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Nominations for the Kaikoura R.C.s Annual Meeting close to-morrow even-

ingNominations for the Cheviot R.C.s Annual Meeting close to-morrow evening. Nominations for. events on the first day of the Reefton J.C.s Midsummer Meeting close this evening. , R. Longley had bad luck at tho South Canterbury Meeting, both his charges, Sveaborg and Glenongley falling lame during racing. The jockoy, L. Lloyd, had his licenso sispended by the stewards of the South Canterbury Jockey Club before racing commenced on Wednesday. Baritone, who started twice at Timaru yesterday, did not finish well in either race. He was favourite in both his races, but failed to run up to expectations. Mr A. Boyle's imported filly. Flower of tho West, by Arizona from Flowerer, made some amends for previous disappointments by winning the Mombers' Handicap at Timaru yesterday in. a decisive manner. Oxonhope, who ran rather unkindly at Timaru on Wednesday, gave quite a different display yesterday, when he won the Jockey Club Handicap in fine style in lmin 40sec. Considering that ho oarried Bst 101b, the performance was a meritorious one. Cortes was favourite for the Hopeful Handicap at Timaru yesterday, whilo Speedometer, who had run a dead-heat with Cortes on tho first day was only fourth fancy. Both had gone up 41b in weight. Cortes ran a, good race, but Speedometer was never prominent at any timo. . Kfiyal, who won two races at tho South Canterbury Jockey Club's Summer Meeting, is the joint property of Mr Kgerton Reid and Mr Arthur Elworthy. Ho is pretty smart over a short course, and romped homo yesterday with Bst 101b on his back, .and ran the half-mile in 50sec. My Lawyer ran two entirely different races at Timaru yesterday. ■ In tho Jockoy Club's Handicap, of a mile, with Sst 91b, he failed to run out six furlongs. After leading his field in the last race of. tho day, tho Farewell Handicap, six furlongs, with Bst 81b up, he romped home six lengths ahead of bnome and SMartel, in lmin losec. xhe Spring Meeting of the Forbury Park Trotting Club will be commenced to-day, and the large number of local horses engaged will make the meeting more than usually interesting for Canterbury sportsmen. A largo number of horses were sent south last night, and as they represent a good class local stables should enjoy a fair amount of success. Tho English turf is evidently in possession of another high-class two-year-old in Corcyra, which defeated Stooneaw.iy and five others in tho Middle Park Hate. He has now won his last four races off the reel, and has only suffered defeat on ono occasion—on his first outuig, and somo time ago he was bping spoken of as The Totrarch's greatest danger in tho Derby. Sunstar*s subscription is full, not only for tho next two seasons, but for 7916"as well, and nominations are now being taken for 1917 at a feo of 300 guineas. This gives an idea of the horse's \-alue. Both Sunstar and Prince Palatine are the property of Mr J. B. Joel, and are standing at that gentleman's Childwick vStud. The Prince's subscription for 1914-15-16 is also full, at a feo of 400 guineas. Backers made Madama favourite for the Hack Handicap, but the daughter of Mihstead and Knight's Dame got a bad passage, and could never get near the leaders. The winner was the wellbacked John Barleycorn by tho St. Simon horse Sarto from Brisa, and sister to Vladimir, and was. bred by Sir George McLeau at Warrington. John Barleycorn is owned by Mr W. Gardiner, jun., vice-preeident of the North Otago Jockey Club. Tho death of a* well-known Irish ' horse, Culleen, happened unden most peculiar circumstances during the running of a race at Phoenix Park Meeting ! recently. Ho was in front for nearly seven furlongs of the mile, ana though it was not apparent that he had met any mishap, it was observed by the vet. that two of his ribs were broken one of which had been driven into the lung, generating gangrene. The post-mor-tem showed that a splint of the rib was embedded in the lung, but how tho accident occurred is a mystery. So far as tho jockey could tell nothing happened in the race that could account for it. lork, whose death was reported recently, was one of the first" horses to exploit aluminium shoes in South Africa (says "Sentinel" in the "Transvaal Loader"). At the timo the qualities of the champion were being recognised, and Mr Hadley found it increasingly difficult to get a nrice about him. Aluminium fcad been used in other parts, and Sir Hadley knew of it, hut the raw metal was" not obtainable. As a last resort he bought up all the tea services, sooons. and forks of that material he could find at Mr Scale's jewellery establishment, Adderley street, Capetown, and had them smelted and "cast" into a pair of front shoes. Naturally, they were conspicuous, and, not knowing of the metal, the shrewd people feared to back him, and books really bet a false price about York, who won in a canter. With regard to the displays of New Zealand jumpers in Australia, a writer in the Melbourne "Leader" hasihe fol'wing:—"Truly the ways of the New Zealand jumpers are like these of the Heathen Chinee, dark and peculiar." First we saw Marton apparently tire badly before getting to the end of a two-mile hurdle race on the Tuesday,

and then come out and win at threemiles in brilliant stfc-le. ~ Secondly, at Williamstown, we are treated to a wrotched display on the part of another visitor from the-Dominion, Loch Mabea (a horse considered good enough to send out favourite for tho First Hurdlo .Race at Randwick on the 4th tilt.), in a hurdle race, wherein only moderates were engaged. And lastly we are treated to Glenmoro tiring to a walk at the end of the Steeplechase on Cur* day, in which the time was nothing at all out of the way, and then at the next appearance paralysing tho opposition by his speed and magnificent fencing. On Saturday Gleninore travelled so fast over the last mile and a half of the Steeplechase that all those who essayed to-keep near him toppled over, and he was left alone in his glory to finish the last half mile at his ease. Yet so brilliant had "been his speed for tho first two and a half miles that he completed ,tho throe miles in 6min 24sec, or only 2sec outside the record. Had Glenmore been pressed ho could easily have run the journey in about 6min 20sec. Gloninoro carried the same weight in tho saddle on Saturday as he did on the Tuesday, 12st 21b."