SPORTING NOTES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 121, 23 May 1891, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

. [By " Day DaAvn."] The Nekon TroJHng Olab may be con« gratulaled upon the number of entries reoeived for their Queen's Birthday meeting ana the handioapper, Mr W. Ooleman, having adjusted (he handicaps very equitably, I was quite prepared to seosuoh a large list of aooeptanoes, and if the weather remains as settled aa it is at the present time, a really good day's sport may ba anticipated. , The interest taken in trotting of lata B b.oY?s that the general publio appreciate this moat useful .olasß of sport quite asmuoh bb, if not more than, flat raoing, but the Club, in order to please "all sorts and conditions," have sandwiahed in two flat woes, and aja the aooeptangesfor the Birthday Handicap and Haok closed with sis each, both thew event* should be hotly oontested, and are certainly very open, as the handioapper has oonoealed the winner right well The pirn de resistance of the meeting, the Nelson dotting Olub Handicap, has oloSed AfinK aooeptanoes, and there has been & good deal of speculation over this event, That old warrior Clyde haa been installed first favour! ite as DBuaUnd manyaeem tq.th^ that the thud and fourth wter M hamd Uve had more start, but my omn|o« is that any horse requiring more than 76 seconds in 2* mil fla Granted that Clyde g*ve the limit horses 75 eeoonds Jo three milea a«, Trafalgar Park this time laat year and donkey licked everything but?lo, who led till half a mile from home and 1 allowing that' Clyde ■is ah imnroWri horse since that time, ;stUl I feel sure that the field is, on the whble.^of i better ohu than that whioh oppowd him lastyeay, and' I should not be a bit surpri Bed8 ed at sam'e of the maidens with their !ib.ejftl'BtaKettinff home on thw ftQwaion. And this induoes ine to wnwk that the system that has beefc iu vogae m. Nelson for some time, of civintf untried; horses, the : limit start, ia fi- i?' opinion, altogether wrpn $„ ; $fo horse timfo get the Umit until he.pttyes^rw* tiifneiv

oan any handioapper tell what^hwa'^seoan do except bj^pnblio-iferfdrmii6(feß.f,V''l-' am not going* to blame the hand imippor this time, a* he his morely followed the same oourae that others havedoiie before )Um in Nelson, but' this system of handloapping does not exist elsewhere that 1 know of, Tjie roce cour-e is in good ordpr and tlie Stewards have very wisely made the tariff at the gat*, grand stand, &0,, very low, and our obliging railway manager having laid on a large number of trains at most convenient times, there should be a large gathering at Richmond Park ou Monday. I am glad to hear that the proprietor of .tho grand stand bar intends putting on a first olaj ■» lunoh, so that the wants of the inaer man will be attended to. Mr F, N. Jonea will be in charge of the totalisator/and it will not be his fault if a j large amount does not pass through the machine. As I said before, the handioaps are framed so well that it is a very hard matter to piok the c winners, but I must hazard my seleotione as follows :— : i V . ' : ,1 Maiden Trot.— The winner should oome from The Rover, Rarus, Whitefoot, and Rebe.coa. ■ . ■ Haok Handioap,— Steam or Toby, Harness Trot.™ Flo or Calliope. Pony Trot.— Tony or Tandy, Birthday Handicap.- Blaok Diamond or Victory, Selling Trot. -The Rover. Nelson Trotting Olub Handioap.-Olyde.