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Chancellor has again changed hands, he having been purchased prior to the Oamaru races by Mr Alexander Thomson, of Kakanui, for somewhere about 220 guineas. In commenting on tho mooting tho Mail says : — Chancollor was made a bit the favourite for the principal handicap, but ho was clean out of it. Besides being a bit on the big side, he had been travelling during th 6 greater part of the night, and was not in good heart for his work. It is not unlikely that the public will hear something more anont the late arrival of Chancellor in Oamaru. It seems that the horse was booked to coino on by the express train from the North arriving in the afternoon, and was placed in his box, which was attached to the train. For some reason the box with the horse in it was cut off from the train somewhere and left behind. It was not until some time afterwards that the actual position of affairs— that a racehorse engaged in the Oamaru meeting was left behind— dawned upon the railway officials. They then despatched a special train with Chancellor, but it is, with reason, held that his chance of winning had been damaged by the carelessness of the Railway Department, and it is said that the horse's new owner contemplates testing the liability of the department to Kuljstantial damages*. This is the current statement, of Uu aii'air, and we give it for what it is worlh. Tho outcome of tho contest at the Oaiparu

races between man and horse is thus described by the North Otago Times -.—What was termed a " walking race " came oft" after the Selling Hurdle Race had been disposed of. William M'Kay and a horse, the property of Mr J. Culling, of Hillgrove, were the competitors. The horse was slightly the favourite at the start ; but on the word " off " being given, the competitor familiarly known as " Bill " went off with a strong lead, which he kept till the off side of the course was reached, where_ the quadruped was brought up, and an exciting Bpurt was made ; but the biped, who carried a short stick in his hand, is supposed to have elyly tapped his opponent's knees with it, causing, him to break. The rule of the contest being that the horse on breaking should turn round, this gave William another good lead, which he kept till nearing the distance-post, where the horse broke agauij it is said by his backers from an administration of the aforesaid short stick. However this may be, M'Kay won the match with a good deal to spare, and was loudly cheered by the spectators. At this meeting the sum of £2420 went through the totalisators. ■ I do not know what horse was the sire of Redcliffe, who won a couple of good races for Mr Sherwin at Oamaru. His dam, however, is Model, a mare who was bred by Mr W. H. Harris in 1854, and who when' about ten years old passed into the hands of Mr M. Studholme. Model's only turf performance that I can discover is her running second to Potentate in the Wairau Maiden Plate of the season 1556-7, in which race, there were six competitors. The last mention of her in the " Stud Book " is in Vol. 11l of that work, where she is shown to have foaled in 1866 a filly to Caledon. Her progeny, cannot have been very highly esteemed by,, Mr Studholme when he did not consider, it worth while to continue sending their description to the " Stud Book." The mare ww.by Glendon (c)— Madcap (c), a mare who was imported from New South Wales m 1847 witlv'ati unknown' pedigree. , .Glendon was by Cap : a-pi'e"(a)— Griselda'(c); I hear tfta^tne cause of the poor show made by Sonuuia at Wanganui was his getting sore in his feet. Mr Goodman returned to Dunedin with him and Sir Modred last week. . Some big dividends have been paid over recent r&ce 'meetings, Louie's victory in the Napier' Handicap presenting her two backers on the course with £259 each, while the Dunedin totalisator paid £68 to the solitary investor onMr M'Lean'sfilly. Thelatter totalisator paid £5 10s on Luna in the Napier Tradesmen's Handicap, £8 12s on Tas'man in the Oamaru Handioap, and £3 7s on Redcliffe in the St. Patrick's Handicap; The Momu\ Ida Chronicle has the following : —A meeting of the Committee of the Maniototo Jockey Club was held on Friday, to coneider a protest lodged by MrT. Keenan, the owner of the 1 horse Jupiter, which ran second in the Maiden Plate, against the stakes in that racebeingpaidto the owner of Peeping Tom (Mr Beck), which horse took first place. The protest was lodged, on the grounds that Peeping Tom, under another name, and while the property of Mr J. H. Lunn, had run and won money at Qeraldine -and Timaru in 1877 or 1878, Mr Keeiian was not able to support the protest in person, having had to return home during the day. Mr Beck was called in, and stated "that, as far as he knew, Peeping Tom had ne^er belonged to Mr Lunn, and he did not know thathe had won money, as stated. He had bought the horse in Christchurch about three years ago, from his cousin, also named Beck, who "used him as a stock-horse. The Committee decided, on a division, that there was no evidence to sustain the protest, and dismissed it, returning the deposit to Mr Keenan. We understand that Mr Keenan has since written to say that he is making inquiries in Canterbury into the matter. It is possible, theref6re,"that it may again come up for consideration. „ - A meeting of. the Palmerston and Shag Valley District Race Club was held on Wednesday;' the 15th, at the North-Western Hotel, Mr J. Everest in the chair. The Secretary stated that the balance standing to the credit of the I Club amounted £b £48. It was resolved^ that the annual race-meeting be held on Friday, May sth. A programme committee was appointed td draw up a programme and submit the Bame to the General Committee on the 22nd inst. Messrs Jas.. Little and J. T. Gwynne were re-elected treasurer and secretary respectively., The Committee having the above respectable > balance at their credit to start with, should be in a position to offer some tempting stakes to owners of horses, and a successful meeting should result. " A Contributor to the ' Stud Book ' " writes drawing my attention to an error in Hailstorm's pedigree, as published last week. Priam's pedigree should read as follows : — !n?h h( , r j St. Patrick ther \Paßtiue Cruclfix{!XeonO'irore.

The first meeting of the Wallace County Jockey Club, held atßivertononthel7thinst., was highly successful in many respects. The programme opened with the Hurdle Handicap of 15 soys, which Mr M'Kenna's veteran Haricot (lOst) won by a neck from Mr J. Smith's May Day (list). Shillelagh and Larry Boy also ran. The Maiden Plate was won easily by Mr J. M'Leod's Robert Burns, beating Bobby, Polly, and ITorest Queen. Five competed in the Trot, which resulted in a hollow victory for Mrß. Cupples' Molly MaloneflOOyds), with Mr J. Hamilton's Billiard Ball (scratch) second ; but a protest was lodged against the winner on the grounds that she had been entered under a false name, and this being proved 5< the stakes were handed over to the owner of Billiard Ball. It was, however, shown that Mr Cupples bought Molly Malone under that name in perfect good faith. The Cup of 20 soys attracted six runners, but Haricot (9st) scored a second win, after a close race with Mr M. Hayes' Paddy (6st 101b). Butterfly (fat), Hastings (Sst 41b), Darkey (7st 7lb), and Timbertop (7st 7lb) also ran. Paddy was pulled out for the next event, the District Handicap of 15 soys, and won it from May Day and Exile. A Hack Race was won by Mr M'Leod's Lady Dauntless ; and the Consolation Stakes then fell to Mr C. Kainc?s three-year-old filly Butterfly, who is, I believe, a daughter of'Cassivelaunus and Tangi. In <the Hack Race a horse called Viper- fell and gave Bridge a severe shaking, while farther on another competitor ran against a post and unseated its rider (named Harvey), who was struck by the hoof of another horse and severely hurt, but latest news from liiverton states that he is now convalescent.

AttheTuapeka sportslast week Mr Oudaillc's Kluegown won a couple of races, and Mr Bushell's Nelly the Trotting Handicap. Society has the following :— "The Hon. W. Robinson has been anxious to obtain during tho week as many thousands to twenties as he could get about Mataku for the Great Autumn Handicap, making the peculiar proviso that the horse must get from Sst to Sst -Jib. What does it mean? is a question asked by sport-ing men." If Mr Itobiupon would take 20 to lif Mataku got the weight specified, what will he take now that the colt ha-; only 7si 71b ? Tho saino journal says that Christchurch TattereaD'H Club have securer! accommodation in tb§ building recently rented by Mr W, $\

Warner from MrHobbs in Cathedral square. Although the premises are not of a pretentious character, when the alterations and renovations now being carried out are completed the Ulub will be in possession of a very suitable suite of apartments. From their proximity to the Jockey Club rooms, and their central position, members of Tattersall's and all sporting men will no doubt find the new rendezvous in every way convenient. The following is the Executive of the Club :-Committee-~Messrs A. C. Wilson, H. P. Lance, G. G. Stead, Acland, Gresson, B. D. Thomas, and Dr Prros. Hon. treasurer— Mr B. W. Roper. Hon. secretary —Mr Griffiths. ' , «i •.. t. v I am rather surprised that the Chnstchurch papers have not made a suggestion that either the races or the opening of the Exhibition should be adjourned for a day or two, for it would be a great pity to allow them to clash, as they must do if the 10th of April is adhored to by each party. Thousands of people are anxious to be present at both, but at present there seems no chance of it. Of course the Exhibition people should give way, especially as they are bound to get a public holiday declared for the day of their opening ceremony —whenever it might take place. Weights for the Canterbury Great Autumn Handicap have been issued as under ;— st. lb. st -^« Sir Hodrod ..0 3 Salvage ..7 7 Nfttator ..9 1 Mataku •• 7 7 Billingsgate .. 810 La Mode •• J f Betrayer •• 8 10 Hinomoa •• 7 6 Virginia Water .. 810 Tnsman •• 75 Lure .. .. 810 Hilda .. - 7 4 ( LadyEroma .. SlO Louis dOr .. 7 3 Chancellor ..8 8 Fleur-de-Lys .. 7 3 . Gorton.. ..8 7 Bnndoora .. 7 0 Mischief .. 8 G Lejrordomain ..0 0 TheDauphta ..8 2 Tbo Poet „ .. 6 8 SirGeorgo ..7 12 Nonpareil .. fl'7 Volunteer '.. 712 Mavis .. ' •• 0 5 Luna;.. .. 711 Holdorness ... <5 0 Sir Garnet ' .. 710 ',Aceqf Hearts colfc 6 0 Libeller .." 7, 9 Dan' '.. ..0 0 Somnus . v 7 7,, The above have not given universal satisfaction, even sin Christchurch, as 1 will be seen by a letter! to the Lyttelton Times published in another column. I agree with a good deal that appears in that letter, especially with the remarks re Chancellor and Libeller, for if the j former could not at tho Dunedin meeting give ; Libeller 41b, how on earth is he to give him 131b now ? I do not, however, .consider Betrayer ' or Lure overburdened with weight, nor is Hinemoa crushed out of it; and it is noteworthy that while " Observer " selected these three of Mr Stead's horses as being badly used, he says nothing about Louis dOr, who is decidedly well in, after his good race with Grip in the J.C. Handicap in the spring. Again. I do not consider Hilda much favoured, but The Poet decidedly is well in/ My opinion is that the worst treated horses are Chancellor, Mischief, Sir Garnet, and possibly Sir Modred— though it is hard to see how the last-named could get.much less weight; The most favoured horses are, I think, Louis dOr, The Poet, Ace of Hearts colt, Legerdemain, Natator, Libeller, Holderness, and Luna.' Messrs Mason and Vallance are reported to have sold their two-year-old colt Armourer at Wanganui for £350. The sporting correspondent of the Christchurch Press has the following :— " We were | up on the course one day early in the week. A great number of horses are doing gentle work. A large number are now away, but the following put in an appearance early every day :— Lure, Betrayer, Hinemoa, Leonora, Louis, Siesta, Nonsense, Holderness, Hornby, Korari—Malice colt. La Mode, Nonpareil ? Natator, Salvage, vanguard, Cheviot, Wai-iti filly, Trinket, Te Ata, Chancellor, Mataku, Nautilus, Poet, Toitoi filly, Sou'-wesfcer, Cathedral and Aurora (both just taken up again), Digby Grand, Falcon, Anteros—-Ata-lanta 1 three-year-old filly, Psyche, Javelin— Flattery colt, Whitbatch, Welcome Jack, Traducer — Moss Rose colt, Ace of Hearts colt, Canard, and On Dit." The same writer furnishes these' additional items :—": — " When up at Riccarton the other day, Mr Nosworthy kindly invited us to have a look at Albany, who, it will be remembered, injured himself severely in the beginning of the season. We found him standing in his box with a sling (quite slack) under his belly— the sling suspended from the ceiling by means of a rope attached to a swivel— that the old horse could move round in anyway he pleased. This sling is used merely to prevent his lying down. Every day he is taken out into the yard and i moved about, but appears still to be very weak about his loins, and it is very doubtful, unfortunately, now that his services would be in demand, whether he will be of any service again. The horse is in capital condition, and his muscle wasted very little. My old friend Korari, who was running in a paddock, was looking as well as ever. Mr Nosworthy then took me down to see a son of the latter, who will repay an inspection. This is the colt from old Mermaid, which has been reared by hand since the death of the old mare. Although reared in this way, he looks as well as we ever saw a foal run at his dam's side, and is, moreover, so well grown that we took him in the distance for a yearling. The foal is as nice a youngster of its age as we remember ever seeing, and we hope, for Mr Nosworthy's sake, he may prove as a two and three-year-old as good as he now promises. We had a look over the remainder of the foals running at the Wilderness— three of Albany's and two of Korari's, all of whom are doing very well, and show plenty of size, combined with quality. The details of these, however, we shall give on a future occasion.— The caretaker at the racecourse informs us that the ends of the grand stand are to be glazed, so j as to keep out the wind and weather from these ' points. The work is to be undertaken at once."

The Canterbury Jockey Club have decided | to appoint Mr Penfold to the vacant secretaryI ship of that body. As the salary is not to be I raised over the £150 originally advertised, those individuals who had intended applying for the situation when it was suggested that the salary be increased to £250 have nothing to complain of. All that is made known about Mr Penfold's qualifications is contained in the .following vague statement by Mr Lance at the Club's meeting on Monday:— "ln answer to Mr Thomas, who said he did not at all question the wisdom of thejappointment, the Chairman (Mr Lance) gave some particulars concerning Mr Penfold." At the same meeting Mr J. B. Gresson gave notice of the following motions:— l. "That rule 9 of the general rules of the Club bo altered by striking out the word 'eleven' in i third line thereof, and substituting 1 the word ' thirteen,' and by striking out the words ' the treasurer, bandica/pper, starter, and clerk of the scales and course, if members of the Club, shall be ex ojjicio members of the Committee' " 2. "That ;a committee be appointed forthwith to supervise the framing of all handicaps, such committee to consist of not less than five members, who shall hereafter be elected at the annual general meeting. In the event of any vacancy occurring in the Committee, such vacancy shall bo filled up as soon as possible at a special general meeting to be called for that purpose." An auction fwlo of yearlings and two-year-olds from the Kussley Stud will bo. held at i CiirislcliurQii on the 4»y after the raoe-meetr

1 ing. The number of lots is small, comprising only seven, but the quality seems good enough on the score of breeding for anything, lhe three yearlings are Radames, a colt by that great English racehorse Leolinus out of the i English mare L'Orient ; Laureson, a colt by 1 the same sire out of the English mare Mies ! Laura, a daughter of Trumpeter ; and Neara, i a filly by .Leolinus out of Naiad, who is full ' Bister to Lurline, Le Loup, and the other distinguished members of old Mermaid's progeny. i The two-year-olds, also three in nnmber, are Elaine, a filly by Leolinus out of the Victorian mare Equation ; Aida, a full sister to Radanw; and Leonora, a filly by Leohnus out ot Gossip, well known in Dunedin as one of the handsomest and speediest mares in the country. It is only right to mention that Aida and Leonora ran unsuccessfully in the Welcome Stakes in the spring, but the first public efforts of youngsters are not invariably a certain criterion as to their future running. It is worth noting that all these six youngsters are entered in various good stakes of next season. The seventh lot is Prospero, a four-year-old gelding by Castaway out of Belle of the Isle, and therefore half-brother to Templeton. On the same day and at the same place, Messrs Ford and Oo.'s Repository will be offered Messrs Mason and Vallances entire racing stud. Going through the list of seventeen lots smatim, I find the most noteworthy to be Coupon, a two-year-old colt by Tubal Cain out of Debenture. It is almost needless to say that Tubal Cain is the sire of the last Melbourne Champion Race winner, Coriolanus ; The Jilt, a two-year-old sister to Fleur-de-Lys ; an unnamed yearling colt by Albany— Mermaid; Amulet, the colt who would in all probability have won the last Canterbury Derby but for his most unfortunate breakdown the very day before the race ; Volunteer, ono of the most dangerous horses now in training; Fleur-de-Lys, who has won four out of six of the races he has contested; Bundoorah, a threo -year-old son of The Pe6r and Argosy • and Turquoise, the Tubal Cain filly who ran third to Nonsense and Vanguard in our Champagne Stakes, and second to Nonsense in the City Stakes Handicap. Armourer's name is included in the printed catalogue, but he appears to have been sold since at Wanganui race-meeting. At the Wanganui Trotting Clutfs Autumn meeting the Handicap of 30 soys, mile heats, was won by Mr Kirkwood'a Our Pony (scr.), who did the first heat in 3min. 33 sec, and the second in 3 mm. 35 sec— terribly slow time. The three-mile race, of 55 soys, was won by Mr Chavannes' Little Nell (60 sec), beating five others, including Our Pony (sor.) in 8 mm. 14 4-5 sec, or 9 mm. 14 4-5 see. with the allowance for the start. Mr Kirkwood's Darkie (25 sec.) ran unsucessfully in this race, but won the Consolation Stakes from two others. For the principal event at the Egmont races the following weights have been declared ; — t. lb

et. lb. aUb. Grand Duchess ..9 2 Wilberforee .. 710 Slander fllly . . 8 7 Scrutineer ..76 Venture .. ..8 4 Gentle Annie ..7 0 Merlin .. ..8 0 Lord of the Hills ..7 0 My Dream .. 712 Larry .. ..6 9 Taipo .. .. 710 Eccleaton .. '6 7 Aurora .. .. 710 St. Clair .. ..6 7 After winning the Wanganui Derby last week Odd Trick was sold by- Major Morse for £175 to Mr Tancred, who has already won with the colt the Maiden Plate of 60 soys at Wanganui, and the Plying Stakes of 40 soys at Waverley-Waitotara. Of the last-mentioned meeting we have bare particulars by telegraph. As we have said, Odd Trick won the Flying Handicap, carrying Bst, and beating the Slander filly (Bst 121b), Taipo, and Aurora. The Autumn Handicap of 125 soys was secured by Mr O'Brien's Larry, (9st 41b), beating the Slander filly {Ssfc 101b), and -Venture (Bst 51b). Larry is a five-year-old son of Dead Shot, and he won in January last the Publicans' Handicap at Waitara. That he was not much fancied at Waverly is shown by , the totalizator paying £10 over his victory. Mr Walters had a turn in the Sapling Stakes of 30 soys with his filly by Yattendon — Fanny Fisher, who upset The Gem, winner of the (Wanganiii Sapling Stakes. The Hurdle Race of 40 soys was won by Mr Brewer's Totara. Auckland Autumn races have the following good entries : —

EASTER HANDICAP. P&ramena My Droam Mischief Maid of Honour Luckpenny Othello Dewdrop Randwick King Quail Lara Anglor Cornet St. Patrick Louie Soukar Libeller Slander fllly Lone Hand Yatapa , llarkaway Tim Whiffler Larry N or M. AUTUMN HANDICAP. Paramona Vampire JMy Dream Mischief Maviß Luokpenny Othello Kenilwoith Randwick King Quail Lara Cornot St. Patrick Louie Souluir Libeller Slander filly Grand Duchess Lone Hand Larry N or M Yatapa Maid of Honour, STEEPLEOHASE. Raku WildDayrell Hard Timca Matau Agelli Lone Hand Te Whetu fpoitsman Harkaway Grey Moinus Catch'em, At Hakaru races last month somewhat remarkable circumstances occurred in connection with the Settlors' Raco. Three horses out of the four that ran in this race claimed relationship, being half-brothers ; while the ridersi of these horses stood in the relative position to each other of brothers, their names being John Sarah and his brothers Edward and William.

The latest thing in names for racing clubs is the " Puil and Dart," which singularly-named body held its first gathering at Tologa Bay on the 3rd insfc. The course is said to Lave been " in a condition most unfavourable for the fast speed of racing ; hillocks, hollows, and freshlyturned tufts of rushes abounded all over it. But fortunately no accident occurred, and the committee must have felt a great load of responsibility lifted from their shoulders as the last horse passed tho winning-post and no casualty occurred to either horse or rider." A few particulars of the Henderson's Mill races on Friday last have reached us by telegraph. From them we gather that Kandwick won the Cup, of 100 soys, and Railway Handicap, of 30 soys, while Harkaway won the .Railway Handicap, of 40 soys. A few days before the Hawke's Bay J.C. meeting the local ilorald had the following : — " We hoar that through a blunder on the part of a telegraph operator Mr P. Butler's acceptance for The Agent to run in the Handicap Hurdle Race at our mooting did not como to hand. Mr Butler, however, has an acknowledgment in writing from the Telegraph Department that the acceptance in question was telegraphed by him, and that its not being wired was the fault of the operator. Under these circumstances it is, wo understand, Mr Butlcv'K intention to endeavour to obtain permission, for his horae to run in llw race, several

of the owners of the other horses ,that have accepted having consented to that course, provided the rest agree and the Jockey Club give permission." From the report of the race in this issue it appears that The Agent did not run. The success of Louie in^ the Napier Handicap again covered tipsters with confusion and backers with dismay, for no one seems to have dreamed of her winning-r-especially after her having run in and won the Maiden Plate an hour or so before the big race. Louie was bred by the late Mr Mattock, and her full pedigree is submitted below. Lady Emma showed up disadvantageous!/, being unable to run into a place in the Napier Handicap ; beaten by Mischief in the Railway Handicap ; and again unable to gam a place in the Tradesmen's Handicap, m which Luna secured a pretty easy victory— though the less said about the handicap for it the better. Another surprise at the meeting must have been the upset of The Dauphin by Virginia Water at weight-f or-age, and there can be no doubt that the mare has got quite over her injury, and is showing her three-year-old form again. For Lady Emma, the only excuse can be that the sea voyage upset her. Louie may be remembered as running a dead heat with the Slander filly in the Maiden Plate at the Hawko's Bay J.C. Spring meeting in October last.