SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 12964, 29 May 1908, Page 3

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

D.J.C. COMMITTEE. I A meeting of the D.J.C. Committee held yesterday afternoon was attended by Messrs P. Miller (in the chair), J.'Gow, .1. Sinclair Thomson, Jas. Thomson, L. C. Ha/.- , lett, and W. J. Cotighlan. •On the application of tho Southland Racing Club .Mrs J. Glenn and the horse Paparoa were placed on the forfeit list for i fees due. j The Vincent Jockey Club intimated that (In; sentence imposed upon D. King (jockey) had been reduced from disqualification to suspension from riding.—-Sus-pension endorsed. The Waikaia Hack Racing Club notified that they had lined J. A. Forbes £1 for striking the handieappor at their last meeting.—After hearing an explanation from tine club, it was decided to increase the hue to £5, and it was resolved that if the fine were not paid within a reasonable time Mr Forbes's name be placed on the forfeit list. Mr P. Miller was appointed the club's delegate to attend the annual conference at Wellington in July nest. It was reported that invitations to both the British and New Zealand football teams to attend the races next week had been accepted for Thursday. The applications for bookmakers' licenses were referred to a sub-committee to deal with. ( CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB. The annual meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club was held vesterday. The *» (Mr F. H. Pyne) said that £26,780 had been given in stakes during the season. The profit was £4.921 6s 4d. as against £5.515 8s lid in 1907 (Exhibition year). The totalisator had not been seriously affected by the licensing of bookmakers. A matter which deserved the attention of the Racing Conference was the large number of short races, from five to six furlongs, which now appeared on many programmes. The excuse was. of course", that short races tilled as well and paid as well; but he- thought that if it were compulsory to have less of -those short scrambles, in which the element of hick so largely entered, and in which there was very often a prat deal of fonl riding, owners would train their horses to gallop further, and if the distances were longer the entries would be just as large. Reference was made to the death during the past year of Mr George G. Stead, Mr C. K. Calcutt, Mr J. J. Sinclair, Mr E. M. Turrell, and Mr Cecil I.ouisson. A motion was carried recommending the incoming Committee to put on a mile weight-for-age race at the November meeting as a memorial to the late Mr Stead. COURSING. Nest Wednesday and Fridav, June 5 and 5. at l-'orbury Park Itaeecotirso, the Dunedin Coursing Club will hold their first meeting of the season. A large number of greyhounds are arriving daily from all parts of the Dominion to r.ake part in the Maiden and Winter Cup Stakes. The draw and final payments take phce on Monday evening. The "finals of the North New Zealand Coursing Club, decided at Auckland, resulted as follows :—Maiden Stakes: Mr MacCready's Sunflower beat Mr Sparks's Equality. Challenge Stake: Mr Harper's Don beat Mr Gordon's Mikado. j DUNUDIN GUN CLUB. ! The following are the nominations and handicaps for the Dunedin Gun Club's £IOO Clay Bird Handicap, to be shot on Thursday. June 4:—A. Collins, J. G. Martin, W. F. Bastings. W. Tews.'ev, 10 yards; E. Taylor, G. Mitchell, R. Martin. S. Lawson, W. Harris. J. Nicolson, 1«\ Rowell, 12 yards; A. Matheson, \Y. Fraser, A. Cowic, D. Spalding, J. Cameron (Otiake), R. J. MNaughton, A. H. Kimber, E. H. Rowell, 13 yards; J. Roy, R. Vinnieombe, F. W. Wain. D. Nicolson. C. ■ M'Lay, 14 yards; B. Hayes, F. Hay,' ]). Whalen. J. Simpson, J. Rae, 15 yards'; d! C. Munro, W T . Joolven, 16 yards"; A. Gardiner, 17 yards; and Duncan Fraser, 20 yards. CLUB-SWINGING. j A large number of people assembled on the stage of the Christchurch Opera-house yesterday forenoon, when Tom Burrows, the chani'don dub-swinger of the world, commend an attempt to break his own continuous record of 62h 6min (established in Auckland). He calculates that he will cease his task somewhero about midnight on Saturday. The clubs weigh slb L£oz altogether, and a minimum of seventy revolutions per minuto has to be maintained. TO-MORROW'S FIXTURES. All Rugby and Association games axe " off," owing to tho British-Otago match. The following club harrier runs will take place:—Caversham and Southern Bible, from St, Clair baths; Y.M.C.A., from the residence of Mr IL D. Bedford, MosgieL BOWLING. The Hon. J. B. Callan presided at tho fourth annual meeting of the R-cslyn Bowling Club. The membership for the past year was ninety-five, and the income amounted to £l5O 7s 6d. The debt on the property is £SCO, and the bank balance is about £25. The retiring directors (Mes re Green and Scott) and the retiring auditor (Mr D. Leslie) were re-elected. Acceptances for the first day of tho D.J.C. winter meeting and nominations for the Farewell Handicap and. Trial Plate are due this evening.