SPORTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 19, 22 January 1914, Page 6

SPORTING.

WELLINGTON MEETING.

[Per Press Association.]

Trentham, January 22

The weather is dull and boisterous for the second day of the Wellington Racing Club's summer meeting, a strong north-easter rasing clouds of dust. The attendance is again large and the track fast. Results : Mungaroa Welter, of UOsovs., seven furlongs.—Canute 1, Zeus 2, Record 3. Scratched: Pavlova and Ngarua. A great finish. Canute came with a brilliant spurt and heat Zeus by a head. Time, lmin 30secs. January Welter, of 2oosovs., one m i] c .—Stepney 1, Imagination 2, Glenfinnan 3. Scratched: Counsel, Fair Rosamond. Won by a neck, the same: between second and fliird. Imagination led nearly all the way until Stepney came through and passed the leader a few yards from home. Time, lmin 42 3-ssccs.

Wellington Stakes, of GoOsovs., five furlongs.—W. E, Indwell's b c Reputation 1, Hon. J. 1). Ormond's eh g Hyettus 2. Mr Highden's br c Panform 3. Time, lmin 2scc.

Bonny Helen, Sunhird, Charmilia, Roumania, Snapdragon, Martian, Princess, Cargaron were scratched. It was a splendid race. Hymettius was first out and led to the home turn from Recontre, Honesty, Bold Stroke, and Hyettus Once fairly in the running Reputation put in* some telling work in the centre, and being lucky enough to get through, won by a haro neck, a head hetween second and third. Hymettius was fourth.

FOXTON MEETAING.

Foxton, January 22

Tho weather is glorious and there is a record attendance. The going is a little on the hard side. Results:— Hack Hurdles of lOOsovs., one mile and three-quarters. Rexer 9.13, (Flynn),, 1; Composed, 9.3, 2 ; Charge, 9.3, 3. Scratched: Sunrose. Won by three lengths. Time, 3min 21sec. Electric Hack, of lOOsovs., six furlongs.—Ratana, 8.8 (R, McDonald), 1; Powder Fox, 7.11, 2; Wailand, 8.3, 3. Scratched: Mainaroa and' Courtley. Won by two lengths. Time, lmin 16 sc.

Foxton Cup, of 22550v5., 1 mile and a quarter.—Ladv Laddo (Adams;, 7.13, 1; Imarose (Manson), 6.3, 2; Lady Volga (Cordue), 7.3, 3. Scratched: Waipaku. Won easily. Time, 2miu 8 4-osecs.

RACING ODDS.

KiXEMATOGRAPH PUBLICATION

The Invercargill correspondent of the Otago Daily Times writes: The fact that a certain topical budget exhibited at a local picture thcatro a week or two ago contained a statea, sporting picture, of the odds at which a certain horse started, raised the question of whether any breach of the Gaming Act was committed by such exhibition. The section of the Act which it was thought to circumvent was that which provides that every person is liable to a fine not exceeding £2O who prints, publishes, sells, or publicly exhibits, any newspaper, or other document, which contains any statement as to the dividend paid or investments on the totalisator in respect to any horse race, or as to the starting price in respect to any such race or any statement from which the amount of such dividend or starting price might be calculated." '

A hypothetical case was stated to a police official, and in reply to the reporter's query he stated that it appeared to be a question of whether a photograph was a document. Ho could not see that; it was, nor did he know of any definition of the word which made

t possible to include a photograph A-ithin its meaning. The reporter ask->d-whether anything,could be done lo restrain proprietors of moving pic:,ures from making the publication of starting prices in New Zealand, Australia, or elsewhere a practice. In reply, it was stated that in the event of such a practice becoming general it would be necessary to legislate prohi-

iting it