Sports & Pastimes

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2191, 21 September 1907, Page 4 (Supplement)

Sports & Pastimes

THE TURF. At the most recent of Mr J. Wren’s meetings in Victoria the three-year-old colt Berlimvood, by Ribbonwood, easily won a mile race in 2min 31 1-5 sec. In consequence of the success of Mr. J. Wren’s trotting meetings in Melbourne he was requisitioned by 2000 residents of Bendigo to consider a proposal to start meetings in that city. The matter is now being considered. The American trainer Millard Sanders, recently worked Kate Dillon a mile in 2min 13sec at Memphis. This is the mare with which Sanders expects to later on lower Lou Dillon’s record. . St. Joe, by his victory in the Marton Handicap, has incurred a 51b penalty for the Now Zealand Cup. Frisco was another Cup candidate that won at Marton, where Saga and Signor were among the unsuccessful competitors. The committee of the Australian Jockey Club recently had before it a proposal to increase tho Sydney Cup to £SOOO, but it was deemed preferable to keep the stake where it is and to devote more money to weight-for-ag© racing.

An effort was made a few days ago to back Mahuta for the New Zealand Cup, but the price offered, 100 to 9, was not’ considered sufficiently liberal to encourage the backer to go on.

CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB. ACCEPTANCES. NEW ZEALAND CUP. NEW ZEALAND CUP, of 2000 sovs; second horse 300 sovs and third horse 200 sovs from tho stake.—2 miles. st lb Mr. H. Good’s hr h Maniapoto, by Soult—Lady Fisher, aged 9 0 Mrs. Coambe’s ,b g Master Delaval, by Seaton Delaval —Compania, syrs 8 9 Hon. J. D. Ormond’s ibr h Zimmerman,by Birkenhead —Solitaire, 4yrs 8 3 Mr. J. 'George’s b g Paritutu, by Castor—Yattaghan, aged.. 8 3 Mr. G. F. Moore’s br m Armistice, by Mabaki—Melinite, aged 8 3 Hon. W. W. Johnston’s b an Truce, by Grafton—Nervine, syrs 7 12 Mr. H, M'Mianaway’sblkh Mahuta, by M'ahaki —Spring, 4yrs • 7 11 Mr. G. G. Stead’s hr h Seal Rock, by San Francisco— Miss Gladys, 4yrs 7 11 Mr. T. Crosse’s cli c Grand Slam, by The Possible—Scotia, 4yrs 7 11 Mr. F. Nelligan’s ch g Harvest, by Clanranald —Golden Vale, syrs 7 10 Mr. G. W. McDonald’s ch b Aeolu6,by Euroclydon—Santa Katerina, 6yrs 7 9 Mr. F. Preston’s hr g Apa, by Addington—Muriwai,. syrs... 7 8 Mr. R. G. Harris’s b h Crichton, by Loohiel—'Melissa, 6 yrs 7 8 Messrs. Alexander and Grey’s br h Glenullin, by iLoehiel — Consistence, syrs 7 6 Mr. F. C. Faber’6 b g Seaman, by Sylvia Park—Pretty Polly, syrs 7 6 Mr. G. Hunter’s ch li Mystification, by Apremont—Mystic, Oyrs 7 5 Mr. W.E. Bid-will’s chc Elevation, by San Francisco —Stepfeldt, 3yrs 7 4 Mr. J. F. Buchanan’s b h Buccleuch, by Benzoin—Reverie, syrs 7 4 •Mr. F. Tilley’s hr h. St. Joe, by Handsome Jack—Muriwai, 6yrs 7 3 Mr. R. Shaw’s b h Starina, by Daystar—Antenna, aged 7 2 Mr. F. Preston’s b li Frisco, by Earwig—Lady Placid, 4 yrs 7 2 Mr. E. J. Watt’s ch h Gazeley, by Grey Leg—Lygia, 5yr5.... 7 0 Mr. G. M. Aynsley’s ch o Bon- * ny Glen, by Stepniak —Crest, 3yrs 7 0 Mr. J. C. N. Grigg’s ch h Fandango, by Gipsy Grand — Whirlpool, syre 7 0 Mr. G. J. F. Palmer’s br, h Probable, by The Possible— Primula, syrs 7 0 Mr. H. A. Knight’s br g Lapland, by Finland —Neroli, 4 yx-s 0 13 Mr., T. 'H. Lowry’s ch c Down- . ■fall, by San Francisco —Cantatrice, 3yrs ...: 6 13 Messrs. W. T. and L. C. Hazlett’6 ch h Astrakhan, by Stepniak—lrene, syrs 6 13 Mr. G. P. Donnelly’s br c The Rand, by Gold Reef —Pearlshot, 3yrs 6 12 Messrs. W. T. and L. C. Haz--1 eft's br c Grafton Loch, by Grafton —Loch Loclia, 3yrs... 6 12 Mr. G. F. Moore’s br c Signor, by Pilgrim’s Progress—Ma ■Mie Rosette, 3yrs 6 10 Mr. .J. M. Armstx-ong’s br m Chatterer, by St. Andrew — AVhisper, aged 6 9 Air. A. Peter’s ib g, by Conqueroi' —Derringer mare, 3 yrs 6 9 Mr. S. Messina’s b g Waitapu, by Gipsy King—Waipuna, 4yrs .... 6 9 Air. J. Foreman’s blk h Ma'liaranui, by Sylvia Park —Pauline, 6yrs 6 7 Mr. H. Whitney’s b m Saga, by Soult—Valla, 4yrs 6 7 Mi-. J. C. N. Gr.igg’s ch c Outlander, by Finland —Escapade, 3yrs 6 7

CRICKET. Jessop gave a meteoric exhibition of hitting against Notts in July, Receiving 32 balls ho scored from 22 of them, and by hitting 8 fours, 2 threes, and 7 twos, with 5 singles, ho made 57 out of 62 obtained from tho fc while he was in. Hayward, in scoring 114 not out against Lancashire, after carrying bis bat right right through the innings, added one more tb his already long list of high-class displays on behalf of Surrey. Towards the close he was slow, but it was a fine effort, marred only by a difficult chance when he was 97. i • There is no doubt this season, remarks the Athletic News,* that F. Tarrant is the best all-round player in the country—oven if his flight as a left-handed bowler be less deceptive than that of most of his ’kind. Rvit Tarrant gets men out. Once this season he has secured eight wickets in

an innings, twice seven wickets, four times six wickets, and six times five wickets. In only, four innings has he failed to do any damage. Francis Alfred Tarrant, although born in Melbourne, Victoria, is proud to own George Tarrant, one of England’s greatest bowlers in the sixties, as bis great-uncle. P, F. Warner .did a good day’s work for Middlesex when he suggested that Tarrant should come to England. CYCLING. The entry for this year’s road race from Warrnambool to Melbourne is a recoi-d, numbering 338 riders from all the Australian States and New Zealand. ATHLETICS. Latest information concerning G.' P. Kedde.ll, 'the crack jumper and hurdler, of Oamaru, is to- the effect that he will never jump again. Eighteen months ago in Dunedin young Keddell, a lad 19 years of age, astonished the onlookers by winning the long jump championship with a leap of 23ft lOJin, setting up a new Australasian record. It was generally, thought that this was the prelude to performances that would possibly put the .achievements of such famous ath-’ letes .as Myer Prinstein (America) and Peter O’Connor (Ireland) dn the shade, but it was not to be. A few weeks after the Dunedin meeting Keddell, who had given up football as a precaution against any accident; that might interfere with his jumping career, slipped in a ballroom and ricked his knee, with the above result. Talk about the irony of fate after that I

Guy 'Haskins, the great distance runner, who- has been accomplishing remarkable performances at intercollegiate meetings in tbe United States, is expeoted back in Christchurch shortly.

THE WORLD’S CHAMPION SPRINTER. IS HE A JAPANESE 1" A Japanese is said to be the champion sprinter of the world. Minoru Fujii, a student in the Imperial University of Tokio, is the man. Since the Russo-Japanese war other nations Have come to look upon the dwellers of the Orient as a people, not only of promise, but of performance, and now, it seems, the little brown men aro about to take the laurels of the athletic field. .. .

Fujii’s record for 100yds. is 9.36lOOsec.; his time is considerably faster than the Best time of Arthur Duffey, who ran 100yds. in 9 60-100 or 3-ssec.—a record which has been stricken from the. amateur record books because Duffey was a professional. The Japanese athlete ran really 100 metres, a distance equal to.a little more than 100yds., because, the metre is the Japanese standard. of measurement. His time for 100 metres was 10 24-100 sec., the equivalent of 9 36-10Qsec. for 100yds. The remarkable performance of this modern Mercury is certified to by Arata Hamao, L.D.D.. President .of the University of Tokio.' Fujii' was checked by an electrical mechanism, which illustrates the proverbial care and accuracy of his people, and makes an error in timing the runner very unlikely. Dr. Hamao describes this interesting arrangement thus:— “An electric . chronograph is run with two break circuits keys in. it—one at the starting point, and the tlia other at the..winning line of the course. The 'key at the start is fixed to the starter’s pistol, and is operated automatically by the blow- of tlio gas at the nozzle of the pistol, so that the nearest possible instant of the emission of the signal sound is x-ecorded on the chronograph. At the end of the oourse another key is tied to a fine tape stretched across the course, which, when the runner touches it, breaks the circuits again. Tho interval is taken as the time of the race. • .

“The length of the chronograph register corresponding to Isec. is 37 mm., and the time is correct to 1100 sec. The rate of the chronograph is compared with the standard time from the observatory. Strictly speaking, the time thus obtained will be slightly longer than the actual time registered for the runner—first, because the runner hears the sound shortly after the break is registered by the firing of the pistol; second, because at the end of tho course the circuit is broken after the runner operates the key by touching the tape.” Air. Fujii is a strongly-built and well-proportioned man. He is 26 years of age, sft. 7Jin. tall, and weighs about 1601 b. As a pole-vault-er he has shown great athletic skill, vaulting with a bamboo pole over a coxd, without touching the cord at the height of 3.66 metres, or 12ft. 94-100 in. This vault won him the Japanese i-ecord. He also holds these records of the University of Tokio:

Two hundred metres (run on turf), 25 1 4-1 OOse.; long jump, 5.92 metres; throwing the cricket ball, 93.98 metres.