SPORTING.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19690, 6 August 1929, Page 12

SPORTING.

RACING FIXTURES. In —- l». I*. IT—C»o«*rb«rT J C A««wt •*--Hua 4. *««••* •*- Bar Hunt. )»- llMa«*lrk« * c to IMxaxirkr Hunt. # I Tarmtkl Hull. liHWlii * J Harlon J-G. • »*■> " "•< , ItfUrVr * Wangsnui Ji • BmllUiirttr * t a .hburt<<n County R.O. ItydMkw Zi N >t> or Pu'li ft-0 o*|>Ma>fc«r *I. M-- Ato till»I* J l»«r .1. a 7 lie H.C 111 I—l b«r a*- ft»»k«'s Bsy J.C. TROTTING FIXTUREB. >O, X, I*- N.2 Metropolitan T.C. 31—Auckland T.C, So 14 -< ouibiß'u Clube. Or<at*i § T.C. 4> ivtrar > " '*'» T.C. t t*Wr I i \* m T.C IMflWi ji in (i i«y niouti) T.C. Auckland T.C. ovt«4t«f *> N 'thland TC. T.C 9 U.lil>«ton TC. Sov«m6*r I J i 4 it N35 Metropolitan T.C. nv*mb«i 91 'IS ■ ■•Otahiihtj T.C. |f nwhi 'l7. afi Fnrbury far! T.C. t)»n«inti»i ft. 7 ■«>>■ T.C 11 »v> l)ri|>'hton TC. DmmW -M A»fcburton TC. OmMMhIM'! M' <<«>!• T C flMMWibar M. n T.C. frlllMll"r M 'J« ftoulil W»ir»r»p» T.C. trilllim^lT V W. «1 AtiekUnd T.C. £W««iW a#—W'titon T C. 'DMwmlMr W-lMnikhti* T C.

TURF GOSSIP. TVial payments for the Grand Nattoaal ttaepleohuM, Winter Cup, and •raad National Hurdle Itace, and acMptoimt for the si* remaining flrat 4ay'a •▼•ota at next week's Meeting Will olom at • p.m. on Thuradity, Th« New Zealand Turf Register will be available for sai* ua from to-day at Mi* oAee of (lie pnbliahera, the Chriateknreb Preaa Company. The pric« agikad for the publication ia 10a, and ftr I(l« M it Will b« aoatad on receipt •f or4»r to any part of New Zealand. JMI John and WaitauMha were with' irawa from all engagements at the •mad National Meeting at 3.45 p.m. JWtor4ay. TW* waa no track work of interest •t Kieearton yesterday, but oporatioua gfcn" |—mmrt in earneat to-day, Wfcaa Mrvaral horse* are booked to —frit! aw Ik* main ateeplechaw feaaaa. aad tb« course proper will alao be far galloping. The morning'• werfc will eomntenee ahortly after 8 • '•lawk. Tt»a steepleehaa* course will a|di be ia use to-morrow and on Thura mm 4 lII* galloping track to-morrow •ai na Ttoureday. After that all toafca will be •oaflaad to the uaual train taf track*. Hak Oml has attracted much atten Mm eia«e twining to Eieeartom. Ho ia to be givea a race at the Aahburton Mooting nest month, and it la intended to aand httu to Elleralio to contest ill* Oreat Northern (Suineaa at the Amklmm4 Spring gathering. 4Md Tinge and Academy, who have been la W. J. Tomklason s stable tor •mma w««ka past, will be taken over by Mm Wlagstul maator, i. O. Ware, after •km Grand National Meeting.

If Nullum*) should be produced ia JawiT>rr»* Plat Race at Biccartoa #» TuciwUr ti«-tt he will have an Interact «g record tn eonnexion with the •vom II," «..« in 1984 with 10-6, and al*«» ir ttt» with 11 9. He waa anatlavwi >*>• following your with 11-18, jVgnta winning with 12-13. Nukuwal m, awarded 12 12 in 1027, but again tal«lt#d oat of the money, Pcrle de l«.» prorailiag with 11-8. Laat year, with 18'9, he won by « head from Oaie, and In ant w«#k 'a race he ia one* t»*re at the head of the Hit, but on llm for# of hia evident decline during Ilk* paat mhwir, he hat been dropped to 11 9 Poay faring is very popular in Aua trail*, an I the volume of betting on 'ton Mialtt irr racehorae in aatoundlng to a New (writes Mr W. P. Hum" fr rn Svdner). At the Boae bmwy Meeting "held* at Victoria Park m July «4th. one bettor inveated *2OOO •a Ma ■atatoor, who duly won, and started at qait* a liberal prte«. la the near future it ia probable that Marry Mint will make another trip to Sydnev. accompanied by Hunting Cry, the three year-old hulf brother by Hnnttag Song to White Fang. It la not often that one owner baa «br*« repraaeatativea of the same breed' | k( at a Meeting, but such ia the case with Mr W. T. Haalett, whoae horaea. Apache, Part*. aad Taramoa, at proa aa't at Bierartoa, are all by Bolferino tfrow the prolific matron, Oirectoire. «h« ia now'in her *w«nty aoeond year. Songe. winner of thia year'a Boyal Want Top at Aaeot, ia a Preneh-brod fc#r*« by Hundari. Songe won hia race mm CaglUh eoil under the eoloura of Michrlham, who bought him from tii# Martjuia de Llano for £ 2500. Hunart, winner of the New Zealand Cap of 1924, at which period he waa imaged "P ■** eight year* old, and who fo ««w to hi* thirteenth year, ia stated ta be standing tip to hia training. Laat Mm Hummri flgnred among the con aeetaata in Jumping eveata, and at hia third attempt he won a hurdle race at I »*(«. Mra A. Me Donald'a team for Rk»ar'toa, oooaiatinat of Locarno, Rod Fttohaia. aad Glya Dbn taft Wellington last a tight on la* Wahin# Alao on board war* Maunga and Zippor from Hfcatteg* - -Fmsm Service. TROTTING NOTES. AoMfitMMwa for evtuiU on the 6rat lay or ilia New Zealand Metropolitan T C '• Augrnt Mcftiiiß cl«jao to-day at I*l mnm iona for nil «ront« at the Auckland T.C.'a K.irth()un ko Relief Hating i:ioa« on August Itiih.

Messrs Mataon and Co., Ltd., will hold the 'innuul sale of trotting stock on August 19th. Entries close on Suturdav at 12 noon. Daphne de Oro, who ib nicely treated in the August Handicap, to be run in Saturday, has come into favour for this race during the past few days, and with Silk Thread, Dundas Boy, Kingi-raft and King Pointer now chart's favouritism. In tho Klcctric Handicap the favourites are .Mcrcnrv, NcKon MePormack, Exclusive, and . Bridget. Tli© New Zealand st. will be on sale in Christilmrch u>iliiv. Already a hig tnimU'i' ot orders haw been received, and as only a certain number of copies will he pul>11.shed those desirous of securing one should male application at once to the publishers, the Christchnrch Press Company. The latest publication is complete in everv detail, and nothing has been left undone to make the publication one of great value to the followers of trotting. ftach race has lieen gi\ v on in full detail. and the index mnk&s reference easy for all Iho "Register 1 ' is a hook tlint no light, h.irit'-ss enthusiast can afford to I*> without, and the model .it price of 7Od asked brings it within reach of all. With the ne« season's racing now in full awing, tht ''Register" proves an invahinhle ru'de to the follower of form, and to the casual raceTiier it supplier a wealth of information.

11. B Be rry will have a toatn raring at Addin >ton during the next week, amonsrst the number being Koro l'eter. Dundas Boy. Bingen >*tnrr. Sunshower, Ctirfew Boy, and Jean McKlwvn. The first-named three will run in the colours of Mr George ATcM ill an, while the remainder are owned bv Mr D R Revell Berry has had a oarticulaHv <r<iod season, having trainer! 21 winners and ridden or driven "23. Flis best winner was Dundas Bov, one of the most consistent and most imr>mve<l hordes in the Dominion, while Koro Peter, Bingen Starr, and fonn McElwyn have all been good winners. The track at Addington ia now in first-class order, and it is expected that n hip number of horses, including h number of visitors, will he given fast work this morning. Nothing of importance was accomplished yesterday.

THE GAMING BILL. METHODIST MINISTERS OPPOSED In tho opinion of membera of the North Canterbury Methodist Ministers' Fraternal, the proposed legislation of telegraphio beta to the racecourses, and of the newspaper publication of dividends, is certain to promote a widespread extension of the gambling evil At the monthly meeting of the Association yesterday, the Rev. A. N. Scotter {iresiding, grave fears were expressed >y one speaker that these proposals of Sir George Gaming Bill now before Parliament, if given effect to, would prove a menace to the home life of the community, greatly widening the channels through which betting intelligence is distributed. The meeting resolved that communicatioiis be sent to members of Parliament and Methodist ministers of the North Canterbury district, urging strong opposition to these proposals of the Gaming Bill.