Sporting.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3615, 30 January 1906, Page 3

Sporting.

At the recent Whangarei meeting all the’investors in the Marsden Stakes were on the winner, Bonotaiana, consequently they Only received 7s for every 10s invested. Amongst those who backed Bouotniana was an old Maori dame who, receiving the qs, to the pay-out clerk, “By gurry I give you ten shillin’, what for only get nine back ? ” “ Well, we keep the other shilling to buy oil for the totalisator,” said the clerk. “Oh,” I see, I see! All right!” said the old dame and she walked away perfectly satisfied with the explanation. W. Young, the well-known horseman, who appealed to the Wanganui J.C. against lSa j s . qulification for alle^ boring in a hack hurdle r ace run at the recent R.C. meeting received uO sympathy from the parent body which endorsed the six months’ ‘ ‘ stand down ’ ’ sentence inflicted by the rural club. | (During a recent meeting at Richmond, Victoria, a backer accepted 200 to 1 about an outsider, and the long shot got up and beat the favourite. ; An awkward circumstance occurred at a fecent meeting in Tasmania. When the candidates for the two-year-old race were dashing down towards the winning post, tickets were still being sold at the totalisator.' A steward had forgotten to ring the starting bell. I understand (writes the Wanganui correspondent of the Sporting Review) that Mr Charlie Chevannes, who has so successfully officiated as started in Wanganui and other places for some years past, intends giving up the game at the end of the present season.