SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 11, 14 January 1901, Page 2

SPORTING.

' KACING CLUBS IN DISPUTE THE MINERVA II OABE. J| The Taranaki Metropolitan J'»?y Club Committee met on Thursday i»t to consider the now celebrated Miißa IT. case. Mr. Samuel presided. JB|b; lengthy o .>r; espondence which was vy\ f it appears the Hawera Club ing tha principle,pge|gqualifieation of Messrs. Beckett McAnlitf reduced to one yeak ijn February 1900. Tne Secretarfof 5e Taranaki Club, insttucted by theChai* man, replied to th > efleot that hiljOM, having declined to endorse the d&isid of the Havira Club, in iinpo3ia» tri d(> qualification, and the judges an pointed hy the conference having iitei to make any order to compel it \ do so, could not now see its way to re'susd nise the validity of the disqualificatio by consenang to the reductian. H had, however, no doubt the Committe of the Meropolitan Club being cor vinced that the declaration of Messrs Beckett and McAnljff was not wilfull false would agrea to the entire retaov; of the disqualification, if the Hawer Club desired it, a meeting of the Com mittee would be held. In response t a request for this to be done, the Com mittee was called tegether, and met a above, when a resolution was oarriec refusing to eadarse any reduction of th disqualification, but agreed to its er tire removal.