THE WORLD OF SPORT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9913, 30 July 1910, Page 5

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

SPORTING, There were twelve starters for the Ascot Gold Cup and Bayardo won easily by * OUT lengths. Until Saturday, when she won the Crofton Jlandicap at Trentham, Inchbonny had_not been successful since go-ing into E. Redmond's stable at Blccarton. . G. W. • Cxagpar, who has been appointed secretary of tho Australian Jockey Onib, in succession to Mr T. S. Clibborn, Ims for a number of years secretary of the Jiaigoorlie Racing Club. T . ~ Kremlin, who won the Corunna Hurdle Handicap at Trentham on Saturday, was set to carry lOst 12lb in the Grand National xlnrdlo Handicap in 1906, and even then sent out favourite. He was beaten a JoI, « way from home, Cuiragno, Hydrant and prospector filling the plaoes. Ukraine, by Stepniak—Madder, did % lot of racing at tho recent meeting at Trentham, but never managed to have a winning l chance in any of her engagementn. She must be set down as a rank failure, the only line in a family the other members of which Inoluded some rare good ones. Paisano had not a particularly good lot to beat in the Final Hurdle Handicap at trentham on Saturday, but he accomplished his task in good style, and there seeins little 4oubt that his admirers were quite justified in the flattering terms with which they described him, even beforo he had scored over hurdles. •

James Barden. who has for many years t«en one of the leading jockeys in Australia, has decided to retire from the saddle and will tftie up training in Sydney. During his career most of the leading 1 events on the Australian turf have been credited to him, hut he never managed to win a Melbourne Cup, his best effort in that race being when he rode Lord Cardigan into second'place in Acrasia's year. An instance of a onco valuable horse finding his way between the shafts comes from Tasmania,, tho gelding Stormaway now doing duty in his owner's buggy. Stornaway is an imported horse by Orme, from Sandiw ay, by Doncaster, and was accustomed to break bloodvessels when racing, which made him unless. Whe>n a juvenile, Stormaw&s was eold for a big sum, end was imported to Australia, in 1903 by Mr John Brown. Unless i wn mistaken (writes the " Special Commissioner"), Lemberg is a very preftt torse, and yet not ao great as his halfbrother, Bayardo. It is to be noted that Galicia bred these twe colts in successive years to entirely different horses, and yet we find people who still regard pedigrees irom the tail-male point of view rather than the other, and are apparently ignorant that no animal is described as a half-br<vtiier or halfBister of another unless it be on the dam's jside. Commenting on the proposal which was before the Racing Conference last week, to make "doping" illegal, a . Sydney writer says:—This, if adopted without alteration, means that the rather common custom of administering whisky and other spirit prior to a race will render the offender liable to jounishment. Tho /English rule is similar, possibly it is broadly _ construed, and the, authorities may shut their eyes to a trainer openly,giving a horse a "nip" before sending it to the post. Most ot the high-priced yearlings are. working at Randwick, but some are not to be hurried), with a view to their early engagements. l lt is doubtful whether the Jl2ogs colt Poaados (Positano—-Etraweenie) will be raced in the spring, and the same remark annlies to the 600gs colt Azurite (Sylfanite—Waihine). Their trainer, I. Earnshaw, will not regret such being the case,' for. ,as is generally known, he is opposed to racing .twb-year-olds much earlier than the autumn. The Maleter—Winkfield s Lass colt Maltfleld lias developed a splint, but (says "Pilot") it does not appear to give him any trouble. . Tliero is evidently a good deal of enthusiasm about the stable hands in England, as xn:iy bo gathered from the following from a jeceni.- issue of the London "Sportsman": "Alec Taylor met with an enthusiastic reception On his return to Manton last weekerd, after his success in the Derby and Oaks. The horse was taken from his carriage, and he waa drawn to his house by those connected with tho stables, who had turned out in great force to meet him. Taylor expressed his pleasure at the cordiality of tho welcome, and also thanked his 1 staff for tho great victories they had helped him to achieve." Taylor is the trainer of Lemberg and Eosedrop, the respective winners of the races named. . In' connection with our late King's racing career, it is surprising how; many of his early helpmates are in the land of the living. Prominent, ,of course, among them are Lord' Marcus Bcresford and John Porter, the exKinfcsclere- trainer, andrhis sucoessor, Bichazd Harsh. 'Lord Marcus Bere-aford is sixty-two > years of age and singularly enough, Captain Weniworth Hope-Johnstone, the first person to wear successfully the royal livery, has seen &'like number of summers. Lord Marcus and Captain Hope-Johnstone did their soldiering together in the 7th Hussars. Another curious fact, is that Lord Marcus (manager of _ the royal stud) and Bichard Marsh (the King's trniner), both celebrs.te their birthdays oil Christmas Day.

A section of the sporting community in Sydney would like to' sea the Australian Jockey Club relieved of the control it at present exercises in' racing affairs, and placed on a levol with any other racing body. That fujli an alteration is desirable ia a mattei ot opinion, but it is safe to say that the great majority of those actively interested in racing favour a continuance of the present order of things. The methods of the Australian Jockey Club may occasionally seem eut'cratic, but though that body is not infallible, its actions are invariably with a view to the improvement of the sport. That racing, politically controlled, and yet with each club more or less a law unto itself, would continue to flourish- as at present, I very much doubt. As regards breaking down the barrier dividing registered from unregistered racing, it is no certainty who would be gainers by that, for if our legislators stiarted to place all on a level, thcro would be no jreKson for allowing, tho "pony" clubs a greater number of racing days in the metropolitan area than allotted the. " horse " clubs. Ihat is the existing position. Xemberg is the fifth horse in tbo last sixty fears, that, after running second in the Two Thousand Guineas, succeeded in winning the Derby. The four previously successful were Kettledrum (1861), Cremorne- (1872), Iroquois (1881) and Donovan (1883). The last-named had been moat unluckily beaten, by Enthusiast, on whom Tom Cannon, sen,, outrode Fred. Barrett on the Duke of Portland's colt. Irormois had been, on the other hand, very easily settled by Peregrine, who won in a. canter by three lengths. So easily (says the London " Sportsman ") was his success gained that, at the first blush the late Duke of colt—who ran in the name of "Mr Norman," owing to a family' bereavement—looked liko ' again scoring at Epsom. Iroquois, however, like Lemberg, was not by any means, clean wound up when lie ran for the "Guineas," and in the Derby Mr LorilIflrd's American-bred son of Leamington out of Magpio 8.8. decisively turned the tables on his English rive,]. As to Cremorne, he no doubt owed bis success at Epanm in great measure to._ Prince Charlie, who hud stayed it out ell risrht over the Rowley 3li]e, being a pronounced roarer, a.nd his wind infirmity effectually stopped the latter in the Derby. Cremorne. however, was a really good colt, and judged, by his after performances, which included an Ascot Gold Cup victory as a four-year-old,' he might in any case have Upset the previous form.

NOTES ON NEWS

"We are now within a fortnight of tit© opening of the Grand National meeting, and during 'the intervening period tliere will be plenty in connection with the big winter fixture to excite discussion. Up till now attention has centred in the form shown at the race meetings which have been in progress during the last month or two m other parts of the dominion, but tho last of these was concluded at Trentham on. Saturday. With such good stakes to fee won, it is not surprising that the best horses from all oyer Now Zealand tire attracted to Rice anon for the- leading fixtures, and present indications point to the. approaching carnival being quite as successful as any of its predecessors. Already several visiting horses have put in .in appearance, and there will be further arrivals each day now, eo that by llio end 01 this week the tracks will l>e busy. So far as can he eef:i; at present there will be 110 shortage of horses at the approaching meeting, and as they include practically all tho best performers in the dominion, there will bo plenty of tho right material to ensure first-class sport. The horses engaged in the Grand. National Steeplechase have all done a good deal of racing of late, and the. form of most of them might appear comparatively easy to sain up. It must be said, however, that the cross-country events decided this winter have provided a. lot of verv peculiar running, l tho horses beating each, otto in turn. As ain fitter of fact the widely varying opinions e>;j;r"'\Mid as to the probable result are in themselves a clear indication that the winner is very hard to pick. Capitol registered an attractive performance in t!to "Wellington Stsepkcbi.se, but he showed ud badly 011 Saturday,

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when lie fell. another fancied candidate, came to grief in Ms only outing at Trentham, a fate that also overtook Northern Star, and Coraaon. did likewise in each of the crosscountry events. The form of •"■ ia T tore. Loch Fyne, Sums, \Vaione and. Sir Lethe was not encouraging, despite th© fact that Waione was a winner. Of all the horsas that raced at Trentham, Red Ivlaogregor seems to have shown tho most attractive form, as, apart from his second to Capitol, I understand that he was not handled in the most judicious manner. The position,when the Grand National Hurdle Handicap is under review, is also fairly open. So far as the Wellington meeting was concerned, Paisano stood out as the champion hurdler, and he is very highly spoken of by m&n whoso opinions are worth listening to, _ hut it must not he forgotten that with his penalty, bringing his weight up to 12st lib, he will be taking on a much more sever© proposition at Riccarton than ho was set at Troutham. Tauira ana "White Cockade were two others that showed up in a favourable light at Trentham.' In the case of White Cockade, it can he said that h© is only a beginner at the game, so, that the experience gained at Trentham should do him a lot of good. On strict form, some of tho horses which competed at the Wellington Racing Club's meeting can have "no chance at Riccarton, but it is possible that there will be some oases of wonderful _ improvement ,in a few weeks. The Winter Cup is never an easy race to pick, and this, year it is quite as hard as usual. It is a pity that California, Sir Frisco and Bollin, who showed good form at Trentham, have forfeited their engagements, but the field is still very strong, and a good race may b© expected.

TROTTING. A report is current to the effect that D. J. Price Will return from Melbourne about October in order to handle some of Mrs R. 0. Duncan's horses at the November meeting of the New Zealand Metropolitan Tl'obting Club. Up to the present, however, it lacks confirmation," and I am not disposed to attach much importance to it. Messrs Bedford, Taylor and Weston will have the hammer tapping to some purpose at Sydney on August 8, as the entry • received for their sale <Somprises some of the best animals ever offered to the trotting world in Australia. The catalogue is now in circulation, and buyers should not miss the opportunity of studying it. The sale promises to be one of th© most noteworthy ever held in the Commonwealth.

Exceptionally good nominations were received last week for the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting. Nearly every event on the programme filled well, though some of the saddle races did not attract so many horses as the harness events. All the best horses in the South Island figure in the list. There is, however, room for doubt whether all of them will be forward enough to do themselves justioo. The continuous rain of the last few weeks has greatly interfered with training operations, and I am afraid that many of the competitors will be. very badly off in the matter of conditionThe committee of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club met on Saturday, and decided that it would bo impossible to hold the August meeting on the club's own course, in consequence of the enclosures being in such a bad state. Application will bemads to the Canterbury Park Trotting Club for permission to race on its course. It is a great pity that the club could not hold the meeting at Addington, but the decision arrived at was the 'only onw I had a lock at the ground one day last week, and found it in an even worse state than I expected. Work was being carried on as expeditiously as possible, in the hope of having the place in some sort of order for the meeting, but it must have been apparent to jiuyone who saw the condition it was in that there was no possibility of racing there next month. The inside enclosure js nothing but a quagmire, and it ■ will require favourable conditions for it to bs m anything like good order for the big fixture in November. The change of venue to Plumpton Park is certain to affect the approaching meeting in more ways than one, but it is no use crying: over spilt milk.' The only thing_ loft is to make the best of a bad position, and trust that the public will turn out in strong force, ana that they will be rewarded by witnessing some good sport. I understand that Mr J. L. Carl has purchased Grampian, by Norval— Mistle. This young horse showed up well at Auckland earlier in the season, and it may be that Mr Oarl has secured a prospective champion. Trotting enthusiasts who live in the country districts have frequently complained that they are not catered for by the Railway Department, though .other branches of sport receive every attention. "When a galloping meeting is in progress, the evening trains are delayed for the convenience of oountry residents, and a similar custom prevails in connection with important cricket and football matches. In the case of trotting meetings, however,.the ordinary time-table is strictly adhered to. Representations have been made to the Department, I understand, but without avail. It ssems hard to under, stand this attitude, as trotting is a very popular aport in Canterbury, and the patronage it receives from country people seems to warrant a little more attention than they at present receive. Referring to the prohibition of the use of hopples in America, tho Sydney writer Rothschild" "lias the following:—Naturally the trainers who. are auxioTif to bring their charges earl,y to the post are up in arms, but the cnief objectors are the secretaries of the racing clubs, who anticipate a failing-off in the number of entries. If a line may be taken from Sydney, secretaries need have no such fear, as wo had as many horses racing about Sydney in the old Driving 'Park days as we have now, notwithstanding the hundreds of high-ly-pedigreed horses that are now bred in New South ."Wales. The tiroes may not bo as fast, but any horseman who has a real liking for a good harness horse would rather see a field of natur-ally-gaited trotters and .pacers finishing a race in the vicinity of 2m in SOseo thau a field of hoppled pacers finishing in the vicinity of £min '2osee. Owners of sterling sires of pacing horses need not be alarmed at the abolition' of the hopples, for it would be to their advantage, as their progeny, with the pacing or trotting gait inherent in them, would not bo opposed to halfbreed gallopers, who would be useless as harness propositions without being strapped to the pacing gait with the hopples. The curse of the hopples is that an owner with a natural pacer or trotter cannot afford to wait until its natural gait is developed, as he will have to race against the hoppled article or not race at all. Take the case | of / that beautifully-gaited trotter j Strathbar, brother to Denver Huon. I The hopples were clapped on him, and lie raced with, them to a. fast record, and now, at this late hour, as an aged horse he is a free-logged, trotter. "At tho last meeting of the. New South Wales Trotting Club he started 21see behind in the unhopnlod race, one mile and a half, and trotted at better than a 2.30- gait. It would be idle to say his fair-and-squaro trot in 2niin 30seV did not bring a. bigger cheer from the crowd than would 2ni.in 20sec. by it hoppled pacer. 11 _ Australia followed America, and abolished the hopples, so far from the number of racers decreasing, I have no hesitation in giving sir opinion, that the number of entrants would increase. As a matter of fact :'e\v ontsido the professional or semiprofessional element caie about takhn their lives in their hands by racji:" hoppled pacers round a t-ys-ek and as they know they have no chance

against, the hoppled division they stand down altogether. The abolition of tho hopples may lessen the fast times, but it should certainly increase the number of racehorses.

CRICKET. When the last mail left England the bowling averages were headed by two Kent professionals, Blythe having secured 38 wickets at an average ot 10.6. and Fisher 25 at an average of 11.08. . A London critic, Writing early in June, says:—lt is a sad reflection on ouj- amateur first class bowling prowess that only four gentlemen have up t■> date taken fifteen wickets. P. R. is Couteur (twenty wickets, average 11.8) leads the way, and the others are F. R. Foster, S. G. Smith and G. H. Simpson-Hayward. In default of being capable of bowling decently, googhes-r----even round arm, why do not some of these amateur players cultivate lobs. Simpson-Hayward finds them paying well. v

The ex-Australian, Cuffe, who is now a member of tho Worcestershire team, was in great form against Glamorgan last month. _ Ho sent down foi'ty-nmo balls, and finished up with nine wickets for 5 runs.

The feature of the match between Notts_ and Dublin University, played early in June, was the bowling ofWass, who captured seven wickets for 12 runs in the first innings and eight for 33 in tho second.

The Lancashire professional. Dean, registered a notable performance against Somerset, taking nine wickets in tho first innings for 77 runs, and following it up in the second innings with seven for 26.

A completed match in. which only 16 runs were made must be something of a curiosity. This was the score in a gams played in Enedand last month. Miers Brothers totalled only 7 runs, of which 6 were byes, and Bramley Wellington Mills replied with 9 for no wickets, winning by ten wickets.

ATHLETIC. AMATEUR. At the Edinburgh Harrier Club'a sports on June 4 the five-mile team race was distinguished by a grand bit of running by a young member of the club, J. Duffy, who had a duel with Tom Jack, the ten-mile champion, for half the distance, and then went away, and after dropping his man had the audacity to rob Jack of his t: native " records for five miles. Duffy rubbed off 6 3-ssec from jack's time, the new recorda being 24min 52seo.

The Northern Counties Amateur Athletic Association's championships were decided at Manchester on June 4, tho occasion being tho first time the events liad_ been held en bloc since 1884. During the day eleven new northern champions were established. Quite five thousand people attended. The programme was of an important nature, and included no fewer than fourteen events, amongst which were two cycle races. These last n,amed were over a quarter of a mile and a, mile, and when the dispute betwen the A.A.A. and the N.G'.U. is taken into consideration the racing was of a high order. The quarter was captured rather unexpectedly by J. Heaps, of Bury, who beat J».' Harvey, of Stoke, by inches, In tho one mile race the Salford harrier, W. E. Calvert, proved successful after th<» race had once been declared void, owing to the time limit beina; exceeded. A race which was keenly looked forward to was the onemile, wherein .E. Owen (the > present English champion), H. A. Wilson (Halla,mshire H.), and 11 R. Voigt (English four-miles chamoion) were expected to oppose each other. At the last, moment, however, Wilson did not run, and the race resolved itself into a struggle between Voigt and Owen. The pair went away with Voigt in the lead at the bell, and on entering the finishing straight Voigt was about five yards in front. Owen was coming up fast, and when within ten yards of the tape appeared to hold an outside chance of winning, but here Voigt stumbled and crossed Owen, who ran over the line firsthand won. Voigt falling in the collision and failing to finish. It was quite -a fair decision that gave Owen the victory, a,s it was not his fault that Voigt fell. For the fifth successive year J. 0. English won the three-quarter-mile steeplechase in easy 'fashion from W. urantham, but in the 100 yds race A. Hargreaves, of Liverpool, gained an unexpected victory at the expense of the holder, H. J. Pankhurst. The last-named, however, atoned for his defeat by winning the furlong race in easy fashion. A fine performance was that of C. W. Taylor, of the Polythechnic H., in the hign jump. This event he won with a jump of-sft Ilin, which constituted a northern record, the previous best being sft 9in by T. M. Mobbs, in 1884. and G. Sandland in KM.

The annual sports meeting of Ji'din burgh Harrier Club took place at Powderhall grounds, Edinburgh, on June 4, when It. E. Walker, the champion sprinter, made his first appearance on the track in the Scottish capital. Walker fared worse rather than hotter than lie did at Glasgow a week earlier. He did not turn, out in the Open. Sprint Handicap, reserving himself for the Invitation Handicap, and afterwards running in his heat of the Fuilong Race. Ho showed no running in either event. In the sprint ho was beaten 'in his heat by three, of the four men who took starts from him, and although he would have had to do even time to tie with the heat winner the runners had the advantage of a steady wind at their backs and the track was pretty fast. Walker was beaten at seventy yards, and after covering ten yards more he made no further effort. In tho 220 yds Race ho was beaten at the bend, and., casing up in the home straight, he finished a good, dozen yards behind the winner, who did: 22 2-ssee. Walker could not have made a poorer first appearance. Commenting on the poor performances a writer in " Sporting Life" said: " As a matter of fact, I am nob inclined to regard Walker as being anything like the man he was; wintering in England has dons him no good, but a deal of harm, and it will suprise me if he finds record-breaking form this season. Moreover, people are beginning to 'ask'why an athlete who is entirely out of form should jravel immense distances to race when there are good meetings nearer home, and one Scottish authority has plainly stated that tho clubs expected something better than a mediocre display from the champion." The Scottish 220.vds and 440 yds champion,, Dr I. D. Dickson, will probably not be seen out this seaso9.i._ Son;-;. time ago he contracted diphtheria, and although he made a good recovery he is finding it impossible to get into form. At the Blackheath Hai'riers' sports hold on June 4, the initial venture of promoting Kent County championships was nofc particularly successful. Although not vet at the top of his form, Lieutenant A. Patterson had'little difficulty in securing tho Quarter and, Halfmile. Despite a challenge on the part of Tv. A. Dewsuap on entering tho home straight in the former event, Patterson won easily by half a dozen yaid.i in 56 4-osec. The Hall-mile, for which all tho six entrants turned out, produced the best race or the series. T. W. Woodman, P. Mann and Lieutenant Patterson kept' close company until half-way round the last lap, when the latter forged ah.cad. Woodman was at once left, but Mann tried to hang •>n. Tho quarter-niilo champion, however, always bad tho nieasuro of his opponent, and, increasing his pace as he neared the tape, won by a. good three yards in 2inin 1 2-osee. G. 0. Gorringe. who had previously won the aiilo in easy fashion in 4mm 32 l-ssec, came with a rattL? towards the. finish and ijea'i; 'Woodman icr 'Juad place. in

the two' open sprints baokrnarkers were well to the fore. W. R. Applegarth's rnnning in the lOOyda Handicap was the best thing of the afternoon. His win from the virtual scratch mark of three yards in lOsec dead, on. >1 track which, although good, gave him no assistance, shows him to he right in championship class. F. 0. Butcher, who with six yards start finished second, and W. Spooner (3-i) third, are a couple of sprinters who have made considerable improvement this season. W. R. Applegarth, who recently ran second in the 100 yds championship of London, continued his successful* career on Juno 10 by winning the Polytechnic Harrier Club's 100 yds championship at Stamford Bridge. His time was 10 2-ssee, or rather a little inside that mark, and he won by a long yard. 11. Jt'l Walker was entered for the race, but was an absentee.

College athletics in America are over for die season, and the performances established compare very favourably •nth the best previous years, several records having been made that will take a lot of boating. Perhaps tho mofii notable performance of the year, nest to the world's reoord-breaking pole vault of Scott, of Stanford University, ivas made by Craig, of the University of Michigan, who won the 220 yds dash at the annual meeting <xf tho Inter-Coll'egiate_ Athletic Association. Craig was timed in 21 l-sseo, which ties the world's record held by Bernard J. Wefers, and stamps Craig as a remarkable sprinter. At a small meet a sprinter named Wilson was timed to do the " hundred " in,,9 3-osec. Particulars of this performance were not available when the last mail left, and as the runner was unheard of before doing this wonderful time it is extremely probable that the timing was faulty or that tho course was either short or down lull. Comparisons of times and distances credited to the athletes of the inter-collegiate meet and those made in the Western. Conference meet, whioh embraces all the prominent colleges of the Middle btates, show that the honours are fairly well divided between the men of the Far East and. those ,of the Middle West.

The best performance in the quartermile for the season is credited to Darenpart, of the University of Chicago. This sprinter beat Wyman, the pride of the Pacific Coast Universities, by live yards at the conference meet in 48 4-ssec. Davenport showed himself to be a middle-distance runner of high class by coming out an- hour and a half after makino- his fast quarter, and. running the half-mile in lmin 56 3-6 see, This time is better than was made in the Eastern meet, which was won in lmin 57sec by Whitely, of Princeton. These are the best recorded times for the 880 yds so far chronicled in this year's competitions. The mile race at the Eastern meet was won by Taylor, of Cornell, who defeated Paull, the sensational runner of the University of Pennsylvania, in 4min 23 2-s&eo. Paull has done better time than this, but could not win from Taylor, who ran a heady race. In the Western meet a remarkable finish happened in the mile race. Baker, of Oberlin College ti and Dohmen, of the University of Wisconsin, ran breast to breast the entire lensrth of the stretch, and Baker succeeded in winning from his game opponent in 4niin 20 4-ssec. The excellent time made the performance almost unique, as it is selqom that two men capable of running bettor than 4min 21 sec get into_ the same race. The running high jump in all the college meets lias produced -men who can better 6ft, and most of the winners have leapt 6ft lin. In the broad jump few have cleared 23ft, and in the big inter-collegiate meets both winners failed to go that far. The Western was won at 22ft llin. while the Eastern victor only did 22ft.'74in.

The American hurdlers still keep up a high standard., Edwards, of the University of California, is probably the best man running in the high hurdles at present. Edwards has a record of 15 l-ssec mfie last year, and he has done 15 3-#sec on two occasions this year, winning handily on each occasion. Thero are several men tin the Colleges in America who can do 15 4-ssec, but is seldom that they get down to the 15 3-ssec mark. At Toronto, Oynada, an invitational meet was held jjast month { at which some of the beni runners m America were pitted, ntfainst the Canadian cracks. The lOtk'ds resulted in a dead heat between, J Bobby'' Kerr, who ran third in th* Olympic Hundred and won the SjjOyds in London, and Cloujvhen, the IS'vsw York sprinter, but the time was ixijh fast, 10 l-ssec being caught bv the patches. In the mile Melvhi SnepparA finished first in 4.27 2-sseo—good tins© for so early in the season.

Scott, of Stanford University, who set a new mark for the pole' vault by clearing 12ft _ 10 3-16 in recently, improved on this performance in a dual meet -between his University and the University of Colorado, by going over the bar at 12ft 10|in. Both these records are now before the Record Committee of the Amateur Athletic Union, and they will most, likely be accepted. There were some very good performances in the Syracuse-Colgate (America) dunl games. Reidpath, the Syracuse sprinter, covered 440 yds in 49 1-5 sec, the best performance of the season at the distance. .Not that alone, but he won. the 100 yds in 10 l-sseo and the 220 yds in 22 l-ssec. Newcomb, of Colgate, won the two hurdle races in 15 4-ssec and 26sec respectively. Bezant, of Colgate, won the mile in 4min 30sec, and Morrell. of Syracuse, a. former I)e "Witt Clinton athlete, took the two miles in lOmin 3 4-osec. Waite, of Syracuse, took the shot-put with 43ft 7in. Chaffee, of Colgate, who has done 150 ft in practice with the hammer, won the- event, but with only 117 ft Sin. cash" When the last mail left England arrangements were almost complete for the fifteen-miles race between Heifer on, Gardiner and Haddow, and their attack on Shrubb's- records. The men had made the required deposit, and had a"reed to all the conditions of the race. The race was to have taken place at Jbrox Park, Glasgow, on June 20. C. W. Gardiner, the famous English professional runner., at Peterborough last month showed that he. was returning to his best form. He was backed to run eleven miles in one hour on a track twelve laps to the mile, and he succeeded in completing the distance in 59miii 30sec. Ho was paced by a few local runners.

An International Marathon race, over a course of twenty-five, miles, was held at the Island Stadium. Toronto, on May 24, when Abbic Wood won from Hans Holmer, with Johansen, St Yves o-M Crowley beaten off. For eight miles Johansen led (except at the first mile point, where he was a yard behind Wood). Then St Yves sprinted away, and, covering his ninth mile in smin 13sec, lapped everybody but. Wood. He began to fall behind again at twelve miles, and at seventeen miles "Wood passed him, but St Yves hung on gamely. Ab twenty-one miles Holmer passed him, and shortly afterwards lapped him, hut could not gain on. Wood, who v.-oii by a lap. The order at the finish v .vas:—A. Wood (Montreal), 21ir 34niin '.(> 4-oscc, 1; H. Holmer (Halifax), 2hr

min 34 3-useo, 2; Ivolemainen (Finland), 2hr 37niin 8 l-ssec, 3; St Yves (}. - 'r;.- iice). 2hr 38inin 17 4-dsec, 4; Jo-|ii!-'.isc-n (Sweden), 2hr 38min 47 4-osec, F:. There were twenty-five laps. Wood for the first and the las>t nine, Jo-

iuaiscn for the second anil, succeeding aix, and St Yves for the eight others. Louis Bouchard was defeated in Paris last week by the veteran champion Ihonnon in the Grand Prix de Paris, a one-hour race. Bouchard went ahead till the fortieth minute, but when Thonnou overtook him ha gave up. The result was:—Thonnou, 17 kilora "381 metres, 1; Rivex (champion of Belgium), 17k 200 m, 2; Petit, 3; Prevost, 4; Desiage, o; 'Calnirel (champion of Bretagne), 6. In. an 80yds invitation race in England. on June 4 W. Growcott, the 'English champion, at scratch, B. Day, quarter-tniltj champion, Jyd start, and \V. Eastman (coloured, man), scratch, competed. The following was the result:—B. Day t, W. Eastman f- W

Growcott 3. The latter was threequarters of a yard : behind the deadheaters.

BOXING. At the National Sporting Club, London, on May 30, on the occasion of the Welßh-McFarland contest, one of the preliminary bouts was between two bantams, one of whom, Thomas, had won the Olympic amateur championship. The pair clinched repeatedly m the first round, and on continuing the practice in the second, despite cautions from the referee, they were ordered from the ring. _ English patrons are getting heartily sick of this everlasting clinching, which came into vogue with the Yankee style of boxing. Ted Nelson, the Australian middleweight, does not seem to have been much sought after by English "promoters, for as far as I can learn he secured only two matches during his stay in Britain. He must have tired of waiting for openings and crossed c?cr to America, as a cable, dated* July IS, states that in New York on the date mentioned he knocked out Clifford in the sixth round. Clifford is mentioned as the C&lifornian champion in the cable message, but I may say that 1 have not coma across the naanei in American papers. The following special cable message has appeared m Australian papers:—■ A Los Angeles message reports that Jeffries may seek another match with Johnson. The latter to-day replied that, if Jeffries were sincere, and proper inducements were offered, he would gladly meet the ex-champion again. _ That Jeffries's pitiable showing against Johnson was due to some drug administered in a mysterious* manner several hours before the battle is the Opinion of Dr M'C'lanahanSpectators of the fight, who returned from Reno yesterday have also freely expressed the opinion that Jeffries was drugged before he entered the ring. Although nothing definite has yet been arranged, it is thought possible in some circles that Warren Barbour, the amateur Heavy-weight champion of the t> nited States may decide to make "an effort to wrest the championship from Jack Johnson. Sporting critics hold the opinion that either Barbour or A 1 Kaufmann is the "hope of the whites.''

Apropos of the Johnson-Jeffries contest, the Sydney "Bulletin 1 ' publishes the following:—On© of the first results of the Jeffries debacle was to raise the stock of Tahmmy (Burns). After the holy show made of its invincible ex-boilermaker by the son of -Ham, people began to realise that Tahmmy's endurance was in quite the same street aB that of Jeffries. And, moreover, Johnson did not score a knock-out off Tahmmy, while he did with Jeffries. All of which is calculated to make Tahmmy feel good. As tipster of ring events the M'ln tosh is now just the one. When he was in the United States, America, and had sized Jeffries up considerably, ho wrote to this scribe, "I have tried my best to bring this mountain of meat up to scratch, and have failed. I may be wrong, of course, but honestly I do not think James J. Jeffries Esq., will ever get back to form. God knows if he's as terrible in the ring as they say, but, for my own part, I sadly fear if ever the gentleman comes back Jo the ring and lights Johnson, the coloiired brother will come out on top. Among the fighters I have seen,- and I have seen the majority of them now, I think little Thomas has the best chance of recovering t'be title he lost in Sydney." When he got to Reno he did not change his belief, and. cabled his opinion that Johnson was a sure winner. . . . The usual amount of dirt is beginning to fly around the recent big scrap. Jeffries's friends are declaring that the. white champion was doped on the morning: of ■ the fight in such a way as to render him incapable of sustained effort and hard hitting. To which Johnson says most emphatically, " Boshl" On the other hand, Johnson declares that he was offered 100,000 dol to lie down to Jeffries inside eight rounds, but is gallant enough to exonerate Jeffries from any part in the business. While he was at itj Johnson should have told what he did know as to the identity of the squarers. These things are not interesting unless the names come out. Johnson now declares that he is willing to wallop " little Tahmmy" again, but it must be on his (Johnson's) own terms this time. Which means that if Johnson gets his way ''little Tahmmy " will probably get mighty little golden salve for his bruises and oontusions.

In commenting last week on. the Johnson-Jeffries contest I mentioned that I h'ad come across a photograph of Jeffries just taken about the time he commenced his serious training. That photograph, as I said., showed Jeffries to have the appearance of a worn-out manj bald and. flabby, and however anyone possessing a particle of knowledge of athletic training could be so obsessed a.s to think that the excliampion could ever get into physical condition paseeth all understanding. The Sydney " Bulletin " comments as follows:—One of the best commentaries on his downfall was the publication of two photographs of Jeffries from the untouched negatives of a Press photographer. They showed Jeffries as he retired from the ring in 1903 and as ho re-entered it in 1910. The difference was appalling. The two were the same man in name only. The Jeffries of 1903 was a vast, hard, sinewy man, who tapered down in graceful lines from shoulders to feet. The Jeffries of 1010 looked like an illustration from Well's "Food of the Gods/' or a bloated baby advertisement for someone's arrowroot biscuits or other greasemaking food. Unfortunately, as far as Australia was concerned, the pictures wore not. printed till the morning of the fight. Then all who saw said good-bye to Jeffries'? chances. New York patrons of the sport think a deal of Pat Moore, an eighteen-year-old lad who, starting as a bantam, defeated everv man put up against him. and continued his successes in the feather-weight class. On May 25 he met the English feather-weight champion. Jim Driscoll. in a six-round bout in Philadelphia. It was a pretty even contest, but the' newspaper critics—on whose decision results go. as according to law the refereo is not allowed to give a decision—agreed that Moore had the best of matters. In view of Priscoll's proved ability, English critics could not understand the tiling at all. as it was a case of a tested brilliant exponent opposed to a lad making his way up the -ladder. In due course, from correspondence it was learned that Driscoll was' suffering from a severe cold and malaria, and so bad was his condition that following the contest he brought his proposed American tour to a close and set sail for England. Shortly before the contest I>riscoll was involved in a motor accident and was badly knocked about, and' a medical examination after bis meeting with Moore fill owed, it is said. that lie is suffering from lung trouble which* will require all cessation for some time from'hard physical effort. The Noble Art has made such a steady yet rapid advance in popularity during the last year or so (says " Boxing." an English publication devoted solely to the sport), and boxing contests even, of the firsit importance are such ©very-clay affairs that we »fre, most of us, apt to forget that only a few years ago the general mass of the public, looked upon the sport as belonging to much the same category as bullbaiting, cock-fighting, and other illegal pursuits. Scarcely fifty mouths even have passed since the day when the biggest • and wealthiest British iicwst paper proprietor issued an ukase to his editors which prohibited all reference to pugilistic contests or pugilists. The eminently respectable readers for whom ho catered must on no account be exposed to the contamination which was inseparable from everything and anything appertaining to the ring. Then came Tommy Burns's visit, and. within a few weeks a wondrous change came over his sentiments. Portraits of eminent boxers decorate his pages, while tales, articles and reminiscences of ring heroes form a regular feature of his

Sunday publications. Here and there .some' • pale ...young' curate • or austere vicar fulminates against the evil thing, but even the thunders of economical financiers (economical, that is to say, as far as their employees are concerned) fail to seriously disturb the air. Boxing has come into its kingdom again, and the people who invented it are fully awaking to the urgent necessity of their assuming their due and proper place in the lead. We lost all the championships during the era of smug respectability which was steadily •choking all the manhood out of us, but we are now looking forward "with confidence and hope to being able to boast of their possession again before many more years are over our heads. MOTORING. A device for wiping a wind screen clear of water when driving through rain has just been put upon the English market. It consists of a strip of rubber pressing against the glass, and held in a flange or groove in a rod which is carried on a rail fitted to the top of the screen. ' This rail acts as a guide upon which the cleaner travels to and fro over the glass, so that the rubber strip wipes the water away It is easily operated, easily fitted, and does not obstruct tho view. The marine motorists of New South Wales have turned patriotic. At the general meeting of the club recently the question of the defence of the harbour in time of was discussed, and it was agreed that nothing was more suitable for transferrin g_ troops aiul officers from one part of it to another than the motor boat. Eventually a committee was appointed to interview Commander Brownlow in regard to the establishment of a Motor Boat Defence Corps. It was also resolved that members should become expert in signalling. If Commander Brownlow is of opinion that the motor boat can be of use in time of war, a corps will be formed by the club.

Until recently the goner ally accepted method of rounding a comer on a mo-tor-cycle lias been to lean inwards with the machine, but many motor-cyclists have lately taken to rounding bends in quite a different style, and two classes have sprung up, one in favour of the old method and the other in support of tha so-called " improved style.' The new method is to bend the body outwards so that the motor-cycle can be inclined at a move acute angle-inwards-and thus got round at greater speed. For ordinary turns in the road' the old style is adhered to by the champions of either method, but at such turns as are described as "hairpins" or "horseshoes 51 the new moa© is finding favour. In the recent Tourist Trophy race the corners played an important part in the positions of the men who finished, and a lot of practice was spent prior to the event. ' So far as could be seen, the successful brothers Collier nursed their machines round cornersf and stuck to the old method, but many of the single-cylinder machine riders who finished. well up adopted the new custom. One of the fastest men round the corners in the " T.T." race was .B. Y. Jones, one of the "New Stylists," and he made some very fast laps before a. broken pulley brought about his retirement. The chief fault respecting the new method seems to be that the rider is apt to. incline his machine too far inwards, with the result that- the footrest strikes the ground. Such an occurrence spoilt H. H. Bowen's chances on. the Snaefell hill climb in the Isle of Man . Taltiug. corners is one of the greatest arts in motor-cycling, and, of course, a lot depends upon the temperament of the rider. '

By arriving at Lands' End at 6.27 p.m. on June"7 Mr Hugh Gibson, driving a 3£ h.p. Triumph and sidecar, beat the " End-to-End" record for passengex machines by nearly eleven hours. Mr Gibson left John o' Groats with a passenger at 1.40 a.m. on June 5, so that his actual time for the journey was 401ir 47min, as against the previous record, established last Oetobea*, of olhr 45mm.

At the Clarion Cycling Club's (Glasgow) sports last month C. R. Collier, tlio winner of tlie Tourist Trophy race, made an attack on the three and five miles records, but was; unsuccessful in both efforts, hi« times being,3min 28sec and 6min 10 2-ssec.

The quickness and ease 'with which, a beginner acquires«jbhe art of car driving depends, to a great extent, 011 the skill of the teacher, bub of no less importance, are the smooth-running and easily controlled qualities; of t-hf car itself. Accordingly, the House Committee of the Royal Automobile Club (England) has decided to make use of a 15 h.p. Daimler in its tuition department, and a. oar specially built t-o its orders has been supplied. An extra set of clutch and brake pedals is fitted, and also a special *' decelerator " pedal, so that the teacher can retain full control over the car, even -when the novice is behind the steering wliesl. The car has proved admirably adapted for its purpose, and doubtless many hundreds.. or future motorists will have their first experience of the pleasures of driving at the helm of this silent little " fifteen," Another huge motor-drome- is projected in the United States,'the locale being Glsmenton, New Jersey, where the Philadelphia Motor-drome Association has been incorporated with a capital of £400,000. -The site secured is said to be ideally placed, for it is adjacent to a well-patronised motor highwav and a railway The area purchased is 663 .acres in extent, and, being high, is well-drained. According to plana, the truck mil be mainly composed or concrete ; it will have a surface of vitrified brick, this material being considered most suitable for rubber tyres. 'iaß grand stand, to accommodate "25,000, is to be 1000 ft in length and 100 ft deep. The latest reports of A. E. Woodman, the New Zealand motor-cyclist, who was smashed up on his Indian when out practising for the Tourist Trophy race in the Isle of Man, are verv encouraging. He said he hoped to 'bo out, of the hospital in about eight weeks (from the time the last mail left), and was"very cheerful. He reads both the daily papers and the motoring journals, and has followed all the details of the race. His address is care of the Nbboll Hospital, Douglas. His accident necessitated amputating a leg above the knee. A good, indication that the sport of motor-cycling is booming in the colonies is given by the fact _ that the British export of motor-bicycles to ■South Africa for the month of April, 1910, amounted to £1325 in value, against £390 in April, 1909—an increase of nearly 350 per cent. 1 jns shows that there is a largo opening for reallv suitable machines.

No accessory lias come into more general use than the Stepney spare wheel, although in the beginning it did not at once appeal to the motorist who concerned himself technically with the economy of his car. .He feared that the side-strain would he thrown on the axle, by reason of the overhang, would he too much for it«and that the original fastenings would not prove too secure. But. like so many compromises, it was found to work exceedingly well, and raotor-cab proprietors were extremely glad to avail themselves of it. Indeed, ft may be said to have mado the motor-cab possible for everyday use, seeing that it removed the fear of the delay from puncture from the public mind. The Stepney spare wheel has frequently been improved in detail since then. Tire narrow channel-rim and extending wedge-grips }vero great advances, but aow the cqtspauy has gone a stc-p further—lias acme away with the channel-rim and have fitted the wheel with quickly adjustable clamps, by which it is safely secured to the inside oi' the rim of the wheel proper. Tt_ scents so extremely natural, when a fire occurs, to pony water upon it in order to extinguish it, that even those of us who_ know better, when a petrol conflagration is in being, find our first impulsive thought leading us to water, the use of which liquid, however, whilst being wholly ineffective in regard to the desired result, has the added disadvantage of only making matters worse by

spreading the area of the fire. It la always well, to know >of *anT new agent mr fire extinguishment, ana ,t' now we learn that, in. addition to the ' J; various chemical fire extinguishers and sand, or earth, '• which are generally ." , kept handy in most garages, anothe® very effective extinguisher is to bfl found. in slaked lime. Of oourse, slaked lime is no more likely to be on hand than,dry sand when a conflagration o<x curs, unless the precaution has been taken of providing it in readiness fo? such a happening, but there may ba' V places and circumstances where dry sand is difficult to obtain and whera lime for slaking is more readily procur* able. Of course, in connection with tha burning of petrol, or other infkmmabla spirit, the first thing to he secured is the cutting oif of the supply of oxygen from the fire.

Side-lights, when paraffin oil is tha ... illuminant, often give trouble, though they be lamps of the best. It is, of course, absolutely necesary " to keep these lamps quite clean as to the bur- r ner and the various orifices provided" for the supply of air to the flamtiL Also, the wick should be frequently renewed as, in its capillary travel up the wick, the oil deposits certain gummy substances, which frequently - obstruct its course to a greater or less * extent. Moreover, in extinguishing paraffin lamps the wicks should not b« - turned down, but the flame should b® just, blown out, and nothing more. ■ * When lighting up, the butt-end of the match should be rubbed across tha burner to remove the carbonised por* tion of the wick; and, after ignition, the wick should be turned up suffo ciently to give a good-sized flame with* out smoking. WHEELING. < V A Racing Cyclists', Union has b««* . formed in England consisting of both amateur and professional Tha objects are: To watch the interests of path racing cyclists; to obtain redress for its members in cases of oppression, ■* y injustice or maladministration on tho ?a part of, any individual, club or'body; \ and to formulate ideas and suggestion* ■ which will improve the sport. Tha membership is confined to riders racing ■under National Cyclists'* Union rules, ■; and the subscription is Is per annum, but provision is made in the rules to raise funds for special purposes by a levy on all members. " • % F. D. Keefe (Tasmania) and G . Wal- - ker (Yictoria) are'reported from Salt > Lake City, U.S.A., and that fine little sprinter Goulet is at Newark, where ha made a favourable impression in hia first race In America. The local critics 1 think that he will be. a" formidable rival to A. J. Clark, who has done sa 'V well as a sprinter against the best , in the world since he left Australia. Goulet had a good turn of speed here, and ' when he becomes, acclimatised and i? . used to the fast American sauce? " tracks, he will soon be heard of. Another Australian, T. Sheridan, of Mudgee (New South. Wales), is on his way to America, so that tier© is a ,big team of Australian professional cyclists "a in search of the big prize lists of, the United-States.

C. B. Kingsbury beat A. J. Denny , and E. Payne in a triangular match at i' Birmingham on May 31, winnipg the three heats, Denny being second in two. The distances were 500 yds, half- • venule, .and'three-quarters'of 'a-mile: -At the same meeting Leon Meredith won a ten mile motor paced race, from scratch, C. H. Bartfett (scr) being 'second, and the time 18inin 12 l-ssec. Meredith had a severe'fall during the race. • \ W. J. Bailey, the holder' of the world's championship ribbon will have to defend his title of the world's champion amateur sprinter at Brussels dur- • mg the week. According to the latest London reports Bailey was riding aa well as ever. He won a half-mila ' scratch race from A. J. Denny and E, Y. Pratt at Birmingham on May 31, and showed that the . fall he recently ; sustained when he sprained his anklfl • had not left any ill effects. Nest .to . J;.Tv. J. Bailey, the fastest man in Loii- : don at present is said to be H. T. John.son, a. midget in the Putney Club.. Ha is said to be _as fast off his mark', as was A. E. Wills, and the latter won ■ - more races from scratch than any othen amateur in England. So far this sea« son V". L. Johnson, whom Bailey sueceeded as world's champion, lias not re-, produced his best form, hsving fallen a victim to the charms of a motorcjTcle. Although Birmingham is his home town, he did not compete at the- ,v , meeting held there on May 31, sta-nding * down by medical advice. The thirtieth annual sports promoted by the Norwich Amateur and '• Cycling Clubs on June 4 were responsible for some good riding on" the part of W. J. Bailey. In the one-lap lian« dicap Bailey won his heat in 41 3-& ec, t'il and the final in 41 2-sseo, from 6. G. Andergon, F. Boor and Leon Meredith il-. by a wheel. In the half-mile scratch race Bailey won by a length and a half ' in 68 l-ssec, Meredith being seoond, and Anderson third. Anderson, how- 4 ever, won the three-mile scratch after a great finish with Bailey in 7min S 4-ssec, and Boor took tho : one-mil« handicap. Th 6 ten-mile championship of the Eastern Counties Centre was re* : taineel rather easily by R. Player, ol New Chesterton, his club-mate, Skeel, who won the event m 1908, being second. The time was 25min 32 2-ssec. Meredith twice punctured in a fiveraco, motor-paced, with C. H. Bartleit, and the latter finished alone. K. Martin gave somei fine es- \ hibitions of motor cycling in company with Colver and Hodgkinson, and at "'• times attained a speed of nearly fifty miles per hour. A race was held round the Stettin Half, in Germany, a distance of 24.c 1 kiloms (about 165 miles), late in Maj." Otto Goetake, a veteran amateur from Berlin, won in Bhr 22min 23sed. On the road, R. A. Ftilton broke the 100 miles Road Records' Association's . tncvcie record on May 31, his time being shr £>bmin 53sec a while his t'im<j. for the first 50 miles—2hr 47min—was also a record for the North- of Eng- '•. % laud. Continuing the ride, he added "£!; eight miles to the 12 hours Northern 16C01Q, his distance being; 176 miles. j * The Italian championship of America, aoO miles road race, decided. recently, -v was a curious sort of affair. Several were oisqualified for being motorpaced, and. the fastest time was 2hf o/miu 32 8-ssec—not fast when it in remembered that all the riders m a bunch. The winner was awarded ili; a gold watch, a gold medal, a " beauti- ','Shi! hand-painted satin sash emblematic ' of Ins victory," a half-life sis© photograph ot himself, and a medal for beina the oldest rider. • Al >

rai i iler cli 01l story relating to th« ttiert of a bicycle cornea from Frankfort. A youth walked into a *fc*Jei J a shop and asked to be shown a racing! machine'. While the . soi-disant putchaser was examining an Express mako the dealer turned away for a moment to attend to other customers. Hardly was the dealer's, back turned than, the youth sprang upon the machine < and pad;illed off. The dealer promptly notilied the police, giving the make of the lost machine. • Meanwhile his brother had mounted and gone in chase of the thief. As the brother's machine also happened to be an 1 Express, a detective stopped the rider and hauled him off to th© nearest police station for examination as to how he had come into possession of a new Express. Eventually the brother was allowed to go. During this time the police had loarnt that a similar maka had been despatched by rail to Wilhelmsbad.. The Wilhelmsbad officiate were instructed _to arrest the thief on removing the bicycle from the vau.' Unfortunately for the ends of justice, the man who despatched the machine; to Wiihelmsbad turned, out to be the real owner. Of course, lie too had to spend an unpleasant quarter of an hour at the local police station. As yet the thief is still at large.