THE WORLD OF SPORT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 425, 23 December 1911, Page 3

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

RACING. The arrival of Bobrikoff at Auckland on Tuesday would add considerable interest to the weight-for-age races at the A.R.C. Summer Meeting In the Islington Plate, which is run over a distance of a mile, in addition to Bcbrikoff, there is engaged Counterfeit, E uitas, General Latour, Kakama, King Soult, Los Angelos, Miscount, Antoinette, Masterpiece. Midnight Sun, Miss Winsome and Waimangu. besides others, and if the pick of the above go to the post, the race should make further history for the turf in Auckland. The Auckland Plate as also a high-class lot engaged, and unless anything unforeseen occurs the weight-for-age events should prove the most interesting of the gathering.

So far the riders engaged for the Auckland Cup candidates are as fol-lows:-Los Angelos, R. Hatch; Waimangu, J. Conquest; Miss Mischief, H. Gray; Sedition, F. D. Jones;

Counterfeit, C. Emmerson; Masterpiece, F. E. Jones; Miscount, L. Wil son; Mendip, C. Jenkins; Goldfinder, J. Buchanan; Soultoria, B. Deeley; Domino, A. Whittaker; Santa Rosa, C. Brown; Coromandel, Stratford; Maxwell,' L. Morris; Bellah, A. Tricklebank; Duma, J. O'Shea. At present it is the intention to start both Waimangu and Santa Rosa for the Auckland Cup. Last year's winner is galloping nicely, but so far Santa Rosa has been pleasing even more so than his companion, with whom he gallops each morning. Madam Madcap will not be taken to the Manawatu meeting. The daughter of Clanranald Madowla has broken down, the suspensory ligament having given way, and her racing career may be regarded as over.

CRICKET. The Taumarunui Cricket Club had a very successful season, palying 16 matches 1 winning 15 and drawing one with , Matiere, which was very much in favour of Taumarunui. Taumarunui on five occasions made over 200 in an innings, and 12 times reached 150 and over.

Several centuries were reached by individual members of the eleven. T. H. Eosa finished up the season very brilliantly, making 53. 7, 111 and 139, which reads like Trumuer, Hill, or Bardsley scores, not those of a King Country cricketer, coming out with the fine average of nearly 50 runs per innings for the season a very fine performance.

Five players made over 300 runs for the season" and two over 400 which, for cricket in the back blocks, must be considered especially good. LAWN TENNIS. The Davis Cup, the most coveted trophy of international lawn tennis, will make its first appearance in New Zealand towards the end of the year, when it will be brought to Christchurch, where the leaning lawn tennis players of America and Australasia will battle for possession of it.

The cup, which is a silver and gold nunch bowl, was originally presented in 1900 by Mr D. F. Davis (who a few years ago was in the front rank of American lawn tennis players) for competition. However, the cup was destined to claim greater attention, and the mild encounters between America and Great Britain soon developed into a keen warfare in which several nations aspired to obtain possession of what soon became a famous trophy. A few years ago the donor of the cup remarked that "if he had anticipated there was going to be such a fuss about his trophy he would have had it made of solid gold." The rule of play governing the Davis Cup matches is the same now as when the first contests were held, viz , four singles and one doubles match, the day being gained by the nation scoring a win in the majority of the contests. The doubles pair need not be made up of the men taking part in the singles, but another pair may be nominated to play in their stead.