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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 220, 17 September 1887, Page 5

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The late Mr M. Fennelly had his life insured for £3,000. The price of the " Australian Turf Register" has been raised to 15s. Soxtant has lately been inquired for in Melbourne for the V.R.C. Derby. Vespasian (sire of Blairgowrie) was recently sold in Brisbane for 112 guineas. The Tasmanian Racing Club have purchased a totalisator from a New Zealand firm at a cost of £250. In the Moonee Valley Cup, run on October 22, Pasha has been awarded Bsfc 91b, and Teddy Yuille 7st 91b. The withdrawal of Volcano from the Hawkesbury Handicap and Trident from the " Metrop." was a severe blow to Sydney backers. The entry for the Epsom Derby of 1889 shows a slight advanco on that for next year. The Prince of Wales is a nominator. A sorious disease, said by the Victorian Government veterinary to be Australian stringhalt, has broken out among the horses in the Moama district. Lord Ribblesdale, in an article on " Queen's Plates," in the "National Review," says that horsebreeding in England 13 in "a pining condition." July was sold in Christchurch last week for 125 guineas, Mr M. Cowan being the buyer. The disappointing son of Traaucer is to be travelled in Canterbury.

A recent issue of the " Town and Country Journal publishes in its sporting columns an engraving of Mr James Paul, secretary of the Taranaki Jockey Club. Although the English St. Leger is not to be run till September 14th, a8 little as 2 to 1 in thousands was taken in one hand six weeks ago about Merry Hampton. Tho "Jubilee Plunger," Mr Benzon, has purchased the English racehorse Kingswood for 2,500 soys., and shortly after he won the Victoria Cup at Kempton Park. Mr W. Kelso has disposed of his interest in the racehorse First Chester to Mr E. Eager, and he now occupies a box in the same stable an the Musket mare Industry. An English paper says that the Duchess of Montroso has refused 15,000 guineas for the Sefton stud of yearlings, numbering 15, the value set upon them being £20,000. The English jockey C. Wood, who seems destined to fill the late F. Archer's place, had up to the time of the last mail leaving England, won 83 races for 258 mounts. G. Barrett was next with 63 out of 330. An Adelaide writer states that Isonomy is looking an well as his enthusiastic wellwishers could desire. He is far more forward than ho was last year, and is doing any amount of work and standing it well. A horse called Koshibhshobogamogran, was among the starters for the East Riding Hunters' flat race at Beverly, England, on June 22, but failed to gain a place. He was probably overweighted by his name. Kempton Park (England) shows that a racecourse well managed will pay as well as most enterprise?. Nearly £40,000 has been spent in improving the property ; yet it would be hard to buy one of the original £40 shares for £200, and Olilfl is the growth of a little more than a decade. An American trotting stallion has lately arrived in Sydney from San Francisco in the shape of Doncaster, a handsome son of the celebrated sire Elmo, whose pedigree on the male side runs back to Prunella (imp.), a blood mare by Comus, the grandsiro of Melbourne. Doncaster is nine years old. The Adelaide-owned brood maro Deceptive is dead. She was foaled in 1865, so that she was 22 years old. Deceptive produced Tinfinder, one of the most valuable brood maies in Australia, and in addition to the dam of Assyrian, Pawnbioker. Helene, The Israelite, *&c. , was the mother of Totalisator and Delusion. The " Sydney Telegraph " says that judging by the consistent suppoit accorded to Algerian for the Melbourne Cup, the son of Algeria is a great public favourite, and will probably advance to a short price in the quotations. He is now almost as good a favourite as anything el c e. Mr J. B. Haggin, the Californian spoitsman, is in great form with his teams this season. At the Monmouth Park meeting he' won the Hopetul Stakes with a colt named Woden, the- Long Branch Handicap with Hidalgo, and the Monmouth Oaks and a sweepstakes with Fvienzi. He was equally successful at the Chicago meeting.