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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 4292, 23 February 1884, Page 9 (Supplement)

Thk Waitemata Rowing Club has now between fifty and sixty members-.

The yacht Toroa has changed owners, She is about to enter the fish trade.

O'Connor visits Melbourne in March. He will run in the mile race at the St. Patrick Day sports.

Bailey is building a new twenty-feet open sailing boat. She is to be of cedar, and will take part in thePonsonby Regatta.

The twenty-feet open sailing boat Imp is expected to remain here until after the Ponsonby Regattu, on Easter Monday.

Tho thirteen-feet open boat Secret, built by W. Holmes, junior, has been bought by Parker and Sutcliffe.

Warbrick has built a pretty open sailing boat, 18 feet in length, for the use of Miss Mariebel Greenwood, at Waiwera.

Iranian, the oarsman, left London for Australia on Monday last. He is to meet Layooek, or the next best man in Australia, for £1,000 aside.

Tho prizes oti'ered for competition at the Tauranga Regatta, on March IS, amount in value to about £100. Several Auckland sailing boats are expected to take part.

Coursing has lost a firm adherent and a. good supporter in tho Earl of Craven, whoso demise took place atAshdown Houto on December 5.

H.-Mosee, who made 147 runs for tho New South Wales Fifteen against the Australian Eleven, is said to be the prettiest left-handed batsman in Australia.

A sailing race between the thirteen-feet open boats, Dot and Secret, va? arranged for this afternoon. The match arose out of last Saturday's sweepstake?, which proved a victory for the former.

Messrs Parker and HolderI.* thirteen-feet boat Mabel, which recently sunk in the harbour, has not yet been raised, and there now appears very little chance of her recovery.

John L. Sullivan, tho pugilist, proposes to fell an ox with a blow of his fist. The feat has been performed before, but in Sullivan's case is looked upon as dangerous, as his right hand has been once broken.

The next Rowing Association Regatta takes placo in March, and crews belonging to the various Clubs are in active training. Tho contests are expected to be unusually close.

Flowers, who is one of Lillywhite's team for the Australian tour, is a first-rate allround man. He bats in a free and vigorous style, and bowls a medium-paced ball, with a slight off break.

The Otago Football Union have requested Mr Sleigh to act for them in arranging for the Sydney tour. Steps will be taken to ascertain what Otago players can get leave of absence.

A Southern paper refers to the fact that Messrs J. Pickering and \Y. Houston, of Auckland, are willing to back S. Goodman, the boy walker, to walk one or two miles against any Junior ped. in New Zealand, for any reasonable stake.

Charles Mitchell, the plucky little Englishman, writes : " I will return to New York in February, and bring with me a strapping heavy weight, Mr Fred Collier, who, I believo, will pnt Eome of the boys in New York to shamo."

There should be good competition for the various events at the forthcoming Rowing Association Kegatta. Entries are expected from the Auckland, Tonsonby, North Shore aud \Yaitemata clubs, the latter having been granted the use of several of the Auckland lvowiiig Club boats.

Kdvard Winship, one of the old Tyne oarsmen, died on Dec. 14 at North Shields, aged lifty-one years. He formed one of the winning crew in the champion fours at the Thames National Regatta in ISjO, 1861, and IS(>2, and won tho champion pairs with It. Chambers in 1860, IS6I, and 1562.

Donald Dinnio is endeavouring to arrange a wrestling match with John Tirt'en Gumberland style, for £50 a side, the match to be decided on February 25 ; or, if this date will not suit the Dunedin man, Dinnie is willing to wrestle any time after the middle of March for C2Coaside.

John L. Sullivan declines absolutely to journey to Australia to meet Prof. William Miller in a glove contest, but offers Miller $1,000 in payment of expenses to come to San Franciscoand meet him there, thecontest to be one of four rounds, under the Marquis of Queensberry rules.

At the athletic exhibition of the Williamsburg Club, N.Y.,Dpc. 31, M.-VV. Ford, of New York, beat the Atnerican record at standing hop, step, and jump. His jumps were 25ft 2in, 26ft lljin, and 28ft lljin. Three standing jumps, 28ft, 30ft 4Jin., and 30ft sJin.

Gimn, tho Nottinghamshire professional who has been selected as one of Shaw and Lillywhite'a team for Australia, is a fine athletic fellow, over 6ft high. He has performed very creditably for his county, and his style is just suited for the fast Australian wickets.

Tho match, at Christchurch against Tasmania ended in a most exciting finish, the last Canterbury man having to go in before the 85 runs required were obtained. Dudnoy played a fine innings, but Hale and Kendall, particularly the former, bowled splendidly, and proved altogether too much for the majority of the local men.

The Auckland Plumpton coursing ground is being rapidly put into shape, and- the wire is on its way from England, so that prpbaKly the first match on it will take place either in June or July, when no doubt there will be a large" entry," as it is understood that the President of the Club, Alfred Isaacs, Esq., will give a gold cup for tn,e, first event.

Some delay in paying over tlie prizes won at the recent' Wellington Regatta.-.has been occasioned through the inability of the officers of the Club to gather in some of the subscriptions promised. One of the gentlemen who canvassed the town for funds has left the district without forwarding to the Committee the account of the amount collectod by him, and several others have also neglected to "square up," ; : . . ■

The Waitemata Boating Club met at Gleeson's hotel on Monday evening. There was a large attendance. Mr Superintendent Hughes was elected vice-president, to act witn Mr A..E. Isaacs, yrho previously occupied that position. Some discussion took place re crews for the Association regatta, but nothing definite was done It was decided to erect a shed at the \Yynyard Pier directly sufficient funds were available.

The match Malono v. Murphy, Malone to run 100, 200, and 300 yards while Murphy walked 60, 120, and 180, for £50 a-side, came off in the Friendly Societies' Gardens, Melbourne, on Jan: 26, when Murphy won the 300 yards in 36sec—Malonenot starting, being under the idea that the signal had not been given—and the 200 yards by five yards in 19fsec. Matone won the 100 yards by 7 yards, the time taken being 94-sth sec. ' ,',"

The temperance unions are greatly disappointed in the conduct of Herbert A. Slade in Kansas. He was induced, after much persuasion, to become a Gocd Templar by John L. Sullivan, whose views on the subject have been printed all o% rer the country, and who has become a Worthy Grand light. At Lawrence, Kansas, where the Sullivan combination was giving an entertainment for the benefit of a Mormon church, Slade got on a tear and proceeded to paint the town red. The board of Aldermen and most of the grown men in the town were lying in the streets, and the gutters were flowing with blood, when 300 or 400 constables and cowboys succeeded in running Mr Slade down and capturing him with a lasso. He was held in durance fill the combination left.