SPORTING.

Otago Witness, Issue 1981, 11 February 1892, Page 27

SPORTING.

FIXTTJBES. FEBRUARY. 23, 24-Napier Park. 14-New Brighton 31-Taranaki 17-Tc Puke APRIL. 17, 18-Egmont I— Taranaki 18— Auckland (s— Southland 18-Rotorua 7, 8-North Otago 20— Papakura !)— Plumpton I'aik 20-Bay of Plenty 10-Lancaster I'ark 23-Franklm 17, is-Aiicklaud 24, 25, 27— Dunedin IS— Riverton 25-Mahikapawa _ 18, ly-Canterbury 26— Car jsbrook'l rotting 18-Fairliu Creek 26— Waiau 2S, 2i)-S. Canterbury MARCH. 30 -Wellington. 2-Wairio MAY. 3, 4— Wanganui 4, s— Ashburton 10— Lyttelton and Port 24— Waugaiiui Victoria 24— Taradale 10— Waiapu 24, 25 -Dune Jin 17— Ettrick 24— Takapuua 17— Palmerston 24— 8e1l Block 17— Ohinemuri 25— Heathcote. 17— Papakura t i t w 17-Heathcote JUNbi17—Sandon 6, 7— Auckland l7 — Waimate 34— H.iwke's Buy 17— Helens ville 29— Napier Park. 17, 18— Hawke's Bay Tlirv 18-Marlborough J l [ lj > • 23, 24— Dunedin 9— Wellington. HOMINATIONS, ACCEPT ANOE , &c February 2-1, 25, 27. — Dunkoin. — General entries, February 13 ; balance of sweep for Cup and Champagne Stakes, February 22. February 26.— Dunboin Amateur Trotting Club.— Handicaps, February 13; acceptances, February 20. . March 2— Waiiuo.— Nominations, February 17 ; weights, February 20; acceptances, 1-obruary J4. March 17— Ettrick. — Nominations, tebniary 27 ; handicaps, March 5 ; acceptances, also entries for Maiden Flate, March 14. . April 2«, 2!).— South Canterbury.—Nominations, March 2(5 ; handicaps, about April 10 ; acceptance* and general entries April -i. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A H Wairio, —By permit from the Resident Magistrate. Write to one of the totalizator proprietors— Me^ra Mason and Roberts, DunI'din • Cowie and Co., Dunotlin ; or Solomon and Murr'ell, Cromwell. Kifchsr of these firms would doubtless relieve you of trouble j» the matter. Sport, Balclutha, asks :— ls a secretary corroct ' in taking the nomination of .1 disqualified horse?— Answer: Not if lie known of the dis.<iualification. Rule 120 says:-" If any person wilfully enter, or caus-e to be entered, or to htart for any race, a hor.se which he knows to be disqualified, he may be warned off the course," &c. -T. M., Guinmie's Busli, asks:-(l) Would you inform me how many races Mr D. O'Brien s tree•don) has won up to date in New Zealand ?—? — Answer: Five. (2) What is the farthest distance a cricket ball has ever been thrown in the world? Answer : 140 yds. (3) Has there ever been -s horse of the name of Thackeray, or Jackari,

besides Mr P. Butler's Thackeray ?— Answer : l)o not know. (-1) What is the sire of the trotting mare Anneaux dOr, which is in Australia at present?— Answe r: Topthorne.