OTOROHANGA MILITARY GYMKANA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 132, 18 February 1909, Page 5

OTOROHANGA MILITARY GYMKANA.

The entries received for the various events in connection with the Military Gymkana to be held at Otorohanga on Saturday next are nt a very satisfactory nature, and everything points to »highly enjoyable day's sport being experienced. Tc Haiti resident* shoutd note that the second passenger train wiH he delayed at Oterohanga until 6.30 p.m. and this arrangement should ensure a good attendance of visitors from Te Kuiti and other districts. The following handicaps have been declared for the various events:

Handicap Hardies. Matahura, 11st; Pitoitoi, Itst; Kaipara. list; Kaiknku. llat; Waitangi, tttst Tibs; Rangipai. 9stTtbs; Liquidator, tOst Tibs. Maiden Plate.—Sirrom, tttst "lbs: Korofceke, 10st Tibs; Porangi, Ittst; TeTahi, 10st; Otoi. Sst; Repo, 9at; Mano, 9st; Piopio, 9st. Handicup Cup.—Korari, list Tibs; Kaibau, 9st; Pitoitoi, 9st; Koroheke. fist 121 hj»; Liquidator, Bst 121bs; Piopio, 7st 12lbs. pony Race. Sio Sio, lttst; Korofceke, 10»t; Rauwha, tOst; Piopio. fist 12Iba; Rangipai, Sst; Te Kumi. Sat; Manu, Bst; Repo. Sst; Japanese. B#t; Sandfly, Ist; Pirairaka. Tat. Frying Handicap. Korari. 12st; Matahura, l«at: Porangi. tttst; Sirrom, 10bt; Koroneke, lttst:-Kaikuku. Ittst; Otoi. Sst Tibs; Piopio, l*st Ifbs; Rokobanga, Bst -libs; Te Tahi. 9st Tibs. Troopers' Race.—Post entries. Boorncranging as a sport is the subject of a finely illustrated article in the March issue of the successful magMine "Li't," j»»t to hand. V. M. Hilly",, one of the worlds' authorities on boomerangs, writes interestingly of their history, waxes eloquent over the joys of the sport, and gives minute directions for making boomerangs and throwing them so that they will return. In the same issue Charles Barrett describes, with pen and camera, the aeaMrds of the islands of Bass Strait; and Ernest Poole gives a picturesque account of how skyscrapers are built. "MrDoetay" frada a subject to his hand that exactly writs his style of honour, in Mr Rockefellers autobiography—or, as "Mr Dootey" calls it. »*An Atthnpt to Diftnd a Blameless Ufa." A splendid detective story by tfce creator of Van Dusen. the eccentric professor, in the main feature of the fiction section; but the three or four short stories that follow are excellast reading. "The Race" is a tale of the exettißfr finish to a champ »onafefp teptrac* r in which the schemes of the ittrttr and onf of the competitors anr foiled by the narrator. "When BaJWy u/ent Steerage" is an amusing Itarr a**» the same description should be wdM with sxtra emphasis, to ♦Sfna Phantom Umbrella." "The Stew of the Eureka Stockyard" is the h-talment on the strange pages m Australian History which FJr Fitchett kt contributing. The cover design of ♦*Lif«" *•* March is an artistic triumph. For **»• busy. »»**»»**«* farmer or hurrying city man, * Life {a wonderful value for sixpence.