WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2318, 4 August 1898, Page 33

WELLINGTON NOTES.

By Oswvs-sz,

July «3.

The words "one of tho" were omitted from the paragraph in lasl week's issue niw.tiouing N^'aparaasthe first of St/Audiew's progeoy to race. Jobber (al"'O a SI. Andrew) canied the Hon. J. D. Ounoud's colour? this season, unsucces'fuUy however. Othev rising three-year-olds by the .saina &ire are Nevermore (from Lcnore) and Katiioaa (from Katinka).

Mr P. F. Tancrod owned and bred fr« ni Misdeal and Gabble (riams of Ngapara and Jabber resptctively), but they are now the property of Messrs T. J, Mooie anil How. J. P. Orruond respectivelj'. Mr Moore has a three-year-old sister to Ngaptra named Mislead. Regal (St LpjCt-r— Atalanta) should be added to the litt of rons of St. Leger at tho stud mentioned last week. He is at Meisrs Alison Broi'. stud, and is the sire of Brilliant, I'avona, and others. He should not be cofu&et with tit. Kegel (St. Leger -Fikndahip, a five-ycar-ohl ha'f brother to Fuvona) wh.^se death in the Auckland distiict was announced this week.

Sir (j. hi Mies had £-0 on Mconraker each time he started ou the first day at the Dutt. Mr Evett could not lnve known this judging l>y the way tl.e horse was handicapped on the sccotid day

i'rom Blenheim I le\rn that a local sporting medico exchanged the Catchy— Rosalind coll for Hoi-ton, and hopes to v.iv a big juinp'i'K race with the latter. He was offered to U.FI. tchor to train, but as the latter bas no stable* he was unable to accept him

Mi.-.sfi 1 c aud Mufcalt'li i >nowtb?fdvou<ilodouble bare. This ccmbiuati'in has been backed at 100' dto 5 for the double. 1 understand that Toiiki will revrts-ent the Porirua stable in the Hurdles and Opai in the Steepler.

The Wellii gton Trctlit g Olub is on the lookout for a ne'v & cieiaiy. After the jrniAiks of the Coloni.il X1 1 rutary at the Trolling Conference it U probable that either the two loral clubi will annlfe-ainaie or a new club be forn.cd to race &t Piitoue.

U was Tom 11)11 (or rather Mr T. II.) \ybo tiained Retina when she carried Air Martin's colon is.

J. Taggart denies the iepoit that he is being siud fo~ part purchase moni-y of JJradlangh. He bought th-: hone f^r an Otago sport and p^id for him

Alf Rore took The Oua-d.'m?n ove.r io Blenheim on his return. lie now has Cio-sie's pair, bavin? taken Lidy Agnes acio s on a previous visit. Whether they aio sold, leased, or turned out I ranuofc say. From Nelson I regiet to hoar that Mr and Mrs James Martin, of Cable Bay, have been teriou&ly ill. La Marquis 0 , the Maiden Hack winner Dt the Hutt, is a daughter of Brook field's dam (by Tattler— Sweetheait), both being Lied by Sir James Macura. The mother never raced, and so far us I know was unnamed. Mr Mnrar<». who owns the mare, has a using three-yea-.-old filly by Foi est cr f rom her, who ia engaged in the Waivavapa lla'k Guitieas, ISP9. B b Campbell informs me that ha would like to di'-pofe of Violence, Montacute, Lord Raglan (a Cult by Ri.be!lion— Alir'u), and others. Bob was pretty sweet on Violence's charce iv the Wellington Steeplechase, and is some* hat disappiinled at her meeUi.g with an accident by striking a small fence. Adam M'Morran ha^ gone to Riccaxton to ride at the forthcoming meeting there. Nat Graca was i>ot in his usual p 1 ace as timekeeper at the Hutt, and Mr W. O. Williams, well known in racing elides in the Wairarar a, fil cd the vacancy. James Ilickey lias purch-iteJ Pokomoko for Mr Gollan. Mr Donald has a half brMh-r to Voltaire and Whaiio, named Vslkyi is (by I''oret>U-i ), engaged in the next Wairarap* Hack C4uineas. The progeny of Sweethcait were successful perfoiincra in the Wairarapa, and incliub d among others Treasurer, Harlequin, Secretary, Romp, Jlollo, Minnie Palmer, and Box lion. The mare liv. A to the good oge of 27 year?. Bird of Fashion is the came bcUowrd upen a brother to Straybird which T. Qninlivan has encaged in the Wairarapi Hack C4iiineas. Steej/lechasing, not biudle racing, ia evidently 8t Iliko's game. It must have cost Charlie Tate a good sum racing him in this island until his arrival here, when he was advertised to be sold in the yards without reseive. Evidently hid owner thought better of it, and his perseverance was rewarded. I am pleAsed that Dad Peteis had a bit of luck, as he can do with it. The increased w." ; ght the feeond day enabled Harry Peters to lide the gelding. [lhe above was &qucezed out last week.— Ed. O. W.]

July 30. Tbe case mentioned by me labt week, relating to the possession of St. Hiko, was heard beforo the local S.M., Mr H. li'yrc Kenny, on the 27th h>st. Messia Ske-.rctt a-'d Cooper appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Bunny for defendant. The facts were stolid briefly as follows :— ln Juno last Tate sent the horse to Peter?, who i* a trainer at the Lower Hutt, authoiisiug him to Btll it by auction. It was accordingly put up, but the reserve figure win not reached. Peters then trained the animal for the recent ■Wellington meeting, with the result that it won. On (he Biondsy following the races, Peters sold the hors-e to his son for .£SO, as that was the price which Tate li&d ssid in a telegram to the trainer that he would areept. Defendant said that when he told Tate of the tiun<saotion, the latter did not ask to whom the horse had been sold, nor how much it fetched. T.tte, however, swore that he did attempt to get this information, but it waa refused. lie denied that he was not sober at the time. Plaintiff did not know to whom his horse had been sold nor for what price till it was stated in court, and said that Peters had no light to sell it without consulting him. The ovigiual authority was to sell the racer by auction, and that authoiity ended when the auction failed. This last contention of plaintiff's solicitor was upheld by the bench, and the magistrate ojdered the return of the horse or its value (say £75), defendant to pay costs, £5 63. A counter-claim as to training fees and bonus was left for the paities to nettle. Mr F. D. PelliDg, the well-known Eketaliuna sport, was in town this week. lie informs me that Wish is still turned out, enjoying a uecessary rest, and hs has a half sister to this mare, by Hotrhkirs, rising three years, who should be heaid of hltr on.

Informations for breaches of the Gan.ijjg and Loll eri«3 Act have been laid by the local cctectives against John" I'ynn and Arthur LL r iw_j, tiuf bookmakers, and the cases weie called in the Magistrate's Court on the 2.9i1i indt. Ryan is charged that he did, on the Hth July, at theHntt Paik Ixacecoui-Ee, make a bet upon the result of tho Uack and Huntois' Steeplechase with one William Lake, the amount of which was to be dependent upon the working of the totalizator. A similar chaige is preferred against Laws (betting with Joseph Johnatou on the PailiaineEtaiy Jlamiicay), and on a fmther iafonaatioa

he is charged with betting with an its f ant— the af >ie-menlioned Joseph Johnston. Mr Wilfoid appeared for the two defendantu, cue of whom, he said, was only seivdd with the summons at 7 o'clock the previous night. Inspector Ponder did not object to an adjournment, which was accordingly made till Friday. I have miilo inquiries, and am hifonr<KUr.&t alth. ugh the Restiaiufc to Wagning Bi 1 has pa-fed through the second rending it will be among the slaughtered onas, but will bob up serenely es iuu:-*l next session.

August 1,

Plain Bill is said to be none too sound. MrO'Sullivan took Sitg-amg Io Uuiatchuich on Saturday. Davics takes Swordfish and Rubj I'tvifji south t,<-Hay. M'«e double betting fcas prob^i-ly U'tr. dd'ie th's j ear over the JRiejaiion events than m any oilier bcasoa. Dromedaiy g'.es Jouth ia a -lay or two. Fred Seccoiube, the well-known huuile and stet'plech.ise riaer, recently returned from Westralia. where he has 1 een abi.uc 18 months. He intends to take to tiding again, if aay is forthcoming.