OTAGO.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XII, Issue 746, 23 June 1904, Page 8

OTAGO.

Dunedin, June 22

News matters turfy, as is natural at this time of the season, is almost at a vanishing point. Most of our horses are just doing enough exercise to keep them' healthy, whilst others have been thrown right out of commission. There are indications, however, that our list of horses in training, when next season comes round, will compare very favourably with former years.

The Southern sportsman, Mr J. Tennant, who recently left for Australia, took a couple of hunters across with him.

Ostry, a five-year-old gelding by Osterley’out of the Huon mare Daphne, arrived from Melbourne last week, and goes to Mr McKewen’s. The new-comer looks a good sort, and won a couple of small races in slow time whew racing across the pond. Canteen is once more in active commission, and has thickened out and freshened up a good deal as the result of his respite from hack work.

A name has been sought through the Colony for the Medallion—Patrie filly, and perhaps Emblem, Reminder or Reminiscence would fill the vacancy.

- The South Canterbury Jockey Clubhas renewed Mr Henry’s appointment as handicapper to the club at a salary of £3O per meeting, and has also decided, to pay the starter £7 7s per meeting. Surely this latter figure reads small, unless the club can procure a competent man locally, but a seven guinea man. would probably on>ly be capable of nullifying the £3O man’s adjustment. The well-known sportsman, “Mr J. Tristram,” left for Melbourne by this week’s boat with a shipment of draught stallions for the Victorian market, and hopes to be back again in time for the National Meeting. Two of his string, in Phaetonitis and Trentbridge have been sent to Riccarton to go into D. Moraghan’s stable, and the balance have been thrown out of commission. Mr Tristram informs the writer that all his horses are in the private sale list.

Mr J. Samuels, the one-time Dunedin, penciller, won the principal sprint event at the Ashburton J.C. Birthday Meeting with Regio, a four-year-old gelding by Medallion—Welcome Queeniw. Regio apparently can hurry over a short course, as he won easily by six lengths, after casting the six furlongs behind in imin 14.;sec. Mr Samuels is coming into prominence as a horse owner, and his name is frequently appearing as a purchaser of olood stock. One of the lines laid by Mr J. Loughlin last week in connection with the New Zealand (up was 9uo to 22 Halberdier. It is understood that the commission was worked on behalf of the stable. Since the one-time Dunedin-owned horse Ayrdale has been in India, he has earned distinction in the show-ring 1. taking a first prize as a weight carrying hunter. Covenant Maid, who was taken to the land of Rajahs and rice in the same' boat as Ayrdale, ran second in a race shortly after her arrival.

The ’ well-known gelding St. Denis changed ownership last week, but will continue to be an inmate of R. Ellis’ stable.

Fallas w r as sent South to his owner’s station at Tapanui last week. He is to be jogged about the roads, and will probably sport silk again in the Spri;