SPORTING.

Lake County Press, Issue 1063, 7 May 1903, Page 5

SPORTING.

Turf Items. Thomas Godfrey, bookmaker, was fined £5, costs £3 7>, for trespassing on the Wingatui racecourse. The report that Itibbonwood had been sold is incorrect. The totalisator return (£11,984) at the Fielding Jockey Club's meeting on Easter Monday wus in excess of the sum handled at by the Auckland Racing Club on the same day, A yearling full sister to Achilles (by Medallion—Nereid) was offered at auction at the New South Wales sales of yearlings at a reserve of oOOgs, but the bidding for her possession ceased at •lOOgs, so the filly was passed in. Mr Bnckland has taken his favorite trotter, Fritz, back to Sydney. J. Loughlin is a bit of a (: nut'" himself, which fact may have induced him to invest in Nutcracker at the Timaru meeting. He bought the animal cheap, traded with him, then sold him again for the same purchase money : thus hnviug a win and stake money, plus whatever he may have backed him for. It hj reported that £ISOO has been refus?d for Lady Lillian. At thp aniiu-il meeting of the Vincent County Jockey Club it was decided on the motion of Mr Gerkeus', that ii'-'- stake nroiu-y he increased to £SOO. Cuairman Lxidlaw, ho*evt;r,

thought, it wns a mistake to irerense the stakes under the circumstances. He was in favor of spending mom money in providing acoom modal ion f. r the public. MrGerlcen* *poke strongly in favor nf increasing tin: stakes, aid s-iid that the club had always do. e better when the stakes were increased. They were holding nbout £l5O surplus and he thoughl tho money should be given in stakes.