LAND & WATER.

Otago Witness, Issue 3823, 21 June 1927, Page 55

LAND & WATER.

BASKET BALL. ’ A GRADE. Albany 11, University II 6. Triangle 2, Girls’ High School 2. University A 26. Training College I 6. Triangle 18, Training College 'll 4. LONG-DISTANCE ROWING. HAGNEY AN EX AUSTRALIAN. NEW YORK, June 13. There were 68 competitors in the 20Xnile 'race across the Catalina Channel in open skiffs. The winner was Frank Hagney, the veteran Australian oarsman, now at Hollywood. He rowed. 26 strokes to the minute. MOTOR CYCLING. BRITISH SUCCESSES. BERLIN, June 19. x In inaugurating a super-speed track at Nuerburgring, the British machines Velocette, Sunbeam, and Excelsior were first eecond, and third in the opening race for machines not exceeding 350 centimetres. NEW RECORD ESTABLISHED. LONDON, June 17. At Montlhery, a Britisher (D. W. Marchant), riding a 350 c.c. Motosacoche, covered five kilometres at an average speed of 167.66 kilometres per hour, and five miles at an average speed of 167.29 kilometres per hour. Both are records. |i UNIVERSITY ROWING. COLONIALS IN CAMBRIDGE CREW. LONDON, June 12. The orew of Jesus College, winners of the Head of the River Eights at Cambridge, included three Australians and the New Zealander O’Rorke. WRESTLING. THYE DEFEATS YOKEL.. SYDNEY, June 19.

Thye defeated Yokel on points in 10 rounds.' Each man secured one fall, and two extra rounds were ordered, during which Here was no deciding fall. Thye, however, had an advantage on points. OTAGO HUNT CLUB. r MEET AT~WINGATUI. Although the weather conditions were wintry on Saturday: the Otago Hunt Club held a very successful meet at Wirrgatui over the property of Mr W. Rennick. A fair number of spectators witnessed the jumping from Gladstone road, Wingatui, where an excellent view was obtained. The run was a comparatively short one, consisting of about eight good jumps', mostly gorse hedges. The fun could have been improved upon had these jumps been twice negotiated. Owing to the close proximity of the run to the Wingatui stables, several trainers were giving their horses their first qualifying run for coming hunters’ events at the various race meetings next month. The ground was very soft, and a considerable amount of water was lying in some of the paddocks, but, nevertheless, the jumping was well up to the usual .standard prevailing at the club’s ■weekly meets. The'only horse, giving any trouble was Jolly Glad, which was ridden by the apprentice jockey T. Smith. Jolly Glad baulked at several of the fences, but finally completed the run after getting a lead over by one of the other followers. In the absence of the master and deputy taiaster, Mr A. Cassells acted as master

for the day, and he carried out the duties admirably. The hounds again worked very well, and, picking up the. scent quickly, made the pace a “cracker.” Among those following were: —The acting master (Mr A. Cassells) on Desert Star, huntsman (Mr M. Shine) on John Peel, whip (Mr D. O'Connell) on Haka, Miss M. Statham on Colonel Bogey, Miss E. Greenslade or Sunshine, Miss E. Smythe on Goodform, Messrs W. Cooperon Incursio, S. M'Kay on Malaga, A. H. Ruthven on Scion, T. Smith on Jolly Glad, H. Anderton on Ahi Ka, J. Anderson on Luthy, G. Taverner on Queenie, J. Gow on Decision, J. Oliver on Miss Huia, and several others.