SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 17785, 14 July 1916, Page 2

SPORTING

WELLIWOTON WIHTEE HEEirXXNO. (Ter United Press Association.) W ELLINGTON, July 13. The Wellington R.C.’s Winter meeting was continued to-day in tine, cold weather. There was a good attendance. The totalisator returns amounted to £36,310, as compared with £41,171 10s on the second day of the previous meeting, held two years ago. Results : CORUNNA HURDLES, of 150 sovs. One mile and a half. 6 Patronymic, by Patronus —lonia, 10.0 1 5 Nicomar, P. 6 - 2 Ormesby, P. 7 3 Scratched : Jlanian, Sir Solo, Birkful, and Amber and White. Ormesby led most of the way. Bodenham fell. Won by six lengths, a length and a half separating second and third. Time, 2 min. 59 3-sth secs. LIVERPOOL HANDICAP, of 200 sovs. Six furlongs. 3 Bisogne, by Bezonian —St Evangeline, 3yrs, 9.10 1 8 Cherry Blossom, 9,2 ~ 2 Ladogeur, 10.11 3 Scratched : Sea Lord, Black Heart, Comely. Won easily, three lengths between second and third. Time, 1 min. 16 2-sth secs. JUMPERS - FLAT HANDICAP, of 200 sovs. One mile and a quarter. 2 Pursefiller, by Lethe —Golden View, 10.11 (Paulgram) 1 1 Harbour Light, 11.0 - 6 Crib, 9.12 Scratched : Crown Pearl. Won by two lengths, three lengths between second and third. Time, 2 min. 23 sees. SELLING RACE, of 150 sovs. Five furlongs. 5 Master Achilles, by Achilles —Marionette, 1: I .Mount Victoria, 2; 6 Try Again, 3. Scratched : Miraculous and Ballyhar. Won from end to end by six lengths, two lengths separating second and third. Time, 1 min. 5 l-sth secs. ANZAC STEEPLECHASE, of sovs. About two miles and a half. 2 Wirokino, by Conqueror—Charlatan, 9.11 (A. ,T. McFlynnl 1 6 Oluepot, 9.7 H 1 Queen's Post, 9.12 •> All started. There was good jumping throughout. Darby Paul fell. Won by two lengths, eight lengths between second and third. Time, 5 min. 49 3-oth secs.

PENINSULA HANDICAP, of 150 sovs. Six furlongs.

2 Comely, 10.4 1 5 Rio, |J 1 Utara, 10.1 - .Scratched : .Sir Agnes, Captain Glossop. Won by a length, four length.s between second and third. Time, 1 min. 18 secs. FLEET HANDICAP, of 500 sots. One mile. 5 Kooya, by Signalman—Koiano, 10.8 1 2 George, 9.11 - 2 Bedd-el-Bahr, * Scratched ; Hygia and Otara. Won by a head, four lengths between second and third. Time, 1 min 50 secs. P-ETONK HANDICAP, of 150 sovs. Five furlongs. 11 Mel ford, by Bucclcueh —Saranges, 9.7 (Pine) 1 S Martyress, 9.7 5’ 2 Golden Glade, 9.13 3 Scratched : Perrier, Bairnsdale. An even race to tho straight, where Limpet and Martyress were clear. In the run home Mel ford got up and won by a neck, a similar distance between second and third. Time, 1 min. 5 secs. CJ.C. OBABB KATIOIfAX. KEBTXBGE CHRISTCHURCH, July 13. Mount Victoria has been scratched for the Winter Cup. BIiTOCTO OB A TBATB. A SUBSTANTIAL FINE IMPOSED. (Per United Press Association.) 'B ■ I CHRISTCHURCH. July 12. W. Pollock, of Dunedin, was fined £SO and costa in the Magistrate’s Court here to-day on the charge of a breach of the Gaming Act by betting on a railway - train. A charge of a breach of the railway by-laws by gambling on a train was withdrawn. A BAClire APPEAL CASH. DECISION IN FAVOUR SOUTHLAND RACING CLUB. WELLINGTON, July 13. The judges of the Now Zealand Racing Conference met to-day in the matter of an appeal by the Southland Racing Club against the decision of ttie Dunedin District Committee, reversing a decision of the Southland Racing Club to disqualify R. Berry, rider of the horse Redshire, in the President’s Welter Handicap, run on April 13th, 1916, for two years, for obviously pulling the said horse. Judgment: —(1) The stewards of the Southland Racing Club having decided that the horse Kedshlrc was obviously pulled, their, decision on that point of fact was not open to review by the Dunedin District Committee: (2) the jockey can only appeal in mitigation of sentence: (3) therefore, the decision of tho Dunedin District Committee is reversed and the decision of th« Southland Racing Club is restored. —(Signed), George Clifford, W r m. E. Bidwell, O. S. Watkins, judges, Wellington, July 13th, 1916. BIBCKWOOX) H UAT. INTERESTING RUNS AT WALLACETOWN. A sunny, bracing winter's afternoon was taken advantage of Wednesday by the Birchwood Hunt to bold a meet at Wallacetown, in good country at the rear of the Southland Frozen Meat Co.’s works. There was a good attendance of the public, including a number of representative local sportsmen. A fair field was in evidence, and a considerable amount of interest was displayed in the performances of Dalton (W. Robinson), Master Jim (Mr D. R. Jones), JCin tail shore, and other horses seen out on a qualifying mission in view of hunting races to come both at home and abroad. Two runs were carried out with Mr A. Saunders, on Ohio, as Muster, while Mr W. Lcdingham, on the veteran Cody, hunted the eager pack, and K. Ellis, on Sunset, filled the position of whip. At the conclusion ! of the afternoon’s proceedings the Master called for three cheers for the owners of the property kindly granted to be hunted over, and his invitation was heartily responded to. Among the spectators were Private T. Lamport (recently returned permanently invalided from the front), and Messrs T. A. Fahey and ,T. Simon, I two enthusiastic followers of the Hunt, at present reduced to the ranks of the onlookers as the result of accidents of ! various kinds. i „ i FOOTBALL. The local Rugby competition was ftdj vanced another stage Wednesday afte.r- ---| noon when three matches were decided I on Rugby Park. The grounds were somewhat soft and rather sticky in i places, but the ball kept wonderfully [ dry, and the day’s play resolved itself into three fine exhibitions of the winter | pastime. Southern (6) v. Star (0). Star were the bigger of these two teams and, by virtue of their position on the ' ' hj r, were confidently looked Upon to emerge victorious. However the boys in the black livery sprang a surprise and betrayed evident signs of systematic training. Although the play was of a. very even nature throughout, yet Star were certainly out-classed, and Southern certainly deserved their win, being on the day's play decidedly the better team. ’—High School (0) \. Athletic (.".). — Fndoubtedly this vras the match of 1 the afternoon. in size the teams were i very evenly matched, and at half time j the score stood 3 —o in favour of the greens. ■ In the second spell play was I very even for three-quarters of the time i then, with ten minutes to go, the School 1 boys opened out, and carried all before them. Two tries came of rattling back play in a. very few minntes, and although the greens strove hard to regain i Hie upper hand the School urged mi hy

their frantic barrackcrs, kept up the pressure and came out with three points to spare after a splendid exhibition of football as it should be played. —lnvercargill A (24) v. Invercargill— B (li).— This game, although won easily, was by no means a walk-over, and was responsible for some fine flashes of play. The B's opened well and snapped a tryin the very early stages of the game, but this put the A’s on their mettle and the score was 1.2—.1 at half-time. After resuming, play was still of an interesting nature, and both teams were kept hard at it until the call of time. Yesterday's results lend to the competition more than a touch of interest. School and Invercargill A lead with one loss each, while Star are a point behind. 16 th RKINFORCEMIO NTS AT RUGBY BARK. On Wednesday next a select team from the Sixteenth Reinforcements, who arc at present on their final leave, will tryconclusions with a team chosen from last season’s and present season’s players. The Southland Rugby Football Union have been successful through the keenness of several ex-players at present on active service, in arranging this fixture, and it is safe to say that considerable interest will be evinced, and a large gathering will be tiie result of the effort. Apart from the game’s point of view, the opportunity of witnessing the Inst exhibition of our soldiers on the playing area prior to their taking part in a harder and more important contest, will no doubt be taken advantage of by the public of Southland, and it behoves those interested to see that this object is carried out in a fitting manner. The local team will be announced on Saturday, and meanwhile the Rugby Union Executive will be busy making the necessary arrangements. SCHOOL FOOTBALL TO-MORROW’S FIXTURES. Senior. —Middle v. Waihopai, RugbyPark, 2 p.m.; South c. Marist, RugbyPa rk, 2 p.m. Junior. —St. George v. Bluff, Bluff, at 10.30 a.m.: South v. Marist, Tweed st.. Reserve, 10 a.m.; North v. Waihopai, Eastern Reserve, 10 a.m. SOUTHLAND RUGBV UNION. The usual weekly meeting of the S.R.F.U. yvas held last evening, when there were in attendance: Messrs A. J. Geddes (chairman), Isaacs, McGavock. Meredith, Jenkins, Scully, Morton, and Lillburn. Mr W. G. Compton wrote forwarding his resignation as a member of the executive. — Received with regret, and a minute of appreciation of Mr Compton’s services passed. The fixtures for next week were arranged as follows: High School v. Star, 3 p.m., and Southern v. Invercargill B. 3 p.m. The matches will, of course, only be played in the event of the match with the Sixteenths falling through. Messrs Geddes, Jenkins, and Derbie were appointed a committee to select the Southland team for the military match next "Wednesday.