TURF ITEMS,

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11581, 13 October 1900, Page 3

TURF ITEMS,

The annual meeting of tho Stratford Racing Club was held on Wednesday night. Dr Paget presided. Tho report and balance-sheet were considered satisfactory. Several resolutions were carried. Tho most important was the amendment of rules 23 and 25, whereby the closing of tho club's yoar is altered from September 30th to July 31st, and tho date of tho annual meeting from the first Wednesday in October to the third Wednesday in August. Auothor motion reduced the number of committee from eleven lo seven; and it waa illho resolved to elect six stewards. The election of officers resulted in tho re-election of Mr H. N. Linrdefc, president; Mr Newton King, vice president; Dr Paget, trcr.suru ; Messrs Kimbell and Bayly, auditors. The following committee Avcre elected: Messrs J. Black, A. W. Budge, J. R,

Maokay, ,W. Morrison, T, L. Paget'TE Tyrer, and another. For stewardVth following were elected: Messrs H. Baylj A. Bayly, F. W. Webster, W. G. Malont A. Stewart, and W. Young. Ii was re solved that it be an instruction to tb committee to make inquiries as to th< sale of the present course and the acqui si Hon of a new one, and to report to ! future meeting of the club. A Wanganui writer says that Waito tara, the dam of Ascot Yale aud Mazorm has produced a nice looking colt foal tc Sedgebfooki This is Sedgebrook's firsi get. Cceur de Lion (says a Wadganui scribe] could have been bought not many months ago by a Wanganui breeder for 80 guineas — 30 cash down and the balance within a year. At the Hawke's Bay Show on Thursday, the Hon. J. D. Ormond's Prince Arthur took the champion in draught sires, whilst Mr R. D. McLean took .champion for mares with the Duchess. In thoroughbreds Mr J. D. Ormond took first with the handsome .son of Robinson Crusoe, The Officer, whilst Mr Gollan's The Possible, who has just returned from •\he Old Country, was placed second, aud New Forest third. Mr Herbert Jackson won the Huaters' Competition on tho erstwhile Wanganui hack Argyle, Mr Fitzherbert getting second with On Guard, whilst Mr Sandtmann got third with Donald JDinnie. The Pony Leaping caused a good deal of ammusement. Mrs Walkins' pony Athol got first, being run very close by Irish Wake. The Ladies' Driving was won by Mrs Andrews, Mrs Gimblett secoffd, and Mrs Clarke third. For the two days at Otaki £5200" was machined. Laurestina, the winner of the Trial Handicap at Otaki, is a five-year-old mare by Guncotton (by Nordenfoldt) from Laurel. Whafangi, tho winnef oJr the Hurdles the same day, is a golding by Ascot from Laurel. The final acceptances tot the Caulfield Guineas run this (Saturday) afternoon were ; — Findland, Urbanity, Kinglike, Malster, Every Timo Yes, Polyxena, Haulette, Hautboy, Fides. A cable received from Melbourne on Friday night states : — Betting on the Caulfield Cup was enlivened by the spirited bucking of Kinglike for several thousands down to 8 to 1. Next came support for Ingleston, Gauleon, Coraquisfc, and Mora, at 14 to 1. Merriwee is still favourite for the Melbourne Cup at 100 ta B; Malster and Hautboy, 100 to 7. Lancaster was backed for a few hundreds at 100 to 4. Every Time Yes, and Urbanity were scratched for the Guineas. The weather is clear and fine. At tho Dunedin races on Wednesday a man broke his leg through slipping on the slope of the lawn. Mr J. O'Drijßcoll, the Wanganui trainer and owner, is .at present visiting this district. In the Maiden "Plate at Otaki on Wednesday Advance's .half brothef and sister, Laureate 1 arid ' Laurestina/ < if ought out a great finish^ the former 1 by a nose. Laureate is a two-yoar^old, by Rangipuhi from Laurel: ' '"■« •' ' ' ' Mr H.Oxenham,' the Australian bookmaker, recently sold Syerla and Sailor Boy to Sir E. Yirfcent, the pair realising £2000. The Australian-bred horse Sparki 11. (Antaeos-Mondaine); 5 years, recently won the Great Eastern Railway Handicap' at the Newmarket Meeting. The race was over six furlongs, and the stake 500 soys. with a sweepstake of 10 soys. Spark is owned by Mr H. C. White. ' , The annual meeting of the Takapuna Jockey Club was held on Wednesday night. The statement of accounts to July 31 showed receipts — including gates, booths, &c, £2183 8s lOd; totalisator returns, £4042 ss; nominations and acceptances, £1606; subscriptions, fees, &c, £74 2s— to be £8590 15s lOd, and expenditure—including stakes, £4398 10s; salaries and wages, £846 Is 6d — to be £7173 15s sd, leaving a credit balance on the season's operations of £1417 0s sd. A sum of ' 54,074 was machined Spring the seven dayV racing. The Government taxwafj£Bll2s3d. ' ' The New Zealand Times says: — At the conclusion of the Hurdle Race at Hastings on Tuesday, a protest was lodged by the owner of the second horse, Sylvanus, against Dr. Bill, the winner, the contention being that a suspicious re versal of form had been shown. Mr R. Paterson, of ' Wellington, the 'owner of Dr. Bill, was called before the stewards and questioned, He explained that he >had backed tne horse- on Monday — not on the club's 'totalisator, but with bookmakers at a distance. This proved Paterson's undoing,, for, on his own confession he was guilty of illegal wagering. The stewards consequently disqualified him fdr twelve months, at the same time dismissing the protest against Dr. Bill.