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TIPS BY "MOUNTATXEEJl."
Kuala Lumpur 1
v- Boisdale 2
Middlerise 3
The Adelaide Hunt Club held a meet at
Nouri'unga last Saturday.
Florin broke down while being trained
for the V.It.C. Grand National Hurdle
Kace and will now probably be pensioned
off.
•An advertisement relating to the Mount
Barker Catholic Sports and Picnic, to
be held on September X, appears in this
H is expected that a large number of
horsemen will "follow" at the paperchase
to be held under the leadership of the
Messrs. Bay at Hay Valley on Saturday
afternoon.
At the invitation of Sir Lancelot St ir
ling, the Adelaide Hunt Club will pay
ir.eir annual visit tri Strathalbyn on
Saturday, August 1. After the meet Sir
Lancelot will entertain the members of
the club and prominent residents at a
'uncheou.
The Queensland swimmer, F. W. Spring
field, easily won the long-distance cham
pionship on ,-the; rThames on Saturday.
The- course was'from Kew to Putney, a
distance of 5 miles and 00 yards, and
Soringheld accomplished the task in 70m.
57s. Frank Benurvnaire, the Victorian
cliauipion. collapsed just as he had done
a few days, previously in the "swim
through London." won by J- A. Jarvis.
M. Holbein, the well-known long-dis
tance swimmer, is in active training for
another attempt to cross the English
Channel (Dover to Calais). Holbein li:«s
made ssveral unsuccessful attempts 10
emulate Captain Webb's font, and his
perseverance deserves success.
.J, AVolffc. who has made many efforts
to swim the English Channel, and in
3P<V> reached to within three and a hall"
miles of the French const, has again been
unsm-ce^sfnl in an nttmupt to read) the
ci'-zr side. After sworn-bur :>.r> miles
; 1^1'Tnwe on tu ::-- M- • •: orld S V—'. r l
of <>5h. IPm. v.*lis; incre;i>e<] i-v fn itvn
ut.es, that boincr the limit set for the
match. ' Griffiths expressed a desire to
Hipot. liurrows again, and this i inn1 on
endurance onjy. * A pur.se of £200 has
"befit offered for the contest.
The intornntionaf motor races on the
Divpvp Circuit, in France, are attraetimr
much attention. Tn the Grand Prix des
V'ou.urettos Guyot, the winner, travelled
233 miles, averaain'- nearly 5t) miles an
hour. The competition between cars for
the Grand Frix of France was decided on
Wednesday and was won by T_aut«-o.
schalcer. The distance was 473 m»h»s.
and the winner covered it in Oh. 55m. -4Ms.,
or an -average of 52.37s. per mile. The
eround over which tlio race took place
was uneven, and several accidents oc
curred. The Knsrlish motorist Harrison
was overturned in a ditch and was taken
to the hospital. Three persons w* re
killed. Cissac. an Knglish driver, was
racine* his car at the rate of So miles an
hour. when. in consequence of a rvre
hurstinv. the motor ran into soiti" tr«*'V.
Tlio <lr»ver and his mechanician were
fatally injured.
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