LATE SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 19616, 23 July 1927, Page 9

LATE SPORTING

SOUTH CANTERBURY HUNT RACES. The South Canterbury Hunt Club’s Meeting was held at Wasbdyke. The weather broke during the night, with considerable rainfall, but cleared before the opening race. As a result the track was somewhat heavy, and the conditions also affected tho attendance. Results:— Hadlow Hurdles, HOsovs. IJm. —1 Aberfeldy (10.5) 1, 3 Guncase (10.0) 2, 4 Beauty Light (9.4) 3. Scratched; Tho Harp, Relic. Head; three lengths. Time, 2min 54 l-ssec. South Canterbury Steeplechase, 200sovs. 2)m. —1 Charlatan (11.4) 1, 3 Isla Bank (9.6) 2,2 Vice-Grand (10.11) 3. Scratched: Cartoon; Kamii, Radiac, Night. Raid, Mettle Drift. Ten lengths; eight lengths. Time, sjnin 33 3-ssec. PareoraSteeplechase, ISOsors. 2m.— 2 The Babe (9.9) 1, 1 Royal Fashion (9.10) 2, 6 Mataipufce (9.9) 3. Scratched: Krasnoi. A neck; four lengths. Time, 4min 17 l-ssec. Levels Hack Handicap, 90sovs. 61'.Cassolette (10.3) 1 ; Shandre (10.4) _2, Dubious (10.9) 3. Scratched: Fairy Tidings, Rory Q’More, Grey Finch. A neck; a neck. Time, Imin 19sec. A MARE OF PATRICIAN BLOOD. BOUGHT IN ENGLAND FOR OTAGO. The British Bloodstock Agency has purchased to tho order of Wright, Stephenson, and Co. a filly that was selected for Mr L. C. Hazlelt, ot Salisbury, and she is to be shipped to Dunedin at : once. She was ioaled in 1925, and is by the liighly-successful English sire Stedfast front Macores by Mackintosh from Azores. Stedfast won over £26,000 in stakes in England, and as a sire has already produced winners of 150 races, valued in the total at £63,000. The Night Patrol and Air Balloon, now racing in Australia, are both by Stedfast. Only four youngsters by Stedfast were listed for sale this year, and Mr Hazlctt stipulated that lie was to have one of them. Macores has already thrown five winners. The young aristocrat that Mr Hnzlett has acquired is intended to be ultimately mated with Tractor, the son of The Tetrarch that is at Salisbury.

GOLF. £I,OOO PROFESSIONAL PRIZE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 22. (Received July 23, at 10.30 a.m.) Jones and Kirkwood beat Tolley and Wcthered in a fonr-ballcr foursome by ouo hole after being all square. In the third round at the Gleneagles tourney Ray beat Kindi by one hole, Havers beat Twine 3 and 2, Cotton beat Young 2 and 1, Whitcorabc beat Ockenden 0 and 5. In the semi-finals, Roy beat Havers, 5 and 4. and Whitcombo beat Cotton, 3 and 2.—A. and N.Z. and ‘Sun’ Cable. BOXING. BANTAM CHAMPIONSHIP. SYDNEY, July 23. (Received July 23, at 10.30 a.m.) In the bantam diamnionship <jf Australia Cowan outpointed Thurdon in a fifteen-round bout. RUGBY. / NEW SOUTH WALES TEAM’S TOUR . SYDNEY, July 23. (Received July 23, at 10.35 a.m.) The New South Wales to tour England was enthusiastically farewellcd on its departure for Melbourne, where it v.-jl! play a match to-day, and then join the steamer Ormonde there on Tuesday for England.

CRICKET. RICHARDSON’S ENG A CEMENTS. ADELAIDE, July 23. (Received July 23, at 1U.30 a.m.) It is authoritatively stated that Arthur Richardson has accepted attractive offers to coach in Western Australia and England. After spending the summer in Perth ho will leave for Englamd under an engagement to play for" the Bacup Club. COACH FOR CANTERBURY.' JPek United Pr.r.ss Association-.] ' CHRISTCHURCH, July 23. J. Newman, of Hants, has neon appointed coach to the Canterbury Cricket Association, and swill begin his duties next season. DAVIS CUP. FRANCE BEATS DEN-MARK. COPENHAGEN, July 22. (Received July 23, at I p.m.) France eliminated Denmark from the Davis Cup, and meets the winner of the American zone in the final. Borotra and Brugnon brat Petersen and Ulrich, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3; Borotra beat Petersen, 6-8, 6-2, 6-1, 6-O.—A. and N.Z. and ‘ Sun ’ Cable.