SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 11511, 30 March 1901, Page 3

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

FOUL RIDING. At on adjourned meeting of the stewards of the Napier Park Racing Club, held yesterday afternoon, the riding of Matearoa’s jockey (Holmes) in the race for the Napier Cup was further inquired into. Some evidence not available at the preliminary inquiry. held after the race was tendered, arid after careful investigation the stewards decided that,. while viewing Holmes’s conduct with suspicion, the evidence hardly warranted his disqualification, but they decided to warn him that in future his conduct on, their.j racecourse ~ would- be closely; ■watched. f- ;v; ; - swimming. . ■ G. A. Tyler ; whose stay in Dunedin was all too short, has been adding to the lustre of his name at Wanganui He beat the New Zealand record for the-50yds distance by t-wo:fifths of .a second, the time being Jefc,” 75ydfi,-the ’meri/jvho beat him having a handicap of 4sec and lOsec respectively. The time recorded was Slsec. On the second day Tyler swam in the 100 Yards Provincial Handicap, and broke the . New Zealand record. He covered the distance in 65sec, thus lowering Champion’s Christchurch record of 66sec. This appears to.Ea.ve been Tyler’s sole effort on , the .second /day, records shonlti’riatisfy anyhody; , { The Dunedin Swimming Club intend to introduce the game of water polo into their cufriculum, and'kith tHirf end ‘practice vriu be'Eerd’ 6ri*’l3onda.y ‘evening;, under the direction of Mr J. Ringland, who is said to have a thorough grip oi the game. -"At-the polo tournament at Wellington yesterday the final for the Savillc Cup.resulted in Rangitikei defeating Oroua by - 7 > goals..tp.4, c ,-, v J. Strang had his - arm }brnkqn. /i '/% . Si’}.