SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 18034, 31 July 1922, Page 4

SPORTING

GISBORNE RACES. Xho Gisborne Club’s Steeplechase -Meeting concluded on Saturday. The weather was dull and the going good. The totalisator handled £15,357, compared with £17,912 the second day of last year. Tho total for the meeting was £27,438, a decrease of £6,458. Principal results on Saturday:— Waikanae Handicap. Im.—Heather Sprig (11.5) and Scotch Mixture (10.0) dead beat 1, Verbosity (11.4) 3. Also started: Hyrax 10.8, Multifual 10.7, Queens Up 10.2, Actifid 9.12, Mumble 9.10, Orawia 9.9, Palotonga 9.3, Lord Mu skerry 9.0, White Hope 9.0. Third horse a head away. Time, Irani 43|sec. Te Hapara Steeples. 2|m. —Gay Boy (10.11) 1, Silver Stride (10.12) 2, Polthougue (9.0) 3. Powder. King, Gold Scene, and Uak Rose foil, Totara Jack baulked, and Poltboguo ran off. Won by four lengths. Polthoguo was remounted and finished third, some minutes later. Time. Smin 40eco-

CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

Essex, 368 and 275; Kent, 303 and 233 for four wickets (drawn). Somerset, 288 and 249 for eight wickets, beat. Middlesex, , 545 (innings declared closed, Hendren 100 not out) and 185. London cable.

OTAGO HUNT.

Another successful meet was hold by the Otago Hunt on Saturday at Woodeaton. over a course traversing the properties of Messrs M'Mullan, Brown, Wilkinson, and Hamilton. Tho pack was in great fettle, and led the followers at a merry clip, which was thoroughly enjoyed by those who took part in tho run. There were a number of horses out qualifying for tho Otago Hunt Club, races, and they all Jumped exceedingly well.

NEW SWIMMING RECORD.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, July 29. (Received July 31, at 8.5 a.m.) Miss Helen Wainwright, swimming in a 100-metro lagoon, set a now world’s record for 200yds—viz., 161-^sec.

END OF RACING SEASON.

WINNING OWNERS AND HORSES. [Special to the ‘ Stab.’] CHRISTCHURCH, July 51. The New Zealand racing season closes to-day. The principal statistics of tho season are: —Winning Owners.— G. D. Greenwood) £15,150, Sir Gcorgo Clifford £11,347, A. B. Williams £11,055, W. R. Kembali £10,806, G. Hannon £8.135, the estate of tho late Mr \I 7 . J. Douglas £6,090, W. G. Stead £5,755, R. A. M'Kenzio £5,245, W. Duncan £5,170, G. M. Currie £4,915, F. S. Easton £4,865, E. Riddiford £4,633. ; —Winning Horses.— Gloaming £6,765, Winning Hit £4,780, Epitaph £4,260, Thespian £4,240, Songbird £3,995, Paonui £3,770, Amythas £3,565, Anomaly £3,510, Tinohoro £3,175, Grotesque £5,145, Bomerday £3,060, L'ieurrection £5,050, Bonnie . Winhie £3,009, Income £3,000, Pluto £2,930. Printemps £2,865, Rational £2,860, Ngafe £2,665. —Winning Sires.— Absurd £36,498, Martian £24,334, Kilbroney £21.322, 'Demosthenes £19,530, Bonifom £15,146, Solferino £14,898.