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: NOTES OF THE TURF FROM OTHER LANDS. Polycrates has left Newmarket for Australia. A four-year-old colt by Polynielus — Marmite, he finished third for the Lincolnshire Handicap this yea r. The Wanganui New Zealand Jockey Club made a profit of ,650 on the spring meeting, and contributed the whole of that amount to patriotic funds. Report has it that Mr. S. B. Joel intends to send out some horses to the Rand to be trained by W. L. Randall. Norman, purchased by Sir Abe Bailey, has joined Randalls team. Lord Derbys Phalaris. winner of two races in three starts this year. Lord Falmouths Clarissimus. and Mr. Fairies Hwang Su. half-brother to Bay-ardo and Lesahnrg, are three colts from which a good deal is expected next year. The five fillies and the stallions Suny Lake. Mark Hope and Winkle, purchased in England by Mr. J. B. Beid. have arrived safely in New Zealand. Mr. J. F. Reids purchase. Solferino. looked a bit light after his two-months journey in the Rimutaka. but after a few weeks he should fill out. Seven of the horses in training presented by Col. Hall Walker to the state return from Newmarket to Roaeiey, where they will continue for the present to ht in the care of F. Leader. The mares and rouag stack return to Tully iu Ireland with the exception of a few mares which have not yet re-covered from the rough passage they ftssi ncfoaa St. Verges Channel. In a letter to a Sydney friend, says au Austral ian exchange. R. Wootfen announces ho will be retttriiiig to Australia next year, and says he purposes purchasing several high-class mares in England, and will arrange to have them mated tn Australian time before sending them out. From this is will be seen that Wootton has an eye to some of the Australian rich two and three-year-old races. The surprising part is that some syndicate has not long ere this taken the step proposed. Much is thought by Percy Lynham. Frank Jar Gould s trainer at Maisons Lnffitte. of some of the first stock of the stallions Combourg and Peter I an. two sires which were foaled respectively in. France and America. Combourg. which is bv Bay Ronald — Chiffonette, was a good stayer, and. as a four-year-old he won the Prix du Cadran two miles and five-eighths. Lynhnni thinks highly of his yearling son Vimbourg whose dam is incenette. for the youngster is much like bja sire. Although promising, the Peter Pan vearling-i are seemingly not hi the same class as Vimbourg. Ocnrrencia still heads the list of winning horses in the Argentine, with eight victories worth 47.-7S4. Packoy is a good second with four successes of the aggregate value of 29,430. D. Torterolo has won eighty-seven races inclusive of nineteen eusatea and remains first among the leading ji ckeys, while Diamond Jubilee heads the list of wining stallions with a total of sixty races worth 90,026. Hie native-bred sire Old Man is n,,w a good se.ond with forly six wins Worth $:i4.os". and vllfiie third by aid of forty-seven races worth 46,100. Val dOr stands fourth 97,344. Druid tilth 04,174. Dolar Star sixth 6S.8R0, Ferrer seventh 42,930. Jardy stands eighth. Qrae uau tenth aud Dieudonnc eleventh.
