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NEW JSEALAJHJ NOTES.
BT LIOKATCS.
WL OOUAB nTJOfOLAND. I
Whethek tbe NewZeaUnder, lb. Spencer
Oollan, intend*to raoe -on the flat in the old
country, or whetherfaeii going to breed or
W. certain UU tb»tbe!}M«nt oat word to
forward abatohofhia thoroughbreds home.
And there will thortly be shipped from his
Motion inHawkee Bay the following:
Sternoha»er, by Noideofeldt from the lately
defonot Crinoline; Mooi^betaiK, b/Norden
»«MtfroniTrenfoiu'« dam-Frailty ;.Potmamu,
by Newmioatar
®*ryi i and 'fbePoeaible, by NorfoflfcJdt
defano% Marim'i. dam, JtoiO*on..
Probably, in view of the Musket blood erase,
i* - ifn ® having these hones sent for
sue m England, where better prices would
doubtless be paid than could be obtained in
the colonies juat at present.
AUCKtANp ENTRIES.
bixty-mne nominations of foals have been
received for the Royal Stakes 6! 1897-98,
whilfc for the Great Northern Champagne
Stakes of 1898 49 nominations have been
made. For the first-named event, which is
for 500 8ovs., over six iurlongs, Mr, Morrin
Wi as usual, the largest nominator, 27 ap
pearing in his name. (No money is required
at time of nomination.) Mr. L. D. Nathan has
nine in, while Mr. J. D, Ormond follows with
sir, all Dreadnoughts. Mr. W. Walters
nominates five Blairgowrie youngsters. Mr.
Stead has entered Signet and Conqueror,
two colts by Medallion. No money
is required at time of nomination
either, for the Champagne Stakes (of 300
sovs., six fnrlongs), for which Mr. Ormondjs
the biggest nominator, five appearing in his
: name-all Dreadnoughts. Mr. Morrin nomi
nates four. There are no nominations from
South Island owners, the support being for
the most part from Aucklanders. The
Northern event clashes with the more valu
able Champagne Stakes of the Canterbury
Jockey Club.
THE DUNEDIN JCCKET CLOT.
The Dunedin Jockey Club, it is on the
cards, will move its headquarters from
Forbury. The club find, in these days of
diminished revenue, it quite impossible to
successfully cope with the heavy charges
entailed by the occupation of the present
course, and thus made an offer to purchase
the present racecourse right out for £16,000.
This offer was refused, and the committee,
having been on the look out, have come
across more than one desirable property. It
has been decided to explore further, and
there is no doubt, I fancy, that the Punedin
Jockey Club will, perhaps next season, have
a new rendezvous.
MR. "PATSt" BCTLER'S HORSES.
On May 2 Mr. P. Butler's string of horses
in training were submitted for sale by auction
at Christchurch Tattereall's. The advertise
ment announcing the sale stated that Mr.
Butler WAS retiring from racing for a time
owing to ill-health, but I fancy we shall still
see the former owner of Manton, Artillery,
&c., represented at our meetings. The horses
were put up, I fancy, to settle a partnership
account, and those actually Bold out of it
were MedicuB, a three-year-old cheBtnut
gelding, by Apremont-Miss Kussley, for
36 guineas, and Salvo, a four-year-old Bon of
Armament and Eclat, for 42J guineas, and
Venom, a three-year-old colt, for 17 guineas, to
Mr.O. Murray Aynsley. Old Liberator, thehero
of many a battle on the fiat and otherwise,
was bought in at 160 guineas for Mr. Butler I
understand.
A NEW TOTAMSATOR.
Mr. R. M. Macdonald, a well-known resi
dent of Christchurch, is about to have manu
factured in England a totalisator, an inven-1
tion of hiB patented for the colonies. Mr.,
Macdonald has had a full-size working model I
of the machine set up for some time.
THE TOTALISATOR DISPUTE.
It Beems likely that the totalisator permit
dispute between the Premier and the Wel
lington governing body for racing will be
satisfactorily settled. Recent developments
point to a resumption of racing with the
aid of the machine in the Wellington
district, and that Mr. Seddon, the Welling
ton 11.C., and the country club that has been
backed up by the Premier will all be ap
peased. By a little give-and-take on both
sides it appears that two country clubs will
bring off their meetings, while the metro
politan body will hold its steeplechase
meeting, a suggestion that the one country
club that went on with its programme with
out the totalisator, and made a loss of over
£30, should be recouped by the three other
cluus referred to being lifcely to be adopted.
Should the above eventuate, the Wellington
racing season will be brought to its usual
conclusion.
AUCKLAND STEEPLECHASE MEETING.
The Auckland Racing Club has received
very fine nominations for the two leading
events of what they term the North New
Zealand Grand National Steeplechase Meet
ing, which to the uninitiated might be con
I fused with the Grand National Meeting of
the season, which is held at Riccarton in
1 August.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The New Zealand Cup nominations are not
due till early in June, but fancies are being
supported. The Challenge Stakes winner,
Mr. Ormond'% Dreadnought colt Dauntless,
has been backed in one quarter to win " a
monkey." , ,
Prime Warden has finished bis racing
career. The son of Apremont and Miss Kate
goes to the stud next season.
Old Frailty, dam of Trenton, is this season
in toal to Hotchkiss.. ^ _ ,
At its next meeting the Dunedin Jockey
Club will try the experiment of bracketingon
the totalisator the horses of one owner. This
means that should an owner start two or.
more horses in one race they will be
bracketed as one number, and should either,
win and fin investor boB A ticket on the i
number he gets p&id the dividend, no mfitter
which horse wins. This gives the public a
chance, and protects the owner too, who
often gets blamed for crooked running if the
non-favourite of the stable happersto win.
There is a lot to be said for and against the
»atem to be adopted by the Dunedin J.L.,
which will be the first olub to give it a
triftl
The Musket stallion Chainshot was shipped
In the Ionic, which left Lytteltoa for Eng
land on May 2. He was housed wa.specially
fitted no compartment on the main deck, ana
the trainer and Jockey, T. Clarke, went in
charge. ? ' -
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