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SPORTING.

BILLIARDS. Cabled from London that in < J 'h& gape ot .18,000 up present scaes are t H. W. Stevenson (England), 3,001; Geo. Gray (Australia), 2,811. Stevenson yesterday mode breaks of 367 and 339. MOTOR CYCLING CLUB. At the ordinary meeting, held in the club rooms last night, several new members were elected, bringing the present membership up to close on 100. Next Saturday a hill-clim)bing sealed handicap contest will be held on Saddle Hill. Mr Paterson, a rider from England, will give ah exhibition of hill-climbing and comer work. This gentleman hao a good reputation as a first-class rider in England. The Hislop cup reliability test will probably be from Invercargill to Dunedin, but the exact locality i%not fixed. The Otago and Invercargill Motor Cycle Clubs contemplate holding a combined hill-climbing and petrolconsumption test competition between members of the clubs. The date lias not been arranged, but the Christmas holidays will no doubt see the trial eventuate. A TRIPLE CROWN WINNER. A London cable reports the death of the racehorse Isinglass, by Isonomy. who won the Two Thousand Guineas, the Derby, and the St. Leger for Mr H. M'Calrnont in 1893. The other winners of this treble are: West Australian (1853), Gladiateur (1865), Lord Lyon (1866), Ormonde (1886), Common (1891), Galtee More (1897), Flying Fox (1899), Diamond Jubilee (1900), Rock Sand (1903). THURSDAY ROWLING. Caversham v. Kaikorai, at Caversham. Caversham : Murray, Stevenson, Brown, Glasso (e); Todd, Barron, Wilkinson, Blackwood (s). C.J.C. COMMITTEE. CHRISTCHURCH, December 6. The Canterbury Jockey Club have decided to install a 10s totalise tor at the Summer Meeting of the C.J.C. The committee liave upheld the appeal of Cl. Cudby (owner), C. Pritchard (trainer), and V. Coleman (rider) against their disqualification in connection with the running of Cold Bird in the Hurdle Race at the recent meeting at Riccarton. The stewards of the club,' liaving read the additional evidence, concurred in the removal of the disqualifications.

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Evening Star, Issue 14741, 6 December 1911, Page 6

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SPORTING. Evening Star, Issue 14741, 6 December 1911, Page 6

SPORTING. Evening Star, Issue 14741, 6 December 1911, Page 6