THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 65, 10 December 1907, Page 6

THE TURF.

WAIKANAE HACK RACING CLUB.. The following nominations have been ieceived for tho Waikaiiae Hack Racing Club's meeting:— PARATA MEMORIAL STAKES. SixW kmgs-Article, St. Flora, Bonnie Jean, Gold Guard, St. Amelia, Blue Bell, Fireworks, Lothair, b. g., Mahaki-=-Melinite. rw YI ? & I H i Nr)ICA P- Kve furlongs.Otara, Aotea, Furneaux, Cowboy, The Dunce, £ k ?'Vg! nnl Pagne, Blue Bell, Lothair onattcll, Kima. NGARARA CUP One mile.-St. Lud-ft-V ft. 1 "* Disdaln ' G ° ld Guard > \ ro?rb MINI i? N ANDICA T P- Six furlongs.Oowboy Rangikapa, Kitty, Rapakkna fSTs. hG DUnCe ' Dril HA * DI( P- Seven furi" g ™ ' Lucllal n. St. Amelia, Lady Disdain, Playmate, Fireworks FAREWELL HANDICAP. Four furlongs. —lion St. llora; Bonnie Jean, Kitty r ne So Dunce, Hikoia, .Cow! -■ nS,» m ""r , ?/- T Cha , m P a g" e . Gold Guard, Rufus, Blue 8011, Lothair, Chattell, Otara, • : RED GAUNTLET. ' (BY TEMGEAPH-SPECIAL COERESPONDBNT.) . „,„ ~ Dunedln, 'December 9 led Gauntlet the well-known racer' who had to be shot to-day in Christchurch was .bred m Now South Wales' bv Mr A W turther, and as a matter of fact was responSltKefcS 1,1^o^^ • RICCARTON TRESPASS CASES. [Br XKL]JGttAPn.-PRE«S ASSOCIATION.] ' b i- •S hr,stchureh i December 9. At the Police Court to-day, Mr. Day' S M panted the application of the Jockey Chit' to withdraw the remainder of the informa. tions against bookmakers for trespassing on the Riccarton Racecourse.

AUCKLAND RACINfi CLUB'S SUMMER •' MEETING. (by telegraph—press association.) r> i.l. „ Auckland, December 9. By the Manuka, which arrived from the south, the racehorses Bonny Glen, Clanchattan, Guidwife, Artellorie, Kirsty, and Stylish were, brought up to fulfil their engagements at the A.R.C. bummer Meeting, lie new-comers were on the tracks at iMlershe this morning, but were, restricted to steady pacing. The Auckland Cup and Derby candidate, Bonny Glen, looks especially well. .• *

If ' POSITION OF BOOKMAKERS. . The paragraph in yesterday's issue 'refe*. ring.to a Wellington bookmaker having received information that the Racing' Confer, ence was in favour of licensing bookmaker! on a scale, based upon the amount of tlio stakes is emphatically denied by Mr. Whyto, secretary of the Wellington Racing Club. Ihat gentleman states that no Racing Conference' has' been held since the passing oj the Gaming and Lotteries Act, and the Conference does not meet until it assembles in :Welhngton on January 23 next. None in Cliristchurclv 'or elsewhere can' know the mind of the Conference. In any case, the idea was absurd, because it would hit the country clubs-very hard, if it'did not .'wipe thorn.out altogether, and'as those cliibs havo representation at the Conference they would be sure to. oppose it tooth and nail if such a proposal were put forward, which was not at all likely. • ■ ■■ '

(by telegraph—press association.) .. . Auckland, December 9. At a meeting;, of tho Committee of the Auckland Racing Club to-night, tho chief business discussed was tho question of bookmakers, and if was decided to charge a liconso fee of £20. per bookmaker and £5 for his clerk, the bookmaker to carry on his calling only on that portion of the course sot asido for the purpose, viz., outside tho lawn fence near the rails. The regulations under which licenses are to be issued include tho following:—No bookmaker or his clerk shall bo allowed on the lawn or grandstand • no bookmaker's ckrk shall call out the odds or do anything except the clerical part of tho work; no bookmaker shall make a bet after the totahsator is closed on each raceno bookmaker shall make a bet or waaer which depends on the result of more then one race; the license shall be produced to the stewards or their agent by tho' book'maker whenever required to do so; the bookmaker shall produce and hand over to the stewards whenever required to do so by them his betting book; the bookmaker.shall' net lay totahsator odds; applicants for licensee must produco satisfactory references as' to character and financial position.