LAND & WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1848, 22 April 1887, Page 22

LAND & WATER.

A match has been arranged between John Maekley,, of Port Chalmers, and Anthony Palamountain, of Deborah Bay, to pull a distance of three miles and a-half for £25 a side. The start will be from twn boats down the harbour, with a straight run home, finishing between the Bowen and George street piers. Major Goring will act .as starter, Captain J.Watson as judge, Mr L.O. Beal as referee, and Mr W. J. Waters as stakeholder. As both men are well known and very efficient, a very pretty contest is expected. The race comes off on Saturday afternoon next, at highwater. The annual four-oared boat race between representatives of the Otago and luvercargill Rowing Clubs took place on the morning of the 16th. There was splendid weather, and a high tide. The Ounedin crew bad the choice of course and boa.ts, and chose a course of two miles. The crews were :—: — iNvEucAßfliix R.C.— Jojce (stroke), Woithington Pavitt, and G-. Clare. Otago K.C.— Branigan (stroke). Mills, Butter.worth.and Matheson. The average weight of the local crew was lOst lib, and .that of Dunedin 12st. The boats got o,i? to a geod start, Invercargill taking a, slight lead. 4t a quarter of a mile they increased this, to' a. flie^, lejngth, but at half a mile the Dunedin men got .ou even This continued for 200 yard/, .fcovtfa ,erewß pulling their best ; but from that poipfc the .Inye^cHjrgijl men . gradually drew away, and won by si? lengthy. ' In delightful lacrosse weather the S?unedin | Club met ai Tahuna Park on Saturday and had j a most enjoyable game. Sides were chosen by ' M'Kerrow and Orr, aad after a pretty evenly congested game, victory declared for the former by two £oals (both taken in the first spell) to Ope, flf?%esfo&ff JF his side, threw one goal

and Fraaer put through the other, and for Orr's Stephenson secured the only goal. M'Kefrow played a pretty and a very hard game, and was ably backed up by Trythall. Of the new members, Grant shows good form, and should prove a valuable acquisition. The other players who distinguished themselves were Fraser, Holmes, Brent, Wilson, Monkmau, and Ashcroft. The defeat of the Wellington cricket team caused no surprise in Auckland, but it was never expected that the match would be the hollow affair that it turned out to be. It was not at all difficult to see where the weakness of the visiting team lay. Their bowling was far from good, and a long way behind the average looked for in an interprovincial match. Herein lay the secret of their severe defeat. Their batting was much better than their bowling, and they might be considered a fairly good batting team. In fielding the visitors were quite equal, if not superior to our men, and they were decidedly better than the Aucklauders in the outfield. They played an honest, manly, and straightforward game and took their beating in very good part, and in this respect proved themselves in marked contrast to,, the footballers of the empire city. Three rinks from the Dunedin Bowling Club played a Mosgiel team on Saturday, and won after an enjoyable game. The Dunedin bowlers scored 96 to their opponents' 62. At a meeting of the Otago Angling Association held on Tuesday evening the secretary (Mr G. M. Marshall) read the results of the various competitions held during the last season, which were as follow : — Anglers' Association's gold medal— Winner, W. Carlton, 17 fish, 381b Anglers' Association's silver medal— Winner, K. Chisholm, 18 fish, 321b 15oz. Acclimatisation Society's gold medal— Winner, W. Fraser, 10 fish, lllb. Second prize, silver medal (r.resented by Anglers' Association)— Winner, K. Chisholm, 8 ri--h, 71t> 13oz. Otago Anglers' silver medal (special competition. Stag liver only)— Winner, J. Corbett, 7 lish, 91b 12oz. Wi'kie Rod Competition, — A. prize value £4 4b (pre&e ted by Jas. Wilkle, Esq.), tor bare fly fishing on Lee stream only, was also won by J. Corbett, with 6 fish weighing 4lb 4oz. It was decided to submit the names of the members of the committee of the association for appointment as hon. rangers by the Acclimatisation Society under the Salmon and Trout Act. The offer of Mr Anderson, of Stirling, to present a gold medal for competition, was accepted with thaoks. It was decided to recommend the procuring of additional assistance for Messrs Deans and Burt during the spawning season, and to handicap in future all previous winners of Anglers' Association's gold medals by having 15 per cent, deducted from their total weight.