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SSPORTINGi
TIHE TURF.
The burdlerancr 'lreland's Eyo has beed
purchased by a West Australian oporta
loan..
IIelreas, Sea Spray. Caroline, Rose
Queen, and Almen have booeen struck out
of the Albury Cut. • ? '
.At Coroywa rices n Tuesday Winoln
won the principal event, with Andrbw se
oend, and Martyr third.
Amoerican nles thow that qutte recently
a reuag New York plunger ieade his ap
Iearanco on the racecourses ef San Fran
cico, and, lkoe most beginners, did wall,
tbut tor backers of horses wh1o bet on
every race there is only one ending. The
New York plunger won 87,000 dollars by
one day's speculattn,' and as the bets
were mostly paid In gold, he had to In
'oko tile services of two' men, guarded by
Ptnkcrton's dotective, to carry his win
nings. ius lucte eontlvnued or f a.veek,
end as none lf the Now York regulars
had sesn.htm previously, they all wonder
ed os to his'Identity. its finish came In
duoe courle. ie bad given out several
clques ital. settlement olf obligations,
ellich wero e cturned doshsonoerocd. The
plunger's ace was molsslng,anet the neot
heard of him was that he had been onr
rested 10 days later In Now York, where
ho wseas wanted by the pol ce, on etradl
tons paper, for naltimore, money "tran
rctions. o has rthe boolhmaklers' money
hlidden'away in somd place, ane Ilis arrest
Ist but poor snattefanctin for them, sie
he refuses to divulge its hiding place.,
iesners. I. Chlsholm and Co. have sold
forclents the br filly Jwcllery. yras, by
Jeweller frm'- Tbse Gem, to Mr. Laweor
flor Ogs and tno pon? stanlliole Trillon,
yrso by O'Tricer from Ladybird, to Mr.
S. crtimths tof Meolburno) for a similar
slem. That firm also reports having leased
the br yearling finly by Grafton (imp.)
'fromLvelock to Mr..F. l?I'Grath, and the
bay'yenrlle'mfily by hIcd flllenairom mMuta
to mre. Andrew Gollasn.
ig stalees do not anlways contleo'largE
flids.o f the best horses, and proof oL. It
eas given at tile recent mesting of thd
Adctland Racing Club. The prize for
thle Century Stakes was utO snova, and yet
only Nontte, oyrs, 8st 131b, Tortullna,
cyrs, ost 101b, 0cddington, 4yrso, 8st t1b,
and Scotty, tyrs, lst 131bf , ran. and thecy
fnished In that order, whiell was also
tuheir order In the bttingo. Nonotte.
wDtoso dividend wa .o1 fa Gd, won by a
lenctle.
Tice team which filr. Allen is collecting
for Soutill Africa will hobe the biggest ofl its
klel oever sent to that coentry. Already
it consists of about b0 lots, and It Is the
intention of the owner to tnereaso It by
a fw. eight oer ten, more. Mr. Alleon says
that tiee whole of Ilts purchases, Ineluding
yearlingo, will be sort together, and un
less ie alters his mind,, he wvill remain In
oeeteh Africa lon'enoUgll to raco tdInem,
whicl means that he purposes being ab
sent from Australia for a overy consldcr
oable time.
Calerdono, Dandy, and ebppercorn left
Sydney on Tuesday for Mielbourne, whore
they llth remain until shipped in May for
Seethe Africa.
The claims often made by some race
goers that bets sheould bo paid on tile
" weight ilag".belng Ilostted led to some
troleo recently In Brnrtosbone. bt fortu
nately' tile committee of Tatteroall's Club
was equal to the occasion. It appears
that the Open Handlcap at the Q.T.C.
Easter meeting was won by Robert Em
mett, btet le was subsequtently disuti
fileet on a protest for boring, and the race
wee given to tie secoel horse. Ftrmae.
fefore tile tetwardn doqeoleified Robert
Enemett. however, tho weigeht lnc. de
ltaring 'lim te winner, wens hoisted, and
it was allowed to fily for some mintes.
The' baclers of Robert Emmett contend
ed that theny were entitled to receive their
wagers according to the betting rules of
Tatteraall's Cleb. The boocmahoro,-many
of wteom had alreaoly pair Firmnn, de
clinedl to pay Robbrt Emmett, and Tatter
sals Cleele committee very properly do-"
etded that tie beaclers of Firman were
cotitled to receive the amount of their
brets . . ., •. ,
At anealeof raecehorses In ,feolbourno on
Tuesday, on bhlohf of Mr. C. Chaloner,
the following were sold :--Clipston. to
fire. . E. Brewer, for t0gs ; California, to
frif. A. Forgeuson, 2flgea bMetalloid, to Mr.
if. Power, Jen.,,,tgs; fitnaroa,' to fir. R.
Foerces, 45is.
Poeppercorn has been tahen ontl of. Gity
Totternell'e Flyir IIandlcap.
fir. L. Mlacdonald eas wonose 0t2 In
Otakes within the tost few weeks, not-,
withstanding that at a critical stace he
vein deprived of tho services of Revenue
end Aurous. Of that amount £1719 ac
erued froen the V.R.C. Autumn meeting,
and the balanco was won at Rnodwlck re
cently.
The Ooze gelding Cabno Boy has been
put into work agaln..
A eare meeting Ia dlown for dcclalon ot
Dungogeg t-morow. .
Carrio Mloore. Gold Lntnks, and The Walf,
three peroanmors In the northern distrtets
of "tho State, hare been shipped 'to India
by Mr. J. 5. O'Donnell, of Sconot Ho had
sold Tiller, but the horme bhfore deilvery'
while running to a paddock crippled him
DThe yearling colt by Little Bernie from
thown Esnernee (a hrostheeto Demdon
ald) has been sent to Mr. J. Wilson, ?em.,
at Geclong.
La BIlize, after a sle months' spell, hau
boon put into woric ogain by IV. Mouod.:
Industrouas and Sir Even hlnve been
operated on by Profeoear Mtiler for dental
When Mr 0. .i. Steod'op Hotfhkchm colt
Royal Artlllry 'won elhae tlawheke Bay
Steilees Inst month, he cut oat six aqd half
flrleonge in mm Itec which, as he car
nled 9st 21b, and 'seily disposnel of the op
poaition. woe a remarkable eerlormancet
Loch Long, n former inmate of Mr. R.
FLemtng's stable, Is now raclng in Bril
hsoe.\ ' r " "
Tho ,country performor Goldflnch, Is
now bolu tPained at Ilandwlck-hy J..
Vernor.
Atthough La Carablno Is engaged 6t
Adelaide next month. It ts eneerstood' that
the 'turf has aeon thq-lest of that• groat
Ileanlen has beon 'turned out fore i
Icegthy spell, nod Breontwood will Olea be
tearted .out shortlv. "
The ?x?a&car-old retells. Ser Robert.
who was eold last' Wetle C i 25 gunena, has,
gone into IV. Froste stlablo at ioraxrh.
Por the part he taut in thehboring of
Rotutat Emmett.In 'the Open IHandlcap at
frlsboan. the Jockey, J. Stoewart, sus aso
pended from rldtng for a month. •
Tho Nordnsfeldt mare, Lady Darilne,
has been cold to go to Charters Towers
(Queenaland).
At 'the T.nmweneth ar'eai-thoro will bo a
weoDstake' in each race, amt it WIll go to
the second horse. "
Sunny Miorn, who In Janoary got away.
from a boy wlllo osureslnr at 'tie time
el a terrible' duot stern, and tInured hee,
shoulder, ham recovered Atoro quickly than
wa eapeeteeld snd is on .the ltreeh again. -
Our .one-Umee' champton, Dundonold,'
whb It will be rcsseoebered, as athree-;
year-old wan Ihke Lger, Brisbano Cup,
nod Moreton tHandicap, bad his nerst eno in
.eblie since returning from his Ion- spell:
It the Totalisator Idnetheate thO other
afternoon. " " •
E?. Ames, tho Amorican' ockhy, left for
filantla the other day, taking with him 11
pontes and yearlings. Two are yearlings
by Cambria, and one ,by Medallion from
Thotma.
The death khell of.tho one-two system
ou teaylng totalisator dividends hlas boon
sounded In Adelaide. fiost'of .the 'clubs
,lavo tried It. and have. Cound that It has
net increased their roceipts, while.bhak
eors hlave fond that owing to the small
ness of the fclds dividends have been rl
diculous. Times have been so had lately
that tie comparative rccoipta, have not
afordcd a far..test of the system, bhet
there Is littlo doubt it Is not a good thing
applied to small fieds euch ano s lave
hadracilng on metropolltan curl??e lately.
When ,tho.Feodoral ;?overnmont issued
the postal pr;oblblton ,agalnst "Tntter
oll, "Sonstor Itcating took` up the cud..
ols on behalf of his estate and "Tatter
sall." Ho demanded that .Mr. Drake should
ntorc the Act against all peoploe within
Itso scopel and submitted the followlng
throe nama askphrsoaoswho should he at,
so' prohlbltod:-Chbrles llarrls, secretary
of tlhec eight', hours' oommltteo. Trades
HIall, Vlctorla; J. J. tlronnan, Grattaua
otIcct, Caritos. conndctod with tho
Drulds' gala art unio nH. J. MIoloncy,
Tattorsall' Club, Sydney. . The Pootms
trecr.-Geecatnoted.Mr.Doaltin to give a
legal oplnlon as to whether these three
perepl could he dealt with under section
t,7, and to-day the A'ttorney-tleneral gavo
an nswer in the affilrm?tive. Mr.. Drake
etared on Tuosday that' prohilitlons would
ho issued against those" three, to date
ontom the Hth'inetant. PIe further intl
mated' that, In futuro: tle department
would prohiblt the delivery of mall mat
ter to all bookmakersu turf'tlpster, soec
retarles of art unions and church haeaaru
at which raffles or lotteries are conduct.
ed. 'It 'lo understood that tie Post
offieo will act immediately oni linding any
advortlobment of, such people In thu
cewspaperso.- The general opinion Is that
the'ecretrieos of all racing clubs will be
similarly treated.
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