SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 January 1921, Page 3

SPORTING.

TROTTING. TE AWAMUTU MEETING t By Telegraph.—Press Association. Te Awamutu, Last Night. The Te trots were held today in fine, weather. Results:— i MAIDEN HANDICAP.—TimbeII 1, Miss Murphy 2, Laniadillon 3. Also started: Audex, Doris, Salisbury, Kawa, Emma. Time, 3min. 52 l-ssec. WAIKATO HANDICAP.—Jays Bell 1, Inclement Logan 2, Rothschild 3. Also started: Beauidea). Won by half a length. Time, 4njin. 5 2-ssec. TE AWAMUTU CUP.—Hava 1, Comedy Chief 2, Overrate 3. Also started: Boycott, Whisht. Won by a head, and a neck between second and third. Time, 4min. 59sec. PIRONGIA HANDlCAP—Amberite 1, Mt. Albert Logan 2, Rothschild 3. Also started: Selkirk. ’Won by two lengths. Time, 3min. 55 l-ssec. OHAUPO HANDICAP.—Agnes Chief 1, General Advance 2, Golden Wave 3. Also started.—Overrate, Bushchild. Won by a length. Time, 2m in 22 4-ssec. DAIRY CUP.—Malmsbury 1, Timbell 2, Teddy McKinney 3. Also started: Battlerry. Audex, Amberite.% Won by five lengths. Time, smin. 11 4-ssee. KIHIKIHI HANDlCAP.—Strategy 1,: Agues Chief 2, Mt. Albert 3. Also started: Selkirk, Kinglean, False Alarm, Hymen, Whisht. Won by six lengths. Time, 2min. 16 3-ssee. MEETING OF NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION. Christchurch, Last Night. At a meeting of the Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association, Miss V. Jameson appeared in connection with the Nature’s Gentleman case. An inquiry was conducted in committee, and further consideration was deferred for one month. The President reported that Sir George Clifford would bring the matter of the trotting stakes at the Racing Clubs’ meetings before the next meeting of the Racing Conference. The President drew attention to the case which occurred at the New Brighton Trotting Club’s meeting, when the totalisator inspector had refused to allow investments to be returned in the case of a horse that took no part in a race owing to its sulky being damaged before the start. The President said that, although there was a clause in the Gaming Act which might be read in support of the inspector’s contention, the rules of trotting gave the stewards power to refund investments in such a case, and that power had been exercised in numbers of instances. It was the first time that an official really outside the sj irt had interfered in such, and he thought representations should be made to the Minister of Internal Affairs on the subject. It was agreed that the matter should be left to the President to make representations to the Minister. The applications of the Otautau and Waimate Tsotting Clubs for registration were held over till the next meeting. The Forbury Park Trotting Club wrote in reply to the Association’s letter, stating that it was proposed to hold an inquiry into the starting at the club’s recent meeting, and asking the club to send a representative, stating that as the Judicial Committee had held

an inquiry into the starting of the Empire Handicap and had accepted the starter’s explanation, the club did not consider it necessary to be represented at an enquiry. Mr. Samson being a member of the Forbury Park Club, could take no part in dealing with this matter, and the board was left without a quorum to act. The matter, in consequence, had to stand over until the next meeting, as had the cltft’s reply to an enquiry as to whether in the Dimlight case the stewards had considered the interference to be intentional. AUSTRALIAN TURF NOTES, By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Melbourne, Jan. 1112. The entries for the Newmarket Handicap include Biplane, and for the Australian Cup Finmark.