SPORTING NOTES.

Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9025, 24 March 1898, Page 2

SPORTING NOTES.

While most racing clubs in Auckland district make progress there is one (remarks •' Hippona ") that does not advance, and that is the Avon dale Jockey Club. What with poor fields and bad weatber the recently concluded autumn meetingl of the Club proved the tamest gathering that has been held here since the regime of the totalisator. On both days some of the racing too was such that it called for the attention of the stewards, but they did not move, The sum passed through the totalisator only totalled £2,618 10s. It will, therefore, take the club all their time to come out over the meeting without loss.

Vedette has been well backed both in Sydney and Melbourne for the Doncaster Handicap at 109 to 8, and has also been taken in doubles with all the good horses for the Sydney Cup.

The North Island hurdle racehorse Plain Bill will probably be taken to Australia shortly. Armilla has bidden good-bye to the turf, and for the future she will grace the paddocks of the Wellington Park stud.

Mr J, G. Green, wh» won the Auckland Cup with Antares, is shaking the dust of New Zealand off his feet. He returns to London in about one week's time.