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(By The Judge.) o Cup Day on. Thursday. The Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting commences on Friday. ♦ * * * Twenty-three applications have been lodged by bookmakers to bet at the A.R.C. meeting. A special meeting of the Racing Conference takes place at Wellington on January 23. Business: The Gaming and Lotteries Act. Elevation has again proved his title to be considered a champion. Left four lengths at the post in the Palmerston North Stakes, he got up in time to win by half a length. * * * * Only four bookmakers took out licenses to bet on the opening day of the Manawatu meeting. The conditions were considered too harsh. * * * . * Eleven remain In the Auckland Trotting Cup, and a great race should result. Lady Love is on the back mark. * * » ♦ Mr. Stead’s pair, Boniform and Armlet, arrived from the South on Friday in charge of R. J. Mason. The summer meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club takes place on Friday Monday and Saturday, 27th and 30th December, and 4th January. * * * ■» Nominations for the Takapuna J.C. summer meeting close on Friday, January 3. Handicaps for the first day of the Whangarei meeting are due on Thursday. January 2. * < • Nominations ..for, the first annual meeting of the Waikato Trotting Club close with Mr. F. H. Tuck, the secretary, next Saturday. Immediately after the sale of the Cambria Park yearlings on January 3 the champion stallion Seaton Delaval, as well as Foremost, Brown Rose and Seatonia, will be offered by auction. » *..*..* The English winning stallion list when the last mail left showed Gallenule. at the head with 27 wins for £22,833; while St. Frusquin was following with 38% wins for £22,570; then succeeded Desmond, £18,715; Amphion £17,475; Orme, £l7 277; Martagon, £14,574; Diamond Jubilee, £13.445; Persimmon, £11,699; Cyliene, £10,539; Isinglass, £10,123; Matchmaker. £9782; Marco, £9558; Wolf’s Crag, £8765; Eager £8443; Pioneer, £8264; Florizel IL, £7424; and Love Wisely, £7076. * * * * Sportsmen who may be thinking of picking up a yearling at the coming stud sales should take a run out to Cambria Park, Papatoetoe. The yearlings there will certainly repay inspection, for they are a grand-look ing lot. We publish a further batch of portraits of yearlings in this issue. ♦ * * * The fee proposed by the Racing Conference to be charged bookmakers is £ 5 per day in the case of clubs where the stakes range from £5OO to £9OO per day, £lO where the stakes exceed £lOOO, but are less than £l9OO, and £2O per day where the prize money is £2OOO and over. Commenting on this the • ‘ Town and Country Journal” says that even these amounts are extravagant enough to make the mouths of race promoters in this State water very liberally. * * * • One of the best-known performers on the Australian turf, Avalon, died recently from an attack of inflammation of the bowels. Avalon, who was by Strathmore from Chintz was foaled in 1895, and during his career on the turf started in no less than 183

races, winning 23, acting as runner-up on 19 occasions, and filling third position 23 times.

I have to acknowledge Christmas Greetings from the proprietors and staff of the HaWkes Bay “Herald,” which are reciprocated.

Unless Star Rose is a rOgue, one is left wondering how he came to win the N. 55. Cup. On his track form he could not gain a situation in the most moderate of company.

Uhlander gets through his tasks at Ellerslie satisfactorily, but at the conclusion of each gallop walks away a bit “groggy.’

Mr. Stead’s filly Armlet has a nice action when galloping, and she looks a picture.

Te Aroha is hitting out in great style and is as well as ever she was. Plenty of shrewd judges give the daughter of Seaton Delaval a good winning chance in the second leg of the double.

The Summer Meeting of the Thames Jockey Club promises to prove a complete success. The entries are good and some fine racing should be seen. The fixture takes place on Thursday and Friday, December 26 and 27. The s.s. Ngatiawa leaves Auckland for the Thames on Wednesday at 4 p.m., and on Friday the p.s. Wakatere will run an excursion, leaving at 7.30 a.m., and returning at 10.45 p.m.

An excellent English judge says that, with the exception of Ormonde, Radium is the best horse ever sired by Bend Or, and that Gold Riach, who has done well this season, is the same sire’s best filly.

English racing statistics when the mail left showed that Mr. W. Hall Walker was at the head of the winning list of owners in England with a total of £17,700 10s; Lord Derby came next with £12,969; followed by Mr. j. B. Joel, £11966; Mr. W. B. Purefoy, £11,822; Mr. W. Bass, £11,122; and Colonel E. W. Baird, £10,556. The ex Australians on the list above £3OOO are Sir Daniel Cooper, £8065; Mr. William Clark, £5303; and Mr. Lionel Robinson, £4124. So far the only horses that have won over £lO,OOO are Lally (by Amphion) £11,555; and Woolwinder (by Martagon), £10,417. Following the leading pair are:—Sancy £9204; Lesbia (twoyear old filly), £8066; Slieve Gallion, £7705; White Eagle (two year old colt), £7571; Orby (Derby), £6717; The White Knight, £6495; Beppo, £5008; Glass Doll, £4950; Polymelus, £4840; Witch Elm, £4350; Bridge of Canny £4244; and Vamose (two year old colt), £4084. .

Some big prices have been obtained for horses of the Doncaster line. He himself began the series by making 14,500 .guineas, and from him the Duke of Westminster bred Bend Or, a Derby winner, whom, it is said, money could not buy. From Bend Or the Duke bred Ormonde, with whom he wpn all the great races, and after that horse .had lost his health he was sold to a South African Croesus for £12,000. The latter, discovering he had made a .bad bargain looked around for somebody to pass Ormonde on to. and found an overwealthy Yankee, to whom he sold the horse for £31,250. Ormonde’s son, Orme, won £30,000 in stakes, and was valued by an expert for stud purposes at £40,000. Orme’s son, Flying Fox, won all the great English races, and was sold to the French for £39,375. Two sons of Flying Fox Jardy and Vai d’Or, were sold respectively for £30,000 and £28,000. Kendal, an almost brother to Ormonde, was sold twice for about £20,000, and Sceptre, whose dam is a sister to Ormonde, realised £20,000, which was the amount received for Galtee More, a son of Kendal. The two best three-year-olds of the present English season are Orby and Woolwinder. The former is by Orme, and the latter by Martagon—a son of Bend Or and Tiger Lily—by Marconi from Polly Agnes. Orby won the Derby, and Woolwinder the St. Leger. * ♦ * • Star Shoot is the leading sire of two year old winners in the United States this season, no fewer than 13 of his juveniles having won races. Bred and owned by Major Eustace Loder, Star Shoot was got by Isinglass out of Astrology (dam of Telescope, etc.), and was himself a big two-year-old winner, his three successes at that age including the National Breeders’ Produce Stakes at Sandown and the Hurst Park Foal Plate.

, Cinque showed to more advantage than Lady Clements and Sol in a gallop over a circuit of the schooling hurdles on Saturday. ♦ * * * Ari bid National winner in Cavallero has made his reappearance at the race track. He is now an Inmate of T. Williams’ stable. * * * ♦ The two-year-old Artillerie, judging from his work on the track, is a very slippery customer, and his owner should not regret making the trip to Auckland. 5 • * • * Cambrian, who pulled up lame a few mornings ago is now all right again, but has only been given trotting exercise. Celtic has been having an easy time on the tracks. A horse who shows a deal of improvement is First Gun in D. Morraghan’s stable. The big son of Hotchkiss is engaged in two events on the first day. • « • • Richard Waugh, a member of a famou straining family, has just retired from the position of trainer to the German Royal stud at Graditz, a post he has held for 25 years, and with a vast amount of success. Appropriately enough, the last winner he sent out was the property of the German Emperor, who, in recognition of his services to the State during a quarter of a century, has bestowed on him the Order of the Crown of Prussia. Waugh will now settle down at Hoppegarten as a public trainer. * * • At Monday’s meeting of the Metropolitan Committee an application from the Rotorua Jockey Club for permission to race on February 22, 1908, was granted, subject to the date being approved by the Racing Conference. Authority was granted to the Houhora Racing Club to issue emergency riders’ licenses for Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. The following licenses to jockeys were granted:—F. Johnson,. R. G. Fenton, and N. D. Godby. The programme of the Bay of Plenty Jockey Club for February 14, 1908, was approved. Mr. Hird brought up Sister and San Toy on Sunday by the Manuka, to run at the A.T.C. meeting. .■ » * * Mr. G. G. Stead has come up to see his horses run at the A.R.C. meeting, and to attend the 'yearling sales. * * * ♦ Star Rose has been scratched for the Auckland Cup. » * * • , A Julian is to have the mount on Master Delaval in the Aucklarid Cup. * * * » Muskerry did a smart gallop with King Billy on Monday, running five furlongs in a tick over 655. * * • • Le Beau has been jumping the hurdles proficiently of late, and looks well. A Oliver will ride Apa in the Cup. The Addington gelding is highly thought of in certain quarters. * * * * Sir Tristram has been galloping in attractive fashion at Ellerslie, and should be heard of at the criming meeting. * * < ' A. Rumours from the North Shore state that matters are not quite as would be wished with both Akarana and Devonport. This is a pity, if correct. The acceptances for the. Manawatu Cup a~e Maniapoto 9.5, Grard Slam 8.2, The Lark 8.1, Truce 8.0, Bcurrasque 7.10, Chatterer 7.8, Tapgimoana 7.7, Merrie Rose 7.4 (including iolb Penalty), Roseal 7.2, Riflemaid 7.2, Kurawaka 7.2, The Rand 7.1 (including 31b pena’ty), Polyanthus 6.13, Saga 6.9, Sancix 6.9.