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(By

“The Judge.”)

The disappointment of the National meeting was the much-fancied Eurus. In three starts he fell twice, and ran very badly on the third occasion. * * * * Mr. R. Wynyard, the Cambridge weight adjuster, seems to have made very fair handicaps, and should have big fields in the three open events. * * * * Scotty, one of our best horses, is also a regular attendant at Ellerslie, and is always in charge of his old pilot, Mark Ryan. The pair seem to thoroughly understand one another.

The jumpers at Ellerslie have had a few added to their ranks in Ben and Soultfish, and may be seen out at the Avondale spring meeting. The former shaped like a tradesman the other morning in his initial attempt.

W. Gall has leased the Menschikoff —Cressy filly Lady Cressy from W. Lyons, and she will be shortly in active service. She is a nicely-turned and evenly-made filly.

During the running of the Final Hurdle Race at Riccarton, Welbeck broke down badly at the last hurdle. On being pulled up it was found that his off hind fetlock was broken. An effort is to be made to save the handsome son of Perkin Warbeck 11. and Reverie for the stud.

Now that the Ellerslie tracks are coming back into decent shape, trainers are sending their charges along in view of the spring engagements. Ironmould Uenuku, and Gladstone, three New Zealand Cup candidates, are all being sent along, and all three are standing up to the collar. The former has done well since his last appearance in public, and only wants a few gallops to bring him into tip-top racing condition.

Owing to the wet weather most of the babies are backward. The Phoebus Apollo—Eve filly, a neat little youngster, seems about the most forward, and should be heard from in the /early spring fixtures. She knocked one of her hind legs, and had to be taken gently for a while, but is now on the tracks again.

Coleman holds a very strong hand in handicap horses, and should give a good account of himself with the assistance of that good brace, Landlock and Leonator, to say nothing of the lighter weights. He has in hand a good-looking upstanding chestnut gelding from the Northern Wairoa by Regal.

Mr. Dan Twohill (Mr. W. Lyons’ partner) has received a letter from the old Aucklander, now in London. After consulting the best doctors there Mr. Lyons has been advised not to make a stay in the big city, but to return to the colonies and a more genial climate.

Discoverer was brought down from the Northern Wairoa last week, and is now located at Avondale, where Ben Blair and several others are at present.

Contrary to expectations, most of the local bookmakers got let down very lightly over the winning double at Christchcrch (Phaetonitis and Cciragno). After the National Steeplechase was run things looked none too bright for the pencillers, but as usual the little cherub that sits up aloft smiled on the men of metal.

At Cambria Park, foalings have been pretty early this year, no less than six mares having already made their returns, three being colts and three fillies. The following are the details:— Peace (by The OfficerContent), a colt to Eton; Senga (by Hotchkiss— Agnes), a colt to Eton; Tournament (by Sir Lancelot Maluri), a colt to Eton; Guineveve (by Sir Lancelot—Orientale), a filly to Eton; Miss Annie (by Seaton Delaval First Love), a filly to Soult; Lady Agnes (by Neckersgat—Peradventure), a filly to Eton.

The champion pony Buluwayo broke down badly when leading the field in the Islington Handicap, and it is very doubtful if he will face the starter again.

Dan Moraghan’s stable at Riccarton furnished the winner of the G.N. Steeplechase (Phaetonitis) and the winner of the G.N. Hurdles (Cuiragno) was also staying there. The same roof also sheltered Irish (runner-up in the G.N. Steeplechase), and Aqua Regia, a double winner.

The New Zealand horseman, C. O’Neill, is making a slow recovery from his accident. He .s at the Melbourne Hospital, and recently had to undergo the operation of having his leg re-broken, as it bad not knitted properly.

A committee meeting of the Auckland Racing Club was held on Tuesday, when the following officers wore elected for the ensuing season: —Stewards, Messrs. M. McLean, F. Earl, E. A. Price, T. Sinclair, W- C. Somers, C. Ranson, A. W. Gordon, G. W. S. Patterson, and Sir Robert Lockhart: hon. treasurer, Mr. H. T. Gorrie; handicapper, Mr. George Morse; starter. Mr. C. O’Connor; clerk of the course, Mr. A. Selby; clerk of the scales, Mr. F. W. Marks; judge, Mr. R. B. Lusk; auditors, Messrs. W. McCutcheon and P. Butler; Works Committee, the Hen E. Mitchelson and Messrs. W. McLaughlin, S. Bradley, M. McLean, and W. Davies; Finance Committee, the Hon. E. Mitchelson and Messrs. H. T Gorrie, H. O. Nolan, ana N. A. Nathan; Catering Committee, Messrs. Nathan, Earl, and Price.

Messrs Wm. Morgan, Lou Harris, Sam Darrah, Mark Harrison, and several other visitors to Christchurch, returned to Auckland by the s.s. Takapuna, and all semed delighted with their Southern trip.

Aqua Regia scored twice at the recent National Meeting. She is an upstanding daughter of the Salvator horse Salvadan and Cloud.

The Messrs Duder must have felt pleased to see Cuiragno returned as the winner of the Grand National Hurdles, as the popular North Shore sportsmen bred the son of Cuirassier.

Since Mr W. Foss bought Cuiragno he has won £llOO in stakes clear, the win including a Grand National Hurdle Race.

The Auckland Racing Club have removed the disqualification from the horses Klondyke and Dorothy.

The A.R.C. Committee are in future to meet on the second Tuesday in each month.

Lady Musket ( Blairgowrie-Musker ina) has produced a filly to Soult, the youngster being the first to make its appearance this season at Glenoran Park.

The Babolna Stud Farm, in Hungary, covers an area of nearly 10,000 acres. It has, since about 1816, been given up almost entirely to the breeding of Arab and Arab half-bred stock, the latter being used for military purposes, and also for supplying other State studs with stallions for public use. It is the rule with the half-breds that they must not exceed a certain size nor vary from a certain well-recognised type. Horses which do not comply with these requirements are sold as saddle or harness horses. The horses at Babolna, Arabs and half-breds, are allowed to run about loose in immense stables. The young stock, yearlings and two-year-olds, spend their time in the great pastures attached to the stud buildings.

Next Saturday’s meet of the Pakuranga Hunt Club will take place at the Monument, Otahuhu. On the following Thursday it will be at Waiuku.

The Phoebus Apollo —Cuisine mare Pantry Girl recently won a handicap at the Richmond Park Meeting near Melbourne.

Swimmer leaves for Australia this week to play his part at the A.J.C. Spring Meeting.

Paritutu is favourite for the N.Z. Cup at 7 to 1, Boomerang being next in demand. Of the others, Armistice, Auratus, Lyrist, Luherin, Multifid, and Uenuku are most fancied.

The track at Riccarton last week is said to have been heavier than has been the case for many years.

The Waikato Hunt Club Meeting will take place on September 5.

Owners should bear in mind that entries for the Avondale Cup, Steeplechase, Plumpton Handicap, and Flying Stakes, to be run at the Spring Meeting of the Avondale J.C. close with Mr Hayr tomorrow evening at 9 p.m.

The records of some of the British cross-country gentlemen riders are amazing. Take that of Captain Wentworth Hope-Johnston, for example. He has ridden 1109 races and won 362 of them. He fell 98 tmes, his horse refused to jump 28 times, and it is estimated that he has jumped approximately 28,000 fences.

Powder Puff, an aged gelding by Carbine, carried 8.9 to the front in the. Cumberland Plate, of 462 sovs., mile, at Carlisle Eng.) last month. He was well backed, being second favourite at 3 to 1 in a field of nine.

Maniapoto is still moving in a somewhat scratchy fashion, but looks fairly well (says the “Referee”). So far, there is nothing to indicate his particular mission in the Spring, but it might be as well to remind those who are commencing or finishing doubles with him for the Melbourne events, that his engagements also include the New Zealand Cup, which is run early in November. Possibly the programme may be to run him at the A.J.C. Spring Meeting, and then ship him to New Zealand for the Christchurch meeting.

The Pakuranga Hunt Club will hold a meeting at Alexandra Park on September 15. Mr Fred Younge has been appointed secretary, a most popular selection.

A law was passed in America in 1857 forbidding betting on horse racing, but it has lain dormant for many years, and at this late hour the State of Detroit has unearthed it and stringently enforced its provisions. One of the biggest trotting meetngs in America is held at Detroit, known as the “Blue ribbon meeting,” but owing to the enforcement of the Betting Act, it has been decided to transfer the meeting to Cleveland, where it is to be run off without betting, in conjunction with Cleveland’s own big fixture. The Cleveland Club says it is not troubled about the future. If the races are not self-sustaining with a silent pool-stand, the premiums will be promptly paid, as the club has a large guaranteed fund. It will be interesting to note the result of the experiment.

The New Zealand-bred Nonette, by Seaton-Delavai —Charente, by Nordenfeldt, reached Rockhampton last week (says the “Sydney Mail”) and was quartered at Messrs Rutherford Bros.’ Bazaar for a day or two before being forwarded to Logan Downs, Mr F. W. Fairbairn’s station, in the Westcentral district, where this fine performer will do stud duty. Many good racehorses, including Fascinator [who holds the i|m record for Queensland), his brother Alister, and others of more or less note, were bred on Logan Downs. Writing of the stallion, which I happen to know well, reminds me that our old favourite Nonette will be quartered at one of the finest runs in Queensland. When I was last there there were 350,000 sheep on the place.

The German Derby, of 5000 sovs., was run at Hamburg on June 24, and was won by Mr. Weinberg’s Fels (Hannibal —Festa), with Derby Cup (Rightaway— False Tooth) second, and Baron Kiki (Kirkconnel —Rikiki) third.

Two world’s records were established at the Ascot (England) races last month, Pradella winning the Ascot Stakes, 2 miles, in 3min. 19 2-ssec., and Bachelor’s Button the Gold Cup, 2I- miles, in 4mm. 23 i-ssec. The previous record for 2 miles was 3mm. 24 4-ssec. by Princess Florizel at Newmarket (England), last year, and that for 2| miles was held by Zinfandel, viz., 4mm. 23 2-ssec., at Ascot (England), in June last year.

Roger dt Be'esme, created Earl of Salisbury by William the Conqueror, is the first upon record who introduced Spanish stallions into his estate in Powisland, from which that district of Wales was celebrated for its fine breed of horses. Giraldus Cambrensis, who lived in the reign of Henry 11., takes note of it, and their excellence was extolled by Drayton, a contemporary of Shakespeare. It was this breed of horses which was destined to mount the nobles and knights for feats of chivalry in the tilt yard. Later on, the gentlemen began to try the fleetness of their horses against one another, but that date rode with out measuring the horses or even weighing.

The New Zealand jockey F. Jones won a race at the Windsor meeting at the end of June. He rode Florestan, a two-year-old hailing from Major Edward’s stable, and won easily from sixteen opponents.

Paul Seaton has resumed work again after a long spell. The son of Seaton Delaval and Leocant is looking very lusty.

Mr Wm. Morgan (the owner of Sol and Baritone), who had a good stake about Sol and Cuiragno, took £5OO about the winning double (Phaetonitis and Cuiragno) as a saver, and was naturally elated after Cuiragno landed the second le s-

In the grounds of The Durdans, at Epsom, is to be seen a remarkable grave, that of Amato, who won the Derby in 1838. This horse had never run in public before, and after winning the great Epsom race never ran again. He started at the odds of 30 1 against. He was bred by Sir Gilbert Heathcote, who then owned “Durdans,”’ which is quite close to the winning-post for the Derby. Amato was trained on Epsom Downs, and after his success, which it need hardy be said was immensely popular locally, there was a magnificent display of fireworks at The Durdans. The grave js of great historic interest, and is visited by sportsmen from all parts of the world during the race meeting in summer, when the flowering shrubs and foliage round the resting place of this unique Derby winner are at their best.

THE WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB.

The spring meeting of the Wanganui Jockey Club will take place on Thursday and Friday, September 27 and 28. As usual with this up-to-date club, the programme has been arranged on very attractive lines, the items to be considered being as follows:—On the first day: The Spring Handicap of 125sovs, one mile; the Maiden Hack Race of 60sovs, five furlongs; the Wanganui Guineas of 300 sovs, one mile; the Okehu Hurdles of 125sovs, one mile and three-quarters; the Gonville Hack Hurdles of 75soys, one mile and five furlongs; the Putiki Hack Handicap of SOsovs, one mile; and the Flying Handicap of 150sovs, six furlongs. On the second day the events are: The Owen Handicap of lOOsovs, five furlongs; the Moutoa Hack Handicap of OOsovs, six furlongs; the Brunswick Hurdles of 100 sovs, one mile and a-half; the Aramoho Hack Hurdles of 75sovs, one mile and a-half; the Wanganui Handicap of 250sovs, one mile and a-quar-ter; the Railway Hack Handicap of 75sovs, five furlongs; the Marangai Handicap of lOOsovs, one mile. This is a well-endowed bill of fare, and one which should readily attract the attention of owners. Full particulars will be found in our advertising columns. It will be noted that Mr. F. Moffatt, the secretary, will take entries up to Monday, September 3, at 9 p.m.

APPEAL CASE.

STRATFORD RACING CLUB V. TARANAKI JOCKEY CLUB.

In regard to the appeal by the Stratford Racing Club against a decision of the Taranaki Metropolitan Committee with reference to the disqualification of Alex. Mitchell, James Mitchell, J. D. Mitchell and A. H. Christie, the judges (Messrs. H. D. •. i '3

Bell, George Hunter and E. R. Guinness), who were appointed by tne Racing Conference to adjudicate . m the hase, have given the following decision:—“The charge against James Mitchell was that he assaulted Dr. Paget; that against J. D. Mitchell was that he assaulted Mr. Young; and that against Alex. Mitchell and A H Christie was that they hooted Dr Paget. Each charge was therefore directly of a personal affront to a steward, though, of course, in such a charge is involved the general offence of improper behaviour on a racecourse. It was admitted by both parties before the judges, firstly, that the persons charged protested against any steward who had given evidence sitting as a member of the committee to adjudicate; secondly, that notwithstanding that protest Dr. Paget and Mr. Young sat as judges throughout the inquiry and voted on the decisions arrived at. The protest in its full terms cannot be supported. _ A steward is not disqualified to adjudicate because he gives evidence or because he has special personal cognisance of the matter under consideration, but as applied to Dr. Paget and Mr. Young the objection of the protest is unaswerable. Each of them was disqualified by the nature of the charge and its personal reference to them from either sitting on the hearing or taking part in the judgment. A tribunal must be impartial and the mere statement of the above facts in a case arising in any other tribunal would obviously be sufficient to invalidate the judgment. The principle is equally applicable to an investigation by a racing tribunal. The judges for this reason decide that the original judgments of the Stratford committee were made without jurisdictio nby reason of the presence of two members who could not properly sit, and therefore they disallow the appeal. The judges, however, think it necessary to record their dissent from the opinion expressed by the Taranaki Metropolitan Committee, that when once a race meeting is at an end any proceedings for the purpose of punishing persons who have been guilty of assault or disordely conduct should rather be instituted before a law court. An assault or disorderly conduct on a racecourse, whether during the meeting or after the last race, may in many cases (of which the present are good instances) be of a nature trivial in their quality of offence against the statute law, and therefore such as a. court of law might properly dismiss, and yet constitute very grave breaches upon a racecourse, breaches which, in the interests of racing, our rules require the racing tribunals to investigate and deal with. Under the very special circumstances of the case the judges direct that the deposit of £2O be returned to the appellants without deduction.”