SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 19656, 5 October 1922, Page 3

SPORTING

(BY JOLLY BEGGAR). Kumw annual races to-day. Entries for the principal races at the CJ.C. meeting close to-morrow at 8 p.m. When Noctuiform won the A.J.C. Derby in 1905 he covered the mile and a half in 2-32£9ec, a time that has been beaten only once, when Salitros won in 1920 in the ■mart time of 2.325ec. Writing from Sydney “Sir Modred” says that Beauford is a good looking horse of rather flashy type. From what he saw of Eurythmic in Melbourne he would take the Victorian champion to beat both Gloaming and Beauford from one and a half miles up to three miles, that is if the first-named has trained on. The Victorian cruck is a very handsome animal, but a feminine head •omewhat detracts from his appearance from the point of view of a hard and fast follower of the turf. He was not wound up when raced at Caulfield, but he ran a magnificent race under severe difficulties. At an early ■tare he was knocked back nearly tn last place and when he again got within striking distance of the leaders in a big field a second bump sent him to the rear (fifth place) for the second time. Running to the turn he was fortunate, but a good horse like Purser was in front well clear of the field and looked to be unbeatable. However, Eurythmic rounded the bend in great style and cut the leader down as if he were a rocking-horse to beat him easily with the rest nowhere. It was an impressive victory and the crowd made the welkin ring, dehghted to think that their champion was about to come back to dispute supremacy with Sydneyite Beauford and Maorilander Gloaming if necessary—how the Melbournties love to get one on A) the folk Sydney. When Melbourne Cup time comes round Eurythmic should be at his best, and it will take a good horse to head him off.

“When at Caulfield races.” says “Sir Modred,” “I was interested in the Martian three-year-old. The Cypher, and I should not be surprised it he should win a big race during the Victorian spring campaign. In fact I would not put the V.R.C. Derby past him. The ex-New Zealander is very like that good little gelding. Linden, but he is built on more solid lines than Mr A. G. Hill’s horse. He can stay with the best and when stretched out he presents a stride that will outreach many of his future opponents. HAWKE'S BAY MEETING. KING’S TRUMPETER WINS GUINEAS. BIG DROP IN TOTALISATOR RETURNS I (Special to the Times). HASTINGS, October 4. The Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s Spring meeting was held at listing’s to-day. The weather was perfect and the course was in splendid order with the going good. Despite a large attendance the totalisator returns showed a big decrease, the sum of £16,133 10s being put through the totalisator as against £26.174 for last year, making a total decrease of £10,040 10s for the day. As an experiment the Club operated a 10/- machine to-day for the first time. Results:— TEMOANA HURDLES, of £l5O. About one and three-quarter miles. Mr G. D. Beatson's b g Oak Rose, by Maharanui—Curious Rose, aged. 9.0 1 Woden 9.9 2 Blue Hall 9.2 3 Also started: —Kail 10.12. Highway 10.10, Raffles 10.6, Black Art 9.12, Negambo 9.0, Noble 9.10. Kail and Black Art fell. Won by four lengths. Time 3min 14secs. TRIAL STAKES, of £125. Five furlongs. Weight, Bst. Arataura 1 Kilbird 2 Pretty Girl 3 Also started:—Tahunata, Marcus, The Linnet, Allmarimba, Esquimaux, Satorina, Martona, Crown Star, Morgen, Killian, . Hecate, Raupaki. The Author, Tea Leaves, ' Irish Melody. Won by three-quarters of a . length. Time Imin 1 l-ssecs. HAWKES BAY GUINEAS, of £5OO, for [ three-year-olds. One Mr A. B. William’s b g King's Trumpeter by Clarenceux—Bon Bord 1 , Mr C. Elgar's b g Zouave, by Martian— Rose Red 2 Douglas Estate’s blk g Mountain Lion. by Mountain Knight—Fairy Girl .. 3 : Also started:—Morose, Kahikatea. Won by half a length. Time Imin 4Qsecs. SPRING HANDICAP o£ £3OO. 1 Smiles. | Mr W. R. KcmhaU’s ch m Bonnet ter, by Boniform—Brayton, aged, 8.4 .. 1 Mr B. H. Aislabie's b g Heathersprig, by Heather Mixture—La Sabine, 6yrs, 8.5 2 Mr F. R. Jensen's br g Matatua, by Birkenhead—Sunbonnet, aged 7.0 .. 3 Aho started: —Admiral Codrington 8.13, Paoui 7.10. Orawia 7.8, Festivity 7.7, Crown Gem 6.7. Won by a head. Time 2min 6 2-osecs. HASTINGS STAKES of £350, for two-year-olds. Five furlongs. Mr A. B. Williams br g Bathos, by Absurd—Amyrin 1 Mr W. T. Hazlett’s b f Razzle Dazzle, by Kilbroney—Simper 2 Mr J. E. Mclvor’s blk f Simonette, by King Soult—Mere Mere 3 Also started:—Caress, Strong Holt, Penelopebon. Town Talk. Foolish. Mountain Belle. Misgovern. Won by one and a-half lengths. Time Imin 2 2-ssecs. GLENCRAY HANDICAP, of £2OO. One mile and a furlong. Mr B. L. Joll’s b g Cold Steel, by Martian—Snowstill, 4yrs, 8.9 1 Bonnie Heather 8.11 2 Penitent 8.5 3 Also started:— Battle Knight 8.6, Taiparu 8.0, Five-eights 7.7, Ruruwai 7.7. Won by a head. Time Imin 54 l-ssecs. J LAXMERE HANDICAP of £l5O. Six furlongs. Estate late W. J. Douglas's br f Viyella, by Absurd—Snooze, 3yrs, 8.2 .. 1 Joy Ride 7.13 2 Magistrate 7.0 3 Also started:—Landbird 8.9, Suspicion 7.13, Damien 7.9. Fera, Munus, Good Sport, Kao Tane, Communieate, Megan, Morgen, Ferwcod, Chaplin. Blissfulness, Uleaborg, Martinique 7.0. Won by two lengths. Time Imin 15secs. FLYING HANDICAP of £2OO. Six furlongs. Terawhiti 7.8 1 Grotesque 9.6 .. 2 ! Tinahanga 7.9 3 1 Also started:—The Speaker 8.0,’ Makere, 7.0, Valley Rose 6.9. Won by a head. Time Imm 14 S’Osecs. CHRISTCHURCH NOTES. BOX SEAT WORKS WELL. (Special to the Times). CHRISTCHURCH, October 4. At Addington to-day Box Seat (J. Bryce) •nd Wild Briar (A. Bryce) lined up at the two-mile post for a work-out together. I The pair moved off in fine but Box Seat ! was slow in gathering up his speed, conse- I quently Wild Briar quickly opened up a big gap. At the end of a mile Box Seat had reduced the gap and pacing in fine ■tyle was in the lead at the ten furlongs, and from then on easily held his companion safe. Although Box Seat failed to ' gather up his speed in the early stages of | the work out he got to the end of the two | miles in 4min 34secs. The /niddle mile i was done in 2min lOsecs and the last mile and a-half in 3min 2Clsecs, which considering that it was his first work-out since coming to New Zealand was most satisfactory.

One of the finest work-out seen at headquarters for some time was that accomplished by Ahuriri (A Bryce), Great Hope (W. J. Tomlinson) and Taraire (G. Bryce). This trio raced in close company over a mile and a-half and registered excellent time. Ahuriri has done well since he won the New Zealand Sapling Stakes and has furnished into a fine three-year-old. Both Great Hope and Taraire acquitted themselves with credit and should pay their way this season. AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB. GLOAMING’S BRILLIANT VICTORY. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, October 4. Upwards of 40,000 people attended the Randwick races to-day. The weather was fine, and the going good. The third day is

always regarded as ladies' day and was well patronised by them in gorgeous spring frocks, which were quite a .feature of the May’s racing. Gloaming secured a convincing defeat over Beauford and was acclaimed with enthusiasm on all sides. Both horses disputed favouritism going to the barrier, which was a tribute to Gloaming’s unparallelled effort on Saturday when he was narrowly denied victory after the magnificent way in which he overhauled his opponent. G. Young, steering his steed to a handy position from the jump always held Beauford in check and when the time arrived for a final spurt the New Zealand champion went away from his rival as if the latter were a second rater. The victory was popular and was greatly applauded. R. J. Mason’s team sails for New Zealand on Saturday. , I Results:— SECOND HURDLE RACE of 2sovs each with lOOOsovs added. —Gindi 10.4, 1; Ecarte 1 10.7 2; Menecular 9.2 3. It was a close race throughout, Gindi and Ecarte fighting out a desperate finish. Gindi won by a long head. Time 4min 29$secs. THE CRAVEN PLATE (w.f.a.), of 15sovs each with 3000sovs added. Ono mile and a-quarter. Mr G. D. Greenwood’s br g Gloaming, by The Welkin—Light, aged, 9.1 (G. Young i 1 Mr W. H. Mac Kay’s br g Beauford, by Beau Soult—Blueford, 6yrs, 9.1 (A. Wood) 2 Sir Samuel Hordern’s ch h Violincello (imp), by Valens—Catgut, aged 9.4 3 Also started:—Kenepil, Prince Charles, Furious. It was generally considered* that the contest would again be between the riders rather than between Gloaming and Beauford. Gloaming took the lead early with Violincello handy. Beauford went to the front at the mile post with Gloaming hanging on to his heels with G. Young apparently determined that no gap would have to be filled in the final run home. 1116 position were unaltered till entering the straight when both were on level terms. The crowd looked for another ding-dong struggle to the post but Gloaming upset the calculations by going on from the half distance to win easily by four lengths. Time 2min 4secs.

SUBURBAN HANDICAP of ICteovs each with lOOOsovs added.—Peroration 7.3 1; Gilray 10.12 2; Fair Rosaleen 7.5 3. Entering the staright Peroration had a comfortable lead and successfully stalled off a gallant effort by Gilray to win by a long neck. Time Imin 38secs. MEMBERS’ HANDICAP of ssovs each with 750sovs added.—Tadley 8.3 1; Comptroller 7.10, 2; Kerryland 7.9, 3. Thirteen starters. Dighton led round the bend and was joined by his stable-mate Comptroller. At the distance Hadley dashed to the front and won by three-quarters of a length. Time 2min 7Jsecs. GIMEROCK STAKES of 200sovs added. Princess Dighton, 1; Glaciarium, 2; Lalaguli 3. Thirteen starters. Egaiitc commanded strong support but faded away at the half distance, when her prospects were very bright. Princess Dighton won by a length, lime Imin 3secs. SYDNEY HANDICAP of ssovs each with lOOCsovs added. —Paganini 7.4, 1; Wirraway 9.6, x; Prince Cox 6.7, 3. Eleven starters. Wen by three-quarters of a length. Time 2min 344sece. GOLF. LADIES’ MATCH AT OTATARA. The following is the draw for the L.G.U. Medai matches at Otatara to-day:—Silver medal—Mrs Carr plays Miss Pilcher; Mrs Handyside plays Mrs Pottinger; Mrs Macdonald plays Mrs Cowie; Bronze medal— Mrs Ferguson plays Mrs Haggitt; Mrs Cruickshank plays Mrs Jones; Mrs Henderson plays Miss Oughton; Miss Lillicrap plays Mrs Mitchell; Mrs Cochrane plays Miss J. Haggitt. FOOTBALL. BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL FIRST FIFTEEN PRESENTATION TO MR MAWSON Yesterday afternoon the members of the Southland Boys’ High School first fifteen and the staff of the school met Mr Mawson, the team’s coach, to show their appreciation of the interest he displayed in preparing the team for the inter-schools tournament and the Moascar Cup. Mr T. D. Pearce, the Rector, said that the thanks of the staff and pupils were due to Mr Mawson for the great amount of trouble he had taken to raise the standard of the school’s sports. He had brought the team to a high state of efficiency and the success of his efforts was reflected in the high place the school had taken in football in the Dominion during the season. On behalf of the staff he had much pleasure in presenting Mr Mawson with an oakframed photograph of the four teams entered by the school in the Rugby Union’s competitions. Mr R. Murray, captain of the senior team, in presenting the coach with a silver-mount-ed oak tray, also referred in happy terms to the untiring efforts Mr Mawson had made to fit the team for their strenuous season. He had worked hard for the same results during the previous two years, but had not had the material to work with. The thanks of the team were due to Mr Mawson for the manner in which he had looked after them, both in Invercargill and while on tour. Mr Mawson, who on rising to respond was given a rousing reception, laid emphasis on the necessity of organised sport in secondary education. 'ihe out-of-doors work, he said, was in every way as-import-ant to the success of the students as were their studies. He thanked them for their gifts, and hoped the team would achieve the same success next year as they had during the past season. ATHLETICS. ATHLETIC AND CYCLING UNION. ANNUAL MEETING OF SOUTHLAND CENTRE. r The annual meeting of the Southland Centre of the N.Z. Athletic and Cycling Union was held in the Balfour Town Hall on Tuesday evening, there being an attendance of about twenty delegates. Mr Wm. McDonald, president of the Centre occupied the chair. The accounts for the year, as adopted, showed a credit balance in hand of £7O Ils 2d. Registration fees had not been received from some of the societies, and the balance would be increased occordingly when these came to hand. It was pointer! out that when the Centre was Shifted to Balfour a balance of approximately £3O was taken over from Invercargill, and it was considered that the gain of £4O in the accumulated funds is a period of three years was very satisfactory.

The election if office-bearers resulted as follows :--President Mr Wm McDonald (Balfour), (re-elected); vice-presidents,

Messrs J. T. Qualter (Riversdale), and D Larnach (Winton) ; secretary and treasurer Mr A. P. Scobie (Balfour); executive Messrs A. J. Grant (Mataura), D. Cronin (Waikaia), M. Dowling (Tuatapere), Jas. Butler (Winton), and Greer. The secretary’s honorarium was fixed at £l5, with a bonus of £5. Several delegates paid tributes to Mr Scobie's work for athletics. A remit from the Pukearuhe Society that action be taken to have the amusement tax levied on members’ tickets abolished, was discussed. It was decided to take no action in the matter. It was mentioned, as showing the extent to which societies were affected, that the Tuatapere Society paid over £l9 in amusement tax last year. The Orepuki Society forwarded a remit that the next annual meeting be held in Invercargill, as Balfour was not easy of access for Western District delegates. Considerable discussion took place, and a proposal to change the location of the Centre was ruled out- of order, as no notice of motion had been given. It was finally resolved that the meetings be held alternately in the Eastern and Western Districts, the next meeting to be held in Winton. j The secretary, Mr A. P. Scobie was appointed to represent the Centre at the next New Zealand conference.

The Mataura Club suggested that the Centre donate a trophy for competition among athletes throughout the province as a provincial championship. It was resolved that a trophy be given, and the executive was empowered to draw up rules for the competition, and to expend up to £lO 10s on the purchase of a shield or cup. The trophy to be a challenge trophy, to be held for one year only by the competitor gaining most points in all events at all the meetings held in the province.

A good deal of time was spent in a discussion on the applications from affiliated societies for dates for their sports meetings. December 27 was applied for by three societies, Winton, Limehills and Pukearuhe. The latter withdrew in favour of Winton, but Limehills has always had the date in the past, and under the rules has a prior claim to it. The Winton delegates contended that Limehills held only a “picnic fixture,” while theirs was a “metropolitan meeting,” and last year was the biggest in the South Island, £175 being given in prizes. It was intended to put a chopping match on the programme this year, with £5O in prize money, if the date could be secured to suit the bushmen. The debate became rather heated at this stage. Finally the chairman ruled Winton’s application out of order, as the date belonged to the Liniehills Society, and no alteration could be made without the consent of that body. The Limehills spokesman stated that, while wishing tp establish their claim to the date, his committee were prepared to discuss the matter with the Winton officials with a view, to arriving at an amicable agreement. Several other matters were discussed, including anomalies in handicapping, and the question of providing proper accommodation for competitors, and the meeting closed with a hearty vote of thanks to the chair. BOXING BLUFF TOURNAMENT On .Saturday evening a boxing tournament will be held at Bluff, the Southland Boxing Association having arranged for four good six-round contests, a special fourround bout and a wrestling exhibition. The Association has gone to considerable trouble to secure the best fighters procurable and*the tournament should be one of the best seen at Bluff for a very long time. In each case a Bluff boxer will be opposed to a rival from some other part of Southland and Otago, and as the Bluff team is reported to have undergone a strenuous preparation, some good boxing should be seen. A train will travel from Invercargill both before and after the tournament and tickets for the journey are procurable from the secretary, Mr J. H. Gilbertson. Mr F. C. Jarvis or Mr J. Sylevester, of Bluff. NOVICE TOURNAMENT AT INVERCARGILL Entries for the novice tournament to be held at Invercargill on October 17 and 18 close with the secretary on Monday next at 5 o’clock. In consequence of the large number of country competitors, it has been decided that it will not be possible to pay travelling expenses of contestants. TIMARU CONTESTS. (Per United Press Association.) TIMARU, October 4. A professional heavyweight fight under the auspices of the Timaru Boxing Association between Sid Fitzsimmons (Timaru) and Cyril Whitaker for a purse of £lOO went the/ull fifteen rounds, Whitaker winning on points. It was a close see-saw bout marked by much in-fighting, which proved Whitaker’s forte. In the middleweight contest McPhail, the mid-Canterbury champion amateur, beat Stewart, the Wellington champion, by a knockout in the third round.