SPORTING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10283, 11 July 1911, Page 7

SPORTING.

SCRATCHING. •umfvioossy ssaxj; — ydvxDdidj; fig WELLINGTON, Last Night. The Plough has beea scratched for all engagements at the Wellington Racing Club's* winter meeting. TURF NOTES. I (By "Ginger.") The Masterton Racing Club will be hea.vy losers over tihe fire which occurred on Sunday morning. The buildings were worth considerably more ttiian the amount for which they werft insured, It is probabte that a special meeting of Stewards will be iheld at an. early date, to consider the position as dt has ariseni. The Wellington Racing Club's winter meeting, at which a. number of Wairarapa horses are engaged, opens on Saturday next. The acceptances are very good, and the various .levents promise to be well con- ; tested. • : '' Parable has. been taken ;r. hand again by 'i'. Quinliv&n. junr., at Hastings.' At one time it was thought that Palaver's daughter was in foal, but the trainer is now of opinion that he wa-s wrong in his conjecture. Quinlivan n r. also further increased his band cf workers by the inclusion of Montria, the coming two-year-old and Shalf-ihrother by Merriwee to Midnight Sun, Nootuiform, and Nightfall. The Sydney writer, "Martdndale," of the. Town and Country Journal, selecte Loa Angelos as on© of his fancies for the Epsom and Metropolitan! Handicaps. The Wellington Racing Club has decided to oppose the appointment of stipendiary stewards, and has instructed its delegates (Messrs J. W. Abbott and O. S. Watkins) to the ißaicing Conference to vote accordingly. The yearling "half-sister (by St. Ambrose) to Danube, who was pur--:chased at the Randwick autumn, sales hy tihe Victorian sportsman, "Mr S. Rawdon," for 900gns., hais been, named Ladoga. A profit of £249 went to the credit of the Narrabri Roman Catholic Church funds from a "grass feed" (two. days' meet) in— New South Wales. Montcalm, the Australian mile champion, will probably be retired to the Stud. W. Sampson, and J. Trenoweth, two West Australian jockies, were disqualified for not riding their meddles satisfactorily—the former for 12 months and the latter for two years. It is rumoured that Mr Robert Sievier, the proprietor of the "Winning Post" (England), will visit liir dia in the winter time. Mr Sievier has filled many roles in the world of sport, ■ . -