Christchurch files of last week did □ot disclose any freeh N. Z Gap bnsiness worth noting. The report of bnsiness done contained only the following : — 2OO to 11 against Materoa ; 150 to 15, Tortnlla ; 100 to 20 Record Reign; 100 to 14, St Ilario, and 100 to 6 Skobeloff.
Paul Pry during the six years he has been racing has ran 82 races winning 26. Since Payten sold him he has won Kalgoorlie Gup twice, Sumner, Adelaide, and Birthday (2) Gnps ; Spring Stakes, Graven Plate, Wycombe Stakes, Rand wick Flate and other lesß important events.
The Auckland Trotting Club are inviting applications for the positions of Pony Measnrer, Clerk of Scales, and Time keeper. The latest hopr at which applica tions can be received is 4 p.m. to-morrow (Friday), 12th inst. Communications re the above Bhould be addressed to Mr C. F. Mark, secretary.
Renown came on wonderfully well. At the time of the N.Z. Gup ac ceptance he was reported unsound, and that was the reason given for his with drawal. Later it was said that his owner had got his mind on Derby rather than Gup honours, and had therefore foregone the Gnp contest. In any case it was only recently that Renown began to show form on the track.
Sydney Bulletin revives the follow ing:—lt is recorded as a fact that on tbe eve. of Ellington's Derby, a tnrfman was passing a certain Wellington Restaurant in Piccadilly, or somewhere. A fag that had been hanging above the gaelit ' Welling ton' transparency suddenly slipped, and the banting obscured the letter W from the punter's view. Whereupon he went and backed Ellington to win him a small fortune.
