WELLINGTON NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2728, 27 June 1906, Page 58

WELLINGTON NOTES.

June 23. Z. "W. ILowe returned to the Hutt this .week after a holiday "trip to the «outh. inhich included ft visit to Riocarton, .Oanikcru, ami Dubedin. H« is getting Solution into racing trim anfl will make -an -early start for ~tb» other side. -L. it. Hewitt, who rode the .Soult m«re to victory in the Jffawke's !Bay 'Cup, ■will have the -mount at Ranawiek. In -DLowe'ff Absence W. ißrcwn wiH be in .citoxge at the Jlutt. The Australian tfever -HtiH iconihraeß. Jar H. Solomon left for Sydney this afternoon, taking -with him Sandy <(Sauit— Lorelei), dfhs full brother *o the Great 3fortn«Hn. Steeplechase winner So*, and T*Td» (by JRinUad— SJeroii). T. George, who rocte tfhe thanes named on -the Weat Coast a* Easter time, went with them. There will .be a. fitcoug .New Zealand contingent in Sydney by the tinxe the flowers bloom in the spring. Lu*lla (Hotcbkiss~-St. Maary) was not .long in F. Higgott's care at the fiutt. She w«s running out in the paauock one day dnring the week and laid down and died. A veterinary examination failed to -disclose the cause, but it is supposed the mare broke a blood vessel internally. She was a moderate performer in the colours of E. Cooper, xit Sawera, and won a double at ihe 'WestpoTt meeting a few weeks back. She was owned by Sir 'Bell, of Blenheim, -at the time of her death. J. Banks, Mrs Watson's trainer, is hacking VTind. about prior to putting liiin into work again. The Wellington contingent at Hastings— Kohunui, Sardonyx, and Liaca — failed to .show np prominently yesterday. They Tnay 'he gtjod -enough to win a Tace »t the ~Paxk when the oEPosiiion appears less ionaiaable. The injuries J>efoe received at Wanganui have turned out more serious 'than at Jfirst thought. The effort to .get another race out of him this winter has been abandoned, and he will get a lengthy spell. In consequence C. Pritchard advised Mr Whitney ihat it would lie useless entering <the .horse -for 'the Grand .National. A pood price was .refused lor Defoe before Wanganui, and Mx Whttoey lost the 1-s.oe a« well as the services of a xisetuHhoree. Clanburn, -Cyrus, and Bfydrent weie. Jumped in company at the Hutt this morning. The latter is engaged ' at ' the -^utt and Kocoarton and may win another race before ttfae rend o f the jumping season, if 'he is not fxightenea rby the fall he received in the Kstional 1 Hurdles jtt /Sllerslie. . Higgott informed me to-day that the well-known horseman A. Julian was coming to the Hutt to xloliis .ruling, with ihe assistance of H. Cairns. The work in connection with the 'laying cut of -the Steeplechase course at Tren?ham is being pushed on, And it is expected thai all the obstacles will be in order by the <ond of the month. They are sufficiently wide to permit of horses being schooled on the outside of the fences. .Racing matters are very quiet at present, but with the anival of visiting horses

1"* after the Napiei Park aneeting things wil - ' livan up .somewhat. • 1 • .- '