ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 163, 27 October 1883, Page 8

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

BCKKIKO ShOß.— l. Donny Waters' time for the mile he won at G-oodfellow'e sports was 6-17, with 80 yards start. 2. The prize was a gold medal, and not a cup, as you have wagered. 3. The date was the 12th April, 1879. Old Man, — Sam Goodman was programmed as 13 years of age in 1879, >o I can't see how you make him out to be over 21 now. If that age was correct, he must still be under 18 years. I know he is " pretty old for his age," but still I think he should hare three-year-old allowances. * '

— Donny Waters does his gallops at 9 o'clock at night on the Domain, cricket-ground. —The 13ft boats, Mabel (Bailey) and Chance, raced on Saturday for £5. The Mabel won easily, —The Sybil, Minx, and Magic were out on Saturday last, and behaved well in the equally weather. — J. Coe, a 5-40 man, or thereabouts, is going to enter for the mile on the 9th. How much start will Mr Ellis think will do him ? — Walsh, the ex walker, is training for the mile run on the 9th. If he makes no better show on the run than he did on the walk, he will waste his time and labour. — The Transit is to be up from Coromandel for the Auckland Regatta. She will probably come up some time before, so as to get in trim. Sam Dove will most likely have charge of her. — O'Harc tells me that neither himself nor W. j Mettam intend going on the Oth Nov., being sick of bucking against hopeless handicaps. It cer- j tainly is a long time since either took the tape. — Waymouth will launch Knox's new fishing smack probably to-morrow (Saturday.) There can be no doubt but that this craft will sail uncommonfy well, and she is 'built very faithfully. — Harry Huckstep is doing both walking and running work, as he intends to go for both the two-mile walk and one-mile run on the 9th Nov. How" will he like having to give Brown a efcarfc in the latter ? — Young Swan Vickcry has the Bay Girl all done up for the season. I hear she is for sale, .and to anyone wanting a staunch and fairly fast pleasure boat, she would be very cheap, as she is extra strongly built. —The Toy, the once well-known champion open boat of Auckland, now a yacht, staunch and fast, diagonal built, if I remember rightly, is for sale at a reasonable figure ; application to be made to her builder and present owner, Mr Charles Bailey. — Brookfield and Sutherland, two of South End's best cricketers, kept up their last year's reputation in good style on Saturday, scoring 29 and 37 respectively, against all the bowling talent of the Avondale Cricket Club. — Edwards says there is not a man south cf the line who could walk Scott 24 hours. Coming from such a thoroughly experienced judge, that is an opinion of weight. The two have signed articles for a 48 hours' walk, to come off at CKristehurcli. — A cricket match will be played to-morrow (Saturday) between the Waverley C.C. and the Excelsior 0.C. ; play to commence at 2.30 p.m. sharp. The following will represent the Waverley CO.:— Airy, Barton, Cooper, Chambers, Hill, Moore (2), Mackie, Murphy, and Macdonald. Emergencies : Beamish and Murray. — Little Arthur Rees and W. Meldrum got the Standard Club out for the ridiculous total of 11 Tuns,Rees getting 3, and W. Meldrum 5 out of the 10 wickets. Still more wretched was the display of Gordon C.C. v. A.C.C. Second Eleven, the whole of Gordon being out to Webster (Twickets), and D'Arcy (3wickets) for S runs. — McKinlay desires me to flatly contradict the statement made in the Star that Walsh is training him, and he Walsh. The idiotic nature of such an arrangment ought to have been sufficient to tell the writer that it was impossible, if he had known anything about such things, but then he does not. McKinlay is being trained by the Teteran Jimmy Martin. — Entries for the sports on the Prince of Wales' Birthday will be received by Mr Robert E. Ellis on Saturday evening, at the Prince of Wales Hotel. I believe, from the number whom T have heard of and seen in training, that Mr Ellis will have large entries, and no doubt so experienced a nandicapper will also contrive to please most, and so ensure good fields. — Our Boys played a match amongst themselves, in which White's Eleven were victors by 134 to 99, both fair scores on the dull wicket. The double figure men were Arthur Henclry 17, Riploj' (senior and junior) 14 and 20, Gatland 13, Rodgors and Grant 11 each, in Ripley's eleven; while in White's Eleven, Jim Hill scored 25, Mills 11, White 12, Wooller 14, Lumpkin 10, W. George 11, J. George J2, anjl Cromwell 13. ,i — AUong list of fixtures between the various anoket clube waa arranged on Saturday, last, after

a meeting of the Association delegates. My editor won't give me room, or I'd give it to the cricket world in full. Mr W. H. Vfii-eker^Bindon, 8.A., was elected hon. sec. of the Association, and Mr 0. E. McOormick hon. treasurer. In Mr Bindon the Association has secured the right man, and is to be congratulated on the choice. — It seems as though Edwards was not satisfied with the very decided beating he received from young Scott of Dunedin, in both tho 24 and 48 hour walking contests just concluded. Edwards cannot say he was not fit, as he is just off work with O'Leary, has had work p*t into him since, and yet not enough to prevent his thorough recovery from the effects of his six days' darts; and moreover he hurried the arrangements up, evidently hoping that Scott would not be fit so early. It is very probable that those 84 day walks have rendered this grand man slow, and, looking at the good distances accomplished by Scott in both contests, I think it very unlikely that Edwards will reverse the positions in any future event, unless they go in for the gate money racket, when it won't much matter who wins. — Some excellent cricket was .shown on the Domain ground in the numerous matches played on Saturday last. An unusual thing in cricket was noticeable, that is, both bat and ball coming off oo the same day and. ground. Jack Arneil was deadly with the ball against 16 colts of hit own club (the West End). He bowled twelve overs, eight maidens, for nine wickets and 6 runs, haying a record of teren wickets for no rune, and the last two only costing as above. Besides this, he knocked up 33 runs in his usual rapid style, and caught s man off Twohill, mho I expect to see a great addition to the West End strength. 0. F. Reid played a pretty innings for the Eleven also, of 47 (not out), fully keeping up to my oftexpressed opinion of him as a useful and pretty cricketer. In the match Auckland CO. r. Bank of New Zealand, Blair, for the former, got 69 by good hitting and fair defence, O'Brien following with 25, made in his usual pretty wriaty style. The A.G.C. got fire of the Bankers out for 19, Barton only scoring 0 before succumbing to Washbourae. Time prevented & finish, which did not look far off.

— The little clipper yaclit Sybil conveyed a small party of ladies and gentlemen across to the North Shore, at Brick Bay, on Saturday last. The idea was to have gone to Rangitoto and done the a6cent, but in view of the very squally weather, and the presence of a perishable freight of " soft goods," it was decided to shorten the aquatic portion of the day's joy, and a landing wa6 effected without casualty at the pretty bay above-mentioned. The spot is a charming one, and after the picnicists had spread themselves out to dry while the chief cook got the fire going and the kettle boiled, a square feed was indulged in by all hands. Chief Officer F. Cramond displayed a perfectly Jumboic appetite, and could hardly be prevailed upon to relinquish the empty salmon tins after he had made sure of the conteßts. In' an eating go-as-you-pleaee, I'll back this slender youth every time. After spending a very pleasant day, a return was made on the ilood tide and with a pleasant breeze, to the less salubrious south shore. The lead ballast seems to have made a wonderful difference for the better in the sailing of the little Sybil, and I think it will take a very hot one to beat her at the regattas this year. — My contemporary, " Argus," in the Herald, takes exception in a kindly way to my remarks on Pickering's imposts in handicaps. My memory was not so much at fault as " Argus " supposes, for when I wrote that " since then he had never got a place," I should have written what I really meant, " first place." Of course, I was well aware that he got second to Monnock at Ellerslie last 9th. The Whau I overlooked as being too paltry an affair, and with that I classed the Saddlers' Handicap at Tamaki, which was only " larking." With regard to "Ye Okie Englishe Fayre," the whole thing was a furce, and though Pickering von that handicap, certainly it was almost a toss up who did so, as the men had to run down a hill full of cow holes, turn a corner, and c run, up agaia-t-no test of speed, but one of

cleverness in keeping on one's feet. Moreover, that was during the visit of the Australian peds., not since. When I penned my remarks addressed to Mr Ellis, I did not for one moment overlook the fact that I had myself sinned towards Pickering in the way I asked my confrere to avoid. On the contrary, it was partly with a view of making amends for my own harsh treatment of Jack in handicapping that I was induced to write what I did. I never meant to dictate to Mr Ellis, but simply to jog his memory in a friendly way, thinking our long and amicable relations gave me grounds for taking a liberty I should not attempt with one whom I was less friendly.

— Mr B.R. Wise, who Las lately been admitted to the Bar of New South Wales is a native of that place and went home to study at Rugby and Oxford. While studying (and successfully, having won "First in Law,") this fine specimen of a colonial found time to make the following grand athletic record. At Rugby 1573, won long dive, his brother being Becond. In 1876 ran second to R. S. Beason, in the famous Crick steeplechase, doing 12£ miles in lhr. lGmin ; 1877 won mile at Rugby in 4min. 44:860., also half-mile fiat, and half-mile hurdles. Went to Oxford and won the strangers mile (Pembroke,) 180 yds start in 4min. 26sec., and at the end «f the year 1878 he won the same event again. In 1879 with 100 yds. start won the 3 mile Handicap at Cambridge, and was subsequently nominated as an Oxford representative against Cambridge. Started for the mile at the inter-university sports, and made all the running, winning by 4yds in 4 mm. 34sec. 4-5. On the following Monday Mr Wise started for the milo amateur championship of England, and beat H. C. Jenkins and C. J. Johnston easily, by 10yds in 4min. 29sec. In the following season ho won the half mile at hit own College sports, and the mile at the University sports, in the latter. leading all the way and winning in 4min. 26sec. Again ran against Cambridge and won the mile in 4min 28sec 4-5. In 1861 he again competed for the amateur mile championship of England, being opposed by the wonderful W. G. George and others. George and Wise fought it out, and the latter won easily by

syds in 4min. 24sec. 2-5. In. addition this credit to our colonies is a crack at cricket, and played for the College eleveu in 1880.