SPORTING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1847, 15 April 1887, Page 23

SPORTING NEWS.

RACING FIXTUHES. April 15- Otautau April s*l. 22— Ashburton Autumn. — Acceptances, April 18. April 23 -Foxton Anuual April JJB, i9— South Canterbury Annual. — Weights, Apr/i 23 ; acceptauces and general eutries, April 26. April 30 -Sowbum Annual May 10 — Bgmont Autumn. — Acceptances and general entries, Apr 1 JO. May 2i— VVaurenga-a-Wika Annual May 24— Wiuton May 21— Wa ganui Steeplechases. — Entries, April 12 ; weights, April 24; acceptances and general entries, May 17 ' May 24— Ptftaue Annual May 24, 25— fMinedin Winter.— Entries, April 16; weights, May 10 ; acceptances am general ent.ies, May 17 Juno 4— Auckland Steeplechases. — Entries, April 29 ; acceptances and general entries, May 27 Ju c 18— Town and Suburban Whiter juue 2(>— Geraldine Slc-plecha es —Entries, May 2 June 28— Out hunga Winter Juue 30 -llawke's Bay Steeplechases.— Entries, May 17; general entries, Juue 14 ; acceptances, June 21. NOTES BY BEACON. The Autumn meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club passed off very well, though the weather was unfortunately very wet on the second day, which spoiled the attendance and restricted the amount of money put through the totalisators. Still the sum of £12,507 passed through. Otago owners and trainers did fairly well with the victories of Mokoia in the Templeton Stakes, Quibble in the Great Autumn Handicap, and Garibaldi in the second day's Hurdle Race, while La Rose showed a very bold front in the Easter Handicap. The great surprises of the gathering were Quibble's victory in the Great Autumn Handicap and Fair Nell's in the Easter Handicap. The filly being almost friendless after her defeat in the Challenge Stakes. Full comments on the meeting will appear next week, together with notes on the many other Easter fixtures. Telegraphic details of which appear in this issue. Bard was sold fco Harry Goodman for £121 after winning the Selling Race. A large number of racehorses wore offered at auction at; Christchurch on Wednesday, with the following results :— Yearling colt,, Sou-of-a-Gun, by Anteros— Vivaudiero, 210gs--C O'Connor. Yearling filly, by Ingomar — Wni-iti, 25gs— D O'ririen. Credulity, 50gs— H Cassidy. Moaua, 175ga— K Kav. Mazurka, 4Ugs— o O'Counor. Itepo. lOOjw-D O'Brien. Fog, 41gs— R Hay. The following among others were passed in : — Tornado, at 80gs ; Titbit, 220gs ; Master Agnes, 165gs ; Hanlan, 70gs; Marlborougb, 180gs; Repose, 200g8 ; Luna, 70gs; Patrician, 150gs ; Daisy (a well-known trotting mare), 130gs. E. Lyons and H. Goodman have purchased privately the yearling colt by Apremont — Hammock. Nominations close on Saturday the 16th inst. for the following races at the Dunedin May meeting : — Provincial Handicap, of 200sovs, one mile and a-half; May Trotting Handicap, of 75sovs, three miles ; Tradesmen's Handicap, of lOOsovs, one mile ; Hurdle Handicap, of SOaovs, two miles ; Birthday Handicap, of 150sovs, one mile and a-quarter ; Winter Trotting Handicap, of 7550v8, two miles ; St. Clair Welter Handicap, of lOCkovs, seven furlongs. Entries for the Canterbury Champagne Stakes, of 1888, with 300sovs of added money ; Derby Stakes, of 1888, with 750sovs added ; and Oaks Stakes, of 1888, with 250sovs added, close on Saturday the 16th inst. Howard Osborne was fined £2 and costs for a breach of the Gaming Act at the Ellerslie races on Monday last. Accused was working on the principle of totalisator tickets, collecting halfcrowns and deducting 20 per cent, for himself. Before he was stopped by the police he had made £7 in commission. It was stated that he bad recently come from Queensland, where such Vetting is allowed. At a recent meeting of the Ashburton Racing Club Committee the following resolutions were passed: — " That this club approves generally of the principles laid down by the Conference of Racing Club Delegates for regulating the granting of licenses for the use of the totalisator, but it does not agree with the proposal that the Metropolitan Clubs should decide as to what licenses shall be issued to country clubs, and considers that the provisions of the Gaming and Lotteries Act, if put in force (section 46) are amply sufficient to prevent the abuse of the totalisator ; that the club is of opinion that the Colonial Secretary should refrain from granting licenses in the indiscriminate manner which is done at present; that licenses should only be granted for race meetings at which a certain, amount of added money is given, as proposed by the conference ; but it considers that the scale of added money as proposed by the conference is too high ,as regards clubs holding two meetings a year, and too low as regards clubs holding one, tho minimum for the former of which should be fixed at £200 a day, and for the latter at £250 ; that the club is of opinion that the true reading of the Gaming and Lotteries Act is that totalisator licenses should be granted only to established racing clubs, and not as now done to -any temporary committee which may be formed for the purpose of holding a race meeting." Copies were ordered to be sent to the members for the district and to the Colonial Secretary. The Kowai Pass Jockoy Club have a balance in hand of £37. The recent fatal accident at Raugiora, is thus described by the Press : — "An accident occurred at the old course of the North Canterbury Racing Club at Raugiora on Sunday morning, by which a young man named William Webber lost bis Hfo. It appears that several horses were on the course at 7 a.m., taking a final spin previous to the Autumn meeting, the deceased ridiug Mr D. M'Farkne's Loiter. Being left

behind a short distance Webber.urged his horse on, 'and thereupon appeared to lose his command of the animal, which bolted off the course, and on to the road leading to Mr M'Farlane's farm, where he was bred... Here he threw the deceased, who fell on his head fracturing his skull. Dr Gordon was soon' in attendance, and had deceased removed to his parent's' residence in Rangiora, but ne never regained 'consciousness, and expired very shortly after the accident. He was 24 years of age and unmarried. An interesting article' on the age to which the maternity of mares has been', known to extend appears in this week's farm pages of the Witness. ' ■ - ■ ■• ■ ' , The Sydney Gold Cup was run on Monday in heavy rain, and the course was so slippery' that Nelson fell at the .mile post, The race was won by Frisco, with Kittawa second and Tom Brown third. * In the Autumn Handicap at Christchurch on Monday, Quibble won very easily. He lay in a good position throughout, and came away when wanted. There were no big winners, thqugh the stable backed him. for a few hundreds on Saturday night. Fair.-Nell ran up to her trial, but her saddle broke coming into the straight. Hermitage ran a good horse. Maxim had the easiest of tasks to' win the Champagne. The Hurdles was a capital race ; Effigy should have won, but was too slow in beginning. "Phaeton," sporting writer of the Herald, reads the following lecture to professional horse owners in the interests of racing" morality :— " There appears to be a deep-rooted suspicion in the public mind that certain horse owners are going to indulge in a little running' in together at the approaching Auckland meeting, and though there has been absolutely no betting to guide them in the conclusion come to, they hesitate not to say that only one of a certain trio of horses (though representing separate interests) will be a goer in the Easter Handicap. It is not perhaps altogether just to come to a conclusion before some proof is obtained, but Aucklanders have so many times been slaughtered in this fashion at the hands of the professional horse owners that they are not slow nowadays in sniffing the carrion. I do indeed trust that we shall not be treated to the undignified spectacle of seeing horses with their heads tied up in the race, for if such should be attempted the stewards will be under the painful necessity of putting some of the parties under the ban of 1 disqualification. I take no delight in stirring up mud before it exists, but I consider it just as well to let the clever division understand that running in together will not be tolerated in Auckland, and that if they do so they may expect te catch it both hot and strong. My advice then is to ' spiel 'em out,' and to Mr Evett I would say 'Have your glasses well burnished up.'" This had the effect of exploding what was a carefully laid scheme to farm the race.