SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1915, Page 7

SPORTING.

TAUAXAKI HI ...!' ( U'U W'KH.MTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. -Inly 17. The I'oilov. w I'iifiits have been declared fur the Tai'anaki Hunt, Chin's nicctiiij; on .lulv 2!': STRATFORD HACK HANDICAP, (i\«t'i'.rl'.mji-. '/Am 11.2, Ladv Amai 10.1;!, Belle Pan!, Glacier, Iceoeri;' 0,0, d>a Prince O.ii, Cnropet Red. Coral, Flyi"K Gamp. Thorium. Miss Sylvan, Red Hot. Cornice, Tauro 0.0. W All 11 HACK II AMili 'A I'. seven fnr-loii.^-s. — I'Vntiiy 11.2. 1 iariior Light Kt. 1 Zi»u 10.12, l.ady Amai 10.11. G,lacier. Belle ,I'aul, s:andv Paul 10.(1, Iceberg 0.7, I'a'tri iiata. !).+, Hay 'Prince. Coropct Cornice, St. Limp. Cordon. Welcome, Nugget. Rennet. 'Fluke !).!). IiUACIXI-.T STF.KiM,!'.CIIA«K, two miles.—Butcher Boy 11.(1, Looplinc, U'a--I'cn 10.1(1, Kins' Victor, Ma-. I.adv Powerful, Expedition 10.0. Laddie. *l'.uti, Mi.-s I'ntae 1 U.S. Rainbow. Royal Trophy Admiral Hell. Tvroiie, Co On, Raii"',mant 10.7. HI X'l CI I'. three miles. —Otaoroa 12.12. (V. li sill 11.12. Hotelier Bov. Hydraulic IO.Hi. Looplinc 10.0, Kins' Victor, llac, Expedition: 10.,5. Step (Int. Rainbow. Ilanjfiniani, Lady Strowan, Master Catesby 10.7. HUNTERS' FLAT RACE, one mile and a ((iiarte,-. —Patriotic 12.7, Compass 115, Otaoroa, Hydraulic 1(1,12, Ridicule Royal Loop 10.0, IVarca, Laopline 10.S, Rainbow. 'Captain Dick, Admiral Deli, l'ormosus. Abalon". I.adv Strcwan, Co (111, Kohorea, Royal Trophy 10.7. LKPP-KKTOX HURDLES, one mile and p. lial'f.—ComjKiss 118, .Patriotic 10.1-' Hotelier 'Hoy. Ridicule 0.4, Warea, Royal Loop 0.1, Loopliiie, Royal Trophv, Sfet Out, Captain Dick. Forniosns. King Victor, Admiral Bell, Lady Sti'owan, (Jo On 0.0.

C.J.C. WINTER MF.ETIXG. Christehnreh. Yesterday. Chortle was scratched for the Winter Cup and the f!.N. Hurdles on Saturday at ,'i o'clock. AUSTRALIAN RACING. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received July IS. 4 p.m. Sydney, July 17. The following is the result 'of th? Broken Hill Cup.—Jarwan 1, Holy Friar 2, Greek Firo 3. .Melbourne, July 17. Leamington Hurdles—Lord Grey 1, Manatta 2, Klinger 3. There were twelve starters. Lord Grev won on a protest against Manatta. Time:, 4inin. <S : »sec. Godfrey Watson Steeplechase.—Rayonder 1, Flash Jack 2, Ungala 3. Thirteen starters. Won by a length, five lengths between second and third. Time 3min. 51 see. '

The Amateur Turf Club has decided to give all profits from its meetings to the patriotic funds until the end of the war.

The Victorian Racing Club has distributed £7('i,S4o in stakes during the past year, and €14,455 has been handed to patriotic funds. Merrinjax has been scratched for the Australian Hurdles and Steeples. | WAR TAXATION. WHAT AN TMPOST ON RACING ! MIGHT MEAN. Referring, in his address to the Trotting Conference on Tuesday, to the present international conflict, the president ! (Mr. J, Rowe) said that it had been suggested, not by the Government, that a special and distinctive tax should be imposed on pastimes. This savored of burdening the willing horses with a further heavy load. Nearly everv sports club in New Zealand had provided soldiers for the Empire. Many clubs had subscribed very .liberally to patriotic funds and devoted all the profits from their meetings. He maintained that a special tax should not be imposed upon any one class of the community. He had no doubt that those -who were urging this matter along were directing their energies chiefly against totalisator and trotting clubs. The suggestion had | been made that the present heavy tax i upon totalisator receipts should be furth- ) er increased, or that it should take the form of a deduction from dividends. This would conflict with the policy of the Government as to the suppression of the bookmaker and give him an enviable advantage over the totalisator. As a result, totalisator investments would rapidly decrease, and the Governj ment would lose a large proportion of the revenue which at present is derived from the totalisator. The loss to the Treasury would have to be made up by the country. Originally the Government tax was 13 per cent. It wa.'i then raised to 21 per cent,, and in recent years there !' was a further tax of 2| per cent, imposed. By the end of the present racing season, the combined racing end trotting clubs would have paid into the Consolidated Fund considerably over £IOO.OOO, and had voluntarily contributed .120.000 to the patriotic funds. He asked if it was fair or reasonable to load them . with further taxation'; The Board of Control of the New Zealand Sports Protect ion League had taken the matter up, and asked the branches of the league throughout the dominion to oppose any special tax, but to bear their fair proportion of a general tax. 1 -