Fred Archer is not oomine to the colonies after all it seems ; he is going back to Eng land so as to be in time for all the big events there during the coming season,

Mr Pilbrow has gone to Australia, where his horses Welcome Jack and Clarence have proceeded him. Welcome Jack is still in the New Market Handicap and the Aus. tralian Cup, he is weighted at 9st 71b in the former, a G-furlong flutter, and at 9st 61b in the latter, a 2^-mile struggle, being third on the list in each case, Malua, lOst 41b, and Le Grand, 9st 101 b, being above him in the short race, and Commotion, lOst 41b, and Le Grand on equal terms with him in the Cup. Malua carried Sst 71b in the New Market Handicap to vic tory last year in the fast time of lmin 15Jsec. Welcome Jack did the same distance in the Railway Plate in Auckland, with 9ut lib up, just before he left for Sydney in lmin 22& ec, cantering in at his ease. The best time for the Australian Cup is 4min OJsec by Pollio, 6st 71b, in 18S2. Welcome Jack's best time for the same journey was 4min 7sec in the Auckland Cup of 1883, when he carried 7st Sib to victory as a 3-year-old. On these figures he is not out of either of the coming races at the weights, if he is himself. Still I think Mr Barnard might have let him in a few pounds lighter, considering Jack had only just oome across the briney and has the heat of a summer to contend against. If a New Zealand bred and owned horse ever wins a big handicap of Mr Barnard's making, I shall be agreeably surprised !

Maccaroni is at Sam Powell's, and Wide awake at a stable in town.
