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The) total amount paid to jockeys For riding fees and' percentages in connection irith tho Trentham fixture was £784 ss. C. Jacfcson rodo the •winner of fivo racee at tho recent Foxton fleeting, while T. Pritchard and W. Prico scored a bror-e each. The ooiumittoe of tho A.11.C. on Monday dealt with tho injunction lodged by thft owners of Master Soult against the stakes nttadliing -to tiie Railway Handicap l>einjr paid to the owner of Royal Soult. The committee decided in fnvour of Roral Soult. but tho stakes aro to be withhold until the m;ittcf is finally dealt with.

A tiwo-year-old lilly hy Multiform from Novitiate hos been put in work nt Brisbane. Novitiate, who won the Perth Cup of 1903, was one of the very few niarcs Kent from Australia to bo mated with Multiform. Tho Hen. Agar Wynne's 2100-gninea oolt. Qalvorite. by Gmfton from Golddust, will not be seen out this season, and "Wynne is not very sanguine about his racing at ail. _ An attempt waa ninde to get Calverite rendy for the V.sR.C. Breeders' Plate in October; but hp became very shin-sore, and had to !>-■ (turned out. Paytpn tried him again 'lately, and the oolt would not stand 'work. Probably he will bo put by "for|.it 1-nst a year before any further .Tt»t"mpt- is made to train him. At TjCirk's Ba.eaar, Melbourne, on .Tannery 12th. Mp*>rs Campbell and Sons .'j-ii'l. on behalf of Mr Ab'ster Clnrk. * iV-.o New Zealand-bred polo ponies (ForMi and Hear Hear to Messrs T. E. fiin-.th ay.d Edward respectively. Wlte i th« two New Zealand horses Sirnor «nd Cnrissimn first arrived at Sydney , it was intended to work them at IT.Tji'lwieV fir a few weeks prior to continuing their journey to Melbourne; but. evid-ently influenced by the favourable TV ports roncerning the condition of the tracks, their trainer altered his plnris. and tbe two Maorilcnders were sent en to Flemington. Mr P . A. Connolly, for the fifth year in swicc wsion, beaded the list of winning ot -ners at tlie Perth Meeting, his cheque totalling-*£3780. Last vecir the owner «t>f Scorcher won £3.330. ' Thirtyfour ot her owners participated in the stake r icney. the nearest to Mr Connolly h nng-Mr T. Tighe, who secured £490.

Advicos from the tracks at Randwiok say that Poseidon looks in such capital order that ho will probably oe ready to raco in tne autumn. Parsee, however, does not present a bright appearance, and Golden Clipper displays -i«-6 of soreness. An interesting fact in connection with tho Viceroy's Cup and Auckland Cup, decided on Boxing Day, is that both races were captured by sons of the Saunterer mare Stoppe. _ Russley t,by Doncaster) claims the Viceroy's Cup winner AVandin as a descendant, while Stopniak (by Nordenfoldt) is responsible f o r All" Rod, winner of tho Auckland Cup. Tho Now Zealand-bred gelding, Walter Young, by Phaeton, who has turn«"d out rather a disappointment, is now in R. Bradfield's stable at Flemington. Ho is shortly to bo sent to tho Ararat district to be raced.

At the dinner of the Gimcrack Club, Viscount Downe, steward of tho Jockey Club, said the starting to-day in h.ngland with the gate was immeasurably superior to what it was thirty-tivo years ago. Idolator, who beat AVallaeo in tho Australian Cup of 1591, and has been at the stud, was killed at Orbost last week, having broken his leg while running in his owner's paddock there. Nominations for tlie Woodvillo J.C. Autumn Meeting closo this evening.

Tho annual meeting of tho Orari Sports t-lub was held on Wodnesday night. There was a fair attendance, and „Ir J. Kennedy presiiied. Tho balance-shoot, which shotvod Cr. baianco of i.'44 iU "d, was read nd considdrotl highly satisfactory. Thc election of officers resulted a.s follows:—President. Mr J. Kennedy; vice-presidents, Messrs CI. Wornor and D. Macdonald; .jii<.l_io, C. K. Sh—Alcrass: clerk of course. It. Orton ; luTndicsip]>er and starter, B. It. Macdonalcl; li—imic-.ipper for trots, Geo. Morrison; timekeeper, K. Keunington; clerk of scales, C. Stock: stewards, Messrs A. T>atcK. J. 'MuHan, J. ones, W. Quirk, "\V. Mason. \V. Baxter, A. Brown. W. T Turner, C. Brion, and W*. Connolly. It was decided to hold the Annual'Haco Meeting on May 6th. and to have threo trots and four gallops, and to increase tho stakes.