SPORTING.
Per Prats Association. Chbistchurch, May 28. At a meeting of the Canterbury - Jockey Club to-day, the following motions were carried:—(l) That it bs a recommendation to inooming committee to consider the desirability of reducing the amount of money given inolasses for two-year-olds—at present 25 per cent, of the total stakes; (2) That the attention of the committee be also called to the number of sprint raoss in the programme, and to the desirability of reduoing the same and encouraging long distance racing. THE DEHBT. Beoeived 29, 0.28 a.m. Londox, May 28. The King and Q teen and the Prince and Princess of Wales witnessed the Derby. Six horses started. Betting ito 1 on Rock Sand. Mead led to fatten* I bam corner, when Rock Sand made the running aud won by two lengths, a similar distance between second and tuird. Time. 2min 32seo.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 126, 29 May 1903, Page 2
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144SPORTING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 126, 29 May 1903, Page 2
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