SPORTING.

Southland Times, Issue 14579, 21 November 1910, Page 3

SPORTING.

(Notes by “Sir ifodred.”) The aged mare Queen’s Scarf, by St. Paul —War Medal, recently purchased at auction in Christchurch for 80 guineas by Mr Price, was lauded in Invercargill last week and will probably bo trained on Uie S.R.C.’s tracks. Queen’s Scarf is a half-sister to Mr A. Pro van’s mare Queen's Prize. She ranks as a fair performer on tho turf and will probably win races in Southland.

The Dunedin Jockey Club have received very satisfactory entries for their meeting on Dec. 26 and 27, including quite a number of Southland horses, in the’ hurdle races' Erl King, Zero, ana Royal Shell claim engagements, wmle Office Girl, Astrakhan ami WfUJU have been entered for the principal e\eats, ami Warsaw. Cuiruscttiu, and ffueouu ioi minor races. Tho results ot the two-year-old contests should a fso inteitsi. dwellers in the south, as \Vami s fiaiibrother, Speybank, ana tho Lan ' ol i l f horse Daringdale have boon nominated for them.

Some local residents who visited the Winton race-meeting (writes Tom" in the “Lake County * speak very highly of the e.u-t IKn ti aci „ they witnessed and the up-to-date uaii agement carried out b.v the Club s« G * cials during the meeting. Ini > he'iscracing has gone ahead b> leaps and bounds in Southland during the past drcade. "With such prosperous Clubs a-. Gore, Invercargill. Riverton and \\ mton, to say nothing of many ndnoi ulcfcmeetings. Southland bids fair to outstay Otago in the race for premiership as regards the sport of Kings. Many well-to-do residents there are also going in for breeding tho thoroughbred and tuning secured some of, the, best strains of blood in the Dominion it is reasonable Avnect that some first-class met, horses will be bred in Southland in the near future. Several good ones have already been raised there but we may expect something superior trum thia 10.vvard.

“One of the finest performances ever recorded on the Addington course was that put up by Dillon Bell (says the “Press”) in winning the chief harness race of tho third day of the N.Z.M.I.C. s meeting in the great time for a three-year-oid of 4rain 41% sec, winch stands as a record for a three-year-old in a harness race. Tlie son of Harold Dillon made nearly ail Ills own running, and even when challenged ny such a consistent performer as Terra Nova at tlie finish, had a lot in hand.”

The stock of the imported sire Harold Dillon are very promising, apart Horn Dillon Bell, and there are two nice fillies by him in Southland. One ot these is from Theresa W., and is n' I ' ,|iud Mr T O’Connor, Invercargill, while the Other is tlie property of Mr K. Jopp and is a daughter of The Pigeon. 'Mieresa W who has been retired from the tfack. •was sent to Christchurch last week on Inodiei visit to Harold Dilloin The two fillies referred to are jroaiiing*, aim their owners are likely to engage in ■friendly rivalry on the race track with them-some day should all go well m the meantime.

The large sum of £IBOO was collected In bookmakers’ fees-at the recent meeting of the N.Z. Metropolitan iiottnio Club From all accounts the ring were successful durmg Carnival week in Christchurch, but it is stated that a number of them found several backexs shy when settling day arrived.

After VI had won the Dannevirke Handicap on Wednesday, the rider u Ughed In over a stone short weight, and it transpired that he had accidentally dropped some lead alter passing the post The stewards considered the matter, but ultimately allowed the judge s ruling to stand. Rule 13, Part XXIV of the Rules of Racing, states that if a Jockey be found short of weight, etc., his horse shall be disqualified for toe u }£esi, he satisfy the stewards that he> is Junified by extraordinary circumstances. An appeal has been lodged against the decision.

The owner of Waiju was very much surprised to find that his horses name appeared in tlie list of acceptoi s tor the President’s Handicap at tlie South Canterbury meeting, and Is of the opinion that some mistake has been made. As a matter of fact, Mr Dempster considered from the publication of the weights for the meeting that the son of Waiuku was too highly assessed by the weight adjuster and had no intention of taking him to Timaru.

boxing. THE N.Z. WELTER-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. At Auckland on Wednesday evening of last week a contest for the New Zealand professional welter-weight championship, took place under the auspices of the Northern B.A. Iho principals were Tim Tracy, of Wellington, iisl IMb. and Hi Halley, of, Auckland, lust 5%1b. and a purse ot £7O hung in the balance. •Tlie first found opened very quietly, but the second was mure lively, Halley starting to force tlie tight, and use las weight. He got several heavy blows hoiutJ und staggered Tracy. Xhe lattoi, who, up to this period, had not delivered a single leading blow, then changed his tactics, and started in to fight, in tlie third round Hailey continued to force matters for a while, but Tracy also got to work, and a lively three minutes resulted. In the fourth round Tracy, ,m tlie middle of a mix-up. lauded lamy on Plalley’s jaw, and the latter was no longer of any use as a lighting machine. Tracy stood off Halley, who was hanging on to the ropes,'and appealed to the referee to stop I.llc contest, but be w tis ordered to go on. Tracy gallantly icfrained from punishing'a beaten man, and enhanced ills reputation as a good sportsman. Hailey was. helped to his corner at the gong, and his seconds threw in tlie towel. CRIC3CET., N.S.W. v. SOUTH AFRICA, r AN EVEN GAME. . ' SYDNEY, November 19. Saturday was another perfect cricket lay, and the attendance numbered iffi.UOO. Trumper and Bardsley played pretty cricket. Bardsley scored 70 in 69 minutes and ’then tipped Vogler to Faulkner in the slips who held the catch. Trumper a few minutes later tipped Faulkner to Vogler in the same position. Trumper scored a similar number of runs as Bardsley and the manner of their dismissal also afforded a coincidence. Macartney made a fair stand, and then the wickets fell quickly. Faulkner, who hud not been successlui in other matches, proved what lie is capable of on a perfect wicket. Bowiing a great variety of googlies he seemed to puzzle the Welshmen and took five wickets for 50 runs. He was on die day undoubtedly the best man of ills side. Folkard and Kelieway played splendid cricket and batted freely. Hordern got out peculiarly. Emery made a good drive and ran. Hordern stood a yard out of his crease and refused to budge and was easily out. Altogether the Australian batting was much more interesting than that of the South Africans. When tlie latter went in a second time, they were painfully slow. Strieker and Zulch opened, and Strieker was in twen-tv-five minutes before scoring. Zulch was a little better. Tlie wicket put on 58 runs, but it look nearly an hour to do it. After that Folkard, a new man in International cricket, started to show wonderful form with the ball and tho ■wickets fell quickly, Folkard clean bowling three men. The crowd was disappointed when Faulkner went out for one run, being brilliantly caught near tlie boundary by E. F. Waddy off Emery. Following are the scores:—• NEW SOUTH WALES.—Ist innings. Bardsley, c Faulkner, b Vogler .... 70 Trumper. c Vogler, b Faulkner .... 70 Macartney, run out 23

E, F. Waddy, b Faulkner 3 E, L. Waddy. c and b Faulkner .... 15 Folkard, b Schwartz 3S Carter, b Notirse i!) Cotter, c Llewellyn, b Faulkner .... 1 Kelleway, c Llewellyn, b Faulkner . . 37 1 lordern, run out <> Emery, not out 4 Sundries 11 Total 2x7 Bowling Analysis:—Faulkner, 5 wickets for -10 runs; Snooke, 0 for 4; Llewellyn, 0 for 13; Schwartz, 1 for f/j ■ Vogler, 1 for 105; Nourso, 1 for 45. SOUTH AFRICA. First innings 300 Second Innings. JZulch. c Bardsley, b Kelleway .... 29 Strieker, c Kelleway, b Folkard .. 3s Nourse, b Folkard y Snooke, b Folkard iy Llewellyn, b Folkard 8 Faulkner, c E. F. Waddy, b Emery . i Pearse. in 19 Gommaille, in ;> Sundries i« Total for 6 wickets 1-jTJ Bowling Analysis;'—Folkard. 4 wickets for IS runs; Emery, 1 for 41; Kelleway, 1 for 25; Cotter, 0 for 39. IN OTHER CENTRES. (Per United Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 19. The third round of grade matches was joncludcd to-day. LI hj wood handsomely lefeated 4Vest Christchurch, Beal, an »x-Otago player, being the chief factor. -Halting the grand score of 305. Linwood made a total of 487, a new record for district cricket in Canterbury. Last year’s champions, St. Albans, defeated East Christchurch by eight wickets. Carlton, the Canterbury professional. was top scorer for East Christchurch with a lino innings of 94. For St. Albans the. veteran T. Reese oalted excellently for 49 not out. Sandman was again very successful with the ball, gutting 7 wickets for 66. Sydenham easily disposed of Kiccarton. After securing a lead of 96 on the first inntags, tho first mentioned side closed

their innings for 280 for six wickets. NeiUl played a very sound innings (much freer than usual) for !)t>, and Burgess. made TS not out by aggressive play. Uiccarton at the call of time had made for the loss of T wickets. DUX KM IX, Xov. 20.

Cricket matches wore continued yesterday iu fine weather. Opoho boat Albion by 108 runs. The former made ISS and 1 (i'J (Callaway 78). Cummings look l! wickets for 31) runs. Albion made 101 and 1 -18. Carisbrook B compiled 240 (Austin 10-1), and 61 for 4 wickets, Grange making 160 and 133 (Popple 41). In Grange's second innings H. Fisher took 9 wickets for 40 runs. Dunedin beat Carisbrook A by 137 runs on the first innings. Dunedin made 171 and 80 for 5 wickets (Wilkie 34); Oarisbrook 34 and 244 (Bunnorman 52, L. Cameron 4 3). AUC KL AN D GAM KS. AUCKLAND, Nov. 20. The third round of the Auckland Cricket Association’s matches was concluded yesterday, resulting in two point wins being gained by North Shore and Parnell, while Grafton and Eden played a drawn game. The results, are as follows; —i’ousonhy, first innings, -24; North Shore, 1 28 < Hadden 126, A. At. I low den 110, Callender 70, Bush ML North Shore won bv 201 runs on the first innings. Parnell, first innings, 40:> for 8 wickets, innings declared closed. University 210 (Ellis SO, Jacobson 37. Grav 31). Anthony took four wickets for 25, and Cliff, 4 for 50. Parnell won by 105 runs on tho first innings. Grafton, first innings, 201; Kden, 220 for 7 wickets (Brook-Smith 80, Gordon n■'l. Shacklock took three wickets, for 41 runs. This match is not yet finished.

TENNIS. (By “Douce.”) Invercargill Chib’s team had a good outing at Winton on Wednesday and finished up with a lead of 46 games. The Wintonites are looking forward to a return match to. bo played on the local courts before long, and, hope to make a much better stand of it. Tucker's single with Winton s top man, R. N. Wilson, was an interesting set: both players appeared to be short of practice at. - the finish. It is early in the season yet, but with the Christmas tournaments coming off it is time to get in some solid work. An English team, composed of Dixon, Beamish (who recently beat Ritchie), F. G. Lowe, Powell, and Wallis Myers (captain), left on 15lh October for South Africa. The Drive Club received tlie invitation to send a team, and Wallis Myers, the journalist, organised the party. The team will play matches at Capetown, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Kimberley, Bloemfontein. Durban, and Ladysmith. Tlie tour will be continued to Pretoria, Delagoa Bay. Bulawayo. Salisbury, and Victoria Fails. It will be the'middle of February before the team returns home. The Winton ladies in the doubles scored a three games lead. In this dcpartmeut tho two top games were very closely contested, but Misses Carswell and Macalisier ,were easily disposed of by . Misses Gilhiour and Browne,- the finish being 6 —l in favour of the Winton ladies. The Victorian Championships are to be held this month In Melbourne. Stan Doust has telegraphed his entries from Perth, and Dr. Poidevin i ; also expected as a competitor. Doust will play with Miss L. Addison, and should they win this year tho shields will be their own property, as they have held them twice before. .Campbell and Miss Stewart (the present holders), : J. C. Blair (who was recently a member of the Wellington Club), and Miss Gy ton are spoken of as the strongest opposition. Doust is an ideal combined player, and as Miss Addison is the champion lady in Australia their chances of having tlie shields for “keeps” is just about sure. H. A. Parker. H. Rice, and H. M. Marsh are also almost certain competitors, and it will bo Interesting to see how Doust fares in tho singles. There was rather a rush for time at Winton, and some of the singles were not played; but it could not have altered the jiosltion a great deal had there been time to complete all the games. A most enjoyable day was spent, and all concerned had a very fine- time of it. Tlie Winton ladies entertained in their usual efficient manner.

A. F. Wilding lias just been beaten by Alax Dccugis, the French champion, at tho Brussels Exhibition tournament by 3 sets to 2. The Invercargill Club handicaps are out and glancing over them it seems as if some very interesting games should eventuate.' However. I will keep an eye on the games" as they go along, and will write of them later. The Ashburton Club will hold its fifth annual championship and handicap tournament during the Christmas holidays. ; The tournaments of the past have been most successful: in facf, oacli one has been generally voted better than the previous one. This year much money iias been spent ’by; the club on its property, and the committee is working hard to make the coming tournament even more successful than the last; Competitors from near and far go to Ashburton. Every one who has attended has remarked upon the very jolly outlna. and looked forward to having another enjoyable Christmas there. J. T. McDonald is the lion, secretary. I have a programme of the Southland Tennis Association’s tournament for Christmas, and I believe a fair number of entries is promised. Given fine weather those who take part will not regret it as the Association is determined to make a big success of it. Those who have not seen Uie programme, if they apply to tho bon. secretary. F .H. Tucker, he will be pleased to give thorn one.

Invercargill courts were moderately filled on Wednesday, the A team being at Winton, and counter attractions in town being responsible. Uren played Callender for the ladder on Thursday, the latter winning by !) —5, after a good game. Tho Auckland Association intends to run only a handicap meeting at Christmas time. Its championships will be decided later on, and the idea is to extend them throughout the season. Naturally. that will debar outsiders from competing. Some Australian visitors are expected in New Zealand in December and, as they will spend most of their time in the north, this change from the usual will lose them a chance of playing, at any rate, in the Auckland championships.

ROD AND GUN. (By “Spinner.”) Tlie Angling Club’s picnic takes place early next month, and arrangements are to be pushed aiiead by a special committee which meets to-night. Tlie outing is confined to members who have also tlie privilege of inviting a friend. A well-known Otautau angler, fishing. In tlie Aparima on tlie 9tb, landed 16 fish weighing 20Ibs. Tlie heaviest fish was 2‘Albs. Tins fish was caught with minnow and the others with tlie fly. Tlie Invercargill Gun Club held two inanimate matches on Wednesday afternoon for trophies presented by Messrs Stephen Hunter and Joseph Brey. One event will be confined to novices, and tho oilier will lie open to all coiners. Entries will be received on the ground and the first event will start at 2.3(T'p.m. sharp. Anglers, especially those who have fished the Waiau, are >-ominded that tlie list to assist the widow of tlie late Jack Hunter is still open. This is a deserving case and. if each subscribes a small amount, the total will go a long way. The list must close this week. After scouring the Dominion for quail without success. 12 pairs have been ordered from a Wellington dealer. Tlie species are Australian stubble quail, and. they are a much bettor sporting bird than the Californian quail, and, further, they do absolutely no damage to crops or to anything else ■ for’ that mutter.

The Auckland Society lias liberated a number of pheasants on the Great Barrier. These were liberated by Ranger Ellington, who also reported that pigeons were .some wh a t plentiful, but recommended shortening of tlie shooting season with a. view to their protection.

The Stock Committee ol' !he Acelima(isalion Society meets this evening at 5 |i.m.. and the Southland Anglers’ Special Committee to arrange for the picnic at S p.m. The Southland Acclimatisation Society have decided not to scant an exchange of Single River Incenses under any circumstances. Owners of private streams in the district may obtain trout, fry or yearlings in this district at lOs per 1000 and 5s per 100 respectively, delivered to the nearest railway station. The 20 eel-pots purchased by the Society have all been disposed of and numbers of applications . have been refused. The pots are not expensive and at Hi is season of the year takes are plentiful. In future the Society will have no difficulty in obtaining a million ova, and as half that quantity Is adequate for the replenishing of Southland streams the balance will, if possible, be disposed of. To this end the Australian Angling Clubs are to be communicated with. Eyed ova sells at 5s per 1000, hence if a market is found for only half the surplus this would mean a revenue of £6O.

By the way, T was in error in stating that this season Is the first in which the focal Society lias collected its own ova. Last season, owing to the vast amount of work entailed at the new hatcheries, it was necessary to god. eyed ova from the Otago Society, hut in previous years the Society collected the largest portion laid down in the hatchery. The President of an Acclimatisation Society requires to have considerable knowledge, not only with lie- aclnal working with regard to fish eullure and the rearing of game, hut with (lie Animals Protection and Fisheries Acts and the endless knotty questions that are continually cropping up. For many years Mr G. G. Bitrnes devoted much time and was particularly enthusiastic in connection with AccliTialis-.tion matters. Only those closely <—nncoP'd with the Society can form any i lea of the work entailed. Sportsmen generally owe much to the ex-

president’s efforts on their behalf. It was thought to be a difficult matter to secure a successor to till the position as creditably as Air Burnes had filled it, but, nevertheless, Mr W. A. Stout was persuaded to accept the office and during die past seven months he has carried on me work in a manner which rellects credit on himself and the Society. The work has largely increased and Southland has an Acclimatisation Society equal to any in the Dominion. An effort is being made in connection with tlie trout netting regulations to provide that licenses be not granted to persons other than bona fide llslierinen, and also that it be an offence for fishmongers to have trout In their possession, except during the netting period and only tnen if they have a license. • A case was reported by Danger Imend, in which a person was found fishing in < iteramika Creek, near Wyndham, without a license. The angler in question was leaching his son to fish during which he hooked a trout which eventually got away. ■ After consideration it was decided not to prosecute but to write the defaulter and advise that it is an offence to fish without a license under any circumstances. . . . "Spinner” has been gathering information with regard to the problem of the breeding and habits of eels. Numbers of Southland residents have had wide experience witli the slippery gentlemen and "Spinner” will be pleased to have an v notes on the subject. At the last meeting of the Acclimatisation Society Mr J. Brey, in opposing the request to recommend to the Minister that an area of COO acres, the property of Mr Win. Saunders, be declared a sanctuary, was reported to have said that there were now too many sanctuaries, and that he went on to say that the landowners held those in the shooting season for the use of their friends. This of course is an error; whose it is 1 am not in a position to say. Shooting is punishable by a heavy tine on any sanctuary. Mr Brey no doubt referred to the usual notice from a large number of farmers preventing sportsmen from shooting over their land, which, of course, is quite permissible, but shooting on‘ sanctuaries is quite a different matter. , . From Scotland also comes complaints of low water, but fish are taking fairly well in the Tay, probably for tho same reason that they are to be caught in the Thames, viz., the autumnal temperature of the water. The largest salmon of the Tay season —one having a reputed weight of 481b —has been caught by Mi- J. Bruce at the mouth of the Almond, where fishing is allowed by ticketholders on what is known as the bcone Palace water. On the unfortunate ’Tweed —unfortunate because the salmon are being netted out of existence— sport has been indifferent, but a good many grilse have been seen running. If the iweea were only managed on the same excellent and scientific linos as the Pay, it would soon become an amazingly prolific salmon river. A well-known angler under the nom de plume of “Boo" writes as follows. “Being a regular reader of y°ur very interesting notes in the “'Times, I take the liberty of forwarding a small item. Will you accept more sucli as tho enclosed for your column,” or do you find too much copy coming in as it is. it acceptable I shall have pleasure m posting along an occasional titbit, in giving publicity, to the paragraph which is of more than fiassing interest Spinner” has pleasure in stating that items of interest to anglers are always welcome. The complimentary reference made by “Bo.o” is due to “Red Spinner and other correspondents who make this column interesting. Will readers kindly note. /‘Anglers in Southland often feel proud of the size of some of 'the trout which are landed in our local waters, but the following clipping from the "Greenock Herald” shows that Southland lias not got it all her own way in regard to big tish. It will be of interest to many anglers to know that some of the first trout fry imported into New Zealand came from Loch Cama in Argyllshire. “Fishing on Loch Cama, Assynt, butherlandshirc, the other day, Mr Rowan, of Greenock, landed a beautiful brown trout which weighed 2SVi,lbs. It measured 2S>A inches in length, and in girth 16% inches. The rod psecl by Mr Rowan was an ordinary 14-fcet one, and the fly taken bv the monster fish was what is known by anglers as the ‘Butcher.’ The trout was landed in fifty minutes, and gave splendid sport.” • . Mr A. H. Shury (Ashburton) writes as follows: —“Since my last note fishing has improved here. Mr R. Terris secured nine lurge fish at Kangitata, the heaviest turning tho scale at 9lbs. The recent Hood lias changed the mouth close to the fishing camp. The Rakaia lias also changed its course and the mouth is now on the Ashburton side. Messrs Clark, Harman and Villron have now to come an additional three miles to our end of the lagoon. On tho occasion of their last *’islt they secured 11 fish, averaging 81bs. For several years the Rakaia mouth has been on the Christchurch end of the lagoon, and our anglers desiring to fish the mouth had to tramp over the shingle.” “The Ashburton fell very low and clear and fish, except at night, were hard to get. Mr I. McDowell got 10 fish (largest slbs). Messrs I. Thompson and 11. Sinclair S°t ia, fish from 21bs to 51bs with one of XOlbs. Mr C. Denshire got a 121b fish during the night of 13th. Mr Shury got about-20 in two days on Ily (largest 2ibs). Some very good bags were mado up stream, chlelly on fly and worm. Air Denshire caught his fish on a big fly almost in the salt water, fishing with artificial minnow. •The water was so clear that you could see from 3 to 8 follow _ the lure eveiy cast, but only an occasional small one was caught.” , , _ A fair number of anglers have frequented the Waiau of late. Mr A. Moffett made a fine catch one day during the week, his basket consisting ot six fish totalling about twenty-four pounds. —Own Correspondent. The following interesting paragraph is from the report of the last monthly meeting of the Auckland Society. A report was also read from the curator of the Society’s hatchery at Tapapa, speaking very well of the pheasants in stock which were now laying at a great rate, so that about 800 eggs were already in hand, which were being put under the hens and into the incubators to hatch; and as resources in this respect were somewhat overtaxed, owing to the largo number of young birds it is proposed to liberate next year, a new incubator and brooder had been recently added; In addition to this, it Is also intended to import some specimens oi the old Englisli pheasant, as well as of the Chinese ring-necked variety, to improve local ■••trains by the introduction of new blood. An effort is also to be made to introduce red-legged partridges, if it shall be found practicable to do so.” Tho want of space prevented me from referring to one or two rules of the Ashburton Society kindly forwarded bv Mr A. 11. Shury. Tho matter of huts is an item of importance and a move should be made here in the same direction The rules provide that any adult person taking out a whole season’s license shall have the usual privileges of membership (hold office, voting, etc.) and in addition to use the Society's huts and paddocks, and to be allowed to erect huts on the property of the Society in a position indicated by the Council. In Uie event of the Gov ernor-in-Coimcii reducing the cost of a season’s license below 20s, the owner of any hut must pay the difference to the Council. In addition the owner of every hut is charged "per annum, which goes toward the wa-es of the caretaker and ranger. Visitin<“'in"lers may be introduced to llakatero bv any licensed member. Holders of half-season licenses may also use the huts, but have no vote ai a meeting. Proxies are allowed at the annual or special meetings of the Society, otherwise the rules ,are practically tho same as kindred societies. The fishing season appears to have opened well in Auckland, and judging by the* saie of licenses anglers are enthu-siastic-—“To put down poaching in all and every form, the. Society had ar-i-m-'d that systematic ranging should be done in every district, and the effect lias been to minimise illicit spoil. Most encouraging prospects were in view and sportsmen may be certain that no efforts wiil be spared to cater for their enjoyment by replenishing both birds and tish bv all possible means. What the Society wants and is gelling, is the hearty cooperation of all llio.se in teres ted, and local cluli.s in the country districts have expressed themselves in unqualified terms’’ as to the obligations they are under for its assistance and support.” There is no gainsaying the fact that in our own district poaching is carried on, and if but a tenth of what one hears be correct, it could, without exaggeration be described as rampant. Little can be done without the co-operation of sportsmen and any information is treated as strictly private and confidential. Will sportsmen, take a note and assist? Fishing in the Makarewa river on Saturday night. Dr Sale secured a fine bag of la trout and one perch, averaging somewhere in the neighbourhood of 31b a-piece. This is probably tho best catch recorded this season. The fish generally were in better condition than most of the New River fish caught this season.

SCULLING. CHAMPION ARNST IX WELLINGTON RECEPTION’ AT BELLAMY’S. WHI.hIXGTOX, Nov. IS. A welcome was extended to Arnst in Bellamy's to-night. Sir Joseph Ward (Prime Minister) presided, and on the left of the guest was Mr Massey. A large number of members and the Speaker were present, in proposing Mr Arnst’s health tiio Prime Minister said they were all proud of his victory. lie had more than held his own against the pieked sculler id' England, and it was particularly gralifying that, one of New Zealand’s sons should have won this honour. lie hoped dial we would see Barry out here. That wie.dd tie fair as a matter of reciprocity. II was suggesled that Artist should go [lonic to England for the second race, but lie (Sir Joseph) would like to sec it arranged for New Zealand waters. .Sculling was a sport in which there could he no deception. It was purely a trial of skill and strength. It might he that Arnst might want to try his skill on the political fields, and if so lie hoped he would come to the New Zealand Parliament, where ho might try his skill in wordy contests.

Arnst, in responding, said he was gratified that the members of Parliament were proud of his success. He knew the keen interest the match had excited. He could assure them Barry was a formidable opponent. Although lie was slow in starting, he was a good finisher, and had him (Arnst) wondering how he could struggle home in front. Whatever they might see in the newspaper tiiey could take it that Barry pushed him, as no man had done yet. Arnst expressed his pleasure at being a New Zealander and an Australasian representative. The New Zealanders at Johannesburg had given him a royal time, and he had been well treated by Australasians generally in South Africa. He had offered every inducement to Barry to come to New Zealand, but he objected that his wife and family prevented him. “There must always be a better man in the world,” said Arnst in conclusion, and when I am beaten, as I must be some day, I hope you will all know I have rowed a straight race and been beaten by a better man.” Mr Massey added his words of welcome and congratulations. Pie hoped Arnst would retain the championship for a long time, and when he lost it he would surrender it to a New Zealander, or if not to a New Zealander, at all events to a citizen of the British Empire. He hoped Arnst would be successful on the Thames, and would at all events win or lose like a man, a sportsman, and a New Zealander. ’The Speaker (Hon. Mr Guinness) refer i-ed to the great interest that had been taken in Arnst’s training, and in tlie race itself. We had all felt confident that we were sending a representative we could be proud of. Arnst was only a young man, and he would probably row many more championships. Tlie company wished him success in his match at the heart of the Empire, which would probably ’be witnessed by a million people. Air Rhodes (Ellesmere) said thae excitement on tlie Thames would be greater than it had. been on the Zambesi, for there was still a keen interest in sculling in England. The good wishes of the people would go with him. t ARNST INTERVIEWED AGAIN. (Per United Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH. Nov. 20. Dick Arnst, interviewed on arrival here, said that Barry is particularly anxious to row him on the Thames next summer (about July or August), and the champion is quite willing to accede to the request if satisfactory arrangements can be made. Naturally he would prefer to row the race on New Zealand waters ; but. Barry being married and Arnst single, the English sculler reckons that it is easier for the New Zealander to accommodate him with a match on the Thames. Nothing, however, has been definitely settled yet. A good deal depends on what turnp up in Australia and New Zealand ill the meantime. There is every probability that the winner, of the match for £2OO a side between Harry Pearce (Australian champion) and William Webb (New Zealander), which is to be rowed on the Wanganui River on, Boxing Day. will challenge Arnst, and, if so, this will mean another match for the champion to be held on colonial waters. Dick does not intend to stay long in Christchurch at present. He had a touch of rheumatism coming over in the boat and intends to take a trip to Rotorua to try to get completely rid of it.