SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 17480, 21 October 1913, Page 3

SPORTING

NOTES BY Si;;, MODRED. i I' liv'X* are remind >1 Cv*”-. acceptances foi 'hi day oi the Gore R.C.’s Spffhg meeting on October 27, close to- t morrow—Wednesday—evening. Entries for the Southland Guineas, the race recently inaugurated by the Southland B.C. for three-year-olds, will be received up to nine o’clock to-morrow —Wednesday—evening by secretary W. A. Saunders. Nominations for the Juvenile Plate, of 100 sovs (six furlongs), to be decided at the annual racing fixture of the .Wyndham R.C. on January Ist. are due to-morrow —Wednesday—evening. The race is for three-year-olds, foaled and owned in the Counties of Fiord, Wallace, Southland. Lake. Clutha, Tuapeka, and Vincent, weight-for-age, with penalties in accordance with value of any stakes won by entrants. The event is the first, of the kind promoted by the W.R.C. It is reported that the four-year-old mare by Golden Vein—Gold, a member of P. T. Hogan’s tearri. is showing signs of lameness. She is a sweet mover, and It would be a pity to find that she has to go into retirement. The ex-Southland hurdle racer, Nga•wera, was a starter in the Club Hurdle Race, decided at the Western Australia Tattersall’s Club races at Perth on October 11, but he finished outside a place. The imported English stallion, The Welkin, who has made such a fine start at the stud in Victoria with his two-year-olds, is not available this season for mares outside those of Mr E. E. D. Clarke, his owner. Strange to say. Alured, who ran second in the Metropolitan Handicap, recently decided at the A.J.C. meeting, was drawn in two big sweeps by New Zealanders in each Instance. Both prizes went to the North Island —£1800 in each case. The A.J. C. Spring fixture at Randwick proved a profitable meeting to “Mr J. Baron,” owner of Duke Foote, wlio secured no fewer than three races on the fourth day, to say nothing of the successes achieved by his champion on the previous days. On the final day he won the High-weight Handicap with Alfred Jackson, the Members’ Handicap with Crosska. and the Randwick Plate with Duke Foote, all three horses being bred by himself. Duke Foote, including a dead heat with Aurofodlna In the Spring Stakes last year, has now won twelve races and £14,120 in stakes. “Mr Baron’s” cheque for the A.J.C. meeting amounted to £5813. During the A.J.C. meeting W. B. McLachlan won five races—three on Duke Foote —Maorllander C. Emerson three, and W. Adams (N.Z.) two on jumping horses.' A Oliver (N.Z.) scored in one event. C. Emerson will not follow his original Intention of returning for the! N.Z. Cup gathering, as ho has made engagements to ride at the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Mr J. E. O’Brien, onwer of Beragoon, Winner of the A.J.C. Derby, was second' on the list of winning owners at Randwick with £4861. The winning Maorlland owners were: Mr T. H. Lowry, £780: Mr E. J. Watt. £387; Mr H. J. Cameron (Glenmore), £386; Mr G. D. Greenwood, *260. CANTEEBTTBY SCBATCHTNQS. CHRISTCHURCH. October 20. Sir Solo was scratched for all' engagements at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Spring meeting at 4.40 p.m. on Saturday. CANTERBURY TURF NOTES. (Special to the Times.) CHRISTCHURCH. October 20. R. Berry will ride Mira in the New Zealand Cup. and F. E. Jones will have the mount on Undecided in the big two mile race. ■ The following North Island horses are , mentioned as likely starters in the New 1 Zealand Cup:—Sonite. Kopu, Goldfinder, ■Multiply, Imagination, Ceylon. Bonnie Boy. Brown Trout, and Anguish. Much depends on the form displayed at Trentham as to the decision of the owners «f several others. Undecided is reported to be galloping In much improved form, and some excellent good judges select Mr Smart’s gelding to be hard to beat in the Cup. Were the race four furlongs shorter he would probably be a ruling favourite. F. E. Jones, services have been retained expressed himself well pleased with Undecided’s performance at Otakl, since which the horse has put up some excellent track gallops at Trentham. Murray Hobbs has an addition to his team In the shape of the two-year-old colt Cincinnatus, by Varco—Ploughshare, the property of the Blenheim sportsman. Mr C. Devere Teschemaker .Shute. Ploughshare was bred by Sir Geo. . Clifford, and is by Stonyhurst— Golden Crest, by Apremont, and is a lull brother to Husbandman. Cincinnatus is a shapely customer, but is not Ukely to be raced until next season. CHAMPION PLATE FINAL PAYMENTS. WELLINGTON. October 20. Final payments for the Champion Plate, to be run at the Wellington Racing Club’s Spring meeting, were made to-night for the following:—Emperador, Merry Hoe. Bleriot, Spltano. . DUKE FOOTE’S INJURY. SYDNEY. October 20. The owner of Duke Fyote says that the horse’s injulry, which consists of a ewelllng'iir the right foreleg, is not serious, but he values the horse too highly to take any risks. THE TURF IN ENGLAND. A ST. LEGER SENSATION. (From Our Own Correspondent). LONDON, September 12. "Nineteen thirteen” will be long remembered by followers of the. turf in the Old Country for the chapter of disasters f*r backers in the season's chief “classic” races. In the Two Thousand Guineas Louvois won with scarcely a shilling betted on him on the day of the race, in the sensational Derby won by Craganour. the 100 to 1 chance Aboyeur was eventually returned as the winner, and now a rank outsider against which the bookmakers offered 50 to 1 in vain, has won the St. Leger. his immediate followers past the post being long odds propositions. Never surely was three-year-old form in such a tangle, and as regards the results of future races among the animals concerned one might just as well consult ’“ .d Moore” as their book records Take the St. Leger winner. Night Hawk. This son of Gallinule and Folly, owned by Mr Hall Walker, was a backward youngster and never ran as a two year-old. It .was not until the end of May at Hurst Park this season that Night Hawk was first seen in public., He was then easily beaten over a mile by Fairy King, Pandeen, and Aghdoe. the first and third giving him lumps of weight. He ran at Liverpool over a mile and three furlongs on July 23rd, and was beaten by two lengths by Aghdoe. who was giving him a stone. Next Night Hawk ran at Hurst Park over ten furlongs, and was beaten a length by Birlingham. At Derby last week he was beaten several lengths by Boseworthy „r.d Louvois over eleven furlongs, receiving 15 lbs. from each. On book form, therefore. the bookmakers were not very generous even •when offering 50 to 1 against Night Hawk for the St. Leger. Yet we find him beating at level weights over the St. Leger course of 1% miles and 132 yards. Louvois, Roseworthy, Aghdoe, Birlingham by many lengths. ' The St. Leger field only mustered twelve Louvois being favourite. Aghdoe •rts second in cmnand and Bachelor-. Wedding was, r. third fancy proposltl6n at flag fall. In the race Seremond was first to *how v% front, but quickly dls-posse-v 1 him of the lea. v -*nd for a long wav the running a hot pace. This partly explains why the race was run in the remarkably fine time of 3 min. 3 3-5 secs., which beats all St. Leger records. Louvois, however, was not good enough to keep his place at th( | front. Seremond had pressed him hard all the way, and before the final turn ifas reached Sir Berkeley Sheffield s colt regained the lead.' The favourite gradually dropped back, and his supporters I,new their fate long before the finish. It was not the least amazing of an ex-

traordinary race that the three best backed candidates, Louvois, Aghdoe and Bachelor’s Wedding, - wane actually the i, last three to pass the post, in the order (named —a melaL«as>')ly coincidence for the many onlooli.ecvj who had expwotvd . th*m to fill the flw* tnree places. ; £Xi«emond was stili the lead when I the flteld turned into the straight, but i then White Magic collared him. No f sooner, however, had he done so than Night Hawk, who had been practically tailed off at a mile, came threading through the fast compounding field, and vigorously challenged the leader. !• or a moment White Magic hold him. but Mr Walker’s colt quickly forged ahead, and running stoutly on won by a couple of lengths. White Magic finishing second three lengths ahead of Seremond. The long odds chance Arda was fourth. And so to the amazement and dismay of probably the biggest'crowd ever seen on Doncaster Town Moor, the St. Leger was won by a colt, to the .chances of which probably not one in a thousand had given a moment’s consideration, and against which when the runners had covered three parts of the distance anyone might justifiably have laid a thousand to one. RUGBY FOOTBALL. ’ RAILWAY TRAFFIC MATCH. At Dunedin on Saturday a team from the Invercargill Railway Traffic Department met and defeated a fifteen from the Dunedin office by 16 points to 14 points. Tries were scored for the winners by Donne (2), Tinsley and Hughes. Donne'and C. Barry converted a try each. NIGHTCAPS CLUB. At Nightcaps on Friday evening Mr A. A. Liddell, a member of the Western District Rugby Union, the trophies won by the teams of the Nightcaps Football Club. To the senior fifteen the Western District Rugby Union banner and a challenge cup presented by Mr H. H. Bissett, was presented. The conditions governing competitions for the Cup provide that it shall be won twice .in succession, or three times at intervals, before becoming the absolute property cf the club. The Union’s banner and Mr T. Todd’s cup were presented to the junior fifteen, and in this case the cup becomes the property of the club, the same team having won it last year. Mr Thomas Todd. President of the club, received the trophies on behalf of the Nightcaps Football Club. ALL BLACKS IN AMERICA. SUMMARY OF MATCHES. Following are the results of matches played by the New Zealand team in America to date: —

Matches played 5, won 5, points for 190, points against nil. So far the team has had only one force down recorded against it. • ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, October 20. At a meeting of the New Zealand Football Association, a resolution was adopted that a player ordered off the field be suspended till his case is dealt with by the Association. The Wellington Association wrote asking under what rule Mr T. Crouch had been disqualified by the New Zealand Association.—lt was decided to reply that the decision was made qpder rules 2 and 19. A special committee was set up to revise the rules governing the Brown shield competition, and another to consider ways and means of bringing an overseas team to play a series of matches in the dominion next season: BOWLING. The Inter - Club matches will commence on Monday (Labour Day), 27th Inst., when the four town clubs send teams to the Eastern District— North- / end v. Gore and Hokonui; Te Rangi v. Kokonui and Gore; Southland v. Mataura and Wyndham; Invercargill v. Wyndham and Mataura; Winton v. Woodlands and Bluff, on Southland green: Bluff v. Rlvertomand Woodlands on Northend green. e ATHLETICS. : ' • ' OREPUKI ATHLETIC SOCIETY HANDICAPS. Eighteen-inch Sawing—Lee Bros, and D. Johnson and Co., scr.; H. Stevenson and Co. and Dawson Bros., 5 secs; Murdoch and Blackburn, 7 secs. Sixteen-inch Standing Block —Charles Miley (world’s champion), scr.. A. Millwood 6 secs., E. Coote, A. Goold, Thos. Burns 12 secs. Jno. Pont. H. Stevenson 17 secs. Wm. Johnson 20 secs, D. Johnson, Jno. Breen, E. Norman, Wm. Norman 30 secs, M. Bennett, Joe Clayton. Frank Davis, John Martin. R. Blackburn 35 secs, P. Scott, Wm. Withjngton, John Rowe 40 secs. Wm. Murdoch 40 secs. Eighteen-inch Underhand Chop—C. Miley scr.. Win. Johnson 5 secs, Jno. Breen 10 secs, J. Pont, H. Stevenson 13 secs. E. Coote IS secs. Wm. Norman,' E. Norman, E. Laurie 20 secs, Thos. Burns 25 secs, D. Johnson. A. Goold. Frank Davis 30 secs, Joe Clayton, A. Miller, Thos. Murdoch, Jno. Dawson. M. Bennett. R. Blackburn. Joe Butter. Robt. Morrison, Jno. Griffin. P. Scott 35 secs, Jno. Powell, Jas. Bennett, Wm. Withington 40 sees. M. DOWLING, Secretary. BOXING. JOHNNY SUMMERS WINS. SYDNEY, October 12. A pair of English boxers, Johnny Summers and Arthur Evernden, met in the ring at the Stadium last night. It was a keen and very exciting contest. Both men proved themselves good fighters, but Summers was the better boxer, and gained the verdict. Weights:—Summers, lOst. Evernden, lOst. e^lbs. THE MIDDLE-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. BRISBANE, October 13. "Tim” Land (N.S.W.) defeated “Gus” Devitt (W.A.), on points in a 20 rounds contest at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday night, before a fair attendance. The contest was the first of a series arranged to decide who is best entitled to rank as the middle-weight champion of Australia. SOL JONES DEFEATS BILL CARRIE. MELBOURNE, October 13. In an atmosphere blue with tobacco smoke, and before an attendance of about 3000 men, "Sol” Jones (of Queensland) | defeated "Bill Carrie (of Victoria) at the Melbourne Athletic Pavilion last night, thus retaining the Victorian mid-dle-weight championship. The contest went the full 20 rounds and was decided , on points. BOXING IN AMERICA. “GUNBOAT” SMITH’S VICTORY. MORRIS LOSES ON FOUL. NEW YORK, October 9. The referee to-night disqualified Carl Morris in the fifth round of a boxing contest for fouling "Gunboat” Smith. The latter led throughout, making almost every point. Cries of “foul” arose in the fourth round when Morris hit Smith low. But the referee disregarded them. After a fast interchange of blows Morris struck Smith very low. The latter staggered, and dragged himself towards his corner, the referee disqualifying Morris. The crowd cheered Morris, and hissed Smith. TWO VETERANS OF THE RING. ' NEW YORK. October 13. “A-V Wolgast, a Wilwaukce, gained the newspaper decision in a 10-rounds bo;-r"g contest with ’'Battling” Nelson, There was sharp fighting, and n:«o*. i:un'shment on both sides. MIDDLE-'WEICHAMPION. NEW YORK. October 11. George ("Chip”) Madison, of Pennsylvania. knocked out Frank Klaus, the claimant to the title of middle-weight champion, in the sixth round of a boxing contest at Pittsburg to-night. PARIS, October 12. After a close contest. Georges Carpentier beat the American “Jeff” Smith in 20 rounds. The decision was given on points.

TENNIS. ENGLISH OPINION OF WILDING. Times—SptAiey Sun Special! 'fable. LONDON, October 10. Received OccvJfcer 20, 5.50 p.m. The Times says that Wilding, the New Zealand tennis player, is, now undoubtedly one of the greatest players ever known. HOCKEY. In the report of the ladies’ premiership match. Southland Girls’ High School team v. the Gore High School team, which appeared in yesterday morning’s issue, it was stated that in the second part of the game the Invercargill team “talked” more, a point in which the Gore team excelled in the first half.” The writer of the paragraph, did not mean to infer that either of the teams talked over much on the field, for they were exceedingly quiet, but as occasionally happens in the best of regulated papers, a wrong word crept in and the word "tackled,” was somewhat unfortunately misplaced by the word “talked.” * ' SCULLING. ARNST TO MEET BARRY. “SOON BE CHAMPION AGAIN.” (Sun Special Representative.) LONDON. October 11. Sporting papers predict that Arnst will win the Australian championship, and that he will then meet Barry again on the Thames. When Dick Arnst was communicated with by telephone last night (says the Sydney Sun) ho said that the Sun’s cable was correct. "I am in fine form now and hope to win the Australian championship on November Ist. Then my next move will be to tackle Barry on the Thames. If I am successful in my race with Paddpn then I think I will soon be world’s champion again.”

Against. Result. Score. Olympic Club won 19 pts to nil California Univ. won 31 pts to nil Barbarians won 30 pts to nil Stanford Univ. won 54 pts to nil Stanford Urflv. won 56 pts to nil