MELBOURNE TURF NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 6385, 31 July 1882, Page 4

MELBOURNE TURF NOTES.

(Fnoii our Special Correspondent.) Tuesday, July 18th,

For the past week very little training has been done at Flemington, in consequence of the very boisterous weather. Yessterday morning I was out at Flemington shortly before daylight. As usual, Joe Morrison was the first on the ground. Prestwick gave Scipio a first-class gallop of a mile and a-quarter; Commotion did two miles in a canter ; Darebin and Frying Pan went a mile and a-half breather, the Cup horse going well within himself} Golden Butterfly, who is much fancied for an outside show in the V.R.C. Derby, was undergoing walking exercise. . The New South Wales horses are doing capital work at Randwick. On Thursday morning laat, Wheatear, Sir Oliver, The Drummer, and Hecla did fast gallops. Although Segenhoe ran rings around the last-named horse, nevertheless the touts were not at all enraptured with tho fair son of Maribymong—The Fawn. The Barber (son of the Barb) ran the Hawkesbury Handicap distance in very fair time. I wouldn't bo at all surprised to see the Glen Innes representative about this forthcoming spring. A sad accident occurred yesterday morning, both to horses and jockeys. Charles Gordon, tho well-known jockey, had one of his legs broken whilst riding Wheatear at the Randwick training-ground. It appears that the winner of tho A J.C. Leger was run on to a rail by the Queensland three.-year-old, Sir Oliver, and that the boy on the latter had his foot crushed. I»ain sorry to have to.record that the latest newß states that in all probability one of the two horses is so severely injured that he may not run again. This is a great pity. Both horses, singular to record, were bred by the late Sir J. P. Bell, in Queens-

Pride of the Hills, winner of the V.R.C MaTes' Produce Stakes of 1876, and of the Champion Race of 1877, died last Veek. He was one of the best horses of his day. Every true lover of the turf will regret to hear that Mr J. S. Smith, of Sydney, who some time back accompanied his partner, Mr Long, to the Old Country, died in London on the 6th inst. Mr Smith was part owner of some of the best blood horses in Australia. Grand Flaneur .was never beaten; then we have Bertie, by Maribyrnong — Sappho; Friday, a bay colt, by Angler from Chrysolite; HUdebrand, by Hamlet—Lady Hilda; Sylvan, by Fireworks—Sylvia; Geraldine, by Yattendon—Atholine; Silver Bell (full sister to Chester), by Yattendon, out of Lady Chester ; Marjory Daw, by Echo—Levity. Mr Smi|h won the Sydney Cup of 1874 with Speculation, three-year-old, Cst 21b, 25 starters. In consequence of Mr Smith's death, Mr Long has decided to return to Australia as soon as

possible. * ~-,.' It is to be hoped that now the Australian Jockey Club has accepted the entrance of The Gem (late the property of the disqualified Mayo), the V.R.C. will follow suit, and not keep the public in suspense. There are plenty of people who would back The Gem ior the Melbourne Cup only for this fact. At the present time we are very hard up for cross-country jocks. J. Griffen has his leg broken; F. Hill (late of New Zealand) is suffering severely from a fall; Sam. Floyd has his arm dislocated; Batty, one of the bost, has not yet recovered from his late accident; Chiffney had such a nasty fall the last time he rode that he didn't care al)out it; King is not altogether well, and the veteran Corrigan is the only sound man among them.