SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 17966, 6 March 1917, Page 2

SPORTING

NOTES BY SIR MOORED. The most important long distance handicap in the Commonwealth, the Australian Cup, will be disposed of at Flemington to-day. The V.R.C. Autumn meeting will be continued on Thursday. It is considered unlikely that Margarine will be a starter for the Waimate Cup. She will probably be reserved for more . important engagements at the C.J.C. Autumn meeting at Easter time. R. Reay-is still confined to his bed in Dunedin with his broken leg, sustained in a harness race at the Forbury Park T.C.’s January fixture. It will be at least three weeks before he can return to his home in Christchurch. On his return to Sydney recently from New Zealand Mr E, J. Watt Informed a N.S.W, scribe that Desert Gold is almost certain to visit Randwick for the A.J.C. Autumn meeting. When Thames was disqualified on account of short weight after winning at the recent Wanganui J.C. meeting, her backers lost £ISOO, in addition to what they would have won had the verdict stood. Deeley was 4Jlb shy of his correct poundage. Although no less than 804 nominations were received for the Victoria R.C.’s Autumn meeting, now in progress, not a single entry was forwarded from New Zealand. The difficulty experienced in obtaining permits for owners and trainers to leave Maoriland at the present juncture probably had something to do with this state of affairs. The Victorian crack, Patrobas, winner of the Essendon Stakes at Flomington on Saturday last, has now secured in stakes the sum of £14,600. It is reported that the speedy Australian; sprinter, Woorak, Is to be sent to the stud next season. When the last mall to hand left Australia the Newmarket Handicap winner. Polycrates, was second favourite for the race, and promised to see a short price on the day of the contest. The bookmakers struck at the Nhill (Vic.) meeting last month and walked off the course. The fixture was carried on without them. The cause of the trouble was that the club increased the woolbrokers’ fees. Mr P. A, Price, owner of Quickshot and other horses, leaves Invercargill this week to take up the role of a soldier. His Calibre —Lively mare is to continue her preparation in the meantime. RACING AND THE WAB. M.P. RESIGNS FROM CLUB. (Per United Press Association.) OAMARU, March 5. At a meeting of the committee of the North Otago Jockey Club, Mr E. P. Lee, M.P., tendered his resignation as a member of the committee and hon. treasurer of the club. Mr Lee said he did ,so on account of the views he held in regard to racing while the war continued. The resignation was accepted with regret. ANGLING. (By “Rod.”) There was a great dearth of news regarding the doings of anglers last week. The heavy rain showers of the past week will have the effect of freshening up the rivers and streams, which have, taking all together, not been in too good order all this season. Visitors to the Makarewa while "on the rise” have been fairly successful with both fly, minnow (natural and artificial). Mr Green, of Oporo, has been fortunate of late fishing in different parts of the Oreti, landing some nice sized trout. If I remember correctly he told me that his heaviest scaled 161bs. A local enthusiast fishing with fly as lure in the Makarewa grassed a nice bag of seven for a few hours infishing. The best one of the bunch tipped the beam at 21b. It would be as well for those poachers who are In the habit of using dynamite and other explosives, to take warning from the fate which befell one of that unsportsmanlike fraternity in the Magistrate’s Court last week. It is said that a well-known Centre Bush fisherman has caught upwards of 80 fish In one pool this season, all large and well-conditioned trout. —Wlnton Record. BOWLING. The following will represent Te Rangi against Winton on Te Rangi green on Wednesday ;—Swift, McDonald, Bewley, Smith, Robertson, Brown, Stirling, Kissell, Peterson, Cunningham, McKenzie, Jefcoate, Stephens, Bloomfield, Dunlop, Brooks. Northend v. Bluff, on Wednesday, March 7 ; —W. H. Johnston, T, Roche, F. Thomson, J. D, Yates (s); J. Loudon, W. Leek, J. A. Wesney, J. Lock (s): S. McDonald. W. Watson, A. St cans, C. E. Hannah (s); J. Wilson, P. Gilklson, J. Holloway, T. A. Wallace (s). Emergencies : McKechnle, Prentice, A. E. Wesney, Mcllwrlck, Stevens, W. D. Cowie. Southland v. Invercargill on Wednes- , day at 2.30, on Southland green :—H. Ferguson, J, J, Hiskens, C. Dykes, A. E. Smith (s); T. Lumsden, Rev. E. Blssett, C. C. Cook, A. D. Millar (s); F. W. Woollett, T. Crawley, R. Erskine, W. F. Claxton (s) ; J. England, C. Longuet, J. McNatty, W’. Stead (s); P. J. Israel, R. Wesney, J. H. Reed, J, E. Taylor (s). Reserve : E. Credgington, J. Manson, J. Gardner, R. Donaldson. HOKONUI v. WYNDHAM. A three-rinks aside match came up for decision on Wednesday afternoon between the above clubs, at Gore. The weather was fine, and the green in good order, although the wind at tjmes affected the course of the bowls, Hokonui won by 76 points to 61. The visitors were somewhat slow in picking up the strength of the green, and the local men established a good lead; but two Wyndham rinks made a good recovery. At the eighth head Paterson (Hokonui) led Walker 12 to 5. Tutty led Drummond 14 to 6, and Mac Gibbon led McKerrow 15 to 2.

At the conclusion of play, Messrs Tutty (Hokonui) and Drummond (Wyndham) conveyed fraternal greetings. The visitors were subsequently the guests of the local men at tea. Scores:— H. W. Garrick, Ross, Irishman, Tutty (s) 34 Hannan, Rhodes, Porter, Drummond (s) •- Smith, Hunter, Alexander, Paterson (s) 18 Robt. Wilson, Lister, Williams, • Walker (s) Kelly, Boyne, Blaikie, Mac Gibbon (s) .. 24 Bennett, Boyce, Trott, McKerrow (s) 76 61 SOUTHLAND v. WAKATIPU. A two-rink match took place on the local green on Wednesday, 21st Inst, between Southland and Wakatipu players. The games were keenly contested throughout and ended In favour of the visitors by the small margin of 4 points. The green was very keen owing to the dry weather, but it conduced to some good play. The following are the scores : S. W. Broom, Walker, Stalker, Tilley 25 Dingwall. Timpany, Warren, Pettersson (s) Smith, Stout. Williams, Smithson (s) 17 Paine, Father Graham, Lynch, Kelly (s) ... 42 38 DEFEHTCX! BIPI.E CZOTS. Shooting for Dr Crawford’s trophy was continued on Wednesday and Saturday of last week under conditions which were anything but pleasant or favourable to good scoring, but, nevertheless, some good results were recorded. The leading scores are as follows : 300 600 Hep. Tl. Rifleman T. M. Watson 27 31 9 67 Rifleman A. Lyall ~ 35 30 sc 65 Rifleman W. Tretheway 21 25 14 60 Rifleman J. Fredrick ~. 27 28 3 58 Rifleman F. Fredrick .. 32 17 9 58 Deputy-Pres. Milley .. 28 27 sc 55 Rifleman Galbraith .. 23 16 14 53 Rifleman Lee . • • • 27 22 sc 49 Rifleman Slaughter .. 29 19 sc 48 Rifleman Lilley .... 24 10 11 45 The scores of those who have completed the first round of the Club championship are as under*: — 300 500 600 TL Rifleman Lyall . • 35 35 30 100 Deputy-Pres. Milley .. 28 34 27 89 Rifleman J. Fredrick .. 27 32 28 87 Rifleman Lee .. • • 27 28 22 77 Rifleman F. Fredrick .. 32 26 17 76 Rifleman Galbraith .. 23 22 16 61 Rifleman Lilley .... 24 22 10 56 This week the ranges for Dr Crawford’s trophy are 600 and 800 yards, and the handicaps are as appended. Deputy-Pres. Milley, Rifleman Willi Slaughter, Lee and Lyall (sc.-ac.), Riflemen Diack, Watson, Jno. Fredrick (2-3), Pres. Todd, Riflemen Dr. Crawford, Cook and Hunter (3-4), Rifleman Benzoni (4-4), Riflemen Robinson, Smithies and Tretheway (6-6), Riflemen Lilley and F. Fredrick (6-7).