SPORTING.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14977, 26 May 1914, Page 10

SPORTING.

NOTES. The old stand at tho Forbnry course Las entiriiK disappeared. Acceptances for the Otaki-Maori lt.C.'s Winter Meeting cleso to-morrow evening. Acceptances for i!ic Punt-din Jockey Club's Winter Meeting eloso to-morrow , everting. The Auckland Racine Club has installed an electric startins apparatus at every distance for the coming Winter Meeting at. Ellerslie. Accommodation has been .engaced for Labour Day at Ellerslie, and the disappointing daughter of Soult will bo

seen out at the Winter Meeting of tho Auckland Racing Club next month. Daylight Bill and Sunbeam were sont once round over the hurdles yesterday morning. The forrnfr gave his usual dashing display, while Sunbeam also jumped well, and is improving rapidly M. Hobbs disposed of Messena at the conclusion of the North Otapo Meeting for £40 to the South Canterburytrainer J. Li'ndsav.

intenrTMiE: visitors to tho Dnnc'din Jockey Club's races next month will learn with.-pleasure that, tho railway trip from town to Wingatui is to be much more pleasant now that tho line is doubled. It mean§ that tho tunnels arc free of smoke, and that the run is_ shortened to 18 minutes out and 17 minutes in, and there are more trains.

Mr A. Nopera, who passed aivay lajt Treek at Wanstead, was a well-linowi Native devotee of tho sport- and a feuyears back used to have his colours carried triumphantly on many of the r.ioine tracks in the Dominion. Abnnt the best horsp that carried his racing uniform was Tirictn. who won the Napier and Wanganni Steeplechases in the ono -season.

A. McAulay has an addition to h's team in Encore, a four-year-old bay gelding by Maniapoto— He is a roallv good sort, and! should make a useful hurdler. Applause is by Day Star—Mainboom, and a full sister to Compass, aad half sist-or to Darby Paul. Maiuboom was by Kine Cole—-Mast-head, by Ramarama—Spriteail, by TTa-ducar—-Wetsail, by Sir Hercules.

A-letter received last week from Mr L. C. Hazlett, spys that ho has tnkei cs'.ster Radius to Melbourne from Syd-

iy, and proposes to give her a run at Moonee "Valley on the 20th inst. Ti'iere was just a possibility of her being put aboard the New Zealand steamer the same afternoon, but more likely that she ■will, bo shipped the week after, in which case she will leave Melbourne on the 27th May.

Tho programme For the Canterbury Jockey.Club's Grand National Meeting, to be hold on August 11th, 13th, and 15th, has been issued. Tho stakes fo ,, the three days total £8-560.. an increase of £770 on the amount last year. The Grand National Steeplechase ami Winter Cup hav e each had 100 soys added to their value, the former raco now being worth 1500 soys and the latter 700 soys. The Grand National Hurdle Race has been raised 200 sove in value, and its stake is now 1200 soys. A new condition has been attached to tho Grand National Steeplechase, providing that no horse shall be handicapped or penalised to carry 12st 71b.

Tho respect in which the late.Mr Kerr was held, not only amongst sportsmen, but amongst all classes, was shown by the vnry largo attendance at his funeral, which took place at the Lin wood Cemetery on Monday aftornoon. Thero was a very representative gathering, which includ«d' practically all the trotting trainers in Canterbury, as well as'many engaged in other branches of sport. The pallboarprs w«>n» Messrs. R. McMillan, T. Frost, N. L. Price, 0. Piper, F. Jolipston, and J. Milne. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club, Canter- ; bury Park Trotting Club, and Nen Brighton Trotting Club, and the Ne» Zealand Trotting Association were represented by officials and members. Many beautiful wreaths were placed on the coffin, and in a number of thep , tho deceased's racing colours were prominent The service at the graveside was conducted by tho Rev. John Mackenzie. !