SPORTING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4331, 1 February 1893, Page 3

SPORTING.

Nelson Races, (By Telegraph.—Press Associatiou.) Kelson, January 31. Tho further results of yesterday's rac-we as follows: Handicap. Clifton ,„ 2 O'ltorko 3 Time, 2mm i 2-sth seo. Dividend, £2 16. Bwordbelt to burred ou the machine, and tho dividend was paid on the second horse. Hurdle Handicap. Langloy tho Devil ... 1 Cloud 2 Clarice 8 Time, 4miu Gscc. Dividend, £1 Ms. The Sweep Nuisance, The Sydnoy correspoudent of the Molbourno Sportsman writes :-"Tlic most common 'tffo of remark muco the conclusion of Hro A.J.C Summer Meeting is, probably, the peculiar in- — fluence of" sweep money" on many of the candidates engaged in principal races, With somoownors it is simply, "No sweep money, no start," so largely has this new development entered into calculations. In oiie insianco £IOOO to nothing \w refused as not being enough, ilio demand being £3OOO, and £lO to pay up tho balance of tho stake. A prominent candidate in the Summer Cup did not take part because a bit to nothing ;v was/tot forthcoming, and, it wuldn't In; if a rule that has often been propused were embodied in tin* A.J.C. code,togive thestoxard* po w to review the reasons for tho lute scratching for important races. Raring as a sport has drifted closer io "racing as a business" thmi e»'w lately, which is, of course, to be d- t plored, The bookinsking interest are much alarmed at the eft ct on the racing above mentioned, and complain I that tho anti-post betting i» ruined by owners waiting for a slice of money to nothing before exposing th'-ir hands in the betting market,- Digitise is useless, as the evil is only too uppatent, and it is a pity tome limit cannot be put to the grasping propoii; sities of a few owners and trainers, vho consider they now have a lien ou evory pool of sweep money that is subscribed by the public Ticket ! holders aro usually liberal enough, end it is a pity they should bo blackmailed.' I