WELLINGTON PARK SALE.

Observer, Volume XIV, Issue 784, 13 January 1894, Page 18

WELLINGTON PARK SALE.

i Wellin gton Park last Wednesday week • looked gay. it was Mr Morrin's annual ; sale of yearlings. A goodly number ; journeyed out. The paddocks in front of the house were crowded with vehicles of ; every description. Mr Morrin, the ' Wellington Park btudmaster, has no '■ reaton to be dissatisfied with the result of '. this year's sale. The bidding was brisk, ; and though some of the less popular bred ; yearlings brought low prices, the average * was gou<i. Perhaps some of these smaller,' priced animals will prove cheap Bargains. There v»ere one two out of good mareswhiuh are almost certain to prove more than useful, and I hope, for Mr Morrin's

sake that Hotchkiss's stock will be hotter than some think. As for his favouriteCastor— Mr Morrin has no grounds for complaint. In these times of scarce money, and low prices the figures brought by the Frailty and Necklace colt, 1575 guineas and 1050 guineas respectively, are proofs of the good judgement of the astute studmaster. Mr Gooaeman bought several oheap yearlings — Napier commissions, I presume— -which I would like better to have seen remain in Auckland. We however, eeourad a few good ones, in the Hotchkis3 — Pungawerawera colt (Mr D. A. McLeod, 325 guineas ) Tasman— Rubma colt (Mr A. Kidd, 225 guineas.) Hotchkiss— Formo filly (Mr Geo. Wright, 200 guineas), and several lesser priced ones. It wece hard to say which was really the pick of the lot. Price ruled the Frailty colt, but the Necklace colt was a beauty too. It's a pity we can't keep some of the good ones. The total result of the sale amounted to 5,253 gnineas, being an average of 175 guineas each lot, which I think must be considered very satisfactory indeed. I have the greatest pleasure in congratulating Mr Morrin on such a profitable issue from his season's operations, and wish him a continuance of such success in the future — success which he so well deserves.

One of the 'provisions' in Mr Clarke's J Gambling Suppression Bill' is that anyone loitering within 100 yards of any known or suspected betting house, racing olab rooms, sporting hotel," shop or house, etc., etc., be punishable with severe fines. The Persians are lovers of true sport . There is a a sweet simplicity, tco, about their style of horse-racing. If what I read be true, so far as their Derbies are conoerned the result of this description of races is profitable only to the Shah ; and an owner is left the barren honour of wining the race and losing his horse. The Shah appropriates all entrance moneys and also takes possession of the winner. On Saturday week, the 20th inst , the Otahuhu Trotting Club will hold its summer meeting at Potter's Paddock. The stakes are above the average, there being the Otahuhu Trotting Cup of 70aova, 2 miles, and a Harness Trot Handicap of 40 soys, 2 miles. There are eight eventa in all to be decided, including two pony races, a five furlong race of 20 soys, and a Pony Hurdle Race of 30 soya. Good entries have been received, and there is every prospect of the Club's meeting being a success. Acceptances close on Friday, the I2tb, with Mr Lockhart, Secretary.

Pegasus ia following worthily in Iris sirens footsteps. He has, too, most of his , sire's qualities. He has had transmitted to him that thorough gameness which was such a characteristic of old Nelson. ; We are sorry to hear that Mr George Budsre's filly, Brown Mantle, by Nordenfeldfc — Antelope, got injured in her box on Saturday. The filly's shoulder is slightly strained, causing Tameless. The Wellington Cap weights were issued last week. The list is a long one — too many for anything like a review in these columns. Several Auckland-owned horses are engaged, including Pegasus, Lochnesß and His Worship. The Wellington Cup is run on Jan. 23rd. Mr E. M. Clarke's Bill for the suppression of betting and gambling in N.S.W. has for its greatest opponent the very absurdity of the Bill itself. < inly that one must consider any Bill brought before the House by any of its members as in all seriousness, men of common sense would be inclined to look on Mr Clarke's little effort as a mere burlesque. There ia no doubt there remains a great deal to be done in the way of suppressing gambling in its worst forms| as oxisting in N.S.W., but this little Bill of Mr E. M. Clarke's is likely to require remodelling beyond knowledge as to its original, to give it a thousand to one chance of being passed. ■

Mr A. E. Glover's pony Storyteller, got east in her box on Monday last, straining her shoulder badly. This will probably incapacitate her from racing at Takapuna. The Hon. G. W. Orinond has a nice filly in Nixie. She is a game filly and will furnish into a nice mare. Our own two-year-olds with one or two exceptions, are not much to boast, still Three Star promises to uphold Auckland's credit as a breeding place, and also make happy onr Studmaster Mr S. Morrin. * It's an ill wind which blows nobody any good.' Van Dieman's chance in the Tauranga Stakes looked a certainty. His death seemed a throw in for Kean. Kean's mare Lottie won the Stakes, starting a red-hot favourite. The dividend paid was small— .£l 12s. Aueklanders to a man backed her. Hard things are sometimes said about owners and trainers of race-horses. Hard things have been said sometimes as relating to the running of the disappointing half-brother to Nordenfeldt— Stanmoor. I think now any wrong idea about the capabilities of this horse must be exploded. Certainly he won his race atEUerslie in racehorse style but it was not a first-class performance by a long way ; and the fact of his owner letting him go at Morrin's sale for 200 gs goes to prove the mistaken value the public always put on him. a