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The Thames J.C. intends charging the bookmakers a fee of £lO per day at the summer meeting. <■* * «

A bird virtually in the hand is worth two in the bush, so Noteorini goes to the Thames to run.

Mr. J. Marshall is giving up racing. It’s a long time since the “ all black” had a win. The Manawatu meeting commences on Saturday.

We are to see Boniform in the Derby after all. This is good news to all but the owners of the other horses.

A. Oliver’s suspension, has been lifted, and he will be seen in the saddle at Ellerslie.

I understand Ben Deeley has been engaged to ride Devonport in the Railway Handicap, as Ackroyd could not ride the weight.

Master Soult (Soult —Lady Hester) will make his debut at Ellerslie on the 26th.

In answer to “ Curious,” Waihi, the Auckland Cup dates back from 1874 when Mr. F. W. Delamain’s Templeton won with Bst 111 b in the saddle. Yes, Ariel won it three times, but not in successive years.

The new totalisator made by Messrs. Campbell and Jones, of Christchurch, is now being installed at Ellerslie.

The Hon. J. D. Ormond’s quintette arrived on Sunday. They are Zimmerman, Sir Tristram, Diamond Star St. Aidan, and Dawn. Stewart Waddell is in charge as usual.

At least seventeen clubs will be holding meetings in different parts of New Zealand during the holidays.

Downfall, Finery, Bobrikoff, Creusot, Chanteuse and Clochette have arrived at Ellerslie in charge of Freddy Davis.

Star Rose has come up to see if he can put another big cup to his credit. B. Nicholls is in charge.

Aqua Regia is to be mated with Soult. The daughter of Salvadan will not carry silk again.

The Orakei Maori races will, as usual, take place on Christmas Day.

H. Cairns is to ride Mahuta in the Cup. An article on the Glenora Park yearlings will be given in our next issue. ♦♦' ♦ x » Loch Erne, who has been in retirement for some time, is now in regular work at Ellers, e- The son of ‘Lakeshell is looking nice and big. * * * * After a gallop on Tuesday with Master Delaval and First Gun, Uhlander pul ed up very “groggy,” and from what can be gathered the son of Uhlan rmfy not see the post in the Auckland Cup. Judging by his displays on the track Master Delaval is not the horse he was this time last year. On Saturday morning he was bad.y beaten by Paritutu and Carl Rosa over a mile. Master Delaval shaped a little better on Tuesday morning, when he finished ahead of Uhlander and First Gun, but his display even then was anything but p eas ng. Shrapnel is regarded as an unlikely starter in the Cup. The son of The Workman is being treated to swimming exercise. ♦ * * * After a gallop with Maheno on Saturday Cambrian pulled up lame, and was not seen out on the tracks on Tuesday morning. *», » « Bobrikoff, who disputes favouritism with Devonport for the Railway Handicap, is a great powerful black horse. He was bought cheap by his present trainer (F. Davis), who disposed of him to Mr. F. Lowry for 200 guineas. That speedy mare Finery has filled out a lot, and looks a picture of condition. * * * * Of the local horses none looks better than Te Aroha. The daughter of Seaton Delaval is hitting out in great style on the tracks. . . , Celtic has not been asked to do much in his training work being restricted to easy exerciseThe Derby candidate Bonny G’en has been pleasing the touts at Ellerslie in his work. He has not been asked to travel further than a mile, but each time the son of Stepniak has finished up his task strongly. ■* * * * Of the jumpers at Ellerslie nothing is moving more attractively than Inniskillen, who appears to be as well off on the score of condition as he ever was. Haldane our champion two-year-old last yea ’. appears to have gone backward instead of forward, judging by his work on the tracks. He always appears io be very tired at the find of a gallop. * * * * Lucio is in work at Ellerslie under the tutorship of her former trainer, N. Cunningham. » » » « Old Pipi renewed his acquaintance with the track this week. All going well he will be taken across to Australia in April. * * * * A bevy of stage beauties will be found in the “Review” Christmas Number. * * * ♦ . A final payment for the Auckland Cup is due on Fridav- * * * » Acceptances for the first day’s events on the programme of the A.R.C. summer meeing must be made on Friday bv 9 p-m. ♦ ♦ » » Owners are reminded that acceptances for the Auckland Trotting Club summer meeting (first day’s events) must be made to Mr. Mark by Friday next at 9 p.m. * * * * Up to 9 p.m. next Friday Mr. Wynyaid will take entries for the Takapuna Cup, T.J.C. Handicap, and Rangitoto Steeplechase. ♦ * • • Nominations for the Waikato Trotting Club’s meet’ng c’ose with Mr. F. H. Tuck on December 28. All owners intending running horses at the Whangarei summer meeting must bear in mind that nominations for all events are due on Friday, either with Mr. Dent, the secretary at Whangarei, or with Mr. H. H. Hayr, Highstreet, Auckland. The Soult gelding Sandy, a fair’y successful sprinter in New Zea'and, was sold at auction last week in Sydney by Messrs. Inglis and Son for i4sgs. Recently he has been racing at unregistered meetings' in Sydney.

Thus Handicapper J. E. Henry S: on the Subject of stipendiary stewards: —“ The stewards' of the various clubs could not be expected to be cognisant of the tactics of the jockeys and owners. In West Australia there are four clubs, which have appointed three men at £7OO per annum each, and they have full control of the racing. ■ That was what was wanted here. Nothing could improve the racing along this coast more than the. adoption of such a course. The more I see of racing the more I am convinced that the sooner we have paid stewards the better it will be for the purity of the sport. I would like to see the clubs make this a matter of urgency.” And so say all of us. * » * * .The champion Poseidon is again having a. spell at Windsor. He might be ail the better for a lengthy holiday (says the “Referee”), but in a'l probability he will be called upon to act in the weight-ifor-age races in the autumn, and po doubt he will hold his own, too. So far, Poseidon has competed in .27 races, which is four , more runs than Carbine had during the same period in his career. Recently asked as to how he would handicap Carbine, Abercorn, Wakeful and Poseidon, all at their best, over 2 miles, Terllnga, of the “Australasian,” says: — “Wei, assuming that the race was run with a pacemaker to force it, as Anteus forced it for Abercorn in the Melbourne Stakes of 1889 I' would place them somethink like this : Carbine, lost 51b ; Abercorn lost slb ; ■ Wakeful, 9 s t 12 b ; and Poseidon, qst 51b. Tom Hales never seemed decided as to which was the best horse he ever rode, but he repeatedly told me that-Abercorn was the best stayer he had ever been on. ’I ne v er was on a horse who could last so long on his top,’ Hales used to say, and those who remember ‘o'd Abe’s’ long runs after The Charmer in the autumn, and Sinecure in the spring, will have no difficulty in believing this. Abercorn lacked the dash of Carbine and Wakeful, but he cou'd.stay for ever, and I verify believe he would have won the. Melbourne Cup of 1889, with lost lolby if he had been started. Carbine run second with tost, and Abercorn was a good deal better than Carbine at that particular meeting. At the time Revenue was ruined in the Australian Cup, he was considered better than Wakeful at two miles, but Wakeful w;as never seriously trained for a distance until Revenue was laid on one side. Of course, other people will have other ideas as to the relative merits of these horses, but my correspondent asked for my opinion, and I have given it purely on the assumption of the race being a strongly-run two miles.” lam prepared to support the Australian writer in his estimate of the top weights. I saw them run in near'y all their races in Australia, afid could never come to a conclusion as to which was the better horse. Possibly Abercorn had the preference chiefly perhaps because Hales was a better horseman than Ramage.

We have “tipsters” in this country, more’s the pity (says an American writer). They have curious experiences, but 1 doubt if many can equal the following : —A lady writes without sending any cash: “Please put me every day as much money on the favourite as will win ajdol. If it loses, kindly invest enough to win back losses, and still to win 25d01. Continue this in every race.until a favourite wins, and then stop. As one favourite is sure to win every day, please mail me the winnings every night, less sdol, which I allow you for commission. Sincerely your, . ” Sounds quite easy, doesn’t it? * * « • The following is from a San Francisco paper:—“Poughkeepsie, New York, October 24. —Major Delmar defeated Sweet Marie in a match race for a purse of 2500d01. on the Hudson R’.ver Driving Park yesterday afternoon, winning two out of three heats. The race resulted in the three fastest heats ever trotted on the track in a race. About 1500 persons saw the match. Major Delmar drew the pole, and had a length the advantage at the quarter. The Major led all the way. It. was a great race in the home stretch, both drivers urging their horses, and Delmar won by a neck. In the second heat Delmar broke on the word, and lost the lead at the half. Sweet Marie led by two lengths at the uppe” turn, and maintained the distance to the finish. McDonald stole the pole ft:r the th'rd heaton the turn, and was two lengths in the lead at the quarter. Andrews moved up a little on the back stretch, and was only a length back at the half. At the threequarters the horses were on even terms, but, entering the the stretch, the mare broke, and Delmar won easily by two

lengths. Summary. —Match race for 2500d01., best two in three : Major Delmar, by De'mar (McDonald), 1,2, 1 ; Sweet Marie, b' m, by McKinney (Andrews), 2,1, 2. iTimes, 2.71, 2.6|, 2.6|.