OUT DOOR SPORTS

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 71, 21 January 1882, Page 292

OUT DOOR SPORTS

— Jack White will sail the Jessie Logan at the forthcoming regatta, and John Bell the Toroa. — A sixteen-feet open-sailing boat sweepstakes race takes place in the harbour to-morrow afternoon. — Harry Kelly, who went to America with Trickett, has proceeded thence to England. — A Ponsonby Bowing Club crew is training for the all-comers' race at the Auckland regatta. — Edward Hanlan, champion sculler, has taken a hotel in Toronto, Ontario, for the winter season. — Scott is making alterations in the Ponsonby boat Kumea, that will increase the slide by six inches. — The entries for the regatta will be received next Friday night. — Can 1 lias completed an eighteen-feefc sailing boat to the order of Mr Culpan, of Ponsonby. — Eoynolds would have sent the Demon down to the Auckland regatta if the prize had been larger. — Young Logan and Slattery, of the North Shore, have built a twenty-feet sailing boat, which they intend to enter at the regatta. — Matthews' new twenty-foot sailing boat will be finished in time for the regatta. She is said to be very much like the Madge in design. — Edward Trickett, who still sojourns in Toronto, Ont., has been presented by admirers in that city with a purse of 1255. — The two Moores have been engaged to sail the new 13-ton yacht which Bailey is building for Mr Henderson. — Look out for the Argyle's boat at the approaching regatta. The crew are going in for practice constantly, and she pulls very easily. — A. N. Hornby, one of the very best English cricketers of the day'intends, it is said,' to take up his residence in Chicago, America. — G-odwin defeated Flynn easily in a sculling match on the Thames, England, on November 21. He came in twenty lengths ahead. — The Magic has not yet gone to Levuka, and it is expected that she will compete in the first-class sailing boat race at the regatta. — The Madge, Observer, Agnes, and Queenie are all expected to compete in the twenty-foot race at the regatta. — The open-sailing boat Missing Link has been supplied with a new suit of sails, and will be entered for the first-class race at the regatta. — Overtures were made to Alf. Warbrick to sail the Sis in the first-class open-sailing boat race at the regatta. — Wallace Ross says he lias a tempting offer to go to Frankfort-oii-thc-Main, Germany, to spend the winter in training a university crew, but has not yet made up his mind to accept the terms. — The open-sailing boats Ped, Hattie May, Gem, Mayflower, and Fraud will be excluded by the measurement rule from the twenty-feet sailing race at the regatta. — Archie MacCormick is one of the most promising " colts" to be seen on our cricket ground. He is rapidly developing into a splendid bat, and is very sui c. — The sculling match for £50 a-side between Carter, of Sydney, and Albert "White, of Auckland, takes place at Mercury Bay to-morrow. "White rows in Carter's boat, and vice versa. — Captain Stephenson, it is said, does not intend to bring the Imp down from Russell to the regatta, owing to the meanness of the prize off ered in the twentyfeet race, viz., £8. — The Waikato Cricket Association has decided that if arrangements can be made_, that twentytwo Waikato cricketers meet the English eleven in Auckland. They have a splendid chance — of a thorough drubbing. — Arrangements have been made with the English cricketers for a three day's match on the Domain Ground on February 2nd, 3rd and 4th. The visitors allow the trustees of the ground ten per cent on the gross receipts, and pay all reasonable expenses. — G-eorge Ullyetfc made 412 of the 1287 runs credited to Shaw's English cricketers in their five games in America, averaging 68.4 runs to an innings. His highest score was 164, not out, against the San Francisco twenty-two, and his smallest six, against the United States' eighteen in Philadelphia. — Edward Peate did the best bowling for the English eleven in America. He took 54 of the 97 wnkets lowered, at the cost of 3.19 runs per wicket. The most remarkable bit of bowling was against the United States eighteen, when he took 20 wickets for 59 runs, the best record over made in any of the international matches, considering the strength of the team opposed to him. — A high kicker from Woodstock recently took in a couple of green 'uns in London, Ontario, Canada, by representing himself to be Triekett, the Australian sculler. The best to be had in town was not good enough for the distinguished stranger, until his identity was discovered, and then he incontinently departed for home. — There has been a good deal of boat racing excitement at Dargaville in connection with the regatta. The Demon (Reynolds), Mayflower (Downing), and Right Bower (Thompson) were the competitors, and the first named was sailed by Alf Warbrick and the second by Waymouth, both from Auckland. Calm weather prevented the race finishing on Monday, and it had to start again at nine o'clock next day, Waymouth was not in his boas at the appointed time, and the race started without him at 9.20., all the boats competing. The Right Bower went off with the lead, followed by the Mayflower, the Demon being last. Alf, however, knew his way round, and before he was half-way to the turn, he was ahead of the Mayflower, and very shortly afterwards had the Right Bower in his way. He kept the lead during the remainder of the race, and beat the Right Bower by four minutes and the Mayflower by five and a-half minutes. The speed of the Demon was greatly lessened towards the conclusion of the race by the knees of the mast thwart carrying away. Dissatisfaction was expressed by the owner of the Mayflower at the starter not waiting for Waymouth, but he had a good crew in his boat. He wanted to have a sweepstakes race and exclude Alf Warbrick from sailing the Demon, but Reynolds, while willing to enter with the same crew, refused to change his man in charge. A sweepstakes of £40 a boat is talked of, and should it be arranged, will eventuate about March.