SPORTING NOTES.

Lake County Press, Issue 981, 26 September 1901, Page 5

SPORTING NOTES.

Muscovite was scratched for Geraldine as soon as the weights appeared. At a meeting of the commit'ee oi the UtJ.C. it was resolved that the disqualification imposed on J. Twomey, ,1, Curran, 11. Dcnvtt, and J. A. M'Ginnis in (onneciion with the Vanihu case lx; reduced hy one half. Carbine’s stock have won in -Australia since 1 S');s _£od,7dß in .stakes. Charlie (.VConnor is to la; starter at the JJunedin spring meeting, as 11, Piper’s engagements would not allow him to act..

j (,). Madden heads the list of English ! j ckeys up to Aii/inl 9 hj, with 70 i wins mii of 137 immn‘ s. i Tim (Garni IVix TOst-md--, won by Se.ingap at uni (Stow Gun) wis a j s w.-cp-take ol "Vs, wit'll I ’Jl '( ).-• ivs j ad.lod. ! I.- w is 1 idiom by E. Bull: The fashmnably-bivd (baton, sin- of j Euroelvdon an other winners, was pm | up to auction at Ashburton hist, week I and disposed of for the paltry sum of I XI 2 10s ! During the debate on “ Should Tattersall's be Suppressed?’ by tim i Cornua (N.S.W.) Debating Society, one of the speakers Said that. Mr Gem | Adams had parted with all, or nearly 1 all, his interest in Tattersall’s consultations to a London syndicate, and was now living quiet'y at Bulli. The racing clubs in tin Wiiruapa i are urging the I’remier to have jockeys i exempted from the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation for Accidents Act, on the "round that insurance j companies refuse to Lake lisks on | horsemen. The American stallion Gresceus has reduced the woild's trotting record lor j a mile to 2min. 2] sec. During the past live years the total | winnings of Loohiel s stock were . X 67, 108, an average of over XI 3,000 per annum. He has been represented by the greatest number ot. priz - j winnets since 181)8.