Sporting.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 232, 19 February 1876, Page 21

Sporting.

We understand that there is every probability of the Wellington Rowing Club sending a crew to compete at the Canterbury Regatta meeting. The following is the decision of the Waira-l-apa Jockey Club re Korari and Fishhook investigation :—l. Korari was frightened off the course by Derritt waving his hat. 2. The evidence does not show that Derritt waved his hat Avith an intention to frighten Korari. 3. The evidence does not show that there was collusion between the owner, trainer, or jockey of Korari, or owner, trainer 1 , or jockey of Fishhook. The following weights in the Wanganui Jockey Club Handicap have been declared. They are not considered quite satisfactory'— Tambourini, lOst ; Maori Weed, 9st 21bs ; Hercules, Bst 121bs ; Premier, Bst 121bs ; Tolly, Bst 81bs ; Satellite, Bst 81bs ; Haphazard, Bst 61bs ; Nero, Bst 61bs; Flora, Bst 41bs ; Opawa, Bst 31b3 ; Monarch, Bst 31bs ; Whitefoot, Bst 21bs ; Miss Stevenson, 7st 121bs ; Cornelia, 7st 121bs ; Flora Macdonald, 7st 81bs ; Resolution, 7st 41bs ; Treason, 7st 41bs ; Cornet, 7st 21bs ; Glenavi, 6st 121bs; Maid of the Mill, 6st 121bs ; Elsa, 6st 81bs ; Veno, 6st 81bs; Black Eagle, 6st 21bs ; Leicester Lass, sst 121bs. Nominations for Taranaki Jockey Club Han dicap, 100 sovs.—Mcßae's Monarch, 5 years Day's Cornelia, 4 years ; Collins's Minnie, 4 years ; Quinlivan's Locomotive, 4 years ; Williamson's Why Not, 4 years ; Walker's Tambourini, aged; Walker's Glenavy, 4 years ; Handley's Flora McDonald, 3 years ; Walter's Kingfisher, 5 years, Opawa, 5 years, Goldsborough, 4 years, and Flora, 5 years ; George's Rob Roy, aged ; Hunt's Skylark, 5 years. Nominations for Taranaki Hurdle Handicap, 50 sovs.—Mcßae's Medora, aged ; Day's Supplejack, 6 years ; Quinlivan's Brigham Young, 4 years ; Marr's Butcher Boy, aged, and Gazelle, aged ; W. Elliott's Darkie, aged. Blenheim, Wednesday. At the Marlborough Races, first day, the weather was fine and warm, but very dusty. The attendance was large, much exceeding the number at any previous meeting. Hurdle Race, £25, two miles and a quarter—Ewart's b m Lurlu, 1 ; Mclvor's bn g, 2 ; Sigglekow's ch g Sultan, 3, The race would have been won by Pickering's Whalebone, but the rider fell, and Lurlu won easily. Maiden Plate, £2O. —Henry Redwood's John Storeh 1 ; Dick Turpin, 2 ; Sir Walter, 3. The Shearers' Purse, £ls, was won by Harvester, beating a field of nine others. Sapling Stakes, £30 —Charles Redwood's Doncaster, 1 ; Henry Redwood's ,

Songster, 2 ; Stevenson’s Blenheim, 3. Doncaster was never headed, and won by four lengths. The Trotting Race was won by Mclvor-s Sea King. Blenheim Handicap, £25 —Rayner’s c c Banker, 1 ; Robinson’s c g Magenta, 2 ; Charles Redwood’s bn g Haphazard, 3. A good race. Banker won by a length. Hack Race, £lo—Won by Leslie’s Flora, against nine others. A well-contested race. CRICKET. The Government Printing Office scored another victory against Lyon and Blair’s on Saturday afternoon, winning by six wickets and four runs. The scores are as follows : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

LEX V. WELLINGTON. On Saturday a match was played between these clubs, and as will be seen by subjoined scores,- the Lex team, so far as the game went, received a shocking defeat, considering the men composing it :

UVJUV/i.l JLXiXJ JL XVJ-ZJJIJ X • The following is the list of representatives, those in italic being the highest of the extra men who fill vacancies : Auckland. —Capt. Morrow, No. 3 Rifles, IGS; Rep. ’7O, ’7l,’ 72. Pt,. Harding, Oamaru Rifles, 187. Corpl. Mann, South District (Otago) Rifles, 183. Capt. Morton, Oamaru Citizen Cadets, 182. Waiuku. —Lieut. Mellsop, Forest Rifles, 189; Rep. '7l, ’73. Sub.-Lieut. Crawford, dodo, 173 ; Rep. ’73, ’74. Patea, &c.—Pt. W. Armstrong, Wanganui Rifles, 176; Rep. ’74. Wellington.—Lieut. Scott, City Rifles, 171 ; Rep. ’74. Corpl. Stonebridge, Ist Westland Rifles, 180: Rep. ’7l, ’73, ’75. Greytown, &e. — Sergt. R. Dunlop, Invercargill Rifles, 180. Thames. —Capt. Murray, Scottish Rifles, 173; Rep. ! 73, '75. Pt. Fagg, Naval, 170. P. O. Brown, do, 169; Rep. ’73, ’75. P. O. Gordon, do, 169 ; Rep. ’73, ’74, ’75. Nelson. —Sergt Crossman, City Rifles, 199 ; Rep. ’74. Marlborough.—Lieut. Soper, Spring Creek Rifles, 181; Rep. ’72, ’75. Canterbury.— Sub-Lieut. Wilson, Port Chalmers Naval, 179 ; Rep. ’7l, 73, 74, 75. Oamaru. —Sergt King, Oamaru Rifles, 197. Dunedin. —Corpl. Willcocks, Clutha Rifles, 193. Corpl; Richardson, North Dunedin Rifles, 190 ; Rep; '67, ’6B, ’69, 73, 74, 75. Pt. Anderson, Cluthaßifl.es, 187. Pt. Mills, South District Rifles, 185. Pt. Blackie. Clutha Rifles, 184. Southland.—Sub-Lieut. Clarke,Queenstown Rifles, 191. Westland.—Sergt. Munyard, Ist Westland Rifles, 181; Rep. 75. Armed Constabulary;—Const: Elder, 183 ; Rep. 73, 74, 75. Const. Gilbert, 182 ; Rep. 75. Const. Blythe, 180 ; Rep. 74, 75. The following are “ extra ” men. Those marked * intend proceeding to Wanganui : *Sergt. Doige, Nelson Rifles, 179. ■’ Sub-Lieut. Nutsford, Bruce Rifles, 178; Rep. 73. *Corpl. Burns, Nelson Rifles, 178. Lieut. Douglas, No. 1 Dunedin Rifles, 178; Rep. ’69, 71, 73. Lieut. Chamberlain, Greymoutli Rifles, 178; Rep. 71, 72, 73. Pt. Creagh, No. 1 Dunedin Rifles, 178; Eep. 74. Pt. Mitchell, North Dunedin Rifles, 176. Pt. Lennie, Oamaru Rifles, 176. *Pt. Adams, Waikari Rifles, 175. Pt. Simmons, Greymouth Rifles, 175. *Pt. Hutchinson, North Dunedin Rifles, 175. ■‘‘Sergt. Treseder, No. 1 Dunedin Rifles, 175; Rep. ’69, 70, 73. Pt. McCorkindale, Oamaru Rifles, 175. ■Pt. Purnell, Wanganui.Rifles, 174; Rep. 74, 75. Lieut. Marshall, Waikari Rifles, 174; Rep. 72,73, 75. Sub-Lieut. Christie, E. Taieri Rifles, 174; Champion, ’66; Rep. ’6B, 71, 72, 75. -Pt. Moore, Nelson Rifles, 174; Rep. 74. -Pt. Capstick, Bruce Rifles, 173. Pt. Provo, No. 1 Dunedin Rifles, 173. Pt. Gorrie, Greymouth Rifles, 172. *Sergt. Low, Wanganui Rifles, 172. -Pt. Frederick, North Dunedin Rifles, 172. Pt. Millar, South District Rifles, 172. -Lieut. Paynter, Stoke Rifles, 171. Pt. Selby, Oamaru Rifles, 171. :

*Capt. Goldie, Port Chalmers Naval, 171 ; Rep. 'C» Champion 70; Rep. 71, 75. Pt. Hawke, Picton Rifles, 170. *Sgt. Atcheson, Riverton Rifles, 170. Inspector Tuke, A. C, 170. Corp. Smith, E. Taieri Rifles, 170. Pt. Smail. Clutha Rifles, 170. '„ ,„ *Pt. Churton, Wanganui Rifles, 169 ; Rep. 72, 73, 7». Const. Quigley, A.C., 168. *Pt. Hicks, Thames Rangers, 168. *Pt. Stewart, No. 1 Dunedin Rifles, 168. x Sub.-Lt. McKenzie, Waikari Rifles, 167 ; Rep. 73. *Pt. Smith, No. 1 Dunedin Rifles, 167. Corpl. McChesney, Invercargill Rifles, 166. *Pt. Fenton, Thames Scottish, 166 ; Rep. 72, 74 75. *Pt. G. Armstrong, Wanganui Rifles, 165. *Pt. O. Thomas, Thames Naval, 165 ; Rep, 74. *Pt. Mason, Wanganui Rifles, 165. Pt. Darling, Clutha Rifles, 165. *Pt. Armstrong, No. 2Hauraki Rifles, 165; Rep. 74,75. Const. Taylor, A.C., 165.ROWING. Upon the result of the race for the championship of the Thames, the Field contains the following remarks of most general application : The race of the 15th November suggests melancholy reflections upon the stamp of oarsmanship exhibited by the rising generation of professionals. The career of Sadler, the present champion, who has successfully defended his title, shows that, though he was always a good man on the water, he was always a point or two behind the class of the best men who sculled during the years in which he was in his prime. Sliding seats unquestionably add much to the speed of a boat; so much so, that baci sliding rowing will almost invariably be found faster than good fixed-seat rowing between men of the same class. It is this fact that leads to so much bad sliding. Slide being a gain, young hands jump at the conclusion that it must be the ne plus ultra of rowing, and neglect swing for the sake of slide. When Oxford went so utterly to the bad in 1873, it was from the same delusion. The less oarsmen have first learned to depend tipon swing of body on a fixed seat, the less well do they row on a sliding seat. Old fixed-seat oars who try a sliding seat for the first time usually row in far better style and more effectually adding slide without abandoning swing, than newly taught men who have begun to slide as soon as they have learned to feather. Oxford has established a salutary rule that all " torpid" races (for juniors) shall be rowed on fixed seats ; and when a crew begins to practise for any race, even seniors, at Oxford, it is now customary to put them first, for some days at least, on fixed seats, to work up use of body before slide is brought into play. If modern watermen beginners would follow up this principle they would soon mend their ways. At present most of them, especially Tyne men, sacrifice all swing to slide, and hence their failure to produce a first-class man. An old hand like Sadler has worked swing of body too many years to abandon it in a hurry when he finds himself on a slide. We saw Kelly on a slide not long ago, and though he no longer trains, he exemplified the same principle of not sacrificing swing to slide. The best lesson for the new school is defeat. Had Sadler retired before beating Boyd it would have been a national misfortune; for watermen would then have blindly held up Boyd's style as a sample to be copied. As it is, they cannot help asking themselves how it is that an old man who was no great stayer against real champions in his youth, can now, when rather passS, outlast the pick of the new generation—stronger, younger, and fresher than himself. They can find no other explanation but that of style. It was unfortunate for the interests of rowing that Boyd and his partners won the fours and pairs at the late Thames Regattabeating Sadler's four and pair on each occasion. They at once strengthened their conceit in their style as being good. They won for three reasons—first, Sadler's crew were not in thorough condition; secondly, they were short of practice (the Tyne men being both fit and well together) ; and thirdly, the course from Putney to Hammersmith is not long enough to bring fully out the staying powers which are attached to the proper use of the body in the old style. Uniformity in a crew goes a long way ; men who row in a bad style, but uniformly in that style, will get a boat along faster than men in a better style but short of practice. The same theory was exemplified when Boyd and Lumsden of the Tyne beat Green and Thomas of the Thames in a double sculling match about a year ago. The Tyne men sculled short and in a snatchy style ; the Thames men sculled longer and with better finish ; but the Tyne men were well mated both in size and style, the stroke that suited the action of the one suited also the other ; but the Thames men were most ill-assorted in size, and the stroke that was quick enough for one partner was too fast for the other. Hence their failure, quite apart from their great inferiority in strength to the Tyne men. At the time, commenting on that race, we held the style of Boyd's partner to be bad, though successful. Most critics admired them, simply because they won ; we did not. WELLINGTON ARTILLERY. This corps have now completed the series of interprovincial carbine matches in which they have been engaged for some time past, and the result is highly satisfactory to Wellington. They have in every case proved themselves the victors by a large majority. The conditions were alike in each case, being as follows :—At ranges 200, 300, 400, and 500 yards, 7 shots at each range, size of targets at 200 and 300 yards, 6x4 ft., 2 ft square centre, and 8-inch square bull's eye, and at 400 and 500 yards second class target ; position at 200 yards standing, and at the remaining distances any. The following are the complete results of the matches : Christchurch Match.—Wellington, 733 ; Christchurch, 631. Majority for Wellington! 102. s * Napier Match.—Wellington, 732 : Napier, 678. Majority for Wellington, 54. ■ Nelson Match.—Wellington, 766 ; Nelson, 610. Majority for Wellington, 156.

Dunedin Match.— Wellington, 718 ; Dunedin, 649. Majority for Wellington, 69. Invercargill s Match.-WelUngton, 757 ; Invprcarcrill, 624. Majority for Wellington, 113. Auckland Match.—Wellington, 763 ; Auckland, 656. Majority for Wellington 107. *Akaroa Match.—Wellington, 739. (Not accepted.) ANALYSIS OP MATCHES.

_J i | ! : : : *■ In the case of Akaroa it was discovered after our men had fired that the challenge sent had not been accepted. The Wellington score is therefore only stated to show the regularity in shooting of the Wellington Artillery. It is also included in the analysis given above, to show the relative merits of our marksmen engaged in the matches.

First Innings. Costall, b Elder 2 Second Innings, not out 19 Youmans, b Elder 8 c Osgood, b Elder 1 H. Clark, b Elder 2 b Osgood 1 Kirk, c Brown, b Elder 18 c McGrath, b Elder 7 G. Gray, b Elder 0 not out 4 Johnston, b Osgood Conlin, b Elder.. Milstead, Ibw, b Elder.. W. Clark, not out 1 8 2 5 b Elder 0 Dixon, b Osgood Rogers, c Simpson, b Elder Extras 0 5 12 Extras .. 4 Total 63 Total 36 LYON AND BLAIR’S. First Innings. Osgood, c and b Kirk .. 0 Second Innings, b Milstead 2 Chinchen, b Milstead .. 4 c and b Kirk 1 Simpson, b Kirk 0 b Milstead. 10 Elder, b Milstead 1 c Kirk, b Milstead 2 Godfrey, b Kirk.. 9 b Milstead 32 McGrath, b Kirk 15 b Kirk 0 Izard, c Dixon, b Milstead 0 b Kirk 0 Brown, not out .. 7 c Kirk, b Milstead 2 Costall, run out 1 b Kirk 4 Cousins, b Kirk 0 b Kirk 0 Bell, b Kirk 2 not out 0 Extras 3 Total 42 Total 53

LEX. Izard, c Werry, b Evans 11 Bishop, b Evans 1 Parrington, b Evans .. 6 Chapman, b Armitage 0 Bell, hit wicket 0 J. A. Salmon, c Marchant, b Armitage .. 13 H. Fitzherbert, b Evans 0 Campbell, b Armitage 0 Williamson, b Evans 0 Wills, b Armitage 5 Hall, not out" - 1 Byes, &c 9 Total.. 46 Bowling Analysis. Balls. Runs. Mdns. Wds. Wkts. Armitage .. 69 5 9 0 4 Evans ..65 32 1 3 5 WELLINGTON. Gouge, b Parrington 10 Evans, b J. A. Salmon 1 Eockett, b Chapman .. 27 Armitage, b J. A. Salmon .. 4 Marchant, c Parrington, b J. A. Salmon 27 Kennedy, b J. A. Salmon .. 6 Werrv, b. J. A. Salmon 0 y att, c Fitzherbert, b J. A. Salmon .. 2 Goring, run out . . 0 Horwood, b J. A. Salmon .. Lowe, not out'.. 1 Byes, &c 19 Total .. 99 Bowling Analysis. Balls. Runs. Mdns. Wds. Wkts. Parrington 65 34 2 0 1 J. A. Salmon 75 31 5 3 7 Chapman .. 15 15 1 0 1 COLONIAL PRIZE FIRING.

• — •g f_ S3 _> _» •a S3 !£ 23 o a » 43 s e8 <D E> c3 _ M O > 42 a c3 O _ "o O \ 1 fe P l-H -aj <s H McCredie .. 88 i 51 77 77 74 80 S5 79 502 558 Bannister Stevens Webb .. McTavish Mason .. Dixon .. Diamond Gray Grace .. .. 81 .. 78 .. 73 .. 62 .. 78 .. 73 .. 71 .. 74 .. 55 74 a-i w 84 81 73 83 81 87 73 87 80 73 85 63 71 77 76 64 69 60 61 55 55 68 70 „ 78 80 79 84 74 80 71 75 A9 72 85 79 77 84 71 74 62 75 77 75 81 80 82 52 60 72 558 557 544 537 530 4C1 442 1459 Smith .. Total .. 733 • •: _____ l>_i ) 732 J766 J718 757 763 739 5208 ANA LY o _. SIS OI -a CD 1 SH o OTS. Ji O 13 o to McCredie M a 1 o J2 ■a a 06 189 _ 43 i_ « o O 98 _ o 48 562 80-2 Bannister . Stevens Webb 1 1 06 192 36 188 36 184 42 49 53 90 84 83 60 55 48 558 558 557 79"5 795 79-4 McTavish . Mason 1 1 36 186 36 186 42 41 88 83 56 62 544 537 77'5 76-5 Dixon 1 36 183 42 80 61 530 75 5 Diamond 1 36 171 26 67 78 461 65 9 Gray.. Smith 1 36 165 23 66 76 442 63 1 1 12 95 19 38 38 266 66-2 Grace 34 70 14 25 31 193 64-1