MISCELLANEOUS SPORTING.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3960, 12 August 1930, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS SPORTING.

[By Gleaner.f RACING.

SuncTiild paid a huge price in the Trial Handicap on Saturday. Regal Voyage, Aleron and Tiremoa ‘would carry most of the money. Ambition and Fifa, first and second respectively in the Introductory Handicap were given out as tne best of good things for ‘this race. Under heavy going, the early favourite for the August ‘Handicap, MurimADe Oro, must have found Pluto and Imprint too solid. George Key and Sodium were too good for all the cracks in the 4 year old handicap. Warplane duly credited J. Shaw with a win in the Selwyn Handicap. Vendome proved her right to be classed as one of «the best mile horses in commission by winning the International Handicap. Matu and Aurora Borealis are still favourites for the National Steeple. Given a stand up, these two and Snowfall should fill the places. Mangani, King’s Jest and Oarinithia look best in the Hurdles, though Mister Gamp will be thereabouts at the finish. Given a good jump out Full Feather would win the Winter Cup but, slow to begin, this great finisher may find the big mile race just a trifle too short. Havering, Black Duke, Staghunter and Toxeuma will will probably carry most money and may fight out the finish. Charlatan should win one of the shorter steeples. Radiac looks the goods in the Enfield Steeple. He is a bonny jumper. Painkiller, from W. Stone’s team, will find solid opposition !in Charmeuse and Desert Song in the Cashmere Plate to-day. Night March should be a fit horse when he lands in Australia. He has been reeling oft’ great times over 4 furlongs at Eiccarton. Paquito and Limerick did a work out at Randwick last week,' while In the Shade put up the best gallop of the morning. Eaglet is not ready yet. She needs more racing. Pennyplain is back in work. A good jumper this fellow. Aussie is spelling up Auckland way. Last year’s crack sprinter lost ah form in Australia and usually finished last in his races. Racing under heavy weights must have got to the bottom of him. West Dome, under F. Langford’s care, should win a Hunter’s event during National meeting. FOOTBALL. The local Junior game was quite interesting. The local side was unfortunate in losing A. Buckham, who was playing the game of his life and was all over the opposition. A knee injury is always a painful one. Here’s hoping Arthur will be out again soon. Fletcher, as 5-8, played a slashing game, while Jim Snell, thqggh a little green, gave a good display as half-back. Bob Cowie again saved his side repeatedly. L. Wallace, when shifted into first 5-8, played a great game. The other Q’town backs did not anticipate play enough and were caught flat-footed instead oi taking 1 the ball on the run. Ingles and Nelson in the first half were almost as good as Buckham, while Bob Robins and W. Davidson went well in the second spell. Feebly and Shaw were the outstanding for Arrow. The latter uses his height effectively in the lineouts. The school games were only fair and Arthurs Point were unlucky to lose the final, although Wallace’s try was fully earned. Wednesday sees the finish of British I tour. It has been a financial success but I’m afraid we havent’ learn|ed much from it. We’ll stick to our 7-scrum and rover, for as a method

of attack they are more effective than an 8-scrum with its two breakaway forwards. We also learned that our Management Committee, headed by S. S. Dean, has’nt the interests of football at heart. Clubs and provincial unions want to see that the right delegates are sent to Wellington next year to turn the whole crowd at present on the committee out, get all tours stopped for a few years and build up our club footbab from school to senior grade. Southland certainly smote Otago fore and aft last Wednesday, but what a poor team Otago fielded. The Dark Blues can put a much stronger team than that in ithe field. Purdue, Galt, and McKenzie are going great guns this year. Southland is lucky to have hefty fast forwards of this type. Holden played right up to form behind the Maroon pack last Wednesday. It is to be hoped Southland selectors keep Webb in future Shield teams. Canterbury just managed to defeat Hawkes Bay—on a dry ground. The Bay will make Southland pull out their best game to retain the Shield. Porter and Cooke had a day out on Saturday. Nepia was badly outpositioned several times, and Cooke came back fast to save. Spong was the mainstay of the British backs. What a pity we couldn’t have seen Sobey in combination with him. Alhambra and Kaikorai are the leading teams in the senior grade competition in Dunedin and will play off next Saturday to decide the winof the Flag. GENERAL. Local links not fit for match play yet. Next Wednesday and Saturday club competitions should resume as the links are in capital order apart from the frozen snow lying about. Ted Nelson was game to tackle Donovan . Suffering from concussion, the Aussie boy simply had to give in in the 6th round. The last cricket test will be with us soon. It is to be hoped it will be favoured with fine weather and that it is fought to a finish. Here’s hoping Bradman has his eye in. An American athletic team wih probably tour N.Z. this year. Berg (Britain) won a decision on points over Kid Chocolate (Cuba), world’s champion. Berg is the best British fighter who has gone to U. S.A. He can box and fight and has ,iiat will-to-win that Scott, Mulligan, Bombadier Wells and Beckett so sadly lacked. Notwithstanding recent criticism by Ranji, the great Indian cricketer, Grimmett’s records prove that he'musit be classed with the world’s greatest bowlers. He is not only a bowler but a student of bowling. He practises and studies out his action, amount of finger spin and everything that is necessary to obtain wickets on any kind of pitch.