SPORTING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14927, 1 September 1910, Page 8

SPORTING.

IJANAWATU RACING CLUB. ;Pks United Press Association) PALMERSTON N„ August 31. The annual meeting of the Msiiniwatu Racing Club was held to-night. Tho President (Mr R. H. Abraham) said that m order to jiioet- increased taxation, ■which would mean an annual imposition cf about £400, the club was under the necessity of reducing the stakes, aird it would also have to take a warning from the si S ns of tho times and put its financial house m older. . There was some discussion as to the advisability of holding n winter steeple meeting instead of an autumn meeting. *The President expressed the opinion that it was time the Conference was abolished and' a Now Zealand Jockey Club set up, to wiiioli all tho recognised olubs should send delegates, with voting power according to tho stakes given.

UNIVERSITY SPORTS. Tho eighth annual inter-faoulty athletic championships 'of tho Otago University will lie decided oit the. Caledonian Ground on Saturday. Altogether 200 entries Irave : been rooeived for competitions in running, jumping, hurdling, walking, wrestling, and hammer-throwing, and there is every promiso of somo cloa: and oxcitin'g fehss. The students corc«<r.ned have boon training bard, afid each. of ttroc of the four facul-

ties considers itself to have the best chance of tanning the premiership. In 1909, the medicals succcedal in regaining the honours from the arts by two points, but this year the arts team (strengthened by the addition of several athletes from different parte of the Dominion) is striving to onoa more reverse tho position of affairs. Previously the contest has been chiefly betweeni the aits and tho medicals, but now, thief law faculty is putting in its claim with a strong team, including MiUard, TajKey, Norrie, .Mazcngarb, Tweedie, Reid, and Ihithie, and the contest has thus beeir rendered more exciting. Tlia programme also includes three open evonts—viz., One and a-half Miles Handicap, - 300 yds Handicap, and a Half-mile Walk Handicap for schoolboys M years-and under. The first namod will probably be tho best field in a long-distance race that has started in fhmedin for many years, and it will also awaken ifj small amount of interest by reason of the fact that among the 26 starters is tho whole field chosen to represent the Otago province in the New Zealandl OroM-country Race at Invercargill iraxt Wednesday. The'Half-milo Walk for schoolboys ia a unique event ns fair as Dunedin is concerned, and is sure to • vide a deal of amusement to the specl».„rs. lir (liddition to these contests an exhibition of wrestling- mil be given by members of tho newly-formed Otago Amateur Wrestling Association, and by Mr J. Duffy's two youthful wrestlers, iriicso ages aro 8 and 9 respectively. Competitors in tho opero eveirrts may obtain their admision tkskots from Mr W. M'Donald, in tho Arcade.