WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIII, Issue 769, 1 December 1904, Page 9

WELLINGTON.

Wellington, Nov. 29. A number of backers quite unconnected -with the Porirua Stable have had an anxious time since the totalisator inf/estments on the race for the Great Northern Guineas was locked up, and they speak in unmeasured terms of individuals who take advantage of flimsy breaches of racing rules and thus delay the distribution of totalisator investments. Old-time racing men took it as a matter of course : that if the winner of a race carried his weight and finished first, his owner was entitled to the stakes, and racing officials paid over the stakes without more ado. Up-to-date racing legislation seems more than most racing men can understand. Technical points are considered all very well in Law’ Courts, but the sporting public are adverse to any hair-splitting in the decision of racing events of public interest ; and for this reason the decision of the A.R.C. in the “Boris” case, and also the Appeal Judge’s verdict in the Petrovna case, are considered by many both equitable and sportsmanlike verdicts. The Wellington Racing Club offer £3210 in stakes for their Summer Meeting. The Wellington Cup is endowed with 600 sovs, the Racing Club Handicap <K?O sovs, and the Telegraph Handicap 200 sovs. Mr Whyte, the secretary, will receive nominations on December sth, and on the same date second forfeits have to be declared for the Wellington, Wellesley and North Island Challenge Stakes. The above Club’s Spring Meeting left, a net profit of £505, which, considering the adverse circumstances, must be considered very satisfactory.

The Auckland Cup Handicap is still being discussed, and until the Yaldhurst stable decide whether thev will be

represented at the A.R.C. Meeting, nettiig is at a standstill. A few doubles were booked about Cruciform, coupled with Rubia and Savoury for the Railway Handicap, but the takers were pro-,.’ably acting on mere guesswork. Some fair judges consider Kremlin will have to be taken into consideration ; his form at Feilding should give an inkling as to his chance in the Auckland Railway Handicap. Most of the horses trained on the Hutt tracks are doing well, and will be seen out at Woodville, Manawatu, and Aairarapa during next month. Ballarat, Ropa, W’ind, Zavier, St. Winifred, Pure Silver, Coxswain, \\hangamoana, Jeanne d’Albret, Kudu, Firelight, Black Squall, Matuku, Solution, Lissa, Languid, Shrapnel Shell. Benefactor, Hukaaka, Amelia, and Gipsy Jack are well forward. Field Battery 1 has been taken up again, but is of course very backward. Cumulus is slightly sore, Promotion and Truce, the two-year-old Grafton ifliy, have gone amiss, an*d been thrown out of work. Goodman’s Medallion filly Tupirio was very light after his trip to Riccarton, and is being given a run in the paddock for a week or two. Togos, who displayed signs of soreness a month ago, is again on the tracks. Cyrus and Sychem are making good recovery, and their trainers hope to have them in active commission soon'. The Hutt trainers cannot boast of anything high-class, but their charges include a lot of useful animals which, if properly placed, should pay their wav this season.