SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 21090, 23 May 1930, Page 10

SPORTING

NOTES BY SIR MODRED.

Acceptances for the first day of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s Winter meeting close to-night. Black Mint may not be a competitor at the Dunedin Jockey Club meeting next week. The Ashburton County Racing Club’s Autumn meeting will come up for decision to-morrow. The Raider, now trained by R. Ellis on the Riccarton tracks, makes his South Island debut- to-morrow.-Arikiwai’s brother, Toawai, may be a prominent runner at the Ashburton races to-morrow. To-morrow (Saturday) the Taumaranui Racing Club will promote a one-day meeting as extra permit. The full programme for the Forbury Park T.C.’s Unemployment Relief meeting is advertised in another column. -;.-As Laughing Prince raced well and soundly at Wanganui he is likely to be the elect of backers next time out. Acceptances for all events at the Auckland R.C.’s opening day of the Great Northern meeting are due this evening. Since M. McCarten rode two winners in Sydney on New Year’s Day he has had 76 mounts, for only five successes. Middle Watch, by 'Hunting Song—Flagship is a promising two-year-old half-brother to the smart sprinter Nancy Lee. . The King's Cup event has been decided on four occasions in Australia with Limerick and Phar Lap as N.Z. winners. Despite the fact that she has been harshly handicapped at Wingatui compared with Rin Tin Tin, Full Fling goes to Dunedin. Mr A. S. Elworthy, of South Canterbury, has placed the Night Raid gelding in F. P. „Claridge’s stable for training at Riccarton. E. J. Ellis has Pink Coat doing easy work on the Washdyke tracks and holds the view that his pupil will train on soundly. Although she has several horses engaged at the fixture, Mrs A. McDonald’s stable may not be represented at the G.N. meeting.

The Palmerston North trainer, J. Coyle, will have Mister Gamp and Pahu racing at the Auckland R.C.’s Winter gathering.

Aurora Borealis will be piloted in the Great Northerns by F. Foster who won the Great Northern Steeplechase on Uralla last season.

Steeplechaser Matu, who has been schooling at Trenthain since his return from Wanganui, will go on to Auckland, early next week.

S. Reid has Panther and Staghunter preparing at Trentham for the Otaki meeting next week. Panther may be a Winter Cup favourite.

The New Zealand Cup winner, Oratrix (Kilbroney—Oratress) has retired from the race track, and will be mated with imported Hunting Song.

Second Thought, who won as a hack hurdler at Wanganui last week, will go to Sydney presently as one of A., D. ?,jJVebster’s team. -

j ’ The Sydney two-year-old filly Top Bar, " ? t>y imported Top Gallant, has raced on four occasions at Menangle Park for three wins and a dead heat.

The sum of £3600 will be distributed in •j_rtakes at the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s ..special meeting on Thursday and Saturday, , June 5 and 7.

After noting the condition of his pupils at the Feilding and Wanganui meetings North Islanders say that L. G. Morris is going to do well as a mentor.

'4 The locally-trained mare Erin’s Fortune •i has returned home fit and well with her “ honours gained at Oamaru T.C. meeting 3 thick upon her.

4 Including the value of the King’s Cup trophy (£100) the crack Maoriland-bred three-year-old, Phar Lap, has won about £27,082 in stake money.

With instructions to select three yearlings each to train for the executors of the late Mr J. Brown F. McGrath, R. O’Donnell and B. R. Payton drew lots for first choice—■ McGrath won.

It is announced that in the vicinity of

500 brood mares and untried geldings of ■-- various ages from the late Mr J. Brown’s -—studs will be offered for sale in Sydney and .Singleton shortly.

T The Newcastle Cup, of £ll5O (one mile .’and three furlongs) will be decided to-mor-row with Donald - (10.2) topweight. The Stormy (8.9) appears in the ' acceptances.

The sturdy and consistent, Starshooter, ,who has. been galloping well at Riccarton of late, may be in the picture at the Ashburton meeting to-morrow with L. J. Ellis . as pilot.

/ The full programme for the Forbury Park Club’s Special meeting next month elsewhere and owners will note that ■■entries close on Wednesday next (May 28).

The well-known Canterbury reinsman, E. ’.C. McDermott, has not recovered from the ■'.fall he sustained at the recent Forbury Park meeting, and as a result scratched Festival "at Oamaru last week.

Reports from Wingatui are to the effect ■'•that Antrim Boy has been displaying im•provement in his efforts at Wingatui and he <is likely to be heard from at the Dunedin A J.C. Winter meeting.

■'4 Recently when there were some doubts /■about Roy Reed returning from Sydney in /'time for the N.Z. Grand National meeting *H. Gray was engaged to pilot Don Quixote tin the Winter Cup.

■ Local trainer F. W. Ellis has been an ab/sentee from the Southland Racing Club’s •/tracks during the current week owing to but he is expected to be on hand ■again this week.’

The Invercargill light harness mentor, Wilson, who had experience with the thoroughbreds prior to tackling pacers, turned Erin’s Fortune and Erin Chimes out in excellent shape for their recent wins.

It is stated that the locally-trained mare, tes-Lucky Maid, may be submitted at auction the near future as she has disappointed her connections on many occasions. R. McLellan has the Balboa mare very .well at present. ..'"•■

S'lDunedin Star reports:—“At Wingatui on Thursday morning Money Mine was given a round at half-pace and then ran home a /•mile in 1.56 by himself. This horse does /. *nof look right behind, and it will be surprising if he should win a race at the forthcoming meeting.”

E- G. Barrell, a well-known Perth horse- “ man, who was injured when Betty Borneo TTell with him at Brennan Park on Easter died a week later. This is the A first fatal accident that has occurred at a trotting meeting in Western Australia.

.Writing in Dunedin Star in connection ■with Tuesday’s operations at Wingatui “St. Clair” states that Pink Note looks very well again, and strode out nicely over six furlongs. He is quite a possibility in the Birth-' Handicap, as he looks better than he. '' s ”ffitl at Riverton

The tracks conditions at the recent Forbury Park T.C. Winter meeting did not suit Southland horses taken oft grass courses to a firm, even clay track, but- conditions may be more in their favour at the Unemployment Relief fixture next month. Weather reports from Dunedin favour this deduction.

Circulation finished much better than Stealth over a mile in 1.49 at Wingatui on Thursday (says Dunedin Star) and looks better for her racing at Invercargill last week. Shewill be ridden in the Birthday Handicap by the Salisbury apprentice, F. E. Ingram. A

The six acceptors for the Autumn Handicap at /Ashburton on Saturday (remarks Christchurch Press) should provide an interesting contest. Provided Arikiwai has recovered from the effects of his recent mishap, he is not unlikely to be a solid favourite, but Starshooter, who has been galloping well lately, will also have a large following. The latter’s stable will also be represented by Haze, but he received a check as a result of his strenuous West Coast racing, and may not be at his best.

Temptation, winner of the Adelaide Cup, £2OOO and a gold cud, last week, is a four-year-old gelding by Royal Alwyne from Tempered, by Bright Steel (imp.)—Steel Blue, by Seaton Delaval —Real Blue, by Hotchkiss (son of Musket). Here is another instance of New Zealand blood cropping up in a big race winner in Australia. Real Blue was an Auckland Wellington Park Stud Company’s mare and Steel Blue was bred in Auckland. Temptation is owned by the well-known Melbourne veteran trainer, J. Scobie, who picked him up a couple of seasons ago for £lOO. The Adelaide Cup is his only notable success. Scobie has been a consistent aiid successful patron of the South Australian turf for many years past and during his.many visits to that State he has scored in the Adelaide Cup on a number of occasions. His pupils successful in the big event- at Morphettville include:—Eye Glass (twice), King Ingoda, Greencap and Temptation.

An interesting schooling bout over the battens was witnessed on the Southland R.C’s. inner grass circuit yesterday morning, the participants being Taramoa (F. J. McKay) and Paris (G. Dempster). Confidently handled by his trainer, Taramoa gave Paris a nice lead at the first obstacle and the elder brother faced the music without hesitation, but lifted very high behind, and the same thing occurred at the next jump. The pair trotted round and the lesson was repeated. Taramoa struck hard behind, Paris lightly followed suit, and the pace was improved for the concluding effort. Here Taramoa put in a faultless jump in taking off and getting away on landing and Paris did exactly the same thing. It was interesting to note that Paris, who was taken to the sticks for the first time, this season, had not - altogether forgotten his hurdling experiences of last year.

The high-class sires of the celebrated Kia Ora Stud (N.S.W.) are at lhe service of breeders at substantial figures as follows: — Magpie (imp.), laOgns; Constant Son (imp. Son-in-Law —Constant Lady), laOgns; Pantheon (imp.), 150gns; Spelthorne, imp. (Spearmint—Dutch Mary), laOgns; Caledon imp. (brother to Coronach, Derby winner, and son of Hurry On —Wet Kiss), lOOgns; Legionnaire im. (Phalaris —Spean Bridge), lOOgns; Baralong imp. (Galloper Light— Silesia), lOOgns; and Saltash imp. (Sunstar —Hamoaze), lOOgns. From the foregoing it will be gathered that owners of mares in) New Zealand have a good selection of proved imported English sires at very much more reasonable fees and with every prospect of breeding youngsters capable of holding their own in Australia.

The Sydney Referee, having been acquired by a newspaper syndicate controlled by Sir Joynton Smith, has made its appearance in a new and improved form and running into 31 pages. Mr J. F. Dexter, probably the most widely-read and appreciated turf writer in Australia and New Zealand under the nom de plume of “Pilot,” who left the paper some time back, has returned to his old love to edit the racing columns and his efforts will be welcomed by many readers in this and other lands where The Referee circulates, while it goes without saying that they will be popular in the Commonwealth.

It is reported from Riccarton that on Wednesday morning Kaikahu, with A. J. Peart in the saddle, was responsible for another attractive schooling task. He negotiated twelve of the steeplechase fences in a faultless fashion (says Christchurch Press), pulling up quite sound, and his prospects of winning a race at the Dunedin meeting look very favourable.

The light harness expert of Christchurch Tinies comments as follows: “Nelson McElwyn, the Gore-owned gelding, who has recently gone into R. B. Berry’s stable, paced quite a good race for nearly a mile in the Enfield Handicap at Oamaru. Nelson McElwyn, when at his best, is a very fine pacer and should show further improvement in his next effort. He looked sore at the Forbury Park meeting and the wet track at Oamaru may have suited him, although his best work in the past has been done on dry tracks.”.

It is understood that the Improvements Committee of the Southland Racing Club paid an official visit to the club’s property on Wednesday and conferred in connection with a number of proposed improvements and innovations to be established on the property. In the near future the judge’s box may be elevated to a position above the official secretarial quarters, and accommodation provided for the use of members in .a similar direction, while provision for outside patrons in the shape of a covered stand and other conveniences is to be seriously considered. Provision made for patrons of the outside resort in the direction named would be , u very popular with supporters of local galloping and trotting meetings and would certainly attract increased attendances.

An American horse-owner, Mr Victor Emanuel, who was in England to see the Grand National Steeplechase run, had something to say with regard to the totalisator, which was in operation at Aintree for the first time. “I notice,” he said to a sporting writer, “that you are having a lot of discussion over here about machine and bookies’ betting. We have both forms in the States. In Maryland, Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana and the Dominion of Canada the mutuel form of betting is in vogue. In New York State we have also the bookies, and there is a widespread difference of opinion as to the' merits of these two forms from the backer’s point of view. Personally, I lean decidedly to the bookmaker. If you ask me for my reason I tell you that through the ‘tote’ or mutuel a monkey can get the same price as a man. What I mean is that it is impossible by means of machine betting for anybody to profit from inside information to the same extent as he can by betting with the human agent. If I have inside information, and I go to a machine to back a certain horse the public would at once assume that I knew what I was doing, and rush to put their money on. As every unit on a horse reduces the dividend, I ajn simply giving the public a lead to my own financial disadvantage. If you have good inside information, bet "with the human agent, and not through the machine. Ido not wish to be. misunderstood, and therefore I emphasize that I am not speaking against the machines. But for myself I consider I can do better through the bookies.” THE TURF IN ENGLAND. NEWMARKET STAKES. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright) London, May 21. The Newmarket Stakes, a sweepstake of £3O, with £l,OOO added, for three-year-olds, one mile and a quarter, resulted: — M. W. Woodward’s The Scout 11. 9.0 .. 1 H. H. Aga Khan’s Ut Majeur 9.0 .... 2 Mr A. R. Cox’s Sea Rover 9.0 3 Seven started. Won by half a length, four lengths between second and third.

WORK AT WINGATUI. INSIDE GRASS AVAILABLE. PINK NOTE IMPROVING. (Special to the Times.) Dunedin, May 22. The inside grass was available at Wingatui this morning and a number of trainers allotted their charges some fairly strong gallops. Tardy was too good for Glenrowan at the end of a mile run in Imin 51sec. Breaking away from the mile post Stealth and Circulation came home in Imin 49sec, with the Paper Money mare finishing on best. Money Mine, after being warmed up, did a mile comfortably in Imin 56sec. Metui went a circuit and then did a strong half-mile in 57sec. Pink Note, who bears an improved appearance, covered a circuit at a good threequarterpace. Tembroney and Royal Flower covered six furlongs in-Imin 26sec, and Al Jolson and Good Gift were just about on terms at the end of five run in Imin 7sec. Caterpillar came over the last three furlongs of a work out in 42 2-ssec. As a reminder to owners, it may be mentioned that acceptances close to-day for the D.J.C. Winter meeting. NOTES FROM AUCKLAND. WORK AT ELLERSLIE. TRACK IN SOFT ORDER. NO SCHOOLING EFFORTS. SOME PLEASING WORK. ON THE FLAT. (Special to the Times.) Auckland, May 22. With the Great Northern meeting at Ellerslie less than a fortnight away, it was surprising that there was not a single bit of schooling indulged in this morning. It was a bitterly cold and bleak morning, especially before breakfast. The flags were out 35 feet on the course proper and the going was soft. The course proper and Number three grass tracks were open for speed tests, but there was nothing of an outstanding nature recorded. Gold Money and New Boy executed the best gallops from a time point of view. Eager Rose was first out and she sprinted six furlongs in Imin 23sec, the last halfmile in 55sec. The chestnut mare is very well and she rather impressed by the way she hit out and in her appearance generally. Corinax and Hannibal finished in front of Restaurant in a spin from the new mile barrier, the post being passed in Imin 49 2-ssec. The first half-mile took 54 l-ssec, after they had scampered over the first quarter, a fast piece of ground, in 25 4-ssec. Corinax was going very easily at the finish and he should strip the fittest horse in the Cornwall Handicap field on Tuesday week. He has a big impost, and with Goshawk now reported as being left in Australia to spell,- Corinax will be giving considerable weight away all round. The best half-mile of the morning was credited to New Boy, a maiden candidate in N. Cunningham’s stable. He ran the journey in 52 l-ssec, which was fast travelling under the prevailing conditions. New Boy is engaged in two races at Taumarunui next Saturday and whatever he is set for he will be very hard to beat. A Maiden Handicap is well within his compass. The jumpers Odin and Freyja were sent once round, taking 2min .21 l-secs and both did their work well. Immediately after the breakfast interval Gold Money and King Emerald were worked separately. Gold Money was despatched six furlongs, which she did in Imin 20 l-ssec, a particularly smart effort. The filly covered the first furlong in 14sec, the quarter in 26 2-ssec and the first three in 38 2-ssec, the last four being timed in 54 1- Gold Money was fairly wide out coming round the home turn and she was doing it very easily .at the finish. King Emerald was not bustled over a mile; leaving the distance behind in Imin 49 4-ssec, the first half-mile occupying 52 3-ssec. He, too, was allowed to come home steadily. Respirator covered a mile in Imin 48 3-ssec, going fast over the first part, and then slowing up. Havering and Neil were let off lightly, -their five furlongs taking Imin 11 2- The former looks in great fettle for his sprint engagements here. Considerable interest was taken in the appearance of three Great Northern Steeplechase candidates, Ponjola, Maunga and Omeo (the two latter are also still in the big hurdles), who were stretched out over, a round on the flat. It was disappointing to those who had anticipated seeing these horses school, but that is a pleasure merely deferred till Saturday. Ponjola was on the outside of the other pair all the way, the journey taking 2min 22 3-ssec, with Ponjola and Omeo together four lengths ahead of Maunga. The former pair were still going strongly at the end and there is no doubt as to their fitness, especially Ponjola, who looks a picture and is a real type of steeplechaser. Sir Archie, who has been schooling particularly well and appears now to be at his best, pleased by the manner in which he accounted for Spring Abbey and Waltzer, the trio being at intervals at the post at the end of seven furlongs which Sir Archie covered in a smart Imin 36 2-ssec. It looks as if Sir Archie is going to make good as a hurdler. The above gallops were recorded on the outside of the course proper. From Saturday there should be plenty of galloping and schooling at Ellerslie to please the fastidious racing fans. GREAT NORTHERN HURDLES. PONJOLA SCRATCHED. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, May 22. Ponjola was scratched at 10.25 am. today for the Great Northern Hurdles. LADIES’ HOCKEY. TEAM FOR TO-MORROW. The following players will represent Union on Saturday.—D. Hawke; E. Hope, C. Sparks; E. Insall, M. Woods, J. Ronald; A. Conley, D. Cleine, M. Clark, E. Woodhead, D. Insall. MEN’S HOCKEY. DRAW FOR TO-MORROW. The following in the draw for the men’s hockey matches to-morrow: Collegiate A v. High School A, 2 p.m.; High School ,B v. Central, 3 p.m.; Collegiate B v. Civil Service, 3 p.m. Players are requested to bring spades for marking the ground. The following players will represent Collegiate A in their match against High School Aon Saturday.—V. Poole, Ferguson, N. Poole, D. Boyne, B. Bayne, F. Ford, Donaldson, Stirling, Lindsay, Wren, and Shields. Collegiate B to play Civil Service.—Hopgood, Hyndham, Von Tunzleman, Wills, Tobin, Campbell, Ingram, Gray, Hughes, Hodgson, Le Petit and Cockburn. WRESTLING. SHIKAT DEFEATS KIRILENKO. (Rec. 7 p.m.) New York, May 21. At .Brooklyn (New York) Shikat (15.8) defeated Kirilenko (16.1) in the finish of a match with the crotch body hold, with which he slammed his opponent hard to the mat. However, Kirilenko was at that time in a dazed condition, for he had tackled Shikat five times in succession. The sixth time he attempted to tackle, Shikat side-stepped and Kirilenko crashed through the ropes to the floor. He returned to the ring badly dazed. The match was exceedingly rough throughout.

GOLF. INVERCARGILL CLUB. DRAW FOR TO-MORROW. The following is the draw for the first qualifying round of the club’s championship and junior championship to-morrow. Scores will also count for. the season’s aggregate:— J. P. Butler v. A. G. Seddon; D. Cochrane v. H. P. Thomson; J. Mangan v. R. A. Douglas; G. Tangney v. H. Smith; C. A. Masters v. J. C. Prain; J. E. Cuthfll v. M. O’Dowda; J. A. Doig v. P. J McCarthy; A. E. Wish v. W. Yates; M. H. Mitchel v. R. A. Browne; B. W. Hewat v. J. A. Mangan; E. M. Russell v. A. E. Smith; G. J.-McHarg v. C. J. Davies; T. R. Abercrombie v. R. R. Binney; J. S. Dick v. W. D. Palmer; A. H. Mackrell v. T. Baird; C. Campbell v. J. K. Garrett; H. W. Jones v. L. B. Hutton; G. J. Reed v. C. A. Dickens; W. A. Service v. L. S. Alsweiler; S. M. Macalister v. C. R. S. Barrett; J Paterson v. T. P. Royds; E. G. Pearce v. A. Smillie; T. W. Preston v. M. Tansley; W. Cunningham v. W. J. Strang; A. Dickens v. C. B. Tapley. QUEEN'S PARK CLUB. Following is the draw for the A and B Grade four-ball bogey match to-morrow:— A. Thom and J. H. McDonald v. A. Masters and L. R. Bentley; W. Gellately and J. Hamilton v. G. Tapper and A. J. Shaw; W. Fordyce and J. Thom v. F. H. Hughes and J. Forrest;. W. E. Holder and A. J. Kingsland v. J. McCreary and T. Nicholson; H. Ritchie and G. McQuarrie v. P. Fougere and G. Georgeson; G. R. Baxter and W. G. Tait v. A. I. Milne and W. Tait (jun.); H. T. Thompson and F. J. Robinson v. W. J. Brooke and H. D. McHugh; R. Miller and A. McCurdy v. S. Wootton and N. Earl; J. H. Deal and R. G. Allington v. A. H. Oughton and C. W. Francis; O. G. Gilmour and F. V. Wylie v. A. C. McKenzie and A. Mulligan; A. Wilson and R. G. Kitto- v. G. R. Milward and A. F. Wilson; R. Scott and J. R. Sutton v. B. Scully and J. Strettell; W. A. Service and C. Colley v. J. Cutt and W. Peters. / —- MASTERTON CHAMPIONSHIP. Masterton, May 22. The first open championship of tho Masterton Ladies’ Golf Club concluded to-day in cold wintry weather. The final was won by Mrs G. C. Williams (Masterton) against another Masterton player, Mrs Steel 3 and 1. Mrs Bidwill (Wairarapa) won the Lansdowne Handicap event. QUEENSLAND PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. Brisbane, May 22. Mr H. R. Sinclair won the professional golf championship of Queensland with a score of 151. F. Eyre, J. Quarton and A. Spence, with 154, were next. RUGBY FOOTBALL. TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW. The following will represent the various clubs in their fixtures to-morrow: — STAR. ' Seniors.—Holden, O’Toole, Agnew, Lilley, Stubbs, Donnelly, Bell, Mattingly, Giller, Sinclair, Campbell, Aitken, I. Galt, Clarkson, Adams, Lorimer, C. Galt. Second Grade: Halpin, Sievwright, Burke, Greaser, Lee, Campbell, Gray, Adams, Cuff, Little, O’Shaunessy, Elliott, McCorkindale, Smith, Louden, Agnew, McColl. PIRATES. No. 1 team. —Murray, Webb, Diack, Geddes, Thomas (2), Falconer, Tinnock, Carter, Batcheler, Hazlett, Metcalf, O’Driscoll, Robertson, King. No. 2 team.—Mclntosh, Patton, Cockburn, Boyd, Rangi, Johnstone, McPherson, Murphy, Stott, Moss, Spencer, Brown, Scobie, Craig, Peterson, Brighton, Vik, Roberts, Gilson. WAIKIWI. Seniors. —Greig, Stephens, Mitchell, McDonald, Smith (2), Broad, Montague, Solomon, Gibson (2), Dagg, Cringle, Sheffelbein, Todd, Murray, Little. Second Grade. —Wilson, Jones, Kelly, Aitken, Jenkins, Hogan, Wale, Cook, Prendergast, Dick, Fox, Challis, Bissett, O’Kane, Kitson, Lamond. BLUES. Seniors. —Forwards: Burnett, Checkoffs, McKenzie, Mclntyre, Clode, Dennis, Nichol, Bailey, Kerse. Backs: Johnson, Niven, Grant, McKay, Porter, Frampton, Norris, Manson, Ferguson. Juniors.—Checketts (2), Clode, Tapley, Bailey, Keast, McEwan, Cooper, Smith, Chapman, Bruce, Frampton, Lee, McManus, Norton, McKinnon, Stickman, McKay, Bews, Foster. Third Grade.—Hannah, McKay, Brooker, Johnston (2), Highfield, Wilson, Smith, Stevens, Purdue, Nisbet, Inglis, Whyte, Blue, Watson; Emergencies: Brandford, Insall, Fletcher, Reed. SOUTHERN. Third Grade. —Cother, Marshall, Hinds, Sutherland, Oliver, Kibblewhite, Miller, Jack, Jones, Burns, Kerr, Couling, Bussell, Calvert, Allison, McEwan, Cavanagh, Styles. OLD BOYS. Second Grade —Cameron, Francis, Lynch, J. Fraser, Cournane, McFarlane, W. Fraser, C. Rout, Hawke, Stanley, Hamilton, Harrington, Mitchel, Kerse, Braithwaite, Emergencies: E. Rout, Paterson. Third Grade.—Broad, Mac Ewan, Boyes, Gumley, McDonald, Oram, Dennis, Gardner, Dobbie, Howorth, N. Derbie, Raines, Davidson, Cowie, A. Derbie. Emergencies: Ross, Polson. HIGH SCHOOL. Third Grade. —Smiley, Sefton, Pickard, Hind, Lindsay, Crawford, Jack, Rodger, McLauchlan, Uttley, Crowther, Henderson, Henry, Strang, Georgeson. Emergencies: Bisset, Buddle, Hastie, Watts. RIMU. ( Second Grade.—H. Thomas, W. Bulling, D. Baird, J. Cournane, L. Toswell, A. Wyeth, M. Cournane, J. Trotter, R. Henderson, A. L. Thomas, B. Maitland, C. O’Connor, L. Ross, G. Baird, H. Fairweather. Emergencies: J. Phillips,,C. Henderson, J. Hewitson and H. Phillips. REFEREES FOR TO-MORROW. The following referees have been appointed for to-morrow’s Rugby matches:— Pirates A v. Star, Mr D. Leckie. Line umpires, Messrs E. Fogarty and J. Smith. Southern v. Pirates B, Mr W. Pay. Line umpires, Messrs D. Dyer and A. Smith. Invercargill v. Waikiwi, Mr H. Wilcox. Line umpires, Messrs W. Harris and E. Kelly. Second Grade. Waikiwi v. Invercargill, Mr W. O. Ward. Rimu v. Old Boys, Mr J. Durham. Star v. Bluff, Mr M. Sheehan. Third Grade. Pirates v. Old Boys, Mr J. P. Elley. High School v. Invercargill, Mr A. Angus. Southern v. Bluff, Mr C. Kenward. ' Borstal 1 v. Borstal 11, Mr F. Findlay. Fifth Grade. Marist v. Invercargill, Mr A. Frampton. Emergency referees: Messrs J. Ewart and J. Oughton. SOCCER. POSSIBLES v. PROBABLES. Hie, following are the players selected for the Possibles v. Probables match on

Saturday at the Showgrounds at 2.30 p.m. Referee: Mr. J. Gardner. Possibles: Greenfield, Maxwell, A. Cathcart, McMurdo (capt.), Wylie, Bishop, Rudolph, ' Paul, J. Morrison, Devon, Butler. Probables: Rigby, Glass, Anderson, Williamson (capt.), .Batcheler, L. Robinson, Rowlands, Kean, Williams, Randall, Radford. Emergencies: Cullen, Pinckney, Saunders, A. Robinson.' SCOTTISH TEAM IN CANADA. (Rec. 7 p.m.) Toronto, May 21. The Glasgow Rangers, a Scottish Association football team, won the first game of their tour of Canada when they defeated Ulster United City by four goals to three. YOUNG MAN—LESS THAN 30. “I am just a young man —less than thirty,” writes Mr Paul A. Johnston. "About five years ago I switched from cigarettes to a pipe. Why? Because I found that a pipe required the least attention and also interrupted me the least in my work. At first I only smoked the more expensive brands of tobacco. Then I tried the less expensive blends. I guess I tried them all. Finally, I tried Edgeworth. I liked it at the start —and repeated and repeated. For the last four years I have smoked nothing but Edgeworth except when I was unable to obtain it. And, whenever I couldn’t get it and had to substitute, I was glad to'return to Edgeworth as soon as possible. Now I smoke about two cans of Edgeworth every four days. No other tobacco can take the place of Edgeworth in my pipe.’’—Advt.