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Otago Witness, Issue 1438, 14 June 1879, Page 18

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The bill for the suppression of j?ate-money raca-meetuig" ia th« suburbs of London has passed its secotjd reading in the Honae of Commons, A telegram to the AmerWn paper* states that up to May Btb, Lord Falcnoulh bad won Lo6,oooin stakes, but tbi<* sum *eems excessive, even including the Two Thousand, Ooe Thousand, and Oaks; and probably L 26,000 would be nearer the mark. Fifteen horses started for the Two Thousand Guiae&s Sfcakfs, including Mr Lorilfard's Unoaa, and the betting against the placed horaes was 20 to 1 Charibevfc, 10 to 1 Oadog3n, 6 to 1 Rayoa dOr ; while TJncas started at 22 tol. Capt. MacheU's colt Maraschino, by Carnival— CuraQua, who cost 2500 guineas as a yearling, hag started his <;wo-year-old season better than most of the high-pricsd youngsters usually do, he having won the Westroinsoer Stakes at Epsom. The great sensation, next to the great threa-y«ar-old' races, of the present English racing s ason has undoubtedly bean the form shown by Mr Lonllard's horse Parole, who has in thies ' weeks' time won four big handicaY^s. Mr Lorillard is a gentleman who has been a very, prominent supporter of racins-r in America, and last year he determined to take over to England a selection f rpna his stud to compete against the best horses in the Old Country. The lot be chose were nine in number, and these he entered very freely for all aoros of races. They were Parole, a six year eld bay geJding, by the Eufilish sire Leamington out of Maiden, by, Lexington; Papoose, a two year-old sister to Parole; Duke of Magenta, 4 yr<«,by Lexington —Magenta; Uncas, 3 yra, by Lexington-— Coral; Friar, 2 yrs, by Saxon (imp)— Fanny ; Cherokee, 2 yrs, by Saxon (imp)— Fanny Ludlow; Boreas, 2 yrn, by Saxon (imp)— Nellie Gray; Ger.«ldiue, 2 yrs, by Saxon (imp)— Girl of th* Prriod; Nereid, 2 yrs, by Saxon (imp)— Highland Lassie. Of these Duke of Magenta was considered far and away the bei-t, but he went amiss, and has not yet run. Uncas ran unplaced in the Two Thousand Guineas Stake.s. Papoose wou the Newmarket First Two-year-old Si.ring Stakes of 500 bovb., but the rest, isr.ve Parole, have not yet started. Th« team did not during the winter attract much attention, and Mr Lorillard was enabled to take L 20.000 toL4GO about Parole for the City, and Suburban Handicap. This was of course before he won the Newmarket Handicap, for on lauding that race he jumped up to 4 to 1 for the Epsom race. How h*e won both easily will be found detailed elsewhere, and also how, with all his penalty, be frightened all the competitors but one out of the Metropolitan Stakes, secured tbat, and then won'the Great Cheshire Handicap. He certairly pot beaten in the Chester Cup, which muit have been, a great disappointment to his party, for hi-s sire. Ijuaraington, carried off that race twice (in 1857 and 1859); still he made amends by spread-eagling his field in the Cheshire Handicap, He is ecgiged in the Goodwood Cup and many other races, and in all he will take a lot of beating. By Ei glisb. papers I soo that Parole's victories were <-ntb.usia«tica.lly received, as those of any visitor are sure to be who races iv the fctraigrtforward and spirited manner of Mr Lorillard. Of the ho«e himself, Bell's Life says that, although he did not altogether please some British eyes, owing to his long coat, aud seemed, moreover, rather Hgbt, &i bors«s tbat haye undergone the> operation wiil do, ho is a very good-looking horse, and, like bis sire Leamington, is apparently at home en longcouiS:S. He was a' very creditable performer in the land of his birth, and the change of climate has certainly not caused him t > love form. The Standard re. marks that whatever doubts had been entert lined previous to his running for the New. market Handicap, thero will be few to deny no v tbat he, is a first class animal, and if it be frae that Mr P. Lorillard has a better in Duke of Magenta, the cracks among the English thoroughbreds will have to l.ok to their laurels in tho Cup races before the season ends. Parole not only won the City and Suburban, but he had something considerably in hand of his immediate followers as he passed the post. The team are trained by William Brown, who formerly trained for Mr Ten Broeck. A match is on the iapis between Parole and Isonotny, who, it will be seen, gave the distinguished American two years aud 81b, and ran second to him iv the Newmarket Handicap. The stakes »ra to be LSOOO a side, and the distance the last mile and a-half of the Csesare. witch course. The defeat of Cbaribert by Reconciliation in tbe Column Stakes wa? a great upset, odds of 7 to 1 being laid on Lord Faluiouth's colt, who, however, ia believed to be a great coward. Still Bell's Life was almost prophetic in tb.9 remark that it would indeed be an illustration of the glorjoua uncertainty of racing if after his unlooktsd-for overthrow, Charibert should wipa out hiu defeat by getting a placa in the Two Thousand Guineas. P. Archer rode in 23 races at the N^wma^ket Craven meeting, and of these won 13. Fordham was too ill to ride. The Duke of Hamilton has determined to sell off his stud, owing to the continued illness of hU trainer, C< Blanton. The death of the brood mare Brown Duchess at the Imperial Stud, Graditz, is announced. She fiirl some brilliant performances on the English turf in her. racing days, having won the Oaks in 1861, and subsequently the Yorkfhirs Oalt», Doncaster Parkhill Stakes, Grand Duke Micliael Stakes, and a dead heat with Kettledrum in the Doncaster Cup. The will of tho Jate General Pet 1 has been proved, the personal estate being sworn under •L 35.000.