SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

Evening Star, Issue 14185, 9 October 1909, Page 6

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

RAND WICK TRAINING NOTES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, October 9. (Received October 9, at 11.40 a.m.) Dhobi ran twelve furlongs in 2min 46sec, Eventime and Sperry eleven furlongs in 2min olsec, Woorooma eleven furlongs in 2min 35sec, ELkhorn a mile in Imju fiOsec, Santos and Shifter nine furlongs in 2min 6sec. The weather is fine for the concluding day of the A.J.C. spring meeting. RACING IN ENGLAND. A London cable slates that at Kempton Park yesterday the Imperial Produce Plate, of 0.000 sovs, 6f, for two-year-olds, resulted:—Neil Gow 1, Sunningdale 2, Santafina 5. BOXING. Record entries have been received for tho boxing and wrestling tournament to be held on Monday and 'l’uosday evenings at His ?tlajesty’s Theatre. One six-round bout will be held each evening between Cade, middle-weight champion of Canterbury, and Cooper, middle-weight champion of Otago; and on the second evening Leckie, feather-weight champion of Otago, and Kaill, feather-weight champion of Southland, will contest six rounds. There will also be open competitions for bantam, feather, light, welter, and middle weights, and the boat of Otago’s boxers will participate. Tho catch-a-s-catch-can wrestling for amateurs has caught on, and each class shows good entries. Pi*,fessor Duffey, Jiu-Jitsu champion of England, will give an exhibition of Jiu-Jitsu wrestling, and will forfeit £5 to any man who Breaks any of the holds the professor will pub on him. Mr B, Ccok, of Timaru, will referee the bouts, and will be assisted by Messrs Batfc and Shaw as judges. The Dominion representatives returned from Sydney by the Warrimoo. Mr Atack, manager of the team, expressed the opinion that Watchorn (welter. Palmerston _ North) easily earned the verdict, which went against him. Mr Atack says that the Commonwealth will be strongly represented at next year’s championships in Auckland.