LATE SPORTING

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 85, 7 October 1929, Page 11

LATE SPORTING

AUCKLAND RACING CLUB

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

; . AUCKLAND, This Day. The weather is beautiful and the track is fast for the final day of the Ellerslie spring races. There is a good attendance. Results:—

Kormanby Handicap, of 400 sovsone mile.—2 Sea Cob, 9.0, 1; 4 Arikitoa 0.0, 2; 1 Motere, 7.0, 3. Scratched: Anhana. Won by half a length. Time, lmin 40 2-osec. : ■ ■" -

Manukau Hurdles, of 450 soys; two miles.—2 Elysianor, 10.13, 1; 5 Catoniau, 9.5, 2; 4 Horomea, 10.1, 3. Scratched: Prince Lv, Kauri Park, The Lamb Odin, Sleepy Sol, Askari. Won by a length. Time, 3min 42 2-ssec.

Epsom Handicap, of 500 soys; six furlongs.—3 Havering, 8.1, 1 1 Silvermine, 9.3, 2; 6 Awarere, 7.10, 3. Scratched: Lady Quex, Flying Prince. . Won by three-quarters of a length.: Time, lmin 13 4-osec. ; ;--

PHAR LAP'S PERFORMANCE

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SYDNEY, This Day. The weather for racing at Randwiek to-day is fine, but cloudy.

The "Herald," commenting on the Derby, says: "It was one of the easiest wins for many years. Phar Lap gave a memorable exhibition of free galloping, and was going easily all the time, while the other horses were making hard work of it. The only one to make any imx>ressiou along the back was Garradaltf. The New Zealand-bred gelding P.har Lap was allowed his head on entering the straight, and, after establishing a serviceable lead, was' h'eld in check. He had the race won long before the judge was reached, and was eased up over the last furlong to break the record amid tumultuous applause."

SCHOOL YEAR ALL WRONG

According to science, the present system of ending the school year in December is all wrong. Dr. A.. B. Fitt, Professor of Education at the Auckland University College, speaking before the Educational Society, urged that July was the natural end. He showed' by meanß of a graph that the ability'of;a child to learn began to rise at the:beginning of the autumn, and rose steadily for the first six months, after which it-gradually receded; In July the rising curve ceased and dropped to a point in August, when it resumed a steady, trend to the following autumn. :

MR. ANDREW JOHNSTON,

The Tory Street Hall was crowded last night to hear Mr. Andrew Johnston, the blind soldier evangelist of theN.Zrßible Training Institute, of Auckland. .Mr. Johnston dealt with the question "What Does it Cost Not to be a Christian?" Included in the cost was joy, peace, hope, and the favour of God; the greatest cost of all was the loss of eternal life.. In the afternoon Mr. Johnston's subject was "The Double Portion," when he used the dramatic translation of Elijah and his mantle fallingupon Elisha. Tlie" meetings are being continued on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings in the Tory Street Hall, and the mission will '-close next Sunday night. .