TURF GOSSIP

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4307, 16 March 1901, Page 6 (Supplement)

TURF GOSSIP

(,BY ADVANCE.) FIXTURES, MARCH. 16, 18—Hawke’s Bay Autumn 16, 18— Greyincuth Autumn 17— -Horowhenua Annua] 18. —Horowhenna Hack Racing Club. 18 — Tologa Bay Annual 18—Wannate Annual 18—Stratford Annual 18, 19—Ohinemuri Annual 28, 23—Reef ton Autumn 26, 27—Marlborough Autumn 26, 27—Napier Park Autumn

ADVANCE AND BOREAS AT ELEAL TXGTOX'. The Victorian correspondent of the Sydney “Referee” thus refers to tin* New Zealanders’ performance in the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup ;

Fulminate's performance makes her out even a hotter mare than her easy win under list 61h in the Challenge Stakes suggested. la the best sprinting company to he gathered iu the several Staters and Alow Zealand she has carried y.st 10lh into second place, and only been narrowly hoaten h.y another of her owii ago weighted at 7st Gib. It was a grand performance, and makes her out one of the very best marcs in the sprinting line known to the Australian Turf. And it may bo said of Advance that ho acted up to his great reputation in making a splendid bid under the .steadier of 9sb 111 b, which is 111 b over woight-for-ago. Tho Now Zealander’s tremendous pace was shown by tho way ho got a good position, early and kept it. A furlong from homo ho looked as like tho whin ir as anything, and was only a neck behind Fulminate when Wakeful boat both with her finishing effort. 'Under the circumstances of his travelling anti tho consequently interrupted preparation, Advance did splendidly, and proved himself a groat horse. Heaps of New Zealand money was lost over him, but he at least justified his backers in the run ho gave them.

There were twelve starters for the Australian Cup, Advance going out favourite, witii Finland and San Fran also well hacked. On Monday night Dreamland was very easy in the hotting. It was feared lie would ho scratched, but after going back to 100 to 8 he rallied late in the evening, and on the course was steadily hacked at 7 to 1. In the interests of San Frau a good pace was sot by Iron Hoop for a. mile, but ho was then done witn, and San Fran was left to make his own pace. He wa.s joined a mile from home by Advance, and the pair raced together to the distance. There Dreamland shot out, and won by three-quarters of a length, from the outsider, Flintlock, who has improved a lot during his trip to W.A. The winner is owned by Sir Rupert Clarke, and this is his third and Scobie’s fourth win for the meeting. Of course, Dreamland was thrown in for the race, but there was a doubt whether a horse that had served a season at the stud, as Dreamland bad, would show Ids true form, and this kept many backers oil' him. Ho was a bad horse for the ring, the double Wakeful and Dreamland being very heavily supported. San Fran ran a good race, but was not quite good enough. His party were very confident, but did not think the race would bo run in such smart time, which was a record. Finland performed very badly, and his party are probably now convinced that lie cannot stay. Advance was badly ridden. Ho was racing with San Fran for the lij.st mile. Under any circumstances ho was hardly likely to have lasted out the race, but if the pace is slow at the start of the Champion Stakes, he should make a bettor fight for it. There were only ten starters for the Bonrko Handicap, and Safety, who was very favourably handicapped, was made a red-hot favourite, and she duly won, but only after a great tussle with Ferryman, who was beaten a neck. Only that the New Zealander, Boreas, was badly ridden by Jenkins, who is anything but an artist iu the saddle, he would have boon much closer. The stewards cautioned C. Cooper, the rider of Sagacity, for not observing the riding-out rule. Deferring to the race for the Brunswick Stakes, "Tarquin” wires the Adelaide “Register” as • follows: —Boreas, the stable companion of Advance, got left at the post, but in spite of this ho was very prominent to the distance, and should score before the meeting is over. The rider of Boreas was called before the stewards and informed in a friendly way that the riding-out rule was in fr.rce iu Victoria, and he was requested to observe it during the remainder of the meeting.

Boreas had 9st 61 b» in the ISourko handicap, the same impost as he was awarded in the Brunswick Stakes. Tiio Melbourne “Age” thus describes the Newmarket Handicap contest : —A stiffish breeze sprang tip as. the eighteen competitors lined up to the barrier, so that, despite the phenomenal time trials credited to some of the candidates, the record was in no jeopardy. And so the clock showed. The field did not give the starter much trouble. Advance, who was in the centre of the course, maintained his reputation for getting quickly off the mark. He was the first tto catch the eye; while Wakeful, on the extreme outside, and Fulminate, next the inside rails, also lost no time in finding their legs. This trio practically had the race to themselves from the word go, and although Fortune Teller, The Watch Dog, Ferryman and Hearsay got within striking distance of the leaders at various parts of the run, they never once flattered their respective partisans. Advance, Wakeful and Fulminate were running so wide apart, covering the whole breadth of the course, that from the stand it was a difficult matter to say which was actually in front. Advance being most prominent in the centre, appeared to be so, and on approaching the distance ho crossed over towards Fulminate, whilst "Wakeful continued to bug the outside rails. In the gap which separated these there was nothing sufficiently well no to possess a ghost of a. winning chance. Immediately behind Advance and Fulminate, Ferryman and Fortune Toller had also shot their bolts. When well within the distance Advance and Fulminate, in close proximity alongside each other, became engaged in a deadly duel, and. now for the first time it was apparent that Wakeful had a slight advantage. Still, Dunn was driving her along for nil he was worth, and succeeded in landing her .a winner by three parts of a. length from Fulminate, who defeated Advance by a neck for second money, with Hearsay well up fourth. It Was a good race, and Wakeful being such a strong favourite, it is needless to say the victory was immensely popular, cheer after cheer being sent up as the winner returned to scale. Although the spoils of the race went to Wakeful, the honours of the contest clearly belonged to Fulminate, a mare of her own age, who i was conceding 321 b. To run an undoubted flyer like Wakeful to three | parts of a length under such a burden some hand leap is an eloquent testimonial e.f ! Fulminate's superlative superiority, and j there was nothing but unbounded act-

miration for Gossoon’s magnificent daughter on her return to scale. Neither did the New Zealand champion Advance disgrace himself. Ho ran a great horse, and had he pursued as_ straight a course as Wakeful and Fulminate, instead oi losing ground by crossing over from the centre of the ground to the inside it is more than likely that a big lump of Victorian bullion would have found its way to Now Zealand. Advance, would no doubt have done even greater justice had he arrived here a few weeks earlier. It almost loo;« as if a big stake were lorcilod by cutting matters so line with the champion Alaorilandor, who, contented animal and "God traveller though he he by land and by sea, would have been all the belter had he arrived at the scene ol action at an earlier date. Thus the Melbourne ".Sportsman”: The New Zealand jocke.v, Jenkins, who rules .Advance and Boreas, looked a little surprised when, at the conclusion of the Brunswick Slakes, the .stewards pointed out, in a friendly way, that there was a riding-out rule iu force iu Victoria. Tho visitor, who appeared totally ignorant of the fact, had the mount on Boreas in this event, and, seeing lie had no chance of catching tho leader, allowed the gelded son of Sou’-Wester and Mippona to drop out. Watching Advance closely in the Newmarket, it struck mo that lie was rather inclined to shift when Jenkins showed him the whip. He swung iu awkwardly about a furlong from lipuie, but came on again when .straightened. In Ids last gallop on the sand on Friday it was noticed that Advance did not come home too kindly, and the cause of this ducking about on his .part is, it seems, a. had had:. The sore, or boil, or whatever it is, cannot he counted as anything serious ; but when tho man on his hack has to sit down and scud him along, tho weight finds the weal: spot, and causes him to flinch.

This is the explanation hi.s friends give, for they argue that he was never once known at home to deviate one inch, no matter how hot the battle might be. It is only fair to accept this excuse on behalf of Advance sines his Now Zealand form makes him out to be a good, game horse. By to-day the trouble in his back should he overcome, and there should he uo wavering about when he is asked to "have a talk” with the leaders.

Taking one consideration with another, Advance must be a great horse to get as close as he did iu the Newmarket. It can scarcely bo'said that ho has been given a fair chance, for so late was his arrival at the scene of action that his preparation had ncccssniily to be a hurried one. Ho certainly did all that was asked of hint right well after reaching headquarters: but that does not say that he would not have been the better if an earlier start bad been made from Now Zealand with him. DEATH OF PALADIN. Mr V. Harris is to be sympathised with at the serious loss which he sustained at Dunedin by the death of Paladin, who, if nob having any pretence to first-class, was, at any rate, a good handicap performer. He only started once as a two-year-old, when he finished, se'cond at Phirapton Park to Maybucl. The following season ho started nineteen times, but only managed to score three times —at Geraldine, Hororata and Timaru. He opened his four-year-old career !>y winning at Reeftdn on each day of the meeting, following this with another win at Greymouth, and one at Westport. So far his victories had been very small ones, but in the autumn, at the Greymouth meeting, he secured the big event each day. Epaulet and Haria being among the beaten ones. The following month he was successful iu the ITutt Handicap at Wellington, this being followed by a victory in the North Canterbury Jockey Club Handicap. During that season he started sixteen times, for seven successes. During his four-year-old career, Paladin ran iu Mr M. AValker’s name, but by the following season he had been purchased by Mr J. R. M’Kcnzie. At the Dunedin Spring Meeting ho won the Raufurly Handicap, a win at Gore paving the way for a further s'uccess at the Dunedin Summer Meeting. He was then taken to the North Island, where he ran third in Boreas’s Mainiwatu Oup, making some atonement by winning the Summer Handicap nest day. At the Wairarapa meeting ho won the Racing Club Handicap, and on his return south he scored at the Gore meeting, following this, in the autumn, by a win at Dunedin. About this time ho passed into Mr Harris’s hands, and after several unsuccessful efforts won for him the Flying Handicap at North Canterbury. His eight victories for that season were the result of twenty-nine starts- During the. present season he has had a lot of racing, with a fair amount of success. Commencing with a win at Timar'u, he scored further successes at Oamaru and Ashburton. He ran right through the C.J.C. Spring Meeting without a win, but going down to Dunedin at the end of tae month he placed the Otago Cup to his owner’s credit. This was followed by a trip to the North Island. On Boxing Day he secured the Wairarapa Cup, and on the second day ho carried lOst, and just failed to concede 241 b to Hotu in the Racing Club Handicap. In the Wellington Cup he dead-heated with Ccsur-de-ifion for second place, behind Renown, and on the third day of the meeting ho won the Port Nicholson Handicap. This was Paladin’s last victory, as after a couple of unsuccessful efforts at tho C.J.C. Summer Meeting he was taken to Dipiedin, where he met with the mishap which ended his career. Though a particularly kind horse in tho stable. Paladin’s waywardness at tho barrier probably occasionally affected his prospects and that of other horses racing with him. Ho was . a handsome little fellow, and his excitability at the barrier may have been caused by the hard work meted out to him in his early days. Ho was by St. George from Nellie (by Albany—Scadrift). Albany was got by Thormanby out of Griselda, whilst Nellie's dam was sired by Slodmere from Spray, a mare whose descendants played no small part in nast racing. Paladin's dam was only a pony, and won amongst othter events the Heathcote Cup, whilst her brother Veto ran prominently in this colony and Australia. Though descending from one of the most successful families in New Zealand, Paladin did not possess a number.— ‘Sportsman.”

TE MAHANGA STUD REVISITED. (By ‘The Squire.'') The products of a new- sire, Mahaki, will bo found amongst those catalogued for sale, and though he has jot to gain his laurels as a- sire his racing career was full of merit. Though his progeny have to be taken on trust, I opine that those who are,fortunate enough to obtain them will not regret their doing so,' as they show a lot of promise, mo.-e especially the fill out of Melinite. This filly has a strain of the Lord Clifden blood, a blond of which is to bo found in the pedigree of Wakeful and Dreamjlaud, the winners of the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup, a couple of events that have been decided in . utoria during the past two weeks. Nightmare, dam of the latter is out of Evening Star, an imported English mare by

Lord Clifden. and Tosca, who threw Wakeful to Trenton, is by Bohadil out of Nightmare. Bohadil is out of a halfsister to Mahaki’s, so it will he observed that the daughter of Melinite is wei! come by us regards successful running strains-

On tho occasion of my visit last week .Mr F. Douglas kindly took me in hand and showed me over the youngsters, who by the way all look in the best of health and condition. I must not omit to state that the usual hospitality of Te -'.tahauga was bestowed upon me, and thoughtfulness and courtesy' of both Mr and Airs Douglas will remain pleasant memories to me.

Entering tho paddock a nice brown filly comes up to greet one. This parcel I am told is by Quilt from .Maori Belle. She is a good Joined, fore-ended young lady, woll-rihhed up, with a pleasant head and excellent rein. Her dam is by Biscatorions from Black Belle, who has a dash of the much-desired Mute blood. There is no gainsaying tho fact that, the descendants of The Mute are possessed of hardiness and wearing qualities that are among the essentials of a successful racer. Tho next one to follow is a full sister of Rags and Bones, being; h.y Quilt from the ingomar mare Nymph, wiio claims .Musket as her grand sire on tho male side. A nice brown in colour, with a white blaze, she shows plenty of size with good hone, and strong Joins. In appearance she greatly' resembles Rags, hut without doubt shows more quality than he does, and if appearances are any criterion on which to form an argument she ought to he desirable property to control.

A beautifully formed filly, a grey ticked brown, meanders up to mo as if she were anxious that I should notice her. This is Melinite’s pledge of affection to Mahaki, a rare sweet damsel, moulded in the most symmetrical lines, with the best of logs, lino shoulders, good hones, strong back and loins, a courageous head ot host typo, not a line out of place, hocks of tho straight grade, and, as can be seen from my description full of quality from head to heel. Her breeding is also undeniable, Tor her dam is by Nordenfeldt out of Pearl Ash, whose daughter Industry', by Nordenfclclt’s sire gave tho racing world iu tho other colonics that trace of good ones Gaulus and Tho Grafter. Her sire jvialiaki, it must be allowed, was, to use the argot of the tip‘f, “an all right one,” and it may naturally ho expected that like begets like. If this contention is borne out, then this handsome daughter of ivlahaki’s and Melinite should be hard to heat when her time arrives. As a brood mare alone she would prove a valuable acquisition to any stud, for the blood she possesses is very hard to obtain now.

Up comes a fine big chap with lots of power. He is a full brother to Indian Shot, Full Charge, Tortulla and Ngaio, like the latter in colour. He also bears

a, groat resemblance to Tortulla. His quarters are of the best propelling description, lie has thighs of a good class, great bone and substance, and one of the most intelligent of heads. He will not, I should imagine, be seen at his best early, for he looks as if be is still growing, and therefore it will be some tune before lie’ gets set. When be does he ought to make things hum iu the racing arena. Tho brown gelding by Mahaki from Vista is very like his sire, with the exception of his head, which is of tho Torpedo cast, his dam being a daughter of that good-looking well proportioned Musket stallion. , A well turned youngster fie is, a bit lathy if anything, but well let down, with a game honest head, and a real good set ot legs. A full sister of Destroyer’s, Torpedo ■—Jiiveliue, is my next packet, a sweet bay, a regular neat lot, good legs and back, weli sot up with fine fore-end, a nice intelligent head of tho proverbial Torpedo pattern. She is built ou staying lines, and on that account alono should claim respect, for goodness knows there is a great paucity of stayers in the laud. Tho deeds of her sister should be a recommendation in her favour, for there is no doubt about her ability to gallop. The brown filly by Torpedo—Streamlet is a particularly neat, lovely young lady, small, certainly, though very compact, great length in the arm, good hocks, and sweeping quarters of the approved galloping, type. A strain of me Mute Wood permeates her system, for lier dam is-by that stallion from Rivulet, who is well known by the deeds of her daughters Materoa, The Shannon, Brook, and Tho Brooklet. She therefore claims relationship to that redoubtable quartette, which i not a bad connection to be possessed of. A well-grown customer is the bay gelding by Torpedo from Parlormaid, one of the class who would easily pass for a year older than he is, and whom you would pick to race early. Well sprung riba, strong back, splendid legs, and well defined quarters are tbe leading features of his construction. His relatives, Aide-de-Camp and Rore, have clearly shown that they can gallop fast and determinedly, and as their sires were both sons of Musket, which family Torpedo belongs to, it is only a fair thing to suppose that tho subject of this paragraph will be able to do likewise. What a good-looking sort is the full brother to Penrose, Bush Rose and CoHe is not what might be called pretty, but is a rare moulded gent, with great stifles, beautiful propelling quarters, legs like hickory spokes, back as strong as a castle, a bead that seems as if it were chockful of sense and knowledge, and one of tho best let down youngsters that I have seen for a long time. The more you seo of him" the better you like him, and I certainly expect that ho will cause a lot of competition when he is led into the ring at Hastings this month.

JeuzaiTa brown filly by .Mahaki is a small wiry lot with good legs and a very neat appearance. She is an especially well. come-by filly, for her dam is hv Musket from Hannah, who was sired by Traducor. Half-sisters of her’s in Undine, Eiderdown, Te Hum, and Te Fake, have been returned winners and the iuahaki strain should be productive of good results as the Quilt blend, therefore I confidently anticipate a good future for this nice young damsel.

Torpedo's draught out of Bonny Blink is a stout, strong, good-limbed lot, with a, beautiful top, fine rein and plain sensible head. On the ground of breeding, she lacks for nothing, as her dam is by Cadogan (Creraorne Derby winner out of the Adventurer mare Chance), out of tho imported English bred mare T;tauia. Little Billee is a relative of this brown fillj-, and he was a very brilliant horse.

The last of the .yearling contingent is a. brown gelding by Gold Beef out of Brooklet. By comparison he is not so attractive as his comrades, but from his breeding he may be expected to develop into a good sort. He is slightly Romannosed and this does not bj r any means add to his otherwise plain appearance. A two-year-old full brother to Ngaio, Tortulla, Indian Shot and Full Charge will also form one , of the number that wi'l be submitted for sale. He has not tho size of his relatives, nor docs he stand out so boldly, though he is brimful of quality, a strong back, great powerful quarters, and a nice middle piece being Ids qualifications. As ho is an

entire lie, should be valuable even if he never sported silk. The sires Torpedo, Mahaki and Quilt locked nr perfect health, their condition demonstrating beyond doubt that they are well looked after and their docility shows that their education has been perfect. Though Torpedo is now 20 years old he does not betray his age. He would easily pass -for a much younger horse, as Ids movements do not give evidence that lie is nearly as ancient as the stud book gives him credit For. DEATH OF DEVVET. The last mail brought news from India of the death of the C’aullield Cup winner, Dewey. The Sultan of Johorc is certainly having a run of had hick. Dewey cost him a lot of money, and shaped indifferently at the recent Calcutta meeting. Tint chestnut took ill on returning to Singapore, and all efforts to save him proved unavailing, a post mortem examination showed that the cause of deatli was an affection of the lungs. Dewey, who was by Lochiel —Dona, a daughter of Savanaka and Lady Granville, was bred by the New South Wales trainer, T. Payten, and was foaled in 1897. As a two-year-old he showed very moderate form, and gave no indication of developing into what he afterwards proved, a first-class three-year-old. In his first season_ho started ten times, and after eight unsuccessful efforts, he finally won a maiden two-year-old race in'the autumn. Sirdar was second' a head away, but of • the Held behind the pair the only one that turned out well afterwards was Cornquist. He closed his two-year-old career by Tu|inuug unplaced in a Nursery Handicap, a week later, the race being won by Chesncy, now in England. He opened his three-year-old career inauspiciously, a tlirnfat Warwick Farm being followed by an unplaced performance in the weiglit-ior-ngo Hampden Stakes at I! ami wick (won by The Chief), and a second in the Hawkesbury Spring Handicap, won by Nevermore. On the first day of the Australian Jockey Club’s Spring Meeting he won the Spring Stakes, woight-for-age, the field behind him including Cocos, Dobadil and Le Var. On the second day he ran third to Cremona and Cranberry in the Metropolitan Handicap, and later in the meeting he was third in the Duff memorial Stakes, won by Seymour, the unplaced division includin'': Parthian and Australian Star, who, with Dewey, carried penalties of llilb*. A.t the Victoria. Lacing Club’s October meeting ho was unplaced in the October Stakes, weight-for-ago, won by Mora, and at the Victorian Amateur Turf Club’s Spring Meeting he finished third in the Caulfield Stakes, won by Australian Star. On the second day lie won the Copngy Handicap, and followed this up by appropriating the Caulfield Cup, in which he carried Ost 12lb. lu the V.E.C. Derby, ho finished second, a length and a quarter behind Merriwee,, Parthian, Scorn, Lancaster and Tremarden being among those who finished behind him. Following this up., be carried 7st 4lb into third place in the Melbourne-Cup, behind and Voyou, auck on. the fourth day of the meeting he again went down before Merriwee, who beat him by a length and a half in the C. 33. Fisher Plate. This closed Dewey’s racing career in Australia, and shortly after he was sold for LknOO and went to India; In the now country, however, lie failed to strike form, the climate evidently disagreeing with him, and it was stated not long since that he wajS to bo sent bade to Australia. Dewey was undoubtedly one of the host three-year-olds in a season that was prolific' of good ones of that age- —‘’Sportsman.’’ THE LADY PUNTERS AND THE COMMISSIONER. A rather amusing story is going the rounds at the expense of a West Coast sport, who attended the Cup meeting of the Taranaki Jockey Club. At every race meeting the woman punter_ (or wcr.se still tno women’s syndicate) is in evidence, and she always drops across a nice gentleman friend who very kindly obtains the many totalisator tickets, divides up the dividend’, etc. Now Mr Blank (I will call him) was selected by the, “Syndicate of Seventy Women” to act as their Commissioner. On. the first day operations were few, for the simple reason that the capital was soon exhausted ; therefore the Syndicate of Seventy suspended) punting—needless to mention to the commissioner’s great relief.

The same evening saw the “Syndicate of Seventy” re-con.structed and prepared for Hooley plungers next day. Okoari brought in their first dividend. Then oamo £1 on Lady Bell. It was a most exciting finish, and never before had such cheering been hoard at the course. The “Seventy Syndicate” had struck another winner. With much advice to bo careful and not let the spielers snatch the ticket away, Mr Blank hurried off for the dividend, and received —one pound one shilling. Poor Mr Blank was at his wits’ end to divide 21s between seventy plungers. Ho had an idea, in his head to end the jabber by suggesting that ho should return the pound and have two pints with the bob. The boss lady of the syndicate settled matters by proposing that the shillings should go into the next ticket on behalf of the whole seventy. That .met with approval.

For the big race Mr Blank received 19s 5d (it was supposed to he 20s) for Tortnlla. The pound was made up biy shillings, sixpenny and threepenny bits and a score of coppers. It should here be mentioned that Mr Blank has always been a. keen supporter of Tortnlla —lie held £3OO to £2O about her for the N.Z. Cup and did in £3 on her for the Taranaki Cup. Like many other sports, ho fancies he knows a thing or two, and would not give- Tortnlla a show after her run at the tail end of the Cup field. A brilliant inspiration struck Mr Blank to lay “tote odds.” Good enough! As it was advisable to keep clear of the stewards. Mr Blank sneaked off behind the grand stand to await the finish. The terrific cheering caused the. heart of the “tote layer” to nearly stop for ever — he recognised the voice of the “Seventy Syndicate”; therefore Tortnlla had won. There was no necessity to look at the number board—that cheer was the verdict. The “Seventy Syndicate” lined up in all its glory for the great distribution, but Mr Blank was missing—he had been outside, to learn the dividend—£9 IDs!

With much joy (it cost £8 10s) Mr Blank appeared and never before, and 'possibly never again will he receive such a reception at the hands of women. The head of the seventy held forth her hands for the “beans,” but she was far too agitated tti hold the money, so Mr Blank was hard pressed to divide the money. ! i!nt lie escaped further suffering—ho was dry and made for the bar. to drink to hi-; £8 19s. No sooner had ho appeared again than ho was invited to “afternoon tea” (part of his own money). The re. maining races saw the “Seventy .Syndicate” so it very strong. Mr Blpnk, tried/ to dodge them, hut “he was' so" lucky”' 1 and must get their tickets. Before the clay was over £lO had been invested, all on losers, and now Mr Blank reckons it uo that his game was .to have played the “tote layer” to the bitter end. but one experience was quite enough, so the money all reached the machine.

CHATTER. Tho English racehorse Skopcs, by St. Serf from Stethoscope, has readied Melbourne on his way to this Stale to tho order of his owner, Air H. C. White. Skopos, who won the Liverpool Cup and other races, ought to be an acquisition to tlie blood stock in New South Wales, for lie is a great galloper, Ms pedigree is undeniable, and he is hut five years old. Word lias readied Sydney from India announcing the death of the St. Swithin gelding, AJerloolas. He was a great disappointment to his owner, who gave 2000 guineas for him, and never could get a return of tho form he displayed both hero and in Queensland.

Wakeful has incurred 7ih penalty in the .Doncaster Handicap and Kill), penalty' in. the Sydney Cup, thus increasing her handicaps to 7.10 in each case.

Tho Hon. J. D. Ormond is sending up some of his stock for sale this month, about twenty in number. The lot are not all thorriughbreds. They consist of horses Hud have raced and of some that have never been broken. Of the latter foul - are four-year-olds by Dreaduaught. The .stallion Spinfeldt will he amongst those oiicred. Sudor, who lias won a hurdle double within tho last week at Woo-lvilic and Wanganui, is a. six-year-old full sister to the old hurdler Somiuvnhnlist.

T. Ou.inlivau, junior, is handling a two-year-old full brother to Lotion that lie bought the other wool: on behalf of Air E. J. AVatt. Tho full brother to Indian Queen will also start shortly' on his education. ,

Since the Wanganui Cup lias been run over lj miles, namely from the ''year 1888, Nobility’s time Ims boon the longest for the trip. Advr.mce won the eu,p last year in 3.-1. which is a record for that event.