SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 22510, 19 February 1935, Page 10

SPORTING

NOTES BY SIR MODRED.

The Gore Racing Club’s Summer fixture opens to-morrow, extending over Thursday.

The Auckland Trotting Club’s Summer gathering will be concluded on Wednesday.

On each day of Gore R.C. meeting a special train leaves Invercargill for the course at 10.40 a.m.

The promising Hawkes Bay galloper Bay Tree is now on his way to Sydney to be raced.

Little Cough did not race up to expectations at D.J.C. meeting and may be treated to a let-up.

There are only five withdrawals—two from one event —for Gore trotting events to-morrow.

The Khedive, Gold Trail, and Sir Nigel have been taken over to Australia by J. M. Cameron.

Taranaki hack, Lifeguard, a three-year-old gelding, is expected to take high rank with maturity.

Despite 30 withdrawals, the fields at Gore R.C. fixture to-morrow are very encouraging.

Bay Tree, who has been spelling for some time past, may race well when produced in Australia.

A field of eight for the principal event at Gore R.C. meeting to-morrow exceeds all expectations.

Gold Trail is extensively engaged at the Victoria R.C. Autumn fixture due March 2, 6 and 9.

With two solid races at the D.J.C. Auman meeting Beam should be ready for fittre fixture.

B. H. Morris was censured for not riding Lifeguard out when the colt won by a head at Egmont.

Handicaps for the first day of the Invercargill Trotting Club’s Annual meeting are due on Friday.

Nominations for the Wyndham Trotting Club’s Annual gathering will close on Monday next.

Roth the Taranaki J.C. and Egmont R.C. recent meetings are reported to have been profitable.

Vintage will probably tarry in Sydney to get some work prior to journeying on to Melbourne.

Norman Conquest, who won in Sydney on Saturday for W. Stone’s stable, was bred in Otago.

The Auckland Trotting Club’s February meeting will be brought to a conclusion to-morrow.

If Palmary would race straightly at his obstacles he would soon win a hurdle race.

Arachne, winner of Oakleigh Plate, is a daughter of Corban, a son of The Tetrarch.

Sylvandale appears to be one of the most enduring juveniles bred in Australia for some years.

L. J. Ellis leads W. J. Broughton by six wins on the horsemen’s list, but may increase this total at Gore.

Youngster Entail (out of Episode) is the only one of Posterity’s progeny raced who has to win.

Two-year-old Entail is worked at Wanganui and is claimed to be a very fast gciloper.

Nominations for the Wellington Trotting Club’s March meeting are due at 8 o’clock to-night.

The Northland T.C. having ceased operations, Wellington T.C. has been given the vacant date.

Victoria Amateur Turf Club’s Autumn meeting closes on Saturday of the current week at Caulfield.

Caulfield Futurity Stakes, of £2600 (seven furlongs) will attract smart horses on Saturday.

The Timaru Trotting Club’s Autumn fixture will come up for decision on Saturday, March 9.

Timai - Trotting Cup, £230 and trophy valued 15gns, class 4.34 (two miles) will be decided on March 9.

Honest Maid ran a good race in Waihola Handicap (l-jm.) at the D.J.C. meeting on Saturday last.

An impression prevails in the . north that Lord Warden (imp.) is going to make good as a sire.

Many people who saw him win at Tapanui, went bald-headed for Golden King in his Saturday success.

Tauramai is a hardy customer and may freshen up quickly, but he looked jaded on Saturday.

At the Kurow Jockey Club’s Autumn meeting on March 16, the Kurow Cup will be worth £125, including a cup to the value of £25. second horse £2O, third £lO from the stakes (one mile and a-quarter).

The intricate second day results of the concluding day of the recent D.J.C. Autumn meeting, as compiled by the writer, appear to have been, adopted without acknowledgement in subeditorial quarters elsewhere.

When he won the Owhiro Hurdle Handicap at Wingatui on Saturday the veteran racehorse Black Duke marked his 191st start, and brought his stakes total up to over £BOOO. He has won 43 races, with 24 seconds and 21 thirds.

Gilpit, by Cockpit (imp.) from a Sylvia Park (St. Leger) mare, has joined the team of A. S. Ellis at Riccarton. Ranking as a five-year-old gelding, he was formerly prepared by E. J. Ellis at VZashdyke from whose stable he ran three unsuccessful races last season.

Nightly may not be at the top of his form, as a northern writer suggests with some indication of reason, but it takes a good horse to lump 9.10 up the W’ngatui rise in the run home and win a James Hazlett Gold Cup comfortably In the useful time of Imin 41 2-ssec.

The winner of the Taranaki Cup, Australian-bred Fersen, was su* 3sequently defeated in the Egmont Cup, but he may redeem himself in the Henries Memorial Cup at Te Aroha J.C. meeting on Saturday. He should see out a mile and three furlongs under 7.4, as he proved himself a stayer prior to leaving Victoria.

It will be noted in the acceptance list for the Novice Handicap at Gore tomorrow that three of the candidates, hitherto unnamed, have now been given registered cognomens. A Songbird gelding will race as Ballad; a Valkyrian mare will be recognized as Illora, and a Silk Garter gelding will be known as Silken Lad.

On the opening day of the Egmont Racing Club’s Summer meeting tire progeny of Southland sire Weathervane (imp.) were strongly in evidence in the Whareroa Handicap, £125 (BJf.) when his son Glenvane (gelding) won by a head from another son in the horse Midian. The former is from Glen Helen and the latter out of Rebekah, both well-bred mares.

Found mysteriously shot and suffering from a broken leg, in a paddock at Blenheim on Sunday the gelding Huntique was subsequently destroyed. He ranked as a seven-year-old unsexed performer owned and trained by Mr L. Field, of Blenheim, and he will go down to posterity as the winner of the N.Z. Grand National Hurdle race of 1934. Piloted by R. Drinkwater on the occasion referred to Huntique galloped and jumped very boldly to score comfortably and return better than a doublefigure win quote. He was a valuable jumper and well-bred, as he was got by Hunting Song (imp.) from Gazelia, by Gazeley (imp.) from Pauleen, by St. Paul (good racer) from Curacoa, by Cuirassier (brother to Trenton).

Golden Miller, winner of last season’s Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, who accounted for the Grand International Steeplechase at Sandown Park (England) on Saturday, is claimed to be the best cross-country performer in commission in the Old Country. He is owned by Miss Dorothy Paget, a lady who has invested an enormous amount of money in horseflesh during the past few years in England, but not always with the most happy results. Miss Paget, however, is a very rich follower of the turf to whom fortunes spent on brood mares, yearlings, and horses in training are but drops in the bucket. Golden Miller is said to be her favourite of very many horses and his success last week would thus be doubly welcomed.

At the Wellington Trotting Club’s meeting on March 2 the win (75 and 25 per cent.) and place totalisators (three dividends) will be in operation. The club has also decided to retain the machine providing for five-shilling tickets. So far the W.T.C. has apparently found the issue of cheap totalisator tickets attractive at the turnstiles and profitable in use. The Capital City’s light harness institution has persevered with the five-shilling totalisator ticket and in this connection has earned the approval of a large section of its patrons. The day will come when racing clubs and trotting bodies in Maoriland will realize the importance of the five-shilling legal investment, but the time is not yet with many officials of a bygone period ruling the roost.

Veteran flat racer and batten-topper Black Duke was treated to a special round of applause at the D.J.C. meeting on Saturday on the occasion of completing his second double winning sequence at Wingatui over the light sticks—he won both hurdle races at the Summer and Autumn fixtures. It was noted that patrons of the outer enclosure were particularly demonstrative in favour of the black son of defunct Balboa. Verging on thirteen years of age Black Duke has been a good slave to the stable of D. P. Wilson and it is stated that he would have been pensioned off long ago, but he refuses to really age and if let-up quickly exhibits extravagant exuberance of spirits calling for a renewal of training efforts, while he will not lend himself to the plebeian duties of an ordinary hack.

Included in the string of Hawkes Bay owner and trainer J. M. Cameron shipped to Sydney last week was the three-year-old colt The Khedive, recently disposed of by Cameron at a substantial figure to Sir Joseph Robinson, the South African racing magnate, who has already won races in his own country with Wakatipu and other New Zealand-bred performers. While Cameron will race Gold Trail and Sir Nigel in Sydney and Melbourne, The Khedive will probably be shipped to South Africa at the earliest opportunity. Sir Joseph Robinson authorized a well-known Wellington blood stock salesman to procure a juvenile Maori-land-bred colt on his behalf, one promising to stay, and as a result J. M. Cameron was tempted to part with The Khedive, a colt whom he considers up to standard in the required respect. The Khedive is a well-bred juvenile by Chief Ruler (imp.) from Egyptian Flower, by Finland or Egypt from Mint (imp.) by Mintagon. It will be interesting to learn how the Hawkes Bay colt shapes in his new home, as he is reputed to have satisfied his experienced Hastings mentor that he will furnish into a stout racehorse.

The Australian stipendiary stewards acting in Sydney and Melbourne are no respectors of person when it comes to careless or four riding, jockeys of high degree or humble apprentices it is all the same to them, and suspensions from their profession as public horsemen invariably follow offences. On Saturday at Caulfield one of the bestknown horsemen in S. Davidson incurred the displeasure of the paid officials in his display on Arachne, winner of the valuable Oakleigh Plate, and he was ordered to stand down for two months for allegedly crossing too sharply after the start and interfering with several horses, including Winooka, who eventually acted as runner-up. In New Zealand honorary officials as often as not take a hand where investigations of this class are concerned, and, as often as not, give the benefit of the doubt to well-known riders, who, as a matter of fact, should be more severely dealt with than striving lightweight indentured jockeys. This is one of the extreme difficulties that trainees are up against in their endeavours to educate youthful horsemen. In Maoriland the elder riders seldom consider the welfare of youngsters new to the game, but in Australia, where no quarter is given under ordinary competition circumstances, leading and mature horsemen are ever ready to advise and give place to their youthful, rivals. It may be that a fellow feeling makes them wonderous kind in the knowledge that punishment is evenly distributed, but the majority of the race-pilots are good sportsmen and act accordingly.

A Christchurch Press scribe adopts a lofty tone in attempting to bolster up a statement recently made in his paper:—“According to a writer in the Southland Times M. Holmes has no monopoly in the all-round business in Maoriland while several southern reinsmen are alive and well, and he instances P. Gallagher as equal to Holmes as a reinsman, and in saddle his sunerior. Gallagher this season is well up in the list of riders and drivers, but most of his successes have been attained in a district where competition is not so keen as on the Canterbury courses. Gallagher may be a very fine reinsman and rider, but in saddle or sulky the majority of trainers would sooner trust the handling of their horses to the Yaldhurst man.” The Christchurch scribe is not very well acquainted with racing conditions in the home province when he remarks in commenting on Gallagher’s ability: “Most of his successes have been attained in a district where competition is not so keen as on Canterbury courses.” He might be surprised to learn that competition is just as keen in Southland as it is anywhere in Canterbury, and if he could be persuaded to journey south to, say the Wyndham T.C. Annual fixture, he would probably find this fact out for himself, while his eyes might be opened to several other matters on which he is at present hardly qualified to give a definite opinion. Besides. M. Holmes has driven races in Southland and his skill is not underestimated here. The statement is also aired that “the majority of trainers would sooner trust the

handling of their horses to the Yaldhurst man.” But would they . Had the Christchurch scribe said Canterbury trainers” he might have had reason on his side, but there are trainers in Southland, and good mentors at that, who assuredly would not prefer the northern horseman named. The claim is again made that P- Gallagher is a superior horseman to Holmes, and just as capable of driving in a race anywhere, in fact, in some of the fields competing here Gallagher would , easily be selected over his northern rival.

Writing in the Taranaki Daily News “Hurry On” retails the story, of a district owner and his “hobby horse, as follows:— “Though Cereal was one of the outsiders of the field and paid a good’ double-figure dividend in the Nolan Cup at the Egmont R.C. meeting his success was very popular as racegoers recognized that this son of Acre has seldom run a bad race and that his Waitara owner-trainer, Mr E. Knight, was fully deserving of success. Mr Knight races purely for the sport of the game. He does not worry about the price his horse may be paying; that, he says, is the public’s concern, not his. He has retired from business and races Cereal purely as a hobby. From his early boyhood he has always been connected with horses, and he derives a great deal of pleasure in attending the Taranaki meetings with his horse. Mr Knight has his own methods of training which though unorthodox have enabled his one horse to pay its way. From the time that Cereal was first put into training Mr Knight has ridden Cereal’s dam, Ceres, and led Cereal, who has naturally a great affection for his mother. Mr Knight has used this affection in order to assist him in the training cn the Waitara beach. His method is to tether Ceres to a post and then lead Cereal about half a mile along the sands. Cereal is then let go and will gallop back to his mother. Mr Knight has had many tempting offers for Cereal but always steadfastly refuses to sell. The writer can remember in February, 1931, Mr Knight brought Cereal to New Plymouth prior to the Taranaki Cup gathering. The horse was galloped a half mile in a time that made all the visiting trainers sit up and think. Cereal was then a maiden and one well-known trainer who makes visits across the Tasman was anxious to purchase him. He instructed his commissioner to open at 500 guineas and go up to 1000 if necessary. It was all in vain. Mr Knight would not even entertain the idea, his reasons were somewhat novel. If I sell Cereal, he said, ‘I would have to send Ceres to Acre again, and it would be three years before I had a horse again. What am I going to do in the interval? What I want is a hobby and that hobby is Cereal.’ Nothing could move him and the would-be buyer had to set off to Sydney without his speedy maiden. CANTERBURY ITEMS QUIET PERIOD ON TRACKS. VINTAGE DEPARTS. WINGATUI RUNNERS. (Notes by The Rook.) Christchurch, February 16. It has been dull all the week and we have had a little rain with prospect of more. Although only a few points of rain have fallen it is surprising how the tinge of green has come back to the countryside. With the most of . our trainers away at Wingatui, training operations have been of a dull nature all the week. Mrs J. Campbell left for Wellington on Thursday evening en route for Sydney with Vintage and Lady Graceful, his half-sister. The big gelding will do a few days work at Randwick before entraining for Melbourne. He looks a better horse now than at any earlier time this season. Mrs Campbell not having been granted a license to train in Australia, Vintage and Lady Graceful’s owner, Mr D. W.Westenra, has gone across in the same boat as the horses and he will personally supervise their work. Vintage should run a great race in the Australian Cup but he has a champions weight to carry in the big two and aquarter mile race, and some of the lightly weighted division may prove to“ be too good for him in the run home. He is engaged in some wff.a. races, however, in which he should take all sorts of beating, as the allowances for horses that have not won certain amounts are of many pounds, and he is entitled to them all. A. Catto was satisfied after the C.J.C. mid-summer meeting that the Chokebore horses engaged at the Dunedin J.C. meeting had small prospects of winning any money, so the te«m did not go south. The race Minerval had in the Midsummer Handicap did him a lot of good. It was his first appearance m public for practically thirteen months and despite defeat, it was was a creditable one. On his showing he did not have any chance of beating Cuddle in the Dunedin Cup so trainer-owner F. Holmes decided to cancel the Dunedin trip. There are not many more races to be run in New Zealand this season to suit a stayer like Minerval and all going well he might go to Australia in the late autumn. Up this way Cuddle was a good favourite for the Dunedin Cup. Although she was heavily supported, she was not carrying enough money to make the layers show a profit on the Dunedin Cup when they paid out on Tauramai who was backed by a small army of admirers. The surprising part of Thursday’s betting is that the double Guarantee —Tauramai was supported everywhere. The layers of odds report having a bad day on Thursday. Sam Smith is still on the easy list, but is doing light pace work. He will begot ready for autumn meetings, but there is a rumour to the effect that his wind is becoming affected. If this is true then we have seen the best of Sam Smith. Hororata travelled well while m the North Island; a couple of months since she was a weedy, ugy filly. Game and a good doer she has improved steadily until now she is a very useful galloper, although she is still something of a rag to look at. There are some untried two-year-olds at Chokebore that on looks may easily prove better than Hororata when their time comes to race, but at present Hororata is the best in the stable but she is not up to classic form. Fair Weather was not taken to Wingatui on account of having giving himself a slight rick when raced here a week ago. It was an unfortunate happening as the brown gelding had been working particularly well. . Orris is in steady work again, bhe will be got ready for autumn racing. There is nothing between this filly and her stablemate Chidden, but. she is much better behaved at the barrier. She will stand up to the tapes but Chidden always backs away from them. This pair are likely to be seen out at the Banks Peninsula meeting. Ranelagh is one of "the staunchest members of the anti-racing league. He gallops as well as any other horse in private but in a race he will do just as he pleases, and it is rarely that he decides to do his best. Schooled m his home paddocks he jumps well. Taken to the course he will not go near a flight of hurdles. His owner is a very patient man otherwise the good looking and very sound gelding would have left the turf to become a station hack ages ago. Whether Gay Crest can come back remains to be seen. Owing to threatened unsoundness he was retired two years ago so it is hardly likely that he will do much good recommissioned as a ten-year-old. He has m his favour, •however, the fact that during his two years’ absence he has been fed well and has always been used as a hack. Cuddle’s stablemate, Sunny Maid, can

go fast but not far at present. She was not brought south with the idea that she would win much money, but simply as a companion to her brilliant stablemate. On her Wellington Cup and Dunedin Cup showings it looks as if Cuddle is not a genuine stayer, but is a really high-class sprinter, whose great speed enables her to see out ten furlongs well. She will win many races yet. Races such as the Thompson Handicap at Trentham and the Great Easter Handicap at Riccarton would suit her to a nicety, while she might even stagger to the end of the Great Autumn Handicap if the early part of that race were not run at too solid a pace. Polydora is being condemned on all sides, perhaps prematurely. Undoubtedly she can gallop very fast when once under way, but the test always set her of giving away weight and a long start over the last half-mile of her races would be too much for higher class gallopers than even she is. She and Nightly have done a lot of fast work together during the last month and the mare has invariably beaten the horse. In fact, taking a line from their work Nightly had as little chance of giving her 121bs in the Hazlett Memorial to-day than he would have of giving it to that good gelding Vintage. There is nothing wrong with Scratchmere Scar that he was not taken to the Dunedin J.C. Autumn meeting. He has visited the tracks every day this week and has done serviceable work on each visit. The reason he was not taken south is that a local horse agency has made an offer for him on account of an Australian buyer. The offer did not reach the price required, and pending the conclusion of negotiations a condition was imposed that the bay gelding should not be raced.

Hunting Go was extensively supported for the Dunedin Cup up this way. As a matter of fact as much support came from South Canterbury for him that he was even a warmer favourite with some of our double merchants than was Cuddle. It was impossible to couple him with anything for several days before the meeting. Listeners in having heard that Hunting Go was going well in the race, in about fourth place, expected him to make a move after Tauramai as soon as the straight was entered. Instead he dropped right out and his neglected stablemate Nightform was left to do battle for the stable all down the straight.

Aesculus has not attracted much attention since he came from the North Island, but he has not been asked to do a great deal. He is being trained at Orari by J. W. Pankhurst and his mission is the jumping races in the coming winter. He should make a good hurdler.

Gaysome is to be turned out for a spell while Mrs Campbell is away in Australia. F. E. Jones has taken charge of Mrs Campbell’s team until she returns about the end of April. Knowledge was not long in winning a race once he kept sound enough to stand up to some work. Now six years old this gelding, owing to grossness, has been in and out of work ever since Mr E. Hay bqught him at the yearling sales for 275gns. A loafer he soon got so heavy topped and fat that his legs showed signs of collapse, but trainer T. H. Gillett having discovered the gelding had plenty of pace was always satisfied to spell him at the slightest sign of unsoundness. Now it looks as if Gillett’s tactics are going to prove the correct and profitable solution of how to treat a gross baby. The Dunedin J. C. Autumn meeting of 1935 is the worst Cup meeting that Riccarton trainers have ever had at Wingatui. They did not take as many horses south as they have done in past seasons, but the lot they took were to say the least of them a useful lot yet they only managed to win three races in the two days and two of the winners were outsiders. It must have been bad at Wingatui for Christchurch visitors. The form of the Orari-trained Epris at Wingatui makes Hostis look a good hack. He beat Epris at Riccarton a week ago in hollow fashion. The Banks Peninsula R.C. got very good entries last night for their autumn meeting to be held next Saturday week. Last year the entries totalled 152, this year.they number 154. The entries for the seven galloping events total 98, and the two trotting races 56. Our country clubs find it hard to make ends meet nowadays; without trotting races on their programmes they would not last two seasons. THE LIGHT HARNESS SPORT. WORK ON WINTON TRACKS. MARGARET BELL COMING BACK. KIPPAGH AND MINSTREL TROT WELL. EMBARK IN GOOD ORDER. NOTES BY STOPWATCH. (Special to the Times.) Winton, February 16. Following a lull in proceedings after the recent holiday circuit training operations at Winton have been much more interesting of late, with local mentors preparing their charges for near at hand fixtures. The plough has been in exceedingly good order, while trainers have appreciated the use of the main course for some time past. Dusky has been added to the string of T. Wallis, and despite the fact that he is very much on the robust side he has put a good deal of dash into his work. The Erin’s King gelding was turned out about twelve months back and was brought back in great heart. On Saturday morning he was hoppled and sent a mile and a half in harness, and, without being pushed, he accomplished his task in a very pleasing fashion, both from the point of view of his condition and as a time effort. Last season the Erin’s King gelding was produced in great heart, but his best efforts in public were for minor brackets and he was regarded by local track watchers as a gay deceiver. It is thought that he might race to advantage when fresh, and indications point to this end at the present stage. Hard Times has continued the right way for J. Cosgrove, and a mile and a half effort this morning was accomplished in good style. The Lee Norris mare had a hack as a pace-maker butthe latter’s greenness at the game resulted in little assistance being given the mare. A lazy track worker on her own, it is expected that Hard Times will race to advantage over an extended journey, and a race of this class is expected to suit her at Riverton at Easter. She is very well at present. Margaret Bell worked over two miles the reverse way this morning on her own, and finished well in reasonably good time. The Erin’s King mare is on a very difficult mark at the present, and has a big hurdle to concede up to 72 yards to several promising young pacers off the front in coming Cup contests. She has come to hand well for T. Wallis, while she completed her task this morning without tangling as she has done in the past. The novice three-year-old Grattan Loyal—Fortune Chimes filly, in W. Cosgrove’s stable, will make her debut at the Invercargill T.C. gathering under the name of Edith Grattan. This youngster has been in work throughout the current season and was expected to put in an appearance during the holidays, but a mishap caused an alteration in the programme. The daughter of Grattan Loyal is a neatly made filly, a smart pacer, and one that will strip well in her initial outing. Embark is looking a picture and has made good progress for F. Langford since the holidays. Some interest is likely to be attached to his appearance at Gore this week, as he won so well at Wyndham during the holidays in 3.24,

2-5. Since that outing the Happy Voyage gelding has gone on the right way, while a great point in his favour, too, is that he is a very level headed customer.

Kippagh was none the worse of his Forbury outings, and of late he has been stepping into his work in good fashion. He reeled out two miles this morning, and while he put in two or three breaks the effort was quite a creditable one. Wallis will strip him well for the Invercargill T.C. outing, and if he trotted solidly he would be one of the hardest to beat, but he is on too difficult a mark to have to be checked on the journey. Four starts this season for two successes is Minstrel’s record, and his appearance at forthcoming meetings will create some interest. The Lee Norris trotter is a tough customer, and has continued to work pleasingly. When he raced at the Forbury Park winter meeting last May, overtures were made for the purchase of the gelding, and it is now borne out that his owner had good reason not to dispose of him. He will strip a much better horse this month than he did at Christchurch, and despite his handicap mark he should race prominently. Prairie Duke has been kept going by T. Wallis, and the roan gelding has been working quite satisfactorily. Only a three-year-old, the son of Wellington Direct has furnished into a good looking juvenile, and is as good a type of pacer as there is about. Not too sound in front, his trainer has not bustled him with hard tracks the order of the going, and it may be found in another season that this has been a wise policy. Although he slackened up over the last piece of a mile and a half essay this morning, he paced well throughout, while his trainer was quite pleased with the youngster not “boring” as he has done in the past. He is the first of the stock of Wellington Direct that has appeared in public in N.Z. Erin’s Pride has been kept going, but he has gravely disappointed this season. The Erin’s King gelding has been in great condition during the current term, and worked promisingly at the outset, but has failed to repeat these efforts. He is to be given a further chance to redeem himself at Gore.

Edwin Bingen has been recommissioned by T. Wallis and the Nelson Bingen gelding is to be kept going at the trotting gait. He has been worked on several occasions at intervals while he has also been tried with the straps at different times. Carrying plenty of condition at the present, he has been trotted quite well so far. Other, inmates of Wallis’s stable are Single Lee and Red Logan. The first mentioned lias raced unluckily to date this season, but is in good order at the present to do battle in the near future.

Young Dewey has been kept going by F. Langford. The Frank Dewey three-year-old displayed a lot of promise at the start of the season, but in the meantime appears to have developed a will of his own. Autogo and Happiness both appear to be showing the effects of a hard season’s racing, but. neither are robust at any time. The solid little chestnut, Autogo has yet to break his maiden status, and, if consistency has anything to do with it, he should shortly accomplish this end. A novice trotter in the same stable, by Happy Voyage from Fair Noreen, has shown some promise in his early efforts. W. Cosgrove has Belle Grattan in steady work, the Grattan Loyal filly being kept going with the straps on; This filly is a good pacer, but is not likely to be bustled this season. She stands a little over 16 hands, so it would not be wise to rush her, as she is only a three-year-old. Frances Cole, from the same stable, is engaged to race at the I.T.C. fixture. The Frank Dewey filly is a very nippy customer, and her work of late has been full of merit. Cosgrove has also been working Hector Lee but he appears an in and out sort of customer. On some occasions his work is worthy of note, but he does not always repeat the dose. The Frank Dewey— Cathedral Chimes mare three-year-old filly, has not looked back since joining the stable and is a very likely sort while a three-year-old filly by Grattan Loyal/ from Carbinea (dam of Norman' Fox and Journey’s End) is being put through the rudimentary stages. This filly has shown no,inclination to trot, but moves very neatly with the straps. Two two-year-olds in the stable are being given light work. The filly by Adioo Guy from Regina Logan -(dam of Regina Derby and Southern Smile) has

been gaited and moves very sweetly. She is a very sober-headed baby. The filly by Sungod from Fortune Maid (dam of Nelson Fortune) has taken the eye as a very likely youngster and one that moves very correctly. R. Rolton has been working a youngster by Lee Norris from Lady Marvin. He is a good looking gelding. WOODVILLE MEETING FIRST DAY ACCEPTANCES. (Per United Press Association.) Palmerston North, February 18. Acceptances for the first day of the Woodville District Jockey Clubs Autumn Meeting, to be held on February 22 and 23 are:— 12.15 p.m. TYRO STAKES, £6O. Six furlongs.

WRESTLING LURICH DISQUALIFIED. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) Sydney, February 17. In a wrestling bout Leon Labriola was given the decision against Lurich who was disqualified in the fifth round for punching. Each wrestler had previously secured a fall.

GORE RACING CLUB ACCEPTANCES FOR FIRST DAY. The following are the acceptances for the first day of the Gore Racing Club’s meeting on February 20 and 21:— 1 GORE HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP. £BO. Eight, and a-half furlongs.

AUCKLAND TROTTING CLUB ACCEPTANCES FOR TO-MORROW. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, February 18. The following acceptances have been received for the second day of the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting:— MANUREWA HANDICAP, £ll5. Class 3.49. One mile and a-half. Audo Patch limit Waikato Prince 73 Meadow Kins; limit Mute 84 yds bhd Young Rodney 36 HOWICK HANDICAP, £ll5. Class 3.43. One mile and a-half. Orwell limit Proletarian limit Aerial Bell limit Tinokaha limit Charterls Boy limit Winaway limit CherriU limit yds bhd Hinewai limit Home Brew 24 Kia Kaha limit Dillon Bond 36 Muriel Bond limit Olax 36 Pink Lady limit BLEDISLOE HANDICAP, £3OO. Class 4.29. Two miles. Raydus limit Kewpie's Guy 24 Willie Derby limit Impromptu 48 yds bhd Jewel Pointer 48 Pegaway 12 Worthy Light 48 Auto Machine 12 SYLVIA PARK HANDICAP, £125. Class 3.28. One mile and a-half. Edna Worthy limit yds bhd Guid Halrst limit Gumdigger 12 Plain Pearl limit Glandore 36 Te Mahanga limit Homeward 60 RICHMOND HANDICAP. £125. Class 3.38. One mile and a-half. yds bhd Rare Rey 24 Aircraft 12 Tryment 24 Rayon D’or 12 Fisher 36 Lucky Love 24 Gold Dredge 36 Mln Bells 24 I e Chenault 36 FORBES HANDICAP. £125. Class 3.42. One mile and a-half. yds bhd Golden Eagle 36 Mute .12 ..Gala Day ... -36 Autumn Lu 12 Mountain Sun 36 Manna's Son 24 Rustle 84 LYDNEY PARK HANDICAP, £l4O. Class 2.47. One mile and a quarter. Bingen Chief limit Travis limit Francis yds bhd Lincoln limit Chancellor 12 Homeward limit Prince Pedro 12 Jackie Arabond 24 Thorpe limit Kewpie's Guy 24 Lady Pegaway 36 Coronado limit Great Nimbus limit Parrish 48 Pukemiro limit Impromptu 72 Realty limit FAREWELL HANDICAP, £125. Class 3.34. One mile and a-half. Bonnie Direct limit yds bhd Fisher limit Mazda 12 King’s Kewpie's Bond 24 Warrior limit Parrish Belle (t) 24 Mln Bells limit Social Pest 36

CLIFDEN RACING CLUB PROGRAMME FOR RACE MEETING. The following programme has been drawn up for the annual race meeting of the Clifden Racing Club, to be held at Clifden on Saturday, March 16:—■ Lilburn Handicap of £3O; six furlongs, For horses that have not won a flat race at a totalisator meeting at time of starting. Minimum weight, 8 stone. Tuatapere Handicap Trot of £35, Saddle; li miles. Class 3.5. Belmont Hack Handicap of £35; five furlongs. Fowle Memorial Handicap of £55; 1J miles. Orawia Hack Handicap. Steeplechase of £35 and trophy valued £5 5/-; about two miles. Waiau Hack Handicap of £35; six furlongs. Alton Handicap Trot of £35, saddle; Ijr miles; Class 3.43. Farewell Handicap, of £4O; one mile. The following officials have been appointed: Judge, Mr H. B. Ireland; starter, Mr A. D. Mclvor; handicappers, Messrs A. L. Canter (gallops) and G. Paul (trots). Nominations for all races close on March 5. Handicaps will appear on March 9, and acceptances close on March 12. MYSTERIOUS DEATH GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE WINNER, HUNTIQUE FOUND SHOT. (Per United Press Association.) Blenheim, February 18. The gelding Huntique which won the Grand National Hurdles lest year, was found shot in a paddock near Waterlea racecourse yesterday with a bone in his hind leg shattered by a bullet. The animal had to be destroyed. The manner in which the injury was sustained is a mystery, but empty shells of two .303 cartridges were found nearby. TENNIS SOUTHLAND TEAM SELECTED. The selectors (Messrs W. Rea, L. R. Lopdell and H. K. Sumpter) have announced the following team to represent Southland against Otago on March 2:— Messrs D. McLeod, L. Cockerill, A. Deaker (captain), A. Baird, R. McCallum and W. Strang. Misses E. Melvin, P. Guest, R.. Wilson, J, Wilson, M. Rein and J. Lamont. , In recent years Southland have been making their presence felt in the tennis world, and' this year hopes for their further success are running high. Contrary to expectations, the Southland team have defeated their previously more successful rivals in the last two encounters, and the well-known inferiority complex of local supporters received a bad jolt. The team chosen this year is a formidable combination and should do very well. Constant prac-

tice is necessary however, and players are urged to attend at the Waihopai courts at 6 o’clock on Thursday evening. ■’WINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS. LADIES’ SINGLES CONTEST. (From Our Correspondent). During the past week several matches have been played in the singles championships of the Winton Tennis Club. An interesting contest was witnessed in the ladies’ singles section on Friday afternoon, when last year’s champion, Miss E. Pierce, defeated Mrs O. Jamieson, 6-2, 5-6, 12-10. The match was keenly contested from the outset, and a high standard of play was in evidence throughout. Miss Pierce dominated play during the early stages of the match to take the first set in a decisive fashion. She also secured a 5-1 lead in the second set. At this stage Mrs Jamieson displayed her best form, and the great recovery that she made was one cf the features of the game. Playing steadily in face of a 5-1 disadvantage, and with the aid of a great number of mistakes on the part of her opponent, she won the next five games, to take the set 6-5. Commencing the final set Mrs Jamieson established an early lead of 3-1, and later was in a strong position with the scores 5-3 in her favour. Miss Pierce exhibited improved form at this stage and gradually brought the scores to 5 all, and also gained the next game and led 6-5, Mrs Jamieson evened at 6 all, and the pair from then on won their own service on each occasion, until the score read 10 all. Miss Pierce again won her own service to lead 1110, and scored well in the last game to sgain the decision by 12-10. Miss Pierce meets the winner of the match between Mrs W. Brandford and Mrs J. Swale, in the final. In the men’s singles section good progress has been made and with the exception of one match the first round has been completed. J. Derbie defeated A. Watson, 6-3, 6-3. The winner played well throughout, placing his shots particularly well. J. Robertson defeated N, Pierce, 2-6, 6-5, 6-2. T. W. Brandford defeated J. de la Perrelle, 6-1, 6-3. In an open contest Perrelle played rather erratically while Brandfora, who was much steadier, placed his shots well. O. A. B. Smith defeated D. Ogilvy, 2-6, 6-5, 7-5. The honours in the first set went to Oglivy, but Smith exhibited much better form in the second. The third was an interesting and closely fought contest. A. McCurdy defeated I. McDougall 6-2, 6-3. The draw for the second round is as follows: McCurdy v. Lindsay; Smith v. Brandford; Dobbie v. G. Lindsay; J. Robertson v. winner of Henderson and L. Perrelle. SEAWARD DOWNS v. MORTON MAINS. A very enjoyable game eventuated when Seaward Downs met Morton Mains in the Lower Mataura tennis competition and defeated them by 12 games, the sets being even. Details, with Seaward Downs names mentioned first, were as follows:— Ladies’ Singles: Miss Drysdale v. Miss Warnock, 6-5; Mrs W. Palmer v. Mrs Blackmore, 4-6; Miss Crosbie v. Miss Morton, 0-6; Miss Palmer v. Miss King, 6-2, Men’s Singles: L. ’Morton v. H. Morton, 6-4; McCall v. Woodfield, 2-6; Dunlop v. C. Morton, 6-3; Parker v. Home, 6-2. Ladies’ Doubles: Miss Drysdale and Mrs Palmer v. Miss Warnock and Mrs Blackmore, 3-6; Misses Crosbie and Palmer v. Misses King and Morton, 5-6. Men’s Doubles: Morton and McCall v. Morton and Woodfield. 6-5. Mixed Doubles: Miss Drysdale and Morton v. Miss Warnock and Morton, 6-3; Mrs Palmer and McCall v. Blackmore and Woodfield, 3-6; Miss Palmer ancl Parker v. Miss King and Home, 6-5. Seaward Downs, 8 sets, 65 games; Morton Mains,Xsets»-.7L games. - TABLE TENNIS WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP. HUNGARIANS IN FINAL. (United Press Assn—Telegraph Copyright.) London, February 17. Ten thousand at Wembley cheered the world table tennis championship final in which Viktor Barna narrowly defeated Szabados after five exhausting sets. Both are Hungarians. The match was played at a dizzy speed. Szabados, while racing after a smashing return, crashed and required medical treatment. This is Barna’s

fifth championship and his fourth successively. Barna and Szabados won the doubles final. CROQUET ENGLAND v. NEW ZEALAND. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 11.20 p.m.) Melbourne, February 18. New Zealand were again well down in the first day of the third croquet test, England leading by three rubbers to one. Results: Petley defeated Hartnell; Poulter defeated Mrs Caldow; du Pre defeated Stratton; Mrs Corbett defeated Wemyss. SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH. QUEENSLAND v. NEW SOUTH WALES. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 9.55 p.m.) Brisbane, February 18 In the Sheffield Shield match New South Wales in the second innings made 337 (Marks 107, Robins 67, Chipperfield 69; Gilbert three for 114, Wyeth three for 48). Queensland in the second innings have lost three for 143 (Andrews 41, Sides 32, Hansen not out 22, Bensted not cut 40. In the first innings New South Wales made 233 and Queensland 261. SOUTH AUSTRALIA MAKE 415. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 11.20 p.m.) Adelaide, February 18. In the Sheffield Shield match South Australia in the second innings made 415 (Lonergan 77, Moyle 81, Waite 79, Tobin 60. McCormick two for 95, Ebeling three for 63, Fleetwood-Smith three for 186, Darling one for 13). Victoria in the second innings have lost none for 51 (O’Brien not out 24, Rigg not out 23). In the first innings South Australia scored 200 and Victoria 200. BOWLS ANNUAL CHURCH MATCH. ST. PAUL’S DEFEAT FIRST CHURCH. . The annual bowling match between teams representing St. Paul's and First Church respectively, was played on the Southland green last night, St Paul’s winning an eight-rink game by 163 points to 124, The details were:— St.P. First.

Totals 163 124 CHAMPION :PAIRS. DRAW ANNOUNCED. The draw for the champion of champion pairs’ bowling competition to be played to-morrow is as follows: At 8 o’clock on Northend green.— Southland v. Bluff; Waikiwi v. Northend. At 10.15 on Northend Green.—Edendale v. Winton; Mataura v. Invercargill; Hokonui v. Woodlands; Otautau v. Waihopai; Invercargill R.S.A. v. Gore; Te Rangi v. Georgetown; Wyndham v. Riverton. Losers in the first two games will play in the consolation pairs on the Waihopai green at 1.15 p.m. TEAMS FOR TO-DAY. R.S.A. V. Invercargill (on R.S.A. green).—Ritchie, Somerville, Braxton. Blomfleld (s); Fraser, Macklam, Aslett, Miller (s); Lang, Jones, Stone, Buchanan (s); Heslin, Paulin, McKenzie, Taylor (s). Emergencies.—Johnston, Donaldson and Coughlan. NORTHEND. V. Georgetown (on Georgetown green).— Burgess, U’Toole, Reid, Smith (s); Taggart. Adamson. Swift, Service (s); McKitterick, Randle. Taylor, Steans (s); Leek, King, ucandrett, D. J. Wesney (s). Emergencies —Macdonald, Shand. Morton. CRICKET SOUTHLAND ASSOCIATION. FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY. The Management Committee of the Southland Cricket Association met last evening, Mr R. T, Meredith (president) presiding over the following members: Messrs E. V. Mills, J. Hamilton, G. Agnew, H. Grace, R. Taylor, F. J. Twiss, R. D. Thompson and A. J. Hamilton. Mr K. B. Bain, Southland’s delegate to the New Zealand Cricket Council, wrote expressing his intention of supporting South Canterbury’s protest concerning the omission of minor associations when nominations for the interisland match were considered. He stated that the matter would probably be brought up at the next general meeting of the council. It was decided not to accept Eastern’s offer of a game with a Town team at Gore on a Saturday before the Southland team departed for the North Island, members commenting that the players were receiving plenty of practice on concrete wickets, and that a Saturday game would mean breaking into the club competitions. Too many Saturdays had been lost to the club competitions already this season. The secretary of the New Zealand Cricket Council wrote advising that the larger wickets, now in general use by major associations would be used in the Hawke Cup game. The secretary of the Railway Club wrote drawing attention to the fact that L. Barnett, of the Bluff Club, who was a senior B grade player, had played against the Railway junior B team on Saturday, and had played hi the first innings of a two-day senior match the previous week. It was decided to ask the Bluff Club for an explanation. E. Buswell, Grange Club, Dunedin, was granted a transfer to the Invercargill Club subject to personal application being made. The following transfers were granted: C. V. Shirley, Technical to Appleby and G. Agnew, jun., Appleby to High School. P. T. Moir was granted a regrade from junior A to junior B, subject to the regrading committee’s confirmation. It was decided to refer the annual boys’ association match, Otago v. Southland, to the selectors and write to the Otago Association asking for a date to be fixed. It was decided that from to-day the

coacn snouia concentrate on uie representative players chosen for practice, 1 all other coaching to be suspended in the meantime. The chairman requested the selectors to announce the representative team as soon as possible in order to give the players chosen an opportunity to make arrangements to get away. The fixtures for Saturday are as follows:— Senior A—Old Boys v. Union, at ■ Showgrounds north; Marist v. Appleby, 1 at Appleby ground. '■ Senior B—Union v. 1.C.C., at Show- ’ grounds south; High School v. Railway, at High School; Bluff a bye. : Junior A.— I.C.C. v. Old Boys, at • Queen’s Park No. 1; Appleby v. Marist, at Biggar street west. Junior B.—Union v. Georgetown, at Queen’s Park No. 2; P. and T. v. Appleby, at Biggar street east; High School v. Old Boys, at High School; Railway v. Borstal, at Borstal. Third Grade.—Marist v. Union, at Queen’s Park No. 3; I.C.C. v. High School B ,at High School; Georgetown ’ v. High School A, at High School; i Appleby a bye. It was decided to play the Bluffi Technical junior B game at the end of ■ the season if necessary. ! APPLEBY v. HIGH SCHOOL. . Playing on the High School grounds on Saturday afternoon in the second grade B competition, High School defeated Appleby by 23 runs on the first innings. Batting first High School made 85. Bamford (34), Armour (26) and Jarvis (24) being the most successful bats--1 men. Jordan, sen., and L. Jordan ; bowled well for Appleby and divided , the wickets between them. Appleby, in . their first innings, were able to score . only 62, Shirley being the only suci cessful batsman. Jarvis, Kennedy and > McCurdy bowled well for High School. EASTERN DISTRICT COMPETITION. , MATAURA v. WAIKOIKOI. (From Our Correspondent) More than usual interest was attached to the match between Mataura and Waikoikoi on the Mataura receation grounds on Saturday afternoon as victory for either team placed then in a good position for annexing the Eastern District competition. It was only to be expected, therefore, that a larger j attendance than usual witnessed the t match which was played under ideal > weather conditions. Mataura batted 5 first, McConnell making the best stand j to knock up 25, the whole team being dismissed lor 94 runs, Waikoikoi replying with 127 thus winning the fixture. The following are the scores: : t MATAURA. T. Bogue b Crawford 2 - D. Renshaw c McDonald b Spittle 14 W. Lutch c McKenzie b Crawford 18 5 G. Corbet lbw b Spittle 5 L. Townsend b Spittle 8 - R. Hardie c Robertson b Spittle 0 J. .Maley, e. and'b Spittle 5 1 H. Anderson not out 12

H. McConnell b McColl 25 J. Quilter b McColl 0 A. Webb c and b McDonald 0 Extras 5 Total 94 Bowling analysis: Crawford two for 41; A. McDonald one for 15; W. Spittle five for 25; G. McColl two for 8, WAIKOIKOI. A, Crawford c Webb b Renshaw 3 G. McColl b Townsend H W. Spittle c Hardie b Maley 28 J. McColl c Hardie b Townsend 7 W. McKenzie c Renshaw b Townsend 37 B. Robertson b Maley 6 H. Aitken c Leitch b McConnell 9 G. Spittle b McConnell | P. Crawford b McConnell 1 A. McDonald b McConnell 16 J. Reid not out 9 Extras H Total 127 Bowling analysis: Renshaw one for 7; Townsend four for 36; Maley two for 15; McConnell three for 20; Quilter none for 11; Webb none for 3; Anderson none for 8; Leitch none for 14.

Darecourt 8 11 Waitohu 8 11 Gold Vein 8 11 Even Money 8 11 Father's Wahine Nul 8 11 Choice 8 11 Pukeko 8 11 Muggins 8 11 Bacchus Stroller 8 11 Marsh 8 11 Ekatire 8 11 Count / Inveresk 8 11 Willonyx 8 11 Bazalne 8 11 Vivienne 8 11 Icier 8 11 12.55 p.m. ORINGI HIGHWEIGHT HANDICAP, £80. One mile and a quarter. Bold Jim 10 5 Confiscation 9 1 Tres Sec 9 11 Affliction 9 0 Royal Papa 9 8 Spearshot 9 0 Boudoir 9 7 1.35 p.m. WOODVILLE HANDICAP. £150. One'mile and a quarter. Speed 9 0 Vertigern 7 0 Brambletorn 8 2 Red Rufus 7 0 Eminent 8 2 Bonnie Vale 7 0 Hunting Jay 7 13 2.15 p.m. SAPLING STAKES. £75, For two-year-olds. Five furlongs. Heritage 8 9 Boomerang 7 5 Il Duce 7 12 Le Grand 7 5 Alchemic 7 12 Mesurina 7 3 Blue Garter 7 5 Surprise Item 7 2 Hunting Scene 7 5 Tidal Song 7 2 Bumble 7 5 2.55 p.m. RUAHINE HANDICAP, £115. Six furlongs. Golden Wings 9 2 Navaho 7 3 Souchong 8 9 Land Tax 7 3 Pin Money 7 9 3.35 p.m. COUNTY HACK HANDICAP, £80. Six furlongs. Life Guard 9 3 Delium 7 7 Wasteland 9 0 Royal Record 7 5 Matuma 8 10 State Bank 7 4 Brown Betty 8 10 Enif 7 3 Coronilla 8 9 Raparahara 7 3 Abbey Feale 7 13 Revival 7 3 Queen’s Pride 7 13 Blygain 7 2 Secrecy 7 12 Koreroa 7 0 Debut 7 11 Marae Quex 7 0 Timorous 7 8 Otaki 7 0 4.15 p.m. KUMEROA HACK HANDICAP, £80. One mile and a distance. Werohia 8 13 Bonnie Vale 7 13 Miss King’s Lancer 7 13 Hushabye 8 11 Grand Blow 7 2 Round Score 8 6 Tupurangl 7 2 Hunting Bag 8 5 Mercian Lapel 8 2 Queen 7 0 4.55 p.m. PRESIDENT'S i HANDICAP, £100. Seven furlongs. Might 9 • 1 La Poupee 7 11 Navaho 8 3 Stitch 7 11 Miss Raparahara 7 11 Hushabye 7 13

Broken Huie 10 3 Panocha 9 2 9 2 9 0 9 0 9 0 Vallska Dressy Braw Lad Milford Thornton 9 9 Johnny 9 8 Barn Door 9 7 Miss Winston 9 7 Southern 9 7 Princess ELECTRIC TROT HANDICAP, £80. 3.43. One mile and a-half. Class Autogo scr Queenie Lee scr Blue Spark scr Royal Drive scr Firecrest scr Seamark scr Glencree Gold Valley scr Silver Guv scr Storm Chimes scr Mountain jun. scr Lad Pacha scr Tour scr Worthy scr Park Drive scr Claire scr Picotee scr yds bhd Prairie Duke scr Desert Cloud 12 LONGFORD HACK HANDICAP, Six furlongs. Moneygran 9 0 June the £80. Mayam 8 13 Third 7 13 Slaemish 8 5 McNab 7 12 Final Bell 8 4 Bowlands 7 11 Acla 8 4 Conca de Oro 7 10 Island Linnet Bay Biddy 8 3 Foreign Star 8 2 7 7 RACING CLUB mile ■ HANDICAP, £120. and a quarter. One Signaller 9 0 Toreador 7 4 Steeton 8 9 Venite 7 3 Osculate 8 0 Sailing Home 7 1 Last Link 7 11 Totolomal 7 0 NOVICE HANDICAP. £75. Six furlongs. Foreign Star 9 0 Gold Fox 8 7 Golden Lap 8 10 British Lad 8 7 Clatter 8 8 Waipounamu 8 7 Sliver Issue 8 8 Dissemble 8 7 Obllgement 8 7 Ballad 8 7 Dazzling Eyes 8 7 Ulora 8 7 Princess Silken Lad 8 7 Balboa 8 7 Maniototo 8 6 Linguist 8 7 Red Treasure 8 6 CROYDON HANDICAP, £95. Six furlongs. Cherry Queen 9 0 Enwood 7 S Grecian Prince 8 6 Double Shot 7 3 Grand Finale 8 6 Beam 7 2 PROGRESSIVE Class 3.39. TROT HANDICAP. One mile and a-half. £90. Dame Master Lee 12 Fortune scr Moko Child 12 Embark Fairhaven scr Ready Money scr Nelson’s 12 Gold Salute scr Fortune 24 Single Lee scr Vologda 24 Sir Gowan scr Bingen Wrack 84 SUMMER HACK HANDICAP, £90. mile. One Honest Maid 8 9 Thornton 7 11 Broken rule 8 8 Galleon 7 11 Mayam 8 7 Impala 7 7 Young Sentinel Pompax 7 11 7 7

Robertson, Harrison, McEachran, Imlay (s) 23 —- Ferguson, McDougall, Milne, S. Smith (s) ■II w 14 Abel, Bath, Shand, W. Reid (s) 10 —• W. Strang, Brown, Gardiner, Hay (s) —— 16 Flaus, Cunningham, Hunter, Stevens (s) 15 Donaldson, McLean, Leggat, J. H. Reed (s) — 14

1 Oughton, Adamson. Ayson, i Gray (s) Fraser, Porter, J. B. Cowie, J. 13 — Strang (s) Ross, Dalgamo, McKay, Fortune — 14 (s) Deal, Mclsaacs, Palmer, Hunter 24 — (s) Peterson, Moore, Stevenson, — 16 Lumsden (s) Lyons, Hopgood, Baxter, Me24 — Donald (s) Adam, MacLean, W. Brown, — 22 Spiers (s) Dysart, Holloway, Fraser, Der34 — bie (s) Boju.s, Campbell, Kerr, Thomp- — 8 son (s) Mainland, Strang, Donaldson, 20 — Batchelor (s) —— 20