The victory o£ Wallace in the Sydney Cep stamps the Carbine colt as being quite 18 carat. To cut out the two miles with Bst X2lb up in 3min 31seo is a great performance for a three-year-old to register. The double-event bookmakers must have received a severe lesson, as Conrallie was'a strong favourite for the Doncaster a week before the race, although starting at an outside ’ price. One layer has already left for fresh scenes, and we shall probably hear that the Australian ring has had a terrible facer. An American owner named Smith offered £3460 for Simms’ services during the coming season, but failed to secure the coloured jockey, Jersey Lily and The Skipper received a severe shaking in the horse train when returning from the Hawkesbnry_ meeting. The former has been seriously injured, and the son of Robinson Crusoe has not been well since. '

The. season’s record up ho date, says the Bulletin, shows that none of the “ fashion able ” Victorian jockeys have won oftener than once in every five tries, or there- Bob Lewis’ figures are 165 mounts for 32 wins. Herbert Holmes has almost as good an average for 105 mounts, and W. H. Pearson’s average (113 mounts) is fractionally better. These three appear to have yielded their “ followers ” a decent amount of fun for the money, however, inasmuch as they have each run into a place about as often as they finished “ nowhere.”

“Joe” Thompson, the Australian levia than, has in England been going in for an extensive combination, against which he was laying, when the mail left, -£IO,OOO to j6l. The backer is called upon to pick the winners of the Lincolnshire Handicap, Grand National, City and Suburban and Kempton Park Jubilee Stakes —a herculean

task, which the fabulous odds would not excessively reward should any one bo clever enough to strike the cute Austra lian. When Sovereign fell in the hurdle race at the Romsey A.T.C. annual mseting, says the Sportsman , a young man named John Keenan ran te assist the jockey. He had only just got near the fallen horse when Enicbrac came along and collided with Keenan with such terribl force as te make his recovery from the injuries re ceived extremely doubtful. Keenan was a native of the district, and is a brother in-law te H. 