IN A NUTSHELL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2371, 10 August 1899, Page 36

IN A NUTSHELL.

— Arline is in work again. i — . Boreas is not going to Sydney. — Bobadil is in splendid health. — Buyers are after Black and Red. ' — Cocos galloping freely at Sydney. — Cravat is pleasing the Randwick touts. — The late James Kean was born at Bathurst {N.S.W.). — Sir Lancelot served a number of mares last season. — Lady Zetland has given birth, to a. colt foal by Phaethon. — Gipsy King is to stand this season in the Wairarapa district. — Consumption of the throat was the cause of Percy White's death. — Thanks to Mr Wanklyn for a ticket for the Grand National meeting. , ! — Mr Cotter, of Ashurst, has named a Caller Herrin colt " Marine Scandal." — The Napier Park Racing Club made a profit of about £400 over its Winter meeting. — Probable that the D.J.C. will abolish the Champagne as well as the Eclipse Stakes. — The South Australian Derby is voted a good thing for Gunga Din, son of Carlyon. j — The Wellington Club is fortunately able to j enrich its programmes for the current season. | — The New Zealand Mail states that £500 was refused for Nor' -west after the Wellington Steplechase. — Three Mousquetaire yearlings were sold at the Cobham sale on the 19th June, fetching 210gs the thTee. — Mr H. Goodman left for Christchurch last Thursday with Mountebank, Pitch and Toss, and Cherrystone. | — Messrs Eales Brothers intend presenting the skeleton and hide of Grandmaster to the Sydney Museum. — They say that Cyrenian has small feet. This is the one thing that I have also heard said against Multiform. — The hurdler Hinau has come back to New Zealand after an unprofitable sojourn of three months in Sydney. — A letter has been received from England to the effect that £5000 has been refused for the Trenton colt Longy. — Jupiter and Explosion are the New Zealand Cup horses that have been the heaviest backed in Dunedin. — The Carbine colt Battle Abbey having developed acute soreness, is to be treated to a long spell at Sydney. —Mr Matthew O'Shanassy has owing to illhealth resigned his position as a member of the V.R.C. committee. — Merry Boy is scratched for the Melbourne Cup ; Rosebery, Hainault, Battle Abbey, and Emperor for both Cups. —It was left to be found cut in England that after Multiform' s sale Mr Stead offered £500 to cancel the bargain. — Cravat and Ace of Diamonds were the two horses first backed for the A.J.C. Metropolitan after the weights appeared. — Pardon, Honourable, and St. Magnet have been scratched for the Epsom Handicap, and Temple for the Metropolitan. —In future at Kensington (Sydney) the owners whose ponies arrive at the post late will be fined in place of the jockeys, as hitherto. — The Gisborne mare, Tauhei, has wintered well, and is reported to have filled out considerably since sHe last appeared in public. — St. Paul is not quite so dead for the N.Z. Cup as some have imagined. All the same, he cannot win unless the field is dreadfully weak. — Walter Hickenbotham has a fine string of horses in work, including Fleet Admiral, Holster, Le "Var, Barleycorn, and Promontory. — Humphrey Oxenham has withdrawn from the list of bookmakers registered by the A.J.C. He did this in preference to giving up his office. — Thep.J.C.'s Works Committee went out to Wingatui on Saturday and found the grass exercise gallop in good order for this time of year. — Mr J. B. Haggin has sent 89 yearlings from America to England in one shipment — the biggest shipment on record for the Atlantic passage. — Wagner, sire of Imp, winner of the Suburban Handicap, was taken to America by Plunger Walton when at the flood-tide of his fortunes. — The American jookey, Sloan, paid the waiter whom he assaulted at Ascot lOOosvs to settle the case, which it was intended to take into' court. — When the Epsom and Metropolitan weights w§re posted at Tattersall's, Sydney, several double books were opened, the price being 1000 to 2. —Mr A. G. Brett has resigned the secretaryship of the Egmont Racing Club, and intends to settle in Melbourne. Mr C. Budge is spoken of as his successor. — Tornado, the ex-Queenslander purchased for Mr W. T. Jones last year, is a recent addition to J. E. Brewer's stable in England; but he has^a terrible leg. — Bookmakers were allowed to field on payment of a £7 fee at the Hawke's Bay Hunt Club's meeting last week, a tote permit not having been obtained. — I expect that the D.J.C.'s programme will show a slight increase in the 'hack handicaps' stakes, and a reduction in some other races, but the Cup will not be touched. — A Hearne, who rode Marie Corelli in the Lawn Handicap at Flemington, was fined £5 for breaking an engagement to ride Mr M'Arthur's horse Alva in the same race. — The date of the Lake Tekapo races is fixed for September 28. Mr J. S. Rutherford is re-elected president, Mr J. M'Gregor vicepresident, and Mr T. Souness secretary. , —At the coming annual meeting of the V.R.C., Mr Sylvester Browne states he will once more try to increase the salary of Hhe club'B starter, Mr George Watson, to £500 per annum. — " Form at a Glance," the vest-pocket guide issued by Barnett and Grant, has come to its third publication, and I can call it the best of these publications so far as New Zealand is concerned. — James Kean was buried at Panmure. The \ Rev. Fatlier Walter, now quite an old man, gave some interesting reminiscences of the deceased trainer. A priest, he said, had taught him first to lide. — It was stated at the annual meeting of the Queensland Turf Club that the club's total indebtedness is now only £12,000. When this is reduced by £5000, it is proposed to allot £1000 for a Brisbane Cup. — Loch Fyne. winner of the Kumbrook Handicap at Caulfield, is a full brother to Amiable, but he is shaped on totally different lines, is hardly likely to prove as good as the Newmarket Handicop winner. — The New Zealand horses Saracen and Derringer, now in England, have been placed in the hands of the International Horse Agency for sale. Saracen's price is 500gs, while Derringer can be had for 300gs. — In Adelaide last month 3000 to 30 was accepted about Bruce Lowe for the Melbourne Cup. Bruce Lowe, who hails from Western Australia, is by Trident from Model y, and is owned by Mr C. N. Kidman. —On the 22nd July, at Albion Park, Brisbane, " Watty " Blacklock carried off the Trial Handicap with the ex-New Zealand two-year-old filly Murella, who just got up in time to beat His Lordship by a head. — Mr S. H. Gollan, after winning the Manor Welter Plate at Gatwick with Waiuku, left London for New Zealand. He hoped to be back again in England in about four months' time, possibly bringing with him co^ia fresh horses. A Melbourne cable states that Mr Allison, fij London, acting on behalf of Mrs Lasurtry,

ha* bought Chesney for 2500 guineas and 600 sovereigns out of the first race he wins. The conditions preclude the horse racing in Australia. — Dirk Hammerhand, after his highly meritorious performance in Adelaide, was in brisk request for the Caulfield Cup, and was freely coupled with, the Melbourne Cup candidate Fleet Admiral, a total of about £12,000 being secured. — The Northumberland Plate was this year won by S herb urn. This is the second time that Lord Durham's colours have been successful in the race, as Drizzle won just 10 years ago, when the field was of the same numerical strength as this year. — The average_ for the 91 yearlings quitted at Mr J. B. Haggin' s sale at New York on the 9th June was 413d01. Four Sir Modreds averaged within a fraction of 444d01, five Julys fetched an average of 265d01, and two Darebins I averaged 237Jd01. [ —MrC. D. Rose, owner of Cyllene, who won the Ascot Gold Cup, left England on the day following the race for Australia, his intention being to be a spectator of the important racing which takes place at Randwick and Flemington in the spring. — Crysalite, winner of the Caulfield National Hurdles on Saturday,' is a horse that has performed well in New South Wales, but not lately. He is the property, it is said, of Mr Glasscock, or ,at any rate Mr Glasscock is interested in the ownership. — The Melbourne jockey, R. Lewis, is returning to Australia, and will join Walter Hickenbothaaa's stable at Flemington. All J. E. Brewer's horses are suffering from influenza, and as he cannot get riding for other stables. Lewis has decided to come back. — C. Moore made -his '3ebut as a hurdle race rider at Caulfield. He had the mount on Timboon, in the Hurdle Race, a fact which checked a few who otherwise would have supported the chestnut gelding. Their fears proved, however, to be groundless, as Moore rode well. — The German Derby, value £5000, was won by Baron G. Springer's colt, Galifarde, a son of the expatriated Gunnersbury — Gaillorde. Galifarde, who ran second to Pardon for the Austrian Derby, was" steered to victory in the classic event at Hamburg by George Hyams. — In the crowding at the first turn in a selling race at the Coney Island meeting, Byron M'Clelland threw his jockey, but kept on, and was first at the finish. He kept on running, and in the back-stretch ran into a fence, a sliver from which pierced his heart and killed him. — Says Melbourne Sportsman: — The last has not been heard of Tabilk, of whose excellence I have more than once expressed a favourable opinion. In purchasing the son of Malvolio and Madge for something like 60gs a few months ago, Mr J. H. Davis did a good stroke of business. .""~ — The Great Trial Stakes, of 20,000d01, for two-year-olds, was run at the Coney Island (XT.S.) meeting on the 24th June, and resulted in the winning of David Garrick, by Hanover from Peg Woffington, by Longfellow. David Garrick and Radford were coupled in the betting at 12 to 1. — A young horse, when whipped or spurred, must do something. He will kick, or rear, or bolt, or do one of, say, 20 erratic things. Thus, if he is untaught, the odds are 19 to 1 against his doing the right thing; and yet if he does one of the 19 wrong ones he is often called an ill-tempered brute. — A crowd, estimated at 20,000, was at the St. Louis Fair grounds on June 24. The attraction was the St. Louie Derby, one mile and a-half, and it was won by Prince M'Clurg, br c, by Wadsworth, danuMinnie Payne, in 2min 40sec. Prince M'Clurg also won the Latonia. Derby, one mile and a-half, in 2min 36Jsec. — Melbourne Leader says : — " Mr J. D. Ormond, the well-known New Zealand breeder, is on the look out for an Australian sire. After Tabilk' s victory at Caulfield.Malvolio was mentioned as a suitable selection, but Mr Ormond's representative considers the price (£2000) asked for the son of Malua and Madcap excessive. —An Australian ait present in England writes that Amiable is very well, and is certain to win a race before long. She was recently handicapped at 7.6 in a six-furlong race, and did not run ; consequently her porty were greatly surprised and disgusted to find 8.0 odd clapped on her next time she was iiandicapped. — It is stated that the sum of £320 12s, mostly in coppers, was thrown to the children of the South Metropolitan Poor Law Schools, at Sutton, on Derby and Oaks days by people passing on their way from Epsom races. This sum is the highest ever received, beating the £228 when the Prince of Wales's horse, Persimmon, won the Derby. — The balance sheet for the year of the Gore Racing Club shows a net balance of £7& 19s 2d. The payments include £56 for starting machines, £60 for repairs to buildings and track, and £350 towards reducing the club's overdraft at the bank. The profit for the year was,, therefore, about £500. The liabilities amount to £100 and the assets to £1190. — Three days after Imp won the Suburban Handicap at New York she was a starter in the Coney Island Handicap, six furlongs/ but was unaWe to concede 15lb to Bendoran, a four-year-old filly by Sir Modred. Taral rode her, and landed her second. Turner, who Tode Imp in the Suburban, was on Bendoran, and won with apparent ease in lmin 13 2-ssec. — O'Donovan Rossa made an example of the lot that opposed him for the Seaton Delaval Plate at Newcastle (Eng.), and quite confirmed the good impression his previous form had created. Owing chiefly to the backing of Lumley Moor and Victor Hugo, the friends of Mr James's gelding were able to trade on comparatively ea<sy terms, and they had the satisfaction of seeing him win in a canter. — It is wonderful how calmly the French took Holocauste's break-down in the Derby. They did not connect it, for a wonder, with the Dreyfus affair, and the worst they had to say was that the English keep their racecourses in such a filthy state that any French horse, used to the nice, clean French courses, is pretty certain to put its feet on a piece of orange peel or some other slippery substance and hurt itself. — The Indian Planters' Gazette remarks that it was scarcely to be expected there would he anything to take on Vanitas at the Singapore meeting, and they won with him just whenever they wanted him to. It is an open secret that a. rupture occurred between Mr Mftckie and his Chinese co-owners, and the result is that they 1 aght out his share in the horse. Vanitas is now trained by Campbell, the pilot of Major Swing's Metallic in the Viceroy Cup. — Lord Clifton's race for the Leger admirably illustrates the argument in favour of adopting waiting tactics. He was left at the post some 30 yards, and before the field had gone a quarter of a mile he was a good 150 yards behind the leading horse. It is hardly a reflection upon other jockeys to say that no other rider could have exhibited, the same magnificent judgment of pace and incredible patience as did old John Osborne on that memorable occasion. — As to the steeplechaser Rhino, Sporting Review says it is only by making a minute examination of his near foreleg that you can locate the r.ilment — a sprained tendon — that prevented him from making his appearance in cross-country events this season. Jones anticipates that a rest will recuperate the horse, and if he is able to secure a renewal of his lease of Rhino, which expires in September, he will relegate the horse to the hacking business for a time. — Madge, the dam of Tabilk, is a full sister to The Plunger, who was, probably, the best horse Mr James Redfearn ever owned. A collision with Delusion before the start for the Melbourne Stokes of 1.-23 praciicaJiy put an end to TJio Phiflgeffl carter a& 9, r«!»bi© racehorse,

■ although he ran second to Malua in the same I race next yeax. Delusion was killed on the I spot, and her loss" to Mr A. F. Smart was a [ severe one, as he" gave Mr John Crozier lOOOga j for hei. I — One of th.c best-backed horses for the MeK I bourne Cup is the unlucky Wait-a-Bit, who I finished second to The Grafter in the big racs ! ltst November. "Galopin" writes: — "Solidly* though unostentatiously, supported, whenever thousands to thirties or forties were offered, Wait-a-Bit, now figures as first favourite, and ' The Firm ' also inform me that he has been freely backed in divers ' Two Cup ' combinations — notably, in conjunction with Town Clock and Dirk Hammerhand." ' — After seeing Memnon win the chief two-year-old race at Doncaster in 1824, the then famous Mr Gully fancied him to such an extent that he took the three following beta toe the St. Leger 12 months ahead:— looo to 25 that Memnon and Alderman ran first and second; 1000 to 20 that he placed them; and 1500 to 1000 that if they were first aria second Memnon would be first. ' They were certainly « trio of curious bets, and lucky indeed was the backer to land them all. — A meeting of the committee of the Gore Racing Club was held last week. A letter was received from the Trotting Association to the effect that -the club's disqualification of th« trotter Pansy had been endorsed. It was reported that owing to the st»te of the- roads it would be impossible to get fencing material on to the course in the meantime. There being something like £250 to this chtb's credit, it was ! decided to pay. £200 off the mortgage, reducing j the amount owing to £100. j —No doubt, says an Adelaide writer,, Dirk ; Hammerhand will be allowed to take his' chance j first in the Caulfield Cup— it' is too rich a prize jto miss— but I know that Mr Allen has his eye on the Melbourne Cup, and up till very recently !. he had not backed him for the V.A.T.C event, i —Recently, in Sydney. 5000 to 26 -was acj oepted in' one line about Reviver and Bundook for the V.R.C. Derby and Melbourne Cup. Reviver is by Clan Stuart from Melissa-, and is trained by Lamond. Ho van the A.J.C. Champagne Stakes. — Says "Milroy": I have heard stationowners complain about tho scarcity of bigi boned, strong-loined thoroughbreds, capable of ■ getting useful horsea for -station work^and re- - mount purposes. No doubt they are not very 1 plentiful, but braeders that require them usuj tilly expect to get a b^oken-dowxi racehorse for about £50 or less, consequently owners of such sorts, and who know t.heir way about, give the offer of their horses to the agents cf the Indian Government, who will pay a. good price for good samples. — Sporting Review hc-s it ihat "Susb Rose presents a healthy, hearty appearance, and has improved out of all recognition since ho became the property of the registered owner of tho blue and orange uniform, and his connections make no secret of the fact that they like his change in the New Zealand Cup. Moulded like a stayer, and bred on the right lines, impregnated as he is with the Musket, Fisherman, Mute, and Riddlesworth strains, he, with a bit of luck, should be there or thereabouts in the New Zealand Cup. — Just fancy a jockey retaining a license to ride of whom such a sweeping allegation as the following is made by a Sydney writer:— ln a race at Warwick Farm, some startling statements were made in reference to tne tactics of a notorious foul rider who was out in the interests of another horse, and if tho jockey club were to take the matter up and call all the jockeys who rode in the race, it is probable that they will hear enough to justify them in removing from the turf one of the most persistent of foul riders. —At the annual London meeting of tha Jockey Club, held on June 19", when 39 members were present, the stewards' proposal to adopt the starting-gate for two-year-old races was, with their consent, put in the form of a resolution, which was ivnantmously carried. The resolution reads : " That the stewards of the Jockey Club be requested to arrange for all races confined to two-year-olds during the season of 1900 befhg started by a starting machine, subject to such regulations and safeguards as they may consider necessary." — Lord Durham has made some very pointed remarks about the reporting of jockeys, which, will be taken to heart by every starter. " When a jockey was reported," said his lordship, "it was seldom one of our swell jockeys. He did not think he could recollect a single case of one of our crack jookeys being reported for disobedience at the post. It was always some youngster who, poor little wretch, was told that he must get off, and so made himself conspicuous to the starter by his futile efforts to imitate the tactics of the older jockeys." — The sensational Victorian Club billiard tournament was finished on the 20th July, when in the final game "Prosper" beat Sol. Green by 30. There was not so much in it as opponents of " Prosper " made out. He was certainly well handicapped, but so was Mr Green. At one stage of the game the books were pre-< pared to take 2 to 1 that " Prosper " was beaten, but, getting hold of the balls towards the finish, he went out with a break of 27. If Mr Green had not made one or two bad strokes it was quite possible he .would have won. — At the Richmond (Melbourne) pony meeting, a record was created in the way of dis-; qualifications. Eunice was made a hot favour rite for the 13.1 race, there being 12 runners. Immediately after a. start was effected it was palpable the riders of all tho other runners were well disposed towards the favourite, as nothing attempted to get near her, and she won as she liked in slow time. The performance was such a hot one that the stewards subsequently disqualified all the ponies excepting the winner for three months. — "Phaeton" writes: — Castor has much improved in his manners and conduct. The bloodlike son of Zealot was formerly inclined to be a little fiery when a stranger advanced to his box ; but he is now so quiet as to make his conduct quite an object lesson. In explaining the wonderful change that had been wrought in Castor's conduct, Mr Morrin told me that the shoeing always troubled him, and it was determined to leave him unshod. Since that course was resolved upon, Castor has been a reformed horse, and " Jerry " told me that even his little boy can now lunge him. —Mr H. C. White, a well-known Australian turfite, started Old Clo' in the Summer Handicap at Gatwick, England, on 21st June. The distance was a. mile and a, furlong, and the Lochiel mare carried 8.9. She was third favourite at 8 to 1, finishing second last in a field of seven, the winner being Mauchline. At the same meeting Mr S. H. Gollan's Erl King, carrying 9.0, ran a poor third in the Veranda Handicap, a selling race run over seven furlongs. There were seven starters, and Erl King was second favourite at 5 to 1 against. Studding Sail, the winner, started at 5 to 4 on. — Bookmakers operating at the Rosehill meeting on the 22nd July were fortunate to sea two horses not in the betting win easily. In the Australian Handicap Amourette beat a, pood field. The week before, says Sydney Mai£ th» stewards at Canterbury Park held an inquiry into the mare's running, and the stable, no doubt feeling aggrieved, sent tho mare out to do her best without a, shilling on her, and she finished in a good field in brilliant style. The other instance of the -unexpected happening was 1 in the Flying Welter, in which the Russley gelding, Cooramin, ran away from hia field. — " Cosmopolite " writes : A moire ungainly youngster than the gaunt, angular-looking Fipherman, as we used to see him racing in the old country, has seldom been ssen on a race* course. He started, six times as a tTr&*e»c

©Id without yrirming, hia owner, Tom Parr, ■ arguing that if such a great' leggy frame could act at all at th"at age he must do wonders when She grew down. This opinion the son of Heron and Mainbrace fully .confirmed by carrying off no less than. 68 races before he left his native land for Australia, conceding 651b on one occasion to Misty Morn, a horse that won 13 races that season. _, -<-For the Brooklyn Derby, run on June 15, the starters were Ahom, The Bouncer, Macleod of Dare, Lackland, Half Time, and Glengar, •with Half Time a 6 to 5 favourite. From a good start "G-lengar went to the front, but quit after going •nearly a mile. Ahom then took the lead, and iron easily by two lengths in 2min 86sec. The Brooklyn and Latonia Derbies are •the only ones in America that are the regular | Derby distance of one mile and a-half. The -winner of the Brooklyn last year was The Huguenot, and the time was 2min 37isec. Ahom's time, therefore, is a new record for the ] event 'at one mile and a-half. The first Brook- i lyn Derby was run in 1887, and Hanover won in 2min 43Jsec. i — Writing about the South American jockey j Malerba, -who astonished English racegoers by , riding without saddle or stirrups in a race at ; Epsom, a London paper remarks : — " Whatever J may have been thought of the barebacked riding I methods of Mr Colorado y Maduro Melerba at j Epsom, there was nothing amateurish or eccen- ' trie about the way he squeezed Orcana home at j Xiingfield. His mob are very jealous of him, and do not intend allowing him to be got at. , "-Speaks no English, eh? " observed one of , them. "No, he don't; and what's" more, the ; first time he comes.out with a bit we've got his j return ticket all ready for him, and shall see j him .right straight off home, for we shan't want j him after that." Savvee? " j — The Sydney' Daily Telegraph writes : — " It j is made to appear that" the regulation of the \ A.J.C., which says that a licensed bookmaker j shall not have any interest in a betting shop or ■ ' office,' 13 not intended to be so arbitrary as the > •wordipg implies. We have it from Mr T- S. j -CHbbprn that the committee of the A.J.C. ■will ] not refuse^, license to a bookmaker who has an j office 'merely for the use of his clerks, .but they | stipulate that the office must not bo open to the general public for the purpose of making bets, nor must there be any name over the , office, or attention drawn to the place by ad- j vertisement in a newspaper. The committee's t reading of the regulation was explained to Mr | IET. Oxenham, who is the one it most afiects, but ho replied he still declined to be licensed under j its provisions." i — The Tasmanian Racing Club, at its 95th j annual meting, carried a resolution in favour of i licensing a few bookmakers, whereupon " Tarn I o' Shanter " thus expressed himself: — That the ' club will profit by the change is a moot point. Quite recently in West Australia the book- > makers refused to field against the machine, and the consequence was that the club had a record day financially. Unless the T.R.C. is determined to bring in the bookmaking element, win ] or loose, would it not be better to make repre- j sentations to the Head of the police that the act j is being flagrantly broken and stick to the \ bridge that has carried the club "safely over? There is no public outcry against the machine, and while bookmaking lasts" across the Straits, ' a. Cup horse may be backed there if a better i • ante-post price is to be had. ! •■ — London Sportsman's special writes: — Houses are just what their trainers and boys make them, and you can see English or Australian horses in -F. W. "Day's stable at Newmarjket equally as quiet as sheep. If there were any truth in the climate idea, why do Australian horse 3 remain as placid as ever when they get to this country? Only this morning I saw an : Australian gentleman, who had never previously ! seen Aurum, go up to him in his box, take him by the tail, and then turn round and lean his ] back against the horse's hind-quarters. "How , did you know you could do that?" I asked, i " Because he was broken and handled in Australia," he replied. I don't know of my own Icnowledge that this can be done with every , Australian horse, but certainly it can be done j with all the English ones in F. W. Day's ! charge. — The second favourite for the greatest race in England one day! Forty-eight hours afterwards served up on multitudinous skewers for the delectation of London tabbies! Such was the fate of the unfortunate Holocauste, remarks an exchange. Further inquiry revealed the fact that it is usual to charge a slightly higher price for what may be described an " special brands "• of catsmeat. Holocauste cutlets, for instance, were quoted in London, on the Friday following the Derby, at from 3d to 5d per lb, the usual price being 2d. There -were tiJenty of purchasers at the enhanced figure, however — in fact, there was not nearly enough to go round. One man journeyed all the way from Gravesend in order to make sure of his wife's Persian dining off a bit of the famous gee-gee ; and a 10lb " parcel " was consigned all the way to Manchester, in response to an urgent telegiam. — The Queen ofte7i attended race meetings during the Prince Concort's lifetime, and she saw both Voltigeui and The Flying "Dutchman run at the Ascot meeting. Her Majesty, before Ascending the throne, attended the Ascot meeting when her uncle. King William IV, ran Morses. Georgo IV, at his death, left his horses to his brother, afterwards William IV, who tried to win the Oatland Stakes in 1831. The stake was then 30sovs each, 20s forfeit, and-there were nine subscribers, two of whom ■paid forfeit; the distance to be run over at that time was- two miles and a-half. The horse the King entered was. The Colonel, who in 1828 ran. a dead heat for the Derby with Cadland, but. lost the run-off. In the Oatland Stakes The Colonel also Tan a dead heat with Mt Mill's Mouche, four years. 7.5, while The Colonel was six years, and carried 9.6 in the run-off. The gallant old warrior broke down, and Mouche •won by 10 lengths.