the net sum of 40sovs at time of start (hack and hunter races excepted)." _ The following are given as the probable riders in the New Zealand Grand National Steeplechase: —Norton, Mr. S. H. Gollan ; Despised. R. Collins; Bombardier, D. Morrigan ; Tiritea, Traynor; Morag, Sweeney; Booties, J. Hickey; Robin, Smith; Belie, P. Johnstone; Nanakia, G. Laing. It is a very curious thing with regard to the Derby, that last yearns winner was out of a mare that cost £19, and that Ladas goes back to one mare that was bought for £20, and she in turn was out of a mare that was given away. Where does the fashionable breeding come in ,asks Man ot the World ? The stallion Izaak Walton, who, I may remark, this week entered upon his 23ru year, changed hands recently ou the West Coast, and is now owned by Mr. W. McCaul, of Otakeho. ' • English advices to hand show that there has been an outbreak ot "Joints' evil" among the mares and foals at the Duke of Portland's stud, and twelve valuable foals, mostly the progeny of St. Simon, have died. In addition to the fee which John Watts received for steering Ladas to victory in the Derby, Lord Rosebery made him a present of Ravelston, a beautifully-bred three-year-old colt by Foxhall, from Chopette. The members of the Legislative Council having resolved upon a lengthened adjournment, Sir Robert Stout's Gaming Bill has ; not yet come before that body. Prior to Lord Rosebery winning the English Derby with Ladas, the colours of the Scottish Earl had been carried unsuccessfully on ten occasions in the race for the Blue Riband. As a set off to the victories of Ladas, Lord Rosebery has this season lost several highly-bred foals. The last reported is that of a valuable filly by St. Simon out of Kecmesse. 1 . - ■ • : '■ ■ Josiah Haines, inmate of an English almshouse, was driven to Epsom to see Ladas run in the Derby. He is 9/ years of age, has now seen 73 Derbies, and this is supposed to be the record. The second payment in connection with the Melbourne Cup is due on Monday next ■' ' . : 1 J. Rae this week proceeded to Christchurch with a view to attending the Grand National meeting. • . . x . The annual meeting of members or the Auckland Racing Club takes place on Monday next . T Sir George Maude, superintendent of the Royal stud at Hampton Court, died on May 31. aged 77. Fair Nell (dam of Loyalty and Bonnie Scotland) is to be mated again next season with St George. ; ' ! „ The very satisfactory wager of , 1000 to 35 was secured in Christchursh about Three Star, for the New Zealand Cop. Mr. F. W. Day, the well-known veterinary surgeon, left Wellington for; England last week, with a view to passing special studies connected with his profession. Mr. Holgate intends sending his imported hunting sire Paddy's Land to the Waikato this season.^^^^^_________