SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18545, 4 May 1922, Page 8

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

TROTTING. FOEBURY PARK MEETING. OPENS TO-DAY. The light harness racing season will be concluded locally this* week with the 1' orbury ■ Park Trotting Club’s winter meeting, which commences to-day, and if largo fields aie any criterion to success, the club should achieve a record. ■ Sonw/ of the _ fields threaten to be rather unwioldly. owing to their numerical strength; as for instance, 3t) colour on tho card for the First Amateur' Handicap, 26 for the Domain Handicap, and a similar number for the Innovation Handicap. A field of 16 figures in the Prince of Wales Handicap, which is the chief item on the. card, and a rather widespread selection of public opinion suggests a very open race. Thixendalo; Wild Briar, Paul Du fault, Tatsy Dillon, and Emperor are afnonget the most fancied, and perhaps Wild Briar will start favourite. He went 4.35 comfortably at Addington, and is approximately marked at 4.34 in the Prince of Wales Handicap. Paul Dufault, who went 4.34 1-5. is on the same mark, and wit a Tatsy Dillon seem to be amongst the lot that the public will fancy on form. The first race ie timed to start at 11.30 a.m. ATHLETICS. AUSTRALASIAN PROPOSAL. (Pan United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 1. The Council of the New Zealand Amateur Atheltic Association resolved. to-night that a request be sent to the Australasian Union that a mail vote bo taken on the question of holding the Australian v. New Zealand championships alternately in Australia and New Zealand every second year, the programme to he limited to nine or ten events. This was mutually agreed upon, the cost of transport to be borne by the visiting teams, and the contests to take the place of the present New Zealand championships. BILLIARDS. LINDRUM-STEVENSON MATCH. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, May 3. In the Lindrum-Stevenson match the scores are: —Lindrum 2645, Stevenson 1252. RUGBY FOOTBALL. KICKING INTO TOUCH. (Per United Press AssociationJ ■ ' WELLINGTON, May 3. The Wellington Union discussed the kick-into-touch rule, and while the feeling generally was that it would have to be adopted, the final decision was deferred till the New Zealand Union had officially notified ( it. \ BIG OFFER FOR. BEAUFOED. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright ' SYDNEY, May 3. • Mr Killick, the trainer of Beauford, announced that the horse’s owner had refused an offer of £IO,OOO from an Indian buyer for the champion. • LAWN TENNIS. . NEW ZEALAND LADIES’ .SUCCESS. Prses Association —By Telegraph—Copyright, . SYDNEY, May 3. (Received May 3, at 11.5 p.m.) ■ The tennis was continued in muggy weather. Mieses Curtis and Macfarlone wore in excellent form, both being successful in two contests each. The New Zealanders generally had a successful day. In the ladies 1 singles championship Mies Macfarlane beat Miss Sinclair, 6—4, 6—4. She also beat Miss Bcdgood, 6—2, 4—6, 6—3.. She gave a fine exhibition in eaqh contest, her steady driving and smashing being dominating factors in her victories. Though practically experimenting with net play, she acquitted horself with distinction in this department. Miss Curtis heat Mrs Fuller, 6—4, 6—4, after a close game, the former’s strong volleying being the chief feature. Miss Wellwood had an easy .victory over Mias Stuhba, B—l, 6 —2. In the ladies’ doubles championship pisses .Curtis and Lascelles’ beat Mrs Fuller and Sinclair, 6—2, 6—2. The- winners combined splendidly, Miss Curtis’s volleying being again strbngly in evidence. The victory, however, was attributable chiefly to mistakes by Miss Sinclair. Misses Wellwod and Smith beat Misses Dodclmead and Cox in two straight sets, though the losers pushed them every inch of the way. B—6, B—6. Minor results: Special Men’s Doubles.—Kirkpatrick and Aitksn beat Baker and Lees, 6 —2, 6—4. Mixed Doubles Handicap.—Green and Green ’beat Baker and Patterson, 6—4, 3—6, 6—4. In the ladies’ doubles handicap Misses Green arid Brewster beat Misses Hunt and Miller. 6—X, 6—o. Misses Elliott and Bull beat Misses Hartgell and G. Curtis, 6—l, 6—2.