SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13272, 30 August 1916, Page 8

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

(Edits* by '\ l)»>ei't Cold and F.gypl have l>evi taken in hand again alter a spell, Tin ally is in robust health, while Kgypi though he has not grown much, bean $. solid appouratit t\ Welcome Nugget t. wlio will probably be tit tin l barrier tin tli«- New Zealani l'«p, i« reported to In* goiug iilorij. nicely ifi his work at Hawera. There has U'cn mention latch of tin Wellington-owned Doon L-ing >oni t< Hand wick tor the hurdle events at tin ooming Spiing Meeting of tin* AuMia Han Jockey Club. To mark their appreciation i»l tin manner in which K. Rao steered Wai mai to victory in the New Zoalam Grand National Steeplechase, the Wai kato sportsmen, Messrs Wilson Broth ers have presented the Auckland horse man with u valuable gold chronometer which boar* an inscription suitable t< the occasion. Admiral Realty dropped dead la.sl wrok while training on the Napier tracks. The cause of death proved U bo a broken blood.vessel. The son of Gold Heef wns bred l>y Mr (;. P. Don. nelly, and owned by Mr A. Sellers. Admiral Boatty did not prove a profitM)le horse to his owner, us he won only one race in two Reasons. Troublesome, tho winner of the Grand National N(oepleeha»« at Adelaide on Saturday, carried 11.12, while Wrirootna, the hcrond horse, had 9.3. and Forest Prince, third, was the second top weighl with 12.4. The distance Whs about .') miles and the race Worth 150 sova. At a Sydney meeting this nionih the Stipendiary (Howard found fault with a minor for aturting a horse which was bnnsidered to be too big in condition. who "stipe" need not bo out of employ. B>«it in this respect in New Zealand lither. I Quentin Piocoe, a mite of a jockey llill in his 'teens, rodo Etruscan into lecond place in the Newton Stakes nt umaica (New York) on June 19th, alliough suffering from a broken ankle. liter the race the plucky youngster In* lifted horn thu saddle and sent to mv hospital. The accident happened as M horses lined up at the barrier; .Mars fcsidy, the starter, said that it looked ■ him as it the injury came when Brusca u was caught between two Brses, but Pree~e insisted that be was Brkod by Feminist. ■'he ancient Strategist ti11..".) is set MRU as a starter in the Hunters' ■idles at the Matiawatti Hunt Club's ■eting to-day, while at the time of ■ting he also appears in the Steeple* ■«e at 10.10. The old chap deserves ■lieei il he leaves the birdcage. ■xonhope changed hands at ( hrist■rt'h on Friday, being put up at ■ ion. He realised olio guineas. At ■ same sale Mr (I. !.. Stead refused ■ guineas for Recorder. Reoordei ■t have given some partioularN fine ■ate exhibitions, as the price stated Hid seem a fair one i'<.r a hor-e nidi ■m such as thin. ■ new and rather good idea is to be ■ at Warwiek Farm in connection ■ the placing of unruly horses a t the ■ ifig post. The course will be BYatcd by a rail, running parallel ■ the fences. The unruly ones will BBgregaled Irom their belter tutored

and there will be littlo Be of the well-behaved ones suffcrihrou<:h thw vieiousnevs of ■jllelH. B °f oi (he large num. ■of disappoint merit at Riocar'fun ■lio Sou It gelding .Marconi. After ■>X !lie Winter Murdlfs at iron- ■ with 9.11 orer two miles, it Ml] »i though be had hut to stand ■win the Grand National Hurdles, he had to carry hut 10.5, a I 81b, Tli« hollow wav in which ■counts for Crib, Pursefiller, M. Lconta, Glucpot, Gladful, and ■at TYentham stamped him aw n If capabilities, but he failed absoHto ahow an.r form whatever at Hon. It cannot he said that the HBka« responsible for his eccentrici■cause he won at Trentham with J> to his fetlocks. He ran in ■npcrs' Flat Rue© on the first I Hiccnrton, carrying 10.2, but m Biuke any impression on Art, llleeal or Crib. Crib gave him ■tada in that raee. and in the I Hurdle* at Wellington Crib k twclva pounds, and he got m. »» the Grand National Srih had 11.2 and Marconi had pereaoe of eleven pounds. The •two from that i a that form BWwavs work out.

ONLOOKER.-) The winner ol llie Ijig handicap at .Martn next week, il engaged in the New Zealand Cup, will have to put tip a penalty of 31b if not handicapped Ht weight-tor-age or over. The New Zealand Cup horses engaged include .Square Deal, Montana, Hyllus, Maniaioa, Tangihou, Whakahoki, and Hronk Delaval. An interesting betting dispute was i decided by (lie V.R.C. committee last week. A backer claimed £'">•"> from a well-known member of the ring on ao- , count ol the victory oi Polygamist in the MuiTurnlieena Handicap at Caultield on July loth. The bet was made ', by telegram , and I'll was to go on Folygamist. contingent on two other " horses mentioned not starting. There was, liowe-.er, a mistake in the telegram us delivered (which ultered the ' v rise of the message), and the lx>okmaker claimed that he was only responsible lor instructions shown on the telegram, irrespective of whether or not the authorities had made a mistake in - transmitting it. The committee took J this view, and decided in favour of the . bookmaker. The committee was also . asked to* give a ruling as to whether a . backer, who had supported a horse for a particular race before entries closed, j and such horse was not entered, lost his wager. The committee decided that he did. In the first annual report of the Taumarunui Racing Club the following apI pears:—"For the last six years we have kept up a constant appeal to the Gov- • eminent for a totalisator permit, and have nt last been successful; and although wo hive lieen unable to race on our own course for the first year, and havo had a good deal of general ex- ' pensc, we havo come through the ordeal with a profit of over four figures for the 1 first meeting. We wish to add a word of appreciation to the South Auckland 1 Racing Club for the most generous manner in which I hoy accepted our application for the use of their course for our first meeting. The. work on the new course is on as well as was expected. The track itself is now nearing completion, and arrangements for the necessary buildings arc well in hand." SOMK N.Z. (IP HORSKS. Although we are a. long way off, and it is problematical what defections will have to hj;» faced before starting hour, it must be said that Mr Henrys has I rained debatable grounds as to which Itoi-so will be successful in tho NewZealand Cup. Welcome Nugget and Rorke's Drilt are two of the fancies ihat are l>eing discussed in this part of the racing world at the moment. Rorke's Drill, the Southland-owned candidate, his a lot oi good work on past form to recommend him for the two-mile journey with 7.13, while the opportunity that a good handicap horse like Welcome Nugget has will find plenty of supporters for his chances in the race. Blaekall, at 7.1-' i also, will be worth watching, it it is really the intention ol his connections to start him, as last year lie carried 7.4 into second [•lace behind Tujigihou 0.7. and then ■l'd not have all the luck on the journey. Kb'gible, the lop-weight at 9..' J. who is alluted (libs above weight, for age, moved himself a very capable candidate 'a-t season, and will go out with a big army of admirers, while Rnllioa, a •u.nnd lower, is quite capable of living up to (be reputation he earned in the New Zealand Derby. New Zealand St. I.oior, and Auckland Cup last season, although many will be louud to argue hat there is fault to find with his b lity to finish fast coining to the end it two miles. At 9.1 Chortle, on past oei formaneos, is in the running, while t!i- (weat Autumn Handicap winner, Mare Anthony, will be one of the principal propositions, in the South at any , into with 8.2 for the journey. Snub, , a: 7.7, is not over-weighted, but he was j ■lie of the big disappointments of last , acing season, and there will bc N iound | many who will argue that it is a doubtail proposition that ho will produce his ~ best form in public. However his work ( in the interval should be worth following. The distance may find Square j Deal out at 7.4, but he has proved himself a good handicap horse. Of the t light-weight division Bjorneborg 7.1, t Sir Alba 6.12, Master Moutoa 6.8,. and \ Ayeliffe 6.7 will not be unsupported. ( Sweet Tipperary is an erratic customer. { She will not be liked for two miles, but c if she goes to tho post on her best bdhg huviour she should not be troubled ol the score of weight (6.8). Aueklanderß will be found in large numbers to bfl with the home-owned candidates! Colonel Soult 8.4 and Mullingar 7.11.1 BOXINO. ■ Again Buek f'rousa has met* Miclfl King, and for the second tine he h«fl beaten the Australian, who was done tfl a turn before the 20 rounds concluded. ■

I Latest news shows that Kay has I withdrawn irom the pending bout with ' Mick Kiiiii. The substitute was not announced. It i> quite possible that either Jimmy Hill or Charlie Simpson will bo the first opponent ot Patsy Brannigan. Hill and Thorn put up a very classy featherweight contest when the pair t met at Brisbane recently, and Hill wen r on points. ) The recent cable announcement that t l<os Darcy has enlisted is not correct, . Dairy will not be 21 until October 28 > next. Queensland Owen Cairns proved two ; (dever tor Frank O'Connor die of the many knock-outs) a couple of weeks s ago and outpointed him by a. good t margin. k Joe Russell, an idol oi a tew short years ago, had a try-out with Ned Fitz- , gerald, a recent promising addition to the featherweight brigade of Queens- , land. The old champion showed up j prominently but a head rush by his op- ,. ponent got him on the jaw and settled , the business. Fitzgerald argues that a short right jolt to the jaw was he efl'ec- , tive medicine he ladled out, but there will surely be a return battle. Tommy Uren's next opponent may be , Jack Cole, the man with a hard right t hand punch, who gained a recent, but j undeserved, decision over Eddie Moy, . the American. Cole expressed himself , as desirous of putting I'ren before him j in the hempen square, and the latter , was readily in with his acceptance of r the challenge. Jack Hannaford, a prominent figure in boxing circles in the days of Peter , Jackson, Griffo, George Dawson, and other notable performers, died last week in Sydney. Latterly Hannaford was a more prominent turf follower , than a boxing pastime devotee, but his heart was in the game. I A budding heavyweight by the name of Bayley ha s been located at a spot ( ' called Kelly Plains, via. Armidale I (N.S.W.) Bayley, who is only 19 years, stands 6ft 2in, und weighs 13£ stone. i He has cleaned the dish as far as local try are concerned ,and if he continues to fight his way to the front ho may some day' draw his thousands to the Stadium. It is hard to get a footing but once there and he proves the goods, his fortune is ahead. At Melbourne on Saturday Mick King and Fred Kay will battle for the Australian middleweight honours, which Kay gathered in only a short lime back. That sturdy performer, Charlie -impson, has been off the scone for «ome time. One gathers fror* Australian writers that Simpson has been netting a higher price on his capabilities than the Stadium cashier will agree to. Hence he remains where all that class rest—out in the cold. When Tommy Uren recently regained the welter-weight championship from Fritz Holland, he did so decisively. In fact, Fron should never have lost the title to Holland in April last, when it passed from bis keeping through an unaccountable decision by the referee. Giving it to the wrong man is quite common in l>oxing judicial circles in Australia of late. There will be some interest for fight lans at Sydney on Saturday evening when Jimmy Clabby will have another cut at Les Darcy. Clabby is a very clever performer, but there will be too much of the "fight all the time" methods on Darcy's menu to hope for the American to succeed. A probable date for George Chip's meeting with Darcy is Septemlier 26. Chip comes to Australia ostensibly with the object of giving the Maitlander a greater volume of effective stoush than anyone has yet succeeded in letting loose from their boxing portmanteau. Chip is 28 years of age, oft Sin in height, and weighs round about 11£ stone. In his long list of battles since 1909 is a heavy smattering of no-deci-sion bouts, while he has Iwxed two draws with Jack Dillon, but Jimmy Clabby is credited with bettering him J on points in 20 rounds. Frank Klaus was beate» by Chip in 6 and 5 rounds respectively at Pittsburgh in 1912, < while as far back as 1910 Buck Crouse, 1 the in-and-out customer, now earning < the shekels in Australia, put Chip to slumber land in 3 rounds. Chip is a 1 hard lutter, and the lesser lights - than Darcy should get more than they bargain for when he gets going.. Red Watson haa been out of the boxing picture for some time because he didn't quite play the game, but he is, to be given an opportunity to retrieve his lost laurels. The red-heeded American was doing well before he was retired. He has been promised a match with the winner of the Uren-Hollanf bout, which the melting-pot has decreed' to be the former and the bout should be provocative of many exciting inter- ' changes. s . ; *i 1

The attraction of the season, an far as local rugby followers are concerned, will be the game of Saturday next, when our representatives will meet the Grammar Old Boys fifteen at Steele Park. Our big handicap will be in the fact thru our men have been so seldom together that combined work of an effective nature can hardly l>e expected ot them. However, from a spwtacular point of view, the visitors will give us all we require with dry ball and ground conditions, and a large crowd can be anticipated to turn out to witness the game. The Transvaal Hugby world in £eneral, and the East Hand P.M. club in particular, have sustained a severe loss by the death of Mr J. Wahl in the fighting in East Africa. He plaved half for the East Rand Club from 1909 to 1915, and was generally r.cognised rf> one of the finest fly halves the- Transvaal has ever seen. It was mainly due to his transfers to his three-quarters at the psychological moment that the E.R.P.M. back line became so formidable in attack. He had represented th« Transvaal in inter-State matches on several occasions, and was one of the first halves chosen for the Transvaal at the last Ourrie Cup Tournament in Durban, just prior to the outbreak of war.

An "ALL BLACK" STAR. The prowess of New Zealand in the world of football is fully recognised throughout America, the visit of the All Blacks and other Antipodean Rugby teani.s having proved beyond the realms of doubt that the aggregation from the land of the Maori has never been equalled in the United States in every branHi of the handling code. The \\ estern States of America were so eaplivated by the remarkable exploits on the field of football by Jim Wylie, of Auckland, who was a famous forward included in the All Black team that visited California that they persuaded him to remain in the West. Jim, who ever since has been known as 'Big Chief, enrolled himself at the Leland Stanford University at Palo Alto, near San Francisco, and his inclusion in the Cardinal Rugby team always signified victory. When he withdrew from the great American college he was intensely anxious to join the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces and hurry to the front, but an injury to the knee sustained in an international game prevented his passing the doctor. Wylie chafed considerably under this unfortunate set-back, and although he again made arrangements to leave San Francisco for Auckland, the injury to his limb increased, and he was compelled to abandon his desire to participate in the war. Twice the burly New Zealander told the San Francisco correspondent of the Dnnedin Star that the news of many of his old mates having fallen on the battlefield impelled him to make further efforts te get to the front, but again difficulties arose, an'd he was forced to stay in California. Jim was lost sight of in San Francisco for a couple of months after he found he was unable to accompany the Rev. Edward Mullineuxt to New Zealand, but now comes the announcement that the tendons of the knee injured to the international game are so weak and unreliable that Wylie will never again make a drop-kick or one of the\ swerving runs which gained him fame both in New Zealand and America. He has charge of the ranch of W. A. Howard at Tracy, some 40 miles from San Francisco, and, according to the owner of the property, he is proving as clever at farming as he was at football.