SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 18137, 29 November 1922, Page 5

SPORTING

FORBURY TROTS—FRIDAY. Good fields are assured for the Forbury Trotting Club’s Meeting that opens on Friday of this week. The chief event that day is the President's Handicap, for which there are thirteen acceptors, including tho costly colt Aoron. Child Pointer and Trix Pointer are talked about as likely candidates for this race, and many will no doubt like tho chances of Acron. TROTTING CHATTER. [Special to the ‘ Star.’] CHRISTCHURCH, November 29. After racing at Forbury Park Delvillo Wood will be taken North and raced at tho Auckland Trotting Club’s Summer Meeting. Buzz Buzz and Black Rust, two Aus-tralian-bred trotters, have arrived at Auckland, and will be raced there next month. Owing to the withdrawal of Logan Chief from the President’s Handicap at Forbury Park, A. Butterfield will pilot Peter Mac. The special horse tea,in to Dunedin tomorrow will take forty-one horses. The aged trotting gelding King Capitalist recently changed hands at £2O. Logan. Chief will not fulfil Ids engagements at the Forbury Park Spring ingTHE TAKAiPUNA MEETING. The totaldsator turnover for tho two days was £107,369, compared with) £136,910 last year. Remaining results on yesterday’s card: Rakino Handicap, 200sovs. 5f.-Ta.rlo-ton (7.12) 1, Muda (7.5) and Soltana (6.11) dead heat for second place. Head. Time, llmin l^sec. Pupuke Hack Handicap, 250sovs. 9f.— Peter Maxwell (7.7) 1, Pete-gram (7.11) 2, tPplini (7.7) 3. Half a head; length. 'Time, linin 56jsec, Kawau Handicap Hurdles, SOOsovs. l|m. —Hyginas (10.5) 1, fib-ell Shock (10.6) 2, Passin’ Through (10.13) 3. Length and -a-quarter; half a length. Time, 3min ■l6sco. Welter Handicap, 460sovs. 7f.—Refinement 1, Gold Jaoket 2, Cool -Stimulants 3 BOWLING, POUR-RINK CHAMPIONSHIP. Dunedin v. Green Island, on Green Island Green, last evening (Dunedin names first). —Crawford, Dow, Neill, Pietersou 14, Hudson, M’Mullan, M‘Lean, Rawlinson 16; Bishop, MTaddpn, Nelson, Hogg 82, Brown, -Strang, W. C. Smelliq, A. Harraway 9; Best, Gregory, Bame-s, E. Harraway 15, Young, Walker, Callender, H. Harraway 17; Steel, Smith, S. Hutchison, Stewart 17, Kane, Lindsay, Millar, A. Smellie 14. Totals; Dunedin, 66; Green Island, 56. Roslyn v. Taieri, a-t Mosgiel, last evening (Taieri names first). —Thomson, Foote, 'Gibson, Carswell 18, -Simpson, Todd, Dickson, Miller 17; Tony, Quelch, J. Thomson, Mackie 10, Matheson, Allen, C. Anderson, Wilkinson 14; MTCinnon, W. Allen, Cousins, Stevenson 13, Harraway, Morrison, F. Anderson, Wedderspoon 16; Hay, M'Leod, Leith, W. Allen 15, Wood, Soott, M'Gilvary, Campbell 19. Totals: Roslyn, 66; Taieri, 56.

TENNIS. VICTORIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. In the Women’s Doubles Championship Mrs Lister and Miss Mountain defeated Misses Boyd and Rendall, 12-10, 5-7, 7-5. Melbourne cable. RIFLE SHOOTING. The Bruce Defence Rifle Club on Saturday afternoon fired the second of three competitions for prizes presented by the duo s handicappers. The weather conditions were ideal, and some good scores were registered. Rifleman M. Paul put on a creditable score with a total of 66 points, getting one off the possible at 500yds. Rifleman A. Paul is at present leading in the competition. Conditions: Competition to occupy three Saturdays; two best scores to count; ranges, 300yds and 500yds; seven shots and optional sighter at each range; handicap limit, 66. Best scores :

The annual rifle match between the Old /Boys and the Present Boys of the Otago ■High School will take place to-morrow afternoon at Peliobot Bay range. The following is the Old Boys’ team: Bannerman, Baron, Beal, Gxeenalade, Mills, Proudfoot, Smith, Stout, P. Wales, and R. Wales.

300 500 yds. yds. Hp. TI. Rifleman M. Paul .. . 32 34 66 Rifleman A. Paul . 30 31 4 — 65 Rifleman E, Chalmers.. . 28 25 10 — 63 Rifleman T, Aloir . 51 31 62