ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Volume 15, Issue 1562, 15 October 1881, Page 20

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

F. Aroher has reoovered from his indisposition, and rode seven winners and four seconds at the Stookton meeting. Up to August 20th he had won 133 raoes out of 316 mounts ; C. Wood, 81 out of 290; T. Cannon, 6© out of 201 ; G. Fordham, 44 out of 227; C. Morbey, 35 out of 215; J. Goater, 34 out of 181. C. Wood rode aeven winners at Egham races. Mr Lorillard's colt Barrett, with whom instead of Iroquois he hoped to win the Derby, haa been sent back to Amerioa, his performances having been very disappointing. The well-known cross-country riders D. Canavan and Mr H. Beasley have been reported to the Grand National Hunt Committee for suspicious riding at the Waterford meeting. At Paisley on August 12fch the longest established annual race, first run 261 years ago, was won by Mr E. Hunter's Maoadam (7st 131b), beating three others. The race is called the Silver Bells, and it has 100 guineas added money. It was first run for in 1620. The French St. J-ie^er, run at Caen on August Bth, was won by Count de Lagrange's colt Albion, beating Lord Rothschild's Forum and three others.

At York meeting, in addition to the races published below, we find that the Convivial Stakes of 300 soys was won by Lord Stanford's Geheimniss, beating three others. The Yorkshire Oaks fell to that grand performer, Mr W, S. Crawfurd's filly Thebah, who beat Bal Gal, Luoy Glitters, and another. It is a thousand pities that Thebais was not entered for the Doncaster St. Leger, as she must have given Iroquois a severe toek to beat her. The Prince of Wales' Stakes of 500 soys, for two-year-olds, was aeoured by Mr L. de Rothschild's filly Nellie (Bst 101b), who after a great raoe upset a hot favourite in Lord Falmouth's Dutch Oven (9at 31b). The York Cup was won by Mr R. Jardine's Heath Bird, beating seven others; and the Queen's Plate by Mr Blanton'a Exeter, who defeated Madame dv Barry and two more. Mr John Day, junr., son of the Danebury trainer, was found dead in his bed at his residence, Basingstoke, on August 15th. The deceased had had very little to do with racing for some {years past, and had been practising as a veterinary surgeon at Basingstoke.

The Sportsman thus notifies the scratching of Peregrine for the St. Leger :— At 11.51 a.m., on August 18bh, the pen was put through the name of Peregrine for the Donoaster St. Leger. On Tuesday last the colt had a good gallop of a mile and three-quarters at Lambourne, since which time he has done nothing more than walking exercise, and although his supporters for the Doncaster race were prepared for his retrogression in the market, the announcement yeßterday of his withdrawal from the race caused great surprise. Without doubt it has been found impossible to train the colt for the engagement, his bad leg having filled again.

Fred Archer, says the English sporting correspondent of the Australasian, was severely reprimanded at Goodwood for suspicious riding, and this " put his back up " immensely. When I say suspicious riding, I do not, of course, mean to hint that ho rodo without trying to win, but, on the contrary, he tries too hard to win, and is not, it is said, over partioular as to means he adopts to get there. I know that Tom Cannon says now that he should have won the Riohmond Sfcakes on Kermesse, had not, Archer, on Dutch Oven, bored him out of it ; and, in fact, by driving him on to Sfc. Marguer. ite, put both the latter and Kermesse out. Aa it was, Aroher got home first by a head, and Fordham and Cannon on the other two rode a a dead heat. lam oredibly vjf\>i>>. d that at Goodwood one of the stewards rpok-i r,o him in a friendly way, but plainly told him that as the stewards were aware that probably no one living knew hid bueineaa so well as he did, so at the Bame time they were determined to see t,bat he aoted up to his knowledge, as there was no eiousa for him as there might be for $ raw lad.