SPORTING ITEMS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9014, 29 January 1895, Page 2

SPORTING ITEMS.

Weekly Press and Referee. NEWS OF THE WEEK. The Taranaki jumper, Dick, is again in work. George Wright will take a team to Australia late in the Autumn. The death is reported from the Wairarapa of Britain, by British Lion. Goodwood's 3min 9sec is the fastest time recorded for the Inangmhna Cup. Nono of Mr M. Friedlander's thoroughbreds offered last week were sold. The Foxton R.C.*s privileges for the meeting on Tuesday realised £163. The protests against Bouquet at the Warrengate Meeting were dismissed. Mr A. Lyon, master of the Christchureh hounds, leaves for England this week. Lady Zetland, after her good display Iv Wellington, reads well for the Dunedin Cup. The Manawatu Racing Club will probably adopt the starting machine at its next meeting. Turquoise, who ran soma good races with Welcome Jack, is advertised for sale in this issue. Prime Warden holds the season's record tor once round of the Ellerslie plough, lmin 52i**ec.

Another Nordenfeldt in the three-year-old colt Bulldog is winning races in the North Island.

Tho Westland Racing Club have decided to issue a programme for £460 for Eister Monday and Tuesday.

Day Dream 11., according to the London Sportsman, gives promise of becoming a proficient hurdle racer. Mr James Davidson, of Hawera, has lost his filly by Vanguard from Hagar. She succumbed to influenza. It is said that the Taamanian studma9ter, Mr C.S. Agnew.is negotiating for the purchase of Tasman. Mr J. Collins was fined by the Warrengate Club £5 for racing his maro Lorelei iv the name of W. Holmes. Oaklands is not now trained by R. Kiugan, both that horse and Sunteam being in J. Green's hands. The Reelton J. C. have reverted to tho committee system of handicapping—at least for their Autumn Meeting. Mahaki/the Wellington Cup winner, is liable to b* rchandicapped for both the Australian Cup and Newmarket Handicap. The Marlborough Racing Club has decided to have a gathering on Easter Monday, the stakes at which will total aboub £200.

Eve and Ben Godfrey will not be able to race any .more this season. They were scorched in the fire at J. B. Williamson's stables.

A committee, consisting of Messrs W. Beilby, M. C. Gil more, and G. B. Wells, will handicap for the . Reef ton Autumn Meeting.

Mr H. Te Kani Pere will now have a cup, and a very handsome one at that, to place on his sideboard as well as Mr U. Marumafu.

The name bestowed by Mr T. R. Moore on his colt by Somnus—Walmarama is Rehua, not Retina as stated. Rehua is the Maori name of a star.

George Johnston, the Otago lad who got severely hurt at the Manawatu races, is not yet, out of the hospital but ia progressing favourably.

-Nikau, winner of the Maiden Plate at the Like County Meeting, is a son of the Apremont horse Lorraine, of whose stock reports from Southland speak very highly. 'Tho totalisator receipts at Gore last week were £2197, as compared with £3118 the previous year. The falling off in tbe sum handled at the Poverty Bay Meeting was £902 from last year.

The judgment of the Auckland Magistrate in a recent caso is very important, so. far as the liability of officers of a club ia| concerned. A full report of the judgment;, appears on a later page. V Mr J.. Goodwin, the owner of Leofwin, was nob allowed to run his horse at Stratford until he paid E. Williams, jockey, £2, balance of fee for riding Clngaleo at Hawera two years ago. The pony race at Mooroopna, Victoria, on New Year's Day, was won by a filly named Leprechaun. Can this be the Otago bred pony that won at the Taleri last year? Age and colour are right. The Otaki-Maori Racing Club intend going in for a new lease of their course, and* will make It one of the prettiest and most complete in New Zealand. What's more, they have the money to do it. The Messrs Nathan of Auckland are importing an English stallion, Seaton Delaval, by the Derby and Leger winner, Melton. The new blood is fully referred to by our Auckland correspondent in this issue. ' ..' ' Strowan was handicapped at Bsb Sib in the Flying Handicap at the Gisborne Meeting.. He did not accept, but Krina (9st2lb) and the likes ot Perkia (7st 21b) would have a nice chance with him if he were anything like himselL _ An important sale of thoroughbred, as well as draught stock, is announced to be held on February 12th, at Carterton, Wairarapa. The well-known sire, The Administrator, who was a first-class performer ia his day, is among the lots to be offered. . At the adjourned annual meeting of the Nelson Jockey Club, held on the 12th inst., the proposition of Mr Trask,—that, in order to meet the liabilities of tbe Club, the members pay two guineas subscription at once, and a further two guineas before the next race meeting—was carried. It was decided to hold races in April with stakes amounting to £500. The following office-bearers were elected :—Committee, Messrs J. Bartlett, Dr. Pearless, Co Bird. W. Coleman, T. A. Askew, E. Finney, R. Hunter, J. A. Harley, F. Trask, R. M'Rae, H. Newman, and H. Redwood ; stewards, Messrs H. Redwood, Dr. Peerless, J. Bartlett, •_.- Newman, Major Franklyn, J. A. Harley, and B, M'Rae; judge, Mr F. Trask ; starter, Mr C. Bird ; clerk ot the scales, Mr A. Mills; clerk of the course, Mr CP. Harley; treasurer, Mr F. Turner; secretary, Mr J. Glenn.