MELBOURNE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume V, Issue 219, 4 October 1894, Page 10

MELBOURNE.

RACING NOTES. At the Tamora show the Melbourne Cup winner Dunlop (Neckersgat —Etta) won the first prize in the blood stallion class, Don Giovanni being second Warpaint, a cast-off of Pay ten’s, is running well now at Suburban meetings here. He has scored a couple of wins under good weights. The V.R.C. intend tendering the

Governor a complimentary meeting before his departure. It will probably take place in March of next year. Mr J.* Crozier, the Adelaide sport, is retiring from the turf, and will dispose of bis string—Vakeel, Fulham, Surefoot, Lord Grenville and co.

Albury Queen has been struck out of the Caulfield Guineas.

Some people have been taking round photos of the late Tommy Corrigan and selling them, making the representation that tbe proceeds were to be given to his widow. She has written to the Press stating that she had no connection with such people, and so has upset their little game. The annual report of the V.A.T.C. shows that the club was better off by £5OO than it was this time last year. Of course the stakes had been reduced to keep on the right side of the ledger, but there was a loss on only one meeting, and that was a small matter of £45.

The Aspendale Park stewards enquired into a little matter between two jockeys named King and Ring respectively. The former accused the latter, who rode Volcano, winner of the Middle-weight Race, of having interfered with a horse in which he (King) had an interest in. When Ring was taking off his boots in the jockeys’ room King, whose front name is James, bit him a violent blow on the face. The stewards have King a two years’ holiday in consequence. Projectile’s win in the Metropolitan Stakes was well received here, the horse being well backed by keen sports who remembered his juvenile form, knew him to be a good horse, and therefore thought he must have a great show with the light weight he was allotted. There is no mistake but the handicapper did deal leniently with him. He is not engaged in either the Melbourne or Caulfield Cups, but will no doubt come over for weight-for-age and other events at the meetings. He cost 800 guineas as a yearling. Urith (by Newminster), who was owned by Mr Wallace, reared and fell back the other day, sustaining injuries from which she died. She was to go to the stud this season.

The Caulfield trained horses, The Possible and Bonnie Scotland, both scored in Sydney. Percy Martin would hold a strong hand if he had all his team well. At the annual meeting of the V.A.T.O. Mr Grice presided over a large attendance of members. The report and balancesheet were adopted. The statement that the Corrigan Benefit meeting realised £B5O was greeted with applause. The Hon. G. Davis again ventilated his grievance relative to Tim Swiveller’s disqualification in the Caulfield Cup, and several members expressed regret that the V.R.C. should have reversed their decision in the matter. The question was then allowed to drop. Dreamland is still favourite for the Derby at 5 to 1. A peculiar thing happened at Port Adelaide on Saturday. The stewards, pressmen, and others forgot all about the time—that is the excuse—and rushed up to the stand just as the race was finishing and the horses were passing the post. The machine men were not informed of the fact that the race was in progress, and kept on taking money until after the race. Beautiful, isn’t it ? Moth, Warfare, Argent and Havoc were withdrawn from the Toorak Handicap after the weights appeared, McDonald who trains for Mr W. R. Wilson, deeming them not fairly treated. He says none of them have paid for their oats, and that it is unfair for the handicapper to assume that every horse in the stable which has turned out Strathmore and Carnage should be deemed good ones and something out of the ordinary. At the Mentone meeting the furlong handicap fell to Strahan 7.2, Foxtail, who recently broke a blood vessel, being second with 8.6 in the saddle, and Kronberg third with two pounds more up. Tim Swiveller was among the field but finished last, while Destiny wasn’t in it either. On the same day the two-year-old race was appropriated by Victory, The Error running second. The last named is an unlucky gelding and should not have been given such a name. It is said that he was called The Error through being sent to his trainer in mistake for another horse. Wit’s End, who finished third, is by the Melbourne Cup winner Mentor out of the New Zealand-bred Kariri (Musket —Atlantis). Kariri was a smart filly, and won a flying handicap at Napier Park one day in the colours of Mr “ Billy ” Broughton, of Ngapuke. Over here the half-sioter to Paddy won a number of good galloway races, and was then relegated to the stud.

Another thoroughbred stolen. On Saturday night the brood mare Springtime, dam of The Yeoman, Harvester and others dropped a filly foal to the Musket horse Trenton at Mr 8. J. Cook’s farm at Loch, Gippsland. On Sunday morning it was gone, and investigation showed truck-wheels about the spot as if the filly had been carted away. Mr Cook values the youngster at about £5OO. Straightfire and Malvolio are doing strong work and are looking well. Tattersall’s sweep on the A.J.C. Metropolitan Handicap fell to Mr A. M. J. Roberts, a clerk in the New Zealand Insurance Company. The prize amounted to £2250, and I believe he laid the owner £750 to nothing about Projectile’s chance. Mr George Russell, owner of the steeplechaser Busaco, got in at the Legislative Assembly election, but Mr McCracken, another well-known sport, was beaten badly for Essenden by Mr Deakin.

There is a bit of a rumpus at Brisbane in connection with the proclamation in the Queensland Government Gazette notifying that after the Ist January next no letters addressed “.Tattersail” or “Geo. Adams ” would be delivered. Mr Hamilton rose in his place in the Assembly and moved that the House was of opinion that such notice should be cancelled. Of course the usual discussion took place about gambling, etc., but on the motion being put it was carried by 29 to 8. What the Government will do in face of this smack in the face remains to be seen. |_A telegram was received in Auckland yesterday stating' that the Government had revoked the notice, so that Tatt. and Co. breathe again.—Ed. S.R.j The Auckland-bred Titanic, 12.0, won the Hurdle Race at Mentone by five lengths.

The aged son of Wellington and Phizgig, Tan. tallon, who won the V.R.C. Place Handicap in 1890 and the Geelong Cup a year later, won the Bangalore Cup, carrying 9.13, on July 21. John Porter gives it as his opinion that neither Isinglass nor Ladas would have had a chance with Ormonde. On the form displayed by the latter when he won the Two Thousand and Derby Porter argues that he could have given more than a stone to Isinglas or Ladas.