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|| — Merlin will be offen^Tfor sale to-day. 1 :— Olga is by RofoYnson Crusoe, not Piscator. ■ —On dit, G v nristmaß iB likely to change hands My — Pungafwerewere has a fine colt foal to 5."-Scotty Wright has gone into P. Butler's em"pioyinent. *-^-Bouvais, from Dutch Skater and Bergere, was sold for £150. — The A.J.C. Derby was worth £525, and the Metropolitan £1009. — rMr Agnew and the . Tasmanian Racing Club haW squared, matters jk t \ — All Mr Walters' mares either have Baled or are in foal this season. — Cheviot has been backed to win several thousands in the New Zealand Cup. ' lilCaractacus, Thorntopper, and Mountebank are scratched, for the Melbourne Cup. •^Captain Handley has been appointed handicapper for the Thames Christmas Meeting. jMPiscatorious has been bought by Mr Austin, and will stand in the Poverty Bay district this season. — "Leeds," by Doncaster — Steppe (Auckland Stud Company's mare), is offered for sale by private 1 contract. — It is noticeable that roan horses are on the increase in London; 'Possibly fashion has something to do with it. — It is interesting to note that Le Grand's time for the A.J.C. Derby was 2jsecs. faster than Navigator's last year. -y-I have to thank Mr.Percival for a catalogue of 'the Agricultural Show, to take place on the Bth and 9th November. — Nominations of 2sovs. each for Spring Handicap and- Hurdles, Auckland Racing Club Spring .> Meeting, close on September 28th. r — Pollio and Archie, Off Color and Le Grand, Archie and First Demon, are the principal doubles for Derby and Cup laid this week. — " Senex" says that the course at Forbury, Dunedin, has been covered with water, and no really serviceable work has been done. — The filly by Ambassador, out of Eugenia, Archie's dam, is likely to be dangerous for the Maribyrnong Plate and Normanby Stakes. — Fishwoman, Fishgirl, Mitrailleuse, Christmas, Harkaway, Maori, and Torpedo (better known as , the Fanny Fisher colt), are all looking well. <-:- Attention of many breeders is being turned to Ireland just now, on account of the successes of Barcaldine, Boulevard, The Jilt, and others. •—Frailty and Prunella, two Auckland mares, are related to The Gem, winner of the Metrop. and other races, through to, The Gem's grandam. «-«L.ocal betting has been quiet this week. Turquoise and Cheviot have been backed for the New Zealand Cup to win about £500 between tliem. — Hales, by a well-timed rush with Ike, in the Craven Plate, nearly did Jones on Le Grand, the verdict in favour of the latter being only a 1 short neck. '• -^-Cornet arid Snider have been doing fast work at Ellerslie. The latter and Lone Hand were to leave yesterday to fulfil their engagements at Hawke'sßay. * — The course at Ellerslie has been thrown open to horses '.during' the fine weather we have had lately, so that many a good scrape will be got by our local trainers. — It is expected that most of the loading Racing dubs of New Zealand will join tho federation scheme initiated by the Hawke's Bay Cliiib % Of course* there will be alterations and amendments. ,„ . -^M%M 'Mbninouth Stakes, 1 Iroquois will meet v most of the { American cracks. Leonatus, Miss Woodford, Barnes, Eole, and others are expected ' to start, but the ' Derby winner will probably be ■beaten. r • .■ .> % ,• •. . — The fillies. n; England, this year are Bm>enorio4bVcolW Among the ladies are lieg*^i^^ :^yme,^tiperbß, Adelaide filly/and Beprieye. Thq e«coad«f ttow* bears «m unbaaten . <&M9*tew :r Z ■'.■'■'■ 7 ' >< ' { . ; ' ; (■■'-'" '■ :

When Beadsman landed the blue ribbon for Sir Joseph Hawley, the Kentish baronet won upwards of £80,000 in bets, and, much to Admiral Bous' horror, Job Marson received altogether £3000 for his win on Teddington. — Nautch Girl, by Nuneham— Raven, a daughter of Chilianwallah, the dam of the Auckland Stud Company's horse Sterlingworth, won the Foal Stakes at Winchester, beating Legacy, and others. The same filly won another race at the same meeting. — » Action" says the training-ground at Riccarton is unfit for use at present, which causes great dissatisfaction, as horses cannot be sent along on the plough. Many trainers have taken their horses up to Mason and Vallance's private ground, and have in this way done some fast work. — Salvator, by Dollar, a son of the Flying Dutchman, is siro of Ossian, the Leger winner. Salvator was leased by Mr Cookson for a couple of seasons to stand at Newsham Hall, and this horse is on the high road to fulfil the expectations previously formed by the well-known breeder of Kettledrum and others. Among the Australasian notes I find that Barcaldine's price about the Northumberland Plate, which he won, are interesting, as showing how the market fluctuated :4-Junc 19, 7 to 2j 20, sto 1 ; 21, 50 to 1 ; 22, 6to 1 ; 23, 20 to 1 ; 20, Bto 1 ; and the starting price, June 26, sto 1. Good hedging prices, these.

The Doric is.cpming— oh, dear ! oh, dear ! The Uorio is e coming — oh, dear I oh, dear I "Yea, loudly resounded, both far and near, The Doiic is coming— oh, dear ! oh, dear 1" j ? The larrikins all, and the gilded youth, f] | Troop down to the wharf, with liquorish tooth,

And sadly they mutter, as home the/ steer, Those dudes and those mashers from far and near. The Doric has come, but., oh dear ! oh dear ! Tho Doric has come, but we can't get anear 1"

• — The Duke of Richmond has handed over the management of the private stand at Goodwood to the Stewards. These officials have announced their intention to have a list of persons warned off Newmarket Heath forwarded to clerks of courses at the times of their meetings, to know such persons as should be excluded. — Mr Rouse, as starter, is not, a success. I had the agony of seeing him try to get about 16 two-year-olds off at Randwick, besides other races. When horses were on their legs the flag was kept up, and when they were off their legs the flag went down, the jockeys taking no notice of the starter, although about five were fined in one race. — The New Zealand Cup betting has been quiet down South lately. 100 to 12, Cheviot ; 100 to 10, Bundoora, Tasman, and Envious ; 100 to quoise and Welcome Jack ; 100 to 7, Hippoa^-n^, Taiaroa, Adamant, and Matanaka; 100 to 5, Laa/ Emma, The Dauphin, July, Nonsense, and Sou'wester; 100 to 4, Hyacinth and Trickster; 100 to 3to 1 aga inst' the rest. — Pollio has received most genuine support among the outsiders for the Melbourne Cup. The following, prices, have been pencilled: — Fir.6^ Derhon and D6spot, 100 to 7 ; First Water, Aide-| de-Camp, Dirk Jlatteraik, Le Grand, and Nicholas, ' 100 to 5 {■ ' Stockwes * Martini-,Heiiri/ Bordeaux, and Poljfio,, 100 to-^jL^tafc' 1 "6r v (Jp^or. and Proihoiiienf,"lPP t,o'S ! { " W Colo*, Cprioli^i^, apUL ,

— The hounds were at McLaughlan's on Satm> day, and one of the best days of the season resulted. The hares were good, and the hounds were running nearly all the afternoon, the first hare being a particularly good one, giving an hour's spin over the stone walls in the Papatoitoi district. There were about 25 or 30 jjresent, including several ladies. j — The .Thames Jockey Club, which holds its meeting on Boxing Day and the following day, have divided their £530 in the following way: — j First Race, £25; Plate, £80; Hurdles, £50; Selling j Race, with allowances, £50. On the second day, Flying Stakes, £25 ; Thames Goldfield Handicap, £150; Stewards' Handicap, £30; Steeplechase, £100 ; Consolation, £20. — I quote a spirited verse of a song written when Voltigeur won in 1850 : — Now, Frank, lay on the clincher (iusfc glance to your right hand), Piteford's at your saddlo-girth.— they're three lengths from the Stand ; There goes Job'B fingers off his rein, he clears them at each stride — He wins ! he wins ! does Voltigeur ! there's "7"up on the slide. — There is an idea gaining ground in England that Parliament should grant the Jockey Clubs certain judicial powers, by declaring all meetings illegal by law of the land, with paine and penalties which are not duly sanctioned by the Stewards of the Jockey Clubs, or by the committee acting for them, as regards steeplechasing. Such an Act would possibly improve the condition of the

To peer at the pretty young girls, forsooth. And scan all their points— and that is the truth. Meaßles were found to be bobbin • around— The Doric steamed off to the quarantine ground— And growls and grumbles did loudly resound, While naughty big D's did nimbly abound.

" We can't get anenr at the girls to peer, Too peer and to leer at each pretty dear !" So they comfort their souls with Hancock's beer, And brng how they'll mash 'eui— oh, dear J oh, denr !

turf. If Parliament consents to make the JockeyClubs judicial bodies, they, like other judicial bodies, will have to sit with open doors. — The eyes of the Melbourne people are being opened with reference to many of the " sweep swindles " concocted on the other side, and it is to be hoped that both there and elsewhere the chaff will be sifted out and the corn left alone. The Melbourne Sportsman offers to appoint a credited representative to attend all tlie drawings of bond fide sweeps, to see that all is fair and square. A_ «know-everything" sport at Newmarket made a remark that, even on the wide course there, he could always tell how horses were going, and when Fordhani " kidded." The Demon heard the remark, but said nothing. Soon after, when riding a match against Tom Cannon, both going wide of each other, George turned to have a look. The knowing one yelled, " I'll lay three hundred to a hundred Fordham wine." Cannon's number went up, and the backer, perplexed, accosted the great horseman with, " What we're you doing in the match, Fordham ? I saw you look over your shoulder." " Oh, yes ; don't you know ? don't you see ?" replied Fordham. "Of course: don't, you know ? I was not looking forTom ; he'd beat mojwisy, don't you know. I w&f looking at a k"tsedog»" ■;' '• : --The; prices £ $bQutithe Derby and Gup horses vazy a.Httl,* between Molbxwne, and Sydney. ,;in ' &m* WtW "place," for the. MiuifeynM>ng Pfcto,

Second King is at 100 HH| Bohemian and Buckingham, 100 to 7 ;H^Bba, King's Own* and Cocoamit colt, 100 WBT Gasrfleld, Silver King, and lolanthe, 100 to^WA colt in the Hon. J. White's nomination, call^RWo, by Maribyrnong—Guelder Rose, has Ibeen, BilcWl a bit quietly at 100 to L This/ colt has never performed in public. For tMe V.R.C., up to, the 12th, the latest prices takfen in Sydney are tk® following :— Archie, 100 .to 50; Off Color, 100 to 25 ; Martini-Henri, 100 to (16 ; Napier, by Ki&£ Cole— Frou-Frou (Wellington's dam), 100 to (taken and wanted). Thisj colt has only started once, when he was not '.placed in the Sires Produce at Geelong last February. He is in Mr Long's stable. \ — A Cambridge correspondent says : — " Tommy Hodßon, who is well known\ to the Auckland racing public, has started a \training-stable at Cambridge, and has now undjer his care a few ; both good and bad 'uns. The'j two which I consider worth writing about are (a filly (Linda) by Musket, out of Jenny Lind, and;a filly (unnamed) by Anteroe, out of Constance.' . The former is owned by Dr. Waddington, anid is a large, I clumsy-looking brute, more fit for; cross-country work than for flat racing. Ihe oilier is quite a contrast to the Musket, being very fine, and, if all goes well, I think she will be the best of the two tor the Cambridge Maiden /Plate at the SpriDg Meeting. Mr J. Alwell ljias his two youngsters by Feve (Victor and Victoria) in the pink of con-, dition, and I think these youngsters will give a good account of tbemsfelves when next they appear _i.n public. I had the pleasure of seeing, at Mr Alweil's, a fine filly foal\by the Auckland Stud Company's horse StirlingWrth^ou^of Clipper. I fully expected to see a nilv » but wa& surprised to find one o^^WJpt oa^ 8 jever remember having seen. I fancy from this that the company are underrating this horsewhen they allow him to stand for £4, as, if $e;ii mated, I should expect him to get some good and fast ones." — I have been wishing for some time to pay a visit to Hippodamia's sister, Satanella ; so, with, a friend, I drove over to the Harp of Erin, and, after a cbat with Bob Thorpe about old Stockwell and other equine celebrities over a glass of bitter ale, we started across the little paddock, where a "Hard-looking little brown filly out of Lallaßookh. by Musket was grazing at her ease. This youngster is small, but pretty. Her two-year-old halfbrother, a chestnut colt by Presto, was her companion, but the latter has never been a good doer. He is a big-boned colt, and his owner had a great opinion of him ac a youDgster ; but somehow I fancy he is constitutionally wrong. The door of Satanella's box was thrown open, and the pretty filly stripped for our inspection. I had heard she was very small, and I was agreeably surprised. She may not stand high, but for a filly she is a " big little 'un," without any lumber about her. She has many of the little peculiari-* ties of the breed on her father's side, being .built on the same lin.eg~&£ "her grand-dam, Fanny Fisher, only smaller. I md fe ¥fiffi s mß& ! <&jjdf&y since she was shown in the Bale-yard. 1118 had a sort of mud fever, but her coat now BHrhe& like satin. Her kind, full eye, sloping shoulder, good loin, and flat canon bones, are enough, to delight the eye of anyone. She is rather flat; in; the hamß, and her hocks are set a little in; but, as many of her family are that way, and yet g.-illoperf, this may not matter. I. shall watck this young lady the first time she sports silk. In the next box is a three-year-old Lalhv Rookh. filly, Mary, by Musket. She has a look about her of being a very speedy mare, having good racing points, but she will not please everyone. Next we interviewed Billingsgate, who is in good condition for work, although many people like to have stallions a little bigger at the 'commence* ment of the season. We then'moved on to SylHjl. , Park, but ns it was too dark to see the horses /; properly, I shall not refer to them on this occa* 6ion. It is a busy, anxious time at Sylvia Park just now, valuable mares foaling by night and day. It was a pretty sight to see the aristocratic youngsters and their illustrious dams trotting round before they were housed for the night ' The new concrete boxes for yearlings were visited* b«t we only had time to run through them* hurriedly. Among this lot it will be hard if a purchaser is not satisfied. Some of the fillies are gems of the first water. The Leolinus youngsters are not so handsome as I expected, but they have plenty of size and bone of the right sort. Among the foals, Cadogan and Apremont have both.' stamped their image on several pledges of affection. The arrivals since last week are Onyx (dam of Sardonyx), brown colt to Musket ; Miss Laura,; • c filly to Cadogan ; Frailty, br cto Musket ; Lovebird, b filly to Apremont ; Atlantis, b c to Musket ; Fairyland (22 years old, and the only Orlando mare in the Australasias), b c to Musket*