SPORTING.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14406, 13 July 1912, Page 13

SPORTING.

notes; ' ' \ t ;'Gkjnowl-.and'St. Kevin* left, for Wellington ill the Mararoa last night. H. Cutte with Countermine, and -It. Longloy with Master 1 Paul".and : White Cockado, will leave for 'Wellington , to- " -, night, and -will assist at. tho Wellington R.C.'e Winter-Meeting. - Tho South Canterbury, Jockey" Qub 'has decoded to haro a'totalisator for 10a investments at its ".future, gatlierir.gs.v Tho cost of th'o building is esti- • mated' at £500:. . ' ' , ' When,the last mail left Sydney the , Yaldhurst trainer, .U. J. JtasoAjiraa confined to his- bod,, as,'tho result'of a bad attack of influenssa. ' •" ■ "' H.- Cairns, lvjio ,was recently , euspen'd&d" -jvliilo riding -in .Australia, 4 ro-- • turned'to New, Zealand during tho week. At tho timo of his Suspension Cairns was engaged to rido -Wingarara in "the V.R.C. Grand* National Hurdles and Bribery"in to-day 's race. •. - . Tho. " Victoria Amateur* ..Turf Club's Grand National ' Mooting will bo concluded to-day, \ when the principal •-, raco to bo .. dc- . cided is tho Grand National.Steeplechase, a sweepstake of 20 sots, each, with 1500 sots added, about"'three miles and a furlong. • After payment of final • a/xicptances, seventeen, horses re- • main in the event, and-as,some of the best of tho Australian steoplochaeors are engaged, the rrsult.of this event 'will bo watched ivith a good deal of interest. The. raco will contain a certain amount' of interest for ; local sportsmen, as the New Zealand horso--man, T. Gahill, will haro iho mount on Bribery, and" J. McGregor jwill rido Tinapagcc. , A Press Association raessago froni.Melbournc states'that• the Victorian Racing Club.will spend £25,000 on'improvements to the accommodation at Floinington :iind- £12,000 on tho sewerage system. Gate and membership charges will therofore be increased. ' - ■ A cable message ■ states that • Jolly . Boy sustained a broken shoulder as a result of, a fall in.tho V.B.C..Grand • National Hurdle Race, decided, at Flomington on Saturday last. Hβ.Was subsequently destroyed. Jolly Boy ' was a six-year-old folding, by. Jolly Hampton—Flower Girl, r and was owned and trained by 3lr W. J. Stewart!