SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 20528, 3 July 1928, Page 10

SPORTING

NOTES BY SIR MODRED.

Acceptances for various events at the Wellington Racing Club’s Winter fixture are due to-night. *

The Christchurch light harness brigade were .solid winners at the Auckland TCs. gathering.

Entries for the South Canterbury Hunt fixture, on July 21, are due on Thursday evening, July 5.

While the nominations for the jumping races at the G.N. meeting decreased, the Winter Cup gained two.

With successes across the flat and over battens of late to his credit, Beau Cavalier should be well in August.

Mr J. Rowe, president of the Auckland Trotting Club, on Wednesday last completed his twenty-fifth year of office.

It is stated that when Flicker won in Sydney she started at odds on, but her connections may have got a better price.

Wanganui trainer. W. H. Dwyer, has Kiosk in work again, and the Tea Tray horse is said to be sound and healthy.

It is now stated that the Victorian youngster. Mollison, cost 500 guineas privately as a foal, while his stake winnings total £17,343.

The leading winning owners at the Auckland T.C. meeting were:—G. J. Barton, £850; R. A. Armstrong and A. L. Johnson, £620; C. Johnstone, £4lO. Reports from Wanganui are to the effect that a youngster called Ceremony, a fullbrother to Lysander (Absurd—Pennon* is very promising. The winning trotting owners for the closing season are:—G. J. Barton (Dunedin i, £5.339; M. Moodabe, £5,165; and Mr J. R. McKenzie, £5,154. North Island advice is to the effect that Civility, who is being treated to road work at present, moves soundly and has put on condition. A Hawkes Bay writer states that Tresham has been taken in hand again, and it is planned to give him a preparation for the N.Z. Cup. Youthful Freeman G. Holmes, who heads the trotting drivers’ and riders’ list for the current season, is the eldest son of the well known reinsman. F. Holmes. The success of Mainspring over country at Ashburton on Saturday and the recent deeds of his half brother, The Babe, show that the pair are faster than some critics imagine. Gold Mint appears to be going on the right way at Riccarton in preparation for the Wellington R.C. Winter meeting, and he may be hard to dispose of on Trentham track. Writing in The Dominion. “The Watcher’’ states that H. Telferd’s team is getting through nice work on the Wanganui tracks. When Joy Bird and Endorse join up Telford will have a team of ten. “Vedette” writes in Wellington Post: Two Hunting Song youngsters in J. H. Jefferd’s Ngatarawa stable are showing great promise, so much so in fact that Mr A. B. Williams has decided to mate all his brood mares with rhe Hurry On sire. A Hawkes Bay writer furnishes the interesting suggestion that Red Fuschia may miss the Wellington R.Gs. Winter meeting and be reserved for the Grand National Hurdle Race over the Riccarton panels. It is interesting to note that when Roscrea beat Lighthearted in the Novice Plate at Ashburton on Saturday, First Raid was only a neck away m third place. The lastnamed is a two-year-old colt by Night Raid —Mademoiselle, who is likely to be heard of next season. For the Dromore Steeplechase at Ashburton on Saturday, Royal Fashion was slightly better backed than Oriflamb. The favourite fell at the third fence, bringing Mataipuke down. Half a mile from home Mainspring headed Oriflamb and beat him by three lengths. « It is safe to assume that G. W. New will head the list of winning trainers for the closing season in New Zealand, as his pupils have won 37 races, while J. T. Jamieson, second on the list, has 30 successes to credit, followed by C. Gieseler 39 and F. W EUis 24. A success at the Te Kuiti meeting yesterday places R. Reed on even terms w’ith 71 wins each for the jockeys’ premiership, while A. E. Ellis is in third berth with 65 wins. If, as recently stated, A. E. Ellis is going to pilot jumpers again, he may be favoured at Trentham, a course which has so far proved one of his happy hunting grounds. In the advertising columns of this issue it is announced that the meets of the Birchwood Hunt for the future have been rearranged as follows:—July 4 and 5, Eastern Bush; July 6 and 7. Clifden; July 11, Otautau; July 14. Wrey’s Bush; July 18, Winton; July 21, Drummond. The black gelding Despot, who won the Moreton Hack Handicap (6f.) at Ashburton on Saturday for J. McCombe, is one of the batch of Australian-bred youngsters purchased in Sydney in 1926 by the Riccarton owner-trainer. His sire, Governor General, is a son of The Tetrarch, while his dam, Venusia, was by Fucile (son of Carbine) from Venus, by Sweet William—Sea Foam, by The Drummer—Sea Breeze (sister to Melody, dam of Melos and Melodious, the dam of Wallace, by Carbine I. Despot must be classed as stoutly bred whether he succeeds or not as a racehorse. Crown Area, who had the misfortune to run a stake into his cheek recently at the Kairanga farm where he is being spelled, thereby breaking a bone (writes “The Watcher’’ in The Dominion), was operated on last week, and part of the injured bone removed. He is reporter! to be making good progress. The son of Acre was very fortunate in one way for the stake entered his cheek barely an inch under his eye. Blimp, who injured himself in barbed wire some weeks ago, is also reported to be making good progress.

The breeding of Grey Friar, who decently won the A.J.C. Steeplechase, the most valuable cross-country event in N.S.W., and who is now in the limelight as a ’chaser in Melbourne, is interesting to students of pedigree lore, as he traces back on the dam’s side to one of the most famous families in South Australia. He is by Menin (a grey son of The Tetrarch (imported to Victoria) from a short-pedigreed mare called Geenong, by Tom Moore (son of Grafton) from a mare called Geneva, by Red Cross, son ot Scandal, from Footprint, by Richmond— Footstep. It may not be known to many people in Southland these days, but a descendant of the Richmond family, a horse called Earl of Richmond, was at one time owned in the Western district and his blood still obtains in that portion of Southland, but, unfortunately, he was not used by breeders to the extent he might have been. One of his southern descendants, Red Earl, was a very useful hurdler and won as far north as Canterbury.

A traveller with a good deal of experience in all branches of sport (writes “Vedette” in Wellington Post) anticipates two serious clashes during Grand National week in Christchurch, in which racing and trotting will be bidding for the support of the public against Rugby football. There is every chance that a Ranfuriy Shield be played in Chrischurch on August 11, and

the Metropolitan Trotting Club’s Meeting opens on that day. The following Saturday, the concluding day of the National Meeting, the Canterbury Jockey Club has an even more serious counter attraction in the North-South Islands Rugby match. As Christchurch, like all districts in possession of the Ranfuriy Shield, is experiencing a wave of boundless enthusiasm in football, the racing folk appear to be up against two bad days.

Some well-known horses were out with the Otago Hunt Club pack in a run at Wingatui on Saturday, including the following:—Armchair (J. Crawford), The Brewer (W. Hastie>, Ranui (C. Dawson), Loughrea (G. Dempster), French Belle (C. McLauchlan), Lochella (J. Dooley), Incursio (F. Farral, King Sol (H. Anderton) and Tornado (H. S. Jones).

The well-known light harness reinsmen, D. Withers and A. Hendriksen. had severe attacks of influenza when attending the Auckland Trotting Club’s winter meeting. Both drove on the first day, but Withers was too i’ll to be present on Wednesday, being confined to his bed. Hendriksen, after three days in bed, had sufficiently recovered to drive on the concluding day, when he held the reins over Cardinal Logan, who won the Au Revoir Handicap in his nomination.

In South Australia, w’here the totalisator is the only legal medium of betting on races, there is a half-crown totalisator as well as a machine for sovereign units. The two are worked separately. Some idea of the volume of business done on the more modest medium is shown by the figures. At the Birthday Cup Meeting in Adelaide at the beginning of the month £35,979 7/6 was invested on the £ totalisator for the first day, and £16,581 7/6 on the 2/6 machine. This latter amount in units of half-a-crown would take some handling. In running through the dividends it is noticed that naturally the half-crown totalisator paid better odds on favourites, but not such good odds on outsiders. Half-a-crown appears to be rather small as a unit, but the fact remains that in South Australia it is obvious that legally the “half-dollar punter” has come into his own. Over the three days of the meeting £115.977 12/6 was handled on the £1 totalisator and £54,455 12/6 on the 2/6 machine. CANTERBURY RACING NEWS. INCLEMENT WEATHER AT RICCARTON. PACER LOGAN CHIEF AT AUCKLAND. ROSCREA RACES GAMELY. ABERFELDY SCHOOLS WEAKLY. PRICKLES, BY PANMURE, PROGRESSING. (Special to the Times.) Christchurch, July 2. We are having very unsettled weather gales from the sou’-west prevail, and one never knows when a downfall of rain will arrive. On Thursday the hills were covered with snow. On Friday night a 'howling gale arrived from down your way, and it looked bad for Ashburton. It blew out before the morning, however, and the day was fine, but very bleak, while it was decidely soft under foot. Centrepiece, who was sold to the Chatham Islander Mr C. Wishart, is to do stud duties at his new owner’s farm in the Nonh Island. The Ace horse looks only a shadow of his former self, and is not in the condition one expects in a horse that one expects to do well at the stud. Tamerlane is evidently possessed of more speed than stamina. On both days of the Auckland trotting meeting he was very solidly supported here. A select few had a royal win when Logan Chief won at Auckland. There was consternation in the camp of the layers of odds when they heard what he had paid. Their hopes of getting even on the second day were rudely shattered, for everybody backed Dalmeny and Cardinal Logan. Roscrea has given F. D. Jones a lot of trouble for over a year. He no sooner recovered from > some petty trouble, than he contracted ahother. This prevented him from racing until he started at Ashburton on Saturday. Jones was not very confident that the youngster would win. Six furlongs is a long way for a first attempt, and Lighthearted is a brilliant customer. A. E. Ellis early got Roscrea into a good position behind Lighthearted, who was making the pace. He stayed there until well into the straight, then came out and just got up to win by a head. The performance was not a startling one, but it showed that Roscrea is no quitter. He would never have won if he had been. The race should do him a world of good, and he will strip better at Trentham, where he will be given one or two races. Chickwheat’s work pointed to him winning at Ashburton, and he duly did the trick. He was backed down to a short price. He is to be schooled over hurdles either on Monday or Tuesday to see if he has progressed far enough to pay up for in the Hack Hurdles at Wellington. Oriflamb was thought to be a moral in the steeplechase at Ashburton. It was run over a short course, but it was too long for him, and Mainspring beat him home. There is evidently a soft spot in him. J. McCombe gave Amorist a two months’ spell after the gelding bolting at Trentham He thought that would be long enough for the muscle-soreness to leave him. When he came back to work the big brown was able to stride along freely enough, but the soreness has come back on him and he is now as bad as ever he was. Once under way he gallops well enough, but it takes him all of a furlong to get racing. On Thursday morning he w r as given a start of Bronstell and Despot, so that he would have settled down to his stride when they caught him. They ran past him but he came on and won the gallop very easily. This shows that he can go fast enough to win races, for Despot managed to win comfortably at Ashburton. Jumping is Amorist’s game. He loves it. J. Prosser is very pleased with the way Great Star is wintering. He has reason to be for the Solferino gelding has grown and thickened into a really nice gelding. Never having made a habit of entering his yearlings for classic races, Prosser has only got Great Star in the N.Z. Derby. This is a pity, for on looks it is not possible to say how good the gelding will be as a three-year-old. It is very doubtful if he will be kept in the Derby, as it is his only classic engagement.

J. McCombe had ideas of handling his two rising two-year-olds by Chief Ruler from Subterfuge and Leading Lady respectively. Not being keen on racing his horses as two-year-olds, he has now decided to let them run until the summer is well advanced. They are banging fine youngsters.

A. H. Eastwood got married about a week ago. His apprenticeship with H. Nurse having come to an end he has accepted a retainer from G. Murray-Aynsley, to do the stable’s light riding. Anything up to 8.0. He will have to ride out, but will not do any work in the stable, and will live at his own home. He has purchased a property from F. E. Jones. Having won the Steeplechase at Ashburton very comfortably Mainspring 9.3 must be given a royal chance in the Hack Steeplechase at Wellington. He does not incur a penalty for his win at Ashburton. For over a year the Orari trainer R. C. Keeper has had a very trying time with Mainspring, so a win or two with him would not be out of place. Keeper has always had a very high opinion of Mainspring.

The other Orari-trained ’chaser, Mainspring’s half-brother. The Babe, is not harshly treated in the Wellington Steeplechase. He has done well since he raced at Wingatui, and he will be plodding along when some of the more fancied candidates have cried enough. Aberfeldy does not look right. He certainly is not as good now as he was a year ago. On Thursday there being nothing else to school with R. J. King was forced to send the gelding by himself. He put no dash into his work, either galloping nr jumning, and his showing w T as a most disappointing one.

J. B. Pearson has Kaikahu looking bright and well. He schooled with Aberfeldy one day during the week, and gave a dashing exhibition. Since, coming to Riccarton thia gelding has not done a great deal of work. He may be one of the sort that races best on a light preparation. If he is not, then he will be short of work when raced at Trentham next week.

In giving Zaragoza 9.7 in the Whyte Memorial at Wellington the handicapper has given her quite as much as she is entitled to. If in at the minimum she would not carry much Riccarton money. Her trip to Australia has evidently impressed the weight adjusters. As a matter of fact, she went to Sydney as a companion to Limerick. Jones had to take something, and he had nothing but the mare to take.

A. McAulay had intended Sir Roy to have a spell for the winter. After the sturdy little gelding had a few days’ holiday, he became so gay that to keep him quiet he was put into work again. Lancer is not quite at home on soft ground, He does not falter in it as badly as some horses do, but he is much better on firm going. Those who saw him gal lop on Thursday morning were not surprised at his getting beaten at Ashburton. The going was the same in both places.

Miss Doyle did not take Gay Jim to Ashburton. The gelding was so very lame after working on Thursday that it looked as if he has gone for good. This is bad luck for our lady trainer, for Gay Jim was a much better horse than he was a year ago.

Malmsey and Solferite put up the best gallop over six furlongs on Thursday morning. They carried small boys, and there was nothing between them at the finish. The mare was evidently in need of a gallop, for she blew very hard after it. The gelding is more forward than his stablemate, and on that alone he should beat her easily. When ready to do her best she will beat him.

The trotters and pacers that were up racing at the Auckland T.C. meeting arrived home on Saturday morning. Their connections report having had a satisfactory trip. A. E. Ellis did not have the best of luck at Ashburtofi. In two races he lost an iron at the start. His mounts, Town Bank and Waihemo, might have done better but for these mishaps. Waihemo was solidly supported by his people. J. W. Jennings rode Waihemo in his second race at Ashburton, but could not do any better with him than get third money in a four-horse race. Waihemo and Star Stranger 11. are not being trained by Jennings at Riccarton. They have gone back to N. C. Price at New Brighton. It is said that Price is contemplating a transfer of his team to Rangiora.

Lancer was made the medium of a plunge in the Maronan Handicap at Ashburton. After getting away well he was hooked in behind Solfello. Entering the straight J. Campbell pulled him out, and for a few strides, it looked as if he would win easily. Solfello was not half-beaten, however, and sticking to his work, he staved off the favourite and won by nearly a length. This was Solfello’s second start in the day. He ran third to Despot early in the afternoon. Limerick is looking a picture. Never having had a day’s bad health since he was first put into work, he has gradually developed into a magnificent type of the thoroughbred. It is hard to credit, but the son of Limond has only been physicked once in his life. His usual task of a morning is three times round the sand at a speed varying from a canter to half-pace. When pulled up he has never turned a hair, and shown no sign of blowing. It will take something out of the ordinary to beat him at Randwick in October.

When Limerick got away about a fortnight ago and went for a scamper round the roads, he nearly finished his racing career. When caught he had got a front hoof into an old tin. Had the tin been two inches longer it might have severed a tendon. As it was, when the big fellow got to the bottom of it the sharp edge had grazed up the skin, and gradually got deeper in, until it was on to the tendon. Arikiwai may not get to Sydney after all. He has a tender spot which causes him to go lame when trotting, but not at any other gait. This sore patch is close to the ligament, but does not appear to affect it for the gelding does not flinch from pressure on the ligament. F. D. Jones thinks that the trouble may be the result of a knock, and intends going on working the gelding until the trouble fades away, or he gets too sore to go on with. Full Feather is filling out into a really nice colt. He is wearing a bandage on a front leg at present owing to having given himself a bang a few days ago. Swoopalong, by Marchalong—Brown Owl, is filling out nicely. She and Full Feather are working mates. She grew very tall and narrow last year as a two-year-old. Now she is thickening out into a fine big mare. This filly has a trick of snorting when going at a solid pace. This has caused many people to think that she is going in the wind. She may do so later, but at present she is sound in wind and limb. As a matter of fact horses who develop the habit of snorting rarely go in the wind. Prickles is looking and moving like a little lady. She has done particularly well during the winter, having developed much more than was expected. She looks a picture of health. How good she will be as a three-year-old remains to be seen. One thing is certain, it will not be for lack of courage that she will get beaten. Count Cavour is only a shadow of his former self. He looks and behaves like a very ancient horse, and his legs look as if debility had coloused in them. TE KUITI RACING CLUB. MEETING CONCLUDES. QUEEN ARCH WINS CHIEF EVENT. STEEPLECHASE TO POURI. BEAU CAVALIER AGAIN WINS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, July 2. The Te Kuiti Racing Club’s annual meeting concluded at Ellerslie to-day in fine weather. The course was again heavy. The totalisator receipts for the day were £40,328 10/- making a total of £83,955 for the meeting as compared with £28,464 10/for last year when the meeting was held at Te Kuiti, an increase of £55,490 10/-. The results were as follows: KING COUNTRY HURDLE RACE, £250. Two miles. 1 J. C. Lambes’s b g Kauri Park, by Elysian—Sawdust, aged, 9.7 (H. Dulieu) f 2 S. H. Crawford junior’s br g Potoanui, by Potoa—Freebird, aged, 9.0 (J. Sharkey) t 4 A. E. Clinkard’s Rahepoto, 9.1 (G. Holland) 3 t Dead heat. Also started.—6 Uralla 10.12, 3 Karamu 9.9, 5 Mangani 9.3, 7 Pekatahi 9.3. Won by three lengths. Karamu was fourth. Time, 4mins Isec. HANGATIKI HANDICAP, £l5O. • Seven furlongs. 8 W. A. Strahan’s b g Storm Fiend, by Swift Flight—Kuratau, syrs, 9.3 (H. Jones) 1 4 J. W. Watter’s Killute, 9.4 (R. E. Manson) 2 6 W. J. Wilson’s Arihana, 9.0 (R. McTavish) 3 Also started.—ll Golden Wedding 9.12, 2 Bahama 9.11, 1 Oscar 9.8, 8 Wyoming 9.7, bracketed with Storm Fiend, 3 Eager Rose 9.4, 12 Segment 9.3, 14 Abbot’s Delight 9.3, 9 Blue Spear 9.2, 5 Pompeius 9.1, 7 Komak 9.0, 10 Good Boy 9.0, 13 Sulla 9.0. Won by one length and a-half. Pompeius was fourth, Time, Imin 35 3-ssecs. WAITOMO HANDICAP, £350. One mile. 2 ’R. B. Hines’ b m Queen Arch, by Marble Arch—Miss Amans, syrs, 9.11 (R. Reed) 1 5 W. Kemp’s King Emerald, 9.5 (A. McCormack) 2 4 J. Fraser Smith’s Mervette, 9.1 (A. Tinker) 3

Also started.—6 High Pitch 9.13, 1 Tekoroke 9.9, 9 Desert Glow 9.8, 3 Thursby 9.0, 7 Master Doon 9.0, 11 Gold Jacket 9.0, 8 Auriculus 9.0, 10 Takarunga 9.0. Won by two and a-half lengths, third half a length away. Thursby was fourth. Time, Imin 46secs. MOKAU HANDICAP, £2OO. Seven furlongs. f 3 N. Cunningham’s b c Hyde Park, by Marble Arch—Sawdust, syrs, 9.5 (W. Ryan) 1 2 J. M. Zimmerman’s Day Guard, 10.4 (L. Dulieu) 2 4 Ernest Deeble’s King Smock, 9.11 (T. Green) 3 Also started.—l Waltzer 10.1, 5 Flying Juliet 9.11, 7 Saucy Lass 9.0, 6 Harbour View 9.0. Won by two and a-half lengths third two lengths away. Harbour View was fourth. Time, Imin 34 2-ssecs. MANIAPOTO STEEPLECHASE, £3OO. About three miles. 1 H. D. Matthew’s b g Pouri, by Spalpeen —Ko Iwi, aged, 9.5 (E. Warner) 1 6 S. G. Lindsay’s Bahadur, 9.0 (A. McGregor) 2 5 John Paterson’s Zircon, 9.12 (R. E. Thompson) 3 Also started.—7 Hangawera 9.5, 8 Fane 9.3, 4 Llewellyn 9.3, 3 Kamehameha 9.0, 2 Star of the East 9.0. Won by 160 yards, third 200 yards away. The placed horses were the only finishers, the remainder of the field coming to grief at various fences. Time, 6 min 16secs. MAIROA HANDICAP, £l5O. One and a quarter miles. 2 A. G. Quartley’s b g Beau Cavalier, by Chesterfield —Finland mare, aged, 10.9 (F. R. Foster) .. .. 1 1 T. Impey’s Nassock, 9.2 (R. McTavish) 2 5 J. W. Watter’s Killute, 9.3 (R. E. Manson) 3 Also started.—6 Piet 9.13, 8 Restaurant 9.7, 9 Farndon 9.7, 4 Glendowie 9.5, 10 Foxhound 9.4, 3 Mountain Guide 9.1, 8 Miss Myrtle 9.0, 11 Plane Pearl 9.0, 13 Cullgie 9.0, 12 Steel Jim 9.0. Won by one length, third two and ahalf lengths away. Mountain Guide was fourth. Time, 2mins 19 3-ssecs. FAREWELL HANDICAP, £250. Six furlongs. 6 A. S. Ridewood’s b g Thursby, by Thurnham—Hessian, syrs, 9.1 (R. E. Manson) 1 8 Dr. W. C. Ring’s L’Orient 11, 9.1 (W. Ryan) 2 3 F. I. Hunt’s Town Bird, 9.1 (R. Reed) 3 Also started.—l Dave 10.4, 2 Archeen 9.6, 9 Automne 9.1, 7 Serang 9.0, 4 Tinoiti 9.0, 5 Festina Lente 9.0, 11 Muscari 9.0, 10 Appellant 9.0. Won by threequarters of a length, third threequarters of a length away. Archeea was fourth. Time, Imin 21secs. COMMENT ON THE RACING. (Special to the Times.) Auckland, July 2. By riding one winner to-day, R. Reed drew level again with T. Green in the race for the jockby’s premiership. There was an exciting finish in the opening event, the King Country Hurdles in which Kauri Park was backed down to little better than evens and carried nearly twjce as much as Potoanui. They fought it out at the end. Half a mile from home Kauri Park’s rider lost an iron but kept plugging along in difficulties. Potoanui who was badly ridden came along in the straight to dead-heat with the favourite. Rahepoto, who was made a lot of use of, was three lengths away and Karamu was next. They were an indifferent lot.

There was a surprise in store in the Hangatiki Handicap, Storm Fiend who was bracketed with Wyoming winning his first race and giving a double figure return. The early leaders were Arihana, Sulla and Wyoming but at the home turn the firstnamed was joined by Storm Fiend and the latter came on to win by a length from Killute who was off the course at the turn. Arihana was a good third and Pompeius and Oscar next. The latter was the medium of a big plunge.

Te Koroke was £l5O better backed than Queen Arch in the principal event, the Waitomo Handicap but the favourite weakened a furlong from home. There Queen Arch, Thursby and Mervette were in line. Queen Arch drew out and finally won convincingly by two and a half lengths. King Emerald came from well back to get second money, Mervette being half a length further off. Thursby was a fair fourth and Te Koroke, Desert Glow and Gold Jacket headed the next division.

Waltzer was £9O better backed than Day Guard with Hyde Park also in demand for the Mokau Handicap. The latter was all the better for his race the first day and waiting on the leaders, Day Guard, Waltzer and Saucy Lass, to the home turn, came through in the straight, winning easily by nearly three lengths from Day Guard with King Smock a fair third and Harbour View and Waltzer right up. The Maniapoto Steeplechase saw Pouri better backed by £320 than Star of the East. He gave a fine exhibition of fast jumping and won handsomely although he had a life at the last fence. He took charge with a round to go and from this out was never troubled, winning by 100 yards. Bahadur had passed Star of the East at the second to last fence where the latter fell and Zircon toiled on to get third money at a distance of a furlong and a half behind the winner. Kamehameka, Llewellyn, Hangawera and Star of the East fell. Fane lost her rider but nothing had a chance with Pouri who may now go on and fulfil his promise. Beau Cavalier led all the way in the Wairoa Handicap for which he carried only £3O less than the favourite, Nassock. Starting from the extreme outside, The Beau was a better sprinter than the others, leading out of the straight. Crossing the top Nassock ran up to second place with Plane .Pearl, Glendowie and Mountain Guide leading the remainder. The favourite challenged the leader but failed to reach him by a length, Killute nearly three lengths away then coming Mountain Guide, Glendowie, Restaurant and Still Jim. The final event, the Farewell Handicap proved the best of good things for Thursby who was at a double figure price. He came with a brilliant run in the straight and beat another long shot in L’Orient II by three parts of a length, Town Bird a similar distance away. He might have won but for running all over the course coming up the straight, giving Reed a difficult task. Archeen was right up fourth then came Serang, Dave, Muscari, Automne and Festina Lente. BOWLS. NEW ZEALAND TEAM. ANOTHER DEFEAT. London, July 1. Stirlingshire beat the New Zealand bowlers by 134 points to 110. New Zealand skips’ scoreswere: Hail 20, Sole 21, Parker 12, Hutchinson 27, Adess (Dunedin) 17, Horton 13. Stirlingshire scores were 23, 15, 23, 21, 19 and 33 respectively.—Australian Press Association—United Service. SOCCER. THE AUCKLAND DISPUTE. NEW ASSOCIATION FORMED. Auckland, July 2. As the result of the recent dispute between the Auckland Football Association and the Thistle Club, a well attended meeting convened by the latter club to-night decided to form a separate association known as the Auckland City and Suburban Football Association. It was decided to make direct application for affiliation to the Scottish Football Association. It was stated that two clubs each with two teams were prepared to make a start next Saturday. (

RUGBY CENTRAL DISTRICT SUB-UNION. The following were the results of Saturday’s matches: — —Senior.— Winton 6 beat Drummond 5. Waianiwa 12 beat Heddon Bush 10. —Junior. — Wintdh 14 beat Waianiwa 0. Ryal Bush 10 beat Dipton 5. The following are the fixtures for Satur day, July 7 —Junior.— Waianiwa v. Ryal Bush, at Waianiwa, Mr J. Cochrane. Limehills v. Winton, at Limehills, Mr D. McCurdy. Dipton a bye. No senior matches will be played. SCHOOL MATCHES. —Friday, July 6. — Winton Convent v. Limehills, at Limehills. Lochiel v. Dipton, at Lochiel. ATHLETICS. NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL. Wellington, July 2. The Council of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association met to-night. Mr H. Amos, manager of the New Zealand Olympic Team, is to be requested to approach prominent international athletes with a view to seeing whether any are available for a possible tour of New Zealand next summer Iput soundings are not to be taken as binding the New Zealand Council. The Council had mainly in mind a visit from an American or English team and in the former, especially Lloyd Hahn. An invitation to Miss N. Wilson and S. Lay to visit South Africa has been received from Cape Town but the manager of the team is to report to the Council before anything definite is done. The need for statistics of contestants in athletic events was stressed to see whether athletics in New Zealand was going ahead or not. Notice of motion was given to the effect that each club on the date of its annual meeting should forward to its centre a list of registrations and data so that athletics generally could be strengthened throughout the country. CRICKET. WEST INDIES TEAM. SUGGESTED TOUR OF DOMINION. Auckland, July 2. Mr W. E. Rockingham, superintendent of the Pacific Cable, who is returning to British Columbia after two years in the West Indies and 12 months in Melbourne, states that New Zealand should invite the West Indies cricket team to the Dominion if they came to Australia, where a tour oi the Commonwealth is mooted. ENGLISH COUNTY MATCHES. London, June 29. Rain fell throughout the country, and interfered with many of the games. Following are the results:— Middlesex, first innings, 257 (Hendren 56, White, six for 11); second innings, 202 (Hendren 53, White six for 73), Somerset, first innings, 182 (M. Lyon 66, Bettington six for 76) ; second innings, 89 (Durston six for 26). Middlesex won by 188 runs.

Oxford University, first innings, 273 (Barber 57, Skene 105); second innings 331 for five wickets (Crawley 162, Garland Wells not out 55). Surrey, first innings, 617 for six, declared (Sandham 198, Gregory 107, Shepherd 142, Peacock not out 62, Peach not out 55). The match was drawn.

Essex, first innings, 123 (Nicholls 61, Macdonald seven for 39) ; second innings 174 (O’Connor 62, Macdonald four for 74). Lancashire, first innings, 296 (E. Tyldesley 55, Makepeace 62, Iddon 98) ; second innings, four for none. Lancashire won by 10 wickets.

Kent, first innings, 292 (Hardinge 114, Ashdown 80, Kennedy four for 161); second innings, 277 (Evans 78, Ames 51, Newman six for 86). Hampshire, first innings, 164 (Freeman five for 61) ; second innings, 277 (Livesey not out 109, Freeman seven for 138). Kent won by 128.

Yorkshire, first innings, 387 for two wickets (Sutcliffe not out 147, Leyland not out 189) against Glamorgan. The game was abandoned, and does not count for the championship. Derbyshire, first innings, 494 for nine wickets (Worthington 83, Storer 167, Townsend 98), against Gloucester; match abandoned.

Sussex, first innings, 191 (A. Gilligan 64, Smith four for 49); second innings, 78 for two wickets. Leicestershire, first innings, 374 for eight wickets, declared (Berry 51, Bradshaw not out 121); match abandoned.

Worcestershire, first innings, 192 (Fox 54, Barratt four for 50) ; second innings, 96 for two. Nottinghamshire, first innings, 233 for nine, declared (Carr 63, Lilley 3). Notts won on the first innings. Northamptonshire, first innings, 100 (Constantine seven for 45) ; second innings, 208 (Timms 56, Constantine six for 67). West Indies, first innings, 434 for nine, declared (Constantine 107, Chailoner 97, Griffith not out 61, Clark six for 52). West Indies won by an innings and 126 runs.