SPORTING.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVI, Issue 2277, 6 August 1894, Page 3

SPORTING.

[ AUCKLAND RACING CLUE. ; By Telegraph.—Preen Association. Auckland, August 4. The report and balance-sheet to be pre--1 sented to the members at the annual meeting of the Auckland Racing Club, on Monday, states as follows: The committee congratulate you upon the success of the Club during the past year, as it shows that every meeting resulted in a profit with the exception of the autumn one, in which the loss was only a small one, and this was owing to that meeting (always held here at Easter) clashing on this occasion with other important meetings at Napier and Christchurch. During the year five meetings had been held, the added money was .£B9IO, as against £B9OO tho previous year, and the profits amounted to £475, besides a sum of £3OO expended on improvements which were urgently required, and the Government totalisator tax of £BB9, which for the first time has been paid out of revenue from that source, further reduced tho net profit by that amount. Your committee have inauguratedanewrace called theßoyal Stakes to bo run at the Summer Meeting, 1895-96, to take tho place of the Musket Stakes, which closed on the 29th July with 129 nominations, which must be considered highly satisfactory. Tho balance-sheet shows the profits on the meetings to be as follows; —First spring meeting, £9O 17s lid ; second spring meeting, £192 13s Id ; summer, £1234 14s Id ; winter, £173 5s 2d. There was a debit of £2lss over the autumn meeting. The net profit on the year’s transactions was £472 19s 4d. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. By Telegraph, —Press Association. Chkistchuech, August 4. Nearly all tho horses for the Grand National Meeting have now arrived. The heavy rain that has fallen during the past few days has made the training track very sloppy. Some good work was witnessed this morning. Norton, who was not on the course yesterday, galloped very freely four miles. The rest of tho Middleton team did half pace, except Cajolery, who with Booties put in a fast mile and a-half. Morag and Melinite were. schooled over hurdles, the latter jumping very carefully. Bombardier did strong work, and Despised did fast work for the first time, going four miles. Musket and King John, rugged, raced over a mile; both are looking nearly well. By Telegraph.—Press Association. — Copyright. London, August 3. The Duke of ‘Westminster’s crack colt Bullingdon injured himself in his stable and died.