THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1764, 31 May 1913, Page 13

THE TURF.

ELLERSLIE NOTES. (By' Tclsffrapli.—Preea Association.) , Auckland, May SO. No work of importance wns dono at Ellerslio this morning., Bollin, Bootle, Haskavne, Naurnai, Clnof Mnr-shal, Coylon, Clare, and Sir Stroud arrived yest€StaySerf was scratched for all engagements at 11.20 a.m. CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB. (By Tolegrapß—Presa Association.) Christchurch, Mar SO. At tho annual imetiii? of members of the Canterbury Jockey Club, tho balancesheet showed that tho receipts had totalled -£G8,755, including? .£30,462 from the totalisntor. The stakes had been creased last year by .£I7OO. In spite of the lo=s oil one day's racing, there had been a profit of .£2939 oit the year's transactions. . The chairman protested against the reduction of the club's racing by a day. It was resolved to approach the Railway Department with a view to securing up-to-date horse-boxes and a reduction on the charges on horses sent to race meetings. It was also decidcd to bring the matter under the attention of the conference.

HAWKE'S bay steeplechase. . (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Napier, May 30.* Tho nominations have been received for tho Eawke's Bay Steeplechase, of 400 sovs., about three miles, to be run at the Hawke'e Bay Jockey Club's winter meeting on June 18:—Donzel, The Spaniard, Bravest, Needlework, El Dorado, Knutsford, Mount Cook. Continuance, Tyrannic, Glenmore, Leolanter, Eeter, Dorando.