SPORTING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17222, 12 August 1921, Page 9

SPORTING.

. Nominations' for the Avondale Cup, Flying Stakes, and Plumpton Handicap, to be decided at the Avondale Jockey Club's Spring Meeting, t>nd for the. All-Aged to be decided at the Autumn Meeting, 1922, clbße at S p.m. to-day. Messrs Pjrae. Gould, Guinness, i.td., will Hold a'blood-stock sale at their Chester street stables at 9.15 a.m. to-' day. There is plenty of money in America for promising horses. At the commencement of June, H. C. Fisher tpaid J. E. Madden 35,000 dollars (approximately £7000) for.the two-year-olds Overtake and Violinist, neither of whom had won a race at the time of their sale. About the same time the two-year' Old William A. (Jack Atkin—iTehera) was bought by tho Rancocas Stable from G. A. ; Applogate for 30,000 dollars {approximately £6000). William A. had won two races when he changed hands, and : was reckoned about the best two*year> • old in the East. . RACING COMMISSION'S REPORT. * HOBOWSSUITA CLUB'S PROIEST. (PEJtSS -\SgOCUTION TEUICRAJI.) LEVIN, Au«u«t li: A large meeting peaeed r-esolutioia l*at night parfesthig against the Racing Cora* mission'* witbdwwSl of the Hprowhemift Racing dub's jermit. Speakers claimed that Levin- w*s entitled to a permit on the -Coramiaston'a <ew» figuires JMwrding the population bads. The Racing Club and the A. and P. AfHocffttion had' purohaied a ground, by the issue of debentures for #<fiOO, tiro years ago, and had eince Bpent £2600 in rmpiovements. The widhdrawal of fie racinK permit would mean ibe eiriiactiorj of the show,. *• " *he A. and P. Aeaooin-ypn would be iirjdble fo maini«ia the -grotatd withottt the evoperetwn of the Racing Club. TE KtJITI MOQfGr CIiXTB. ASSOfWTON TW.*CBA«.) TB KUITI, August VL At a general meeting of the Te Kuitißacina Chib, it was i«o1t«1: "That •Hiia club congratulate* the. <3o«raw»nt on. the appointoertt of the Badng Commission, anji expresses appreciation of the qnaiyicationa of the membo'-a of the Commission, who had eweptiorjal opportunities far' judging Ifie merits of the various oJubs' eppKcaiious for «xtra permits. In view of thcee facte the club ejj>resse* nbsolnte confidence in tie Commiasioii's findinge, and pledgee-its rapport of the Government in pnttsngthe Cotnriesion's report into effect.' The meeting decided that tho club take the same attitodo at the meeting of the Auckland Province Country Clubs' Assoc!*? tion, and «ak other clnb»,> ■ ior, subpart the Commis'iori. The «lub also intends to «end • delegate to Wellington rfien the liill U •before PanTiament to support 5& daims. ' IASS cOUJSfIT JOCKEY tTLTZB. A general meeUng of the ioemb«re of the Connty Jockey Ciab -waa held in : Queena*o*'a on Tuesday for iihe purpose of considering the Racing Corwnissioa'a report in tarasioin to its reoommendation to reject the club's -iotaatstor permit: Tho membe» entered into a general disoustion, and the ontoorae wa* a roohrtim protesting against thai portico of *h» report recontmenclans the withdrawal of the club's permit. The fflembera expressed their indiznation that -tie • Comrnißfioa should seek to take away tha • ooncession from one cf the oldest claba in Otago. There was a strong feeling amongst members that the orab should exchange its present priyHjge for a trottrng permit,- and it was decided to refer the matter to the member for tie daßtrict AJ.C. FI»AKCES. <By Cab^e—Press Associatw--Copyafih4.> : au«tral«n aad NX Ctble "s , SYDNEY, August 11 _Th» animal > report of the Australian Joeto-v : Ctub'ftales ihat the stakes distribTrted last '■ year •mourrt»l to '121,939. the ndded nvemev being £101,500. The total for the ItevteS Sf 81 wl Thß •fflounl Pr 5 SB 3 through the totaSsafor was £l,2e3,oafiagainst £1,130,000 for tie previous vear. Tiia Government's share was ««,006. The Goternmens elw> ™™,£ «7,000 from the Sdrrdssron ;.fte«, and Ux. The Federal . «tsrtsanaents tas reaSeed £12,000.