SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

Evening Star, Issue 12989, 7 December 1906, Page 7

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

AVOODVILLE S UMAX HR AIEETING. The “toto” turnover lor the two dayst moating^was £16,095, an increase oi £q,251 as compared, with the corresponding meeting- last year, and. a record for tha club. Alany of the finishes were very exciting. Air "C. O’Connor (Auckland), the new starter, gave the,greatest satisluction. In the Summer. Handicap; Tm Id, Glpnullen and Paritutu were prominent to tha home bend, where the former dropped back beaten. Polyanthus ranged alo. gs.do Paiitutu at the top of the straight, and, drawing away at the distance, won comfortably by a length. Time, Imin 68scc. Dividends, £2 15s and £1 Ba. Concluding results: Telegraph Hack, Alarseillaiso (£5 6s) and Lomnria (£1 6s) Railway, Pink ’Un (£4 9s) and Gold Seal (£1 3s) ; Hack Scurry, Kai Errin (£2 15s) and Pcarlic (£1 4s); High-weight Handicap, Ladylike (£5 4s) and ASolus (14s).

A'ALUABLE W.F.A. STAKE. At a meeting of tho Coramittos of the Alanawatu Racing Club last night it was resolved to institute a race, to he run in 1908, and to be called the Alanawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes, of 1,000 sovs. Th 6 race for 1908 will bo for two-year-olds, and after that for two or three-year-olds. It will bo run subject to the nomination of not less than fifteen sires. The nomination fee will bo 20 guineas, hut an owner, after (laying for one entry, can nominate other sires at 10 guineas. The winner gets 650 sovs, tho second horse 100 sovs, and the third 50 sovs; and the owner of the sire of tho winning horse gets 125 sovs, of tho second 50 sovs, and of tho third 25 sovs. ATHLETIC CHAAIPIONSHIPS AND DISPLAYS. To-morrow at tho Caledonian Ground the athletic championships, band, and naval display and children’s demonstration will take place. There are four great attractions in one. Firstly, the musical public will have the pleasure of listening to popular selections by Dunedin’s five leading bands —Navals’, Citizens’, Alornington, Knikorai, and Garrison. Tbs display of cutlass drill by a detachment from H.M.S. Pioneer, under the direction of Chief Pctty-officer Sly field, is causing much interest in naval circles, and this display will appeal to the popular fancy. A general half-holiday is to bo observed on tiro warship to-morrow, and First-lien-tenant Bainbridge has promised that all the men who can be snared will attend the sports. The Management Committee have added a race —once round the ring—for tho Jack Tars, who have several wonderful sprinters in their ranks. Tho third attraction is the display of physical drill by cadets and physical exercises by girls. Both displays will nrove very enjoyable and interesting. The remaining attraction is the athletic programme, and it is really to encourage and create an interest in a clean and healthy sport that to-mor-row’s gathering is to be held. In all, nearly 1,000 entries have been received, a ■result highly gratifying. School children ■will compete in running, jumping, walking, ■hurdling, and tho presence of the children •will draw a large attendance. Probably no better racing has been scon this season than that promised in the open events. The competitors in the 220 yds, half-mile, 120 yds hurdles, and teams’ relay races include the finest of Dunedin’s runners, and in athletic circles these events aro creating a keen amount of interest. The sports start at 12.30 and finish at 5.10. The display of cutlass drill will take place at four o’ch'ck. Tho meeting is certain to be a conspicuous success from every point of view should the weather hold up.

Our imnressions of the results of open events .are :

220 Yards.—Bass 1. Burk 2. Half-mile.—M'Ciirdy I. M'Murtnc 2. 120 Yards Hurdles. —Ecddock 1, Pitta wav 2.

Teams’ Relay Race.—D.A.A.G. No. 1, 1; Civil Service No. 1, 2.