WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2412, 24 May 1900, Page 39

WELLINGTON NOTES.

By Onjujokek. May 19. The trotting horses Brockleigh and Frisetta, who are engaged at the Greytown meeting, went up to-day. J: O. Haywood, of Greytown North, who was piesent at the C'.J.C. Autumn meeting, pur--chafed -Mackintosh (Clanranald — Black Cloud). He --enter 3d him for the Flying Handicap at 'Ota'ki, but did not accept. ' The Blenheim ttotters, Dictator and Vaux■hall are to take part in the Metropolitan T.C. meeting 3\ Christchurch. Sweot Oil, by Petroleum, is the first of the piogeny of Esmeralda to win a race. The latter, by Crawfurd Priory — Whitau, was a smart tve-y ear-old, and wen the Masteiton-OpaKi Champagne Stakes. Allen (a roa.n pacer), who is engaged al the \Metiopolitan T.C. meeting, carries the 'B" j brand. When he started at Christchurch his owner signsd an aSadavit he was bred in this island. Loohin/ar, who his accepted for ihe Hurdles at Otaki, won three races at the Shannon meeting last month. - Josh Prosser journeys to Wanganui, where the stable will be represented by Black Dust, The Guard, and perhaps Osliaß. The lattar has a.lso been accepted for at Otaki; also Gobo, Sentry, and Moreze Sentry has not yet earned the Porirua colours. . Lady Undy (by Spitifeldt), who won two races -at Hastings and three at Petone, has been given *13.7 and 13.12 in two pony races at Greytown ]-on Queen' a Birthday. Wandering Jew, who j.won two pony races at Petone in the Spring . .and a hack race at Grej mouth, has got 12.12 and 13.0. Nora, the Auckland pony, is also well up in the handicaps. The best-performed trotters engaged are King of Munsler, St. James^ and Tlie General,

From a friend in Sydney I learn that it was intended to send Mr Backland's team of trotters across to Christchurch this month in charge of Claude Piper, but that they will not now come^cross till the spring. They were seen out at the jßathurst show this month, and were' I>retty successful. Velocity won the Two Mile Maiden Trot, and Daybreak (Vancleve — Moonbeam), sistei to Don Cleve, a back marker in Sydney, won the Po'iy Handicap Tiot. Daybreak, who is only 13.2, was giving stirts up to 80sec, and won easily flora Little Kate. The three-minute class trot was won by Valour; the grey stallion Harold Grey, Lord Harold — President Grant (imp.) inaie, second. The latter won the Final Handicap, two miles, receiving 22sec from Dr Slate's Silver Hue, who was second. Silver* Hue, who won at the Show grounds on New Year's Day, has shown good form at Sydney since returning home,- and ran third to Judge Huon (Huon — Arizona, imp.) and What in the 2.30 class, won in 2niin 32-Jsec. The going was heavy, and What was only just beaten, in the 2.45 class the stable companion Franz (brother to Fritz) and Valour finished first and second in 2min 31sec. ' Judge Huon received the award ioi best stallionj beating Vancleve, Franz, Huon, 'Prince, and Messenger. The last-named beat both Huon horses in the mile heats. Lady Agnes and Sweet Oil, who entered at both the G-reytown and Otaki meetings on Queen's Birthday, have accepted at the latter meeting. Sweet Oil will make her first appearance in a jumping race at Otaki, Louis Eobprtson went south yesterday with Bellman,_ Trafalgar, and Allen. He did not enter Motuiti at Chiistchurch. Allen has been badly -treated by Mv Brinkman in being handicapped as a 2.40 performer. His only perfoinunce was at Masterton, where, receiving 23sec from The General, he ran second in smm 44 2-ssee in a two mile race. This makes Allen outw orse than an even timer. Kenny M'Kenzie won one race at Ashburton, and hue gone on to Eunedin with Voltaire, Whario, acd Te T*aiaha. They are useful horses in their class.