NEW ZEALAND HORSES IN MELBOURNE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 246, 15 October 1881, Page 1

NEW ZEALAND HORSES IN MELBOURNE.

j ; :< 'Bit»CoD" in the dts6 iffiitiesihte. It b Q/f 6 liow ing Tegardiugyibe ] Jjse n ) Z ;a- • land horaesat FiepaingtODi:-^-. \xx "A friend of tbibe w!io hea just; taken a ruu. over:, to MelbpurV e i i-'and',' who is of a sporting itunn of mind, > writes to me that l he h as paid' jevefal viei'ti to the : 'Fl^qgtOn /•'trainirig-; groabd,; more § fp^Ully 'jfitfi'V view -go.. Beeiag how th'^ NVwfZsaUnd-boreet.are' shf-pin^, but as Piince and Goodman wprk the r co very .early, one has. tp be up veryipng before the f larlf ; td : get ' a r glieppse of, them. He^jwaa luck-y. enough to. see theai several times, at exercise and twice^in their etiibles,* and'hia report 1 is that they are doitig. splendid work "jind feeding .Weli.; With p- faie,Bhare;of luck he thinks Somnua will be very [ hard to beat for the Derby, ahd Sir Modred' 1 *|8' going adi : ; ojirably, /and : h,a-? op^ly tCL^f^a.i*' la 'ibe! Cup the "dark horse " .thai/may .prove to bavei been thrown in with unduly light weighs.. He says it is.' most r anoaßiDg'to jhear the too te' remarks; on the New Zealand team. They do .not like Somoue iohie gallops while they look upon Hilarious aa a fonder ; but then these ere i.hq.. -clever, ipeople wb6 Us.t Bgßßon fell in love with Qamballo at work, but' couldnot atand Mata'at any pr r ice. 3rj[y frjend dQes bbt n seeni ; i^t^jj^^^ticl^^itti ;: %& W-f'pSt' he I *baß!,B^^ f /,fpr\^e^ayaV^ wilh lhe exception of i two or three ver*y fine -Ibekitig. ; qti|tbsieirf, they are 'fefi Ii r.eateat }f> t ;qf_ .rg^a^ .. to . , b fijif? ni" ooftiny racecQUCße-riabofttfilbevjorjt) tb»fr. Mr^Lunn.fad' Mackay^ 'jßrotherß^en-: erariy.'tt'Bvet ab'dflt'Njefw' 'Zs^abd 1 #ritb* !t,o ; . Wnrn; PPj-m-WMZA . j man base >not*jm>uct! ; t*a sayraagainst; Sir; ! Modred, ; for -be Seems yto- - ibave rquitei lupyet'i 'tbei^' D)oti|)nß ! of 'New ' Zeafand ' ihprae? y.ip&YlifejjlMw ?^ t °! r^: $j*WsrJ iQn i< the wbo^j>:^iJi9jbejs-i jiftdgesexpi;^ the opiDionibatUhe quartette are 'the ifi nest lot ol ;iiqr^B''^*6jr :, Be^a 'aj ; Pl6ai-' liflgtpujljn '^e^|;a^;^fetit' .tbe Jjtf^^i ig^qeraljy ; hflve : ii :! tfeai_;;.p*i>.qa^B.';C.aVpP.tl stay, ..-iapd i soqie' - ate^i deubtful of Sir; iModrea'a staying powei a also. If'the'-' Hot continue to progrees as well as they' jnow do, ; and ib^'iclimate bb it ge>B j warmer ; ; does not , bother them, nay icorreepondpnt tbioks they iwill well | sariB f y the exp ectatTone^ of their f r iend&r jHiß.own v -r^fe't^iis * bia ([ inabiiity to l^tffiJa^^f-'^T^^

! The : T^atirangW Times says t-—bi gentleman lin town bad a ''little bill" given him day' |or two ago, and this^morning an application Ifor payment was made. """ The reply showed -a thorough knowledge rof Parliamentary iprocedure. It was as- follows : — "Your bill ;must follow the usual course. ;It has passedithe first and second reading, and has been ipassed into Committee, but as the house isnow prorogued, you will have to wait until inexc session, as your hill is one of the slaughtered innocents.? In London, an old lady of 93 : has just re- : covered from a severe attack of.small-pox ;. | while another, ancient jdauae. has just thrown? [off , this,nio#al cbi| at "the age of lbi. '* i ' ' • *| ! * .x '\ '- x x ; . yl -,£. i j "-. iv ' *„rT i '" ; i* J , i ( :'") i « ■■>„.'