Our Illustrations.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume X, Issue 478, 21 September 1899, Page 15

Our Illustrations.

The group picture of the Auckland representative football team with which we present our readers this week is sure to be appreciated far and wide The Aucklanders boat Otago, drew with Canterbury, beat Wellington, and gave Taranaki a very handsome whipping. By their victories this season Auckland can claim an unbeaten certificate for three years. Certainly, Auckland has been beaten by the Thames men for three years in succession, but it must be pointed out that “ our boys ” nev.r seem to play so well at home as they do when they are battling against another province. Besides the nineteen players who went south the picture contains portraits of Mr Jack Arneil, the selector of the team, and Mr George Dixon, the popular secretary of the Auckland Rugby Union. On the theatrical pages there is a many-sided picture of Mr D. H. Caston, the accomplished comedian, vocalist and dancer, now delighting the City Hall audiences. Mr Caston comes from Sydney with a big reputation, and everything good that has been said of him has been quite borne out by his initial performances in Auckland. The new Totalisator House at Avondale is a worthy subject of illustration in our columns. It is an excellent structure from every point of view, and thoroughly meets the requirements of the speculating public at the Avondale racecourse. The remaining pictures are of incidents in the Hunt Club Steeplechase run at the Avondale meeting.