SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 November 1916, Page 8

SPORTING.

THE MELBOURNE CUP., ■DISCUSSION AS TO CONDITIONS.

Sydney, Nov. 16. . :Sasaribft's Cup victory has " aroused a discussion as to the conditions of the race. Some consider that the whole question of .handicapping three-year-olds should be revised, pointing out that if a three-year-old is'capable of winning at weight-for-age, and is handicapped below that scale in the Cup, the weight should be Teadjusted. Sasanoff was handicapped at fist. 111b. in the Cup, Mb. less than the weight-for-age scale. She carried -Cst. 121b., including lib. overweight. A month earlier she won the Spring Stakes, at weight-for-age, carrying 7st. 41b.

In the action in which James Robinson, bookmaker, questioned t: e validity of the Australian Jockey Club's regulation under which .plaintiff's registration was rescinded because he operated at an unregistered meeting on a dsto when a registered meeting was held, the Court upheld the club's ruling.

NEWMARKET BLOOD STOCK SALES. 4ustralian-N.Z. Cable Association* Received Nov. 10, 8.10 p.m. - Melbourne, Last Night. At the Newmarket blood stock sales, the demand was slack. Many were passed in. The top price secured was for Court Jester, namely, 700 guineas.

MELBOURNE MEETINGS POST, PONED. Melbourne, Nov. 10. The heavy hailstorms and rain rendered" the course unsafe for the Steeplechase, and the programme was, therefore, postponed till Saturday. The Caulfield Club's Saturday meeting was postponed to avoid clashing.

AUCKLAND WEIGHTS. ' j| Wanganui, Last Night. Following arc tlie weights for the Auckland R.C. meeting: RAILWAY HANDICAP, six furlongs. —Tete-a-Tete 0.5, Chortle and Bimeter !).4, Nones 8.11, Sassanof and Sweet Corn 8,10, King Lnpin 8.9, Bisogni>, Colonel Soult S.S, Chakwana S fi, TatterIcy 7.13, Egypt. Seadown 7.12, Multystical 7.1 lr Zuland 7.8, Downham, Housewife 7.7, Bjorneborg, Tinopai, Arran, Wrestler. Hyttus 7.6, Cheloma, Loyal Arch 7.5. Cherry Blossom, Koesian, Gold Tainting 7.3, Hyginas, Kitty Bellairs 711, Tobaseo, Waiuta, Grcenstreet 7.1, Tree Lucerne, Tact 7.0, fioldfiro, Sweet Tipprrary, Hushmau 0.13, Disdainful, Carlysian. Sonltano, Killena, Mandoline 6.12, Marsinah fi.il, Shrill, GayciumG.lo, Sarah Grand fi.B, Elation, Homeric. British Arch, Tame Duck, Penniless, Honey Bee. Kilbovno, Potentiality, Mossman, Nvstad, Sylvasco, Glen Helen, Menelaus 0.7.

AUCKLAND CUP. two miles.—Balboa 0.2, Chortle 0.0, Nones S.f), Bee 8.8. Merry Roe 8.7, Colonel Soult, Sassanoft' 8.0, Snub 8.3, Ardenvohr 5.2, Mnllingnr The Toff 8.1, Ivilboy S.O, Panmure 7.13, Mnrco Bello, Marc Antony 7.12, King Lupin, Lady Penury, Multiply, Welcome 7.8, Depredation 7.5, Bjorncborg, Bleriot. Wishful, Prince Merriwee, Goldsize, Choloma 7.0, Wardijncer, Meltchikoff, Good Hope 013, El Gallo, Housewife (1.12, Beltane (i.U, Devotion 6.10, Te Papa pa, Waiuta, Montana 6.0, San Sebastian, Toki (i.B, Sir Ralph Fisher. iCiltogan, Alteration, Royal Rufus, Revalenta, Tavistock j Mordant 6.7.