MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 104, 3 May 1890, Page 2 (Supplement)

MISCELLANEOUS.

The half-mile races of tho football clubs last Saturday did nob bring out large fields. Stewart; had little difficulty in appropriating the Gordon race, though Hammond ran gamely. Taylor ran in the Orient in good style and won easily. Bub the best race was the Ponsonby, in whica Alby Braund and F. Edwards fought out the finish. Both struggled hard at the finish, but Edwards' legs went back on him, and Alby struggled home first. Howie and McKean have arranged a quarter-mile match for aetakeof £50. MoKean did not wish the distance so short, but, rather than have the match fall through, he came round to Howie's terms. The race, which is arranged for May 15th, should be a good straggle. Howie eeems to fancy hie show over tho distance, but MoKoan may surprise hjßh The latter has had a severe cold, bnfc is getting all right. -- -■■ '■< ' ' "":'.-: ' " ' ■'':] Pretty well half the men who are to visit Sydney in a week or e» been down with influenza, but forbqnately all are now; (fuifce well and getting into good form. R. B. Lusk wae the laet victim, jusb after he bad started training, Hβ has been able to niOve on the iiracte ' again this week. Fred White is training nard at Napier at jfche high jump, r Hβ says, he has cleared 5f b- "7in ~ £fc:; practice £nd hopes, to do better. Lusk ijrill b0 entered for several events at the championship meeting, but is advised to train specially for the hurdles. If the order of events will permit, he is likely to have a cut ra at other races. ' . , The squabble in tlu» Wellington- Rowing Club is very regrettable. Theyorefrfeafcure about it is the refneal of the Club to uphold the action of the captain and committee. Iβ is of no earthly use to elecb officers if they are to have their actions upsefc on such a point as the suspension or expulsion of a member, after they have carefully come to a decision. ■ There is some talk of a match between H. A. Stepheneon, who lately won the sculling championship oi Tasmania, and Mattepeon, fop £2QQ' a aide, the match to be rowed on theTamar. Stepheneon is the crack man o£ Tasmania,and rowed the three miles in his championship win in 19min 5348e0. The 50 mile road, rae!©/ of the Pioneer Bicycle Club was won by Haywaid from scratoh in 3hr 33min, jeefc lmin over re* cord time far New Zealand, Hβ could have beaten the record had he known he was so olose to ib. Hay ward had no pace-maltera for the last half of the journey. From the account of *h» Brown-Bubear; sculling match whioh was pulled fche other day on the Parramabta, ib would appear that Brown was winning ftß he liked, stopping for Bubear and ■ pulling away from him, when he unfortunately took the latter's waten and by »; aupretoe eftort Bubear gob the bow of his boat inside' Browo, though without touching, and of course the referee awarded him the race on the claim of afoul. J. B. Buchanan ie well upholdinp hia re-> pubation as a ohampion amafceur athlete in America. Go Saturday, March 29th, Joe defeated E. Scott of %he Harford College, in a private halt-mile swimming race, for a gold watch presented by a few prominent sporfca. Tho 'Frisco press speak of Joe as a marl/el; H4 hoa filled east since leaving ■Hβ' is in; greab re? qyeeb for giving #Hibttions afc the clubsj" especially 6b hi* pdrfcraib with sketches of his career appears in many of the" 'Frißo& papers' Jefe' talks of ; going ■-J ■" " '".' '■■""' A raoverqenbis on foob ia Victoria'for the appointment of a comraibtee to draw up a list 0f Victorian records in cycling, and to investigate all claims to new ones. One; cannob help wondering why this has nob already been done. - , .