TURF TOPICS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1678, 27 April 1904, Page 52

TURF TOPICS

’ (By ‘'Advance.”) THE WELLINGTON MEETING. The unfavourable weather to a great extent spoilt the Wellington Racing Club’s autumn meeting. People will not ;journey -out by train and risk a ducking getting from the railway terminus to the course. Once landed there, the people inside the enclosures, who can take shelter in the grandstand, are all right, but there is absolutely no whatever outside for the public unless they take shelter in the publican’s booth. This is a matter which will no doubt receive the consideration of the club’s officers as soon as thev know whether they are going to remain where they are or shift to the opposite side of the course. Persons who had to use the five-shilling totalizator complained that on the first day the machine was not working well, and that on the second day, when the first-day’s investments were nearly doubled there was a good deal of crashing. The structure erected was only a temp or ary affair and as the innovation appeal’s to* have been a success, better facilities Mll-lho doubt be provided in future. Although the “silver betters” added £1639 ij3s_to the total at the end or the seconcl'day, it was £2273 10s behind last year. There was a dullness about the proceedings on both days, doubtless caused by the"cold

weather, and absence of sunshine. The presence of the Garrison Band on the lawn was appreciated by the fair sex, who were confined to the grandstand a great deal. It only required a steeplechase on the programme each day rto impress people that dt was a steeplechase meeting instead of an autumn fixture. Notwithstanding the weather, receipts from nominations and acceptances, gates, privileges and totalisator were all satisfactory and the club will come out with a good balance on the credit side. The large number of foreign horses attracted to the meeting ensured some good racing, and from this point of view the meeting was a big success. The popular Thompson Handicap brought out seventeen runners, which number has only been equalled on one occasion, when Lottie won. The acceptors whose numbers were absent from the starting-board were Ghoorka (who retired iu favour of his stable-mate) Shrapnel (who could not be started at the meeting on account of a severe cold), Shrapnel Shell (who raced earlier in the day) and Bounce (whose owner liked his chance better in the six furlongs race). Recent public form pointed to the three top weights, as the best of the field. Of the three Starshoot made the best show, finishing close up to the placed horses. Vladimir got well away but lost liis position after covering about half of the journey. Regulation was never in the first half-dozen at any part of it. Coming into the straight Black Reynard and Exmoor were in charge. The former found the distance too far*, and the Porirua horse was only beaten in the last on, by Full Cry, who put iu a surprising run. ‘Bulawayo came well in the straight, and ran into third place. Fleka, wno put up 41b overweight to secure T. O’Brien’s services, was lying fifth after they had gone two furlongs, but did not get any closer to the front division.

In the Autumn Handicap backers went for'Martian, who was coupled with Bagpipes. They got away well together just behind Good Intent, who tried to win from end to end, but had enough three furlongs from home. The Yaldhurst pair kept together nearly all the way, until Hewitt got an opening in the straight. Martian, Bagpipes and Cyrus were locked m on tire rails from the half-mile post till they got into the straight. Then only Martian got out. Cyrus appeared to be shut in right up to the post. Fleka, who came through on the outside at the turn, got a break, and favoured with a light weight and a capable pilot, made the most of it. The St. Andrew gelding finished in his oldtime style, and won by a couple of lengths from Martian, whose performance was a good one. He is not yet three years old, and was conceding a good performer like Fleka a stone. It would have been a great race between this pair and Cyrus had the latter got a clear run. Melodeon. who was last to begin, was galloping on at the 'finish and just missed a place. Bagpipes was also close up. At a mile Dexterity and Jewellery were going well, but both finished in the ruck.

The jumping races attracted good fields. Waiwera was only stalled on the first day, when lie was the absolute outsider of the ten runners, and was never prominent. On tne second day he accepted with 31b less (12st), but was scratched, nrobably because J. Cameron’s services were required for Oingo. The rain which fell made the first day’s races practically a certainty for Slow Tom. He hopped out and was never troubled. tie won quite as easily, perhaps, but with not so much daylight as in the Winter Hurdles last July, when he came in about fifteen lengths in front of Haydn. Midia and Killarney fought out a good finish for second money, the Handsome- Jack pony having the best of it. Slow Tom was not brought out on the second day. The lliccartoii-trained Catherine Gordon was given out as a quiet tip, but she was never dangerous. Oingo, Kohunui and Midia ran together to the turn, where the latter came away. "In the straight, Levant, who was sent out a good favourite,, had Midia settled without difficulty, and the latter lost second place to Lissa in the last few strides. Levant -"aid onlv £2 19s, but her stable-mate was paving £ll 8s for first. On the first day Levant played up at the start, and fell, thereby losing a lot of ground, which she was unable to make up. The Natator mare lias been a useful, stake winner, and under a light weight can get a jouraev. Barring Rehua, wno is in a class by himself, the hacks seen out were an ordinary lot. Gawain let his connections down twice, and evidently five furlongs is about the length of ins tether at a soild pace. Mi- Armitage’s pair Woodmount and Lady Bobs, ran consistently, getting a second and first each. Sylvrie has greatly improved since joining J. McGrath’s Opaki team. For a pony she stays' fairly well, and comes at the right end of her races. She is by Sylvia Park from Smus (by The Austra-lian—Traduc-er mare) who won a lot of races in the Taranaki district for Mr D. Teed.

Shrapnel Shell ran a good race in the Waiwetu Handicap, but for want of condition failed to see it out. Dexterity looked like' scoring when she cut down Shrapnel Shell, but Petrovna put in too strong a claim at the finish. The rider of Kremlin appeared in doubt as to where the winning-post was. Petrovna was brought out again in the Railway Handicap, in which a penalty increased her eiwght to 9.1. She dropped out of the contest after going a couple of furlongs, but came again in the straight and finished fourth. Bounce hung on to Machine Gun for nearly five

furlongs, where tlio latter came away and he looked a certain winner, but Melodeon, who was lucky enough to get through on til© inside, caught the Hotchkiss horse opposite the lawn rails and Machine Gun was beaten. The latter was a big favourite, and plenty of his backers were readv to say Hewitt threw it away through not making an effort. Machine Gun is a big horse and is not suited by heavy going. His wind is affected, and he requires a bright, warm day to be seen at Ms best. _ Besides he was giving a good horse'his own age nearly three stone, and it was no disgrace to be beaten in lmin 16 3-srec on a heavy track. That was Machine Gun’s only apearance at the meeting. He was engaged in the Pacific Handicap with 10.4, and accepted, out was withdrawn in favour of Golden Lily. Although the race is for two and three-year-olds, only juveniles took "art. Golden Lily was backed down to £l 17s 6d, but was beaten by the Wallace filly Ailsa, who was in receipt of 151 b from the Multiform filly. Ailsa was the least fancied, and paid £9 7s 6d. She is owned by a Dunedin sporting lawyer, who adopts the nom; de course of J. Brett. Possibility was badlv left, and after being bustled to get to the leaders, finished last. In the Challenge Stakes on the first day, Ailsa beat Golden Lily at a difference of 91b, so that the latter was not the good thing the totalisator made out. Backers will follow’ the Yaldhurst horses whether good or bad. When they jumped off Boris got a bump and had to be pulled up. This effectually settled the Porirua celt’s chance, and he finished last. Goilden Lily leld 'for about five furlongs, when Treadmill was also prominent. Martian challenged Treadmill at the distance. Golden Lily having retired, and easily passing the Bill of Portland horse, appeared to win with a lot in hand. Treadmill’s other appearance was in the St. Leger, in which he ran a good race, making the pace solid throughout, and was never called upon for a final effort. Starshoot’s performance was good enough to win in any ordinary event. He appeared somewhat distressed at the end of the long journey. He was not ridden out, Davis himself Irefraining from knocking him about when he had no chance, of beating his opponent. Backers w r ent for a recovery in the Suburban Handicap, the investments on which event were larger than any other during the two days except the Thompson Handicap. Tne race was started about half an hour behind time through the anxiousness of Sanfoin’s rider to get away first and the refusal of Vladimir and Good Intent to face the barrier. Such a dismissal should not be possible with the barrier. Vladimir, on the inside,' got a fly, and the rest had a hopeless task. Exmoor, who was second to begin, also held Ills position throughout. The backers of the other eleven horses wenu home in anything but good terms with themselves and the starter. Mr Piper had done good work during the two days, and his patience must have been pretty well exhausted with Vladimir, Canteen and such cattle at the post. MANAWATU RACING CLTTB.”““ The autumn meeting of the Manawa-.-tu Racing Club will be held to-day and to-morrow. Winners at the Hutt have been penalised as follows:—Telegraph Handicap, Petrovna 9.1, Jeanne d’Arc 7.3 ; Racing Club Handicap, Fleka 8.13, Full Cry 8.8, Melodeon 8.5, Sandy 7.5; First Handicap Hurdles, Levant 11.2; Welter Hack Handicap, Woodmount 9.9; Longburn Handicap, lleliua 8.1, Sandy 7.9, Jeanne d’Arc 7.8; Electric Handicap, Lady Bobs 8.4. The first event is timed to start at noon. The following are suggested as likely to run prominently on the opening day:— Telegraph Handicap—Kremlin and Rehua. First Handicap Hack Hurdles—Lurcher and Monarqu'e. Racing Club Handicap—Plaidie and Melodeon. First Handicap Hurdles —Comfort and Lissa. Welter Hack Handicap—Waipawa and Gold Trip. Longburn Handicap—Sandy and Jeanne d’Arc. Electric Handicap—Lady Bobs and Provost Marshal. PALMERSTON NORTH, (From Our Own Correspondent). Several inquiries have been made by •sporting men with reference to the breeding of Sqiuib, the dlam of the Vanguard horse Convoy. To set any doubts at rest it may be stated that Squib is by Sou’-wester from Lucy by Ravensworth from the dam of Strike. Slquib is also dam of Crash, by Foulshot, a gelding some time ago raced by Mr Wilfred Stead; in Canterbury. Squib was bred by Mr Jas. Currie, of Wanganui. Otaio, the hurdler, has returned to his old quarters in J. Green’s stable Marten. P'reviouslly lie was in Biirkatt’s hands. The rest of Green’s string, comprising Pushful and The Gift, have each accepted engagements at the Mankwatu meeting, the two former in hurdle events. Durban in the same stable fa doing strong work and showing a lot of pace. He would make an ideal hurdle horse. Restraint, by Chainlink —St. Helena and the Conqueror and Handsome Jack colts in Green’s care are now doing slow work preparatory to early spring engagements. A' new addition is a Handsome Jack filly from a Tim W'hiffler—Laurel mare. She is a-

niOa mover and gives proanise of coming early. Boxes have been secured for the Auckland houses Jewellery, Lady Bobs and Woodmotunt ait Da.wicW, and they, together with numerous other horses engaged at the recent Wellington meeting and claiming further engagements at Manawatu, have .arrived in town. Mr O. Stevenson’s fillies by Explosion —Toi Toi, Phoebus Apollo—Orescent, ha ])f-sister to Starshoot and the full sister to Seahorse, by Nelson —Moouga, are all looking very well and have filled out a lot since their arrival in their new quarters. The same owner lias also a very handsome eoLt by Sir Lancelot — Nixie, bred by the Hon. J. D. Ormond. He is well grown and shows a lot of quality. T. O’Neale, of Hawera, has disposed of Noneen to Mr Franks of Carterton, for 75 guineas. The mare will in future be trained by McGrath, trainer of Bounce and the Sir Lancelot gelding Gawain. Mr L. De Peliohet’s recent purchases in Australia., the Tiue Blue and Loohiel colts, the former a two-year-old, together with the Grafton and two Medallion fillies in Palmerston on Thursday night. They were located at Mr C. 1). Browne’s stables and have held a continuous levee since. All the sports in the district have called and: the general opinion is that any one of the five won Id be hard to beat anywhere. Looked at all round it is difficult to find a fault, despite the fact that they still show traces of the trip from Sydney. The True Blue and Grafton youngsters, if anything, stand out from the rest. They will be submitted for sale ait the thoroughbred sale on Friday, 29th inst. Their blood should form a. valuable addition to the colony’s strains, possessing plenty of the Musket mixture. Lochiel has been getting good horses on the other side and he fa worthily represented by the present colt. Grafton, by Galopin, has a full share of the St. Simon blood and the filly is a particularly desirable sort. The blood stock sale to be held next week promises to firmly establish Palmerston as a centre for the disposal cf young stock. Over one hundred horses will be catalogued and better blood could not be obtained in the colony. The Tq Mahanga youngsters, 22 in all, will arrive during the present week and be located at E. D. Browne’s paddocks, when owners will be able to inspect them. The Hon. J. D. Ormond’s yearlings will be sent to Messrs Abraham and Williams’s and, with Mr TT. . Gaisford’s young stock, will also to on view. Several other youngsters will be sold on account of different owners together with a lot of brood mares and foals. Included among the horses to be disposed of are Mr O. Stevenson’s yearlings already referred to and Dexterity, Rangitaita, Detonation and Warwick, owned by Mr A. Eiilis, and are all in training. Oyolas Parvo has been put in work again at Foxton after a lengthy spell and Purd’ey is to be treated to a holiday during the winter. Hie baa thrown *'ff all signs of the .soreness he exhibited before being spelled. It is a generally accepted, truism that racing does not pay but Mr J. R. McDonald, of Horowhenua is evidently the exception that proves the rule. Giving evidence in a. Supreme Court case during the present week he said that during a period cf six months he had won £3OOO and had also sold a gelding bred by himself for 650 guineas.. WAIRARAPA NOTES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The Wairarapa contingent for the Manawatu meeting will comprise Waitoti, Bounce, Jeanne d’Arc, Plaidie, Sun fish, At hol Bros© and Mata-Kokiri. With the exception of Athol Brose they are all in forward 1 racing condition, and although the class they will meet is pretty good, one or two of them may run forward enough to uphold the honour of this district. Plaidie. should run prominently in the principal event, while Bounce and Waitoti may take some beating in the short events. The train arrangements on Thursday .the opening day of the Wellington meeting—were again unsatisfactory for Wairarapa “sports,” may of whom preferred to stay at home, rather than take the journey and have to leave the course before all the events were run. People do not like being two days away from home, when one should 1 suffice, and the attendance at the Hutt of the racino' folk froan this district will always he Curtailed while the present timetable arrangements are adhered to. Sporting writers have stated that St. Alba did not run up to her form at the Masterton meeting. As a matter of fact the St. Leger filly did not start there, for just previous to the commencement of the meeting it was found she had a mild attack of colic, and. the scratching pen was immediately put into requisition by her owner. The Johnny Faa mare, Noneen, has changed hands, Mr Franks, of Carterton having effected her purchase. This mare should prove very useful in this district, has she has a very fair turn of speed. The Marlborough meeting has engaged the attention of Wairarapa. owners 3 and the nominations from this part are Turepo, Ambrosia-, Rnngarawa, Sear

scape Montague. Mata Kokiri. Oudenardie, Volley, Silverlene, Hoity Toity, Replete, Narcotic and Waipai. . After being comparatively idle all the season Volley wilt probably again face the starter at the, Marlborough meeting. The little mare has been doing fair work and! may; strip pretty fit. Several Wairarapa “sports” who attended the Wellington meeting - benefited materially by' the win of Full Cry in the Thompson Handicap. Remembering how this gelding in November last at Taonatahi put down Regulation and other good ones in the heavy going, they invested on him and shared in the big dividend. Those most supported general public here were Bularwayo ‘ Starshoot and Vladimir, so. the majority were out cf pocket over the race. Several rising three-year-olds engaged in the next Wairarapa Guineas will be put into work shortly. • t . ' NAPIER NOTES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Mr L. de Pelidiet arrived back on Monday from his holiday trip to Sydney; the youngsters that ho purchased while m the New South Wales capital, were on his own account, and they will ho submitted at the thoroughbred sale next week at Palmerston North. A half-brother by The Oflicer to Mars is being put through the first rudiments of his education at Karamu. D. Munn has shifted his team- —Rags.Quilted and Blacikwing—to Hastings, his object in removing from lvaikora being to get the advantages of associates for Rags and Quilted in schooling work over the hurdles.

After doing a first-class gallop over the impediments last week Kelpy pulled up lame. If Pukatea does not- find a new owner next Friday a.t Paimers-ton North, he will handed! over to F. Stone to train Pukatea. who is a younger brother to Tbrtulla and Ngaio*—is a fine massive colt showing a deal of quality. Admiral Oessares, a chestnut gelding, half-brother to Daphne and Jacloo, by Poumamu or Alosquetaire, has been tar ken in hand by F. Stone, who has also got another addition to his boxes in the shape of Whakanua, a younger relative of Golden Plover by Sou’wester He was out the other morning working over the schooling sticks and showed a lot of proficiency at. his business. The Messrs Douglas Brothers, of Te Alahaya, have a meet crop of foals by San Fran, a particularly nice filly being the half-sister to R-ehua. Cfeusot and Valances dam Aegypletto passed! away last wepk at Te Mahamga. She had been one of the. hospital lot for some months past and all hopes of saving her had been adandoned. Oarneilian, the rising three-year-old daughter of Oyrenian and Aegypletta., that forms one of T. Munn’s string a,t present., will more than likely be sent back to her -owner,'- the proprietors of the Te Maihanga breeding establishment after the Autumn meeting next month of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club', for the purpose of being bred from. South Star. Scallywag’s half-brother, by Sou’ -wester, is being indulged with a holiday. Mr G. P. Donnelly leaves Wellington next week on a holiday jaunt to the Old Country. He will be accompanied by his wife, daughter and son-in-law. Serapine’s half-sister, by The Possible, ha® had- the name of Probability claimed for her. Rose Madder, Madrigal and Comfort will! represent Mr T. H. Lowry next week at the Manawatu Racing Club’s Autumn fixture. The trio are well for ward and have been getting through Solid tasks of late. Old Blackberry is being used as a leading hack for Mr Young’s youngsters. The veteran ’chaser presents a bright, mellow appearance' that suggests more than fair prospect of being again seen on the convincing grounds in the near future. TARANAKI. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Full Cry’s win in the Thompson Handicap was well received! here, as several punters who supported the son of Reynard at Christchurch followed Mm up at Wellington. The substantial dividend! paid out -on the win was not the least welcome part of the performance to those who stuck to Laurent’s gelding. I know that his owner backed him Tor the Great Faster and Autumn double at Christchurch, and' had the horse not gone off a few days before the meeting I am certain he would have run- a great race in the Easter. Sandy, by his win at Wellington and elsewhere since Mr F. Watson sold him dirt cheap at New Plymouth shows that change has greatly benefitted him. He •was a most erratic chap when trained here, and ulsed to indulge in a bolt when he got the opportunity. Mr Watson, was also unlucky with another cast-off, The Friar, who was sold for about £ls, afterwards developed into am astonishingly good hurdler and steeplechaser. ~~ The nominations for are good, taking them all round, and there is plenty of material to ensure a successful winter meeting. Taranaki shhulcEbe well represented at the Manawatu meeting. My fancies

are:—Telegraph Handicap, Ballarat or Aslsayer; Hack Hurdles, Lurcher or Monarque; Manawatu Handicap, Cannie Chi el or Melodeon; Hurdles, Comfort or Aroha; Welter Hack, Aureole or Gold Trip; Longburn Handicap-, Raima or Armistice; Electric Hack; Lady Bobs or Park Shot. CHATTER. Full Cry and Levant, the only North Island competitors at tlie C.J.C. Easter Handicap, were both successful at the Hutt, and defeated several horses who finished in front of tnem at Riccarton. Oingo made a good display in the Hurdle Race at the Hutt on Saturday last. He was responsible for the fast time put up, taking the field along and jumping splendidly for a mile and a half. Oingo is on a nice mark, and with ordinary luck should win a good jumping race this winter. Kohunui also made his re-appearance, ana hung on to Oingo to the turn. The Voltigeur gelding is fairly forward, and should pick up a race before long. Mart-agon's fee is 200 guineas, which its the amount that had to be paid for the service which produced the winner of the Canterbury and North Island Challenge Stakes. Vladimir got a 'fly in the Suburban Handicap and nothing had a possible chance of catching the winner of the Great Easter Handicap l . Russley, whose death at Sydney was recently announced by cable, was sold a-; the Rand wick sales this month on behalf of the Russley Stud for 50 guineas. Mr J. W. Taggart, who .was present at the sale informed me that the well-known sire, although foaled m 1832, looked well on it and likely to last for a few seasons. Discussing the defunct Doncaster sire with Mr R. J. Mason, who trained him during the time he carried! the col cure of Mr G. G. Stead, that well-known trainer informed me that Russley was a fine constitutioned liorse with a splendid temper, and he used to ride him . and lead Lockiel. The two horses were got at the Cobh am. Stud in England, their dams being , there and brought to this colony, where the well-known pair were foaled. They were reared and raced together, went to Australia in company and afterwards found their way into 'the same stud! in New South Wales. Lastseason Russley stood at the stud! which is named after him at a fee of fifteen guineas. In New South Wale® Riuwsley sired a number of winners, including Lucknow, Picture, Fitzroy, Wise Step-, Goldbust, Residue, Viscount 11., Silvergall, Kaiingo, Felicity, Corramin Jackson:, Bubba, Bridegroom, Thrift, Rusty. Gipsy. Pure Gold, Russell, Cryolite, Russley King, Yellow and Black, Australian Cross, Federation, Playboy, Russett, The Count 11., Association, Nevertire, Rigmarole:, Russley Rose, Rustic, Sea Squall, Bother, Cornhill, Dahomey, Kohinoor, Lego, Harvest Lad, Konijg, Granby, Rustaff, All Heart, Eieotra, . Maltese, Copenhagen, Picotee, Mark, etc. During the past 51 years, out of 61 Russley horses trained!, 51 won 173 race®, value £12,830. At the last A.J.C. meeting Electra won the Maiden Plate and Rous Handicap. In this colony he- ha® been represented by Osborne, Russley Belle, Clove! l\y and Bother, wlio won a race at Ellerslie this month.

Lady Bobs, who won tho Belmont Hack Handicap at tho Hutt, is a full sister to Lady Avon, a champion pony who went, t-oi South Africa. The sum of £1639 10s was invested on the five shilling totalisator during the two days of the Wellington meeting. Clovelly and Whangamoana appeared in the colours of their new owners at the Hutt on Saturday. Neither managed to win back any purchase money. The Grafton gelding Exmoor 1 has so far not won a race this season, and was unlucky to ran second in two events °.t the Hutt last week. 1

I must congratulate Mi* G. P. Payne, of the Brit-tania Hotel, on joining the rahks of the local horse owners. Although Sea Lion failed 1 to beat Sandy in the Heretaunga Handicap!, he finished generously. The colt is to have a spell and should pay hi® way in his new owner’s colour® next season.

Bagpipes and Martian accepted for the Manawatu meeting, but will non fulfil their engagements there. They were*sent hofite on Aloudiay last.- Alachina Gun and Golden Lily will remain here for a feiw days and then journey on to Hastings to fulfil their engagements at the Hawke’s Bay meeting. Sandy’s successful career was stopped in the Hutt Handicap by Jeanne d’Arc who was in receipt, of a stone from the Soult gelding. Jeanne d’Aro was bred at Karamju and is the first of the progeny of Mont-dread, by Dreadnought Montmartre (by Apremont—Alartyr), and was sold at one of the Palmerston North clearing sales for 17£ guineas. The Medallion—Ta Ta gelding Oblivion, purchased) by Mr P. Herman at Sydney recently, is a half-brother to Heritas. well-known in this district. S. Lindsay scored hi® first, win m the Thompson l Handicap last week. The only horsemen to score on two aceasions in the race are B. Russell and F. Davis, Mr Walter Young was present at the Butt last week. He informed me that he was of opinion Convey would have taken a lot of beating in the Thompson

Handicap had he gone to the post. The Vanguard gelding strained the muscles of his shoulder and was scratched for all engagements before the acceptances closed. Convoy is to be given a spell, which has been well earned. Out of the six cojhtgists for the North, Island Challenge Stakes t-lxat have taken place four have been won. by representatives of the . Yaldhurst stable. Treadmill, last year ’s winner, was beaten last week. The stakes at the Hutt meeting lastweek were pretty evenly distributed. The winning owners hailed from Auckland, Dunedin, Hawke’s Bay, Wa.ira-ra-pa, Gisborne and Taranaki districts. It is seldom C. Jenkins fails to score a win at the Hutt. Last week he failed. to catch the judge’s eye on one occasion although he was three times, second out of six mount®. There was a good deal of disappointment at Bulawayo not-starting in the Autumn Handicap on the second) day of the Wellington meeting. It was given out that the reason was because L. H. Hewitt’s services were not available to ride the gelding. That horseman was riding Martian, but with experienced riders like Cl. Jenkins standing on the ground the pony champion would have received the best of handling. The owners of Bulawayo have done well out of the racing business this season and there' was a feeling that they would have been showing a more sportsmanlike spirit in sending the horse to 'the post. The only local trainer to score a win. at the Hutt was O. Pritchard. That mentor sent out Levant and Lissa, who finished first and second in the Hurdle Race,, on the second day. Treadmill improved upon the previous best time in the New Zealand St. Lege-r 'Slakes by several seconds without being: called upon to do his best. The horses submitted oil behalf of the Porirtua stable last week realised satisfactory prices. O'stiak was purchased by the owner of Delame-rei and joinsi F. Tilley’s team. Rawiri was' shipped south the day he was sold and will probably take up stud duty in the Leeson district. Sea Lion is to be spelled for a few month® and will probably i.e trained at Bull® by A. Jenkins, brother to the well-known horseman r, f same name. Clovelly lias been purchased by a sport who has adopted the noun -die course of Mr Macartney. Mr A. G. Filmier, of Mas ter ton, purchased Black Dust with the intention of using him as a hunter. Whangamoanu was secured! by Mr W. J. Jorgenson, < f the LoWer JELut-t, and competed in that owner’s colours on Saturday. Hanrua. was secured by Mr T. Ray , a wellknown Carterton racing man whose colours have not been well represented since -the Tattler horse Comet retired. Sir Galahad became the property of Messrs Scihwassi Bros., who raced a few horses in the Blenheim district and was shipped to the South Island on Monday last. Stepson was purchased by Mr F. Atkins, of Wanganui, owner of Blackwing. Given a decent spell the Stepniak horse should be able to pay his way next season. It was bad luck that a cold which Shrapnel contracted on the journey from Wanganui to Wellington necessitated that gelding’s withdrawal from all -engagements at the Wellington meetings. The Workman gelding still holds the time record for the ljace. The yearling purchased by Mr L. de Pelichet at Randwick last month will be submitted at auction at Palmerston North thi® weelc.