SPORTING.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 637, 24 January 1914, Page 3

SPORTING.

Mr C. F. Mark, who conducts the totalisator in connection with the Te Kuiti race meeting, paid a visit to Te Kuiti during the week with a view to inspecting the totalisator building and suggesting necessary additions. Mr Mark, whose association with the Te Kuiti Cluo has always been of the happiest nature made an extremely good offer with respect to subsidising the club's outlay, which was accepted, and the improvements decided upon are now in progress. A highly necessary addition to the appointments at the course is a steward's stand from which the club Htewards can obtain a proper view of the races. Experience has shown that the dutieß of the stewards keep them engaged until close to the starting of the events, by which time it is impossible for them to obtain standing room on the grandstand. A small structure is being erected ciose to the judge's box with sufficient elevation to allow of a good view of the various events being obtained. The installation of a telephone to the racecourse will prove of great convenience, and will frequently save a road journey of a couple of miles.

The Wellington Cup gave rise to a good contest, and Kilrain was responsible for a high class performance in getting to the end of the mile and a half in record time for thu race. Bleriot, by keeping in the fighting line throughout the race, and finishing in second place, bore out her Auckland running, when she was just beaten in a mile and a quarter race in record time, after being in front nearly the whole way. Kilrain's win was no surprise, and he was well supported, as were a number of others. Indeed the race has seldom seemed so open.

The Waterloo Stakes produced a high-class field at Trentham on Wednesday, and a really good perform ance went to the credit of Bon Ton, when he cast the mile behind in 1.39 2-5, carrying weight-for-age. Postillion was expected to run a good race, but evidently a mile is a little too far for him under weight-for-age conditions. When the Advance horse was vanquished by Warstep over the mile at Auckland it was demonstrated that, however brilliant he may be up to six furlongs, the mile journey finds him wanting a little at the finish. On the publication of the weights for the local meeting Fetuoa waß scratched for all enggement, the owner being dissatisfied with the impost allotted.