LAND AND WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 23

LAND AND WATER.

While a football match was being played Auckland between . the Mangapai and Wwkikie teams, and only about five minutes wter the begining of the game, |,Mr J. fl ra»n, a strongly built halfcaste and a good .player, was killed by a kick just bol°w the heart, or possibly by falling and thus ««ehngthe blow. It seems that he ran a short "stance, dropped in a stooping position, with hands across the pit of his stomach, exJ««ad ''I've been kicked or something," fell "**» Mid was gone. * Blenheim telegram states that a match r°* Place on Saturday between Gaukrodger, a w «il-known Marlborough ped, and J. Bain, a punt runner hailing from Canterbury and Jgto the distances being 100 yds, 220 yds, and JJWb ; £20 a-side. Bain won the 100 yds event y»boathalfayard, but Gaukrodger ran dean **? from him in the other two events. In t?W race Bain was beaten before half the mj^nce ha d been covered, and did not finish. ; k match came off on the racecourse before a | w ie number of spectators. . Remembers of the Auckland boating clubs ye been receiving hints from Hanlon on the AH>. rOwiD ,*^neßtQokeconcerttoProfe£SorCarollo,Auckreturn from England, Mr B. Hanlan »lhS° ng the B«ests. Ia response to the toast BMfnr* iae * freat OUBmaD B ave a fan^ of g^Mormation concerning the rise andprofaS: ™ modern scientific rowing, and bestowed "V P^e upon Australasian soullere for the

quickness with,, which they adopted the latest " wrinkles" in thearti It was this adaptability aided "by splendid physique, which caused so 1 many triumphs to be secured by Kemp and ! Searje, to whom, he himself had had to acknowI ledge defeat. In conclusion he offered the I benefit of his experience to any Auckland rowers who cared to. learn any of the finer manoeuvres necessary to the full acquirement of the api parently simple, bat difficult art of propelling a boat at a high rate of speed, This offer was I gladly accepted by the many rowing men prei sent. , - , At a meeting of gentlemen interested it was ; resolved on Saturday evening that an Exhibition Regatta should be held on or about the 14th of February next. Several committees were appointed, and it was resolved that a pulling prize of lOOgs should be offered so.as^tq induce intercolonial competition. The class of boats to be used in competing for this prize will be settled at a future meeting, after information on the subject has been collected by the Corresponding Committee. It was also reßolyed that prizes of not less than £60 and £40 should be offered to the winners of the first and secondclass yacht races respectively ; but the questions of classification and method of measurement of yachts were left to be decided at a future meeting. The committee for the Exhibition Regatta starts with a balance of nearly £80 from the last Dunedin Regatta, and a donation of £5 5s from Mr Joubert ; and as the meeting was a representative one and considerable interest was manifested in the project, there is good reason to believe the matter will be carried Ha a highly successful issue. The annual report of the Upper Manuherikia Curling Club shows a slight debit balance, but it is anticipated that this will be wiped out shortly. It has been decided to enlarge the pond by gratuitous labour. It has been the custom in the past, when any foreign match was to be played, to select unbroken rinks ; but to this practice may be attributed defeats, as, although tbe rinks collectively may be the best, yet the individual players of each rink are not. Therefore a suggestion has been brought forward by Mr Pyle thit in selecting a team for any foreign match rinks may be broken in order to secure the best individual players in the club. Mr W. M'Leod won the president's prize at the Taieri Bowling green on Saturday, defeating his opponent, Mr George Howell, jun.