SPORTING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 446, 11 July 1922, Page 5

SPORTING.

AUSTRALIAN WEIGHTS

MELBOURNE, July 10. In the weights for the Australian Hurdles, Fi,scorn is top weight with 12 .(. Beltane yvill carry 10.7. In the Steeples the top weight is Mountain God, yvith 13.2. There are no New Zealanders in the races. —Press Association.

“Tlio great advance made in trotting daring the past few years,” remarked the president of the New Zealand Trotting Conference at Wellington to-dav speaks volumes for its popularity; and this progress lias naturally .increased the numbei of nominations, until some of the fields seen out are much too large. Fortunately, very few accidents have occurred at our meetings; but it is obvious that true and interesting racing cannot be anticipated when from 20 to ? 40 hoi.es compete m one race, ft is possible that in the near future it may bo necessary to seriously dismiss ronj.l measures, .»!. » Ik. “ ™ of classic or divisional racing, ine xoirae system presents no debateable difficulties, and might be given « trial in few o , f ? high-class events; but under the existing framing laws division racing would scarcely be acceptable, inasmuch as the brown law officers have recently declared that each division contest would constitute a race. Division racing might obviate matters ' provided, of course, that the gaming Uws were amended, and I understand that “ip S are being taken iu this direction.