CUP MEETING AT RANDWICK

Southland Times, Issue 23497, 2 May 1938, Page 11

CUP MEETING AT RANDWICK

CITY TATTERSALL’S CLUB EL SENORITA SUCCESSFUL IN MAIN EVENT (Received May 1, 7.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 1. The City Tattersall’s Club’s meeting, which was held at Randwick, was favoured with delightful weather. The results of the chief events are as follows: — THE DENMAN STAKES, £4OO. Six furlongs. ' BROWN BARONESS. 7.7 (Zensky) 1 MOONRAY 7.8 (Harvey) . 2 MANILLA’S PRIDE 6.7 (Lappm) 3 Fifteen started. , Won by half a neck, third a head ■ away. Silver Rose was fourth and Gay Chou seventh. Time, 1.121. CITY TATTERSALL’S CUP, £650 and a trophy. One mile and three furlongs. EL SENORITA 8.3 (E. Bartie) 1 SILVER STANDARD 8.10 (D. Munro) 3 ALLUNGA 9.8 (Heath) 3 Seventeen started. Buzalong and Sidcup were scratched. El Senorita led all the way and won ■ well by four lengths, with a neck between second and third. Bourbon was . fourth, Gay Knight fifth and Troy and Improvement were well back. Time, 2.181. THE YOUTHFUL STAKES, £3OO. For two-year-olds. Six furlongs. ACTIVITY 7.8 (A. Parsons) 1 GEEBUNG 8.7 (D. Munro) 2 CRAGITE 8.1 (A. Knox) 3 Seventeen started, including Shipley and Homeric. . / , , Won by three lengths, third a head away. Shipley was sixth. Time, 1.13?. The winner, Activity, which is owned by Messrs W. Devon and J. Jamieson, returned a heavy dividend on the totalizator. THE HURDLE RACE, £250. About two miles. CAPANEUS 10.5 (Malcolm) 1 RAHCHERO 9.0 (Ryan) 2 GRECIAN ART 9.5 (Robinson) 3 Six started. , Won by one length and a-half, third two lengths and a-half away. Keewong, who blundered at the last hurdle, ruined his chance an<| finished fourth. Time, 3.43. Golden Chance and Rival Hit were unplaced in The Club Welter Handicap, which was won by Denis. QUEENSLAND TURF CLUB THE STRADBROKE HANDICAP (Received May 1, 7.30 p.m.) BRISBANE,, May 1. At the Queensland Turf Club’s meeting, the STRADBROKE HANDICAP, . £l5OO, six furlongs, resulted:— THURLE’S LAD 8.4 (Hill) 1 LORD BINE 8.11 (Barnes) 2 CASHMAN 7.3 (Stubblety) 3 Thirteen started. Won by threequarters of a length, third half a length away. Time, 1.11?. MEETING AT ASCOT " “ (Received Mtfy 1," 6.30'p.m.) MELBOURNE, May 1. The Ascot races were held yester- . day. < Results:— PLYMOUTH WELTER HANDICAP, £250. Seven furlongs. RIDDLE 9.12 (T. Webster) 1 GOLD TOKEN 8.3 (H. Skidmore) 2 ■ TESTUDO 8.8 (S. Wilson) 3 Ten started, including Palatinate, Epigram and International. Won by half a length. Time, 1.25 J. Le Grand finished second in the Strafford Trial Hurdles, £2OO, ’two miles, which was won by Laveur. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS AT NEWMARKET SUCCESS OF ROCKFEL LONDON, April 29. The ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS, run at Newmarket, resulted:— , ROCKFEL 1 LAUGHING WATER 2 SOLAR FLOWER 3 Twenty horses started. Won by one length and a-half with three lengths between second and third. WRESTLING BLOMFIELD DEFEATS McKAY (United Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, May 1. With his favourite octopus clamp Lofty Blomfield defeated Pat McKay by one fall in the seventh round before a capacity house. Though McKay wrestled well he was no match for Blomfield, who had the upper hand practically throughout.

GOLF APRIL MEDAL HANDICAP AT QUEEN’S PARK The monthly medal handicap was decided on the Queen’s Park golf links on Saturday afternoon. In spite of the boisterous weather there was a big field and the scoring was very good. E. B. Hughes won the A. Grade trophy with a net 68, but had only one stroke to spare from I. W. Campbell. A. R. Cullen won in the B grade with 68 net. The best cards were as follows:— A GRADE

AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF ENGLAND TITLE RETAINED BY PENNINE (Received May 1, 7 p.m.) LONDON, May 1. The title-holder, J. J. F. Pennink, ■won the English amateur golf championship on the Leeds course, beating S. Banks 2 and 1. HARRIERS INVERCARGILL CLUB’S RUN AT OTATARA The Invercargill Harrier Club held its opening run at Otatara on Saturday afternoon, where the runners were the guests of the club-captain, Mr J. Metcalfe. The day was not ideal for harrier work, especially from the point of view of the new members, who found tiie strong wind troublesome. The short run home was headed by I. Herbison and G. H. Watson. After the run, the harriers were entertained at tea. Mr G. McAnergney expressed thanks on behalf of the runners, Mr J. Metcalfe replying. Next week’s run will be held from the Waikiwi Sunday School Hall. ST. PAUL’S CLUB RUNS IN TWO PACKS In rough weather many members, including several new members, ran from St. Andrew’s hall, South Invercargill, on Saturday. The pack, under the whistle of the club captain, A. Hind, ran south turning behind the Southland hospital, then east towards Tisbury. At this stage the pack divided into two sections. One under the deputy captain, H. Alington, turned for home and the other continued for a few miles further over some excellent harrier country. In a short run home, in the teeth of a strong wind, A. Stevens and H. and G. Alington showed up well in the first pack. J. Berry, R. Dixon, F. Penman led the second pack in. '' Next Saturday the run will be from the. Waikiwi hall. BOXING BAKER TO MEET PARKES TONIGHT Dick Baker, Southland welterweight boxer, who is to meet Tiger Parkes at Dunedin tonight, left Invercargill for Dunedin by car yesterday morning. He was accompanied by the amateur boxers, W. Enwright, T. Denny, and A. Cameron, all of whom will participate in the preliminaries to the BakerParkes professional bout. Mr A. E. Tall, who is superintending Baker’s training, also was a member of the party. Baker has been matched to fight Jack Jarvis, lightweight champion of New Zealand at Invercargill next Monday. WOMEN’S HOCKEY FIRST PRACTICE GAME A practice match between Collegiate and Technical women’s hockey teams was played at Queen’s Park on Saturday to mark the opening of the season for the Southland Women’s Hockey Association. Collegiate fielded a team of mostly new players, only two of last year’s members taking part in the play. Mr F. Hinton was the umpire of the game. So far there are only three teams in the competition but it is hoped to muster a fourth for next Saturday, when a match will be played between Technical and Ex-High School. Failing a fourth team Collegiate will stand down and if there is not another team by the following Saturday there will probably be no competition. LAWN TENNIS BROMWICH WINS AT CITY OF SYDNEY TOURNAMENT (Received May 1, 6.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 1. Finals were played at the City of Sydney lawn tennis championship tournament. Results:— . , , „ Men’s Singles.—J. Bromwich beat V. H. McGrath, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. Bromwich was in brilliant form. His placements were perfect and he showed terrific speed and accuracy. Men’s Doubles.—J. H. Crawford and V. H. McGrath beat J. Bromwich and D. Pails, 6-3, 9-7, 6-3. Women’s Singles.—Miss M. Buck beat Miss V. Selwin, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

RIFLE SHOOTING CITY GUARDS CLUB’S MATCH R. ADAMS WINS AGGREGATE The City Guards Defence Rifle Club fired another stage of the A and B grade championships at Otatara on Saturday afternoon, 10 shots being fired at 300 and 500 yards. The weather was boisterous throughout and the scores were below the average. At 300 yards W. McChesney, 555544455 5-47 counted out C. E. Young, 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4—47 for first place, W. J. Murray being third with 45. At 500 yards R. Adams with 455454554 5—46 counted out W. J. Murray, 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4—46 and B. Broomfield 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4—46 for first place. Five tied for first place in the aggregate, R. Adams, with 44 at 300 yards and the best 46 at 500 yards, counting out W. J. Murray, B. Broomfield, C. Mathieson and W. McChesney. With 10 shots at 500 yards and 15 shots at 600 yards to fire, the position of the leaders is J. Tansley 325, G. Moreton 324, W. J. Murray 319, R. W. Henderson 318, W McChesney 318. Next Saturday the final stage will be fired and also the first stage of the Old City Guards’ Challenge Cup competition.

INVERCARGILL CLUB’S MATCH FIRST COMPETITION FOR LENNIE CUP The first competition of the Invercargill Defence Club for the Lennie Cup was fired at Otatara on Saturday afternoon in boisterous weather. The ranges were 300 and 500 yards, 10 shots at each. Considering the rough conditions the scoring was of a fair average. At 300 yards W. Milley with 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5—47 was top of the list, J. Reeves, E. Grieber and J. Clark being next with 46 each. At 500 yards Mrs Doake shot, well for 544555555 5—48 and headed the list. A. Ford, J. Archer and A. R. Wills wtfre next with 47 each. J. Clark headed the aggregate with 92, counting' out W. Milley 92. Wills and Grieber made 91 each.

MINIATURE RANGE SCORES

The Boys’ Miniature Rifle Club held their weekly shoot on Saturday, there being a fair attendance. The shooting showed good improvement. J. W. Doake won the Hotty Button with a good 78. The nightly trophies will start from next Saturday on handicap.

HARD-COURT TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS OF TOURNAMENT AT BOURNEMOUTH LONDON, April 30. The finals at the British hard-court tennis championships at Bournemouth resulted:— Men’s Singles.—Kho Sin Kie (China) beat H. W. Austin (Britain), 6-4, 6-4, 3- 6-3. Women’s Singles.—Miss Peggy Scriven (Britain) beat Miss Nancye Wynne (Victoria, Australia), 7-5, 6-2. Women’s Doubles.—Misses Dearman and Ingram beat Misses James and Kay Stammers, 8-6, 4-6, 6-3. Combined Doubles. — Boussus (France) and Miss Wynne beat Billington and Miss Ingram (Britain), 6-2, 6-2. Men’s Doubles.—Kho Sin Kie (China) and Lyttelton Rogers beat Butler and Wilde, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. The semi-finals of the singles events resulted as follows:— Men’s Singles.—H. W. Austin (Britain) beat V. Petra (France), 4- 6-1, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Kho Sin Kie (China) beat N. Sharpe (Britain), 7-5, 6-2, 6-4, Women’s Singles.—lyiiss Nancye Wynne (Victoria, Australia) beat Miss V. Scott (Britain), 6-4, 6-2; Miss Peggy Scriven (Britain) beat Miss Kay Stammers (Britain), 6-2, 6-3. This is the fourth occasion on which

Miss Scriven has been a finalist at the hard-court championships. Mixed Doubles.—C. Boussus (France) and Miss N. Wynne beat V. Petra and Madame S. Henrotin (France), 6-3, 6-2; Billington and Miss Ingram (Britain) beat D. W. Butler and Miss M. Heeley (Britain), 7-5, 6-0.

E. B. Hughes 78—11—67 I. W. Campbell 77— 9_68 D. L. Grant 78— 9—69' W. F. Poff 82—12—70 L. G. Algie 82—11—71 J. S. Lindsay 75_ 3—72 J. J. White 80— 8—72 T.- J. Gosling 79_ 6—73 H. W. Norris 81— 8—73 E. J. Morgan 85—12—73 B GRADE A. R. Cullen 89—21—68 . J. F. Miller 86—17—69 M. J. Glubb 94—24—70 H. C. Hurrell 95-24-71 . R. Frampton 95—24—71 A. G. Stubbs 89—17—72 R. Wild 90—18—72 W. T. McLane 96—24—72

Following are the scores:— Total 300 Yds 500 Yds R. Adams 44 46 90 W. J. Murray 44 46 90 B. Broomfield 44 46 90 C. Mathieson 45 45 90 W. McChesney 47 43 90 G. Moreton 43 45 88 J. Tansley 44 44 88 J. Buttolph 43 44 87 L. Woodsford 42 42 84 B. Walker 42 42 84 R. W. Henderson 39 44 83 J. Brydon 29 44 73 *C. E. Young 47 — 47 * Fired one range only.

Following are the scores:— 300yds 500yds Total J. Clark 46 46 92 W. Milley 47 45 92 A. R. Wills 44 47 91 E. Grieber 46 45 91 A. A. Ford 43 47 90 N. McWilliams 44 46 90 A. Lyall 45 44 89 J. Archer 41 47 88 J. B. Doake 44 44 88 J. Reeves 46 42 88 R. M. Milley 44 43 87 Mrs J. B. Doake 38 48 86 G. Wilson 43 43 86 L. R. Lyall 44 41 85 W. A. Diack 42 42 84 Mrs L. R. Lyall 43 41 84 A. J. Robson 43 39 82 J. Keelty 39 41 80 The final will be fired next Saturday.

Following are the scores: J. W. Doake 78 R. Davis 73 F. Cran 73 B. Morgan 72 K. Harland 71 J. C. Luxton 71 H. Adam 71 W. G. O’Toole 71 J. Thompson 71 R. Foster 68 W. Cross 68 G. Taylor 69 L. Spencer 64 S. Patton 63 D. Doake 62 J. Ferguson 51 D. Payne 48 W. Ramage 36 G. McGill 32 G. Johnson 30