SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 21895, 22 December 1932, Page 10

SPORTING

NOTES BY SIR. MODRED. Acceptances for the Wyndham Racing Club’s Annual meeting are due tomorrow. ' ’ The weight scale in vogue at Cattle Flat next week will afford jumping riders chances. Acceptances for the Waikouaiti R.C. and Oamaru J.C. meetings will close this evening.

Silver Ring is to race at Ellerslie and is now on his way to Auckland tracks.

It is stated that his late owner, Mr G. Gould, was pleased at Junipers recent win.

L. J. Ellis rode a good race at Ricca rton on Saturday to get Denise home by a head.

Only 22 individual horses were nominated for Poverty Bay Turf Club meeting on Dec. 26.

At the Waipa meeting H. Gray produced three winners—On Top, Weatnerwise, Thespis.

Plateau, who races at Awapuni on Monday for F. Tilley’s stable, is a brother to Crown Area.

Five-year-old hack gelding Cereal, by Acre from Ceres, has been galloping well at Taranaki.

With Auckland’s Cup meeting opening on Monday, interest will quicken in the Ellerslie gallops.

The 36th Annual Cattle Flat Hack Races will be held near Balfour on Tuesday next.

It may be profitable to note that Taranaki Gibraltar is reported as galloping in great form.

On New Year’s Day Marton J.C. will pay three dividends where nine numbers arc starting.

Christchurch reinsman, R. B. Berry, leaves for Auckland to-night with pacer Colorado.

On Saturday Lady Quex and Cereal surprised New Plymouth touts by 4f. on the plough in 48 2-ssec.

Gay Court (7.5), Retract (7.11) and Spearful (7.13) may be prominent in Wairarapa Cup (1.1 m.

At Forbury Park T.C. Summer meeting the leading ten furlong races (2.45 class) carry £2OO stakes.

Despite a noticeable limp, youngster Princess Doreen, ran sf. at Awapuni before leaving for Ellerslie.

Roy Reed rides Gay Crest in the Auckland Cup and Sunny Sky in the Railway Handicap (6f.).

The field eligible for the Auckland Cup numbers seventeen —ten started in the contest of 1931.

Now rising in the weight lists Refresher has been galloping well on the Taranaki tracks.

R. Reed will pilot H. Telford’s Paper Money pupils, Dole and Pegged Exchange, at Auckland.

Invercargill trainers F. W. Ellis, J. A. Rowland and F. J. McKay leave for Wingatui at the end of the week.

Fast half-mile track efforts will not get Pillow Fight equal to beating his opponents in the Great Northern Derby.

Crash (Kilbroney—Anthem), second to Idolize at Riccarton, gallops for trotting trainer C. S. Donald as a gelding.

The unsexed performer Crash, by Kilbroney, is a six-year-old son of the English matron Anthem.

Youngster Weatherwise (by Weathervane), a winner at Waipa, was bred at Hororata by Mr H. Reeves.

Red Spray, who failed to get a place in Okains Trial Stakes at Riccarton on Saturday, is one of A. S. Ellis’s pupils.

On Monday the Railway Department will provide two special passenger trains from the City for Gore T.C. meeting.

Special trains leave here for Gore on Monday at 9.15 a.m. and 10.5 a.m. (only three stops), returning at 6 p.m.

The acceptances for the Winton T.C. meeting number 148, as against 133 last season, an increase totalling 15.

Trainer G. Jones, whose serious illness is announced from Melbourne, prepared many winners in New Zealand.

One of the best horses ever trained by G. Jones, now on the sick list in Victoria, was the upstanding Commendation.

Despite Auckland Summer meeting attractions a number of horses will race at Manawatu, Taranaki and Stratford fixtures instead.

The acceptances for the opening day of the D. J.C. Summer meeting on Monday promise to attract many patrons to Wingatui tracks.

At present there are somewhere about 200 mares, including visitors, running in the paddocks of the Kia Ora Stud, in N.S.W.

After entering the straight the average jockey is too.much occupied with his own mount to say definitely what happened to others.

Although carrying a good sole of grass, there is a sting in the Southland R. C. track at present that keeps trainers somewhat anxious.

Although he figures in the Taranaki J.C. Flying Handicap on Monday, Orapai will not start, his stablemate, Easter Time, being given preference.

Owned by Mr R. Acton-Adams, Miss Muriel, by Lucullus, died recently after foaling to Lord Warden (imp.). The foal will be reared for the owner of a mare who won for him.

On Monday L. G. Morris, with Cadland, F. Davis (Red Manfred), W. H. Dwyer (Midian), A. McDonald (La Moderne and Blacksmith) w'ere due to travel by train to Auckland R.C. meeting.

Light harness adherents will be interested in the proposed meeting of square trotters Wrackler, Stanley T, Olive Nelson and Huon Voyage over IJm. in an Addington Trotters’ Free-for-All (Feb. 4).

■ His wire fence mishap was not as serious as at first anticipated, consequently the Great Northern Trotting Derby candidate, Indianapolis, has gone to Auckland.

At Ellerslie on Tuesday Auckland Cup candidate, Jaloux, registered the best gallop of the morning on the tan track, his time for a round being a really good effort.

On the grass at Ellerslie on Tuesday the Railway Handicap contestant, The Quorn, covered four furlongs in 51 2-5

sec. He is reported, to be a picture of condition for nis task.

Dunedin Star reports that the ‘ exInvercargill 1 mare Silver Peak, who was in a very bad way last, autumn, has made a good recovery under ■Mr J. Faulks’s (C. Otago) careful handling. This season she has been mated with a Tractor colt.

The Timaru Trotting Club will pay otit three dividends at its meeting next month on races in which there are twelve of more unbracketed starters. Racing and trotting clubs are twisting and turning the three-price system to an extent puzzling to punters.

Ridden by R. S. Bagby at Takanini on Tuesday Pillow Fight duly satisfied watchers by covering six furlongs in the best time that has been recorded on the plough, namely Imin 14sec. He was accompanied down the last naif mile by Lord Willonyx, who finished on equal terms with’him.

Although Grecian Prince has been nominated for the Southland R.C. meeting (says Christchurch Times), it is unlikely that he will be required to travel so far. A more probable holiday programme for him is the Waikouaiti Racing Club and Oamaru Jockey Club New Year circuit.

The well-known Taranaki horseman, J. M. Pine, will probably have his first ride over hurdles at New l Plymouth next week. His suggested mount is the seven-year-old mare Calamine (GallaghanfromPecima) who has raced with consistency and some success during her past career.

A bargain in horseflesh was evidently secured at Trentham in January last when the matron Valerie (sister to Reremoana), in foal to Philamor, was secured at lOgns. A youngster colt called Valderado. by Silverado—Valerie is now being hailed as one of the most promising two-year-olds prepared on the Wellington Racing Club’s tracks.

At Trentham, in January, 1931, Mr John Porter, of Little River, Canterbury, purchased the brood mare Star Lady (dam of Star Stranger)', in foal, for 410 guineas. In the course of time she produced a colt foal to Night Raid, and the ' youngster will , be submitted at auction at Trentham next month. He is a black colt and reported to have grown the right way.

When .Mr J. Porter bought Star Lady he was evidently anxious to see if he could produce another Star Stranger, by Martian, as he mated her with his own stallion, Martarma, by Martian from Per Arma, by Picton from Perush, by Persimmon (St. Simon) from Nushka (double-crossed to St. Simon strains). Per Arma was imported from England.

Wellington Dominion reports that owing to the Chief Ruler—Cymene colt appearing in the Trentham catalogue prior to his recent sale to Messrs Smith and Baillieu, of Sydney, his breeder, Mr A. B. Willians, has cancelled the sale and Mr J. H. Jefferd, as agent for the buyers, has agreed to this course. The colt will now go to Trentham with the other yearlings entered from the Hororata Stud.

Two good mares in Take Down and /. spiring (reports Dunedin Evening Star) have been mated with the imported horse Rosenor this season. Take Down has never thrbwn a bad one, and Aspiring, a daughter of that good mare Silver Peak, should make a good dam. These two mares are among, if not the best that have been mated with Rosenor, all of whose stock that have raced have been returned winners.

The five-year-old mare Kakara, by Paladin from Orange Blossom, sold recently by G. Murray Aynsley (reports Christchurch Times), left for Wingatui on Monday night, and she has gone into S. G. Ware’s stable at Wingatui. She will be racing, in the colours of her new owner, Mr G. J. Barton, at Waikouaiti and Oamaru..

The juvenile gelding Mayam, who claims an engagement in Cattle Flat Flying Handicap next week, raced well at the Gore R.C. Spring fixture recently, when he finished in fourth place in the First Division of the Novice Handicap. A son of Tea Tray (imp.) he is out of Puttee (imp.) by Grey Leg from Etui and so on to some of the best ancient strains in England including those of St. Simon and Blair Athol. He was prepared for Gore fixture by his owner Mr D. M. Tweedie.

A chestnut colt of shapely proportions noticed at liberty on East Road one morning this week appears to be identical with a gift thoroughbred, given away owing to his pony growth. However, he now promises to rise to average height and is shapely into the bargain as a son of Panmure from Bright Spot, by Treadmill (son of Bill of Portland from Madowla, by Trenton) from Bonnie Brae, by Clanranald from Golden Crest, by Apremont (imp.) from Aurifera (imp.), the juvenile is thus bred on speed lines and may presently be tried out by R. Bromby. It will be remembered that Bright Spot proved herself a very smart galloper when raced on southern courses.

Christchurch Times reports that at Ellerslie on Tuesday morning Fast Passage and Concentrate were companions over seven furlongs. They ran the first four in 52 l-ssec, and completed the full distance in Imin 32 4-ssec. Fast Passage,, who was on the outside, and had the better of the weights, did her work well, while Concentrate went pleasingly. Tout le Mond and Gay Crest were companions over seven furlongs run in Imin 33 3-ssec, the final five furlongs occupied Imin 5 3-ssec. Cricket Bat also ran over seven furlongs, but was not timed.

“Qot away .badly,” was the note placed against the name of Ruling Pen, when he was a starter in the First Division of the Novice Handicap at the recent Gore R.C. Spring meeting —he also failed to distinguish himself in the Second Division of the Trial Handicap on the concluding day of the fixture. Reported to have improved in the interim, the Dunedin-owned four-year-old gelding is by Chief Ruler (imp.) from Penella, by Penury from Scatonella, by Seaton Delaval from Amorelle, by Phoebus Apollo from Lady Gertrude by Cadogan from No Name, by Traducer.

Recent happenings in the North and South Islands encourage the hope that the powers that be are listening to the reports of their paid officials and acting accordingly. For some considerable time past the public who support racing have inclined to the belief that slumber had overtaken Maoriland’s honorary turf rulers, with the result common down through the ages—the man who pays turned away to tender his admission fees to trotting grounds, cricket or football areas, or stayed at home to become a patron of sweepstakes, lotteries, consultations, or other sources of anticipation or amusement, particularly where illicit wagering was catered for in the open or under cover.

Riccarton mentor S. Barr (reports Christchurch Times) will- race Starshooter, Niggerhead, Royal Sceptre, Silver Sight and Counterplay at the Dunedin meeting and the four firstnamed horses will go on to Wyndham and Invercargill. .Counterplay may also continue the journey for education, though he will not be raced after V/ingatui. J. W. Jennings will do the same circuit with Tip Tree and he will do most of the riding on Barr’s team. F.

D. Jones’s apprentice, A.’Russell, may also accompany Barr, in which case he will handle the light-weights.

The best sprint of the morning at Ellerslie on Tuesday (reports Christchurch Times Auckland correspondent) was registered by Sunny Sky and Merry Damon, who were associated over five furlongs. They ran the first two in 24 2-ssec, and finished up in Imin 2 4-ssec. Sunny Sky, who haa the outside running, did her work very pleasingly.

A bedside friendship formed in the Melbourne Hospital, where the two were inmates, has resulted in a successful racing association between Mr R. Wallis and Dan Coleman, the Flemington trainer. Injured in a fall with a horse, Coleman was confined to bed in hospital for many weeks. The next bed was occupied by Mr Wallis. He had sustained a compound fracture of the right leg. and a fractured leg in a motor accident. Talk naturally turned to racing, and Coleman recounted some of his experiences. In his day he was a famous and daring cross-country rider. After listening to Coleman’s exploits, Mr Wallis promised that when the two recovered from their ailments, he would buy a horse and give it to Coleman to train. It was a new experience for Mr Wallis, who had only been interested in racing to the extent of attending a meeting now and again. A fCV weeks after they came out of hospital Coleman selected Grenadier as a likgly winner for his new client. The gelding cost only 40 guineas. Grenadier won at Kilmore recently, and he followed that up by easily winning the High Weight Handicap at Moonee Valley, on December 3rd. Grenadier is a half-brother by Legionnaire to Olympian, the crack Western Australian three-year-old.

At the recent sale of racing and breeding stock in the estate of the late Mr G. D. Greenwood, the New Zealand owner and breeder, two curious instances of in-breeding came to light, notes a Sydney writer. Praise, who is by Limond (imp.) from Eulogy, was paraded in the ring with a foal at foot. The foal was by Honour, who is by Limond (imp.) from Homage, who was by Absurd (imp.) from Eulogy. Following Praise came Eulalie, who is a full sister to Honour’s dam, being by Absurd from Eulogy, and she too, had a foal at foot by Honour. There is another case of in-breeding closer at home that is being watched with great interest, continues the same writer. Jocelyn, winner of The Metropolitan and other good races, was mated with Rampion, winner of the A.J.C. Derby and Victoria Derby, and a colt foal was produced. The youngster, now a yearling, is said to be a promising sort. Jocelyn was by Rossendale (imp.) from Maltine, and was regarded as the sire’s greatest daughter. Rampion, too, is by Rossendale (imp.), being from Royal Pet (imp.), and he was undoubtedly Rossendale’s greatest son.

Racing is reported as being in a much more flourishing condition in Melbourne than in Sydney, but, despite that, the V.R.C. continues to play for safety. Reductions are naturally giving Sydney owners and trainers cause for concern, but so far they have no real reason for complaint with Randwick programmes. They will compare more than favourably with those of Flemington, where entry and acceptance fees go to the V.R.C. The A.J.C.’s programme for Boxing Day provides for a greater amount in stakes than that of the V.R.C. on New Year’s Day, and everything that it costs owners to enter and start at Randwick still goes to the winners of the various races in the way of forfeits and sweepstakes. At Randwick the added money for the day mentioned totals £3600 against £3250 at Flemington and in nomination and acceptance the V.R.C. will receive a substantial sum as a set-off against the amount it is distributing. “Nothing wrong with Randwick,” is the dictum of most owners and trainers, but it is when you get away from Sydney’s racing headquarters that prize-money compares unfavourably with that of Melbourne. BARRIER REBELS. PROBLEM OF UNRULY HORSES. RICHARD WOOTTON’S VIEWS. Wherever there are racing and starting barriers, numerous cases are found of horses evincing such a rooted antipathy to the machine that their value is greatly lessened. The question is a live one in Sydney at present, because the stipendiary stewards have been busy “barring” the more troublesome offenders there lately—a procedure akin to the New Zealand procedure of placing a horse on the schooling list. A. B. (“Banjo”) Patterson had something to say on the subject recently in the Sydney Mail. So many horses, he wrote, are “going out” for misbehaving at the barrier that certain experts are thinking of setting up a reformatory for unruly horses. This should be well patronized by owners who have spent a lot of money in buying and training horses, only to find their hopes blasted and their money wasted owing to some kink in the animals’ disposition. There are various schools of thought on the subject. Some think that any animal can be cured by kindness, by some sort of hypnotic suggestion which will induce the horse to think that every day in every way he gets better and better at the barrier. Others are for direct action, such as putting a cattle-dog on the offender or convincing him, per medium of a stockwhip, that the only safe place for him is right at the barrier itself. The weak point about this cure is. that stockwhips are not allowed on race days, and, missing the whip, the horse is apt to say to himself, “No whip, no start." —“Treat ’Em Rough.”— Experience may be the academy of fools, but it is a very valuable asset when dealing with awkward situations; so application was made to that very experienced man, Mr Richard Wootton, for his views on the subject. Mr Wootton has handled racehorses, good, bad, and indifferent, vicious or only stupid, in three continents, and has managed to get results out of most of them. Asked for his final extra-special tip on the subject, he said: “Well, I hate to say it, but the only way is to treat ’em rough. In England, once, I bought a horse from a noble lord, and this lord had sent the horse to the barrier six times without ever seeing his colours carried in a race. The horse stopped there every time. “I gave the owner a few hundred pounds for the horse, and I put my son Frank on the outlaw with a pair of spurs and a good, heavy stick. Every time he wheeled away from the barrier, Frank belted him down the neck with the stick and prodded him up to the barrier with the spurs. It sounds hard, but it cured him all right; and if I hadn’t cured him he would have had to go to the boiling-down or go into slavery in a cart. It was all for his own good. I won £4OOO over one race with that horse, but, at any rate, I put the noble lord on to it.”

Mr Paterson remarks, in conclusion: “If anybody knows any better method, more ladylike, but equally efficient, now is the time to speak.” One cannot help feeling, after reading of the cure of the English outlaw, that it was not so much the treatment ad-, ministered as the efficient horsemanship of Frank Wootton. There is not the slightest doubt that many horses learn bad manners through poor handling , on the part of their riders. Horses are intelligent animals, and they soon learn to know who is their master, and, on

the contrary, those with whom they can take every sort of liberty. WINTON TROTTING CLUB. ACCEPTANCES - RECEIVED. The following are the acceptances for the Winton Trotting Club’s Annual meeting to be held on December 29:— COMMISSIONER’S HANDICAP (harness). £lOO. Class 3.45. One and a-half miles. Gala Bingen Lt Happy Knight Lt Apomahtox Lt Hard Times Lt Chechahco Lt Black Shadow Lt Azure Lt Belle Derby Lt Jane’s Bell Lt Hytemoana Lt Monty Chimes Lt Happy May Lt All Sunshine Lt Mannlquin Lt Sure Lt General Wrack Lt Peter Mitchell Lt Scot Free Lt Rollicking Wave Lt Kibo Lt Blue Mountain Single Lee Lt Queen Lt Overproof Lt Aparima Lt Eighteen Carat Lt Lindrum Lt Goldflower Lt Logan Voyage Lt Young Nora Lt SOUTH HILLEND HANDICAP (saddle). £lOO. Unhoppled trotters. Class 3.50. One mile and a-half. Bob Elliott Lt Crimson King Lt Silk Coat ’Lt Edwin Bingen Lt Red Queen Lt Sunny Nelson Lt Kamaldar Lt yds bhd Tornado Lt Royal Stan 24 Paul’Bingen Lt Klppagh 48 Criterion Lt Lee Boy 60 Remembrance Lt STEWARDS’ HANDICAP (harness), £lO5. Class 3.37. One and a-half miles. Qulta Lt Lady Direct Lt King Mac Lt Ayr Lass Lt Wee Scotty Lt Just Shandi Lt Weary Voyage Lt yds bhd Little Clare . Lt Jazolock 12 Lena Bingen Lt Erln’sfPride 12 Oklahoma Lt Nelson Pointer 12 Lady Zita Lt Winning Wave 24 Sansaveno Lt Nelson’s Fortune 24 Mitchle Chimes Lt WINTON TROTTING CLUB HANDICAP, (harness),£2so. Class 4.47. Two miles. Girvan Lt Red Spur 36 William Tell Lt Blue Mountain 36 Grey Girl Lt Tini Uria 36 Just Shandi Lt Erin’s Fair 48 Prairie King Lt Matchmaker 48 yds bhd Jolly Wave 48 Godetia 12 Suncross 48 Ellegro 12 Great Chenault 48 Erin’s Princess 24 Lady Voison 48 Gumdigger 21 Honest Dillon 48 Seaworthy 36 Probationer 60 PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP (harness). £llO. Uhhoppled trotters. Two miles. Silk Coat Lt Lady Norris Lt Minstrel Lt Coreopsis Lt Royal Stan Lt Myra Bingen Lt Episode Lt yrs bhd Kamaldar Lt Lee Boy 24 Sunny Nelson Lt Sea Mist 36 Paul Bingen Lt Kilbirnle Dan 60 Tevlot Downs Lt Bon Jour 60 Turi Boy Lt Sunny Gold 132 Tornado Lt Liberal 192 Edwin Bingen Lt SPEEDWELL HANDICAP (saddle), £llO. ' Class 2.22. One mile. Ayr Lass Lt Qulta Lt yds bhd Needles Lt Lady Freeman 12 Winning Wave Lt June Nelson 12 Jazolock J.t Willie Wilkes 12 Weary Voyage Lt Ellegro 24 Reo Chimes ut Prairie King 24 Sunflash Lt Willow Wave 36 Erin’s Pride Lt Honest Dillon 43 MEMBERS’ MEMORIAL HANDICAP, (harness), £lOO. Class 3.59. One mile and five furlongs. Man o’ Franz Lt. Overproof Lt Red King Lt yds bhd Oklahoma Lt Gracile 12 Sansaveno Lt Country Guy 12 Scot Free Lt King Mac 24 Baker Boy Lt Manrlco Lee 36 Single Lee Lt Girvan 48 FAREWELL HANDICAP, (harness): £125. Class 2.56. One mile and a quarter. Godetia Lt Red Spur 24 Grey Girl Lt Sunbloom 24 Nelson Pointer Lt Tini Uria 24 Prairie King Lt Matchmaker 36 Nelson’s Fortune Lt Jolly Wave 36 yds bhd Suncross 36 Erin's Princess 12 Great Chenault 36 Gumdigger 12 Lady Voison 36 Seaworthy 24 Probationer 48 ATHLETICS .. HANDICAPS FOR TO-NIGHT. Following are the handicaps for the amateur athletic meeting at Rugby Park this evening:— 75 YARDS OPEN.—Pierson and Derbie scr, Atley 11yds, O’Connell 2j, Metzger 4, Pickard 5, Piercy, Lindsay, Sutherland, Henderson, Bremer and Clark 6. 100 YARDS OPEN.—Pierson and Derbie scr, Fish Iyd, Pickering 2, Atley 2|, O’Connell 3J, Gardiner 4J, McBumey 5, Metzger and Haberfield 6, Pickard 7, Henderson, Roberts and Bremer 8, Warburton, Piercy and Sutherland 9. 440 YARDS OPEN—Fish and Pickering scr, Loudon and Chisholm 16yds, Ker and Moyle 20, Bremer 22, Sutherland, Ward, Paterson, Henderson, Roberts, MacDonald and Canning 25. 880 YARDS OPEN.—Manson scr, Bremer, Bruce and Metcalf 30yds, Stanway, Mcßumey and Lindsay 35, Moyle 40, Ker and Creelman 45, Clark, Sutherland, Ward, Roberts, Martin and Canning 55. BROAD JUMP.—Derbie and Gardiner scr, Loudon 2ft, MacDonald 2ft 6in, Piercy, Clark and Warburton 3ft. SHOT PUT.—Purdue scr, George Ift, Boyes 3ft, MacDonald 3ft 6in, Loudon, Gardiner and Metcalf 4ft 6in, Carnegie, W. Bruce and D. Bruce 6ft. JAVELIN THROW.—Creeser scr, Loudon 10ft, Boyes 20ft. HIGH JUMP.—MacDonald and McBumey scr, Metcalf and Canning 4in, Bruce, Boyes and Warburton 6in. THE EDENDALE SPORTS. HANDICAPS FOR CYCLE EVENTS. The following handicaps have been declared by Mr Smith for the amateur cycle events at the Edendale sports on Monday, December 26:— One mile.—L. Johnston scr, A. Hagerty scr, R. Souness 10yds, W. Frame 40yds, R. Duncan 50yds, H. Insall 50 yds, J. Flynn 60yds, J. Ford 85yds, H. McDonald 70yds, L. Hallman 65yds, Louden 90yds, O. Kirby 90yds, N. McDonald 100yds. Two' miles.—Johnston scr, Hagerty scr, Souness 20yds, Frame 80yds, Duncan 100yds, Insall 100yds, Flynn 120yds, Hallman 130yds, McDonald 140 yds, Forde 170yds, Louden 180yds, Kirby 180yds, N. McDonald 200yds. BOWLS FRIENDLY GAME. WAIHOPAI v. APARIMA. A most enjoyable friendly game between the Aparima (Riverton) and Waihopai Clubs was played on the Waihopai green last evening in beautiful weather and playing conditions. Waihopai prevailed after an interesting game, in which some good bowls was played, by 57 points to 36. Following are the detailed scores:—

SOUTHLAND v. BLUFF. Six rinks from the Southland Club visited the Bluff Club last evening to play a friendly match. The green was in splendid order and the game resulted in a win for Southland by 37 points. After the game supper was dispersed by the Bluff ladies. The scores were as follows:— s. b. Forbes, Mcßobie, Donaldson, D. H. Thomson (s) 26 —

BOXING EURNIKEL BEATS WAX. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, December 20. At the Stadium Club in a twelveround bout Leo Wax retired with a damaged ear in the eighth round against the Londoner, Albert Burnikel. YACHTING SANDERS CUP. WELLINGTON’S REPRESENTATIVE. Wellington, December 21. The Lavina, with Nigel Blair as skipper, has been selected as the Wellington representative for the Sanders Cup contest. Wellington will only race provided no boats built to the new 1932 design submitted by Auckland enter. BOWLS NEW YEAR TOURNAMENT. DRAW BEING MADE TO-NIGHT. Entries for the New Year bowling tournament closed on Tuesday evening. The draw will be made to-night and published in to-morrow’s paper. There are 36 entries for the rinks, which will occupy three greens. This competition is now complete and no further entries will be received. In the pairs competition there are 72 entries, which will occupy six greens. Should there be another 12 entries forthcoming the Centre will provide another green. Those wishing to participate should send their entries in as soon as possible and make an endeavour to fill another section. In the singles competition 60 entries have been received. Those who have neglected to enter for the singles and wish to particinate will still have an opportunity to do so, the executive being willing to receive another sixteen entries if sent in immediately. A feature of this tournament is the large number of visiting bowlers taking part, and should the weather be favourable at New Year a successful tourney is assured. LAWN TENNIS FRIENDLY MATCH, A friendly match between the Tisbury and H. & J. Smith tennis teams was played on the latter’s courts on Saturday last and resulted in a win for H. and J. Smiths. The scores were as follows, H. & J. Smith’s names mentioned first:— Ladies Singles: Miss P. Kidson 1 v. Miss J. Mclntosh 6; Miss M. Huffadine 5 v. Miss M. Mclntosh 3; Miss O. Robinson 5 v. Mrs Mclntosh 1; Miss V. Baty 5 v. Miss E. McChesney 3. Ladies’ Doubles: Misses Kidstone and Huffadine 3 v. Misses Mclntosh 5; Misses Robinson and Baty 1 v. Mrs Mclntosh and McChesney 5. Men’s Singles: H. Crawford 6 V. J. Johnstone 3; H. Rout 7 v. T. Mclntosh 6; C. Currie 6 v. W. Johnstone 4; J. Fox 6 v. T. Gilson 2. Men’s Doubles: Crawford and Rout 7 v. Johnstone and Mclntosh 5; Currie and Fox 6 v. Johnstone and Gilson 2. Combined Doubles: Miss Kidstone and Crawford 2 v. Miss Mclntosh and Johnstone 5; Miss Huffadine and Rout 1 v. Miss Mclntosh and Mclntosh 5; Miss Robinson and Currie 5 v. Mrs Mclntosh and Johnstone 4; Miss Baty and Fox 5 v. Miss McChesney and Gilson 4. H. and J. Smiths 71 games, 11 sets; Tisbury 63 games, 5 sets. CRICKET BENEFIT MATCH. DRISCOLL’S XI v. COLLEGIATE. The match between A. Driscoll’s XI and the Collegiate team at the Showgrounds yesterday afternoon created a fair amount of interest. There was a fair attendance of the public, and as a good number of tickets were sold the Christmas Cheer Fund should benefit considerably. His Worship the Mayor (Mr John Miller) was nresent at the game. Driscoll’s XI had first use of a bumpy wicket and were dismissed for the small score of 116 runs. At stumps Collegiate had replied with 109 for nine wickets and the game was drawn. Following are the scores:— DRISCOLL’S ELEVEN. McGowan b Marshall 49 Milne c Ward b Pay 6 Lewiss b Ingram 12 Hamilton c and b Ingram 3 Riddell b Ward 2 Grace c Marshall b Ward 3 McGavin b Marshall 5 O’Sullivan b Marshall 1 Lynch b Ingram 20 Groves b Pay 3 Driscoll not out 0 Extras 12 Total 116 Bowling Analysis.

COLLEGIATE. Pay c and b McGowan 36 Ward run out 16 ■Collins c Grace b Groves 8 Thom lbw b Groves 1 Cunningham b McGowan 20 Dunlop c Lewiss b Groves 2 Lindsay st McGavin b McGowan 3 Sutherland c Milne b Groves 6 Ingram st McGavin b Groves 4 Marshall not out 4 Extras 9 Total for nine wickets 109 Bowling Analysis.

W. A. J. H. Tapper, G. Tapper, Nicholson, Turnbull 20 — Birch, Forsyth, Evans, Ball — 12 Baxter, Russell, Mills, Spiers 26 — Seatter, Ashley, Willett, Lyng — 7 A, Broad, Roberts, Barham, Kingsland 11 — Mills, Brown, Hunter, Eccleton — 17 Totals 57 36

Cameron, Newman, McGdrlick, Entwhistle (s) 8 Ayling, Irving, Manson, Reed (s) 24 —- Edwards, Kingsland, Airey, Tonkinson (s) 19 Wildermoth, Dysart, Fortune, Snow (s) 27 — Mortimer, Brown, Henna, Georgeson (s) . —— 16 Holliman, Walsh, J. C. Thomson, Dykes (s) 15 Coupar, Charleton, Ewart, Dixon (s) — 20 Kingsland, Findlay, Campbell, Strang (s) 28 — Denton, Budd, McDougall, Romans (s) —— 16 Brown, Fraser, Marshall, Gardner (s) 16 —• Jamieson, Harris, Parry, Fletcher (s) — 20 Totals 136 99

0. M. R. W. Pay 11 3 23 2 Ingram 11 — 30 3 Thom 4 — 20 — Marshall 11 4 17 3 Ward 6 2 13 2

0. M. R. W. Lynch 6 — 22 — Hamilton 8 — 31 —- McGowan 15 4 21 4 Groves 13 3 29 4