TURF FIXTURES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXX, Issue XIX, 9 May 1903, Page 1280

TURF FIXTURES.

May G and 7—Egmont R.C. Winter Muy 9— Christchurch R.C. Autumn May 14 and 15—Ashburton County R.C. May 1G aud 20—Takapuna J.C. Winter May 21 aud 22—Wauguuui J.C. Winter June 3 aud G—Dunedin J.C. Winter June 10 and 11—North Otago J.C. Winter ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Ponsonby iAuckland*.- Phillips rode I.on Delava I when she paid the big dividend «>f £322 4/ at Takapuna.

C. 8., Queen-st.-—The term aged, or six years and aged, is applied in rat Ing only for fixing the weight to Im? carried, l»ut the teeth of horses, whether thoroughbred or draughts, show similar markiirgs. and it is because the indications after the eighth year are such that the age can only be guesed at. that it has been recognised that horses g< u orally shall l»c considered aged in Their eighth year. Their breeding Goes not make any difference. Horses show doubtful mouths through unnatural wear, according to the kind of country thev are depastured on. and even before attaining their eighth year. © © ©

TURF NOTES.

Tsaritza. by Stepniak from Irene, is to visit i’hoebtis Apollo next spring. Up to the end of last week C. J» nkins had ridden 72 winners this season. G. Wright has the But adil colt recently purchased in Sydney in his hands. The pony Little Jim was sold at the Haymarket on Friday, for l'.»A guineas. Mr J. O'Driscoll was in Auckland during the week from Taranaki. Weights f«.r the North New Zeaiend Grand National Meeting are due .on Friday. Bookmakers wore quietly doing business at the Manawatu Racing Club’s Autumn Meeting, aud were not interfered with. The Thompson Handicap winner Shrapnel was awarded 9.13 in rhe Egmout Handicap, but declined the cci-tcst. On .iit that certain large studs in Now Zeaiaml may he formed into a company soon. 1 iki. who has not been raced for a long iS ~e,n» Usv<2 as 11 hdck out Ellerslie The stakes paid over the Austialiau Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting amounted to £ 14,277. Melody, the dam of Melos, is to be sent from Australia to New Zealand on a visit to Ntcpniak. Wairiki is a regular visitor to the Ellerslie < curse, but claims no immediate engagements. The Duke of Westminster recently won a race on the Cat on his ’chaser Drumrec in England. Tresham was struck out of his Takapuna engagements soon after the weights appeared. Sir George Clifford sold Tercel* t after the WeiPnstou Meeting tv a Fielding settler. The Guard will be running out while the winter meetings <»f llr-A’i are on, aud may not he raced agaiu. Gobo is in commission again, hut is not engaged either at the Auckland or Wanganui steeplechase meetings. Howitt, in consequence of his accident prior to the C J.C. Autumn Meeting, will not be able* to ride again this season. Mr W. A. Scott brought Bellboy from Otago during the week, and has him located at Favona Farm. Mangere. Mr Oxenham. the Sydney ]»encil!cr. has gone to England again, aud was given another send-off by his friends. Field Battery is umb r offer to a Southern breeder so soon as his ineiiig career is over, but may race again this winter. Cavaliero l as been sent to llunily to bis owner's farm. t«» be spelled there till next spring. He will be lightly blistered. Messrs. 1.. D. and N. A. Nathan’s horses have been taken to Kchbuarama by J. Gallagher, who Is now training them. In most of th’ races at the Egmcnt Winter ?•»< eting. which is in progress. the class <»f horses engaged is not up to th*- standard of some picviotis years. Jno. Barrett, father of the well known English j«M-keys. George mid Fred, committ< ruicido recently while, of miso-ind mind lie was iu monetary difficulties.

Visitors fiom country districts between • ’amridge and Auckland weie conspicuous at th* opeuiug meeting of the i'akurauga Ihiiit < lub eu Saturday.

Tapioca, winner rf Tatrcrsali’s <’up, Sydney, paid a db idend of £B7 15,'. He is a son of Gold'-borough, and is getting on in

M.iimi. the Wanganui-owecd ]»ony, has changetl hands, and 1 is said will join J. Gainsford’s team, ultimately being taken to South Africa.

Kelburn cost 50") guineas as a yearling, aud it was only fitting that he should at last achieve classic dlstin- fion by winning a race like tbe N.Z. b't. Legcr.

Jr Is now known that the Cambria. Park Stud Co. were in treaty for Pilgrim’s Progress. but were out bid by Mr 11. Friedlander's representative in Melbourne.

Mr Knight has started each of his handicaps for the Taka puna Joe-key Club's winter meeting on a lighter scale than we usually see, and should get a good acceptam-c.

A few Ellerslie sports have been out with dog and gun during the past few days, making the most of their time during the first week <»f the shooting season.

Some of the layers of the odds had a good day on Saturday at Alexandra Park, as marly all the favourites went down like uine-

Wliat a good l it of stuff Waiiiki's pony sister. Orange and Blue. is. She won unexpectedly on Saturday at Alexandra Park, carrying 10.4. in the Suburban I'ony Race.

Kelburn, the winner of the New Zealand St. Legcr, was offered for sale in Auckland before being shipped South, and £lOO would have secured him.

The result of the Lincolnshire Handicap was not cabled, but the mail brings news iltaL Ovcruoiton won. with Portcullis second, and Ypsilanti third.

Giadisla will retire from racing to tbe stud. The little daughter of Seaton Delava 1 has l»e<‘ome affected iu the wind, an uncommon thing amongst Seaton’s gets.

Mr and Mrs Schnackenberg will this seas* n enjoy their hunting on wheels. Mr L. Taylor will koc-p their favourite hunter and show horse. Dandy Dick, in form during the

Over Norton w.js in some quarters looked upon as a very uncertain customer when racing in Germany, but he improved upon his third of last season when lie won tbe LiiMoiushirc Handicap.

Twenty-eight King’s Premiums were ;:w; rded at the tenth show of the Hunters* Improvement Society in England recently. < f the value < f £l5O each. In :;H, £5408 was given in prizes.

it is reported that an inquiry is to be held during the week at Tatter-sail's into certain belling transactions ove. the recent Auckland Racing Club's autumn meeting.

Mr E. J. Watt had two winners at the Tdanawatu Racing ('bib’s meeting, in Float, who won the chief prize over a mile and a half, and Ros< shoot, who wen twice in hack company.

Heavy top dressings of manure have been n A'e on the Ramlwk-k course from time to time, and to this is ascribed some of the recent accidents there, the track being considered unsafe in places.

Dividends on first and second horses were being paid for the first time at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting. There should tie plenty of fraction money to the Club, seeing that ten /billing tickets are issued on all races. The Egmont Ra<-ing Club’s winter meeting commences on Wednesday, The autumn ami winter me-tings of this club follow tach other rather close, but it is a prosperous district, and the meeting is expected to prove a success. Bobs, the three-quarter brother to r’irathmoro. H'ida, and other g< od ones, has nt last got his name in rhe winning list, lie is a great overgrown horse, and lias never bad a proper chance yet. as he was wry bad for a long lime as the result of influenza. From “Peutagraph’s” compilations of winnings of two-year-olds in past seasons, Multif<*rm*s record is the highest with £_*7<’l. M«-nschlkuff with £2"-V». ami P.luefirc with £2<>S7 come next. Treadmill, who is on top for this season, has won £lO7O. The judging at the Patca meeting lias been called in question, but the assertion of an owner that some of the stewards tried to prevail upon the judge to alter his decision is denied, and more is io be heard of the matter.

Canute Chiel has been a consistent place getter, but when he gut his nose home in front c»f Scylla and Terrapin In the Autumn Handicap nt Wellington on Saturday, It was the first time ho had won a race since February of last year.

Cavaliero’a name I* conspicuous by its absence from the Dominations for the North New Zealand Grand National Hurdle Race. The big son uf Cuirassier will want a big spell. Mr L. Harris is sympathised with at l«*ing the services of his fine horse.

“Du you think.” asked ouc punter of an* other, “they’d let me deduct frt.m my in* come tax return the fees I pay for tips?** “I don't know,” replied the iuterrognted one. “hut if they let you deduct w’hnt yon lose backing 'em. I should thluic yon could bring 1 rout Webb in owing you a bit!”

The V.R.C. Committee are advertising for a handicapper to take the place «*f the late Mr F. F. Dakin, at a salary of £6OO ier annum. It is I*elleved that Mr W. E. Dakin may receive the appointment. At KnlgoorHe, Western Australia, a haudicapi>er, Is also wanted.

The Eumout Racing Club have announced that they will only admit persons to their course on the distinct understanding that no betting is done except through tbe totaiisator. and bookmakers, their clerks, or agents, are net to be admitt d to their property.

Rocksand continues in winning form in England, and the crack is evidently going to be a bad one to beat in three-year-old events, as he was last season in two-year-old races. Ills Two Thousand Guineas win will keep him at the head of the Derby quotations.

A report that the Takapuna Jockey Club would have rhe use of the Ellerslie racecourse for their coming meeting was in circulation during the week, "bn* this wil’ not be the case, as the work of improving the Takapuna course will not prevent the meeting being held there. The Manala (Taranaki) Racing Club Intend holding a meeting on June-3rd. For some years the Ciub. unable to get a totalisatcr permit, has refrained from holding any me*, tings, but a balance remains hi hand, aud »t has been decided to go on racing without the aid of the machine.

G. Price, the Wanganui horseman, and W. Thomas, who also is a fir.st-elass hoiseman and trainer, go to South Africa at the end of May or the first week hi June for a trip, with a view of seeing what prospects rhe country affords for a future sphere of operations. They intend returning in September.

It is stated that the yearling full sister to Achilles could have been purchased after rhe sale at which she was withdraw iu Australia for less than the reserve price put upon her on tbe day. That figure was fixed ar £5OO. Mr. J. Marshal! bid for her. and would have liked her at his price, but got the Haut Brion—Necklet filly, and did not want more than one.

In the bar parlour of rhe Crkorion Hotel at New Plymouth, owned by Mr D. O’Brien, is the framed receipt of Messis Hunter and Nolan, auctioneers, for the N.Z Stud and Pedigree Stock Co., for the sum of <£6sl, bearing date January 7th, ISS7. being the amount paid for the bay colt by Musket troni Mersey afterwards known as Carbine.

Tattersa’l's Club. Sydney value their property at £42.074, and they have a mortgage of £19,000 over it. but have a snug credit balance against this. At the annual meeting a motion was passed that no one can be elected as a bookmaker if he is residing iu any other State unless be is a member of a recognised club in his own State. Under these conditions the club may admit him on his paying £5O entrance fee.

That five horses fell in one race at Randwick came as a surprise. We have during the past two years had very few accidents at Randwick. There is little doubt but what these falls were due to carelessness on the part of some of the jockeys. We are very careful about their costume, but a word or two about their conduct and method of riding in races would not come amiss, says ‘*Martindale.”

The totalisator has long been looked upon as a faithful indicator of the money market in districts in which it is used. When money is plentiful there the returns are usually found to be large, but when money is scarce the opposite is the case. There is such a thing as having tc*o much racing, and asking the public to find the sinews of war for more meetings than they can well afford. That racing is being overdone in some fiarts of the country there is no doubt, and some clubs are finding this out.

I am afraid that some of mr sporting friends will magnify Shrapnel into a better horse than he really is. Some have already compared him to Carbine. He is a useful gelding, but a long way behind a champion. His performance in the Thompson Handicap with 7.13 was certainly a record chip for the rac** from a time point of view, and so was Goldeu Rose's win in the Auckland Racing Club's Easter Handicap, carrying 7.8, amt evidently just as easily achieved. In the Hutt Handicap at Wellington, won by Shrapnel, the judge placed Narcc-tic second ami Ostiak third, but a Press Association wire has tri ven it out that Ostiak undoubtedly finished second. Narcotic was linishing faster than the winner. Mr Hartgill, the judge, is one of the most capable in the colonies, and some surprise has been expressed by many who were present at his decision being questioned. A big backer of Ostiak. who was iu an excellent line, says he was quite satisfiol that Ostiak was beaten for second place by the ex-back. On Tiiurs«lay some good schooling work was done ar Ellerslie l*y a number <»f horses. Tresham. Marine, and Spalpeen were jumped over hurdles, and the last named, for a beginner, acquitted himself very well indeed. jumping three hurdles faultlessly. Cannongate, Haydn and Tresham were jumped over the steeplechase country on Saturday morning, all going well. Tresham njovrs shorter than one would like to see him doing in Ills work, however, but he has always had a more or less serai* hy strie with Ulin.

An odd discovery about horse feeding has br«-n made in Argentina in the recent campaign of the Government, against the revolutionists. So many horses fell ill in consequence of the bad roads and heavy transportation that the veterinarians didn’t know what to do about it. To supply food which would give greater endurance, one of then' made the experiment of adding a little sugar to the horse’s rations It Ims been so successful that 2oz of sugar daily are given to every horse. The horses last longer, and do more work, and some which had become useless have even gained in strength and capacity for

Referring to the death of Mr F. F. Dakin, the Sydney “Referee” mentions that the Dakin Brothers pul chased the celebrated horse The Marquis and brought him to Australia. The Marquis was the best two-vear-old of his year and had won th;* Two Thousand Guineas and the Dom-a.-t* r St. Leger. In Victoria he got Newminsrer. His Lordship. and Grand Prix, and with Newminstrr Mr Dakin won the piincipal V.R.c, two-year-old events for Messrs A. .rad T. «’hirnside. Newmfnstor’s record as a successful sire is we’i ki *wn. The Painter, who has done so much for us in New Zealand. and who w.i.n only two seasons at W.uwml l>efore he died, was also a son of r < he'Marquis.

In the appeal case. Walters v. the Auckland .Uelug Chib, the following U the official finding of the judges—Sir Georg*' Clifford. Captain W. R. Russell, and Mr O. Samuel:—“We hereby -decide that the Visitoi s Plate was a race to be run under special weights, and was not a weight-for-age race under the standard weight fcr age. We therefore are of opinion that Rose Shield should have carri*»d 7.9. and that the stewards of the Auckland Racing €.*wl» had no power to permit her to carrv any lower weight. Wy th ore foie decide that th*- stakes for the Visitors’ Plate he paid to the owner of Marshal Sou it and the deposit money returned.’’

The mnch-discussed subject of Australian turf nomenclature was under consideration, writes “Javelin.’’ The new chum pointed out with pride that the “class’’ owners of England made frequent. euphonious, ami appropriate use of classic names, compart'd with which the names of Australian horses generally struck him as being very commonplace. “Now fancy calling a horse Purser,’* he said. “Ob. well, that ain’t so bad.” remarked a man leaning against the bar counter. “If ho happened to be In tioublo, de n’t yer know, the ‘stewards’ couldn’t come down veiy hard on the Purser”’

It is not correct (says the London correspondent of the “Yorkshire Fvst ”. that thu skeleton of Mr Henry Chaplin’s famous stallion Hermit is In the Natural History Section of the British Museum. The Royal Veterinary College possesses the great horse’s remains. “I believe the authorities of the Museum recently made an unsuccessful application to the college to transfer Hermit’s skeleton to the national *iepository for such things at South Kensington. The British Museum, however, possesses, I am infouned. the skeleton of an even greater horse than Hermit—namely. Stockwell, -he renowned sire of so many winners.’’

The death of Dr. Coitolly. long time steward and committeeman of the Wan gauui Jockey Club, and at one time a leading owner of hurdle horses and ’chasers and hunters there, will be read with feelings of regret wherever the genial medico and sportsman was known. The doctor had been in failing health for a long time past, and was on his way to England in tb“ hope of receiving benefit from the trip, but a cable from Teneriffo received on Monday, announced that he had died during the passage- there. The doctor will be much missed, particularly »n Wanganui, where he was a general favourite.

The following is a list of the winning payments made over the Avondale J.C. autumn meeting Mr J. Rao. £180: Mr R. Hannon. £155: Mr <:. E. Tuck. £140: Mr John Chaafe, £B5; Mr 11. Barr. £BO : Mr E. J. Sage. £B5: Mr J. Jack, £B5: Mr L. Marshall. £Btf; Messrs Darlor and Dunfee, £80: Mr J. George, £75; Mr T. W. Armitage. £7O : Messrs L. I>. and N. A. Nathan, SCO: Mrs Leonard, £45: Mr J. B. Williamson. £45: Mr G. C. Ormond. £2O: Messrs Howell and Baker. £lO : Mr N. Banks, £lO • Mr W. James, £10: Mr W. L. Thompson. £IO : Mr F. B. Ross. £lo : Mr W. Ring. £lO ; Messrs R. and 11. Duder, £5 : Mr A. Leicester, £5 ; Mr J. Reginald, £5 : Mr j. Montgomerie, £5 ; Mr M. Deeble, £5 : total, £1375.

By winning the Avondale Cup cd Saturday The Needle demonstrated that 1c is not a past light altogether, and that staying is amongst his qualifications. On paper the chance c»f Landlock looked a particularly good one, seeing that he had finished up a winner with 9.12 at Ellerslie, conceding .Tbs to West guard over seven furlongs, au<l had inn third in the Easter Handicap. Many reckoned be would get well to the end of a mile and a quarter with no nure than 7.12 ou his back. The Needle. carried too many guns for the opposition, however, and his win was well deserved.

While honorary stewards acknowledge no responsibiiitties of office beyond having’ lunch and endeavouring to pick winners, reform must be sighed for in vain. The existing system of so-called management is rotten to the core, and a thorough revolution is urgently demanded in the name of sport and of humanity. Possibly the appointment of a few capable men other than the stewards whose names are advertised, specially stationed to detect foul riding, might result satisfactorily, and some such experiment is certainly worth a trial. The V.A.T.C. have a special official told off for this purpose, but the culprits will have to lx? dropped on to by somebody whose detective mission they least suspect. As things are now, it can only Im a matter of time for some appalling fatal disaster to be recorded. Assuredly this is a matter In which prevention would be better than cure.

The hunters Natation. Lord Onslow. and La Grippe were «*oiispieuous by their absence from the opening meet of th** Pakttranga hounds on Sal unlay. The first named a couple of months ago i'«»t Inflammation and diet!; Lord Onslow foil into a well: ami I.a Grippe broke down Imdly at the floral demonstration sports, ami had to 1m» shot. Two very much older horses than any of those mentioned were out. They were the Opawa gelding Defaiuer. aged 22 years, carrying the huntsman, Mr Selby, and Neck-or-Notbing. aged 23 years. < arrying Mr I’urrhas. Both horses looked extremely well. Neck-nr-Nothing. who was got by Gladiator, must be about the oldest horse hunting in this colony: In fact, there are probably m»t two horses of the combined age of 45 hunting in any other part of the colony. There are some people who s<» m fund of talking of how Auckland can inn race meet - Ings with local horses only, but they foiget that all win* go out to meetings are not bent on gambling, and that some even who arc ran safely l>e included amongst those who like variety in their aborting menu—not the same old hill of fare at every meeting. It is nice to see fresh competitors, o,vne!s. trainers, and jockeys and colours, am! the foreignvis always bring money with them if they do take a share of it away, and they certainly help greatly to keep up interest in a game which, when overdone as it is in many parts of the colony, is Iteconiing all too common. Auckland caters well for visitors, and one is tempted to ask what the coining Grand National Meeting would l»e without visiting forces ?

When Lady Zetland put up the best achievement of her life, she was nine years old, and had been raviug for the best part of six years. When she retired to the stud there was much speculation as to what she would do as a stud matron. It was generally supposed that having raced so long she might not prove a success. Mr Gates could have had I’xDgs. for her before she finally disappeared from the ra<*ev<»urse. He, however, preferred to .keep ba r iu Ins stud, which he redu<ed to just a* few marcs. The wiry daughter of Perkin Warbeck IL—

Forget-Me-Not. did not live long, but in her first year pro*]need to the Trenton horse Phaeton. Lady Lilian, who is iv»w five years old. and who. as her dam did. is improving with age. We are told that £l5OO was recently offered for the stout little mare, and refused. She was wanted for another colony.

Thus the Sydney “Town and Country Journal’’ opens an article on the A.J.C. autumn meeting:—“The gathering at Raudwick on the occasion of the opening of the A.J.C. autumn meeting bore out to the fullest extent the oft repeated saying that the Australians are a sport-loving community. ami if any one brauclt appeals to them more than aother, it is horseracing. If we except the strictly religious element—and the clergyman’s garb has been more than once seen at the racing centre of the State —every phase of life war. represented, and on every hand faces were seen as well known in political, professional, mercantile, and social life of the comunity as the tow i clock to the average city resident.’’

The untimely death of Frank Kuhn has been the means of causing several arguments as to what income a successful jockey can earn on the Australian turf. In addition to having ridden the winners of many important races, it was reported that th*•'deceased jockey was lucky in truf speculations, and it was believed in many quarters that his estate would be worth £2»>.<>k>. Probate of his will was granted last week, and it was sworn at £5449 17. G. The property, real and personal, is divided between his widow and two brothers, Arthur and I’biilip, and provision has been made for any child cr

children that may be born of his marriage, and for the disposal of the brothers’ shares in the event of their death before attaining the age of 21 ycais.

When some unfortunate lad meets his death, we may perhaps expect the authorities to stir themselves with a view to the suppression of foul riding, says “Javelin.’ 1 in his “Pepper and Salt Column’” in

“The Leader,’’ It is a disgrace to those in authority that decently behaved boys, who conduct themselves respectably ami r»de fairly, should every day have their limbs ami lives endangered through being compelled to compete against reckless ruf fians, whose idea of “cleverness” is to use any foul means by which an opponent may he placed at a disadvantage. It Is no exaggeration to say that at the present time a boy wim rides fairly is handicapped and hindered in the execution or his duty by fear of wilful intorfereuce ami maltreatment and the offenders continue to pursue their cowardly tactics encouraged by immunity from punishment.

Mr Spencer Gollan’s Seahorse IL proved victor in the Biook Maiden Hurdle Race of £144. decided over a two mile course at Gatwick last Thursday, writes our London correspondent on March 21. The sou of Nelson ami Moongn had but three opponents, to wit. Buckbunter, 4yrs, 11.2, Kentish Glory, syrs, 11.3, and 4yrs, 10.3. Seahorse carrying 11.7. Buck hunter was a hot favourite at 5 to 2 on, 4 to 1 Ix iug laid against Seahorse, and tens the others. In the race Buckhunter cut out. the work from Seahorse IL. with Kentish Glory whipping in, for a mile, when Buckhunter fell, leaving Seahorse 11. in front of Kennythorpe. and making the remainder of the running. Seahorse 11. won decisively by four lengths from Kentish Glory, who took second place In the line for home. This was Seahorse’s first win since he ran away with the November Handicap at Warwick.

The victory of Mr 11. Friedlander’s colt Kelburn hi the New Zealand St. Leger at the Wellington meeting would occasion more surprise in Auckland, no doubt, than In the South, from the fact that the colt whs such a frost while trained «t Ellerslie. The sou of Hotchkiss and Lady Augusta, however, showed occasional glimpses of form while in J. Thorpe’s hands, and like other members of th< Hotchkiss family, will

l>«* all rhe letter forage. I never saw P<»rlrua hioking better, but he was wt ready for a long journey, and though he looked to have the race well in hand when he came to the front in the straight, the fighting qualities of Miisk**t were shown in Kelburn, who answered every call made ou him !n the home run. and wore the other down. Glasgow. Kelburn's brother, by the way. was in winning form r? Avondale on the same day, his victory l»elng achieve*! in a leas pretentious race, however. Mr Morrin, the breeder, and Mr Friedlander, the owner, are i*> I e e«»ngrat ulatcd on »he success of the colt, mid F. Holuies, his trainer, deserves a wurd of praise for the improvement he has made. With Poriruu not strung up. and Lavalette very inireli-’de. Kelburn hud matters made easy for him..

After the first day’s ra<-Ing at th° Wellington R.C. Meeting. Mr F. Barry purchased the Marlborough owned Kidding tx’a for £s<». on ladmlf of Mr A. Harris. The gelding was started <*n the first day. and was not in the first seven, hut in his new ownership, ridden by C. Jenkins, ami carrying 51J» more than ho was allotted •n bis first apfiearance, he won handsomely, and .Mu Harris could have had £2«k» for hint from a Canterbury visiting owner. Here we have cviden< k e of im-*»nsistemr of form of a remarkable character. The lad who rode Ixia on the first day is sa*d to In? a eapaldo rider, but from whatever cause. Ixia did not display anything like the same form <>n l»oth days. It is presumed that the gallop did Ixia good, ami that the superior horsemanship of Jenkins made alt rhe difference, and then again sonic of the horses were left at the post.

Rarely have we seen a better contest between two horses than that witnessed last Saturday for the St. Leger. says -Martindale.’’ it was a splendid race. Great Scot had the pull in the way of condition and riding. It was thus an equal contest, ax Abundance was seen at nothing like his best. Which won was a question that only the judge could fairly settle. From the official stand. Great S« ut appeared to win by a short half-length. Pavton’s colt was stopping: in fact, it was on'lv the exe<‘l!eijt judgment ami ability of Barilen that Great Scot was in front at all. Abundance is a great finisher, and he was coming fast 'shi’e the other was stopping. What was against outsiders forming a correct opinion whn that rhe colts were wide apart R-iee. course eugips are curious, ami cannot* be giiessed :it by outsiders. It wa< a -rear pity that a bungle was made in the hoisting ami taking down of the numbers. Had IhX,,. n ’i lUbtrS " eV ‘‘ r '”’ eil With wi;X fii h’.us‘ h - / ‘ h .’ cf I be Gori’on Riots. h ;d o T niraii-st iK-isr-deolers ivhic'h >■ h's Ce rUe in a bitter disappointment' h "had rlencedat the hands of one them A t on he was appointed Loi-.J Chief Ju-ti.-e'in I’v; lie wished to have font- black horses w'thont a white h.ir for Ms earring. After siderable diffienlty rhe four b-.uk hoties h,Ta fnln "J an<l approved, for th,,- were handsonio horses and jnst whit th.- l.otd < htef Justice wanted. The pri -e of cot was a heavy one—it always is under sceh '’ieh ’"’ was , v ' v " satisfied with bis bargain. 1 hen one horse began to develop a white star, and another a white fet and another wns disfigured with a white blase—indeed, in all of Them, in one nla< p or another, the hated white appeared. The judge s*>ni for the horse-dealer who had sun phed the horses, and threaten*'*! him with all kinds of pains and penalties. That worthy however, was not in the hast pur out ’•3 the wrath of the noble lord: he insisted that he had not misrepresent•*«! the horses on his bill, ami pointed out on ’hat docnim nt being produced that ho had sold to his lordship four horses coloured black. This, t f *-curse. uid away with any legal proceed inc* but the iueidfct was never forg t‘un by Lord Mansfield, who was scarcely »>v?r known to give a horse-dca’er the benefit of the dc»jbt. “Prosperity has greatly Increased the demand for good horses, and the supply is not equal to k” (says “Harper’s Weekly”). ‘ \V<* are horse poor—not as some people are land poor, because they have too much land—but horse poor, because we haven’t enough horses. For years after the panic of 189.’: thousands of prop! ' ent’ld not afford them. But with the return of prosperity the demand for goo*t horses began to grow again, and breeders began to bred them again. But it tak* s at least five years to raise a horse that is r<-ady for the market, and the breeders got behind. The demand has outrun the sujqdy, and the price of good horses has increased very rapidly. There nr*' about 13,5**1,000 horses in our land, of an estimated value of 604,000.00 i» dollars. The improvement of -hat stock is a pretty Important matter, esjwcial’.v in these days, when Europe Is horse poor. too. and ready to take from us any surplus of good horses that we i-ay come to have.” This is an advertisement which appeared iu Pirk’s ’Sportsman and Breeders Vade Mecum’’ for 1787: —“King Fergus (that well-bred son of Eclipse) will cover this season at Mr J. Hutchinson’s at Shipton, near York, at dve guineas ami a crown each mair.’’ After giving the pedigree, the description proceeds: “It may

justly be ssld that King Ferans Is as wet bred us any horse on earth, and as ilk.dr to get capital racers, from these and other vircuinstances: His first ami seeumt cross. Marsk and Regulus; dams. <‘ral» and Tartar; ami it is to he obs'erved from Black and All Black. Oroonoko, and their produce, were the following speedy runners, Atalanta. Young Davy, etc. etc. . . . King Fergus Is «->feeinc«l l»v all judges who have steii him a complete great horse: ami his sixe nn«l action recommend hbu i»s a superior stallion to most other animals, he Iteing id h.-m-is high, remarkably full of Im»uo. great sinews, well shaptMl. and fro« from Idemi.-h: is a sure foal-get ter. His stock very laree ami boney. He was a guod runner, though he always appeared in publh- to disadvantage. being lame*! in his lira I. amt iir»-| at throe years old.’’ From time immemorial there bus i»«-o i i prejmlice against h«»r<**s showing prominvi.t or I shouhl say pronouticed white markings, even for utility purposes, and ra.dng n.-n kad a decided objecticn To them. In England there an* more white legged and white faced horses, partlcula rly tn the Imckney classes, than ever then. were. due. It is believed, t*» the eoinhim-d mating of chestnut parents, ami ir is claimed tliai the prejudice againsr white does not exist t»» the same extent amongst those who make the breeding nf th*- hackney a study. Ir is rare to sec horses racing with four whit** legs, but during last week three came under my notice, with white socks .--.M roiiml. Laureate. Hamua and Shrapnel arc so distinguished. The two first mriiHo'H-1 are winners, but neither is of much account. C-n the other hand Sbrapm*l is a useful sort. •ml I cannot call to mind at rhe time of writing any New Zea’aml bred one with four white feet and leg markings i'i.-it • onhl have taken bis number down in the form he was hi an eitl.or day of the WeiHngton meeting. The oh! saying, one buy Idm. try him. three doubt him, four go without him. does not apply in Shrapnel’s « use. White In his vase is m»t very conspicuous, however.

Those who sometimes lose their money upon favourites on racecourses cry out as to the evil purposes pursued with the horses, especially if the jockey and his mount part coinpauy over a fence. Ir is al! nonsense to allege that jockeys fall off purposely, am! m» one who has ever tried to “bang on” in :t jumping ra* e would be asinim* enough to assert it. Tin* risks are far too serious, ami. if necessary, then- arc much easier means of “sropping” a hors**. Apropos of this, says “Larry Lynx.” in “The People." 1 can recall the quite recent case of that good sportsman. Lord t’owh-y. who. as a true amateur. tod»* and run the great risks which are daily so terribly emphasised f«»r th** pure liking of the game. I’pon his old favourite mount. Chair <.f Kildare, at San down, in a selling rm***. lo* had betird c_ ; <» hi at s.p.. ami the horse, as usual, went our into a long lea*! am! was coming home bv himself, when, getting right under the penultimate f«-nco. ho came *lown a terrible crash. As the horse luul been a hot favour ire. the crowd followed th.- dazed horseman back t<> the paddock, hootiug ami shouting the most terrible epithets, ail verging r.»in*<l the suggestion that he had falha off p - u , posely. Thus, in addition to losing his money, his horse through a claim, and being pretty w«,l half killed, the owm r-ridcr had a very fair idea given him of what a ra. e course rabble is and what they <*ar*- for life or limb as h. U g as the su**ress of their vol-iintarily-inad;' investments is not hmder.sl. i I! .J S e V< \ H known n '«‘t *t number * f shops exist in Sydney ami the nburhs betting m combicred ail the y car j. business including straight our and doijlde betting on all race moeiiu«s (<av.s th-? Sydney “Referee”), ami there is *n. of s*,*me kind marly every day in the week. Seceinl bookmakers *.f good lepute. hi> iuding a few quite at the fop of 1h«- tree fn . h,. pr.7fo- s ;*)i have kept sh.j sin this city. When the X.de. id* d to supprt ss *sh*.ps their line <■( action was to notify bookmakers that the keeping of a shop would bar them from getting a lic«*ns<* to het at Randwiek. Tl>i< Lad th** effv' i of causing a few to give n . Hi

shop business, but others took their n!;;< e>. RaceitYurse proprietors opp.-s.d t<» th * shops, b<-cause money is inv. st,*,! in tloni whk-L would otherwise go to ’h-- .-ours-*s <»n race days, and the owncis of the nmi»cy would pay for admission. Betting in shops is against the law. but. betting w»’ll ncv*r he put down, despir.- the pains um! penalllrs involve*!. There have been many fines kvied tin*! paid for bctGng «.fi’rn<-*-s in Sydney, and quite a large r« v<*. ue must have been gained out of them. The Jaw t- day is jr.st what it has liee-.i fv» many years, hut thctc Las been a sudden iiiovcnient within the list few days to suppress these shops, which nrobnl ly is Inspired < y someone liavhig considerable influence. Word was passed round on Saturday that the betting shops ha I been under the special cottsideiation of the t’nbh.c,. with the result that the police ,i;;d been inatrr.cted to notify the keoj»*i< of them that they must close down altogether. The p nalty for not doing to. I suppos». would be imprisonment without the opti ?*i of a fine. Anyway, two kub-iaspectors on Satnrdav were Lsst::ng orders on bookmaking shopkeepers to Hose up. whatever, th.» reason «-f surb a sudden development, it toinains t«» bo seen whether it will be m.».*e effective than too A.J.C’. effort to abrdi-di shop lotting. In the meantime I hem the shutters have gone up. more or less.

Of all the jockeys who rode at the first autumn meeting of the A.J.C., in 1806, says a Sydney paper, there are now only tea left alive, yls. J, Kean, Carter, D. O’Brien, Stanley, Stone, ftaiuaay, Maitlneer, fllggerson. Hlggeiibothaqi. and Goldsplnk. Joe Kean Is the now well known clerk of the course at Randwick. D. O’Brien is the popular owner-trainer, and now resides in New Zealand. Of the others. Charley Stanley turned publican, and until very recently kept a house at Campbelltown; while '“Johnnie” Iligjrersnn is now caretaker at Bottle Forest, on the Illawarra line. Yattendon, the winner of the first Cup, was one of the best horses who ever stood in Australia, not only as a racehorse; indeed, his galloping abilities were almost forgotten when he turned out to be such a splendid sire. To have a horse which possesses a strain of Yu t tendon blood in his veins is to own a good one. It was at this meeting that the great Fishhook started at 3 to t •n, and beat Budellght. who was also by Fisherman, by a neck In the Champagne Stakes; but on the third day, when called upon to give The Barb 141 b, was easily defeated by the “black demon.” Another great horse, Tim Whittier, was also returned a winner in the Bruce Stakes. The distance of this race was a mile and a quarter, and Rose of Australia was Tim Whittier’s only opponent, whom he beat very easily in 2m 225. Of the mares which ran at *h"is meeting spvpbbl of their names take a prominent place in the ”S\ud Book.” viz.. Sappho Sultana, Norma. The Nun. and Gaze’le. Columns could be written of those famous horses and mares.

On the eve of a recent race meeting a Taranaki settler happened in vUth a young man of good address, who confided that he had something good for one of the races the next day—a horse that had been kept for the event a certainty. This interest, d the "araij-'tki man. who was given the name of the horse as a favour and advised to hack it ar. once, and not to wait for the totallsator, os it was almost certain he would start first favourite. Where to find a bookmaker to lay odds against a horse in a minor race he was at a loss. His newlv-made friend told him that he bad taken £4OO to £llO from a certain big bookmaker who shortly afterwards appeared on the scene, and was handed a roll of notes purporting to be the £llO part of the bet. Without counting the money the bookmaker pocketed the roll. This d'd not excite suspicion on the part of the man from the butter country, but on the other hand caused him to believe the wager a genuine one. and when he could not get a bet himself about the horse ho thought it very kind of his new friend abow him to stand in to the extent of a modest tenner. The Taranaki man would not take more, because ho did not care to further impose on good nature. The race came off in due course, the even light good thing, was about the biggest outsider, and was only persuaded to leave the barrier when the rest of the horsoj were well on their journey. It was explained that the reason the hoise was an outsider was because the stable money was sent to the machine at the last moment and got shut out. The confidence man was certain the horse would have won bad he got away, hut thoush he had the best of gond things for next day he could not the Taianaki man to separate himself from another tenner. His eyes had been opened.

The death of Churchill. who won the Newmarket Handicap in 1890. sets one thinking of his dam. Primrose, who for some time was the most popular brood mare in Victoria. Bred by Mr Frank Rey n.ilds. Primrose was very nearly full sister to Frailty. Both were by Goldsborongn, and their dams were full sisters. Foaled In IS7B. Primrose went to the stud in 1882. and her first foal was Newmaster, who, like Churchill, was a good handicap hors”. Perfume, foaled in IS>4. won races as a two ve.tr old. but the best mare Primrose ever throw was Wild Rose, the winner of the Oakleigh Plale and Newmarket Handicap. She was. 1 should say. quite the best of Primrose’s stock. Lord Randolph, who brought 2:Uhi guineas as a yearling, was probably the worst of all the mare’s foals. He was almost useless as a racehorse. None <»f Primrose’s foals have done much good at the stud. Newmaster and Churchill each got a few winners.but nothing of note. Perfume’s first foal. Pulvil, whs h< r host. He was owned by Mr J. B. Clark, and was fancied for a Derby. I think Pulvil met with an accident, and did very little racing. Wild Rose had a very short ca-

reer at the stud. Iler fillies, La France and Cuifew Belle, are fair, but not within stones of their mother. Churchill is always looked upon as rather a lucky Newmarket winner. Bos, 10. L who run second to him, broke down in the last furlong. Mr 8. Davis (dead), who owned Churchill, won a fine stake on that Newmarket. The bookmakers were always ready to lay Churchill, and Mr Davis never tired of backing him.

The appearance of the first batch of racing statistics is an indication that ve are drawing to the cluse of another racing season. The list of winning two-year-olds for the ycai is not a long one, but writing from memory we have seldom if ever bad more winners in any one year than the 33 that have accounted for the good thugs piovided by the many clubs of the colony. They have won upwards of fit) events, which include some races in which three-year-cids and older horses have also competed. Outside the 33 actual winners 10 others have secured place money, ami a few more have been placed with but the barren honour, it is an open question whether we have seen a real smasher out during the year. I have seen nearly ail of them perform, and 1 would not like to commit myself to the opinion that a champion has been brought to light. Treadmill. Sir George Clifford's colt by Bill of Port laud from the Maxim mare Katherine Wheel, was deprived of his only chance uf proving whether he is entitled to the claim, < wing to the absence of Achilles from the North Island Challenge Stakes; but earlier in the month he had demonstrated his right to bv classed high, and as a matter of fact the best colt of his own age i s the colony oxer six' *in longs. Whether he could have beaten Machine Gun over five furlongs or a shorter course 1 cannot say; tut Machine Gun. who claims second place in the colt list, is an undoubtedly good colt up to five furlongs, and but for a wind affection would probably have had no superior, for he is particularly brilliant. Treadmill is sound in that respect, and consequently has greater prospects, and he is the colt most racegoers will be looking forward to to do s< in< tiling good in the coming year. King I. vr, vzl.o goes t<> South Africa, is not high-class though fairly good. Ropa comes out an easy first amongst the geldings, a few of which hace raced, and he is useful and an improving sort. In the fillies list we have a lady of much promise in Rill of Portland’s daughter To-morrow, who has probably not been herself since the spring, and it may not do to take her autumn display as conclusive. Kamo and Gladsome, as indicated by racecourse tests, have shown themselves to be fair fillies, and each, like Treadmill, has secured live laces. Rose Shield and Sans Peur are likely ones. Outside of those mentioned there are some useful ones, but. taking the list and looking carefully over it. there are not many that one would care tn bank largely on for a race like the New Zealand Cup, though wo are sure to find a few of them nominated. The race, by the way. is six months off, but while this is so the time of nomination is close at hand.

Tfie appeal case Walters v. the Auckland Raving Club has ended as many expected would be the case, In a judgment for Mr Walters. The question raised by Mr Walters was as to whether, under the conditions of the Visitors’ Plate. for two and three year olds, at the Auckland Racing Club Summer Meeting, in which Rose Shield and Marshall Sou It finished first and second, Rose Sh’eld should have been allowed to start carrying less than the weight stipulated in the programme. The question was raised before the race, and Hie stewards decided to make the sexual allowance, thus interpreting the rules for Mr 11. Friedlander. A rule sets forth that till other than handicaps shall be deemed weight for age races. but another rule provided that in all other than handicaps or races run under the standard scale of weight for age, the weight to be carried must be specified in the conditions of the race, and the judges decided that th” particular race referred to was a special weight race, and that the allowance should not have been made to Rose Shield. The Club, therefore, will have £9O to pay to Mr Wallers. Some bets over the race have yet to be settled, no I Rose Shield must be treated as a non winner. In casting about for precedents, after the appeal was lodged, Mr

W. Percival, secretary to the Auckland Racing Club, came across a race held by the Canterbury Jockey Club, In which sexual allowances had been made in the same way as his club had made them. It is safe to say that we shall have some alteration in the rules as a result of the case under notice. The ground can be covered with but a alight addition of words. Clubs, however, cannot exercise too great care in drawing up their programmes, and setting out exactly what is rea’ly meant, for there are many owners, and they are probably in the majority, who make no study of the rules at all. Mr Hammond, of Burton and Hammond, acted for Mr Walters in laying the appeal before the Conference judges. “ WINNING TWO YEAR-OLDS. By “Pentagraph.” (“Press and Referee,” April 29th.) With the close of the Wellington Racing Club’s autumn meeting, as is usual. I have compiled my table of winning two-year-olds. There are a few more two-year-old events, but it is unlikely the results will make any alteration in the positions of the leading youngsters in my table, which rea£s as follows:—

Seagull, by St. Leg-r—Gannet 0 10 0 The Mohican, by Mauser— Adventuress o 5 0 © ® ®

TURF TALK FROM TUB SOUTH.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club have declined the application of D. J. Trice for the reopening of his disqualification at the Club’s recent meeting. Although the Riccarton contingent which took part in the Wellington meeting has returned, sporting matters locally are quiet. Most of our leather flappers are being kept busy in view of the Christchurch and Ashburton meetings, but their doings are hardly worth recording About the only matter worth chronicling is the determination of the Canterbury Jockey Club to convert the present cinder track into a tan gallop. It is stated now that the price declined for Lady Lillian was £l5OO, and that the buyer was prepared to go up to £2OOO, provided the inarr could pass under the 15 hands standard. The daughter of Phaeton stands 15 hands and half an inch. Snne weeks ago I intimated that Mr G. I’. Wood intended to resign the secretaryship of the South Canterbury Jockey Club. Mr Wood has now carried out his intention. It is rumoured that a law case is likely to arise out of the abortive negotiation for the purchase of Ribbcnwood. Two yearlings by Stepniak, belonging to Mr Tennant, have joined Rutledge’s stable at Dunedin. One is out of Enchantress, and the other from a mare named Fate. Mr A. Moss, the owner of Canteen, has started on his proposed visit to America. Fending his return Canteen will remain idle. I omitted to mention in my last letter that Mr Buckland retained to Sydney at the end of last week. He was accompanied by Fritz and Valour. That useful colt Secret Society is to be tried over hurdles. The yearling filly by Hotchkiss from Aleger has been hand' d over tu J. Franks, who will break her in and train her. CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesd iv The tracks at Riccarton are in good order, and as the Christchurch Racing Club’s Autumn Meeting is near at hand they present quite a busy appearance. The acceptances for the Christchurch meeting have not closed yet: in the meanwhile, I prefer the chances of Antigone and Nance O'Neil in the Highw eight Handicap, and of Stepdancer and Cerise and Blue in the Maiden Handicap, although their prospects are discounted in the case of Stepdancer by teeth troubles, and in that of Cerise and Blue by a split foot. Kelburn aud Secret Society may tight out the finish of the Christchurch Handicap, and Cora Linn or Nell Gwynn may win the Flying Handicap. The Selling Hack Race may fall to Reflex or Claudeboy, and the Welter Handicap to Nell Gwynn or Covenant Maid. Advance has made sufficient recovery to admit of his being sent home this week. Lady Lillian is looking wonderfully well just now; unless she is overburdened by the handicapper she Is to fulfil her engagements at the Ashburton meeting. The Euroclydon—All Saints fi:ly has been named Santa Maria. She will probably make her debut in the Christ church meeting.

A large number of Riccai ton-trained horses have nad their teeth attended to recently by a horse dentist who rejoices in the appropriate name of Tinker. The local trainers speak highly of Mr Tinker’s work. I alias has been on the easy list since his return from Wellington. It has not been decided whether he shall fulfi’ his engagements In the Ashburton Stakes. Ca:.n?e Cldel and Treadmill are also engigel: the latter is looking in rare form.

A pony named Hearts, by the jumper Kulnlne, has joined Lewis' team. Ayrdale has quite got over the effects of his fall while schooling a week or two ago. The Swimmer—Tol-tol filly in Taggart’s stable, who has been named Grasshopper, has been broken In. Cutts has received additions to his stable in the yearling fillies Tessera, by Clanranald —Te red Ina, and Chrysels, by Clanranald— Golden Crest, and the Phoebus Apollo— Harpist fil'y. The North Island horse Ixia has been purchased by the owner of Narcissus, and has arrived vt Rlccarton. ® ® ® SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. PALMERSTON NORTH, Friday. The second annual bloodstock sale on account of the Hon. J. D. Ormond and Messrs W. J. Douglas and G. P. Donelly, was held to-day there being a large attendance of prominent breeders, owners and trainers, and bidding was spirited for anything out of the ordinary. Seventy-one thoroughbreds were catalogued, principally by The Officer, The Possible, Douglas, a/id Catesby. Yearlings sold on account of Mr Donelly realised 15 guineas to 46 guineas, the latter price being paid by Captain Campbell for a gelding by Douglas—Karamea. On account of Mr W. J. Douglas: Two-year-old filly by Torpedo—Primrose, Mr D. Fraser, 80 guineas ; filly by The Officer —Taihoa, Mr W. Davis, 59 guineas ; bay gelding by The Possible —Hinetepo, Mr D. Newman, 64 guineas. Mr Ormond’s yearlings sold at an average of 18 guineas. ® ® ® EGMONT ACCEPTANCES. The following are the acceptances for the Egmont meeting:— Railway Handicap.—Full Cry 8.10, Crusoe 8.9, Anchorite 8.3, Black Reynard 7,9, Black Wing 7.7, Impati 7.2, Kidbrook 7.0. Hawera Cup.—Hard Work 7- 12 a? Tupara 7.11, Durable 7.6, Legion of Honor 7.5, Black Wing 7.4. First Hack Hurdles.—Lady Bell 11.13, Hawera 10.12, Rags 10.5, Oracle 10.3, Cavalcade 9.3, Highlow 9.2, The Hermit, Shotover 9.0. Tawhiti Handicap.—Hackaria 8.10, Rustique 8.8, Waireka 8.2, Siandra 7.13, Kidbrook 7.12, Sandy 7.11, Recoil and Tambourina 7.8, Maureen 7.7, Stepson 7.3, Ngatoto, Hackomai, Rapids, and Land-o’-Cakes 7.0. Waihi Handicap —Stamped 9.7, Toledo 9.3, Pareora 9.1, Louie, Starlight, Gold Dust 11., and Moetoropuku 8.7. Mokola Handicap.—Rita 8.13, Taura 8.8, Dick Turpin 8.7, Waireki and Inglewood 7.13, Sandy 7.7, Waimoe 7.4, Seaweed 7.3 Telegraph Handicap—Kidbrook, Lady Soult and Siandra 8.8, Silver Star 8.6, Royal Flush 8.5, Little Turk 8.3, Otaea 8.2, Tambourina, Recoil and Ora 8.3, Noneen and Stepson 7.7, Rapids, Land-o’-Cakes, Commonwealth, Lord Clive, Park Shot and Tangawai 7.0. ® © ® TAKAPUNA JOCKEY CLUB. The following weights have been declared by Mr Knight for the above meeting:— Royal Handicap of lOOsovs; 5 furlongs.— Scotty 9.7, Numa 9.7, St. Olga 9.4. Green and Gold 9.2, Austerlitz 8.10, Cygnet 8.8, Formula 8.6, Orange and Blue 8.2, Sonica 8.0, Paria 7.7, Bastion 7.5, Takapuna 7.5, Hinetaupariki 7.4, Bloodstone 7.0, Croupier 7.0, Camille 6.12, Vulpine 6.12, Bugler 6.10, Mary Seaton 6.7, Blaircarrig 6.7. Handicap Steeplechase of 225sovs; about BA miles. —Nor’-west 11.10, Princess of Thule 10.12, Tresham 10.10, Dingo 10.8, Tuni 10.5, Kaiwhakaroa 1(15, Evermore 9.13, Sirdar 9.12, Hylas 9.8, Kowhai 9.7, Pullack 9.7, Puffing Billy 9.7, Gilnockie 9.7. Empire Handicap of 200sovs; 11 mile.— Strathavon 8.12, Landlock 8.12, Formula 8.0, Putty 8.0, Scotty 7.12, Jewellery 7.7, Durable 7.3, Paul Seaton 7.2, Matamataharakeke 7.2, Marshal Soult 7.0, Zulieka C. 12, Faria 6.9, Idas 6.7. First Handicap Hurdles of ISOsovs; 2 miles —Tresham 11.8, Bellman 11.5. Battleaxe 11.2, Royal Conqueror 11.2, Haydn 10.12, Princess of Thule 10.0, Inchcape 9.10, Lingard 9.10, Tupara 9.7, Gilnockie 9.0, Revealer 9.0, Mokomoko 9.0, Hippowai 9.0.

Handicap Maiden Steeplechase of lOOsovs; about 2* miles. —Royal Conqueror 11.7, Kaiwhakaroa 10.10, Inchcape 10.8, Sirdar 10.0. Marine 9.10, Frances Lovejoy 9 10. Pullack 9.9, Waimana 9.7, Gilnockie 9.7, Stogger 9.7, Puffing Billy 9.7, Leona 9.7. Gunfire 9.7. Handicap Maiden Hurdles of 70sovs, one mile and a half and 100 yards.—May Day 10.8, Tuni 10.3, Tupara 10.3, Hector 10.3, Coma 10.2, Dolores 10.2, Sudden 10.0, Spalpeen 9.12, St. Rowan 9.10, St. Gordon 9.9, Dayntree 9.9, Tempest 9.7, Gilnockie 9.7, Kotiro 9.5, Stogger 9.2, Linden 9.2, Pullack 9.0, Mount Zeehan 9.0, Little Wonder 9.0, Revealer 9.0, Gunfire 9.0. Handicap Maiden Plate of 65sovs, seven furlongs.—Cygnet 9.5, Sandy 8.7, Hinetapariki 8.7. Repetition 8.0, Bobs 8.0, Croupier 7.12, Hillflower 7.10, Maoriland 7.7, Swagsman 7.5, Queen Anne 7.5, Soultfish 7.5, Hurrah 7.4, Aurega 7.0, Sugar Cane 7.0, Corporal 7.0, Leo Delaval 7.0, Seatonia 6.12, Mount Zeehan 6.12, Frank Dodd 6.8, Lanterns 6.8. First Pony Handicap of 65sovs, five furlongs.—Orange and Blue 10.2, Annoyed 9.8, Forth 9.7, Girton Gtrl 9.2, Miami 8.9, St. Loanda 8.3, Vulpine 7.12, Sentinel 7.11, Gladys Rose 7.8, Solitary 7.7, Pure Gold 7.7, Whalwhaf 7.4, Inspiration 7.0, Report 7.0, First Whisper 6.12, Cuisine 6.12, Sandow 6.10, Irish Boy 6.9, Rapid 6.9, Sweet Marie 8.7.

Bares Won. Am’nt. £ s. Treadmill, by Bill of Portland— Catherine Wheel King Log. by Stepniak—Fairy5 1670 0 maid 1295 0 Kamo, by Seaton JDelaval — Waitemata Machine Gun, by Hotchkiss — 5 1150 0 Rubina 3 915 0 Gladsome, by Seaton Delaval— Miss Gladys. To-morrow. bv Bill of Portland 5 470 0 —Elusive 1 455 o Starshoot, by Hotchkiss— Crescent 3 390 0 Auratus, bv Gold Reef—Pursestring • > o Sans Peur, by Soult—Forme... 1 220 0 Desdemona, bv Hotchkiss— Dunoon 2 195 o De la Key. by Seaton Delaval— Radiant *> 190 0 idasa, by Seaton Delaval—Ida Melodeon, by Medallion —Melo1 190 0 dia o 190 o Quurrymnn. by Bill of Portland —Madowla 1 190 o Ropa, by St. Leger—Brown Alice o 185 o Lady Annie, by Soult —Miss Annie *» 180 0 Enua, by The Officer —Enid... . Cordon Rouge, bv Soult—Ladv - 160 0 Emmeline 150 o Delania, by Seaton Delaval— Campania 1 140 o Bagpipes, by Gipsy Grand— Reel 1 Gold Crown, by Gold Reef— Nymph 1 125 0 Leonore, by Seaton Delaval— Leocant o 125 125 o Regiment, by Castor —Bangle. . Bandmaster, by The Officer— 1 0 Lyrebird 1 110 o Merry Soult, by Soult—Merrv Maid 1 100 Agra pus, by Ben Godfrey— Agatha 1 90 o Alba Rose, by Seaton Delaval— A ieux Rose 1 90 0 Syrhem, by Lord Rosslyn— Mistral Bonbeur. by Seaton Delaval— 0 90 0 Charentc 1 85 Lady Bobs, by Soult—First Love 1 0 Stibbington, by Ben Godfrey— Satanelia ? 0 til o Idea, by The Officer—Mount Ida Roscommon, by Lord Rosslvn— 1 50 0 Lady Gertrude 1 50 0 Rose Shield, by Hotchkiss— Rose of Wellington 0 50 0 Tortoise, by A premoat—Taihoa Rose Madder, by Stepniak— 1 50 u Madder Te Aroha, by Seaton Delaval— 1 40 0 Lottie o 0 0 Sea Lion, by Medallion—Nereid Captain Kettle, by Captain 0 15 A\ ebb—Tireuse o 10 Crown Imperial, by Lord Rosslyn—Tiara 0 10 0 Oasis, by Jet d’Eau—Kie Kie.. 0 10 0