SPORTING.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13010, 25 June 1906, Page 6

SPORTING.

3.C.J.C. ANNUAL MEETING,

DISCUSSION ON TROTS. The annual meeting of the South Canterbury Jockey Club was held at the GemTenor Hotel or* Saturday afternoon, Mr K. B. Guinness presiding over a gathering of about five-and-twenty metnbera. Before proceeding with the business of the meeting, the president referred to the loss the colony had sustained by the death of the late Premier, and he moved tluit a letter of regret and sympathy be stnt to Mrs Seddon and famEy. This *ras carried by the members rising. The annual report and balance sheet having been printed and distributed, the president moved their adoption. The principal figures- of the bulanee sheet are mentioned in the report, which was a» follows:

u Yonr committee in handing yon the annual report and balauee sheet, made up to olsfe May, have much pleasure in informing yon that the year's transactions have resulted in a net profit of £461 12s 9d. __ They have expended .£532 4* in enlarging the saddling paddock, judges* box, loose-boxes, weighing and steward*' room*; improving the sanitary arrangements and water supply f£23&;' top dressing the whole- eourats to. a width ©f 16 feet f£9l, part payment only}; executed many tamor repairs; purchased dray,- harrows', harness,, etc. (£26) v and have a sum «f £55 e» m the Bank. /■ During the last ffiree years nearly £ISOO has been expended in improvements, repairs, and the. Eke. The amount paid away ia stakes, £l4*7s,, establishes a record. " The figures from 1897 onwards are:— £IO4O, £1049, £1250". £1165, £1255, £1290, £1225, £130(1, £1325, £14.70. The tetaliaator has been? handled by Messrs Jamea Bros., and thefigures* show a. very gratifying and marked improvement. AH the Club buildings and appliances are in first-class order and condition, and special attention has been devoted to the improvement of all the train>ing tracks. Your committee held 14 meetings during the year, with an excellent average attendance. The »|uesttoo »t including trotting" events in future programmes -will be discussed at this annual meeting. The following retire from the committee, viz. : Messrs K. R. Guinness, Wm. Gonn, C. H. Gresson. J. Mundell, and Major W. §. Lindsay, but have been renominated, and offer themselves for reelection."

The president made a few remark* upon the Socuroeut*, drawing attention to the amount expended on improvements ant! the increase of the stakes. The committee hoped to continue increasing; the state*, as circumstances permitted, in order to make the race* more and mwe pojwrfar with horse owners. The rßemberslup was not what it ought to be in a district tike Sooth Canterbury. 16 was a* many as 70 in 1863, when the subscription was 30s; the pceseat number, 132, was certainly an improvement, under the reduce*! aubscriptioa, 2ts, but it most be passible to, increase it by friendly canvassing' hv members. To all who attended the- meeting* regularly it was a pecuniary advantage to be a member. The date of the last spring meeting had been altered to November, with advantage to the Gut*. A large sum had been expended upon topdressing the coarse- It mijgbt be a bit heavy this year, hat in e&e futon* it would be all that horse owners could desire- The training tract* were ia very good condition too. In conelnsian. he asked members to assist the committee to make the race meetings more popular if possible, by suggesting anything that seemed calculated to be an improvement in any direction. Dr Thomas seconded*" tfa* adoptine of tha report. Mr B. Campbell raada a remark about 1 the sentence , referring 1 to trotting, but after a little discussion, it was agreed to pass the report and then discuss, tfiut passage. Mr Campbell regretted the. proposal t«» knock trotting out, as it had been the most profitable thing in the programmeHe believed it would pay to have two trots each day, and pay also r» give bigger prizes. Oamarn gave £IQO and found it payThe president said that clause had been Inserted in order, to have th* matter discussed, as the' committee desired t*» have the opinion of the annual meeting about it. He fid Dot" agree Chat the trots had been profitable* as the Club had to provide a special Eandicapper and a special starter. A petition had "been received in favour of retaining the trot?, "and he invited full discussion-

Mr F. Evans referred' to the disqualification case and whatPnad come, out of it. He suggested that' the trotting men should, hotel a meeting and bring up propoaals for the Jockey Club tfr consider, as to the way protests were to be dealt with ia. future. . Personally he believed the disqualification was justified, but the committee could not get on if their disqualificatioas were not upheld. Mr Higginootham sail the grievance v-as not aga.ia«t the Tunaru trotting men, bat with (she Trotting Association,, who had tinted the Club coldly, reqtririnj; them to " prove "■- fraud to the sSt»s faction,. «£■ theAssociation—a very difficult thing to prove ti> people who were not there. He thought the trotting men of 52piuprt5~ were.' pretty unaaimnns that there; was fraud. fie hoped the thing wooM he aniEcitKT ar-

ranged, believing that the Trotting Club was, indirectly at all events, an advantage to the Racing Club. Mr Mundell thought that until a trotting club was formed, the Jockey Club shoaM retain the trots j it would be verv detrimental to .exclude them. The trotting men were increasing and in time would have an independent dub, but in the mean, time the Jockey Clnb should encourage them. He understood that the petitionee said that if trotting was done away with they would cease to be members, and the Club could not afford to lose so maoy members.

The president, at the request of the meeting: then read the petition:— " We the undersigned owners of trotting bwrse* and members of the South Canterbury Jockey Club, beg to protest most strongly against the proposal of your committee to delete from the programme of future race meetings, all trotting events. Should this proposal be brought into force we regret to say that we cannot any longer consdentioualy give our support to or remain member* of the Club." The petition wa». signed fay 36 persons, of whom it was said, that 24 .were members of the Club, and the rest were said to be supporters through nominations. , Mr Campbell was sore they would all withdraw thdr subscriptions" if trotting was knocked oaf-

Dr Thomas tool: it that any who would withdraw* were mmnbers simply for the sake of trotting, ani" t£ej v mnst have overtfcoked th# fact that this wass a racnig dub* and fie" thought that, tlisoae who ware members for, the sake of Sat racing would not wish t& retain members who took no interest iit flat raring, and the Club should be sorry to take, their sabseriptions. They also overlooked tfie posftim of tire Club at the next meeting. They had been already tbla by the New Zealand* Trotting Association that thev eonld not manage trots. That being the ease, the stewards could do nothing witli any protesta brought before tbtm. But dismiss them, and allow iM sortsrofswindle to be Serpetrated. Tiu* was tfie position they were placed in by the Association. Ma jor Lindsay with Mr 3&mdell ttat until a trotting club was formed it wtmld fee a pity to- cut ont the trots. Pesbap* the trottingr peoplSr couKP hdp the Cl'of> out of getting the Association to -send ar rmnx dbwxr who did midasjrtand trot* TJja-, Assocmtion had jmfc tbtt Club in a false pagntiom. All the trotting men of TSmarn saemed- rb be of tht-opinion that there fraud but the* Associationsaid they did not i-cow what frond was. Pcrso«uitty he likerif to support-'ail sort* of sport, hut unless they were treated, differently- »they could not have t rates in their programme^ Mr. Rhodes pointed out-that .-rije Bating Conference had the soiseK-powejr-.ot reversing decisions on sometnaes used it. Appeals weraprovidnd for because steward* made.iKiiakeij:. ;Mr Cauapbefl dM hot think ft-hecessaxy to ask the* Association b»'nian, as there werar plenty of men in* th»jdistrftt qnalifed t«-3efc. He thoogM: the-atewartfe made a "aooraer" in no%. u .put«iag two horses instead of one**- If they had done that, the Associated** woaH have backed them up. Ife would be a.:pity to throw out trots for the rake of -afat had been done at" Christchurchv the more so because trottfeg horses were more valuable to the distrfct than gallopers. Major Lindsay said it was very evident from the remarks of the- Association that this Club did*, not understand 'tire rules or principles of the Associatefon. T&e-cot*> mittee were- satisfied that - one burse was a rogue, and"" the Association could rwi see it.

Mr Campbell said the rules were veryplain. Fraud must be proved lAfore at horse was ""put up." llr C. X. Orbelt agreed'with Mr-Camp-bell that two horses ougbi to bare been pot up. Mr Gressoa moved: ""That it be a recommendation to the committee that trots be omitted from future programmes unless an official of the New Zealand Trotting Association be sent down to taEe- charge of the proceedings at the New Zealand Association** expense.** Major- Lindsay seconded" tßls. Mr Rhodes thought the difficulty could be got over by appointing one- or morerepresentative trotting- men aa stewards, to look after the trots. It ahoufd? beeasy to get a man who knew the game, possibly even a local" member- of tfre> Association.

Major Lindsay sai<T the committee- did* not adnrit that they did not know th* roles of the game. "It -was- only the Association who said they did* not. An»>ther clttfr in North Canterbury had eliminated trots for the very same- reason. Mr Rhodes woufit be. T«ry sorry to see trots shut out, as they mare only a small community and should help one another. He feared that if a committee went into ofSce determined to cnt ent trots it wonld mean the death of the Club. It should get over all difficulty if men distinctly interested in trotting were pnt in among the stewards. .The motion, he pointed out, contained two issues, the holding of trots, and the condition of holding them, ixnd he asked that the issues be separated. Major Lindsay feared that if they did ?i>potnt Focal trotting men as stewards titer weald he treated as the late stewards •bad -btejj. Ther must" pet sometbiajr from the Association that they would accept.

* Orbell said that if they had had an Associativa man with them at last meeting he must have agreed with them, and

then the Association might not hare agreed with him.

Mr F. Simmonds agreed that the disqualification was justified. The secretary suggested caution, because if an Association official did come, the Club would have to bear the onus of his decisions, whoever he might be. Major Lindsay did not see that. The Club wanted to wash its hands of the whole affair.

The secretary said they could not possibly do that." Mr Mundell agreed. There would still be the right of appeal, but if the Association sent a man down they must back him up. The secretary: Then there would be no justice in the appeal. Major Lindsay: There's no *ustice in the Association, and that is the whole trouble.

Mr Mondell said the law was the same in both trotting and galloping, there was right of appeal in both cases, at-d the Club must abide by the result of the appeal. If they did not understand trotting let them get an expert to -.o.ich <hem. Mr Gresson said they did-.iiot w.-«nt an expert to teach them trotting," but to teach them to understand the Association./ They claimed to be competent to judge trots, but the Association overruled them.

, Mr Campbell remarked that there was as much swindling in galloping as in trots, and that one case he mentioned was as big a swindle as any in the trots. Major Lindsay: There was an enquiry and we could do nothing with it. Mr Rhodes moved as an amendment—- '" That it be a recommendation to the committee that it is desirable to include trots in all programmes." Mr Mundell seconded.

Mr Cray said other clubs appointed trotting men as stewards for the trotting events and that should overcome the difficulty here.

The president said the stewards claimed to be conversant vrfth trotting, but that was not enough for the Association. Mr&C&y would like to e«e the Club run-jaji i;,racing club only, believing it wonlS'result in the formation of a tiotting dub. 1 ■. <Mjtf&mpbeil: No; they go to where they give bigger stakes. >

Dr Thomas- was dead against baring trots under their own stewards, and Mr Rhodes* motion did not give them the option of running on different lines. Mr Gresson said it wojdd be for the stewards to moke arrangements, but they would leave tberasdves open to another slap in the face. Mr Lawson thought too much had been made of the "slap in the face." The same thing might happen ta a protest in a gallopping race. They should take the result of the appeal as they got it, and say no more about! it. Mr Lewry did nnt agree with that. Twdve of fourteen stewards T*ere unanimous that there was fraud, and four or five men in Christchurah, who tSd not see the race, arid there wa» not. They were not going tb stand that sort of tiling. , Mr Camp&dl said it was very common in Christcburdi and Dunedrn for the Asso T ciation to refuse to disqualify. It was no dap in the face at sfl. It was agraed that botft be put- Mrt Khodes's was put" last and lust bv ten to nine, and Mr Gressoas was carried bf twdve to five. The president announced that thgretirine members of committee iwere re-danted, none others hawing, been nwnnatedV and this announcement and a vate of fbanKs to the chairman, conduded the buanas*.

I HAWKE'S BAY JOCKET CLUO. Per PSws AssociatimNAPIER, June 25i The- Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's Winter Meeting was concluded to-day. The wither was again perfect. The sum of £6689 vsas- put through the totalisator making, a total of £15,706 for the two drws, an increase of £ll6O on, last year's total. Hesnlts:—

KIDNAPPER'S ! HACK rLIXDICJBP HtfBDLES,of 65 sovs; nules.—Gold Seal lOsi 61b 1, Anadeja lOst 6*.b 2,-Rectott-bite9tt4lb 3. Won by two Time, 2min 55sec. Dividetids, £o; 12s aad£2 4».

JvtiAMATEA HACK HANDI«?AP," o* 60 sovs; 6 furlongs.—Trent 9st 31b- %. TiM 9st 41b 2, Goldsmith 9st 3. Won by a length. Time, Item r7sec. Divrdendi?. £1 1!* and 16s.

HAWKE'S BAY STEEPLECHASE' HANDICAP, of soss; 3 milSr.—Nirdador lOst 41b 1, Ifislt lost 51b 2, . Comfort list 21b 3. Won by a length,' after a good race< Time,-6mm 48 l-ssec-r Divs dendsr, £2 14s and lis. LABIES' NECKLACE, of 50 so?s< T once» ronzMf.—Waipunehu- list 5Tb 1. Forestrnirger lOst Hlb 2, Benaire Hst 21b 3? Wonby a-.short head. Time. Imm 56 3:sser: Bmdends, £6.asd r *£2T'9&.

wSS?* H3LNPICAP HPRDLE9st m I, Ability lOsfc 91f> 2. Pushfnt lOsf 101b.5. Won by half a length. Time* omm- 20sec. Dividend; £4 ss. - ' ■nS^JS^ STEEPLEOHASE HA3T-. in > £? f ?* &0 J S ' 2 * "ties— Sonrh Star lgrt Sb I, Lurcher IQst 91b 2. R&Aabn*r * m f; smm & 2-osec. Dividend, dso<7s " 13^ HANDICAP; of 85 sovs,.6 furJongs.—ffrppfcrofla IOsC 4Tb 1. SirSt " 4»«t deed*. £1 163 and 18*. V?'

XAPIEB PARK HANDICAPS. TTw. rit - , NAPIER, June 2T. ice following hanchcaps have- bee* declared for tbo-Napier Park Raring Club's tmer meeting:—^ Abibty 12st. Black Reynard list 6Hr, (Md lOst 121b,- Anadej*. lOst 81b, HMmana. I<kt 5K>, Oryx l(M 31b; Jack Pbfc 9st 13b, Kajpetipeti 9st 121b, Narcoho" 9st : 81b, Recbabite anil Xeedlewwk Ssf 61b, : .Frealand,. Whataxe*, Westward" and - Cinque 9st 31b. Brown BeJt, Pwke*. Albuera, Horty Tbity, Nbgi Srioolter and Eartbstopper 9srt.

STEWARDS' STAKES HANDICAP, 1 111b, Mohihty Mat" 91b* .Hipporofla lOst Blb, Whakakeb? Iflsfc 4Mb ■ Ssbmarine *nd St. Albert Mar, Polyafef* 9st 13b. Sir, jPereevale 9rt tllb. Pretty Maid; Ellerton;. land" Oasis 9st 41b, Pantaloon. Benony Admiral Cerverw, Gold Dust and Ballyneety

PETAXB HACK. HANDICAP, 7 furlongs—Nova list 41b/ Waipunehn lOst 6lb, Trent lOst 21b. Faro 9st 131b, Gazeley 9*t 111b, Gladsmwr 9st 71b, Horatio and Kannere 9st 51b» Concussion and Water o s Milk ft*. ,

NAPIER STEEPLECHASE, 3 ,*&».— Kane». 12st. Comfort, list 41b, Nadador ™£' Swimmer. lOst: 121b. PbaeWnti* lOst 101b, Playf«ir : lOst 41b. Koranl* lOst elb, Eclair 13st* South Star, and Blackberry 9st 121b, Catherine GoroVa and SleepweU -9st 101b, Lurcher, Lissa and Westward 9st 71b. LADIES' BRACELET* 14 mtftß,«B*n-

more and Outer llLst 81b, Kaimere lOst 131b, Goldsmith 10st 101b, Mataika and Tenira 10st 91b, Mischance, Golden Days, Tearai, Ensign, Castle Canter and Earthstopper lOst 71b. AHURIJtI HURDLES, If miles.—Comfort lOst 121b, Ability and Pushful l«st 101b, Handsome Rose 10et 71b, St. Lyra lOst 61b, Shrapnel. lOst 41b. Convoy lOst, Cuiragno and Levant 9st 121b, Sardonyx 9st 71b, SUicia 9st 61b, Sleepwgll and Rangiwhenua -9st 61b, Catherine Gordon 9st 31b, Monarque and Oryx 9st. SETTLERS' HACK HANDICAP, 6 furlongs.—Waipunehu -Ost 71b, Trent lOst 41b, Oasis lOst, Benair 9ut 91b, Gladsmuir and Tihi 9st 81b, Campfire 9st 71b, White Squall and-Tekainui 9st 31b, Hukumaratia, Linkless, Rajah and Merganae 9st.

GISBORNE RACING CLUB.

NAPIER, June 24. The following ate the weights for the first day of the Gisborne Racing Club's steeplechase meeting:— FIRST HANDICAP HURDLES.—Cuiragno lOst 131b, Silicia and No Shot 10sf 61b, Medallivw lOst 51b, Roseplot lOst 31b, Anadeja lOst 21b, Morpeth 9st 131b, Kaipetipeti 9st 91b, Local Option 9st 81b, Recjiabite, Needlework, Lurcher and Engine 9st 21b, Brown Belt, Paikea and Lucks AH 9st.

FLYING HANDlCAP.—Mahutonga. 12st 71b, Pink 'Un lOst 121b, St. Albert lOst 101b, Pobieda lOst 31b, Soultina 9st 131b, Trent and Ladylike 9«t 121b,. Tambourina 9st lUb, SarDla 9st 101b, Kitchen Maid, Hiki, Benair and Gladsmuir 9st 41b, Forest Ranger and Shanks 9st 21b, Craftsman, Legerite, Marangi and Lady Robina 9.*t.

GISBORXE PARK STEEPLECHASE. —Hnkarnia list, Medalius lOst 101b, Kruger lOst 71b,Eclair lOst 61b, Roseplot lOst 31b, Anadeja and South Star lOst 21b, Morpeth lOst, Loch Tyne 9sfc 121b, Ser-geant-Major and Ngaru 9st 81b, Morehu, Needlework, Hikaroa, Flag, Potangi and Lulu (not received).

WINTER OATS HANDlCAP.—Mahutonga 12st 91b, St. Albert lOst 121b, Kaipetipeti lOst 61b, Ladylike lOst 21b, Heywood 9st 101b, Trephyne 9st 91b, Tamr bourina 9st 81b, Gaiety 9st 51b, Shanks, Benair, - Montigo, Hffcv Flag, Craftsman, Ruler, Reay and Marangi 9st.