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Trentb ridge, a son of the Waikato stallion Phaeton (Trenton— Sapphire) won the first and champion prize at the Victorian Royal Horse Show last week. * * * * There should be a fine field in the ■Maiden Handicap at the Avondale meeting, as no less than twenty-seven horses are engaged. * « * * The Leolantis gelding Crispin sprung a tendon while contesting the Hunt Club Steeplechase at Cambridge last week. He looked like winning easily at the time. * * * * The death is reported in Melbourne of Mr. Herbert Buckley, who for many years contributed to the sporting columns of the “Australasian” under the nom de plume of “Ribbleden.” * » » * The jockey H. Phillips, who has been on the injured list for a long time, received a benefit on Saturday, this taking the form of a football match, and it is expected Phillips will receive about £lOO. An account of the match appears in our football columns. Mr. Rowe wants the Auckland Trotting Club to institute a Sires’ Produce Stakes, and it is quite on the cards this will be done. * * * * Entries for the Wellington Pony and Galloway Club’s September meeting close with Mr. Cumming at 9 p.m. next Monday. » * * * One of the sensations of the week has been the disqualification of Frisco for glaringly inconsistent running at the Marton meeting. He was well thought of for the N.Z. Cup. Forty-seven horses remain in the New Zealand Cup after the first acceptance. The bay horse San Remo, by St. Leger (imp.)—Cissy, was purchased the other day by Mr. Chisholm for Mr. J. H. S. Barnes, of Lyndhurst, Pentland, North Queensland. The stallion Multiform and the brood mares Otterden and Sans Peur have been sent to Mr. W. Brown’s Whittingham Stud, near Singleton, New South Wales. ♦ * * * Up to July 17 Higgs has ridden 55 winners in England this season, Maher 47, and F. Wootton 43. Maher’s winning percentage was much better than that of either of the other two, being 23.15, as against Higgs’ 16.92 and Wootton’s 17.41. * * * * The King’s smart filly Princess de Galles won the Chesterfield Stakes at the Newmarket meeting on July 16. * * * * The well-known stallion Regel (or Leger-Atalanta) will be offered for sale at the Durham yards to morrow. * * * * The jockey S. Malone has been disqualified for three years by the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club for weighing in short at the Tolago Bay Meeting. s * * * The newly formed Wanganui Trotting Club will hold its first meeting on October 15.