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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 253, 25 April 1888, Page 3

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■ Au^m'' confide) - Voile} the best (illy Mu-kct c\c:' ->heel. The thoiougbbrcd stallion, -Inly, by Traducei — Idalia, ha* been -old to <;o to S> <!noy The Dunedin hotter Duchess ha.- been -old io Mr M. C. Hall, and to Sydney. IToigct-mc-Not, bred by Mr. J. Alwcll,won the two principal event 1 - at the Hivciton races. Tho iamous old marc, Chrysolite, isasrain in foal, notwithstanding tliat.!-hc i- 27 >cais old -this time to Giandma^lei. Mi Stead ha- -old Count d'Oi-a> to Mill. Lunn, who it i« stated intends to school him at the illegitimate g.uno. Beiesfoid pulled up \ery lame in the [ Island Bay Cup. and it is probable that he may nc/cr lace again. JMi Stead has named his ycarlino' colt by Apicmont -Stienua, Milord, and lii- year lm<j iilly by Apremont Lib, Ihtinu. \V. White, who lccently l'eturncd to Chii.stchuieh from Australia, lias accepted ' aictainer to ride ior the IFon W. Robin- ■ son. A wager ot 1,000 to 100 was recently laid against Piiar's Balaam winninp- the Two Thousand Ouineas, the Derby, the Kempton Park (Imnd I'ri/c, and the St. Lcgor. A x.lelbou rne scribe states that Tranter is coming on nicely, all traces of the recent blistering on his ofl hind fefcloclc joint having nearly disappeared. Peter Flat, a very moderate performer in Otago two fceasons ago, won the steeplechase at the Midland (Tasmania) Jockey Club's* mooting lafet mouth. Haka, who won tho Selling Race at the C.J.C. Autumn Meeting, is now an inmate of O'Brien's stable, and will be put to the I jumping bu&incKs". Mr C. Turnbull, of Dunedin, was the purchaser of the St. George — Folle Fan no geldiii"- afc the C'hrisfcchurch Middlopark sale, Clood news for Sydney trainer^. During Mr Clibborn's absence in England the "Hon J. will pay atcntion to the various racing and training tracks at Randwick. " Go-hop-and-go-constant " is the latest originality in the way of nomenclature. At the W aip'ukuran Mooting a horse of this brilliantly-conceived name competed. Of the sires that were represented at the late C.J.C. Autumn Meeting, Musket heads the list with C 624, won by Carbine's victories in the Champagne and Challenge Stakes. I A jockey named Andrew Wealsh .was killed at Steiglitz, Victoria, while riding in a hurdle race. The horse he was riding fell and crushed him fco death. The Queensland National Association has suggested to the Government tho advisablenessTof placing a tax of £20 on thoroughbred stallions. A Southern writer, noticing that Dorrcbt ha 3 recoived a grant of £5 5s from the Distressed Jockeys' Fund of the Heathcoto

Racing Club, wants to know if the recipient is really in distress ? The San Francisco papers speak in the ,vory highest terms of Cheviot. It is reported that the son of Traducer and ldalia will have another turn at racing before being sent to the stud. Mr Joseph Kean tendered an apology to the Committee of the A.J.C. relative to the difference which occurred between him self and the Secretary of the A.J.C. on Ea&tor Monday, an account of which has already been published. The apology was deemed ample for the olfence, and the embargo that had been placed on Mr Kean was removed. The A.J.C'. First Koal Stakes, which was won by Volley, is tho fifth since the race wa 1 - inaugurated, and tho Hon. James White has provided tho winner on four [ consecutive occasions. | Mantilla, who won the Second Nuisery Handicap on Saturday at Kandwick, is a full sister to that good pcrfoimer Cauligan. She was purchased at Mr W. J. Dang-u's salo by Mr R. Allen for 55g?. ; During tho week wo (" Canterbury Times") have scon 100 Lo 3 taken about Maxim ior tho next Melbourne Cup, and 100 to 5 about Faugh-a-rJallngh for the (irand National. Tho Secretary of the Austialian Jockey Club, Mr T. S. Clibbom, has left foi Europe by the s.s. Oruiu/ loi a sis. months' holiday. Mr T. R. E\an- fill* Iho olhce dining Mr Chbborn's absence. An oiler of C5,^00 was recently icfuscd for Silvio, winner of the English Derby of 1877. He is by Blair Athol, and wtw puichased on leaving the tmf by the Due do Castncss for C 7,000, Wanaka, the Soutiiom trotter that got • into dihgraee at t.he A-hbut ton Hunt Club meeting some years ago, contested tor the tlnec-milc Championship of Queensland icccntly, but w;i? beaten by Paddy, in 8 mm. Duke of Richmond, who as a two-year-old was lcckoncd good enough to match foi L" 1 ,000 against St. Simon, " the hoi so of thu centuiy,'' is now knocking about in selling huidlc laces in England. The fate of some hordes i^ haul to foietell. The country clubs in New South Wales have come to the conclusion that those within the metropolitan arena monopolise too many days during the year, and they aio taking moan- to have their number icstiictcd. In the lace for the A.J.C. Fiist Foal Stake-, Pearl Shell jumped away in fiont and led at a great pace into the straight, but -he had by that time inn herself to a standstill, and Volley, heading her when she liked, won in tho commonest of cantors At the settling on the A.J.C. Meeting, several books were open on the Melbourne Derby and Cup, but the little business done was confined to Volley and Lonsdale for the Derby and Cranbrook toi the Melbourne Cup, the ruling price bcinn- 1,000 to 5. The " Victoiia Racing Club Calender "for the current month contains the following notice :— "Entries must state the name of the owner or owners of the horse, as unless this be done the entry is informal and the horse not qualified to stait in the lace."' Although Hale did not maintain the wondcitul foim he displayed at Fle.ningfon, he still headed the list ot winning joekes- at the A.J.C. Autumn Meeting, at w Inch he rode a w inner five times. Fielder had the good axcrngc of foui succe-siul mount-, and Power came ne\t with one less. Mr P. Campbell, of Christchurch, has sold his two-year-old, named Alcinous. b^ Ingomar — Coicyra, to Mr Popham, a iccent visitor fiom England. The gentleman named took his departure for the Old Counuy last week, and ha* left, the colt meanwhile in the hamK of Mr Campbell, his bieedcr. Among the successful siics at tho A.J C. Autumn Meeting, Syhia's son ( !old<-brough achieved the greatest distinction, inasmuch as he was credited with tlncc dillcrent dinners in Miss Thu /a, Camillus, and Mantilla. Musket, with Mitiaillcusc and Volley, and Chester, with Carlyon and Abercorn, were well rcpre-ented : and Darcbtn'ssoiijThcAusf mlian Pccraccountcd for (wo laces. A quartette of "gentlemen"' backers,hailing from Melbourne, were anxiously inquired for at the settling over the A.J.C. Meeting, but they had taken a hunied dcpaituic for home. Their liabilities amount in the a<rg"i e<jfa*o to a good lound sum, and liunour -ays there is but a very remote probability of any sort of a settlement being armed at. Ben Bolt, who came homo third in the A.J.C. Place Handicap at Kandwick, was -tiuck out of a place by the steward.- owing to the fact that on ictuining to -cale the hoi -c mn& led mVii), taking ■witli him the -addle-cloth, befoic the ruler had been weighed in. This action cost the owner L"5O, the amount of the third prize Yellow Jacket has again changed hands, ha\ing been purchased by Mr W. Foi ro-tcr at a figure below what he wa- knocked down recently to Mr E. Wcckes for. This son ot The Diummor has always been going to do a big thing, but failed quite a- often, and it. doesn't, say much for his future prospects that the "astute Weckos "' should part with him so quickly and at a lo— . According to an English paper the first hor-c to trot a mile bettor than 3min. wai the English thoroughbred " Bob. 1 ' He -was hied by Mr Chinery, of C-ireat Whclnebhan, near St. Edmunds Bury — got byNimiod. from a marc by Hciod. Mr Chinery made a eonsidetable bet that he would trot one mile in 3min., April 2nd, 1802, when tour year 4 ! old, which ho performed in 2Unin. (meaning 2.50) to the astonishment of a gicat concourse of spectators, many of whom bet against him. Colonel M'Lcroth purchased him rather than that he should be hurt in going 72 miles in four hours, which wa& betted he should.

Vkcktap.lk Food tor Children.— Mr Samuel Morley hat. been ikying- to help the cause of temperance and of thrift by a sidest* oke in the direction of dietetics. At a dinner given by him some weeks ago to the villagers of Leigh, lie advanced several reasons why this torm of food -should be more generally appreciated than it is. Jle referred to a statement that thorough-going vegetarians are usually total abstainers, advised that children should be largely fed on vegetable fare, and advocated the most extensive cultivation of herbs and fruits, as being an industry available for very many of the labouring classes, and loss tried by competition than that of cereals. Much might be said on each of these hoads, but the most valuable suggestion, however, in this well-timed address is, that which applies to the food of children. The body of the child consists in great measure of fluid and fatty components, and in a comparatively moderate degree of the active muscular tissues. Again the nourishment it takes goes rather more to the building up of its constituents than to the supply of their functional oxpenditurc. The more inert materials, such as thoso of bread are consequently in request for the laying on of substance ; the more energising, as those of meat, lind proportionally less occupation. Although not vegetarians most peoplo will probably agree in this, thai for some persons, and especially children, much can be done in coding with little meat.