AUCKLAND TOPICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 56

AUCKLAND TOPICS.

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-Jstr--- 4 -" -• ", .'• ""- -' "' "January .l 3. f^lfastefj DelavaL hasl been on'/the- training r-tfack's-'B&veral times since the 'A.B;C. summer -.meeting, and as far as appearances go the "jifpn/of Sea ton Delaval seems to be perfectly f sounds % Nothing definite has ."been "decided "-■upon -so, far, buV--it is just possible .that he' = J "wilL-be; sent across- to Sydney "to lun.at the SA-JtCnJuitumn, iiieeting.': - ; ;"<The "^Torpedo gelding" TCruesot, -purchased £Tw an Auckland sportsman from" Mr T.>-H. ,"Lowry a* few/ days'" ago, has gone into. Harry sHow«_s"s~ stable.- -_ - --'''/'., -. ' _ "- j.The yearling colt by^ Soult — Dreamland and -th«- yearling filly by Sbult^-Miss"" Annie, pur- : chased" by " Mrs A. -M'Coombe"/at "the.- recenir «alifl-at 625 and 40O ; guineas respectively, have" ,been/ y j>laced-in--*Dennis Moraghan's hands- to I receive their.- education. ;The yearling^colts "by .Soult^-Lady Emmeline -and Etoii — Seuga, -.Who, fell to "the bid- of Mr B. Clelland at the--"••les-held a few dayß "since"- are r to, be trained -%-PrHill. The-Clanranald -filly Guidwife, purchased from -Sir .Geo. "Clifford by "Mr W. $j- Balph, has joined "J. Gallagher's; string. -. who was sold to Mr'W Lyons, clihe. well-known 'Auckland 'bookmakex/.a week .flnce, at- 470 guineas, will in aL 1 probability -be- given a run at the Takapuna J: C. sum"nier "meeting) and .will then- be 'shipped. "to -Sydney with..a" view competing .-in events "ahead ,iri- the- Commonwealth- States." "" Pro--periy. placed; -Waipuna - should, "with'- f eason~»ble. treatment --by- Australian haudicappers, "pay, his'way-.on* the other : side of the"Tas- " man Sea. .-. - ' --'.-"- .J.The OtahuhU Trotting Club have issued %'- programme- covering 32 'events for -the olub's. summer- meetingr to ber held^on FebTuary 8, 12, and 15. The prize-money -totals aOSsovs. - The chief event is the Otahuhu .Trotting Cup. of lOOsovs. distance two miles. - Mr E. W. Alison, M.P., • delegate 'of the COTllli*y racing cl-n'hs of A.xjcHaiid,- leaTes.ior. Wellington in a few days to ' attend " the special meeting of the Bacing Conference in connection with the new "Gaming 'Act. Although stakes weTe advanced" considerably; it -is understood that the financial <rtatement to be placed before the committee'

1 of the Auckland— Bacing Club on Wednesday J 1 evening will show a substantial increase in . profit compared with the summer meeting ■ of twelve months since."' " Tb.o fillies by Merriwee — St. Olga and Eton 1 —^Guinevere which were ..• knocked- down.^ at j i 90 guineas and. 50 guineas respectively to Mr S. "Brown, V N.S. Wales, were, it is under- J 1 stood,: -purchased oa behalf of. Mr ; '. of Brisbane, who,' bought the stallion Blue- . jacket at the dispersal sale of the Wellington - . Park Stud Company. The youngsters -were shipped to their- new home by the Manuka ; ■ , the. other -day. ''-»,- "'"— - - - ' ' -!