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Th-e Sydney trainer, J. Bryan, c<i on Friday with Britwimc" and Chvyhee, who will lx> raced at the Zealand Metropolitan Autumn Mcetu^lib Tho Takapaua Jockey Club's 3)£efc|lf ing will bo ooocJu-dod on At tho Takapuna Jockey Heeling on iiaturday thirty-six boSS'lffi makers were doing business, onliching the Clu-b to tho oxt«n€^^^ £400. -<%m First-class nommations 3iavo been i»i® ccivod for tho WoodriUo Jookpy Mooting, amongst those figuring ia the"% pruici-pal events being—Vasa, White .Lio, Aberration, Frisco, Glcnullin, l<orxl Soult, ginal and Highdeu. ;\-^M At tlie Wellington. Pony Club'e ing on Snturday tho principal Qtcet'W •was won by Veronique, who was falfi&Jil od home by Kimhoo and tMoata. winners at tho fixture woro:— Franc, Lady Dauphin, and SiSi&iP HHona. v??mIfc is reported that th« ex-New £&£M land jockey, I*. H. Hewitt, had row escai>o £ix>m dienth, owing to *liffil| maine poisoning. It was his 5Jh*»W which hrought about an fibandonato^lf l of Hewitt's contemplated! trip tralia this summer. -\'.^ip Financially tho British titrf never in a sounder condition («ay*"iHfi| Englieh writer), and during tho seanSi m sonio halt a million pounds fcaro'lngl 8g T.on in stakes alono, making a grstK£ SBggrosate for the ( past 27 years of 1-H million sterling. In addition mammoth sum it has been oomputeitfe&||] a weil-known autJiority that seven millions sterling is spent on the, upkeep of the turf (warning training expanses, etc.).