LAND & WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1822, 22 October 1886, Page 22

LAND & WATER.

Joe Scott finished his self-imposed task at Hobart of doing 127 miles in 26 hours in 6min under the time, doing the last mile under Bmin. The Hobart,, Mercury states that Mr Alfred Lord handed Scott a monetary gift which had been subscribed, and Mr Webster presented him with a handsome gold medal suitably inscribed from the people of Hobart. Altogether Scott has impressed the Hobart people. j P. D. Mansell, of the Christchurch Bicycle Club, has accomplished 200 miles in 23 hours, going from Christchurch to Leeston and back three times and once from Christchurch to Springston and back. The roads were good, except in one place where it was newly metalled. The 24 hours' walking match at Auckland for (£SO) proved a somewhat hollow affair. J. Hendry, Huckstep, and Arthur Hendry* gave up early in the afternoon, and Stevenson at 0 o'clock last night. M'Cune walked out his time, taking matters easy. The scores stood : — M'Cune, 93 miles 10 laps ; Stevenson, 87 miles 3 laps, A. Hendry, 71 miles 3 laps ; J. Hendry, 65 miles 24 laps ; Huckstep, 63 miles 28 laps. Mr W. H. Langdown, of Christchurch, tried conclusions with some of the American amateurs at Springfield on September 15, and came in fifth. The race was for five miles, and the time of the winner (H. S. Hart) was 15.03min. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that the Cricket Association has resolved that it is desirable to send a Wellington team during the summer to Auckland and Napier, and the committee was instructed to inquire when and how the visit could be best arranged. A printer named Donovan dropped from the centre of Brooklyn bridge, New York, recently, striking the water squarely with his feet. He came up soon -and swam towards the shore, near which he was helped into a boat by his friends who were watching him. He was somewhat exhausted, but uninjured. Donovan had prepared himself for the leap by bandaging his legs and loading the 'soles of his canvas shoes heavily with lead in order jthat his feet might strike the water first. The jump was made on a wager of 500dol, and the distance was nearly 140 ft. The members of the Dunedin Lacrosse Club turned out well on Saturday at Tahuna Park, when sides captained by T. W. Orr and A. Borrows respectively had a friendly match, which resulted in the former team winning by 8 gcals to 4. It is noticeable that there is still too little attention on the part of a few of the members to take the ball up on the crosse in the game ; but on the other hand many show a very decided improvement in their play, the catching and passing by Orr, Wales, Borrows, Trythall, Johnston, Fraser, and Martin being exceedingly good. Of the other members, those most conspicuous were Stephenson, Siblin, Watson, Howie, Green, and Sleigh. If the members continue to improve in the way they have done in the past few weeks, an exhibition match in a month or two would undoubtedly draw a large attendance of spectators to Tahuna Park. The Phoenix Cricket Club has obtained the Caledonian grounds for the season, and it is open to members for practice every evening. The opening match, Carisbrook v. Phoenix, will be played next Saturday. Your Agent-general (writes our Home correspondent) is already taking steps to secure a large shipment of salmon and herring ova, which he hopes to despatch before the end of the year. He has arranged for the assistance of the boards of conservancy on the chief salmon streams in the north and north-west — namely, the Tay, the Tweed, the Tyne, the Forth, and the Severn. I may mention here that Sir Dillon Bell has returned from Scotland looking much better, notwithstanding that he took away as usual a mass of work to do in his holidays. Mr Carver, who will return to New Zealand very shortly, has just sold off his magnificent kennel of greyhounds. One hound, which had won the Gosforth Gold Cup in 1884, and is thought likely to prove a successful stud greyhound, was sold for 270gs.