THE RACING WORLD.
[BY HIPPONA.]

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MEETINGS TO COME.
May 25-Takapuna J.C. Winter Ma y 25—Waipa Racing Club Vav 25—Te Awanratu Races M&v 23, 25-Dunedin May Meeting W«V2S-Wanf?anui Steeplechases Meeting froe R.C. Winter Meeting June2s-Hawlce's Bay Winter Meeting August 13— Grand National Meeting

THE EPSOM DERBY.
The timo-honourod Epsom Derby comes up for decision on Wednesday next. A cablegram informs us bhab Common is ebill a pronounced favourite for the event, and thab Mr Houldswortb's colb Orvieto, tho runner-up to Common in the Two Thousand Guineas, has beon scratched. The horses thab occupy the leading positions in tho quotations are :— St. lb. Lord Alinfrton's br c Common, by Iso nomy—Thistle 9 0 Mr J. B. Leigh's br c The Deemster, by Arbitrator —Rookery 9 0 M. E. Blanc's eh c Gouverneur, by Energy—Gladia 9 0 Mr W. R. Marshall's br c Simonian, by Sb. Simon—Garonne 9 0 Duke of Westminster's eh c Orion, by Bend Or—Shofeover 9 0 Mr Brydges Willyams , b or br c Fitz Simon, by Sb. Simon —Brilliancj... 9 0 Mr D. Cooper's eh f Dorcas, by Bend Or—Litble Sister 8 9

ROUND WANGANUI.
