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■ ■ :••■■•- [Bγ Glbvcof,.] ' •■' •■' . The''. Mrirlliorough' Kncinj; - Club's fliitumn-nieetiiii,' .will bo continued at Jiivorlnhds to-daj". '•■'-■ '• '- ■■ Th« KRiiioiitEnoinpf.Club's winter meeting will be opened- to-day.- ■ I'or the first time, in the'history of' , the clubcrosscoiintrv. events figure on .the programnie. They are thp llii'ek ujul IFuiiter's-Steeple-chase and "flie' ]3ginont .Steeplecliitte. In Ihn formor ovpnt'Polthojjun.has Iflst.'Mb., rijul is not meeting/ a. very strons field, unci in the big event that good horse Yellow and Black has list. He is- "to be ridden by A. M'Bonald, who 'has been retained by Mr. F! Armstrong for tin; season. . ' '.'; At Kllerslic .Pierrot has been' tried over' fences, i'md has ''acquitted' himself well. He has no ' iirimediiito ciigagemeiits. but should be useful in hurdle races,later on. ''Another maiden' jumper who has been shaping satisfactorily ,is ■ the well-performed All Talk' .'. r At the Kawa Kawa. meeting on Saturday the well-known" horseman A. T M'.Fliim : rode five, winners . ~.....
Yellow and Black,- who- is to-contest, the B»mont Stoeplechaeo to-day, was lost vear us in the first flight <if 'chasers! . He 'is not badly treated with list., and he is sure to have many supporters in- to-dny's nice.- • ' The well-iierlorniod Lin«lo was offered fit iniction at Sydney during the yearling sales, but-not a , single bid was forthcoming for the handsome black' horse:.- . The vent'liny full-brntlier. ■ to .tjitlaiid and'-T'inmark sold at the yearling sale's at Kandwick has gone-into W. Booth's Bharßi).. His price was llflOgns.,. nml rit the. figure named he was regarded as a very cheap 'horse.'. •• . ■-Tin. New -Zealand jockey .T. -O'Shea rode Ilopriu in'■■tho Glenhuntly.Guii at Ciinlfleld-on April .20.. and..nffer n good finish ho was narrowly ilclViikd by the West Australian-owned Mistico. Amoiißst life runners in the Tongnhoc Hurdles at the Kgmont mcetinii tu-dfty is liovnl Park;'who;is weighted at !)st. 121b. Tho Ilinvpra-traiijed !inimal ie art aspir-ant-for honours in tho Century Hurdles and /jreat Northern Hurdles. ■ ; Tho A.J.O. St. Legcr.of 1500 sovs., will be decided-;ii. lianuVick on Saturday next.' Amongst-the runners is the New Zealand-bred Pininark, and tho opposition is iinythi"!! but strong.. At tlu« yearling , sales held in Sydney last luontli'some 670 yomis.itcrs.,wpro catalo'minl but only f-ilrlit nf them brought ovor SliOgiis. The Tinliinil-Wai-snare colt, bred liv Mr. T. H. Lowry, lopped the Use wilh , iiOfluhs. He is ii full-brother to VinniiH'k-and Estland, bul: vopnrlcd to bi' .bigjrer than either of the horses liiinu'd. Some-of t'.lii?. critics ..tool' txceplinn to one of his- kiipps,- but- his biiyer, tho Kos?hill tninvr.W. Booth; did .not Iliink llipiv was anylhiiiu -wong with the..vouii!!?tor. ; . , ~■,,„ At Hi-' Sydney yearling' snK's tho.Syce -Wischivd' coll:' fc-tclip'd ; -lOnngns. The dam of tho youngster, nninccl is a-full-sister to the '(lliiikebnrc-bi'ed .Krown Owl. ami Niffhtwaic'li. .- -. ' •■■ • M;i.rrim>r>iir,. wlio.'is'.toji-weiglit" in" the WKim MoiiKiri.il ITaudicap at-.tho.'.Kg-moiit meotinß..twlay. , w^s I'lncrd Jjcjiind Vagabond' in -botli the big ha.iulipaps-at the" Awapitiii '''mcpting • last v,-nok:- -His moil formidable opponent.-. to-day :would , iinpoar-to'bo (he'Nmv- Plyinouth-lTOiiicd Alt'erhtioii; 'who'' luls Previously 'shownwinniiu: form on tho Hawera track. Weights for the minor oyents at the Wajiganui meeting aro due on Friday,
md acceptances for all events otv tho inciting day* close oh Monday next • at i-ii.m. hi connection with -the Horotvlionua meeting to be held on Juno 0, owners ire reminded that nominations for nil >vents" close on Pridny next nt 8 p.m. ivitli Secretary W, Bull, , Levin.
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