SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 16, 31 December 1910, Page 3

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

“THE SPORT OF KINGS.”

FIXTURES. December 26. 29. January 2, 3.— Auckland R.C. December 31 and January 2. —Greymouth J.C. January 2. —Waikanae Hack R.C. January 2. —Met!, ven R.C. January 2. —Waikoaaiti R.C. January 2. 3. —Hawkes Bay J.C.

HAWKE S BAY JOCKEY CLUB.

SUMMER MEETING. The summer meeting - of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Chib xx ill Be inaugurated at Hastings on Monday next (New Year's Day), and with ordinary luck in the way of fine weather tlie attendance, with the usual influx <>f visitors, for the opening of the New Tear, and no other holiday attractions on the bill. is sure to reach large dimensions.

The number of acceptances received for the opening day’s events has been satisfactorily large, and is a substantia! increase on last year’s figures. The contestants are mostly local horses, but still the fields are likely to provide racing of a high standard, and punters will require to don their thinking caps to sort out the good things. : The course and surroundings arein excellent order, despite the un- i usually dry season. A heavy [ shower of rain would improve the; going considerably, although care-; taker ‘‘Jerry’’ Goughian and his! assistants have left nothing to be desired.

The Hastings Town Band will be in attendance on both days of the fixture, and select programmes will be rendered. A suitable time-table has been arranged by the Railway Department, and trains will run from both ends of the district, stopping at the racecourse platform. The first race is timed to i-Sibart-at 12.30/

SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. Auckland. Dec. 30. There was an attendance of over 500 at J. Williamson’s stables, Ellerslie, this afternoon, when Mr. H. O. Nolan, on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, conducted a blood stock sale. The first nine lots offered belonged to Mr. Wm. Patterson, of Motiti Island, and comprised yearlings and two-year-olds, most of which were by the Castor-Sapphire sire Motiti. Eight lots were disposed of for 198 gs, the best figures reached being 60gs for a racy-look-ing yearling colt named Allworthy, by Motiti from the now famous Tauriki. Six lots were submitted by the Kaiwi breeder, Mr. G. M. Currie, five of the lots being by Field Battery. Competition was keenest for a yearling by Field Battery from Our J_.ady. a brother to Bronze, who has been winning of late. -This youngster reached 12(»gs. at which figure he was knocked down to the Te Axvamutu owner. Mr. A. H. Dingle. In all the six lots brought 277g5.

Mr. H. Mackenzie, of the Ascot Stud F arm. offered five lots, four of which were disposed of for a total of 162 gs, the main contributor to this sum being a sturdy chestnut yearling colt by Monoform— Daffodil, which was secured by the Gisborne sportsman, Mr. F. Loomb, for lOOgs. Mr. W. Dunn, of Rosedale Park, Pukekohe. sold three out of five lots for Io6gs. Mr. Donald McKinnon disposed of one lot and withdrew anomer. Three yearlings by Powerful, brother to Seahorse, were placed under the hammer by Mr- J. D. Kemp, of Awhitu. the first bringing in Obgs. Of this lot one was a half-brother to Electrakoff. which went cheaply at 39gs to the owner of the latter. Messrs. R. and R. Ditder. parted with two out of six lots for 42gs. An offer of 2titigs was made for a brown filly by Soult Cuirasette. at which figure the yearling was passed, the Messrs. Duder expecting at least 250 gs. Four out of the five lots submitted by Mr. E. P. Paul, of Mangere, were passed. A two-year-old half-brother to Ngapttka realised tugs. In all. .32 lots out of 45 were sold for 997g5. TAKAPAU RACING CLUB. The annual meeting of the Takapan Racing Club was held ve-ter day. the weather being tine, although somewhat cold amt windy. Results : - - Maiden Plate. Turqueena 1, Sunrose 2. Kohiipatiki 3. Also started : Suffragette. Lady Edna. A furlong from the post Turqueena came io the inside, ami f< i..:i‘ . ahead won by two lengths. Ifii 1 " a length separated second a'l ! ti.iid. Time. I mitt 22 c ec. Ttikapan Handicap. - ■impt.s.u'de 1. Storm King 2. Aomararama 3. Only starters. Impossible !•. d ail

lite-way. winning easily bv aboutl 100 yards. 1 Ashcott Handicap Scurry.—New | Idea 1, Lady Edna 2. Waikuku 3. j Also started : Goodform, Lady Adair, Sunrose. Suffragette. Manitou, Lady Possible. Te Huhuti, Captain Flatter, Rangihou. Hipera, Staffa, Waikorari. Won by 1.l lengths ; half a length divided second and third.

Ladies’ Bracelet. —Impossible 1, Waikuku 2. Kohupatiki also started, but did not finish. Won by four lengths. Oruawharo Handicap.—Turqueena 1. Lady Edna 2. Only starters. Won easily by two lengths. Tasma Handicap.—Good form 1. Sunrose 2. Staffa 3. Also started : Waikuku. Lady Adair. Lady Possible. Captain Flatter. Rangihou. Waikarari. Mon by a neck ; half • t length separat-.'d second and third. ’

TENNIS.

HAWKE’S BA YcLUB. ! The following handicaps have been declared for the Haxvkeo’s Bay Lawn Tennis Club’s tournament. which opens to-day on the club’s courts. Napier South :— M"n's Handicap Singles (60 points).—S. Macfarlane owe 10. Symonds scratch. Lyttelton scratch, Lilly scratch. Mongol iouth scratch, Erie M ellwood 5. Maddison 5, A. O. "Wellwood 10, Tomoana 10, Citing 10. Cowan 10, Brabant 10. Syme 10, Rome 15, Mason 15. Snodgrass 20, Coates 2n. J. T. Well wood 20. Luttrell 20.

Men’s Handicap Doubles (70 points).—Symonds and Macfarlane scratch. Ebbet and Maddison scr., Margoiiouth and Cowan receive 5. E. and O. Wellwood 10, Lyttelton and Sinclair 10, Lily and Gruf 15. Symes and Tomoana 15, Brabant and J. M ellwood 20, Rome and Ching 20, Mason and Snodgrass 25. Ladies’ Handicap Singles (50 points).—Miss Eileen 'Wellwood owe 5. Miss (1. Hill owe 5. Mrs. Wagg scratch'," Miss ; 8i Clark scr at ch, Miss Irvine scratch, Mists l). "Wellwood receive 5, Miss J. Hindmarsh 5. Mrs. Cato 10, Miss Kettle 10. Miss N. Hindmarsh 10, Miss Eva Wellwood 10, Miss H. M. Stewart 20, Miss E. Hill 20, Miss F. Clark 20. Miss E. Davis 25, Miss Osborne 25, Miss S. Dinwiddie 25, Miss Robinson 25.

Ladies’ Handicap Doubles (50 points).—-Misses Nex ill and D. Wellwood owe 10, Mrs. Wagg and Eileen Wellwood owe 5, Misses S. Clark and J. Hindmarsh scratch, Mrs. Kennedy and Miss G. Hill scratch. Airs.’Cato and Miss Eva "Wellwood receive 5, Misses Stewart and Irvine 5, Misses F. Clark and N. Hindmarsh 10, Misses E. Hill and Dinwiddie 15, Misses M. Miller and E. Davis 15, Misses Osborne and Robinson 20.

Combined Handicap Doubles (60 points).—Mrs. Cato and Macfarlane scratch. Miss Snow ('lark and Margoliouth scratch. Miss Neville and A. O. "Wellwood scr., Miss G. Hill and Brabant rec. 5. Airs. AVagg and Lilly 5, Miss I). AV ellwood and E. vVellwood 5. ATiss Irvine and Maddison 5. Miss J. Hind marsh and Ching 10. Miss Eva Al ellwood and Cowan 10, Aliss Stewart and Grut 15, Aliss Davis and Tomoana 15, Aliss Robinson and Alason 20, Aliss Osborne and Symes 20. Aliss Dinwiddie and Snodgrass 25, Aliss D. Lever and Coates 25.

THE CENTRE COUNCIL DIFFICULTY.

A Wellington writer, in commenting on the dissatisfaction existing in the Auckland, Canterbury, and Otago Associations, suggests a way out of the difficultv as follows:--

"There is a proposal liiat the present writer would make that might well lie a wav out of the difficulties. I; is that the North Island and South Island' should form two separate bodies, each having a council, managed in much the same fashion as the present New Zealand body of course, under similar systems of proportionate representation - end having the powers at present exercised by the New Zealand Council (after some curtailment) vested m a central body. The central body should be composed of delegates from each council in a proportion, say. of one to each thousand members of clubs affiliated io those councils. This centre would be to the two bodies as is the Australasian <'ouncil to the several States m it. anri would

have tin- complete management of ail New Zealand matters. The management for each island would control all toiiniaments under its iurisdict mm ami so relieve the centre. Tins method would be distinctly revolutionary , it must be ad mitted. but there are many reasons v.liv it should be cait-fiilly considered."

ATHLETIC NOTES. (By “Four Forty.’') The season has opened, and some of our local boys have already done well in the two small meetings held on Monday and Tuesday last at Waipukurau and Ormondville respectively. E. J. Donnelly was the luckiest runner from Hastings. He was first in both the 220 and 440 yards Waipukurau Handicap, and at Ormondville ran second in the 50 yards Dash and second in the 100 yards Ormondville Handicap. He is to be congratulated on having won the cup at the Waipukurau Sports. It only remains for him to win it again next year, when it will become his absolute property. The track at Waipuk was not in the best of condition, being very hard, and at plme> shingly. Donnelly told me ;rt Ormondville that it . took it out at km;, and I can finite believe hi.n. He certainly did not run so well on Tuesday as Le did on Momhtv. He leaves to<iav for Taimipe to rural the meeti 1 ncr t’hA?n , .1-. ’. Th . ...

mg tl-ere on Momffiy. There are 0p... or two pm-tty l.lg prizes to be v’.on at the meeting, and I hope to hear of his success in winning them. He’s got a good heart, which is one essential for good runners. Ferguson ran the W yards in good style on Alonday. winning both his heat ami the final. He’s a good little sprinter, but is over anxious, and v/ith a severe starter would be penalised. J n the final <m Monday he got what one might i teim a flying start. He s going up to Taihape. too. and should do all Hight there m the short distance. Hartshorn did not run up to ex- . [u'ctations at either meeting. He

: seemed to have been treated rather severely by the handicapper, but j it must be remembered that this is : hjs first venture among the professionals. and could not be thrown in ! too lightly by the handicapper, i Perhaps at the next meeting he j might be treate d with a little more ; leniency. j In the mile run at OrmondviHe j Ray Redwood ran what must be termed a good race. He started off at a “hot pace,” and to the surprise of many he maintained it 1 ’ght through and finished up with -a bright smile and as fresh as the proverbial daisy. He must be in

excellent fettle, and must have put in a good deal of training. I unI tierstand Redvvard is running at Taihape also. I was glad to see T. C. Williams break the tape in the Alaiden Race on Alonday. He has put in some solid training, and deserved his win. I believe he is running at Onga Onga on Alonday next, and is keeping fit for the meeting. He •' s the only person I have seen on j Cornwall Park this week. C. B. j AA'eenink had hard luck at i both meetings, but ran consistent;ly He ran first in the 5(1 yards j Dash at OrmondviHe, and two seej onds and one third at the same [meeting. On Monday he got two seconds. In the cycling events at AVaipukurau 0. E. Burton had things all his own way, winning both the one and two mile races off scratch as lie liked. Kyle, who won the bovs’ bike race, showed good style, and with careful training should be placed first in future events. He is a bit young yet to take on the ti ack, but in a few more years should do well. Talking about training, it is generally recognised that the best age t > train is from twenty-three years !t > twenty-seven. Under the age of [nineteen a boy should indulge in as 1 much exercise and sports as possible, . hut he does not need trainling. His young body is as fit as it i would be wise to train it to be. ■ Twenty-seven sears generally sees the end of a sprinter’s career as a

< nampion. Long distance men can remain in good trim up to forty AA alking is considered one of the Best exercises that any man can take if he is training. Be it for sprinting or cross-i-oiintiy running, rowing or boxing. Jumping or heavy weight lifting, walking is the exercise beneficial beyond all others. Softly, easily, unconsciously. but surely it gets at every mus-<-i<- of the body. '1 he question arises when to walk and low far. A walk before breakfast. a mile and back, is undoubtedly Letter than all the medicine in the world. If a man’s occupat’on allows it. four or five miles may be negotiated between breakfast and dinner. After tea three or four miles. For the clerk and business man the walk between breakfast ;'iiil dinner is barred, but there is m thing to prevent before breakfast and after tea pedestrianism. S-. much for walking. Next Saturday 1 hope to deal at some leimlh with massage fur the athlete m training. At rhe Port Nicholson Cycling ( oil. s meeting on the Basin Re-si-rve. AVcllington. next Alonday. seme good races should be witnessed. There are 'die lialf. one. and two-mile races for both amateurs ami professionals.

Two runners. well-known in Hawke’s Bay—L. C. AleLochlin and A Campbell—have been having a good innings in the South Island. Both are running in splendid form, and have each won several races during the Christmas holidays. Should the Hastings Cycling and Athletic Club succeed in arranging with Holway, the world’s champion sprinter, to visit Hastings about January 25th, both the above-named brilliant performers will probably be competing. AL O’Hagan was in good form with the hammer and shot, winning both these events at AA’aipukurau and OrmondviHe. There is one thing I would recommend sports clubs to do if they wish the support of competitors, and that is to see that they have a competent starter. At both Ormondville and AVaipukurau thei starting was very indifferent, at the | latter place especially so, there !>eing scarcely an event in which some of the runners did not beat the starter. It seems useless to

have a handicapper to allot the starts and in whose opinion there is a difference of half-yards only !)< tween some of the competitors, and then to see men gain an advantage of sometimes as much as five or six yards by beating the pistol. Of course, the position of starter is an unthankful one at all times, and clubs cannot always have a good man on hand, but still, I think they would be studying their own interests if they went to a little trouble to secure one, even if they have to pay him to officiate, as in my opinion a good starter is equally as important as a good handicapper.

AV. F. Trembath gave an example of his sprinting powers at the Kaitangata Athletic Club’s sports on Alonday, when he won the Sheffield Handicap. 130yds. He was second in the first heat, in which he took things easily, won the semi-final in J3sec, and the final in 12 4-ssec. He was. of course, on the scratch mark. Trembath also started in the 220yds handicap, and got second in his heat, but in the final was blocked, and could not get through. The Sheffield Handicap at the Clutha Caledonian Society’s sports was won by J. G. Foster (9yds),

with E. Bishop (12yds) second, and G. Curran (6yds) third. “Four Forty” will be pleased if athletes will send him'items of general interest for publication in this column. Letters may be addressed to “Four Forty,” care ol “The Tribune,” Napier or Hastings.

CRICKET.

On Monday next two matches are to be played on Napier Recreation Ground. The teams for No. ] match are Hastings: Kolbe. Geake, Ryan, Young, Davis, Cato, Overton, Alartin, Chaplin, and Betts. Napier: J. H. Board, A. Fenton, J. O’Brien, J. AA’hite, A. Martin, E. C. Beale, 11. Cato, S. Brownette, G. Hawke, AV. Heslop, A. Dowsett. The second match will be between second-grade representatitves of the Saturday and AVednesday dubs. The teams are as follows :—Saturday players: Carter, Stevens. Papps. Elmes, Alinett (Railway) Coggins, Stone, Newbegin (Hastings), Spence, Hughes (United), Rudolph Anderson (Ahuriri) ; extras: Herd, Glassford (Napier). AVednesday players: AVoodcock, Aiderton, Evans, H. Simmonds, Lawson, Long, Ling, Halligan, Apsey. Sehattky and another Hastings player. PROFESSIONA L PLAYERS.

Dunedin, Dec. 30. At a special meeting of the Otago Cricket Asocisation this afternoon it was resolved that the Otago delegates to the New Zealand Association be instructed to vote in favour of the motion that professional players shall be excluded from taking part in Plunket Shield matches. LIKENED TO THE GAME OF LIFE. I’ne Rev. E. O. Blamires. one of AA eliington’s -most popular placers, preached a sermon on Sunday week on the subject of “ Cricket, the Sport of the Sunny Summer." Air. Jilamn’cs likened the game of cricket, to the game of life. If '■ticket had been the go nineteen Hundred years ago, the Apostles might have formed an eleven. In the game there was that demon bowler Temptation, who sent down the swift ball of sudden trial, the " googiie ' of insinuating suggest-i lion. or. as a change, the ' itixit mg tiill-jtitcher of sugar-coated sin. Then there were the stumps to defend—rhe body, the heart, and i the mind. The scorer was the Re-; cording Angel. And in the past there were some top-sawyer batsmen. such as Abraham, Jacob, and | Aloses. ]