THE WORLD OF SPORT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 441, 21 February 1912, Page 3

THE WORLD OF SPORT.

RACING.

The South Auckland Racing Club a meeting will be held at Claudelaiida, | Hamilton, on Friday and Saturday | next. Good acceptances have been ' received for tho various events, and a successful meeting is assured. It will be interesting to compare the totalisator investments with those at the recent Te Kuiti meeting. At the recent meeting of the Rotorua Racing Club the Cup was won by Jolie Pille and the same mare subsequently ran a dead heat for first place in a six furlong race.The locally owned St. Wood did not start at trie meeting. The totalisator investments at the gathering aggregated iust over £3OOO. The decision come to by Mr Leslie McDonald to submit Wakeful for sale this autumn has led to much writing of an enthusiastic nature in exnatiating on the racing deeds of Trenton's wonderful daughter. "Milroy," of the Sydney Mail, makes tribute aa follows to the bay mare:—"There are many who firmly still believe Wakeful wa3 the best racer Australasia has produced. Other horses have won more races and larger money, but few of the great equine figures in Australian turf history met so many proved good horses as Wakeful. To win the Sydney Cup, carrying 8.7, in a 'common canter, out the two miles in 3.28, was a performance fit for association with the best in the calendars, and her second tu Lord Cardigan in the Melbourne Cup, carrying 10.0 was quite equal to Carbine's effort with 51b more in the saddle 13 years earlier, for Lord Cardigan was a firstclass colt, and one of the best stayers of our time, yet the little mare gave him 481b in weight, and, it is still maintained, had she been ridden with an ounce of judgment, Lord Cardigan may not have taken the Cup to Sydney. That was Wakeful's farewell to" the turf, and what a glorious farewell. The light of the subsequent running of Lord Cardigan made Wakeful out a wonder indeed. Being by Trenton from a Robinson Crusoe mare, Wakeful has a double cross of Fisherman and Juliet, with a Btrain each of three such landmarks as Sir Hercules, Musket, and Panic. CRICKET. After being all out for, the small total of 123 in the first innings against Otago, the Auckland touring team dismissed their opponents for 142 and made an excellent recovery in ♦he second innings. At the conclusion of Saturday's play the visitors had lost five wickets for 209 in the getting of which Hemus had notched a century and remained undefeated. According to all accounts the umpiring in the Auckland-Otago match gave rise to much adverse criticism by the visitors. The weather in Sydney for the match between England and New South Wales put a stop to play on Saturday. The Englishmen scored 315 in their first innings as against the State team's 106, but in their second venture the Welshmen were doing much better. Trumper got 52 runs before being run out and Gregory >vas shaping well with 26 to his credit when rain put a stop to the play. The rain put an end to Hie first match between the same teams when it was in a very interesting stage. The cable informs us that the inquiry held by the Board of Control into the Hill-Macalister episode has ended, and that Hill will be invited to go to England. The nine test matches that form the triangular tournament ! have been fixed as follow:

May 27. —Australia v. South Africa. June 10.—England v. South Africa, Lord's. June 24. England v. Australia, Lord's. July B.—England v. South Africa, Leeds. July 15. Australia v. South Africa, Lord's. July 29.—England v. Australia, Manchester. August 5. Australia V. South Africa, Nottingham. Augst 12. England v. South Africa, Oval. All are three-day matches, but in the event of two countries being level after meeting twice, extra time will, if necessary, be allotted to the third match. As every test match ia fixed to begin on a Monday, this arrangement will involve no difficulty. The Australian programme was prepared by Mr W. Findlay, and that of the South Africans by Mr H. D. G. Leve-son-Govver. TENNIS.

The Howard Shield match between Mangapehi and Te Kuiti, which is to be played on Saturday next promises to provide some interesting contests. The local team will he somewhat weaker than usual in consequence of the absence of several players, but those selected can be depended upon to render a good account of themselves. The usual games will be played singles, doubles and combined. It is probable that a challenge wi'l be received from the Rangaroa club, Tauniarunui, at an early date. ATHLETICS. "~ A meeting of the Otorohanga Sports Club was held last week, and it was decided to affiliate with the New Zealand Athletic Union to enable them to hold a registered meeting at their forthcoming ' sports meeting. The proceedings were very enthusiastic and from the letters of enquiry that the secretary has received from probable competitors, already everything points to a very successful meeting. There is to be a large amount expended in prize money. It was decided to hold five events for Highlanders, such as pipe playing, sword dancing, etc., in conjunction with the usual athletic events, and there is to be a special entertainment in the hall in the evening. The programme has been aubmited to the Athietic Union for approval and is now available. Arrangements are well in hand for the district children's annual picnic, and it should be an exceptional success this year. Every child competing will receive some sort of prize.