SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 12762, 15 March 1906, Page 4

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NAPIER., PARK RACES.. ..,„.".'. : Second Day.—Thtjbsdat. Glorious weather again prevailed for th« • Park races. The course was in' good; order and the attendance., satisfactory. Results:— Omahu Hack Hurdles, of 50 jots. lAin.. —Rechibito (9.4) 1, Gold Dust (9J.1) 2, Kaipetipeti (9.13) 3. All started. Time,; 2min 8 3-ssec Dividend, £8 12s. Telegraph Hack Handicap, of 60 sovs, 6f.—Moral (8.3) 1, White Lie (7.8) 2,-Belle Napier (7.2) 3. Scratched: Splendid Idea and Goldfield.. Won by a head. Time, lmin 16 l-ssec. Dividends, £3 10s and JBI ss. - .-.■■ . Bennett Stakes Handicap, of 120 sovs. lm Id.—Douche (7.7) 1, Whakawehi (7.10) 2, Mystification (7.10) 3. Also started: Starshoot (8.7), Lyrist (7.4), Operetta (6.12). Won by two lengths. Time, lmin 65sec Dividends, £3 15s and lis. PROPOSED SOUTH ISLAND .FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION,No satisfaction having yet been received from the N.Z.-F.A. re the coupons for the New South Wales visit, it has been suggested by the Committee of the local Association that the time is now opportune when the South Island of New Zealand should form an Association or governing body oi their own. THE CHESS CONGRESS. WELLINGTON, March 15. The. Council of the New Zealand Chess Association have decided that the next congress is to be held at Christchurch during the Christmas-New Year holidays. With a view to holding something more than the ordinary tournament, it was*, decided to suspend for the present the rule requiring congress competitors ~to have lived six months in New Zealand. BOWLING. The following members have been chosen to represent Roslyii in the match againel Kaitamgata on Saturday.—At Roslyn: J. Scott, A. M'Douscall. A. Mathison, W 0 Allnutt (s) ; W. Y. Campbell, 0. G. Lockhart, A. W. Crawford, O. Balk (s); T. Dickson, J. M'CuUoch, W. Yuill, R. Crawford (s) ; D. Leslie, J. Coventry, P. Dow, W. Weir (s). The following members have been chosen to represent Roslyn in the. match against Caledoiiian Club on Saturday: —At Roslyn Green: Captain Strange. W. A.Wilkinson, C. H. Matthews, W. Green (s); J. Garratt, Captain, Patenson, A. H. Crawford, D. Scott (s). At CSaledondan Green: W. E. Gregory, W. Crawford, A." E. Bone, G. Weddersrxxm (s) ; R. Bentley, E. Waldctf, M. Niool, .W. Wilson ($) ; C. E. Jones, W. A. Smith, B. JThrop, J. B. CaUa-n. (s); R. Wales, J. Timson, A. C. Aloock, J. Secular (s). St. Clair v. North-east Valley, at Val-ley.--St. Clair: S. P. Sherwood, J. B. Waters, W. J. Love, R. Duncan (s); T. Butts,. C. Chapman. D. S. Jolly, W. R. Piddingtom (s); F. H. Jones, L. Joel, L. Pope, A. Sinclair (s); emergencies; C. Dunham, J. H. Hancock. Port Chalmers v. Green Island.—Port: T. Collier, W. Sutton, O. Inverarity, J. M'Laehlan.; J. Aitken, Captain Watson, J. Cook, J. Gray; J. Paterson, J. Rennie, A. Hillier, J. R. Campbell; D. Oveodeo, H. Grimsey, N. Mathews, N. Murray; emergency, W.. Mitchell. .The Schoolboys' 50 Yards Championship of Otago will be swum at St. Clair Baths on Thursday next, at 5.15 p.m.