TURF GOSSIP.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1106, 12 May 1893, Page 28

TURF GOSSIP.

A writer in an exchange says : —Some time since I noticed an inquiry for a remedy for scouring in a yearling colt. White oak bark tea saved the life of a three weeks' old colt for me when it had got so weak that it could not get up alone. The Auckland bred Maitai (by St. Leger) is said to be a promising candidate for Derby honours.

Denman, who last Saturday week won the Roßehill Cup, is half brother to the defunct Australian Cup winner Morpeth. ' Cranbrook ' writes :—lf all goes well with them during the winter I fully ••• expect to hear of both Havoc and Pulvil being heavily supported for the V.R.C. Derby long before the day of the race comes round. Havoc is a full brother to Zalinski, while Pulvil holds the same relationship to Stromboli. An American sporting paper thus pays Australian thoroughbreds and Btudmasters a compliment: —The general idea seems to bo that for staying blood Australia would un« doubtedly take a lot of beating, and that the breeders of that country knew what they were about when they secured Musket, Fisherman, and Tim Whifßer, three of the best long-distance runners the English turf ever produced. It is not unlikely that Chester's brother St. George may eventually find his way to America, inquiries from that quarter having been opened up during the present week.

Robson, the jockey, has roturned to Melbourne, and ' Diamond' says in the Sporting Standard :—Robson is quite enthusiastic in praise of racing in Maoriland. He did a fair amount of riding during his stay, steering five winners, while he thinks he must have ridden a dozen seconds Racing now is well conducted, the courses admirably appointed, and tho cattle first-class. Ho considers the four-year-old (illy Merganser the greatest crack in Now Zealand. The races in which he saw her victorious were won in splendid company, and the paco she displayed would place her on an equality with the best horses in Australia.

An offer of £1:200 was recently made for Port Admiral, a Hire. - ; ear-old brother to The Admiral. Thus writes a London exchange of March 10: Tho death in New Zealand of Leolinua is given in the same paper which tells us that George Frederick, the Derby winner of 1874, is about to leave for Canada. Leolinus finished fourth to George Frederick in the above named race nineteen years since, and it is not a little remarkable that the one should just now die at the Antipodes, while the other, in his twenty-second year, is also on the point of embarking on a long ooean voyage. , , MrW. C. Smith, M.H.R., has informed ' Buff and Black ' that the moment the House opens he will bring up his motion for the abolition of the totalisator. Mr Douglas has not yet settled when he will leave for Australia. He takes Waterbury and Couranto over, and perhaps two more if they train on well. Marvel is not to retire from the turf after all. He is to have a short spell at Hobartville, and undergo another preparation. Havoc, Mosquetaire and Zalinski's full brother, will probably sport silk on the other side this month. The Hawke's Bay JTockey Club has approved the proposals for the publication of a New Zealand Stud Book. The next sitting of tho Racing Conference will be held in Wellington on the 7th July. The Hon J. D. Ormond has given notice to move ' that country clubs should have representatives at future Conferences.' At its meeting last week the committee of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club received a

letter from Mr Jas. Edwards, solicitor, asking the Metropolitan Club to cause an inquiry to be held into the action of the Waipawa County Club in paying the stakes in the Hack Flat Race at Kaikora on the 10th inat. to the owner of Jewel. Ifc was resolved that a reply be sent stating that tbe WaipaWa Racing Club had acted in accordance with the Rules of Racing.