SPORTING CHIT CHAT.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 579, 5 February 1876, Page 2

SPORTING CHIT CHAT.

So poor Wnikato hai been boaten again with the gun. It* plucky representative, Mr Kennedy Hill, only m inaged to score 12 out of a possible 20, Mr Middleton, his opponent, caching a total of 16, in tho lalo pigeon match at Ellerslio. There scorns to be r. fnlalitj attending nil tho eßbr's of our xhootists t» wrost tho luurol from the ilaiuluy Gun Club. At thn pheasant trial match, bii unlorseen circumstance caused tho Wii'kato representative to turn up four or firo hour* Into and tho conte-it rcsultod in a dr«w. At Ellerslie, tho last pigeon match was m good as won, but for the unexampled lon icoreof ono man. Tho victory WttB secured for Auckland bv only four points, uud any ordinary shooting of tiny ordinary member of tho Waikato Gun Club would Imvo yielded that number over the be >re reached by the one unfortunate. Si ill tho up country t-nm are hard to bent, and intend to have at Mipim ag»in during tho rare week. A match liai, I liear, been nrrang'd between eight •iiiMiibiTt u» tho town dub an. l a likn nmn'icr of W nUlo men, to liro B t et^ht birds imu'i, mid tins » to bo folio \cl up by a contest at the gyro hot ho mi t»ti ri'(>t«'se'itative «f o.ich of tho rival olulu It ii to b« hoped that tin- '• OounOrymon" will secure the services of Mr Liing on this oconsion. He mil be a valuable addftion to their strength, and will probably just turn tho trembling senlo of victory in their favour. Tho tiamley 0-un Club, albeit, very good follows, want thrashing, and it will greatly inorba*n thn intorest felt v: pigeon ihooting, if the hithoito boaten Wmk.uians hnvo their tnrn of suoceei. An onthusiastio quondam derotoe of tho old English sport o( huutiri;;, suguestcd to mo to mo a motto nt thehpiid of my article and dashed at mo with an quotation commencing "If wo over eU'ttCu the joys of the c'lnne." I pulled him up botoie hi* got any further with it. My mind involuntarily pictured a dozen half-starved thin*culled bi-agleg nanduring liomdc lily round H.imilton, iiMng on ])rizt" Urahnuihs and pet Upainah fow ■, and I told him that tho lines wc-m not »uitablo to a Wnikato sporting community. I didn't waut to insult my readers and injure tho ciKCiilrttion of the Titißa by evon tho moat dolicato reminder of the fate of the great Southern b ajlo p-iok, that by thn tvmft should have bwui etroering lluough the lorel country side of Tu-nu-her<i oi leading the loveis of the chnse a dimco through the rich pasture* of Te A walnut*. But Yd b nap utiyi : Let the thing be re organised (and I think it inijjht with eveiy cbnnrn of succksx) or kill the houaeless, friendli>M beagles before th»>\ <!o further damage. %. think it would be a pity •»» hinm are now nou rnpidlr "p-fiuiing throu >ji tin- dHtriu 4 -, tha' the dog-shoul I be vlowed to ho (!cm loyed OnU let s nno oner mm to gentleman, ny Mr U, take the waiter m hind, and I an «ure tlur>* are onou^li real spoitsiuou in the diatriLt to make n success of it. To- lay the return cri »k t match bet*e»n tho Zingari Cricket Club and the Border touii takes placo Ht Hiimilfon. Many roaders of tins journal Hill recollect that at the lust mutch pluyed hot won thcue two teams thi "Borderer*" were tho victors on the first innings. I am inclined to predict a nctiry 1 1 tho s nne quarti«r us on the pro*ent oeoasion. Bith sido-t will play coniidoriblt (ttrontjcr toums than thoue that contested " up ciju-ili')," but I think the opponents of Iho Ziritfari will benefit most by the exchKiigea. Mr T Bond, who was unable to play in the laa' mutch will be to tho f to (or the Bordor Mm and his loff arm bowling will n irelv puzzle tlie rather woiik defence of tho Zingans. Til it hard ' " Mr Blako, will also be at Hamilton to send thp "swells" leather hunting. I benr rlho of a first class player who di«appointed the up-coutitiy.iiien on tho lust occasion but nho /ill probably do battle for them to day. He pluyod, I belioro, at home for bit county and ta a terror to looso bowling. On tho ot'ior hand tho Zutgari* will hnvo Ihe advantage of tho services of Bellerx. At tho wickot ho is not to be excelled and his batting though scarcely I think, from tho want of practice up to his old standard is brilliant and finished. Mowbray is expected in from the Pinko to take part in the contest and although it ifl almost unnecessary tsinform the Cricketers of bis capabilities, for the benefit of thopuhli-, I may any that ho is one of the smartest Holds in tho Province, and wields the willow in first-rate style. On the whole, howe Tor, I prefer iho clmncea ef the bor.lercrs, the boat chnnco the Zingari have being that they are playing at " home." I shall review the piny in a future issue and if I get expectol latest pigeongrams flora tho training ground*, I shall be in a position t-j try to enligtiten tho public on tho Biibjoct of the forthcoming races. — CssTtrs. \