SPORTING.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18422, 1 July 1925, Page 12

SPORTING.

Acceptances for the Wellington Racing Club's Winter Meeting, and entries for tho Trial Plate, close to-day at 9 p.m. Nominations for the South Canterbury llunt Club's Annual Meeting close to-day at 9 p.m. The annual meeting of members of flic New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club will be held at S o'clock this evening. Gloaming's name appears in the list of entrants for the Twenty-Ninth Caulfield Futurity Stakes, to be run next February. After an enforced spell of over twelve months, the Martian—Rose Red gelding Zouave lias resumed work at Tauhe'renikau. T. F. Quinlivau is of opinion that he has located Master Peter's ailment, and is hopeful of him taking his place in the Grand National Steeplechase field. The turfing of the area in front of the totalisator at Trcntham has been completed. This part of the enclosure will he boarded over at the coming meeting. Cherry Ripe, who was shipped to Sydney last week, will be trained by Prank McGralh at Kandwick, for his owner, Dr. Murphy.

The total number of nominations received for the Avondalc All Aged Stakes is given as. 180, which must .be somewhere in the region of a rcco'-d for a race in New Zealand.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington says that .Serenade has been scratched for all engagements at the Wellington Racing Club's Winter Meeting. Killocra, Rowley, and Strategy will come on to Eiecarton for the Grand National, soon after the conclusion of the Wellington Winter Meeting next week. Nothing galloped better on the track flt Trcntham on Saturday than Tinohari. : This mare from J. Ayres's stable goes really well in soft going, and she should be kept in mind for the coming meeting. Tho Absurd—Ayah three-year-old Inferno is mentioned as likely to tackle a spring campaign in Australia. Should the project bo undertaken, F. Tilley mako take cither Boiihonimo or Glculoss with him as well.

Tho Riverton Racing Club's extra meeting held in May resulted in a profit of £2ll after making provision for tho fixture's sharo of expenses of tho season. The result is highly satisfactory, consideripg that there was no support from owners outside Southland. Set Sail, who has been one of tbe most : successful Southland-bred three year-olds over raced, has been sent to her owner's farm at Waimahaka for a spell. . Should this filly improve with age she will be able to take her place with the best next season.

The date of the hearing of H. Gray's appeal to tho New Zealand Racing Conference against-his disqualification for life by the Canterbury District Committe'o has not yet been definitely fixed, but it will probably be on Thursday evening, July 9th, in" "Wellington. ' An Auckland writer says:—The formationof a syndicate for tho purpose of taking over the old racecourse at Glcnora Park, with the object of pro viding training facilities on tho property has, I understand, been completed, and, further, that an early commencement will be made in laying down the necessary tracks.

At a recent meeting in India a native owncrrtrainer, 11. Kambattia, noticed that not a single ticket had been taken out on-one of his horses in. a certain race, so he invested ten rupees on the animal's chance. The horse won easily in a field of twenty-four, and the return on the investment was 17,100 rupees (£1140).

Carawock, ridden by P. Mcßrearfcy, was schooled over four flights of hurdles in company with Lady Gay at Trcntham on -Saturday morning. He jumped fast and clean, being much too good for his mate both on the-flat and over tho fences. H 0 was a little sore before and .slightly lame after the gallop. ...

Listening Post has been thrown out of wori for tho -winter. He has" shown his best form this season, winning over distances .from six furlongs to a- mile and a half. Mr Russell let him run light down last winter, and ho came in bo well at the beginning of the season just dosing;- thatho will do the same with him again this winter. •; The brush-fence on tho turn out of tho straight at Trentham is to bo shifted further along f or tho coming meeting, some 25 yards past the crossing. This wdl give the horses a'straight run to it of over a hundred yards instead of approaching it on an agio as herotbfore. This jfence has brought some good-horses down in recent years ■■»]. though in iteelf. it is an easy ono \o negotiate. In its hew position it should cause littlo trouble. »««uiu

CO - L rr^pondc,lt Sa J' a that an electioneering breezo is springing up With tho nicies that will automatically occur for SC ats on the comnuttee of tho Dunedhi Jockey Club Already some names have bceu m n tioned as "new blood" that would bo considered strengthening, and tho sit. tog members, from all account, £o rLS ld ™ thout Pitting np a fight. There is, however, one extfi of Mr J. Thomson, and this will act as £.•£22 ••■»*« **«•-&£

.The near approach of the Wellington Racing Club's Winter Meetingand the 'holding of tho Racine and TWtJ*» S3ST NewV") •^?»£2?8 racing m i\ew Zealand, and in thi* to road the "Weekly Press aud Referee," winch paper deals at length iritk prospects for the Wellington. Yeetint and editorially with the filing and Tr<S> ing Parliaments. A really eoori *}*£ is told by the Hon. £ LS lie? ander, on the current «Sf r S in Maud, a story that will be read mth interest by all sportsmen the J? 8 /* bit interested in racin ff hj, the Old Country. The Rook andlurrevo? each deal 8t fengtn with the rIS at Ashburton last week, and in Whel Found Antisthenes offers some very good suggestions on the len E th and of the Riccarton course iu particular. Last week Miles raited jVßryoe's stables at Oakhampton Lodge, and iu the trotting pages grve S many interestnig details of. the work done at this famous track, and also relates many facts m connexion with Brvcc's career as a trainer of light harness horses. Correspondents from all parts of New Vfcaland forward the latest items of news from their respective districts aad contribute in no small measure to «eping the paper up to the very high Standard publishers have set.