SPORTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 68, 19 November 1915, Page 7

SPORTING.

racing fixtures. Nov. 24—Ashhurst R.€. Annual. Nov. 24 27— Takapuna J-C. Spring. Nov". 30, ’ Doc. I— Feildiug J.C. Spring. totalisator taxation. £14,000 FROM CANTERBURY CARNIVAL. Investors on races pay substantiality these times for Lheir luxmy. w 'public exchequer has benefited considerably by Carnival Week in Chris - church. In connection with the Cup Meeting the total tax paya ilc is P over £8598 10s, made up as follows. War tax of per cent, on totalizator dividends, £3981 2s 0d; 1 P 1 cent on stakes, £192; stamp duty of 2,1. „er cent, on totalisator tnrnovei, £4225 7s 6d. At the trotting meeting the tax on the totalisator dividends was £2820 10s, on stakes £IOO and on the totalisator revenue ills lOd making a total of £6160 is l \Qd. The grand total of the tax duo 'as a result of both meetings is £14,'763 Us 10d.

THE MARLBOROUGH MEETING.

Blenheim, November 18. For the second day of the Manborough meeting there was good nether and a fair attendance. Results:— , , 1 O Maiden Scurry.—3 Roseland 1, p Orlande 2, I Signoretta 3. Also star- - e d; Red Shield, Kairo, Pukemooi. Mi.s Clements. Won by a good bead. Time, Imin 3.1 sec. , Third Trot. —3 Crcmornel, 2 Glad All 1 ? 1 Alabama Thorpe 3. Also ran. Eclat, Bobby. Arab Belle. Rapaura. Won bv several lengths. Omake Hack.-5 Totnranui 1, 1 Roseland 2, 3 Eron Boy 3. Also ran : Bdlyhar, Cosco, Wirokino, Aye Ready. Won by a neck. Time, Imin 16 3-5 sec. Riverlands. —1 Stepney 1, 3 Merry Gain 2, 4 Wailand 3. Also started; Haumakaha, Plunder. Won by half a length. Time. Imin 59sec. Dash Hack.—7 Eron Boy 1, 5 Or> anda 2, 4 Excitement 3., Also started: Ladv Vladimir, Pall Mall, Hulersden, Red Shield, Pukemooi. Won by a length and a-half. Time, Imm 3 l-ssec. Fourth Trot.—2 Warlock 1, 1 Burdura 2, 7 Promotion 3. Also starter. ; Elsie Allerton. Welcome Jack, Waterfall Winston M., Little Bones. Won by two lengths. Time, 2min 3sec. " Telegraph. —1 Heather 1, 2 Hanmakaha 2, 3 Wailand 3. The only starters. Won by two lengths. Time, Imin l7sec. 1 Second Welter.—2 Finisterre 1, o Rienza 2, 1 British Rose 3. Also ran: Ballyhar, Wirokino. Won all the way by a length. Time, Imm 31 sec. . The totalisator handled £6039, making the figures for the two days £9334, as against £11,265 last spring. WAIMATE PLAINS TROTTING CLUB.

At the annual meeting of the Wai- j mate Plains Trotting Club the annual report stated, inter alia. The meeting of the new club, held on Wednesday, 28th July, 1915, on the Egmout Racing Clubs course, was m every way a success, horses arriving! from as far as Auckland. Gisborne, | and Canterbury, and the profit ; amounting to a little over Cloo, which ; together with members’ subscriptions, makes a balance of £3OB 12s Ud. j Easter Monday has been chosen, and j approved by the conference as the day on which we are to race this season. The Egmont Racing Club has sanctioned the use of their course for this day. The sub-committee set up to meet delegates from the A. and 1. *^ S( ? ciation with a view to racing on thenproperty, regret to report that owing to the situation of the buildings, it is not feasible.” The report was adopted. The election of officers resulted as follows President, Mr J. Grant; vice-president, Mr A. W. Webster; committee, Messrs J. M. Currin, J. Quin, G. Ford, R. Morrissey, W. J. Bradford, C. Jones, A. C. Johnstone, J Butler, R. Hicks, C. Arden, C. Preston, and W. Slattery; stewards, Messrs C. Preston, J. M. Currin. R. Hicks, H. J- Goodwin, J. Quin, G. Ford. A. C. Johnstone. W. J. Bradford, R. Morrissey. W. Slattery, T. Mounsev, and M. Jones; bon. treasurer, Mr A. W. Webster; auditor, Mr J. Turton,