MISCELLANEOUS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 362, 24 April 1889, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Akarana has beep defeated, at S.vdney ajrain. Tho Assegai', Sao, Akarana, and loltintlic competed in a^ sweepstake race at. Sydney on the 6bh mat. The nnish was : — Assegai, 5h /I3tnin 12see ; Sao, 5h 43min 23scc ( ; Akarana, 5h Simm Bsec ; lolaiithe^ 5h Slmin '22bce. Assegai bhei cf 01 o, won the stake. • * , Owinjr to a r'econt fatal accident on the river at Oxford, oho following rule is to bo enforced : '' That all future membors of th'c Oxford Univoibity Boat Club shall be requc Led to show a certiiioato ot having parsed a fawimming- te.st befoio beinj; allowed to row in any race." *"* Tho fourth engineer ot the p.&, Manapouii, Donald by name, who styles himself amateur champion ot tho North of Scotland, bus arranged a match with W. Bines ot this city to swim him a mile tor a trophy valued at £10. The race is to tako place when the Manapouri returns from Melbourne in a,bout a month's time. It the local club are convinced ot the bona /ides of this match and of Bines's desire to keep his anmbusur status they should now make no difficulty in recognising him as one. Lee&, the Australian pugilist, has found his way a& far as San Francibco. He intended coming back to the colonies by the Mariposa, but) remained behind to endeavour to make a match with some of the Califoruian heavy eights.