Gap and Jacket.

Observer, Volume 9, Issue 524, 5 January 1889, Page 11

Gap and Jacket.

I_By Centaur.]

FIXTURES. J amiary 16, 17-— Taranaki Jockey Club. February 7. 8— Wellington Racing Club. February 13, 1-4— Egmonfc Racing Club. February 20, 21, 23.— Duuedin Jockey Club. March 18, 19— Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. — Sylvia Park sale to-day (Thursday). — See the local sporting" celebrities among our illustrations this week. — The A.R.C. Summer Meeting will result in a good profit to the Club. — Mr J. Marshall owns a speedy colt in Braemar (the full brother to Mitrailleuse.) —Everyone has been glad of Mr M. Gallagher's recent successes with Peter Osbeck. — Dudu won the Christchurch Midsummer Handicap, paying a totalieator dividend of «£l6 10s. — The attendance at EHerslie on New Year's Day was probably the largest ever seen on the course. — Lochiel, the Auckland Cup hero, won the Newmarket Handicap on Tuesday in a common canter. — Great rejoicing at Cuirassier's triumph in the Great Northern Derby. It was time his owners had a slice of luck. — Horses trained by Jimmy Kean were in great form at the A.R.C. Summer Meeting. No man knows his business better than 'The Admiral,' as he is familiarly termed. --Had Clifford riddea Nelson in the A.R.O Handicap, he would have won. So the majority of the spectators at Ellerslie on Tuesday thought. —Lucky Dan O'Brien secured the rich C.J.C. Middle Park Stakes on Monday by the aid of Dunkeld. This colt promises to make a great three-year-old. —Previous to the start, Mr P. Butler was very confident that he would win the Great Northern Derby with Manton. The colt Tan a wonderful race, considering the state of health he was in. —The first half-mile at the Great Northern Derby was run in 56£ sees ; one mile in lmin 49£ sees ;11 mile iv 2mm 40£ sees. In the A.R.C. Handicap the first half mile was negotiated in 54£ sec ; 1 mile in 1 mm 47£ sec, and 1£ mile in 2mm 38 J- sec.