W.R.C. CLASSIC EVENTS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1321, 24 June 1897, Page 24

W.R.C. CLASSIC EVENTS.

It is to be hoped that the enterprise displayed by the Wellington Eacing Club in the matter of establishing classic races will be rewarded by liberal patronage on the part of owners and breeders on Mor« day, the 29fch inst., when entries close for the four events. The club is inaugurating the New Zealand St. Leger Stakes and other races, in the full belief that not only will well-endowed classic races prove attractive, but that they are desirable in the interests of racing. The fact that there are contests of this character, and that there is a probability of increased turf prosperity which will enable the stakes to be increased in the near future, is an incentive to sporting men to obtain well-bred animals, with a view to winning some of the pidzes. This will naturally aftect the breeding industry, and is likely to have the effect of securing breeders better prices for their blood stock. The details relating to the Wellington Club's events appear elsewhere in advertisement form, and the attention of all concerned is drawn to the fact that no money is required at time of entry. A number of nominations for the various events have already been received. The Wellesley Stakes, of 250sovs, for two-year-olds (now yearlings), is fixed for the summer meeting of 1898 ; the Wulle&hy !St-»k» s,

of 300 sovs, for two-year-olds (present foals}, will be run at the summer meeting, 1899; the Wellington Stakes, of 300 sovs, for two and three-year-olds (present foals and yearlings), is set down for the same meeting in the same year, and the New Zealand St. Leger Stakes, for three-year-olds (present yearlings) for the autumn meeting, 1899.

It is related in English papers that a well-known veterinary surgeon was called to examine a horse which had devoloped symptoms of fovorishness. The animal perspired profusely, and shook his head from side to side, with a jerky motion, indicative of acute pain. Colic at once suggested itself, and af tor an injection had been administered and the stomach gently rubbed, the horse was walked quietly around the yard. Suddenly ho stopped, and, after sniffing two or threo times, ho jerked his head sharply forward, when out; of ono of his nostrils ran a live mouse. How the mouse got into such queer quarters is not, of coxxr.se, definitely known, but possibly he was having a quiet feed in the horse's manger, and being disturbed, ran into what in his hurry he mistook for his hole.