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RACING AND TROTTING NOTES. (Br "Loo*er-Ok.") Acceptances for the Wellington Winter Meeting, and nominations for the South Canterbury Hunt Club Meeting, close this evening. | The outside of the No. 6 grass track • at Riccarton was open yesterday for- all , horses engaged at Wellington. Brambletye was. about three lengths ii front of Adjutant at the end of a solidly-run mile. Adjutant's shorting was not good. ' Jeannot, with a very , light weight tip, galloped a miie. The C'uarlemagne _ i gelcjing pulled up well, but the time was, slow. Kimbolton (L. Hagerty) was schooled over five of the big hurdles. He was sent along at a good, pace and fenced cleverly. . , .'Naupata was given a working gallop OTer six furlongs. He is much sounder , at.present than he has been for months. •Vascular (F. Ellis) was given a schooling gallop over-a round of the country ;> Mftrti&l (Clarke) accompanied him over .the first three fences. Both jumped well. '• C&arley sprinted five furlongs, but it was" not an impressive effort. He was blowing hard when pulled up. s Prenez Garde, and Red Cent were pot: into the schooling l ing together, anjj flew the .'jumps in great" style. Hylans (L. Hagerty) was schooled over, iodi; flights of hurdles. He appealed to Im'a trifle shifty at every, fences aad did Hot jump in an attractive manner. ' {.Tip Up, who is coming on, pleased by'the way he left six furlongs behind. Hi; will be in nice condition by National - time. Moorabbe, trith the assistance of .Vas-' „ oonia over'the last part of the gallop,' sprinted five furlongs attractively. The Invercargill trainer P. T. Hogan U, at Riccarton with Zarkoma, .Giralda, . Sylva.' and Fleetham... He leaves for with'Zarkoma, Giralda, ... Fleetham as soon as accommodation can fa obtained on the ferry boat. After the Wellington Meeting these horses will! return to Riccarton and stay until / ,th^ j National Meeting is over, ]J.; Stewart has arrived with - Marsa, Silent' Knight, Point Blank, and 'j'ureh»ua, and intends staying over the National Meeting. Colonel Soult, who had an engagement in the Hack xrurdles at Trentiiam, ■vat on Tuesday withdrawn from all en>gagements, and Volo has also had the ' put through his name. ] *, Since joining H. Kingan'g stables it T Trentham, Revocation has put*on a lot iOfrcondition, and now wears a. more 's-solid appearance than when racing earlier in the. season (writes "Glencoe" 4 ihthe "Dominion"). R. Reed has been regularly riding the Cheshire gelding in hu work, and will no doubt have the . mount on him in'his Trentham engage* t ments. Ttie once leading cross-oonntry jockey, I. N. McGregor, has resumed riding. " Behad the mount on Coradjill in the ( Steeplechase at the reoent meeting at v Moonee Valley, and he was given a /round of cheering when he went out on }we course. For the past three years, i •, McGregor has been engaged as instruc- > to? ,®f' riding at the Artillery Camp at ' Maribyrnong, but as this has now been ®waed he is resuming his old calling.

■ The .Blenheim-trained Good Hope and ' ••'BfcjjsE Heath have - arrived at Trentham """Til chargeof W. J., Porter'. The former race in the Stewards' Handicap on - toe 1 opening day, and Black Heath will contest the Hack Hurdles. «'/. : Beadown looks to be a greatly im- ' W>vedhorse as the result of his race at Napier (says "Glencoe"). He has built * up a , lot, and appears to be carrying r ttore condition than he has done for come time past. 1 ' A Melbourne message says that 25 > horses have accepted for the Grand National Hurdles.

" (BT "S*ARCmJOH*.") ~~ i J; Nominations close to-day for the V 1 „ Washdyfee Handicap, to be decided at the South Canterbury Hunt Club Steeplechase Meeting. Bie annual meeting of the New '< Brighton Trotting Club will be held • evening. w The monthly meeting of the New. Zealand Trotting Association will be 4 held to-day, at 7.30 p.m. t"* A. Fleming, who presides over Los Angeles stables at Riccarton, has been Wjected for active service. '/ Mr E. E. Edmonds, well-known in local trotting circles, has been classed >>J ; ' ' i w CANTERBURY PARK TROTTING CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. i. 4®* annual meeting of members of the Can"V" 5 ? *®hmy Park Trotting Club was held yesterA .afternoon. The president, Mr C. .S; waa in the chair, and there wae * attendance of members. jggjjj&j.;. A wummary of the balance-sheet has already llisK jx* Bl published. The committee presented report: In accordance with issued under the War Regula- ■ the Government directed the racing jSjgjfoand trotting authorities to curtail the num®»fep>«r' of days racing throughout the. Dominion, HES-i'Md-in making the adjustment, your club sufHMgfcMd- to the «xtest of two days—leaving two

one-day meetings only The result of the reduction has been that tho revenue suffered considerably,' and consequently your committee was unable to distribute to owners the same amount of money .as in previous years. In view of this fact the stakes for the oneday meetings were considerably increased, eo that ■ owners should receive some assistance, and not bear the shortage in its entirety. The Meetings held under the new conditions have received: very liberal support, and the result, as shown in the accounts must be considered very satisfactory. In the last year e report mention was made that very considerable improvements were under contemplation to meet the steady demands of-the public, but the, continuance of the war proEbite anything being done in Uiat direction. _ The racing .during the year has been of a high_ order, and the classes fixed have been recognised as encouraging the very best class of horses. The performance of Cathedral Chimes , in the Champion Handicap of 1000 bovs, run in 4min 25aec, establishes an Australasian record, a icircumstance "which members, must appreciate as showing th© excellent condition of the club's racing track. The taxes paid to the Government amounted to £3419- * The president, in moving the adoption of tho report and balance-sheet, said the clubs position was exceedingly satisfactory, and ne thought\that under the conditions they had done really well. . Mr E J- Otley, In seconding the motion, said the club's position was oj}®, on .. w they might be congratulated. the wax cloud still hanging over them, it would be injudicious to spend large sums in improvements, but the fact that the work which had been in contemplation for some time P®®* had not been carried out wafl-no fault of the committee.- When the war was over and things were straightened out again they would put the work in hand, and they intended when they did it, to make a thorough job, bo that the Canterbury Park course would "be something to be proud of. He would urge tho committee to study economy and put money by to meet the expenditure that would be incurred for the improvements, though he recognised they.should at the same time keep up the stakes, so as to give the owners some inducements to keep their horses going. Mr "W. Hayward said that probably no other club in the Dominion was in such a sound position as the Canterbury Park Club, which was able to ©how assets amounting to £16,876 15e . Id, and liabilities nil. He agreed that it would be injudicious to spend large sums on improvements, but, in spite of war conditions, ■ the public were supporting trotting as they had never done before, and it was impossible to deny that there were gome directions in which improved accommodation was absolutely necessary. He hoped the improvements would not be too lon v delayed, and thought the Canterbury Park Club should load the way. Dealing with the proportion of nominations and acceptances to stakes, he said that while admitting that tho club gave good stokes, he thought -the owners were being asked to contribute too much. The ba.ance-aheet showed that they wore providing about Ea Ma the £ and he thought the committee might coneider the advisability of reducing the acceptances, especially in view of the increased cost of keeping horses in tr»ming. Mr R. Derrett spoke in terms of prase « the work of Messrs J. A. Holmes and VT. T. Franks, members of the Ground Committee, and of the olub's caretaker, Mr H. Shirley. ■Mr E. Cross said the present luncheon rooms and booth were much small for their requirements. He considered the amount reoeived for privileges, £- low what might have been expected. He endorsed Mr Haywaid's remarks in reference to the acceptance fees. ....... Mr Otley explained that the club had been nlaced rather at a disadvantage in regard to tho privileges by the transfer of the tosense from the previous contractors, at ""her s£>rt notice, and it might be fouwl. neceeto P«t them up to public tender. Mr G Witty said it womd be a great improvement if a new entrance was made for vehicular traffic. This would prevent the crowding, that at present . oMurred. He uretd the c conaider th,, claims of the flfr Liverpool Fund for providing comforts for the bovs in the trench«J. ir fHW explained that the improvement big scheme that W been^mder' consideration. Such work L neceesary,would not be lost R f ; Wallace wid improvements were necessary, bntif they mnt adding a room there they would not get-much further forward. As to the mattefof n^" beis thought a reduction advisable, the committee would no doubt «ve it The motion for the adoption of the report ana balance-sheet was then carried, The following officers were elected unopposed :—President,. Mr C. S. Howell; v»emWent, Mr H. J. Otley; B. Wallace; committee, Messrs C. E. Cross, B. J. Rank* W. T. Franta, J. A.,

Holmes, P. Helm ling, and R. J. Mason; stewards, M'ssns C. E. Cross, E. Cross, R. Derrett, J. Franks, W. T. Franks, P. Helmling, J. A. Holmes, W. Hoban, T. Killick, and J. Winney; auditor, Mr G. E. Way. On the motion of Mr G. Witty, it was decided to contribute £50 to the Lady Liverpool Fund for trench comforts. •Mr W. Hayward moved: "That it bo a recommendation to the committee to consider the matter of reducing the acceptance fees foi future meetings. ' -■ The motion was seconded by Mr E. Cross, and carried. Votes of thanks were passed to the officers for their services, and to the Pre6S.