SPORTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13452, 31 May 1907, Page 7

SPORTING.

THE GREAT NORTHERN MEETING. TRAINING NOTES. The weather yesterday morning was per- j feet, and a large amount of interesting work j was witnessed at Ellerslie. With but two j exceptions, all the gallops were accomplished on the sand track. IMania and Scjtty were the first out, and the pair ran seven furlongs in lm. 365., Delania going best. Soultfish beat Ouiragno by a couple of lengths over a mile and a-half, which occupied 2m. 50s. Loch Erne, who had Turbine for a companion over the last four, covered seven furlongs in lm. 35 4-ss. Loch Erne finished in front. Lord Beaton beat Lady Cressy by a couple of lengths over five fur- j longs in lm. 75., and Nestator ran a round , in 2m. 5 3-ss. Haydn was given easy j exercise. Shrapnel and Cavalry covered a j mile and a-half in 2m. 49 l-55., the pair j finishing together. Manapouri and Paroquet: were level at the end of six furlongs in lm. ; 22 l-55., while Cymri beat Lady Kegel a | length over the .same distance in lm. 21s. Celtic ran half-a-mile in 55 2-55., and Landlock, Uranium, arid Irecmount were given easy exercise. Silica and Bonomiana ran a mile and seven furlongs in 3m. 375., the first round being run in 2m. 9 l-ss. St. Syren beat Girton Girl by four lengths .over five furlongs in lm. 10s. and Ine Dane j and Engraver, on the grass, ran the samel distance in lm. 9 3-ss. Crispinot, Rosclawn, ; and Lallah Rookh finished in that order at the end of a half-mile sprint in 52 3-55., and Irish beat Aqua" llsgia and Vizier over a circuit in 2n). 5 l-ss. Kiatere and a companion ran three furlongs in 40 2-55., while Silver Shell beat Gay Paris over six furlongs in lm. 21 l-ss. Kola-Nip was not extended to run seven furlongs in lm. 3 u s. Rauparaha appeared to be going easier than Waipuna at tho finish of a circuit, which occupied 2m. 3 3-55., and San Paulo easily defeated Luminous over four furlongs on the tan in 575., Lady Gladys running the same distance in 53 1-53. Peregrine was going a lot easier than Geordie over a circuit in 2m. 4- 3-55., while Certainty showed to more advantage than Ovnati over six furlongs in lm. 20s. Waitati ran five furlongs in lm. 65., and Polycaste, who had Doggerbank for a companion over the first six, covered seven furlongs in lm. 35 2-ss. Lady Hune finished some distance in front of Catcbem over a round in 2m. 125., and Lady Phoebe beat Sabine over half-a-mile in 55 3-55., Mighty Atom running a furlong further in lm. 23 4-ss. Lucrece covered j seven furlongs in lm. 37 4-ss, Octoroon five > in lm. 8 2-55., and Freebird the last three of four in 39 3-ss. . J A fair amount of jumping was witnessed during the morning. Yoletto was sent over two hurdles. Lady Hune, Catchera, and i Haercmai covered a round of the schooling hurdles, the two first-named giving the beitdisplay. Brigham jumped tho double and sod wall twice. Leopold and Lady Lanta, and Khama and Cachuca, in pairs, were given a round of the steeplechase course, going over the hill. Romany King, No Shot, Sammy, Waitarere, and Rangitoto started together for a round of the stceplechso country. No Shot ran off at the sodwall the second time, while Sammy was pulled up after jumping the sodwall, double, and stonewall. The others completed the course. Saabohm jumped a couple of the schooling hurdles. All the, horses gave good exhibitions. . . , _ During the afternoon Irish, Loch ryne, Inniskillen, and Fretwork were started below the sod wall for a round of.the Steeplechase course. The two latter baulked at the water,' and Irish and Loch w vne completed the round (which included the double) by themselves. Irish struck the sod wall the first time, but he jumped the other obstacles satisfactorily. Fretwork was subsequently mounted by a fresh horseman, ...and got round without making a mistake. Inniskillcn also refused at the double, but with a lead eventually negotiated the obstacles. Kanaka went once round over the country! in safety. Hylas made an effort to run off at the second fence of the double, and colliding with the obstacle his rider, A. Gray, was thrown. 'The non-arrival of Mahoe by the Rarawa yesterday pointed to a doubt existing as to his being sent up to Auckland to fulfil his engagements at the Great Northern* Meeting, and his withdrawal from the Great Northern Hurdle Race was announced during' the afternoon. The official scratching timo of Mahoe for all engagements at the A.R.C.' meeting . was twenty, minutes j. to four. •' / " <N

The following horses were brought up to Auckland yesterday by the s.s. Rarawa: — Nadador, Slow Tom, Creusot, Loftus, Dan L-eno, and Waihuku. THE BETTING MARKET. The withdrawal of Mahoe from the- Great Northern Hurdle Race had the effect of making Shrapnel advance to the position of favourite for that event, 3 to 1 being the price quoted atbout The Workman gelding. Cuiragno rules second favourite at 5 to 1. r : DEFENCE OF THE TOTALISATOR. "HEALTHIEST FORM OF BETTING." > [by telegraph.—press ASSOCIATION.] , Chkistchurch, Thursday". • The annual meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club was hold this afternoon.' The balance-sheet showed that receipts for the year had amounted to £41,272 19s lOd, which included £1C,832 9s Id race receipts and £18,584- 4s lid totalisator account. . The expenditure totalled £39,697 7s 6d, , which included £25,330 states paid and £2891 14s lid totalisator tax. On the general working account- the profit for the rear was £5313 8s lid. ' •

The chairman, Mr. F. H. Fyne, in moving the adoption of the report and balancesheet, said the future prosperity of the club largely depended on the continuance of the totalisator, and he confidently believed that thoso people who thought that no law couldi abolish betting would be in the majority and would not- allow the totalisator to be done.away, with. . lie wished to say nothing against respectable bookmakers, but surely the totalisator was the healthiest and best form of betting, ■ without which tho club could give nothing like the same valuable stakes which they were now enabled to give. Many people in Ndw Zealand who had not _ been to tho Old Country, . where the totalisator was not in existence, had no idea, he added, of tho vast extent to which betting was carried on amongst all classes of the community, and he knew that in nearly every country village sums of money from 6d upwards were collected every day and sent to London or some other large centre for investment on the day's races.