SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3183, 3 May 1873, Page 2

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TAIERI RACES

The following general entries and acceptances for the R ices to come off on Tuesday rie*t, were made at the Mosgud Hotel-last evening:— ' \ maiden plate. st. lb. Mr Geo.' Dedson’a oh iri*Bw»etiips, : aged - 9 3 Mr G. M'Gavin’s ch g Tom King, aged - 9 2 Mr A. Smith’s m g Lady Chorister, 5 'yn. ' x - r-vl ‘’ *. *■ .r: 2 Mr J, Wright’s brKMaori Chief, 4 0 Mr J. Haatie’sbf Lydia, 3jTs, f : 'Ulul J2 Mr E. Pritchard’s b f Missßowß, 3yrij , *' f j 7 1? Mr J. Brown’s b f Rose, 3 yrs - «7 12 Mr A-HmithVi bg Congteverft yrs -aj 711 Mr C. Wateus’s b i Veroena|2 ym 'T 4 5 -TAIimi^TBTOT Mr J; h Bedaum, : 5 Mr R. Kempshell’s b m Cuts-a-Gero, aged - - - - - -93 Mr Gi Praia’s ch m Queen Bee, aged .-93 Mr J. Black’s hr m Miss. Alice, <lyr» . ■;'9 4 * 3 Mr D. Brown’s b g German Louis, aged ’ . p . 2 Mr J. Wright’s br hj Maori Chief, i yrs 9: 0 Mr C. Waters’s b f Verbena, 2 yrs - - -' A 4 TAIERI HANDICAP. Mr J. Cotton’s b g Wildboy, maA * ri-; r: 9 7 Mr J. Doyle’s ch a Rufus, aged - -ft 0 Mr Geo. Dowse’s b m Gazelle, aged,.. - .7. 9 Mr Geo. Dodson’s ch m Sweetlips, aged -77 Mr D. Grieve’* b m Mignonette, aged - 7 5 Mr G. M‘Gavin’s ch g Color Sergeant, 6 yrs - - - - .--70 Mr G. M'Gavin’s ch'g BanjOraged - -6 7 Mr E. Pritchard’s b f Miss Rowe, 3 yrs 6 5 HANDICAP TROTTING RACE, ‘ J Mr Geo. Dodson’s g g Magic, aged, - setaflsh Mr Geo. Wilson’s b m Madge, aged 300 yards Mr J. Mitchell’s b m Polly, aged -. 500 yard* Mr J. Purves’s br Caleb, aged ' - * 700 yards DISTRICT FARMERS’ PURSE. Mr J. Reid’s bfrfi BedoUiH* ftged i - -12 4 Mr R. Kcmpshell’s b m Cuts-a,-Gero, aged ' - - - - v *'“* • 1.2 1 Mr D. RrownVb.g GermanLchiis, ajmd -12 1 Mr G. Prajri’f Of ■■ 1 Mr J. Wright’s br hj! Maori Chief, 4 yM- U 0 ■JMt Q. Waters’s b f 2 f yrs - 611 , A l SEIZING RACffi • A Mr J, Jenkins’s br g Saladin, 5 yrs, to be ‘ stold for LSO ? : - tris-** T * 9 n Mr A'Smiths Ohmasto* 15 yrs, to be sold for L4O - - - - 9 2 Mr J. Cotton|«b/g Wild Boy, aged, to be sold for L3O - r - - -B 1 Mr G. M‘Gavin’s ch g Color Sergeant, 6 yrs, to be sold for L2O - - - . *, - 7 1 Mr J. Hastie’s b f,Lydia, 3 yrs, to be sold". for L3O - - - - - ; -"0 13 Mr E. Pritchard’s br m Miss Rowe, 3 yrs, tobe ÜbldforL2o - - - -5 13

The correspondence that has passed between the Canterbury Jockey Club.and the A. J.C. of Sydney, has caused the Australasian to change its opinion in reference to the Peeress’ affair. It now says u lh plain English, a gigantic swindle was successfully carried out by Mr Walters, in confederation with certain bookmakers. Mr Redwood mast have .been aware that Peeress was a favorite for the Canterbury Oup, and had been heavily hacked, and we cannot under* stand how he, a' gentlemra of on the turf, came fe part with her just before a race for which she was a great favorite, without having his suspicions fcfcmsad -that all was not square and above board. Mr Walters’s game is easy to nnderstancf; it is a very old and common one, that has been played frequently and successfully in this Colony many a time, and the committee of the C.J.C. must have had very conclusive evidence before them to have written in the manner they did to the A.J.C., at Sydney. Mr Walters richly deserved expulsion from every racecourse in New Zealand, but it is no easy matter generally to obtain evidence that shall be conclusive in such cases. It is always extremely difficult to connect the parties who have been instrumental in per* forming that delicate but too frequent operation, milking* the public.” We have never been made conversant with the whole facts of the case, so we can only go by the decisive action of t the Canterbury stewards, and conclude that the chain of evidence to convict. Idr Walters waft complete. 'Why then, may we ask, was not Mr Walters dis* qualified for ever, as well as and warned off the Canterbury course ? .~ . . The Canterbury stewards are to be com* mended for their action in the Peeress oa?e. We wish the. A. J.C. coftld have Jeen their way to endorse the sentence passed by the Canterbury Club; but in any oase, the latter have Set an example that must bear good fruit in New Zealand, and possibly in this Colony, and we wish that we could have bad to report similar emphatic language on the part of the committee of another leading turf club, ,in this Colony, “ that they had resolved, either with or without precedent, to stop with a firm band all fraudulent prao* tices on the thrf.” A firm hand can alone put down fraudulent practices, and we eon* gratulate the Canterbury Jockey Clttb on . their having both the firm hand .and the strong will to guide it, “with or without precedent.” The same spirit should actuate aU turf clubs in New Zealand and elsewhere.