SPORTING ITEMS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9763, 26 June 1897, Page 4

SPORTING ITEMS.

J* Weekly Press and Referee."

NEWS OF TIIE WEEK. Gitana, dam of Gipsy King, died last week in Otago. Bloodshot has been entered for the V.R.C. Champion Stakes. Le Var is reported to have changed hands for 800gs in West Australia. The weights for the New Zealand Cup are due on or about July Ist. Mr Stead saw Galtee More win the Two (Thousand Guineas at Newmarket. The Auckland trainer, G. Wright, talks ot taking a team to Sydney shortly. T. Loates, the popular jockey, left England for a trip to America on May 15th. The Hon. G. McLean will represent the Dunedin J.C. at the Racing Conference. Weights for the Melbourne and Caulfleld Cups are due to be declared on Monday next. ' Euroclydon has been nominated for the tFoorak Handicap run at the Caulfield Cup Meeting. Further notice* of motion with reference to the Rules of P.acing appear in the Calendar this week. The day Chelandry won for him the One (Thousand Guineas, Lord Rosebery attained his fiftieth birthday. Five horses ran a dead-heat for first in the ffoowoomba (Queensland) Shorts Handicap. A handicapping record. The nominations for the V.R.C. Champion fitakes number fifty-two as against fifty«even for this season's race. The entries for the forthcoming meeting of the Wellington R.C. suggest that there are not many new aspirants for jumping honours in the North Island. Writing to a Melbourne paper a New Zealand trainer says, that in the event of Gold Medallist and Aurum meeting, he Would back the Medallion colt. Immediately after he passed the post a •Winner of the Two Thousand Guineas an enthusiastic admirer of Galtee More laid odds of 600 to 400 on him for the Derby. Galtee More started favourite for the Two [Thousand Guineas, and after his viotory an offer of 25,0005.8, and 2500g3 contingency out of both Derby and Loger, for him was refused. The Carbine—Twinkle colt Starbine, which "was sold at the last Randwick yearling sales for 650gs, has been re-named " Sensation." He will run as the property of Messrs S. and F. Fielder. King of the Downs, his brother Storm King, Adam, Matariki, Nadjy and several other horses that have raced over hurdles were amongst those seen in the hunting field pear Hawera recently. T. C. Robson, who rode Glenloth to victory in the Melbourne Cup, was, a few days since, sentenced to three months in gsol for pocket-picking on the stand at the Adelaide R.C.s Meeting on May 24th. But few errors crept into the names of the entries for the Melbourne Cup cabled across. The following wero the misprints:—Veritas should have read Heritas, Motto Malto, Mona.Mora, Oearix Dearix, and Swithin Swivan.

The famous English sire, Hampton, is given several pints of stout daily, and likewise partakes of whisky and milk. The '"•aid refreshments are so building the old health, that it is expected he will shot&p renew stud duties the coming

aY V s A Boo * C a P victory comes tw 1 for the prestige of his sire. bXwhat W° oE Mft y st - Simon had and love is Hunan to give him a lift, and A few da} doubt the position so long Softened, anhe head of the list will this ye_pers andj, y some other, roof to see arriember 0 f the Dunedin J.C was lika * , ~ , , _. . Eaatem mo?* Hcense be granted to a the shouts* any race except a hurdle balling in if he holds a trainer's license, laboured*! the atewarda to have any ah?vel o aS?y or ***?**' in theownerpinched ari oroe - Tho proposal is to be was looldnpe next committee meeting.) *' You ra meeting of members of the w T?- J.C. will be held in [___T-f6 25th inst., when the follow-"-DoijWUl be presented :—ln placing Paul, /the annual balance sheet, it is you Cry to note that, a? predicted last ?F club's revenue from almost all 6 a considerable increase. As _ty two race meetings were held, and */©£ them showed very satisfactory >stu_s both from a racing and financial jpoint of view. The improvements to stand and enclosure (which during the last two yeas* cost £427) are now almost completed, and add very greatly to the comfort and I>tea_ure of our patrons. As expenditure on this aooonnt will be very muoh lessened for Nome time, yonr committee hope toincrease the reserve fund by a substantial amount before the close of the incoming year. The redaction in the charge for membership has not only served topopulariae the club by a great laflox of new members, but has also increased the revenue from that eenrce by about £25. We begin next year's operations with no liabilities, but with a cash balance of £262 16s. The following, members of committee retire, but are eligible and offer themselves for re-election :—Messrs Gunn, Glasson, Mahoney, Smith, Taylor, and iThomaa.