SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 12843, 19 June 1906, Page 8

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Y.R.C. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. Florin has been allotted top weight (12.2) in the Grand National Hurdle Race, and Miss King has been weighted at 10.6. For the Grand National Steeplechase Beilis heads the list with 12.13, Up-to-date carrying 12.7, Dingo 10.9, and Aliss King 10.4. NEW ZEALAND HORSES IN SYDNEY. Staxshoot, Chivalry, Savoury, and Melodeon are amongst the entrants for the Canterbury I’aik races on Saturday at Warwick Farm.” THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. Daman, the Gmadian sculler, writes stating that if Towns beats Ktanbury in the coming sculling race he will go to England and row Towns, and if Stanbuiy wins he will come to Australia and row St anbury. AUSTRALIAN CRICKET. SU’D NET, June 18. Sir Willianv Lyne. aiter conferring with Major Wordill at Melbourne, to-day conferred with the Trustees of tho Cricket Ground. It is understood that he intimated that the Melbourne Club preferred to cancel their agreement with the New South Wales platers if the Cricket Association would remove their suspension. The Melbourne Club are also desirous of co-operating with the other cricketing bodies with a view to securing the .visit of an English team. Sir William Lyne attends a meeting of tie Cricket Association, where the proposal is to be discussed. CHESS. The match Oamaru v. the Olago Club, played at Oamaru on Saturday afternoon, resulted in the visitors winning 12-j games and tic homo players 9£. Two unfinished games have been referred for adjudication, but in any case the result will

he a win for the Otago Club. Each side was represented hy fourteen players. St. Lyra was scratched yesterday for all engagements at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s winter meeting. The St.’ Andrew Harriers will not hold a run this week oaring to Mr Rddton’s death.