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Otago Witness, Issue 1852, 20 May 1887, Page 23

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1 RACING FIXTUEBS^' ,"' ' May', 24— Arrow Meeting.— Acceptances and general entries,,May'23,, . '' ' ,'• ,' May 24— Waereriga-a-Hika Annual , May'24— "Wiriton \ O '. '. •, . - •- • May 24-r-Waoganui Steeplechases ' ' May 24— Petane Annual ■ . -..'•,.• May 24 — Greymouth 'Jubilee meeting May 24— Waipawa Winter ' ' ' , May 24, 25— Heathcote ' • " : - May .24, 2s— Uunedin Winter ' ■'• '■ \>, June 4-rAuqkland f Steeplechases. — Acceptances and general entries, May 27 , . t . ...... i June I&'— Town and Suburban Winter.— Weights, ' May 28 ; acceptances,, June 11 ' \,•' *j • , June 20^-Gteraldine Steepleohaies.— Acceptances and general entries', June 6' i ■- ' • '.tf- i> r.. • > June 20— Hawke's TBay • Steeplechases.— General entries, June 14, ; 'acceptances,' June jtl, ;< , - . ' Julie 20 -- Lancaster Park.— Entries, , June 4 ; handicaps, June 13 ;' acceptances,' June 17 „', ,t ' ) June '28— Napier ;Park;— Entries, May '20^ general entries, 1 June 14 ;■ handicaps, ■ 'June' 21'; ' ac-j ceptances, June 23 ' >.ft ' >t ■ • \\ , • \ June 28— Onehunga, Winter . _, , v. 4 July 28— Grand "National, Steeplechase^ r-? JSntrles, June 23;2 3; weights,' July s';' acceptaft6eg, July 18,

i ANSWBB TO CORRESPONDENT/ * A. Officer, Kelso.— lke and' Grand 5 VlaneUrmeveij met. Ike ran ieecond, to Le 1 Grand in the.Oravfn Plate at Sydney on September^, lßß3. .l r bere werd three start erß. Le Grand'carried 7st 112b', Ike 7sd 9lb, and Segenhoe 9st. Le Grand beat Ike by a neck. '

tfOTES Blj BEACON. f i ,; ! The meeting of v the Dunedin Jockey Club called for the purpose of -altering the rules of racing, so as to deal with the bookmakers who, lay totalisator odds and also with subh people 1 as may demand back from the club money lost] in the machine, will be held on Monday next.: In the meantime the club have amended the totalisator zules so as to read as follows ;-— 1; No money shall be paid for any particular race until the whole of the horses hay been duly weighed in, and until a quarter of an hour after the finish of the race.' 2. The horse placed 'first by the judge shall be deemed the., winner j unless a protest be lodged before all the horses for the race Have been weighed in, or within one 1 quarter of an hour from the finish of the race j In case of a protest being so -lodged within the' time above specified^ the totalisator money shall be held over until the protest is decided, and the! money will go with the stakes in, accordance with said decision. 3. No money, will be, paid without the ticket, and' no" defaced ticket will in any case be admissable unless certified* to by the steward. 4. All holders of winning 1 tickets must ' claim their money within an hour after the last race, except when a , protest has ' been lodged, in which case the stewards will appoint a time for payment 'of money: 5. In the event of no ticket being taken on the winning horse in any race, the amount paid on the purchase of each ticket for that race' will tie 1 returned, less 10 per cent., on production of tickets. '6. In the event of' a walk-over, the amount paid on the purchase of each ticket will be returned t» the holder of such-ticket, less 10 per cent., on production of the ticket. 77. If any ticket should be taken on a horse which does not weigh out, the stewards may, if they) deem fit, order the amount paid 1 on the purchase of each ticket so taken 'to be' repaid 1 to the holder of such ticket, but otherwise money paid for tickets on scratched horses goes to' the dividend, and will >on no account' be returned j 8. > (a) In the event of a dead heat the total money will be equally divided on each horse running the dead heat j and the holders of the tickets paid pro. rata. (b) In the event of a dead heat being run' off it shall be treated as a new race, and ijhe 1 totalisators will be open for sale of tickets on same. 9. If the final result of a race should be a dead heat in which only one horse is backed^ 'the holders of tickets on' the horse backed' will receive one-half the money, the other half to' be returned to the remaining ticket^holders on the race,' less the usual commission in both instances; 10. In the event of a horse or jockey being dis-j qualified on the ground that the horse was pulled or fraudulently prevented' from winning,' the stewards may order all moneys paid for tickets on that horse, or the moneys paid- for tickets on! .all horses in that race,' to be returned as they! may think advisable, less the usual commission] 11. Purchasers of tickets- must satisfy themselves that they have received the ticket' applied for, and- see that their tickets are properly stamped before leaving 'the counter, as no unstamped tickets will, be recognised, and holders of .tickets must see, that they have their proper Sfhourit of dividend before leaving the counter] as no dispute will be recognised after,' leaving. 12. To save time persons wishing fd become purchasers pf tickets, are requested io provide themselves with change^ as no change will he given.' 13. Holders of tickets are, particularly requested to retain their, tickets until the or<W is given to pay out, "as no money will be paid without' the ticket is presented. 14. No fractional, part of a sixpence will be paid. . 15. Ten per' cent! on the total amount of .the peW chase money received by ,the workers of the; totalisator for the ' sale .of^tickets ' for , each race, shall forthwith , after, the starter's bell has been rung, be paid. over to the treasurer of the club, for, and on account of the*.,club. 16. ' Every purchaser of a ticket and every hjMer of a ticket must be deemed -to ,have -made.him2 - self thoroughly acquainted with these 'rides.* and to have agreed to be bound thereby. ''Xf. \'X,wx\ son wishing to become the purchaser'ojf a.tTeKet shall be deemed to have irrevocably constituted the workers of the totalisator, and each' and every of them, his agents' and ageiifc, to 'invest the money paid by him in advance to the workers of the totalisator, as the price of such ticket^bn the horse named in such ticket, and for the' race named in such ticket,, subject .to these rules, and so soon as the money so paid] shall have been so invested, and the ticket issued to ( the purchaser he shall have no rights 1 other than ( those',qon« f erred by these rules on , the 'holder of a ticket issued under these rules'. 18. The /workers' of the totalisator shall not, nor shall any or either of them, nor shall the Dunedin Jockey Club, or the stewards thereof, or any or either of them, or the members of the said club, or any or either of them be, or be deemed to be, stakeholders, or a stakeholder of the money paid as the price of any ticket. 19. Should any dispute arise, the same shall be referred to the stewards, whose decision in all cases shall be final. Every ticket will have the following .printed on it :— " This ticket is issued subject to 'the rules of the Dunedin Jockey i Club for working the totalisators, which the purchaser and the holder hereof are deemed to have made themselves acquainted with before applying to purchase this ticket. Neither the purchaser nor the holder of this, tioket have any rights except under said rules."' There is also a rule providing that if any person demands back money lost by him on investments in the totalisator, the < amount shall be at once deducted from the total shownonthe machine, and a new dividend be struck/wtiile the full name, occupation, and address of the said ' person, and the amount claimed by him, shall be publicly posted up on the totalisator. . I rather fancy that any person trying on the "William Stuart" trick will; in the f ape of the

foregoing, rules, experience a baa quarter of an 1 hour on entering his demand. / ' "'; ' ' j The'entries and acceptahcpsfbr the Dunedin meeting are exceedingly 'satisfactory, showing; an increase on- last year's! figures, as will be^ seen by the> following comparative table :— • I • " ' ' '' 1886.' ; " '•' 1857.' | Selling Hurdle Eace • i. • „. «<7 j' * 9 Maiden Plate ;„"... , ... 9 - „10 .• Provincial Handicap „., 11 ' ' -10, May Trot ... ... 19 23 ( Selling Baoe ' 14 12 * Tradesmen's Handicap „'. 15 14 '. Novel Bace ... .'.. 21 23 " '. - Totals ... i ... 96 > 101 '. ; On the first day proceedings will commence, with'the SelUng Hurdle Rab'e, .'and 1 ' among the nine candidates are to, befqund several wellknown jumpers. As is the case, with .the -other races in the programme,, some, of the acceptors have not yet arrived, and it ia therefore impos-, sible for me to do more than make a few-general remarks as to the quarter [from which the winner may be expected. .All starting, I should look to' Azim, Eingask, and Tenakoe to supply the victor.' The Maiden^Plata ought' tojbe won by Snap-j )Sh,ot,,Jealonsy., or Fog. , The Provincial Handi-j cap looks wonderfully open, and at present I can! say no more than that I have a strong regard 'for Teddy Yuille, 'Mokoia; and Marion:' 'The Trotting Race is the' usual lottery, and until I can gather some reliable information^the air being just now filled with' rumours of startlidg trials — I shall, simply remark that it would be well to keep ! i)uchess, r ßeefer, Kate.'Masher Maid, and Idle -Girl on : the right side of the book. • In the Selling Race I like Puck, yikirig, and Everton Lad as well as any of the lot. The Tradesmen's Handicap 'depends too much on] the running in the Provincial Hahdicap for me; to touch it now, but this, as well as all the other events, will be dealt with in the Daily Times on the'morning of the first day's races, j There is not much straignt-but'betting'on the; meeting, but plenty ,of do ubld-event wagers are being booked at' prices ranging from 10 to 1 and 100 to 3. , . . . ■ The big steeplechase at Napier has attracted; over a score of entries,' including all the best of; the. North Island cross-country horses. There i is therefore 'every 'prospect of this liberallyendowed event proving a- great success. j • There' are riot many acceptors for the Wan-j ganui meeting, still, aa the : programme includes; both fiat and jumping races, a good: day's, sport! | , may be looked for. -,-,,. ! ! The Dunedin Champagne Stakes, of ,18881 closes' on Thursday next, the 26th inst. " The. stake is of 250so'vs, with a sweepstake of lOsovsj each added ; colts, Bst 101b ; fillies dnd geldinga,' Bst 71b. The winner of the Welcome Stakes,' Christchuroh, or any race, (not a handicap) of; the advertised value of 200sovs to carry 71b' extra; of ; two pr more such races, 101b extra,! The second horse .to receive 50sovs from the stakes ; the third horse to receive 25sovs from the stakes. The nomination fee is only, lsov, and nominators are requested, to supply the names of the sires and dams of the youngsters that they enter; , • ■ . . ■ 5

Pearl's name appears among' the entries for, the -Petane meeting and as there is nothing! much in the way of quality opposed ' to her she! should win at least one of the handicaps with all her .'weight. • ' ■ ■ • ■■'."> ''.r i>> i

-In the Legislative' Council' the. other night! an animated discussion 1 took place on' the motion! 1 of the Hon. Mr Harsp- u ,Tliatiri We ppiniphdf this Council, horse racing and its accessories should for revenue purposes be va&dd 'sub jfecfc tb t! Eaxa-; tion." ■ The mover' said'tnat'Ht' was a" terrible] thing that in the present' depressed' state of 'the! colony; when'the Colonial Treasurer was at b.is wits' erids^^or revenue,- £500,0D0 had been'.piitl through 'the totalisator id' v the "year without! revenue being derived therefrom. ' Racing, he! contended, was not'carried on in a fair manner,' and 'the 'result, of continuous facing going on' was to drive persons to the ; , Bankruptcy Court.' The Hori; G. M'Lean said Mr Hart appeared to: be" advocating the cause, of the bookmakers, who' were' re"Bponsible' for 'so much swindling being! carried on' on the "turf. He supported the' totalisator as against bookmakers. - The Hon.: Mr Wilson and. Dr Grace' objected to ' the; totalisator. Messrs Walker and Shrimski supported the modei are use of the totalisator, and; Messrs Shephard and 'Scotland supported the' motion. Four o'clock' had arrived l)e'f ore' the' discussion ended, and the Council proceeded with the i orders of the Say. ' i '

The Hon. G. M'Lean's bill for the amend-, merit of «• The Gaming and Lotteries Act 1881 "; merely provides that money paid, and received! in connection with the use of any licensed totalisator shall not be subject .to the provisions .of section 33 of the said act, under which all contracts _ or agreements by way of gaming or wagering are null and void, and cannot be main-! tamed 'in a court' of lawi On Friday the' The Hon. G. M'Lean ; moved the second; reading of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 'Amendment Bill. It was' simply to remedy a small defect in the act as originally passed. — The Hon. Mr ' Shrimski gave notice to move the addition of a clause to the bill empowering local bodies to receive one-half of the percentage derived from the use of the totalizator. — The Hon. Mr Wilson 1 objected to the principle of {axing the betting propensities of the people. ' The bill was really encouraging betting, and he thought they should let matters remain as they are and. allow the 'totalisator to be con-! .'ducted as abetting transaction and as a matter of 'honour. — Tire Hon. Dr Pollen considered that as the totalisator was allowed' by the act, and in. its present state the law conduced to knavery,'. .they should pass the bill. — The Hon. P, Buokley said the Government bad not considered the bill, and suggested it' should .not be pressed to a second reading, as he understood, it /was designed to prevent people who' had lost money in the machine demanding it back again, as 1 they could in the present state of the law. — The Hon. Mr Menzies expressed the opinion that if ' the law' were altered it should be in the direction' of delegating the , totalisator altogether. — The' Hon. ' Mr Lahmann said he ' believed the totalisatbr had' diminished' gambling, and that the amount put, through was exaggerated.— The Hon. G. M'Lean said the great objection to the' totalisator was the number 'of racemeetings held in country districts, and the way to improve this .was to fix the. number of meetings according 'to ,the amount of stakes offered.~-The second reading.; was'' agreed te on the voices. ' On Tuesday' the Council went into committee on the .bill, and one or, two amendments being suggested, the Hon. .the Colonial Secretary moved to report' progress in order' to have them printed. — The , motion was carried. — The Hon. Mr Swahson gave notice that when the bill was next in, committee he would move to amend clause ,46 of the act of 1881 so. as to extend granting the use of the totalisator to boating and yachting clubs.

There is little to report t« training operations, (writes.; the Wellington, correspondent of the Press). At the Hutt, Davis has C&armerin good nick, and whatever hea, ts him at Wanganui should win. (Jiriri is dojng easy work. Hoskins

has eased *up "feumoiir'who has had a. hard' Reason's' ''wfirK j 1 Voltigeftr' js doing healthy exercise, arid* Cupid Mas' 'been' brought ' ddwn from the ' Wairarapa; i ' ;At 'Island -Bay, Honnor, has The Bhfib.; : whofe<looking very well, but is 'hot, I think, doing any work, to speak oi.) 'Fabrication ig.kept'moifingj.along.with a view lip! the Queen's Birthday meeting, Miss . Barnum <has bee"a^ turned out lafothe'Hutt;- and willbe' swelled till><nexi? ' sprib^.— Considerabfe 'discusr si6n has keeti'gohig on over; the PbriruaJqckfcy »Ciub having" resolved, ! jKp '-hpid, an Autum'nr meet- ! ■ing at Hutt.ya^kv.pn'ithe'! Queen's Birthday.; Many of the members, of -the-^club were much annoyed jat the. idea^f .the^m'eeting' being heldi ■at all, and still more at. the shifting of the scene' i of action from Pbrirua,'and indignant letters on ' jihje subject appeal, in ttie'local journals. Howlever,' a generaj'fmeetingj of the club was held, i when' the action #f, the stewards was approved, and the meeting,', will therefore ,be held as advertised.,'. '",.'/'", ,' "' \ „ \ >V Kaiser" Wilson has been suspended from riding, by the.Wtinganui Jockey Club for ',& 'period of three months for "misconduct towards' his employer, Mr M.'.Baird, for whom' he had, agreed to ride a, certain specified weight, which Wilson failed, ; to reduce, himself to, and then; summoned' Mr, '^aird ;'for a losing fee, although .Mr Baird had been obliged to put up another rider at the last moment. •

, ' Geraldine' steeplechases have attracted some fair entries, as will ' be seen in anothtr column,, nearly all the, horses nominated being tried and, and good performers. : t J

< At a 'recent meeting of members of the! Rangitikei Hunt Club it was decided, that .thenext race meeting "be held on the York Farm course about ,the 'middle of July. Last years' programme was adopted with a few unimportant alterations. Itwasipointed out by the secretary that the last :ball had left a' deficit of £18, and that it would npt T pay the club to haveaball on the same 1 lines" this' year. Arrangements ,'were made' by which tHe annual celebration should be .rendered successful. < ■ - . > , ■„• ■ 'The Egtnont Jockey Club held their first Steeplechase 'nteetmg* 1 on- the 10th inst., when the weather was f#r'arid ( tne J attj3ndance somewhere about 1 600. ]. The [programme consisted of seven., events, three flat races and four crosscountry, and the results ' were ' as follow:— 'Maiden 'Steeplechase', orF4osdvs'.o r F4osdvs'. Two milesf— \ Reform,!; Orient, 5 2 ; Jilt, 3. ' Reform won, easily. Dividend, £4 17s.' Flying Handicap.—' ■Eight started. Tongarlro, first, doing the running'all the way, with Laurel, second, well , up ; Hagar third. . Hack, Steeplechase. — Six started.' ■ Three came to grief,- two took the wrong course . and ■ Tenui took < the money through those accidents. Maori Stakes! — Pour started. Okatea won, leading from start to finish, with, Moana second; '• Egrnont' Handicap Steeplechase. — Orient;,' 1 ; Merrylegs, 2 ; the only two doing the distance out of .seven starters. Two jockeys got , hurt in this race— viz., Potto' and Edgecumbe. i For the Normanby Stakes seven started, Tongariro coming in" first, with Steelbone second, -Laurel' third. 1 This was' the best race of the day, all the' horses being well, ud, at the finish. For the Consolation four started, s the only two < doing .the- distance being Jilt,first^Jubilee, second. ' ' . ,■ • ' " a At 'a recent sale of horses at Christchurch Mr! Drake purchased Vinaigrette, 3yr's| by Apremont — Becky.':Sharp;i for 90gs, and at the same' 'figure a filly by Cadqgan— Dime (sister to Spade, ) Guinea), was 'knocked down to him. Anvil '&; .weedy son of Endymion (son of Manuka), fell at lOgs to Mr Rountree's bid, Fantasy was withdrawn at 17g5.,, inu , t . , . r ! .Salisbury is' at the head of the handicaps for [the Waipawa meeting, whereas at our meeting ;the tandicapper ,has;commenced very low — he has indeed outdone Mr Dowse, for in one racei he begins with 7st 121b, and in the other at Bst. • Good entries has been received for the Greymouth meeting, both' number and quality being quite up to tha'average. . • !

qv . • • : The race privileges'. for the Queen's Birthday races" were 'sold by auction on Saturday, by , Messrs Wright, Siephenson, arid Co., and realised, •the following prices :— Grand stand booth and luncheon room, Mr Knight, £29. Booths : Noj 1, Mr Wilson, £11 ; No. 2, Mr Dwyer, £12; No. 3, Mr! Cathbertsoiv£9 ; No. 4/ Mr -Hutton, £8: fruit and refreshpaent, stalls : Lewis, £4. Race bpok%:,Langley, £9. Stabling; Addington, £1 15s. Total for privileges, £83 15s/ ,

Concerning the Egmont meeting "Flaneur" writes : — " The running of Orient in the Maiden' Steeplechase . caused some adverse remarks, 1 which gained force later on when he came out 'and won the big event hands down. In the latter race the tactics of the boy on Mamiriga' caused the stewafds to call him before them; and, administer a'shaip caution. He pulled up ! when" only half a mile had been gone, and ■ calmly watched the rest of the race. He gave as his reason that, he did not think he had anyi chance, qf winning, and.; there fore pulled up when only' half a mile had' been traversed ! There was a ! fuss about a bet, owing to a bookmaker calling out ' 15 to 5 Tongariro.' Shortly after, a well-known man signified that he would take it, but the bookmaker made no response/ Tongariro won, and' the layer of the odds'contended he had no wager with the person' in question, who brought the matter before the' stewards; - I The;;latter, after heaving a- lot of evidence, suddenly remembered tLtVit. they had no jurisdiction,- and hurriedly, broke up the meeting." .., ' , - , , , The Auckland correspondent of tho Roferee says:— "Though, l was unable to get the weights for the Wanganui Steeplechase meeting. from the handisapper in time for the last issue, I met a horse owner who knew the weights of several of the horses. He got them from a friend of the handicapper, 'who got Ithem in confidence^ and they were retailed in confidence in. special circles." If the above is true, says " Flaneur ", the Wangatfui Jockey Club have every reason' to feel dissatisfied with such tactics. * If it is not' true, Mr Evett 'is bound: to tell the world bo and to challenge the Referee writer on- the subject, as the accusation is a grave one. ' .' .' i The same writer hears that the owner of The' Gem intends to put the question to the test as to whether the handicapper has power to alter the weights after they are' once published; and to see whether the club 'can' compel him to put up the extra Ist 81b* that Mr, Evett has added to' The Gem'sfirst impost' for' biotH flat handicaps. I think the o^raer 5 ,of The Gem is qalie rignt in taking' this 'action.' I' never heard ,of such an outrageous abuse of a handicapper's 'position. l Why, Mr Evett might as well wait till after a race has been run, and then say, " Oh, Ima'de'a' mistake about those weights ; we will have'it run over again with a'lump more clapped on the winner." > • s '.;■'' Plompton Park races were adjourned- from Monday till Friday owing to bad weather, 'or another 'reason— as 'will-be' seen by'darChnstchurch correspondence. ' . " At Turakina races on the 30th inst. over £200 will be given in stakes, of which' the best are the Turakina Handicap, of- 80sovs ; Hurdle Handicap, of 35sovs ; and Jubilee Handicap, of 40sovs. l .=• ' • !\ ' •'•■' '. <=„ Full details of the Egmont race meeting 'are now to hand, and \ gather from the local paper

that 'about £800 was , passed -, through 'the tqtalisator during the day. Two or three unfortunate, accidents occurred to mar the proceedings,,, jPotto,- the rider of Landseer, breaking '.His leg, , and Edge'cbmbej Black : Prince's jockey, getting his .collar bone broken. -~, Martin, who, was, riding Clarice, iii the Hack Steeplechcse, was severely injured by. the horse falling oh him. The boy who rode, Ngaruahua in the Flying Handicap .bruised his .knee* by , his horse running him. against a post. rider, of Jubilee in the Consolation came m for a lot of .applause ,by. , successfully v clearing a, second hurdle while clinging ,with .both, arms round Jubilee's neck, and his ; seat in the saddle after. riding almost between the horse's earß «" ; , - -.'.,■' ; • <"-V<> i.-p.-r Our readers, (says a Wellington .paper) 'Will doubtless remember the glaring turf scandal in N^w, Zealand, the outcome of wbioh wa^ih^t the bay gelding, Problem .was disqualified /by the Dunedin Jockey, Cliib for fraudulent entry The action of the club in questi6n;waS(endorfled ,by. the Victoria Racing Club, who., were .requested last" week to. remove the disqualification. The application was made by. Mr. (P. Turner. ,The Victoria Racing, Club Committee decided that they could not comply. with Jihe request— a proper decision. .. ' „' . %'/ -

'•• ■AUSTRALIAN. / •' • ' ; , „ There are 24 acceptances for the Sydney , Turf Club's Birthday .Cup. , , ... . i (The .jockey <R. Batty has lost an eye by. an accident which is thus described by a Melbourne paper: — The- accident was caused,' not < as has been generally reported, by the ■drawing, ot. a cork from a lemonade bottle, but by one of those abominations in the shape of patent bottles with glass balls. Pressing one of these down" very sharply, the whole affair burst, and a large piece of glass flew into Batty'seye,- cutting it badly, and injuring the pupil to such an extent that it had to be removed. The writer goes on to say : — " I know of no better all-round sportsman in Australia, A brilliant horseman, both on the fiat and over timber, Batty is. also a first-class pigeon ,', shqt, v an accomplished „b illiard player, and .can more than hold his own either on the cricket or football field. Under a£y circumstances, the unfortunate accident, which will, I fear, culminate in the loss of one of his eyes, jvould be deplorable; but the catastrophe is intensified' by; the knowledge' of 'Batiiy's allround attributes, many of which depend op keenness of vision. As J have , already said, Batty is a first-class pigeon shot,; .indeed, in my opinion^and good judges agree with me,— he ■,was absolutely the, best •snapshot' in the colonies. , I never saw a man so quick with his second barrel in my life, and as a consequence his. sideboard is laden with tropics'. won' at Hurlingham and elsewhere. It is remarkable that it is only within the last 12 .months, that Batty has come to the front as a pigeon-shooter, and yet in that time tie has won stakes,. and tropics innumerable, aud in the opinion of. tlxe bandicappers was 'still improving. It, goes without saying that he has been accorded widespread sympathy, and' his friends will be glad to hear that he bears his bereavement 'like a'pebble.'./' Mr W. Bailey, of Ballarat, has purchased the Tasmanian colt Silver ton, by the Melbourne Cup winner The Assyrian, out of Stiver Thread, s According to the Tasmanian, the price paid .was JGBOOJ with'a, contingency 0f, £200 if he wins ttie V.s.o. ; Derby. . \ Welcome Jack was awarded first prize, and Prince Imperial second prize, in the thoroughbred sices' class'at tlie Hunter River Agricultural and.Horticultural Show held last week. 'Arsenal is said to be getting round to himself again., " < t From Sydney comes the news that Chesham, who ran second to Trident in the Y.R.C Derby, has been relegated to the hurdle race business. The son of Chester, who is being taught bis new duties by J. Phillips, is reported to have taken somewhat kindly to jumping. , • , Mr James Beasley, the, youngest member of the Beasley family of gentlemen riders, has, according to Irish Sport, left,for Australia. 4 i ' THe New South Wales list of registered race clubs numbers 85. The A.'J.C. have, been hunting up, a few particulars about them, and find that' they, give away in the course of a year £61,121. This is an average of a trifle over JB7l9each—^-not at all a bad sum. ' This do.es not include the many race meetings, or the amount given away during the year, by the A.J.C. The ' money given, away to racing ,in. New South W,ales alone must be fully £100,000 per year, if not more.' Various reasons have been advanced for Lindsay Gordon's departure from England. '" Rapier" referring to the matter in the Sporting and Dramatic News, says : — " Gordon, when about 17,, and .wnile a pupil at .Cheltenham College, paid,a<man named Walker £5 for the distinction of riding a mare the next day at the Worcester Steeplechases. That night the mare was seized by the sheriff for a debt due from Walker. The bailiff locked her. up in the stable of ah hotel at Worcester, and went to his rest. ,Go£donj haying taken couhserwithah injudicious friend, came to the conclusion that the property in the mare had passed to him, and being very ambitious to sport his new silk jacket— made for the, occasion — he broke, open the door of the stable and took heir off.^. She. was soon recovered by the myrmidons.of the law, and a warrant was. issued against ( the youthful burglar for his act' % but the matter was'adjus^ed by Tom Oliver, the ,true friend and judicious mentor of his guest and . pupil — for Gordon ; was often at Oliver's, whose training stables were near Cheltenham, : where Gordon, as a rule, resided, his father being professor of Hindoostanee at the Cheltenham College. It was after his father's death that Gordon left England, and three years and more had .elapsed since this l.ttle'mistake of his, which, r X inay'add.'was altogether^putin the shade, by subsequent escapades'. I doubt" very much if—supposing Gordon, had been, arrested— the magistrates would have sent' the case for trial. There * was no animus furandi. , It was a blunder, and 'nothing, more; but a blunder founded on reasoD, for it; was quite natural for ; the lad to think, after payment of £5 for a lease of the mare, that the property in the animal .beoame. his pr/» ternpore, and from what I am told by an actor in the .comedy of errors, the warrant was used more as a 'screw' tb extract golden corks thaa to avenge .outraged justice." . -| • v*V . .' .One' of the grooms in the employment of Cobb and' Co. on the Isisford road, Queensland," won £2000 on the late V.R.C. Champion Hace. Having drawn Trident in a swe.ep, he, was offered £1500 for the number/ But (Concluding it was " a dead bird," he determined to go the whole hog or "none, and scooped the pool, t ■t Thatswindling consul tationist, James Wallace, was brought up at the Central Police Court, afc lately, , charged with heing the occupier of premises, 194J Elizabeth street^ which were usep for the purpose of receiving money on his £10,000 .annual consultation on Queen's Birthday Cup. This was graced, or rather disgraced, by the misleading title of M Sydney Jockey Turf Club's' Consultation." Detective Cocking had forwarded £1, and obtained a ticket, and he. appeared as prosecutor. Wallace pleaded guilty,

and was fined £25, with 10s lOd costs ; three months in' default. The fine' was paid. A Syduey paper gives a portrait of Clove, winner of the first A. J.C/ Derby, with the following notes :— Among our illustrations will be found a likeness of Clove, the winner of the first Australian Jockey Club Derby Stakes. What a host of recollections the name of Clove ' will call forth to those who witnessed that event, and are still among us I Randwick then and now were very different places.' Instead of three capacious buildings' which ' now do duty as stands, there were three wooden structures, which were not only inconvenient but ill-look-ing. The race was run on September 2, 1865. The conditions were as follow: A.J.C. Derby Stakes, of 30sovs each, half ft, second horse to receive 60sovs from prize, 36 subs. The result of the race was — Clove (F. Martineer), 1 ; The Pitsford (G. Thompson), 2 ; Angler (Redman), 3; Tim Whifiier (M'Allister), Little Robin (Moore), Exile (Cutts),'Maritana (Bishop), Cossack (A. Batly), Friendless (Holmes), and Fisherman's Daughter (D, O'Brien). The betting was 3 to 1 against Clove, 4 to 1 Angler, 5 to 1 Tim Whifiier, 6 to 1 Friendless, Fisherman's, Daughter, and Cossack, 10 to 1 Exile and Maitland. The public appears to have committed no mistake in its pick, as Clove won easily. Time, 2min. 51sec. After being so- successful in the race for the "blue ribbon," Clove's next ■appearance was in the Victorian Racing Club's Champion Race of 1866, made memorable by the dead heat between Tarragon and Volunteer. Tarragon won the run off. In this event Clove was ridden by Ohifney, and finished sixth. Clove was bred by Mr Justice Cheeke, in 1862. She was by|Magus from Clove (imp.), by Sweetmeat. In 1870 Clove was put to the stud.' Going to The Bard, she threw Hybla, and in 1872, to Millionaire, produced a bay colt, afterwards called Bullion.