SPORTING.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1320, 14 December 1880, Page 2

SPORTING.

Waikato Turf Club's Summer Meeting. TtfE Waikato Turf Club have issued their bill of fare for the Summer Meeting, which is to take place on the Ohaupo racecourse ou Thurhday and Friday, 1 7th and 18th February next. A mere glance at the programme, whioh Hppears in another column, will at ouco convince those who delight in a couple of day's really good racing that the officers of the Club have worked with a will, and left no stone unturned to enrich the stakes to that extent that large fields and well-contested events may be looked for. The total amount of the stakes is £500, and the events include a Turf Club Handicap/of 100 soys.. and the Waikato Derby of 150 soya. These are, indeed, liberal sums to be given away, and when we consider the dulnpcs of the times and the scarcity of tho "needy,"' the members of the Club are to be congratulated upon the quality of their catering for the amusement of the sporting public of Waikato. The committee have, with commendable pluck, endeavoured, by lessening the number of the events and proportionately increasing* the prizes, to attract a better class of horses to Waikato, and I have no doubt they will be rewarded. The only thing that remains now is for the new goldfield to turn out prosperous, and should it. meet with that suocess whioli it now promises to do, the Club need have no fear an to the attendance. I sincerely hope that the summer meeting of 1881 will oreate a new era in the annals of the Waikato Club's Racing- Calendar. Blub Gown.

Tattersall's Betting Quotations. The usual meeting of the Tattersall's Club was held at the Occidental Hotel, Auckland, on Saturday night, when the following quotations were issued :—: —

100 — 50 Lone Hand, off [100 — 50 Apent, off 100 — to Mignonette, off 100 — 20 Sportsman, off 100 — 10 Don Juan, off 100 — 10 Jack Shcphard, off 100 — 15 Ghost, off

The following doubles were taken :—: — Cup and Derby, 50 to 5, Betrayer and Rewi-; Cup and Steeplechase, 100 to 4, Foul Play and Don Juan.

AUCKLAND CUP. 100 to 8 agst Le Loup, tk 100 — 7 Ariel, off too — 8 Sinking- Fund, off 100 — io Lara, off ioo — io Grand Duchess, off ioo — 4 Vampire, off ico — 3 ■ Rewi, off ioo — 5 Jtadsworth, off ioo — 2— — Tim Whtffler, off too — 6 Lone H.ind, off ioo —5 - Kosartna, off 100 — 50 Foul Play, off 60 — 40 Betrayer, off ioo — 8 Libeller, off 100 — 8 Maid ofJHonor, off 100 — 10 Kinff Quail, off ioo — 3 Gildcioy, off 100 — 3 Kenilworth, off 100 — 5 Yatapa, off 100 — 5 Adamant, off 100 — 1 Matana, off 100 — 1 Golden Crown, off