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Maranui has been in good request for the Melbourne Cup.

Bonheur w r as so seriously injured in the same race that he may never race again.

Mr. P. Jones has removed his team to Paeroa for the winter, where they are having an easy time.

Messrs. Robson Bros., of Paeroa, have purchased Geordie, and intend relegating him to the stud.

H. Fairbrother, the jockey who was seriously hurt while riding at Trentham Last Wednesday, was slightly better to-day, and hopes are now held out that he will recover.

Prospector, owing to injuries in the Jumpers’ Flat Race at Trentham, has been scratched for all engagements at the C.J.C.’s Grand National Meeting.

Bribery and Solano are equal favourites for the Caulfield Grand National Hurdle Race and Divham for the Grand National Steeplechase.

Those responsible for the erection of the brush fences at Flemington in connection with the recent Grand National Meeting have the pleasure of knowing that not one accident occurred at those obstacles, and it is not unlikely that they will enter into general use at other Melbourne courses.

Merriwai (lOst) is an acceptor for the New Zealand Grand National Hurdle Race.

It is stated that Uranium will probable be shipped South during the present week with a view to contesting the Grand National Hurdle Race.

That Haydn is one of the gamest of the game among Maoriland steeplechasers was amply proved by his desperate finish with Evenlode in the W.R.C. Steeplechase last week.

Haydn and Khama, in charge of their trainers, have returned to Auckland from Trentham.

Stakes to the amount of £3410 were paid over the W.R.C. Winter Meeting. The following are the largest winners:—Walter Davies, Auckland, £565; W. Fletcher, Wanganui, £350; E. J. Watt, Hawke’s Bay £250; A. Hall, Feilding, £250; S. Dawson, Auckland, £220; A. F. Douglas, Hawke’s Bay, £165; H. Hodge, Wairarapa, £150; Hon. J. D. Ormond, Hawke’s Bay, £135; S. McGinnes, Taranaki, £ 110.

Our sporting readers are requested to take particular note of our Canterbury correspondent’s reports. We have made arrangements to have full and thorough accounts forwarded from headquarters up to the G.N. Meeting, and the latest gallops will be forwarded in time for each publication.

In his latest training reports from Riccarton our Canterbury correspondent expresses great disappointment at the poor showing made by Paritutu in a schooling gallop over six flights of hurdles, in company with Ability. It would therefore appear that all the gush about his being such a beautifully clever jumper is nothing but froth after all. However, it is to be hoped that he will improve with judicious schooling.

Bookmakers are sometimes caught asleep—in bed, if not on a racecourse. An instance is Mr. Bris Neal who went to bed in a Deniliquin hotel with £225 in the pocket of his pyjamas and in the morning was minus his money, the pocket having been cut clean out. * * * *

Moraghan’s team for the South are Cuiragno, Silica, and Kiatere.

No less than five of the winners on the second day of the Wellington Winter Meeting were sired by horses bred in Auckland. St. Hippo, Regel, Sylvia Park, and Daystar were the successful sires.

Llangibby, who won the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park (England) last year, has been retired from the turf in England. He is by Wildfowler, one of whose half-brothers, Condor, is in West Australia, and another, Birkenhead, in New Zealand.

The following horses have been seen out on the Ellerslie tracks regularly of late: —Omati, Vizier, four-year-old mare by Seaton Delaval —La Rose, Irish, Loch Fyne, Aqua Regia, and Inniskillen.

News was received a few days ago that Mr. T. Hayward had been found dead in a paddock at Foxton. It was thought that he had got 'benighted and died from exposure. The deceased was the elder son of Mr. J. O. Hayward, well known in sporting circles. He was a good horseman in his young days, having been successful on Danebury in the W.J.C. Handicap, while Senorita, Orphan, Gentle Annie and many other horses were piloted to victory by him.

Among the winners at the Hurst Park June meeting was the Carbine three-year-old colt Cargill. The race he accounted for was the Holiday Plate, of 879 sovs, 1% mile, for which Weathercock was a warm favourite, while the gelding Auber, owned by the Indian sportsman, Mr. Apcar, was also backed. However, Weathercock only got third, while Auber missed a place, the former’s failure being a nasty knock for the stable, as in private he had shown himself to be nearly as good as their Derby candidate, Galvani.

Notwithstanding that the New South Wales bred-gelding, All Fours, won the champion high jump at the recent big horse show in London, another horse jumped higher than he. Thiis was M. de Santa Victorin’s Due, who one evening cleared 7ft 3, but the following evening would not tackle any of the obstacles.

“ Some dissatisfaction arose after the decision of the Thorndon Hack Handicap, in which Nukutihi was first, and from where I was standing I thought Tawhera was second. The judge thought differently, and placed Warlock second. Those persons who backed Tawhera showed their disapproval by shouting ‘ Tawhera, Tawhera.’ I can’t understand how the judge could make such a mistake. Warlock’s colours were orange body, black sash and cap, Tawhera’s colours white jacket, red cap. It is true they are both bay horses. Warlock’s number was 2 and Tawhera’s 7. It is not what anyone should expect from Mr. Hartgill, the man whom some people say never makes mistakes; but it was proved by the camera that he placed the wrong horse third in Ropa’s Wellington Cup. Paritutu was third and Melodeon was placed third by the judge.”

D. Moraghan is taking charge of Kiatere during his Southern trip.

W. Tozer has just put into work at Ellerslie a four-year-old mare by Seaton Delaval —La Rose. * * * *

When L. Hewitt recently won. the Salisbury Cup on Golden Measure, that horse was a hundred yards behind the leaders at one stage of the race. Golden Measure is one of those horses which run their best races when allowed to go along as they please in the early part, and Hewitt, being aware of this, did not attempt to bustle him in the least.

J. B. Williamson’s team for the big Southern meeting includes Loch Fyne, Irish, Vizier, and Aqua Regia.

We clip the following from “Bargo’s” comments on the racing at Trentham: —“ The Glasgow Handicap, for which ten went to the post, proved the ■easiest of good things for the Wairarapaowned Jolly Friar. The winner was bred by Mr. John Cotter and is now the property of Mr. H. Hodge. Prior to saddling up the Friar he was found to be lame, and Mr. Hodge went to scratch him but as the time was up and a fine would have been imposed for late scratching, Mr. Hodge decided to start him, and invest the amount of the fine on his horse. The result proved the wiser plan, as Jolly Friar never gave any of his opponents a chance, and won easily; better still, the stake was worth £7O, and he paid £ 6 ss. I have not heard whether the Wairarapa sports profited by the win.”

After the first race, the Onslow Handicap, at the W.R.C. Steeplechase Meeting, on the first day, R. Milne (rider of St. Claimer) lodged a complaint against H. Cairns (rider of Kaiuku) for alleged interference. The .stewards decided to suspend Cairns during the pleasure of the club.