Sporting & Dramatic REVIEW AND LICENSED VICTUALLERS’ GAZETTE. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WEEKLY STANDARD. Thursday, October 2, 1902. Sporting Topics.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 660, 2 October 1902, Page 12

Sporting & Dramatic REVIEW AND LICENSED VICTUALLERS’ GAZETTE. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WEEKLY STANDARD. Thursday, October 2, 1902. Sporting Topics.

It. is pretty certain that I’orirua will take part in the Wanganui Guineas. **, * * Some lew months ago a remarkable attempt to’interfere with the stales in the weighing room of a Queensland racecourse was discovered. A very similar discovery has been made ,on the Mootefield racecourse in Sydney. The official stand has been pulled down, and the Sydney “Evening News” reports that' while, carrying out the demolition of the old bulil'dings, a remarkable discovery was made in connection with the weighing scales. An entrance had been cut into the basement of the place by sawing out a couple of boards under the stairs in the secretary's room, and then a slit was made between a couple of flooring boards underneath the official scales for weighing the jockeys, so that a took could be inserted, and attached to one of the beams of the machine. On the other end a bag of shot, weighing ove-T a stone was put on the hook, presumably influencing the scales in a corresponding e'egree. ’This device did not work well, probably by . the accidental removal of the scales, and two pieces of board about 18 inches long were then sawn out of the flooring underneath the scales, and the aperture covered by a piece of soft lead sheeting, placed in position, as if done by a workman connected with the place. The exact locality of the scales could then be ascertained, and a corresponding aperture; made in the lead without attracting’ attention. it would be necessary, in order to carry out the scheme of the operators for someone to get into the basement of the building .on the night before a race meeting, or very early in the morning, and remain quietly in hiding until the time came for giving effect to the welllaid plans, which, if successfully carrjed out. would permit of a horse winning a race carrying fully 2st less than the pror per impost, and the jockey drawing .the scales at. the correct weight. All the surI’otmdinos go to prove that the scheme was attempted many years ago, for the ba”' containing the shot was unite rotten: l-ul it. was most probabh?, owing to somq slight, defect, that the plan failed at the crucial moment, flic hook, which was specially made for the purpose, was not rusty, which would point to a recent effort. : hut. then again the iron may have been preserved by the dry nature of the foimdations. of the [ lace.

At a recent sale in Sydney, a bid of 300 guineas was refused for the ex-New Zealander, Regalia 11. The well-known Australian cross-coun-try horse Co.onel Shilinski has developed a leg, and will be treated to a spell. Wakeful has started twenty-foUr times, with the . following, result : —First, 15 ; second, 5 ; third, 2 ; unplaced, 2. * * * « Achilles is said to be suffering from a split hoof. Medallion’s son appears to be an unlucky horse, as he gets his full share of the ills that horse flesh is heir to. ' * * * >■ Applications are invited by the Wellington Racing Club for the positions of starter and handicapper for the current year. Particulars relating to the applications, Which close on Monday, October 6, are set out in another column. •** , * A Wellington writer states that l)o--dona’s name should not have appeared among the acceptors for the Avondale Guineas, as she was ineligible owing to the non-registration of the nominating partnership, and the same writer inconsistently goes on to say tnat she will be a starter for the Wanganui Guineas. If she was ineligible at Avondale, she must for the same reason be ineligible at Wanganui. Last week (writes “ Javelin”) I positively heard a man declare that in order to force himself to dream on the eve of a rate, he went to bed with his feet on the pillow’ and his head at the bottom of the bed. He added that the arrangement worked in so far that he dreamt No. 6 won the race, and lost £5 on it the next day, the winner’s number being 9. “If 1 hadn’t turned myself lipside down,” he said, “ I should have dreamt the right number, you see 1” In spinning that yarn he never moved a muscle, though I gazed earnestly at him, more in sorrow than in anger, for I invented it myself when Malvolio, No. 9, won the Melbourne Cup eleven years ago I j

Last year the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, paid away £26,730 in stakes, and its gross revenue was £37,000. The club’s assets exceed its liabilities by £11,052.

One of our leading bookmakers (writes ‘■'Milroy”) is of ,opinion that ante-post betting is dying out for want of bookmakers?' For years, he claims, large straight out books have, been disastrous to the maker, and without a sound country connection that branch of the business would be worse still. Those who had waited . till '.the day “ got in ” their Revenue) and San Fran iboney for last Melbourne Cup at about two and five to one, respectively, while he and others began their business against Revenue at 100 to I—in fact, he shows where his first wager was 1000 to 5. The San Fran money was taken out a t 20 to 1, while his “dead money,’- i.e* the 'money, got out of horses that did not start, did not make 10 per cent, of the total in his book, therefore if he had held off. until the day he could, in a £lOOO Book, have, got over £5OO out of Revenue, and over £2oo.out of fian Fran, whereas the first) £lOOO in his ante-post volume.returned only £55 from these two horses. If a backer can fix upon a sure runner that is likely to carry plenty of public money — such horses as San Fran. Australian Colours, and Merloolas were —and get on < early at a decent price there is always good hedging from the ring alone, for the majority of the presenst cay bookmakers will not “stand” a horse for much money whether he has a good or poor P" chance. Last year; for instance, Australian Colours was a very bad horse in the Melbourne Cup for the set books —that is, books opened for months before the race. On his running in .the Melbourne Stakes Australian Colours did not have more than a5O- to 1 chance in the Cup, but the ante-post layers were forced to •cover their bets and backed the horse back as they did Revenue and San Fran. If Australian Colours had not been so well backed all through the winter and spring he would have started at nearer 100 to 1 than 12 tq 1, "Two years ago when Lancaster started a 3 to 1 favourite for ■

the Cup three firms of Sydney bookmakers 1 (found . themselves with £lO,OOO liabilities against the horse, the money averaging 20 to 1. Lancaster, Severity, “War God, and Merriwee were all bad for them, and though they knew the Merriwee people did not fancy their- colt, and were laying, loff the bulk of the money for which they had J previously backed him, the bookmakers, for their own safety, were compelled to take the money back at 14 to 1, though the horse p had no better than a 50 to 1 chance. For these reasons many members of the ting, have dropped set straight-out books, and confine themselves to the double event business during the winter, reserving their right-out money till the eve of the race. For the past three years three firms of Sydney bookmakers have been w’agering big on the great handicaps, but like their more experienced Melbourne brethren they have “ dropped” to it, and have considerably cut down the size of their books over the coming Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

As next Wednesday is labour Day, as appointed oy the Act of 1899, His Worship the Mayor, as will be seen by advertisement, invites the citizens to observe the day as a public holiday.

Messrs H. E. Partridge and Co,, have taken over the Auckland agency, for Mr J. F. Donnelly’s celebrated hair restorer. The article has been some time on ■'the market, and is highly spoken of. Arrangements have E-een made by the agents to supply all the local chemists, storekeepers and grocers, from whom the hair restorer can be purchased.

At a special meeting of stewards of the Wellington Racing! Club on September 25, correspondence was submitted between the club and the New Zealand ’Trotting Association upon the matter of mixed racing. ,It was resolved to discourage it as much as possible. The club’s sanction having been refused to the inclusion of four pony gallops on the programme of the Wellington Trotting Club’s meeting, several owners who had nominated for the events wrote inquiring as to their position. The secretary was| directed to reply that in the absence of the club’s sanction, non-compliance -with the rules of racing on the subject meant that disqualification must follow to all owners, trainers, jockeys and nominators taking part in such races.

The action brought by Henry Burdett Francis and James M'Grath against the Sydney Water and Sewerage Board to recover- £BOO compensation for’the loss of a thoroughbred trotting mare called The Flirt, was concluded on Sepeember J 6. The plaintiffs charged that the loss of the animal was caused by the negligent conduct of the defendants’ servants in leaving an open drain unfenced and unguarded in a paddock into which the mare had been turned. The defendant board pleaded not guilty. A verdict was given for the plaintiffs for £lOO, the value of the mare, and £l5 15s, charges of the veterinary surgeon.

I . \ i Concerning the prospects of horses in the Melbourne Cup a . Sydney writer remarks : —“lf all goes well with Wakeful Between now and the Melbourne Cup, she 'is likely to start as warm a favourite as did her stable companion Revenue last j year —providing, of 0 course, that Mr i M'Donald does not unearth another Rei venue, which is unlikely. Kinglike appears* to be the best handicapper bar Wakeful he j has in his stable, but as Mr Maitland, I who should know something about the ; present condition of the Caulfield trained : horses, has put a very light weight on the black son of Wallace in the Toorak I Handicap, it is fairly safe to gamble that i the horse has not impressed the Caulfield men since he came there. The public will back Wakeful no matter what starts. She is the public idol, and will be at the short end of the betting as long as she stands on four sound legs. The bookmak- ■ ers know this, and will not risk a penny I'against her until the public arc ready to take about 3to 1. Patronage is another that the ring will “keep on the ice,” for if he goes'on all right he will have sound backing from public and stable, but the former will not support him much until the stable gives them a lead, and when the stable comes the ring will know the horse is all right and will carefully “dynamite” all parties with short odds. About Abundance the ring • are a trifle liberal just/now, for if he happens to be beaten for the Derby they know he will drift to a forlorn price for the Cup, and even if he wins the blue ribbon the weight of public money behind Wakeful and Pa- I tronage will always keep him at a fair hedging price. As far as stable money goes, ,1 am convinced The Persian is the only horse yee legitimately backed for the Melbourne' Cup, and no matter whether he is 3to 1 or 30Q to 1, old Blue Metal will carry a trifle for his sporting owner, and do his level best to win it. Old “ Bluey ” is one of the few tried stayers in the race, but he is quite out-classed by Wakeful. Even if she beats him in the Cup, he is almost certain to have another go at her in the w.f.a. races, and prevent such a thing as ai walk-over. On the last day of the A.J.C. Meeting the old horse looked to have a sound even money chance of winning the Waverlev Handicap), but his owner preferred to tackle Wakeful over three miles, for which sportsmanlike proceeding he deserves the highest commendation. A report from Melbourne states that Simile has 1.-cen backed into the position of favourite for the Caulfield Cup. Re-I garding the horse the Sydney bookmakers I have been particularly dumb of • late, which leads one to suppose that he has been well-backed with them on the quiet, and they have been getting the money back in the .other States. Though he Tan well in the Metropolitan. Simile is not the kind of horse people fall in love with i in a hurry, for he is a wilful, ill-tempered brute, in short, a savage that may stop in a race or win it by a furlong. He can gallop without a doubt, but it would be, wise to leave him alone until he arrives on the spot.”

The Swell, .a Cheviot gelding at one time valued at 1000 guineas, was sold recently for £ I 10s in New South Wales. This animal on one occasion lowered the colours of the Now Zealand' horse Impulse.

The Wellington Macing Club has decided to invite applications for the positions of starter and handicapper. In the case of the former the salary required is to be stated. In the latter the office' is to carry a salary of £2OO per annum.

Ideael was struck out of the New Zealand Cup on Fric’ay, and it is, therefore, reasonable to assume that something has gone wrong with the little mare. The news reg-arding St. Michael is also not reassuring, as it; is stated that he has gone amiss, and is an unlikely starter.

M. Hennessy, a member of the French •Jockey Club, at present on a visit to Australia, c'escribes the conduct of racing in France thus There all race clubs are run for the purposes of sport ancl the general improvement of the thoroughbred. We have no races under a mile, nor do we cater 1 half so liberally for handicaps as for weight-for-age events. A two-year-old is not allowed to run in handicaps, nor to take part in any race at all until August, which is equivalent to the month of -Januarv in Australia.”

The news of the scratching of the imported horse Simile for the Caulfield Cup came as a surprise to those who learned by the latest papers from Australia that the horse hacl been backed for thousands for the Caulfield Cup, and was the favourite when the mail left. When further news is received it will probably be found that Simile has broken down. He is-an inmate of the stable presided over by Ike Earnshaw, who sprung such a good thing on the public with the English horse Sir Foote last year, and it seemed to be the impression that he was going to repeat the coup this year. Simile is a rare bred one, being by St. Simon out of Mimi, and therefore full brother to that great performer on the English turf, St. M’Clou. He is a six-year-old, and was engaged in the Caulfield Cup at 7st 71b, and the Melbourne Cup at Bst.

What is known as the Wenlock-Nobby case was at length brought to a close, so far as the stewards of the Auckland ’Plotting Club are concerned, on Thursday last. The allegation which the stewards had to inquire into was that a horse that, hacl run and won at the summer meeting of the club in the name of Nobby was identical with a horse that had run and won at Canterbury in the name of Wenlock. The investigations have been retarded and prolonged because of the fact that the horse or horses involved had done the disappearance trick, and could not he found in .New Zealand. The stewards, however, stuck to their .unpleasant (ash with pertanicity, and took a large amount of evidence, Hawera and Hawke’s Bay each having been visited in order to obtain testimony. On Thursday, after numerous meetings, the stewards arrived at the opinion that from the descriptions that had been-supplied Nobby was identical with Wenlock. They therefore decided to disqualify the nominator of Nobby, Johnson M’Carthy. for life. The inquiry has been held throughout with closed doors, and as no evidence has been made public, it would lie improper to express an opinion about tne case, but we understand that the voluminous evidence taken has keen, forwarded to the New Zealand Trotting Association.

Australia has sustained a great loss by j the. death of the eminently successful sire Lochiel, by Prince Charlie —Nellie Moore, 'rhe dam of Lochiel was bought by Mr Stead in England in 1881, but Lochiel was not born until Nellie Moore had been landed in New Zealand. The sum. paid for the mare has been stated at 150 guineas, so that Mr Stead made a great investment, better probably than he even realised, for if he had realised what a great horse Prince Charlie’s son would turn out at the stud, he would not probably have cared-about parting with him at all. Tn Mr Stead’s colours he won many good -races, notably the New Zealand Cup in 1887. and in the same year he showed that, he could sprint as well as stay by winning the great six furlong race at Flemington, the Newmarket Handicap, and two years later he very neaerlv repeated that performance, Sedition just beating him. In that .year he placed the Australian Cup to his credit, having in the season before won the Auckland Cup. Lochiel then served a season at the stud, bue before he had a chance to disting'uish himself as a sire he was bought by the well-known jockey T. Hales, who had just then retired from the turf as a jockey, and had established a small stud farm. He did not stick to the . Prince Charlie horse long, but sold him to Mr James Thompson. a well-known Australian breeder. Since then Lochiel‘has won his way to fame as a’ sire, and bis worth is shown by the fact that his progeny during the past six years have won £75,000 in stakes,

Sceptre, who cost her owner lO.OOOsovs when he bought her, has won 26,00050 vs ip stakes since.

There is a San Peur in Melbourne, as well as in Auckland. The Victorian Sans Peur is by Penance, and won at Mentone, on September 23.

On Wednesday next the newly-formed Otahuhu Hack Racing Club ‘will open their career with a race meeting. The handicaps appear elsewhere, and judging from the good fields entered there should be a good day’s sport and a large attendance.' To-morrow at twelve noon the privileges in connection with the meeting will be disposed of by Messrs Gabriel' Lewis and Co.

Old Bellman on Saturday demonstrated the fact that his fall om the first day of the Avondale meeting had done him no harm, as, he won the race from start to finish. Mars had been put up 121bs, and 12st 21bs stopped him, and’ he had to be content with third place. Winsome does not appear to be able to achieve better success over hurdles than she did on the flat, and her connections must be getting very tired of her. If she ever does win the people who have kept her in oats will have deserved it.

After Wairiki had won the Avondale Guineas in such handsome style on Saturday, there was no better pleased man at Avondale than Mr W. Walters, of Glenlora Park, and he had , very good reason to he pleased, for it Was at Glenlora Park that the winners of the two first classic races of the season, Cordon Rouge and Wairiki, had first seen the light. T his pair would certainly be a credit to any breeding establishment, and as they are both by the Glenlora Park sire Soult, the prospects of the Glenlora Park Stuc'l are decidedly on the ascendant. It is possible that the heavy nature of the ground .on Saturday caused owners to freely use the scratching pen, as out of the fifteen on the card ten were scratched, and it was not until the last moment that Mr Bradley finally decided to trust his fine colt Wairiki on the heavy ground. Of the five left in Wairiki stood out from the others, and it looks very much as if the prediction of the “ Sporting Review ” at the close of last season that he would develop into the best three-year-old of the season, ■ will turn out correct. When .the field had settled down Gladisla and Idas battled it out in front, and Gaihsford, on Wairiki, who was [Hilling double was quite content that they should do so. » In the home bend Wairiki moved up to the leaders without the semblance of an effort, and when heads were turned for home he macle, no race of it. That he could so easily shake off the game little Idas at the finish of a mile on very heavy going, suggests the idea that he can stay. The time, too, can be compared favourably with (hat of The Shannon, who is a five-year-old, and wit h "Sst 131 b up, occupied I min 51 I -ssec in the Plumpton Handicap' mile, while the three-year-old’s time in. the Guineas, with Sst 101 b up, was Imih 55sec. There is no doubt that in Wairiki Mr Bradley possesses a clinking good colt, but a word of praise is also clue to Jack Gai'nsford, who handled the colt very nicely.

At the Avondale meeting on Saturday last an event took place that was not on the programme that afforded both excitement and amusement. There were only two starters in the race alluded to—a policeman and an alleged spieler. From an uneven start, effected in . the vicinity of the publican’s booth, the spieler led the way. The policeman, who was carrying some pounds overweight, was slow to move. Running from the outside bar the spieler led over the double rails, running strong. Nearing the centre of the course he seemed to tire, owing,, no doubt, to the heavy nature of the ground, and the policeman, who was putting in some fine long strides, seemed, to be gaining, but the spieler got- his second wind and made an effort to stave . off his antagonist, and seemed to gain ground, when the policeman' dropped some of his weight and bounded forward in great style. At the same time a supporter of the policeman threw himself into the track and caused the spieler to swerve and stick his toes in, when he was easily caught, after a most .interesting race. The totalisator ■ was not open on this event, but we understand the bookies did good business. The stakes were not high, 9s Bd, we believe, but the spicier thought he had such a “ moral ” on that the stakes were lifted by the party before starting. Owing to the policeman drop- • ping some of his overweight,, opinion differs as to how the result will be, . but the matter will come up for decision in a few days at the Police Court.

“ Pretender,” in the Melbourne “ Sportsman,” is responsible for the statement that Wakeful, during the recent Randwick Meeting, was under ofier to the French sportsman, M. Hennessy, for (>5OO guineas, but the offer, it appears, was not accepted. “ Pretender ” remarks :—We could hardly blame Mr Macdonald for parting with the champion had such a nice price, been forthcoming, but we are sufficiently impressed with his good opinion of the mare to know that he is not likely' to be “ cut down ” in price, and selfish enough to wish that he may never meet the .man whose cheque would clinch the deal. ’Tis true,- “we can’t have money and marbles both,” but if one thing more than another would prompt us to wish that Wakeful had been sold, it would be the possibility of a meeting between her and Sceptre. Every man has a right to. his opinion, and perhaps to a certain amount of credit for the spirit which compels, him to 1 back it, but “ Bob ” Seivier’s challenge to the world has always stuck in the writer’s throat as a morsel too hard for digestion. As I wrote at the time, so far as Sceptre and Wakeful were concerned, ’twould have been “ Lom-bard-street to a peanut ” on one, and ;by no stretch of imagination-, would ' that particular quadruped have been the one whose owner threw down the gauntlet., . ’

If the report of the Lords Betting Committee is to bet onie law (says the “Sporting Times ”) bookmaking in any form will be possible only in the enclosure on a racecourse. Street betting is a nuisance, but the authorities are already • sufficiently armed to cope with it without further legislation. It appears to us to be sheer nonsense to say that betting of this description is carried on on a large scale, and is difficult to detect. The very fact of a man doing a big business should make his detection • easy, and we do not believe'that many of them, or any, would be able to carry it on if they were to be fined day after day. Still, a fine is intended to deter and put a check on evil, and if it does not achieve that result no one can complain if more stringent measures are resorted to. AX ith regard to a house, it has already been decided that you. may not physically resort to one for the purpose of betting, and here again the weapons of the law are most ample, and provide for very extreme penalties. The public' nuisance lies in the gathering together, but this is to a great extent imaginary. It was not so in the days bebefore the Betting Acts, as the loafers who gathered about the list-houses were a great nuisance to the passers-by, the same as would be betting in the streets. To keep an office, however, where all busi- ■ ness is done by letter, and there is no receipt of money, could not, by the widest stretch of the imagination, be a nuisance to anyone, and wo see no reason tor interfering with such places. Vhen a man sits down and writes a letter, and. puts it in an envelope, and stamps and addresses it, and then commits it to the post-office, he performs a deliberately considered act, and not one of impulse. 'I he only danger in connection with these houses is the rogues that flourish under the protection of such men as the Bishop of. Hereford who are the Podsnaps of social life. ‘ 1 will not see it,, and if X do see it it is 1 not there,” is their argument, and thus vice flourishes and becomes a danger. Recognised and kept under control, half the vice would disappear, and three-quarters of the danger.

The weather at Ellerslie has been all against training operations, but the New Zealand Cup candidates have not been idle, every bppotunity being taken to send them along. On Tuesday morning Nonette traversed a mile and threequarters on the grass, and went freelv and well.. Strong work has also been done by La Valette, Kelburn and Grey Seaton. There seems to be a growinimpression that Beddingtwn will not be a sinister for the New Zealand Cup.

The Gallowav Clansman, who v.as bred by the Cambria Park Proprietary, and has paid his way in New- South fialcs, has been sold to go to Australia.

The Glenlora Park Stud report that Princess Alice (by Brigadier —Queen Alice) has given birth to a colt l>v S._>ult.

The following .foalings at Sylvia Park are reported this week : —Miss Gladys (by Cuirassier — Sybil), colt by Phoebus Apollo ; St. Loir (by Phoebus —Charente), filly by Seaton Delaval.

Lady Peer (by Muskapeer —Brunette) has foaled a filly’ to Castor ',at Wellington Park, and Jenny Deans (by Albany—Athole) a filly to Hotchkiss.

The Shannon left io tulfil h r Wanganui engagements last Monday, Her performances at Avondale were mil of merit, and her easy victories on the first two days of the meeting showed that the 1 andicapper has not yet gauged her full strength. As she has not incurred! a penalty for her Wa nganui engagements she should be hard to beat in the Spring Handicap in her present form.

Wretched weather has been experienced on eacn day of the Avondale Jockey Club’s Spring Meeting, but in the facd of that fact the attendance has been wonder fully good, while the officers of the club are entitled to credit fur -he wav m wh'ch the sport has been managed under adverse circumstances. Without a dcubt, Avondale is popular with Hie pubjic.

There is no doubt that an increased. interest has been evinced of late in boxing contests. The large attendance at the maixh between Ross and Turvey last week was an evidence of this, and the contest, it seems, has led on to another, Turner, a well-known Australian, with a big reputation, having been matched against Ross, who gained the verdict last week. Thig should result in a scientific display of a high order. The contest is limited to ten rounds, and it will eventuate on Saturday evening next in St. Benedict’s Hall.

The fact that_ Cordon Rouge was! defeated in the Nursery Handicap on the second day, is not to be surprised at, and does not detract, from the merit of his victory in the Avondale Stakes on. the first day. The task set him was a prety severe one, but he was running well with Bst 121bs, notwithstanding the heavy going, until he was galloped, and when he was brought it was found! that he had been rather badly scraped, but the injury was not serious. This beautifully shaped colt will be seen to much greater advantage on firmer going.

It is ’ cabled from London that the Duke of Westminster, at Doncaster last week, paid 5000 gs for a vearling filly by the St. Simon horse Persimmon, who easily heads the list of winning sires in England this season, thanks to the brilliant performances of his daughter, Sceptre, It seems a high price to pay for a yearling, but t is. nothing out of the way when compared with some other big prices which have been realised in England. At the corresponding sale at Doncaster last September Lord Howard de Walden paid the enormous sum of 18,850 gs for one of Mr J. Simons Harrison’s yearling fillies, by Isinglass from Helen’s Tower ; and Mr J. , Musker gave 5300 gs for a filly by St. Simon from Bonnie Morn, and 52Q0gs for a filly bv Ladas from La Fleche. The Duke’s 5000 gs represents only half what was given for Spectre by Mr R. S. Sievier, who has this season demonstrated the wisdom of paying a good price for good stock instead of filling his stable with moderates. In comparatively recent years many yearlings besides those mentioned have brought 7 more than the Duke of Westminster paid. Cupbearer realised 9100 gs, King Thomas 8000 gs, Childwick (iOOOgs, the Orme—Vampire colt 5700g5, the Orme —Gantlet colt 5600g5, and La Fleche and the Trenton— Sandiway colt 5500 gs each. Phantassie, the dam of the Duke of Westminster’s filly, is beautifully bred, being by Isonomy (sirh of Pilgrim’s Progress, who sired Abundance, winner of the A.J.C. Derby) from Palmeit, by The Earl or The Palmer from Lass o’Gowrie, by Blau Athol. Bv Persimmon from Phantassie represents the best strains of blood in the English Stud Book, and with ordinary luck the filly should have a noteworthy career on the turf.