SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19349, 9 December 1924, Page 11

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

VALUABLE HORSES FOR SYDNEY. Press Association—By Telegraph Copyright. LONDON, December 6. The famous racehorses Dry Toast, Lambslaums. King Beaver, and Running Wild have been shipped in a White Star liner to Sydney. They are valued at £6OOO. -Reuter. A HIGH-PRICED TWO-YEAR-OLD. Press Associotion —By Telegraph Copyright. LONDON, December 6. Messrs William Clark and Clive Ballieu paid ISOOgs for the two-year-old Porch, by Cylgad from Weddingchime. LAWN TENNIS. MADEMOISELLE LENGLEN. WITHDRAWS FROM NICE TOUEAMENT. Press Association —By Telegraph Copyright. LONDON, December 7. Mdllo Lenglen has unexpectedly been (scratched for the Nice lawn tennis tourament, which opens to-morrow.—A, and N./.. Cable. BOXING. RING BEATS HETHERINGTON. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 6, Ring beat George Hctherington in tho eighth of a 15-rounds contest (weight 12at) The Australian had tho host of it all the way, MOTOR RACING. AUCKLAND CLUB’S MEETING. (Pzb United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 8. The following are the results of the Motor Racing Club’s meeting: Auckland Handicap. Six miles.—Coleman (7 h.p. Harlcy-Davidson), ocr, 1; Shakespeare (7 h.p. Harley-Davidson), 25sec, 2. Time, 6min 10 2-ssec. Won by half a wheel. Five Mile Handicap.—Williamson (2J h.p. Connaught), 35sec, 1; Woodman (2J h.p. A.J.S.), scr, 2. Time, 6min 17eec. Great Northern Handicap. Twelve miles. —Moller (3i h.p. Norton), 70scc, 1; MfCready (7 h.p. Harley-Davidson), 6Ssoo, 2. Time, lOmin 48 2-fisec. ... , , Australasian Junior Championship. Light miles. —Woodman (23 h.p. A.J.S.), 1; Jones (2J h.p. A.J.S.), 2. Won easily. Time, 7mm 41 l-ssec, . Coleman, subsequently, despite a heavy shower, cut one-fifth of a second off his own world’s mile record of 47 2-sscc. Woodman lowered the 350 c.c. grass track record of Dawber by 2sec. SWIMMING. NEW RECORD BY ARNE BORG. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. STOCKHOLM, December 7. (Received Deo. 8, at 11.40 p.m.) Arne Borg claims a world’s record for 500 metres, free style, in 6min 20 3-ssec. — Reuter. GOLF. ST. ANDREW’S CROSS COMPETITION. The St. Andrew’s Cross competition, played on Balmacewen Links, was won by H. Brasch. The host scores were: Hep. H. Braaoh ...... 5 lup B. W. Dick .. .. .. 15 All square R. B. Lambert .. 4 2 down H. de C. M'Arthur .. 8 2 down J. Evans 9 2 down

J, P. Rutherford ..11 3 down

MEDAL MATCH. A medal match will be clayed on the St. Clair Links on Tuesday, and the draw is as follows:—Mrs Bell v. Mrs Wight, Mrs Caffin. v. Miss O. Stevens, Miss Lethbridge v. Miss Stevens, Mrs M'Kegg v. Miss Martin, Mrs Paterson v. Mrs W. Smellie, Mrs Gamble v. Mrs Forrester, Mis A. Smellie Miss Schoen. BOWLING. four-rink tournament. Roslyn v. Balmaoerven (Roslyn names first). —Moody, M'Dougall, Campbell, Wedderspoon 8, Adamson, Malcolm, M’Donald, Lambeth IS; Mayall, Nicolson, Dickson, W, A. Wilkinson 13j Bringans, Omand, Binnie, Ferguson 22: Wood, Mntheson, Todd. A. Barnett 14, Morrison, Sharp, Watson, Buchan 14; Torrance, F. Anderson, Jones; C. Anderson 10, Hendlc, Glover. Nesbit, Wright 19. Totals: Roslyn, 43; Balmacewan, 74. West Harbour v. St. Hilda, at Ravensbourne, on Wednesday night.—West Harbour: Gilchrist. W. French, Don, W. Connor; Gale. J. Connor, Portman, Mullenger; M’Phcraon, J. M Hutton, A. French. Kay; J. L. Page, C. French. Silver, Yeitch. Emergencies—Barclay, W. M. Hutton, PIGEON FLYING. The Dunedin Homing Pigeon Club flew an interval race last week-end from Parnassus, an airline distance of 281 miles. The birds put up a remarkably good fly under adverse weather conditions. The winning bird was liberated at. 9.15 a.m. and timed in at 2.32 p.m., making its time for the journey shr 17min. The station master liberated nine pens, representing nine lofta, witlf the following results (in yarls per minute); F Jones’s Rod Knight (1560) 1 S. Lynn’s Corak (1552) 2 A. Bartlett’s Bonny Spec (1487) ..... •. 3 Stevenson and Hargreaves's Santonio (1464) 4 A Kingston’s Red Rock (1447) 5 G. Coutts’a Heroic (1059) .. ... .. ’.. C Birds entered by W. Esquilant, E. Diehl, and J. Still also flew. The club will fly Gisborne, an airline distance of 641 miles, next Saturday.