SPORTING.

Otaki Mail, 2 July 1923, Page 3

SPORTING.

ie •t ' .- , ;I - Detroit was placed second in thi s Kakaiatai Handicap at Dannovirke, bu> • e it is considered by inany that he won if by a head. - ",. GLOAMING !N AUSTRALIA, y Photographs of Gloaming to hand J from Australia show the champion to g be considerably in the rough. .. Ari Australian writer comments on his ap- ; pearance as follows:—The: wonderful . old horse looks very rough, but he has I had about seven months' spell and it ! has done hin-i no end of good. His . legs cleaner than when he was . over here last, his eye 'ie bright, and . his coat, though rough, is not dry nor . harsh to the touch. There is anv amount of "life in the old dog yet.' - While we were looking at him,' an" wondering how- long the old phenomenon was going to last, the sound of a. footstep caused the old horse to . prick up his ears, and Mr Mason ( walked into the yard. He is getting to be an old mail but looks fresher ' and brighter than at his last trip, , whey he suffered bitterly front infiuenija. "Well," lie said, "what do you i I think of the old horse?" , i "Wonderful. How (jo you keep the ' ' rellow so fresh " He lo'oks far better th-ri he did when he landed last year." I "Oh, yes. Last yea.r he was raced a ■ lot before he came over, and he was dry and sore; but this year he's had ' seven months' spell, and he ought to be nice a'nd fresh when he goes to I work." j "What, about his wind? It was stat- j ed in New Zealand papers that he was making a noise." . |

‘ Well, he whistled a bit when he 1 was racing’ (here against Beau,ford, . biit I don’t think it amounts to anyi thing. I’ll soon know when I start, to send him along. I think lie’s all right. Come and look at the others.” I He led the way to a box at the top, I where a brown horse very much, in ! the rough was tearing info his feed. ! LEVIN TO TRENTHAM. A correspondent signing “Be Wise I in Time,” writes as follows to the, N.Z. Times.—“l regret to gee that the Wellington Racing Club contemplates joining the Auckland and Canterbury Racing Clubs in forming the noose to hang many of the country clubs and cause the cancellation of many tolalisator permits., T refer to the suggestion that 1 tic Levin permit should he used for racing on the Trentham course. A member of Parliament pointed oul to me that it was the best, card Unit had been put in Ihe hands uf those opposed: to too much racing that they had ever had. Nothing is more Ridiculous than, for instance, that a permit for Dargayille especially, should be used in Auckland, or that permits for clubs like Akaroa and Cheviot, etc., whose permits were pleaded for on the grounds that a day’s sport was wanted for the local inhabitants should be used for racing at Hiccarlon. The same npn’i°s io Levin. Another point urged is that if half a dozen „ distant clubs are going to run their races here ihe business m»n will probably protest, for though it may be a possible benefit t" P'p bole's to a certain extent, if ut’douhh'dlv onsets general business The case for the centralisation of racing looks the proper course.” COUNTRY RACING CLUBS. | WAIT ON MR MASSEY. J WELLINGTON. .Tone 28. . In replying? to a deputation from the Auckland Provincial One Day Tracing Clubs’ Association, requesting an increase in the number of days for the clubs now allowed only one day, for a reduction in the totalisatpi tax. for permission to publish dividends. for permission to receive commons for investment on the ‘3alo.\ and for the carriage of racehors s free to race meetings, the . ini Minister said that there would he an amendment to the Act regarding addition;'.! p mits, but what Parlia- _ ment would do he could not say. Ijße would ask the '’.'ubs to be as moderate in’their requests as possible. He bad a good deal of sympathy with the smaller clubs. He was in honour bound to do something to modify the stakes tax of 10 per cent, because it was offered at a time when the Government wanted money and was accepted for two years. There was a clause in the Bill in regard to this. He wou'd consult the Minister of Internal Affairs with the obect of helping thgse eonrfrv clubs which are in financial. diflicuUies. " ,