SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 15516, 11 June 1914, Page 3

SPORTING

THE TROTTING ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Vssociation was' held at Christchurch 'esterday afternoon, Mr P. Selig (president! in tho ©hair; present—Messrs P. Selig, A. L. Myers. W. E. Simas, W. H. Denton, and W. Hayward. The New South Wales Trotting Club wrote stating that the disqualification of 0. H. O’Brien' and th© hors© Chicago had been removed, and that the names of E. Wright and Alyles Skinner had been removed from the list of those debarred from riding or driving at registered meetings. At the request of th© club, the disqualifications of G. J Davis and the grey gelding Grey Wood fox six months from May 2 were endorsed

Th© Horowhenna Trotting Club's application for registration was granted. It was proposed to give £255 in stakes for seven races at th© first meeting, to be held on September 9. The dub already had some 160 members, and there would b© no difficulty in making that number up to 200. Tlie club had been treated very generously by th© Horowhenna Racing Club, on whoso course the meeting would be held.

Th© Springfield Racing Club advised that it had been decided to disband the dub.

The Forbury Park Trotting Club wrote disputing the right of the association to indict a fine on W. N. Jones for interference after the stewards had inquired into the matter and had exonerated Jones. The dub contended that Rule 261 did not give lie association authority to act as it bad done. As the association bad decided that there was no power of appeal to the inference, matter must vest; but to prevent a similar occurrence ih future the rlub had given notice of an alteration to the rules.—lt was decided to reply that the club had nrsread the association's letter, and that the fine was not inflicted under Rule 261. but under the rule which gave the association power to deal with pcnaltice. Th© Forbury Park Trotting Club also forwarded further particulars in connection with the Regina Belle case. R. Logan (the rider of Regina Belle) had charged Wilkins (the rider of Kinetic) with giving false- evidence at the, inquiry. This charge had been disproved, but as it had been shown that Kinetic had humped Regina Belie it had been derided to fine Wilkins 010.—The President said the club had rot lomplied with the rules by not forwarding the evidence in the case. R. Logan wrote to the association contending triad, ■he original verdict in this case, in which Regina Bed© was disqualified, was against the weight of evidence. He had wished to lodge an appeal, but the club had refused to accent it, on the. ground that it was a question of fact. The President raid he thought the club should accept appeal, and leave it for the association to jay whether the question was one of fact or not.

The President said the association had received gome information for which they had been wading for rein© time from tho Waikouaiti Racing Chib, dealing with a protest entered by J. Shaw against the mare Alisa Hazel at its annual meeting. The protest had been dismissed, and as it now appeared that eveiything was in >rdcr, the dub's action was endorsed. Alessrs Spence and Stanford, solicitors, of Stratford wrote, on behalf of J. W. Burke, of Eltham, asking for information as to th© alleged corrupt practices for which their client h’d b‘--ni cTsonolified. together with bis brother (B. BurkA. and asking whether the assoc’arion would conrider au application f or fbc removal of :he disqualification. —C(V'‘- - ’derat'on of the ms© was held over till next meeting. A. ATumford, of Sydenham. wrote applying for the removal of the disqualification of Iris horse Good Intent for having aom mated it- before registration.—Disqualification removed, subject to the payment of the usual fi >■- of £2. Th© matter of appointing two etinendiary stewards to attend various trotting meetings throughout the Dominion came before the association, and it wa-= decided to leave the matter in the hands of the rresident to deal with when it came before the conference.

POLO. Cabled from Np-,v York: “A practice match was played on Tee-day, when the English polo plavers defeated a team comprised of the Duke of Penaranda and Messrs J. Watson Webb, J. G. Milburn, and J. Traill, Owing to an injury to Mr C’heape, the international match has been postponed-—The international match was to have been played yesterday at Meadowbrook (Long Island). Captain Leslie St. C. Cheap© is England’s full-back.”

KAIKORAI BOWLING CLUB. For bowlers generally the season 1913-14 has proved one of the best we have had for several seasons, and a merry enthusiastic spirit pervaded tho various clubs (says the animal report) Members shared in "the general pleasures and competitions connected with the sport, and, by pulling together, advanced the position of the chib as a social recreative centre. Under the new scheme of play the club participated in 26 matches. The membership shows a slight increase, the accession of several verv capable bowlers being most welcome. Probably the most pleasing feature for members has been the great improvement in the green. Tho caretaker, Mr Ralston, has put a lot of hard work about the propertv, and he will soon give further evidence of his worth. The competitions for the club prizes produced some excellent contests. The winners were as follows — Rink : Messrs Malcolm, Morrison, Watson. Morion (skip). Pairs: Mr IV. Morrison and J. MTadden (s). Champion Singles ; Mr J. M’Fadden. Handicap Singles : Mr A. Ellis Among the list of winners is to be found some players of experience. Both the method of competition and the number of prize contests should be discussed, as some of the finals a.ad semi-finals were played under very unsatisfactory conditions, one of the chief being darkness. The financial position of the club is shown by the balance-sheet, and the necessity of raising the subscription is apparent. In order to further reduce the club's indebtedness, it will be necessary next winter to make another effort similar to that of three rears ago.

At the Wagga (New South M ales) races yesterday the' principal event. Licensed Victuallers’ Cup, Im. resulted : Wild West 1, Harvest Moon 2. Inverara 3. Mon by a length and a-ejnarter, with half a lentgK between second and third horses, rime, Imin 56;jsec.