SPORTING

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1361, 4 October 1886, Page 3

SPORTING

ASHBURTON RACING CLUB,

A meeting of the Committee of the Ashburton 'R.'v'np Club was held at the Commercial Hotel on Sa nrday evening. Present -Messrs Parnell (chairman). Denshire, Thomas, Crisp, Zander, M. Friedlander, and R. Friedlander. The principal business before the meeting was the consideration of the action of the Dunedin Jockey Club in fixing its Spring Meeting for da'es which clashed with those of the Ashburton Club. The action of the D.J 0. was severely criticised, and after some discussion it was resolved that the Ashburton Glob's races should be held on December 9tb and 10th, instead of November 25th and 26tb M previously arranged. TINWALD RACING CLUB. A meeting of the Tinwald Racing Club was held on Saturday night, when eleven gentlemen were present. It was decided to hold the races as usual on January Ist, 1887. A draf‘ ol programme was submitted a« under, and was adopted:— Hurdle Bare, £ls, 1J mile ; Novel Hurd’o Race, £2O, 1J miles ; Cup. £3O. 1* mile; Time Trot, £ls, 2 miles ; Maiden Base, £lO,l mile; Flying Hack Race, £lO. f mile; Selling Hack Bice, £lO, Jr m,le : Consolation, £lO,l mile; Hurry Scurry, for entrance money, 1J mi'e, for herses that have never won public" money. It was resolved that last year’s officers be requested to again act. The Club reserved to itself the right of handicapping. It was decided that the district should extend from the O-ari to the Belwyn. After trarsiction of nnimpoij tsnt business the meeting adjourned for a week. TIMARU RACING CLUB’S OCTOBER SHOW MEETING,

Tha following nominations have been received for the principal events at the Timarn Racing Club’s October Show Meeting:— LADIES * BRACELET. Wrangler Kate Ben H. Hathaway Ivanhoe Sawdust Mount Juggler Polly I Pirate Sluggard Finance No Mistake Fawn T.B.C HANDICAP. Garabin Larry Nellie Finance Derwen ter Jack Quibble Melville Viking Little Arthur Tbe Brewer Zealot Jackal OCTOBER HURDLES. Wrangler Sawdust Ben H, Pira’e Warlock Locknough Mount Fawn Kata Moody