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SPORTING.
Tlie oommittee of the S.A.J.C, afc its
[meeting on Monday, adopted tbc pro
grammes for the Summer and Autumn
Meetings of that club, which will be pub
lished shortly. Totalizator dividends on.
the tir^t and second horses will be imid iu
all races -where 10 or more horses start.
The followine racing fixtures have Ixien
allotted by the committee of theS.AJ.G.:— J
March 1, Milliccnt Racing- Club (in lieu oi
February 28, previously allotted); June 28,
Quorn Jotkey Club.
'The application of J. J. Doyle for a '
trainer's licence was refused by the
hS.A.J.C. Committee on Monday.
Mr. J. 11. Aldridge has at Richmond
Park o batch of particularly good yearlings
by Curlyon for buyers tliis year. A few
days ago one well-known racing man was
looking at the youngsters, and offered _ a
big price for the brother to Gunga Din.
Mr. Aldridge. however, replied that he pre
ferred that the eo!t should enler the sale
i'lnjr along with the others.
Mr. E. W. Simrns has decided that T.
Keily shall train his horses for the future,
and has handed the Plympton trainer
Workmaster to begin with.
It is quite, possible that when the well
known trainer C. Quinn leaves to take up
nis residence in Victoria he will take over
The Bayonet and roui& of the other horses
ut present under his care.
Acceptances for the summer meeting in
connection with the North-Eastern Jockey
Club, to be held at Petersburg on. February
2S, are due with the secretary at Peters
burg to-morrow (Wednesday), up to1 11.30
p.m. Entries will also be received for the
Trial Stakes.
At the Port Elliston Races on February
14 the jockey Derrick rode iive winners out
of fight races. , Among the starters was
the ancient Light Artillery horse Lisht
Hrigade, a well-known performer on me
tropolitan courses. - The old chestnut ran
second in the District Stake3; third in the
Elliston Handicap, and finally succeeded in.
the last race, the Forced Handicap.
llace meetings will be held at Orroroo
and Ardrossan on Wednesday. For the
benefit of country readers the programmes
are given tin's morning.
In connection with the Southern Racing
Club's meeting, to be held on Saturday,
Princess, 9 st.. in the Corinthian Race, was
accidentally omitted from the original
weights.
The Gawler Jockey Club secretary adver
tises to-dfty that tenders tor the gates and
booths for the 1906 season will be received
next Mon da v.
Balaklava'and Port Wakefield Racing
Club nominations are due next Monday.
_ There was little doing in, the local bet
ting market on Monday. Pompous advanc
ed to the position of first favourite for the
Xeivniarlcet Handkwp, and it was hard to
obtain 7. to 1 about the English colt, .fon
dant was at S to 1, Duke of Melton and
lachlan at 10 to 1, and Luciaria and. Won
diu at 12 to .1. Jstria vnis not hi favour at
all, and. lost her place in the betting. Tho
Cup was not mentioned.
An extraordinary incident, arid at the
same time a very unfortunate one for Mr.
A. J.. Cotton, tlie well-known Queensland
breeder, occurred at Hidden Vale Station,
near Grandchestcr, last week. During his
recent visit to England Mr. Cotton pur
chased three thoroughbred mares, and
these duly arrived in fail- condition. Among
the marts was one named Swag (dam o£
Looter), by Maclieath from Booty, by Stei
ling from Brigautine (winner of the Oaks),
by Buccaneer. Before leaving England
Swag was mated with the Derby winner
Sir Hugo, and last week she slipped four
filly foals, all dead.
The Kalgoorlie correspondent of a Perth
paper supplies the following item:— 'A let
ter received from Ballarat states that
James Scobie, the well-known horse,
trainer, of Miners'. Rest, _ intends
ziving up active interest' in rac
ing, and devote attention to his farm,
situated a few miles from Ballarat. It is
also staled that R. Lewis, the well-known,
light-weight jockey, intends to give up rid
ing and take charge of Scobie's stable.' .
It is reported from Sydney that the
trottinc stallion Era Junior lias been pur
chased by an Adelaide gentleman.
The light-weight jockey W. Claus, who
was disqualified a little over 12 -months
ago in Perth for a period of two years, has
been granted permission to work in. a re
gistered stable during the remainder of his
disqualification.. '''..,.,'..
The latest advices from Calcutta, state
that the well-known horseman W. Burn has
besn suffering from pneumonia. He was ac
tually ill with the complaint at the time he
rode' Long Tom in the Viceroy Cup, arid
.collapsed after the race. He subsequently
had a relapse. Only for this illness Burn
would have been in Australia in' time for
the autumn campaign, as he intended
leaving India early in January.
Under the heading of 'An International
Ascot' a writer in Tlie London Daily Mail
isnys: — 'By far the most interesting in
formation given in the last number of The
Calendar was the list of entries for the
Ascot Gold Cup, which this yenr promises
to be nn even more interesting affair than
usual. A feature of tlie entry iR the great
number of foreign and colonial horses
which, can contest the prize, and it is well
that we have a champion like Pretty Polly
in this country to maintain the honour of
England against all comers. To take the
English horses first, the entries, in addi
tion to Pretty Polly, include the Cesare
witeh winner, llaininerkop; Cicero, the
.hero pf last year's Derby; Cliallaeombe,
the Leaer winner; and another high-class
performer in Bachelor's Button. It should
lake a real good one to get the better of
this little lot, but the other nations can
?play a strong band. ' All the best-known
animals in France have been entered with
the exception of Maximum II. and Mao
donald IT. M. Blanc has engaged his three
Flying Fox colta, Adam, Val d'Or, and
Ja'rdy, and if they meet Cicero we shall
know whether the French sportsman was
unlucky to lo?e the Derby, as was so freely
stated at the time. Presto II., the con
queror of Pretty Polly, has also been en
lered, so that, at la-st Major Eustaco
Loder's flying mare will have an opportu
nity of proving that the form when she
was beaten in France was all wrong. A
most interesting- entry is that of Great
Scot, the acknowledged champion of India.
Great Scot, who is an aged chestnut horse
by Lochiel, was bred in Australia. He has
won two Viceroy's ? Gups in his adopted
country, and was only beaten in the third
by a horse to whom he was giving 37 lb.
Another good animal who can take part in
the race is the New Zealand crack Nbctui
form, who recently won the New Zealand
Cup over a two-mile course in a canter, and
followed his victory up the next iday by
winning the Derby Stakes over a mile and
a half. He is a four-year-old by Multiform
—La Notte.
MELBOURNE, February 19.
The following seratchings have been re
corded for the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting:—
Prestonpans and Two Step for the St.
Lcger, and Well Done for the Ascot yalt
Stakes.
Messrs. William O. YuiHe & Co. sold at
the Victorian Horse Bazaar to-day tha
following racehorses:— Westbury, to Mr.
F. Thomas, 474 &?; Graceful, Mr. F. Tho
mas, 80 gs.; Burranecr, Mr. J. Cosson, 59
5s
Islria was able to work at Caulfield tbi3
morning, but was still a little lame.
There was little lilting over the New
market Handicap to-day. Pompous was
nominal favourite, and the best offer against
him was 7 to 1, while Pendant figures at
S to ] and Duke of Melton and Lachlan'
at 10 to 1 each. Luciana was backed for
.t'2,000 or £3,000 at 1U0 to 8, which price
was afterwards hard to obtain. Condor,
and Wandin were on the 100 to C niark,
Tlie Australian Cup was not mentioned.
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