SPORTING.

Evening Star, Issue 14626, 24 July 1911, Page 5

SPORTING.

! WELLINGTON WINTER MEETING. ; Th;.i totalizator turn-over for the three , day,,' racing at 'henthain amounted to ! £,sy,olß, v.'huli ;,- £23,8154 over hir-t. y<.>.zr. i when bookmakers were lic.tiioed. foncludini; events on Saturday restated : Winter Oats, of 200<:ovb. Irn.- -EJe,tiakoff (11.2) 1, Wiiimera (10.11; 2, Inov (9.4) 3. Won by a. head. Time, lrni'n 45 o-5,-ec. i Final Hurdler, of 2o0;.ovj;. \_}m. Xonh-eoft (10.2) 1, Don Qucs (9.4) 2. Nappev (10.1) o. Won taeilv. Time, 3miu 21sec. Kia Ora Handicap, of K'JOsovs. 6f.■■Odessa (9.7) 1, Sandy Paul (9.13) 2, Big 13 Last (9.0) 3. Won by ;i. nose. Time", lmio 22sec. THE YEAR'S PREMIER JOCKEY. Saturday's racing at, Trrnlham brought tho racing season 1910-11 to a, close. Hector Gray piloted two winners, and heads the lift with 70 winnim.,' mounts, Whit taker coming t-econd with 77. THE CHANNEL "SWIM. Cabled tli.it tho well-known .swimmer Wolff, who ha.s made ecvoial previous attempts, started from Sangatte, near Grisnez. to swim the Eri!;ludi Channel. After 15 hom.s in tho water he reached within a mile of St. Margaret's Bay. and gave up to tronblctofne shoal water. NEW ZEALANDERS ABR. D In the Prees sports at tho Stadi ■* Shepherd's Bueh, Loudon, on Satu. Opie (Christchurch), ran third in tho ISO Yards Race. Ho won his heat in 15 l-seec. Skoet (Nelson) also ran. Stewart (Tasmania) won t!u 75 Yards Raco in Bscc. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. Arnst and Pcarce, declare themselves at tho top of their form, and art- equally confident, of winning Saturday's race. CRICKET. The Marylebone team sail for Australia en September 29. COURSING. In tho Australian Waterloo Gup, at Sydney, Rooty Hill beat Will Mack in the final course and won the stake.