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Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 87, 15 November 1912, Page 6

ODZANENZ.

The Dunlop Rubber Company made ! a great scoop with their popular ("Speed" and ""Skv.i-sided" road-racing I tyres during the Australasian cycle road-racing season just closed, the list of successes embracing practically all the placed and fastest time men in every event. » ■* » Captain Horniman, manager of the Australasia.i Olympic team, intervicw!ed on his return to Australia, stated that he was pleased with the record of the team. "Australian oarsmen," he said, "in one hit did what it took our cricketers years to accomplish. Only ! world's champions have any hope in j tho Olympic Games. We should try to send world's champions."

This year's Melbourne Cup, 2 miles, was won by Piastre, 7st. 91b., with Hallowmas, 7st. 31b., second, and Uncle Sara, 7st. 61b., third. Won by a length and a half in 3min. 27|&ec. The favorite. Duke Foote, like the man who fell out of th-2 balloon, was "not in it."

Counsel, examining pony trainer who was giving evidence: "You don't consider pulling a pony dishonest?" Witness: "Lord love you, no; we all pull 'em. You have to do it sometimes if you want a bit of weight off."

Cabled that in a match for the baseball championship of the world, played recently in the United States, the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Giants by three runs to two. Evidently the Red Sox had a, darned good team.

John J. Gunn, the young bantam boxer, who was one of the New Zealand team which competed at the recent Australasian amateur championship meeting in Sydney, committed' suicide on November 1. He was found floating in the harbor at Timaru and died after being got out. He had a bottle of rat poison in his pocket, half emptied. He is said to have been depressed by the adverse awards in the recent contest.

At the Canterbury Jockey Club's spring meeting on November 2, the Xi-w Zealand Cup, of 2000 soys., 2 mile.s, was wen by E. J. Watt's hr.h. Midnight Sun (Bst.), Masterpiece (7st. 131b.) being second and Sinapis (6st. 131b.) third. Won by a head in 3min. 27 l-ssec. , The totalisator investments on the race totalled £10,578 —a record for thp Dominion.

"Reg" Midwood, the conqueror of Frenchman De Balzac, is an ex-ama-teur Australasian champion, and a clever, forceful boxer. He has been a professional for a cour)le of years now, but has done little, if any, boxing in public Bince turning over, principally because of a serious illness which all but accounted for him, and which added him to the list of the few people who have lived to read their own obituary notices. Now that he has thoroughly recovered, he is likely to make somewhat of a name for himself.