SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 272, 21 November 1904, Page 3

SPORTING.

NOTIiS 11V MOt'liUOA. Press advices to hand stat<; tlml Mr G. CI. Slead has so.d Ui-aifcl lUpiidiJ, the New Zealand Cup winner, to Mr Griffiths, oi Melbourne, lor ;">uO guineas, who intended to -' ll l' the sou of Uraiul to South U'rica, but has now lesoul hnn u coU-,id<.ra,Me advance :n 1>»«' lo ir Wren, owner of Muruiur, the U» ; „e,d Cup winner. His probaiule Mi iiiiltfths will now purchase Machine jub, the uluiupion sprmier, to senu ix South Africa. Nearly all race meetings held tins *«*« Hlw»v more or less oi a lulltig, 'Mi in the amount of mone.v 1 ~asfd through the lote, the mos>L no'taluk* deiiciency I >eing at vno •Jhriv church J übilee meeting, y, wn 1 h t . shortage averaged nearly per *»uy for the fow days nulling, ihe Auckland sp'.iiig meeting piomi...M in the early magwi to follow suit _,s- tJie first two da\s allowed a .iiuinkagje oi over £2uuo, but with .ne weather and almost. a recoid ,iov.d on the concluding day thus amount was nearly pulled up and the total deficiency was- only JMbti. itoese liguies are propusjly a s.gn ji tile times and y-.ovv that "tig-hL-iK-ss " in money matters is fairly throughout the colony. MuUl ai'apa is perhap.v ih.- exception , us shown by the popular 'iaralah,:- 1 <Jarierton Club's annual meeting, .vlvere tne amouut o* money hand.ul »vas £I2OO in excess oi last year s .otal. Fields and attendance were good, and the racing of an interesting character throughout. Mr liair&ow, secretary, and hi si club ore to be congratulated on their .successful gathering. Tius club coulil -quite well run two meetings »-n t!«e year, but unfortunately loi it totaUsator permits cannot be obtained.

A final reminder i& given to owners thgt all entries for handicap .•vents' for the Taianaki Jocke> Club's Christmas meeting; close with liie secretary. Air Alussoll Fleetwood, at 9 p.m. to-day. The programme appears in tliis issaie, Uhi' £2oo offered by Ihj Weekly Press Company for the lirwt correct placing, of the first, sue on d anu uhird horses in the New Zealano Cup has been won by Mr T. Lees, «4incheater Street, C-hristchurch, his •election lining re.eivt-d at the Press jdice on the 3rd, September, 1904, Messrs Norman Francis, Ronald s' dodger, A. JUaddren, AL'rod Heiry and Percy J. liudd acting" as scruineers. Noil lialMlity uader . tho Gaiuint; Act lias, savys a London cable, lxx. n Mccemiully pleaded by Hobort Sicv- ; «-*i, an ex-Australian bookmaker wlw «us made defendant in a betlin" suit. "