SPORTING.

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RACING FIXTURES.

NEW ZEALAND. jane 38th-Hawke'a Bay Jockey Club Steeple (^Meeting. jnly2lst-Victoria Racing Olub Stoepleohaee 3rd. Bth, Bth, lOth-Victorio Racing dub S^ln- Meeting.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

__--inE_. Otahuhu, writee :-"To decide a S°BMIK- Bto-i whether Randwiok beat #,^JE___a in the Lodieo' Purse at the ?EKiSAUtumn Meetimr of 1882, and If tS^rete the latter." No; Hippodamia '"Sr.laxWd. but Kandwiok (Hat 21b), ridden beat Pish woman ißat6lb) in aT/£_svou mention. A boy. whose name I jton^oertaln, rodo Fiahwoman.

NOTES BY HIPPONA.

itM nominations for the great sporting atof Australasia—the Melbourne Cup— ' ' ived by coble this week, must be ex ',. Iy gatisfoctory to tbe Victoria Club, numbering aa th«y do 149, y^ at j29 last year, and 121 in 1881. y~Tgj the large number of entries are bait performers in Australia and New i land, although the lot entered i. do battle" f»r ua is very small, _ nnsSiiy cannot be excelled. Until » tne weights have beeu declared, • vaafely be anticipated but little will tefone hi the way of netting on the Williams, Moreteo, Garfonh, h«Lmu. and Gretteu, the handicapping Sttee appointed at the tanterbury tTm Club's annual meettn« a tew weeks JS made their first effort by framing JiTNewZealand Cup weights, -hich, by iK-bv were issued with most comsutndab.e Tee committee's labours, CtbTc,u hardly be .o .ked upon as sue- X_ for even admitting they had a very Jr'7tosk Bet them, .he discrepancies ia Z aaiiisiment among hor«.s tney have „»n running on their own course for seasons ™,Laeine_eusable. There n one thing Vrtain • It the iandicapptrs have treated ____o'( the Christchurch representatives tadlv Narth^landowners caouot compl.in, Key have nous tbe worst of it. among SLewbostandout oaprominentvicttmsare Z Kobinaon-Lanceriable, aud the unfair wal four of their team-Cheviot, Vanguard, Mi and Uudeia-have bean handicapped, rnna't be very discouraging to their owners ; Tclaw party's" nominations, Sal raw, b» Pro Ted hun9el£ _?, .great a^four-year-old as ever aaddled in fteeelony, he has his fall.sha. c with Bst „_ bnt, for all that, I don't think he ia out Sit. My fail comments on the chance- of sub engaged will be reserved for a Inture _c«iori, so at present I will content myaelt w_itely picking out from the list those «__ are worthy oi attention from backers intent upon a "'long shot." After Salvage, the lint loatrike the eye as being favour ably treated ia Tnrquoiee (Bst 4lb), aud teos, if as gacti as represented, counot com- Swithilbless. Sir George {7st 121b), who bainot beeneeenouttMaseason, iswellinon big old iorm; and Leonora, of whom, I think, we have not yet Been the best, should give a good account of herself ot the same weight,lf she comes to the post fit, July (Jit 61b), the full biother to Sir Modred and Betrayer, also should be woitbyofinvestmem on Ike score of breeding alone, ond Hilda ought to run well with 7s 51b, while her i_bleeompa_toß, The Poet, haa got io ex ceediagly light with 6at I2lb. The Fair Afptt colt (6st 111b) naa shown a deal of form this season; and the two bast of the light division I take to be the four-year old colt Motakau (B*t slb) and the Hon. G. MoLeon's Matanako (6-t7lb). both of whom are sons of old Traduuer. Without doubt lhe former Is s good one, and, it is said, but for overpowering Derritt in the race for lhe Dunedin Cap of 1882, would have been very bandy at tbe finish, aaotanoko ia well wor'h watching, and what be starts for he will b< i flat to win, to say nothing of his stoat ■.'.*. breeding. The colt has appeared in public but once—at the Dunedin Autumn Meeting, when he ran seoond to The Jilt in the Maiden Plate. Although abowing a dispo • ation to "cut it" when called npoa, he showed teat he knew how to gallop. Tha Autrallao pair, Mr Ivo-y's Lord Barghley (Set 61b), aod Jessie (7st 121b), have got in , leniently, ond if the former waa but himself, ii* impost would not stop bim from win ning. For the information of owners I may state that tbe acceptance (3 soys.) is not die s-til the Ist of August. By cablegram we are furnished with tbe lain) tbat tbe colours of the _ psora Derby winner, Ht. Blaise, were lowered by tho FtetK- colt, Frentin, in the race for tbe ' G«nd Prize of Paris. The reanlt will, I! think, prove to have been a surprise to the, tagliih " plungers," who, it is only season- Wtt aappoee, moat have put their coin oa bt, Blame after his recent running. So far Ham be gathered from my records, the winnir, Frontin, never-faced the starter's __" hit season. Si Blaise, tbe second iotas, la a son of that great stallion. Hermit, ud it ia gratifying to know the New Zealand Stud Company possets a relation to Maia tbe shape of his naif-sister, Steppe. It may be mentioned that the t-ird horse, Farfadet. was offered for sale by bia owner, Count de Lagrange, last November, and withdrawn, the highest bid for the colt Wng tha large sam of £4,360. Farfadet'• an, Nougat, was sold a few months pre viouaJy for £1,640. I regret to state the New Zealand Stud Company have had a bit of bod luck daring 111 last few days by losing tbe rising two jew-old filly by Musket out of Nightahade. Ud the eight-months-old filly by Musket cut of Clytemnestra. Both were promising Jonngßters, and it will be remembered the former was only purchased by tbat genuine ■portamon, Colonel Fraaer, a few weeks «_v Frem the details of the Grand National Steeplechase Meeting to hand by papers tail week, I gother that the big event was h~ of the hardest and most distressing aeesever run on the course, some ports of it being miniature lakes. Kosciusko and Canard kept on very even terms over the ; bit five fences, both jumping well, bnt going at a steady cantor, and apparently : making very hard work of it, Quamby nearly came to grief ot the road jump into tbo racecourse, and lost several lengths by coining to a dead halt on landing. Lyford ten shook him up for a final effort, and rapidly closed the gap between aim and tbe two leading horses.. He naswered to tho call so wall that the cry vasraised "Quamby wins," but he loat pound at the last jump, and gave up the attempt, Kosciusko still keeping the lead, and getting over the last jump three lengths ahead of Canard. Both jockeys flogged freely, ont Kosciusko held his own bravely, and, covered with foam andbespattred with mud, *as landed a winner by about four lengths. There was no betting. Mr Filbrow declared to Win with Barbary, who baulked twice.

! An Knglhsh sporting writer says:— ■' Ihe jar and vibration and other disturbing forces to which racehorses are exposed who travel by rail ore no longer necessary evils, sines Mr D. Gauseen has appeared on the scene with his plan of padding the floor and sides of railway horse-boxes, as well as the ceiling. Indiorabber sheet, are monlded and vulcanised into corrugations. The stronger and more substantial patterns ore for floors, while the more supple are for sides or ceiling. By affording a firm lepel sab stanoe to stand on, the legs and feet are re lieved, and the compound elasticity, vertical as well as horizontal, counteracts the effeots of oscillation. Then, agaia, the material being non-absorbent, the box is kept perfectly sweet, and oan be disin fected after each journey by the simple use of the water-hose. The Derby, the Oaks, and tbe Two Thousand Guineas winners of 1882 last year travelled in boxes with these fittings, and for hunters they are a great boon when railed to and from distant meets.

Condensed Items.

Soukar, who is turned out at his owner's residence, Remuera, has been fired. The Otago Hunt Club intend giving £300 in prizes at their meeting in August. -he hordle racer, Trovatore, goes to Whongarei, having been purchased by two sportsmen there. After the Adelaide meeting, Sting's owner backed him to win the next Champion Stakes. The N.Z. Grand National Steeplechase Meeting was entirely deserted by book makers. Mr James Wilson, of the St. Alban's stable, has a fall brother to First King now rising two years old. He has named him Second King, Another addition has been mado to our racing stock by Mr Kel., who purchased at Taranaki last week a rising three-year-old c<>lt by Izaak Walton out of Foreet Queen. Tho colt won the Trial Stakes at Bell Block races on Queen's Birthday. "Spectator" says the riding of Billy Edwards in the first run for tbe Wangaoui Steeplechase was characterised by many as voty indifferent; and there wero not want ing expressions of opinion that he should have laaded his horee a winner the first time. When asking the Taranaki Jockey Club to remove the Kandwiek disqualification, Mr o*eu McGee sent the following charac teristic letter: — "It is now thirteen months since I purchased Randwick, and some of the members of the Club have led me tn believe that the dark mantle would be cast aside when a favourable opportunity. occurred, and I flatter myself that the time has now arrived. I trust lam not out of place in impressing upon the Club a Shake sperlan motto,' Justice is Heavenly'—then show mercy and do good."

ENGLISH SPORTING NOTES.

(BY OUR SPECIAL tORR-SPO-DENT IN

LONDON.)

(Continued from Last Week. J

LO.DON, April 6, Zoedonk (a 6-year old more by New Oswestry out of Miss Honlton) was known te be a first-class fencer, and would have .been fancied by many it his owner (a Count in the Austrian army) had not Insisted on riding. The reason of this is tbat the Liver pool country is extremely difficult to remem ber.audthe odds in favour of a strange rider, either bringing his hpree down or going the wrong side of a flag, considerable. Count Kinsky .however (ltko LordMannt rsin 1832), showed he could manage quite as well aa any professional, aud it is only right to say that the fact of hia being a German did not pre vent the crowd from cheering him to the echo. The test of the racing at Liverpool was comparatively uninteresting. Old Petronel (Musket's tamouß son) come out looking fresh as a two-year-old, to contest the Spring Cup with five others. Atchar rode, and entering tbe straight seemed to be going to win in a canter. The spurt, however, was dalusir*. Mr Tom Cannon's lightly • weighted 5-year-old Picador, to whom Petronel was conceding _*t 3lbs, shot out directly he was called upon, and pass ing the favourite opposite the stand, ran home au easy winner by three lengths. Petronel will now, I should think, be relegated to the stud. On the Tuesday and Wedoesday of the present week Northampton Spring Meeting' woo celebrated. This, like Spave and Lincoln, is a thoroughly fitst .lass reunion; indeed, the racing dur ing the present anniversary wo*, taken all ronnd, the best we have so far had. The chief events of the opening day ore Earl Spencer's Plate, the first of the big five-furlong sprints, and the Althorpe Pork Stakes, a valuable two-year-old contest. For tbe Susnctr Plate, 13 runners faced tho starter, includ ing Lord Xllosmere's Lowland Chief (top weight, with 9st IMb), Sir George Arthur's Discount (syrs,7st 111b), a very tost sprinter, Mr L. de Rothschild's Brag (syrs, B*t 2lb), Sir George Chetwynd s Althotaa (syra, 9sb 61b), last year's winner; Lord Hoseberry'o Light o' _ove (3yrs, 6st lOibe), and the disappointing colt by ttae-oow- Peino de Ooeur (4yrs, Bst 301b). Althotaa was favourite at 4 to 1, others backed heavily being Discount, at sto 1; Lowland Chief, at 8 to 1; the Peine de Ccenr colt at 100 to 8; and ©rag at 10 to 1. Lowland Chief (Archer riding) started off with the lead, bnt was soon palled in, Lightehade, Brag, and Disoount showing prominently daring the early port ot the race. About a quarter of a mile from home the favourite (Althot&s), and the bottom weight; an outsider named Diletto (3yrs, 6st 71b),' come to the front, and Disoount soon afterwards fell back beaten. Althotaa compounding at tbe dis tance. Diletto seemed to have the roce in hand, but Archer riding Lowland Chief with extraordinary determination, come again, and, creeping up inch by inch, just failed to eaten Diletto by a neck, though he had passed the youngster a few yards further on. It ia not often that the top and bottom weights are seen fight ing ont tbe iasne of a big handicap, and the excitement daring the last half-minute of the contest was almost painful in its inten sity. Luck,however, as perusual, favoured the ring, for Lowland Chief was backed for thousands, whereas only about half-a-dozen bookmakers had laid sixpence against Diletto. The youngster is by m une ham out of Cherie (winner of the Cesare witch in 1869) and belongs to Tom Jennings, tbe trainer, who bought him for £400 out of a selling race at the close of last season. The Althorp Park Stakes attracted a dozen two-year-olds to tne post, most of them running quite "green." The favour ite was found in Sir George Chetwynd's Quilt (a .laughter of Patchwork by Hermit), the colt by Lord Lytton out of Incense,who won a good race at Liverpool, being next in demand. Neither Quilt nor the incense colt had, however, anything to do with the finish, the winner turning up in Legacy, a filly by Westminster—Execution, belonging to lucky Tom Jennings, who thus scored a big double event during the afternoon. Mr

Lefevre's Piccolo 11. (by Trent—Pieciola) was second, and Mr Beaucbamp's Panic by Blair Athol—May Queen, third. Bet ting : 6 to 1 Legacy; 10 to 1 Piccolo 11., and 6 to 1 Panic. On "the last day at Northampton lhe Northamptonshire Stakes (run over a stiff two miles) was the principal dish. Six runners only faced the starter, Mr Cooper's Sun of York (syrs, 7st 7ib) being a good favourite at sto 2. Sun ot York won this race easily last year, and made a good fight for it again this. An ex hurdle.racer named Glenluce (by Glenlyon—Escape), carrying 51bs less, had, however, too much pace for him, ond catching the favourite in the last few strides, won by a short head, Mr Lefevre's The Glider (syr«, 7st 31b) third. The betting was 65 to" 20 against Snn of York, 4 to 1 Glenluce, 9 to 2 Birzence, 5 to 1 Biserta, and 10 to 1 each Harebell 11, and The Glider. LONDON, April 24. Notwithstanding the modern attractions of Liverpool, Linoolo, and Northampton, there are still n great many ohl fashioned turfites who refuse to patronise a race, course prior to Newmarket Craven Meeting. This favourite reunion commenced on the 10th inst., and, as usual, there w<s a big asaemblage of aristocrate,alt the well-known faces, from the Prince of Wales downwards, being in their places on the Jockey Clnb Stand when the saddling bell rang. I have dilated on the charms of the famous Heath aa a site for racing so often that I hesit.te to bore your readers with further descrip tion. Certain it is, however, that nowhere else in the whole world can the "sport of kings " be enjoyed in the same perfoct man ner. Leaving London at ten in the morn ing, a swift special whirls you across tne ninety miles intervening between Liverpool street and the little Cambridgeshire town, under two hours. Ample time still remains for a slice of game pie and a glass of old ale at the Rutland Arms, and then we walk up the crowded High-street and on to the breezy Heath, which extends, on threo sides, almost as far as the eye can reach, a noble expanse of undulating, green turf. From the top of the town to the Birdoage Stand, is nearly a mile across the grass, and a pleasanter stroll for a blithesome spriog afternoon it would be difficult to find. /> s we saunter slowly along my companion points ont to a young colonial (who has watched many a fine contest at Fleniingt.>n bnt knows not Newmarket), some of the historic landmarks. On our left lies the Cambridgeshire Course, with its seven: up hill finish, and there, look you, ia tbe "red post," the point at which the favourite, if he is going to win, ought to commence to seem formidable, Many a fortune has been loat and won up that grassy slope. But stay, here comes Sir John Aatley ("Jolly Sir John," they call him), on his fat grey cob, and with the inevitable mammoth cigar poking out of his mouth. Besides him trots Timmy Lowther, who looks considerably happier than when Irish Cbief Secretary; and es we reach tbe entrance to Tattersall's Enclosure, Fraser, the great ready-money bookmaker, drives up in a chocolate-coloured waggon ette, drown by four white horses. The sport at Newmarket on the opening day was made up principally of insignificant plates and selling raoes; the only event of importance beingthc Three-year-old llienuitl over the Two Thontand course, which has before now Introduced us to the heroes of both -uinea9 and _b?rby. It was ia this race Tanban first gave a taste of his quality, and the list of winners also includes such celebrities as Ceylon, Tbe Ear), Pero uomer, and Miss Toto. Oftener than not, how ever, the consequences of accepting the Biennial form as correct are most disastrous, the fact being that many of the runners are but half-trained. Thus, in 1871, Albert Victor beat Fovonis easily enough, though the form was reversed on Derby Day. George Frederick, too, gave no signs of coming prowess when he went down in the Biennial before Miss Tolo and Reverbera tion ; and how Robert tbe Devil came I o be beaten by a beast like Apollo (the winner in 1880),'who oould never get in first in any race afterwards, still puzzles turfites. This year six runners faced the starter, namely, tbe Luke of Hamilton's Export (by Bxmintter, out of Lady Portland), _ord Falmouth's splendidly-bred .rand master (by Kingeroft—Qneen Bertha), half, brother to Wheel of Fortune and Spin away, Mr Blanton's The Prince (by Balte— Lady Sophie), Lord Bosslyn . Camilla, the Duke of Beaufort's lihuriel, and the Duke of Hamilton's Osaion, The last three named were obviously backward, and unfit to run, ond so it was tbonght was The Prinoe, but his owners wanted to get the measure of aome of the runners, and to started Urn. Export looked the best trained of the lot, ond was well backed by tbe Hamilton party, though tbe money tor Archer's mount (Grandmaster) made it doubtful ot first which would be favourite. Betting at tbe start stood as follows :- 9 to 4 ogst Export, 100 to 30 agst Grandmaster, 7 to 2 oast Prince, and 20 to 1 bar 3. Ithuriei, in the centre, mode the running, tallowed by Oaeian ond Export on the left, with Grandmaster dose np next, and Priuce last, Tbey ran in this order till about a quarter of a mils from home, when Ithuriei and t>eeian were done with, and Export took np the running, closely attended down the Mil by Grandmaster and Prinoe. Oppo site the stands the favourite compounded, and a desperate set-to between Ascher on Grandmaster and Fordbam on rrince re sulted in favour of tbe latter by a bead, Kxport, beaten three lengths, third. Time : lminSOeec. Prinoe is nowaa immense favourite for the Two Thousand and Derby, as in addi tion to being terribly short of work, and therefore not within half o atone of his true form, be conceded 31b to Grandmaster, who is known to have beaten all the Heath Honse cracks (except Beau Brammel) in a trial last week. Prince is a magnificent looking colt. He stands nearly 16 hands, with bone and substance and length in pio portion to bis height. Tbe colour is a good hard bay, and bis symmetry specially re markable. On Wednesday the staple dishes of the programme at Newmarket were the Bab raham -takes Handicap, across the flat (about 1 mile and a quarter), and the Column St«keß for three-year-olds. The Babrahom Stakes is a new race (named after one of JLord .adogan's country seats), and worth nearly £700. It pro duced a very loir field of ten horses, the best known horses being Petronel (by Musket). Bst 12lb; the Spencer Plate winner, Diletto, fist-lib ; Tertius, Oat 111b; andfWitchcraft, Gat 81b. Among-1 the out siders was Tonant, syrs, 7st, a colt belong ing to Mr W. A, Long, the well-known Australian turfite, and erstwhile owner of Grand Flaneur, whoso popular colours were this afternoon sported for the first time on an Knglieh racecourse. Tom Brown's stable (in which Tonana is trained) did not fancy their representative, and as an unknown jockey named Bataford rode, Mr Long's colt started at the forlorn odds of 20 to 1. The result, however, proved tbo animal (who is by Thunder out of Splash), to have been e_>nsiderabiy under-rated. He always held a good position, and eventually won by a length from Diletto, who was half that distance in front, of Witchcraft. Time: 2min». 18secs. Value of the stakes, £675. '< ho betting at the start waa 3 to 1 Tertius, 4 to 11 Petronel, 7 to 1 each Lyndrum and the

Dike, 100 to 12 Diletto, 10 to 1 Witch, craft, and 20 to 1 any other. For the Column Stakes the pretensions of Lord Falmouth's highly- bred pair, Prince Maurice (brother to Dutch Oven) and Duchess of Cornwall, to win any of the classic races, were effectually disposed of. They received a sound beating from Lady Brooke (by Hampton—Prowesa) a second rite beast belonging to Archer, the jockey, that ran home an easy winner from Lord Roseberry's Narcissa, the filly, who yon may remember, overturned the odds of 10 to 1 betted on Geheimniss for the Femhill Stakes, at Ascot, last summer.

FIELD SPORTS AND AQUATICS.

(BY ACTION),

FOOTBALL FIXTURES.

June 9.—Auokland v. North Shore; Grafton v. Ponsonby. Juno 16.—Auckland v. Ponsonby; Grafton v. North Shore. Jnne23.—Anokland v. Grafton; Ponsonby v. North Shore. June 30.—Vaoant. July 7.—Now Zealand v. World. July 11.—North Shore v. Auckland; Ponsonby v. Grafton. July 21.—North Shore v. Grafton; Ponsonby v. Anckland. July 23,-Grafton v. Auckland; North Shore v. Ponsonby. Aug. _—Vacant. Aug. 11.—Club t as.

AQUATICS.! Yacht Race bctwoon Rita and Arawa, abont middle of June. Sculling Championehip Race between Hearn and Harrington, shortly.

Thb large number of men playing on each side last Saturday, prevented in a great degrc>, any brilliant individual play. Ten good runs were made, and scrimmages were the order of the day. The colonies were again the victors, defeating the repre sentatives of the Worldj.y nine points to four, Amongst the many new men playing, I might mention particularly Meldruin, a Grafton recruit, who played as whole back, and made no mistakes. This is evidently the department of the game in which he is most at home. Ridings aud Knight alto exhibited good forward play, working very hard. Sims, who played in Auckland colours, was rather rash, and several times spoiled good chances by kicking hard into tbe hands ot op ponent's backs. Of the old players, moat were up to their u«ual form, excepting, pcrhnp', Cooke, who really is not qualified to take " back." He was frequently "mess-I up" by the New Zealand forwards. Ryan, the other World " back,"' distinguished himself by his splendid kickiug while he made several game runs, la the last time, he potted a capital goal from the field.—C. White, playingn« quarter for New Zealand, was working in turn, and scored a try from a good ran. Amongst the forward-!, O'Connor, Coleman, the Clayton's, Watson, and Macky all played well. i What bos become of the Waitemata Yacht Club! It is not intended to allow the North Shore Regatta to lapse this year, Mr D. Mitchell, tbe well-known cricketer of Invercargill, has left tbat plocc for Melbourne. The Dnnedin City Council intend to frame by-laws regulating the use of bicycles within certain boundaries. The funds of the local Bicycle Club hove been increased by a very respectable surplus from the recent sport- There Is a good prospect that a Now South Wales cricketing team will travel through New Zealand next season. Bailey has received an order for a 22ft. open soiling boot from Mr Wilson, of tbe Kaipara. The Krug Champion Cup, for amateur tcullers, is to be rowed at Sydney on June 16th. The yacht Bits is to have additional lead placed outside the keel, probably two tons above what ahe at present carries. [ The membership of the English Amateur Athletic Association numbers about i 15,000. Intercolonial pigeon match was fired at Adelaide oa May 22nd, when prize of 65 guineas was won by H. R. Brown, who eecured 10 out of 11 birds. The probability ia that after the decisions of the Canterbury and Dunedin Football Associations, the Auckland team wiU not go South, Sydney Grammar School sports, on May 20th, were attended by between 6,000 and 6,000 people. The Milo Walking Race had 35 competitors, Mcintosh, of Pyrmont, and Sydney Davis, ot Bolmain, rowed o half-mile race In skiffs ot Sydney on May 20th, when the latter won by six lengths. It was found, after counting the receipts of the Mace-Blade benefit in New York be fore they left for England, that they fell $200 short of expenses, Tbe Princess of Wales is an excellent ex- , pert with the pistol ond rifle, andean bring down a bird in the game preserves with, unerring aim. Mr Bcverldge, owner of the open-soiling boot Transit, is now residing in Auckland, and it is therefore very likely the boat will be housed here during the coming season, A new toar-tonner after the style of the Belle has just been turned out by Hewson and Melville. She hi a likely-looking craft, ond will probably be heard of at the next regatta. The Arawo-Bito race has not yet been finally decided upon. It is possible the time will be extended, as it is expected tbe Arowo's new soils will not arrive within the mentb. O'Brien has the best batting average in the Anckland Cricket Club for last season, unless tbe scores in the Sonthern tour are taken into account, when Barton would have the premier record. Christchurch is bewailing the departure of H. Lee, one of their best "half-backs" for Melbourne. He distinguished himself in the matches against the New South Wales team last season. Unless beaten, Hanlaa intends to stop rowing this year, as ho is getting tired of it. lie says, however, that if he cannot retire without his record of successes remnininguo broken, he will continue to row until he can retire with credit. Mr George Burston, captain of the Mel bourne Bicycle Club, recently accomplished the quickest 100 miles on record. Leaving Ballarat at 6.10 a.m., ho pro ceeded via Geelong to Melbourne, arriving at 4 p.m. It would appear that the Gordon Clnb is not entitled to the cricketing material trophy for the beet record of matches, after all. Several clubs claim to havo made a better show, one of the disputants being the " Herald " team,

Everything (says an American p tper) points to a great professional .boating season tbis year. The boat-builders are overcrowded with orders, matches are al ready being made, and the prospects are that it will be a season of real rowing, and not newspaper discussions. The beat batting average in South Aus tralia tbis season is that of J. Hides, who comes out with the creditable Bhow of 46.3 per innings, Jarvis being next with 40.9. in the ."bowling averages, Quilty was best at 9.28, while Lucas's stood at 11.3, and Griffen's at 12 7. A Chicago club of high-toned maids and matrons has been organised f>r field sports—bird-shooting and hunting with the rifle and shotgun. Members oi this club have already been out in parties duck shooting, and -ringing in big hags of game. Captain Webb and W Beckwith have been challenged by one Salvator Lamoyna, who avers that he has swam from the Cape of Posilipt to the Castel dell Ovo (three kilometres) without restiog. Lamoyna holds the dip'omaand silver medul from the Italian Gymnastical Congress, held in Naples. It is said that Rowell has recovered his old form, and has challenged tbe pedestrians of England for a twelte-hours-a-day race forsix days, £100 entrance. Mason, winner of the lost race aud the twelve-hour Astley belt, Littlewood, Day, and Simpspn have entered with Rowell. Mason has the best record for a twelve-hour race, Th« Auckland boat Madge, which ran away so easily from the Garibaldi at Wel lington, is a twenty-five feet b-tat, built by Logan for Mr W. J. Butler, of Wellington. She is of the same style as the Dei, which was sent to the Islands a couple of years ago, is decked over, fitted with a well for the s'eersman, and is rigged with mainsail and jib. Tbe only difference to tho Inca is that she has a square tuck. Pitaburg (U.S.) has produced some first c'ass oar-men at various pe'iods, James Taylor the onco famous North of England oa sman, his for years been a resident in this town, and be thinks tbat if a yonng sculler belonging to the district named Tiemer is taken in hand and carefully trained, he can be made to row fasti r than either John A. Kennedy or George H. Hos mer. Jem Mace has a happy thought. Ifhis Maori and Sullivan do not meet in a ring fight, Mace will claim the championship for his protege, buy him a belt, and return with bim to Australia, to be duly honourod as a great invincible. That is the plan he con templates carrying ont, bnt the prospect is that Sullivan will eventually compel Slade to give him battle, and Mace's calculations may be upset, Hanlan has issued what he states to be his ultimatum to Wallace Ross, in which he agrees to row the latter for £500, bnt also stipulates that the winner takes the whole of the receipts accruing from allowances from railway companies, steamboats, &c, or he will row for £500 aside, and the winner to take twr-thirds and the loser one-third of the above-named receipts. Daring the cricket season just c.'o.-c■', the Alpha Club played 22 matches, of which tbey won 8 and lost 4, 10 being drawn. Six of the latter were in their favour, and four against them. Ihe highest aggregate totalled in a single match was 128, and the lowest 27. They scored upwards of a century four times, whilo the most made in ar innings against them was 163 runs |by Northern Woiroa, and the least, 5 runs, by United Second Elevea—O. Abel's batting average of 17.4 is by for tbe best, and he takes the trophy—a bat. F. Gocdacre has the lowest number of runs per wicket, ia the bowlings analysis, i.e., 5.2. Tbe Hon. Ivo Biigh is said to be one of the best and most popular athlcies in Eng land. It is not only as a cricketer that be has mode a reputation. In 1876 he was the racquet champion at Eton, and thee years later saw bim in the same position at Cam bridge, for which he was successful in the Inter-University match. He has played football with fair success; but tennis has hod greater charms for him, and he is esti mated as one of tbe best tennis players of tbe day. In 1879 he won the tenuis handi cap at Cambridge, and in the some year re present- the University in the tennis match with Oxford. A writer ia "Tnrf, Field, and Farm," a leading authority on boating matters in America, points out that moat of the cele brated sctulera ot tbe day are irishman, He mentions in support of his argument Han lan, Conley, Kennedy, Courtnay, Riley, Mclnerny, _t.i-.col), JLargan. Rush, and many others. "It Is easy," he says, "to account for the Irish being so prominent in the rowing world, Ia the first place, the Irish are the biggest meo in Europe, by in cluding height, breadth and depth of chest, and size ol limbs under the word 'big.' Having deep chests, with plenty of breath ing space, muacuiar limbs, whioh ore the product of a race ot toilers who have spent their lives n the opea air, a keen spirit of emulation, the pugnacity to struggle until the last moment, fortitude, aud the faculty of recovering quickly irom tbe effects of de feat, they are well-fitted (or all athletic competitions, especially rowing, boxing, wrestling, riding, and other pastimes io which strength, combativeness, daring, and mental quickness are required."

A Female American Lawyer.

Haa attack on the Judge.

Ml-WAUKKB (Wis.), April 20.—Kate Kane, Milwaukee's only female lawyer, created a decided sensation in the muni cipal court-room tbis morning, Sitting be side the clerk while the Judge's attention was directed towards tbe jury, Miss Kane grasped a glass of water, which she held poised in her hand till tbe Judge looked around, when, with a rapid, vicious jerk, she threw the water squarely in his foe», with this: — " Toko that, you dirty dog," Judge Mallory, fairly spattering with rage and involuntary anger, ordered Kate to be arrested. She was marched tt> the prisoners' dock, and fined 50dolls and costs for contempt. Then Kate broke out into a perfect torrent of abuse, calling the Judge names, and telling bim she would rather go to gael than pay a fine ; that the county gaol was a far more respect able place than the Municipal Court-room with His Honor in it; and that his recont election was accomplished through bribery and fraud, and much else, to which Jndge Mallory simply replied : " Take the crea ture out of this Court." " You havo in sulted me, you dirty dog!" screamed Kate. She struggled to free herself from tbe grasp (of the Deputy Sheriff, and fought and struggled all the way down into tbe clerk's office below. When there, she was asked whether she wished to pay her fine, and replied venomously, " No, I will rot in gaol first," Application for her release under a writ of habeas corpus was made, but the Sheriff chose to exercise his privilege of withholding service till to morrow. So sho will occupy a cell in gaol to-night. Tho trouble grew out of tho fact that the Judge appointed a masculine at torney to defend a burglar, after the State's attorney had informed tho Court that Kate had consulted with the prisoner about tbe case.

STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT, JUNE 9, 1885.

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