THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 1451, 27 March 1911, Page 2

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

BY ELEOTHIC TELEGSAPH— COPYBIBHT. (PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) VICTORIAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS. Melbourne, March 26. At the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association's championship meeting, Davis won the 120 yards' hurdles m 16 seconds, establishing a Victorian record. Murray won the mile walk in 6.40 4-s—a Victorian record. Kelly" won the running high junro. clearing 6ft o|in — an Australasian record. Wheatley secured the verdict in. the mile run, covering the distance in 4.50. SAVIMMING , RECORDS. Miss Pearce won the fifty yards' ladies' swimming championship of New .South Wales in 35 1-5. Dicknian established a ; new mile professional record, covering the distance in 25min. 30 4-5 sec.., which is 37|eec. inside Nuttall's previous record. RACEHORSE OWNER'S ESTATE. London, March 26. The personalty of Mr Joseph Henry Houldsworth, racehorse owner, has been proved at £327,507. He bequeathed £200,000 to charities, mostly in Scotland, and £5000 to James Ryan, his Newmarket trainer. BILLIARDS. London, March 26. George Gray made a score of 8000, including a break of 1295. Harverson made 2262. A correpondent to the Times suggeste that, with a view to preventing George Gray's special stroke dominating billiards, all losing hazards off the red and white count two and all cannons three, this being preferable to barring the red stroke. CAMBRIDGE v. OXFORD. London, March 26. At the inter-University eports, Cambridge won six events ana Oxford four.