LAWNS & LINKS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXI, 23 May 1896, Page 597

LAWNS & LINKS.

GOLF. QOLF on Friday in Christchurch was rather damped by the drizzly aspect of the weather, though very little rain fell. Tennis at the courts being dryer ground, was pretty lively. Mrs Way gave tea, and the attendance was good. Among those playing were Mr and Mrs Hurst Seager, Mrs Walter Ollivier, Misses Van Asch and Jones, Dr. Ned will, Mr and Mrs R. D. Harman. Messrs Garsia, Rutherford and Ross, Misses Maclaren (Dunedin), Aikin, Bullock, Thomas and Martin. On Friday there will be great excitement on the links. Mrs George Gould’s prize is to be played for, and competition is very keen with so many good players coming on. Saturday in Wellington was what might be justly termed a ‘ heavenly ’ day. Clear and calm and bright, it was an irresistible magnet to draw forth all ablebodied folk to enjoy the lovely Wellington air. A number of people patronised the links at Miramar, where odd and desultory matches took place. The Hutt Club had been unable to come, which was a disappointment, but they hope to meet in golfic warfare some future day. Among those on the ground were Mesdames Baldwin, Bell, Crawford, Misses Brandon, Coleridge, Chapman, Duncan, Dransfield, Friend, Grace, Johnston, Izard, MacLaren (Dunedin), Morrah, Messrs Chapman, Crawford, Dransfield, Duncan, Dymock, Hadfield, Hislop, Hodson, Kirkby, Jackson, Minnitt, Moorhouse, Turnbull, Wardrop, Watkins, etc. Several lady cyclists and various hunting members of society on real live horses were also visiting the links and tea room. Next Saturday the first of a serious of handicap competitions will be played, and regularly after that, on the third Saturday in every month. The Hutt ladies are coming as guests to Miramar on the 25th instant, kept as Her Majesty’s birthday. COURSING. The Auckland coursing season was opened at Plumpton Park on Wednesday, the 13th inst. The Tennis Teams Match, New Zealand v. New South Wales, was played at Sydney on May 15th, and resulted in an easy win for the New Zealand players. In the Singles Parker beat both Tyleeand Hughes ; Hooper beat both Hughes and Tylee ; Collins beat both Newman and Mansfield ; Newman beat Gore, and Gore beat Mansfield. In the Doubles Parker and Gore beat Hughes and Newman by three to love, and also beat Tylee and Mansfield by three to love ; Mansfield and Tylee beat Hooper and Collins by two to one ; Hooper and Collins beat Hughes and Newman by two to one. The game was decided by sets and the total by games. For the Singles and Doubles New Zealand scored 149, New South Wales 96. Hooper played brilliantly in the Singles, while Gore and Parker gave a fine display in the Doubles, an improvement on the form shown in the early matches being very noticeable. Of the aggregate games played. Singles, resulted in New’ Zealand, 85 ; New South Wales, 50.