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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVIII, Issue 1049, 14 April 1910, Page 7

Dillon z Bell, by Harold Dillon— Wild Bell,-who won the pacing, division of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club’s Futurity Stakes last week, will be shipped to Melbourne .shortly to take part in the Melbourne Trotting Club’s Futurity Stakes. The street bookmaker was bribing the new policeman. “ It’s always said that 1 ‘ money talks,’ ” said he, “but if this half-quid so much aS ‘ whispers/ never expect another. See?” ♦ « * iT Cairns will have the piloting of the Porirua jumping brigade while H. Telford is hors de combat with a broken collar-bone. Cairns will visit Australia in the course of a few weeks. ♦ ♦ • • The Ayr Laddie—Oralena colt, purchased by Mr. Connbly, of West Australia, at the recent Randwick sales for 750 guineas, while being broken in, bolted and suffered fatal injuries. * *' ♦ The value of the Argentine Derby is to be increased to £lO,OOO. For the next year of two, at any rate, the republic named is going to be hard to beat in the matter of prize-money. Kuroki has been taken up by F. Lind, the Wanganui trainer, with a view to trying his abilities at the illegitimate game. Poseidon has not been on the Randwick tracks for some time, and it is believed that no further attempt will be made to train him.

San Lass, which won the Muritai Handicap at Wellington on Saturday, is almost a full-sister to the well- ; known performer, Tangimoana, as Waiau. the dam of San Lass, is an own sister to Waingongoro, dam of • Tangimoana.