ELLERSLIE TRACK NOTES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1241, 29 January 1914, Page 13

ELLERSLIE TRACK NOTES.

On Saturday the semi-final gallops for tne lakapuna Jockey Club s Summer meeting took place at Eiiersfie, tne course proper being open and in splendid order. Golasize set the. ball rolling with a tan circuit, run in 1.56, not all out. 'rhe Celt strode round the course at top. Kakama was set for a mile gallop from tne old mile post, running out the distance in 1.47 1-5. The mare continued on and registered z.2 tor tne nine furlongs. Danay Breeze and Harenoa scampered over six furlongs in 1.25, beingtogether. souitmoff surprised the onlookers by defeating Prince Soult over seven rurlongs in 1.32 3-5. Gold Necklet ran five furlongs, the new post, in 1.7. Worcester had all the better of Gioy at tne end of six furlongs in 1.21. JLa Reina and Ovation ran round the tan track in 1.56, the former being in front. Mernmax was finishing better than Golden Grain in a tan circuit in 2mm. Excavator ran five furlongs, beating a juvenile in 1.7 1-5. .Devastation had all the better of Decorate at the end of seven furlongs in 1.34 1-5, Goldnre, Wairiki, and Bonny Doon beat the noise-making Maui Nini over six furlongs in 1.22. Jolie line put in two moderate rounds on the sand rink, and when warmed up galloped freely. Haku strode round the tan in 2min, looking very well. The flying Glad Tidings ran four furlongs m a tick under 50 3-5 sec, revelling in his. work. Ixoyai Irish jumped off at the new mile post and was joined by Almeida at tne six-furiong post, beating the mare home in 1.46 —a solid gallop. Eady Alicia alone ran the last four Oi six furlongs in 53sec. The track and stable mates Tecoma and Doioma spurted half a mile in uasec. Obdurate and Chime lined up for a nve-furlong nutter. The former, getting a creak, increased the distance, running home in 1.6. Admiral tioult alone ran over a mile in 1.4 8„ finishing strongly. After breakfast Doggerbank put a tan circuit past in 1.56 1.5. The speedy Spanish held Lady Elgiva cheaply at the end of a threeturlong burst in 38sec. Tripoli carried too many guns for Kitty Bellairs in a run from the halfmile post in 53sec. Apelion downed Miss Livonia over two furlongs further in 1.6 1-5. Cordite and Christmas Rose both cantered a bit scratchy on the tan. The latter was better when she warmed up. Hawea brought Lord Delaval, Cogent, Pakaka, and Decorate’s sister home from the half-mile post, the others running five furlongs, the time for which was 1.6 l-5„ the quartette, finishing in the order named. The showed pace. Tiki Tapu and Bogey ran the same distance in a tick less, coming in as above. Glittering Sands and Overtime were together at the end of a half-mile spurt in 52 3-sseo. Sesame left nine furlongs behind in 2.6 3-5, . ; .1 . : J

Delenda and Hadj sprinted the last three of four furlongs on the two-year-old track in 38sec. The latter is steadily on the improve. Manuwera put in a solid gallop on the tan, finishing up well. selection led Conway’s two-year-old, Merry Dance, in a snort sprinting mission. juaay Penury beat Graduate over han a mue in 53 4-ssec, iNorrh mast negotiated five of the ■scnooiing hurdles m nne style. Prestwicn and Navy rslue ran round the nve schooling hurdles, the former snowing to most advantage. luioyds and Te Onga were associated in a scnooiing lesson, the latter fencing much tne better of the pair. fVfatawerewere, Antiphone, Signo, Maonland, Tangiwai, Cloudy Dawn, and others put in useful work. nady Alicia ran six furlongs at top on the sand. Chime ran away from Zamora tor haif a mile in 52 2-ssec. Obdurate was all on to finish six furlongs in 1.21 3-5. Admiral Soult alone left the mile bjenind in 1.47 3-5. Dandy Breeze and Harenoa registered 1.9 4-5 for five furlongs, tne former being in front. Taimanupo finished the last four of nine furongs on the sand in 54 1-5. the Soult gelding seemedl to be going much kinder than usual. Matawerewere and Cloudy Dawn sprinted in patches on the tan, but gave -the watch holders no line to go on. They are both well. After the breakfast interval Apellon, Cordite and Miss Livonia lined urp for a nve-furlong spin from the new post, and came home as above in 1.6 4-5, the latter taking 1.9. Pip ran round the tan looking remarnabiy well. Tripoli was going faster than Lady Eigiva at the business end of five lunongs from the new post, furlongs from the new post in 1.4. Doggerbank flew six of the schooling fences in good styie, leaving the round behind in 1.56. Hawea and Conway’s juvenile had a half-mile spin in 51 4-ssec. Overtime beat Decorate’s sister easily over five furlongs in 1.8 4-5. Vestal beat a chestnut and Te Onga ■n a circuit in the good time of 2.4 4 Manurewa put in a sand lap in the same time. Tiki Tapu had Bogey well beaten over a half-mile spin in 53 4-ssec. Others that did useful work were Field Maid, Lord Delaval, aesame, Marble Star, Kitty Bellairs, Hadj, Tiri, Lady Pansy, Graduate and Haku, all of which have Takapuna J.C. engagements. TUESDAY. On Tuesday the course proper was again opened, and all the principal work was done there, the track being fast. Goldsize, alone, skipped over seven furlongs in 1.32. North East went over the same track .taking 1 3-ssec. longer to complete the journey. The Celt sprinted six furlongs in 1.22. Gold Necklet sprinted five furlongs on the two-year-old track, and finished well. Prestwich took 1.20 to run the last six of seven furlongs. Kakama put up the best eight furlongs of the session, running 1.45 from the old mile post. Decorate and Pupura battled out six furlongs in 1.20, the former in front. Goldfire, which is very much on the improve, beat Maui Nina, registering

1.33 1-5 from the seven-furlong post. Devastation, Soultikoff and Prince Soult ran home in this order from the same post, taking 1.34 1-5. Soultikoff did noc get on his feet, but was nnishmg very strongly, but the former could have reduced the time. Loloma and Tecoma were bustled o\er half-a-mile in 51 4-ssec., almost from a stand. . The Thames mare Clare left a tan circuit benmd in 2.4. Glad Tidings put up the best sprinting mission of the morning, running half-a-mile in 50 3-ssec. Merrimax was going better than Golden Grain at the end of a sand circle run in 2.1. La Rema had Ovation beaten in a sand-run eight furlongs in 1.46 3-5, completing the round in 1.59 3-5. OTAGO CRICKET. <.l’lolll our Dunedin correspondent). The question of the selection of the New Zealand team for the test match against the coming Australian team, organised by Mr. Arthur Sims, created some discussion at a recent meeting of the Otago Cricket Association. The local legislators were not well pleased with the manner of the selection of the New Zealand team which has just completed an Australian tour, and to avoid a repetition has made the recommendation to the New Zealand Council that a sole selector be appointed to select tiie New Zealand teams for the coming test matches, and a further recommendation that Mr. C. G. Wilson, the well-known cricketer and legislator of Wellington, be appointed. C. G. Wilson knows his subject, and we may be sure that he would select his teams without fear or favour, and that good sides would be the result. I trust that the Otago Association’s recommendations will be passed by the Council. The manner in which the New Zealand team for Australia was selected left room for a deal of improvement. ■Owing to the bad weather experienced before the holidays and the number of postponements occasioned, the Otago Association has had to consider the advisability of making the matches for the remainder of the sea-’ son one-day fixtures. From to-day until the end of the present season at any rate senior grade matches in Dunedin will be confined to one day. Several years ago it was proposed that one-day matches should be given a trial, but the committee of the period tossed the suggestion out as unworthy. Now it is being given a' trial under compulsion, and if it presents any prospects of success will be given a thorough “try-out” next season. One-day cricket has proved a great success in some of the secondclass counties in England, and there is no reason , why it should not succeed here. The experiment of one-day matches on similar lines to that offering in League cricket in England was successfully tried on Saturday. All the senior games were keenly contested, and the batting was visited by freedom. and vigour denied ..us so long in Otago cricket. . The features of the day’s play, was a splendid innings by the colt Higgins, who, playing for Opoho against Albion, compiled 160 not out without a blemish. Higgins, who was the first player to make a century in senior , cricket this season, has been a failure in representative company. Alex. Downes, the veteran, came back to form in surprising fashion

on Saturday, and scored 59 by perfect strokes all round the wicket. Seidberg, who was threatened to be dropped out ot representative cricket after a long career, confounded the selectors by a finished innings of 63 on ms 70 of the previous Saturday. It is hard to see how the selector is going to drop him for the match against Canterbury a fortnight hence.