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Helen Portland, dam of Bonny Helen, will v.sit Myniettus next sprmg. 'lie wen-known starter, Mr H. i'jpcr, -Js senouMy t iiulisposod. Jio has been ailing lor *bbmo tune. . . .Nuxuiuation-, for tno Canterbury Park Trotting Club s \N intor Meeting clo&o at 8 o'd'ock tins evening. . Gregory, Carolus, Troon, ' Thrax, " Taimliauserj Glcmoy, Twelfth Night, Athfcldaua; Salathiel, Eaglestone,"and Qpkiiinch. left, toi Oamaru by tho seooojf express yesterday. -*. At.'tiio Wall&end laces on May 9th, the New Zealand-bred stallion Cuneiform, by Multiform—BlnoTire, was re- ■ presented by a winner in City Giin,Tvno yon *ho Plattsb'urg.Handicap. - . : Mr- J. l'rccce. junr. f recently dispos- ■ cd ot his ' black, pacing, colt by , Wild- ' wood Junr.—Blue Rose, to Mr E. E. { Edmonds, of Dallingtqn. The colt. r w inch is a very promising one, realised on threonines, • • ' ' Whilit schooliiiE at Hastings recently Eipa iero i ecu.red a übuudlrbm,which kood flofled pretty freeb- ".Whether Sun, njay -prevent his fulfilling -his Wa-. ORan-.i engagements remains to bo seen, " but his trainer is said not to view the . matter seriously. ■ ' In connexion with its recent meeting, ''the- jfclawke's Bay Jockey Club had to land over to the Government'the sum <$ £,1000 13s 9d. This is.the first oc- ■—" Cksion- that any fixture in the district ku- been taxed to the extent of four Ifcures. \ " Mr McMahon. tho senior stipendiary *' *6wnrd. intends, leaving on a< business -nsit.to Australia at the conclusion of • ,tn^Otak ; Meeting. Tho announcement tbttl he # would probably remain on the other side is entirely without founda- '{ tion. -. ' *-•, JAt the Tamtvorth* Meotinc on May 1 4 • the, Peel Handicap of 100 spvs, six ; furfoncs, was "won by Charloville, by *' {Charlemagne ll.—La Glouria, whewas "L/'ilsb successful on the, following day In Jockey Club Handicap of 125 soys, '* -One mile and a quarter. . . ,'jf %.Nsw Zealand-bred horses'"have .been .'ij~ MOBg 'with a' good deal of success in 1 - ..and around Sydney of late, and tho N t latest files to hand give particulars of Si further snecesses. At the South Aus- . - traUiin Jocke-y Club's meeting on May BthVjthe Goodwood Handicap was won 'bviKosai, who was a neck m front of .Twiaiiga, with Bob Soult a head away - on May. 11th the- Maiden ' ;PijiM Was won by Breastwork. bY Po«i- ---• '■ktno'from the New Zealand-bred tnaro -"; .sCross. Battery by Stepnink—Kiro Cross. ->;„ V*-At the Rosebery Meeting, on' May .. eth", 'Te Kahuran'?i. by Cooo/nero'r — _-„-Ytlance, ran a dead-heat with Sea Is Etttk in the second division of the Handicap, while the second diyi- ** jfon-of the Fourteen-One Handicap was ," won by Calipha, by Martian—Sou of '^'.-.-^e'Desert nnre, who at one time was >* *K>ld in Chmtchurch for 9 guineas. Tn ' v tho Second Division of tho llosebery Doughboy, by Gluten—Cob- "\* Web. was seen to ad\antago. i{" The victory of John Willie in the Waihi Handicap' came as some surprise f to jthe" majorilj of »-aoegcors who havo "' iwtnesse'l the son of Campfiie tacing rp- ;_ cently (>.ays an ovrhange). A month or ,£o-ago John Willie changed hands at » -;j&e sum of £30. winn up. a rnco , ,*t Feiltl rsp: immediately after- Ho * >\feiled batliv -kheii v. pji backed at Wel-.Kngt-on and Mnnnwatu. nnd was lot so for £20. .Mr Short securing him. Hβ rac.d mm. at t"c and *-.at the fir=t tim» of : -i>kius; landed a jL, rtake nf ?0 - sov«.. besides-returning a r remnnerauve div'don'l. 50 that his new no" cause to regret his purchase. Fritl.Vv ovenini: the Hon.-W.-H. , Herries.' who hat. been a prominent " aomher of the New Zealand Rac'ns i _ Coherence ior many years past, was 1 " met by tho president auil members of tho Gre; mouth Metropolitan Jockey j Club, tho of the PUtiwt Committee from Iveeftoii, Kumara. and Hokitika bein:; :ilso present. Mr M. - Hannan, \\ho presided, proposed tue health of tbe cruest of the evening. ar»d in doing 50 (Vays tho ' Grey River Argus') said that he had numbered Mr Herr:es aaione Ins personal friends for many years Their*guest was an but-fad-out sport and a thorouch gontlo- - Baa- Bβ had always workcJ-in the interests of clean, legitimate sport, and lad rendered invaluable services to the »<ang institutions in New Zealand. . 0a behalf of the local raring club he, i is president, had much pleasure in vroljosang ro their midsc ilr Hem'ee, who c. tfcsy knerw wouid ah-ays do his besr to • »3VaiK» the true interests of the sport ; % the Donupioo. The toaet hating , weo honoured, Mr ' Eerries re-plied, remarkiag that his : reoaneadon witlh the Txrrf had «ver been \ "4n enjoyable one. His one. aim had at ' all times been to encourage clean spore, : and he was pleased to noto the nigh. ~♦ etandard which racing had attained in v- this Domirjon. The Greymouth'Club, the able guidance of his esteemed i friend. A(r Hannan. had dono much in } tho b*«;t interest!, of the sport, and was Jtroirnis> {[ as one of the foremost chita in Nn»- Zo>ilaml. Up trusted that thf\ ' T Would ion?: enjoy a prosperous run and achieve -til 1 iur'ther progress.