NEW TROTTING COURSE. FORBURY PARK.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1909, Page 14

NEW TROTTING COURSE. FORBURY PARK.

f_BT TELEGRAPH — PEESS ASSOCIATION/] DUNEDIN, 26th November. The new Forbury Paik trotting course was formally opened at noon in the presence of a large number of representative sportsmen, including delegates from the Metropolitan Trotting Association, and from Australia. The Mayor formally declared the track open. The president (Mr. Gore) stated that £10,000 has been spent in purchase and improvement to buildings to date. It was intended to throw the centre of the ground open to all kinds of kindred sport — cricket, football, hockey, etc. FORBURY PARK T.C. MEETING. , DUNEDIN, 26th November. On the first day of the Forbury Park Trotting Club .the totalisator investments were £4556, as against £4419 10s last year, and twenty bookmakers were licensed. Remaining results : — President's Handicap, two miles. — Marie Narelle, 19sec, 1; Jack Tracy> 19sec, 2; Roseneath, 19sec, 3. Time, smin 4sec. First Amateur Handicap, two miles. — Pinwood, scr., 1; Bella Mac, 16sec, 2; Imperial Duncan, 16sec, 3. Won by a short neck. Time, smin 27sec. Stewards' Handicap, two miles. — Arbitrator, 7sec, 1 ; Bamboo, 22sec, 2 ; Bribery, scr, 3. Time, 6min 0 2-ssec. Dash Handicap, one mile. — Jack Tracy, lOsec, I; Wood Nymph, 9sec, 2; Derringcotte, 4sec, 3. Time, 2min 33 l-seec. Dominion Handicap, two miles and a half. — Imagination, 18sec, 1 ; Frisco, 18sec, 2 j Separator, scr, 3. Time, 6min 53sec. St. Kilda Handicap, one mile and a quarter. — Mantle, 17sec, 1; Dragoon, 15sec, 2; Captain Tracy, llsec, 3. Time, 3min 20 3-ssec.

The Dunedin Star says that the Portobello fish hatchery seems to be justifying its existence. Five years ago the Government granted this institution an annual subsidy of £250, the term of this grant expiring last March. During that period, besides the valuable information that has been compiled, observations have been made on the spawning, ova and fry of a number of native food fishes. Millions of larvae- of soles, flounders, gurnards, crayfish, and prawn have been liberated in Otago Harbour. The curator now has an assistant, and this has increased the efficiency of the •hatchery. This is apparent at present in the -curator being able to proceed outside the heads to liberate the young crabs and lobsters, giving them a better chance of suiviving than in the harbour. The Lake County Press reports the death of Mr. John Watkins, who was one of the pioneers of the Wakatipu mining district. He went there in the early sixties, and for a time traded on the lake with a small craft.