PROFESSOR CARROLLO'S PICNIC.
The annual picnic and sports held at Home Bay, Motutapu, on Saturday by Professor Carrollo, in connection with his athletic classes, proved very enjoyable. A large number of visitors voyaged down to Motutapu by ferry steamer, there being over '600 persons present. The races resulted as follows: —2ooyds Handicap (14 to 17 years): C. Schmitt, Byds, 1; J. A. Young, scratch, 2; S. Atkinson, 14yds, 3.—2ooyds Handicap (12 to 14 years): W. Gorrie, 10yds, 1; N. Kenny, 6yds, 2; J. Whitelaw, scratch, 3.—looyds Handicap (7 to 10 years) : S. Beale, 3yds, Ist; R. Coates, 3yds, 2; 11. Bates, 6yds, 3.— 150 yds Handicap (10 to 12 years): Firsfc beat—E. Kenny, 6yds, 1; C. McKellar, 4yds, 2; A. Cruickshank, Byds, 3. Secoud heat—W. Gorrie, 1; N. Keuny, 2; J. Gerrand, 3. Final heat: N. Kenny, 1; W« Gorrie, 2 ; C. McKellar, 3.—soyds Blindfold Handicap (7 to 10 years): G. Peacocke, 1; J. Gerrand, 2; N. Kenny, 3.—• Tug-of-War (7 to 12 years) : Won by No, 2 team : H. J. Johnson, R. Morrin, H. Bates, W. Gorrie, S. Beale, J. G. Gerrand, R. Owen, A. Reid, J. Sharland, C. Butt, S. Chapman, A. Cruickshank, X Clark, F. Holland, G. Wynyard, G. Peacocks, V. Hill.—Tug-o£-War (12 to 17 years) : Woo by No. 2 beam : E. Kenny, F. Ewen, J. Whitelaw, J. G. Gerrand, H. B. W. Pearde, H. Rountree, F. Mason, C. Abbott,. W. Wigmore, D. B. Cruickshank, N. Wylde, C. Schmitt, C. Heather.—Boat Race Handicap : A. Cruickshank and Nt Clark, .1 ; P. Holland and A. Reid, 2. Adult Events. 100 yds Handicap: Wm. Owen, 11yds, 1; H. Brown, Byds, 2. 200 yds Hurdles: J. W. Burgess, 2yds behind scratch, 1; J. C. Hutchison, Byds behind scratch, 2, Maori Putrils' Half - mile : Taterin ga, 150 yds, 1 ; Marae, 150 yds, 2 ; Bell, 75yds, 3. Half-mile Handicap : E. Brown, 6yds, 1; W. Barblett, 35yds, 2. One Mile Walk: J. Young, 10yds, 1; H. N. Goldwater, 10yds, 2. Quarter-mile Handicap: E. Haydon, 20yds, 1 ; E. Oswald, 30yds, 2. Steeplechase, one mile and a-half: J. Young, owes 325, 1; E, Brown, owes 365, 2. Consolation, 150 yds : F. Wilson, 1; Ji Drummond, 2. • '
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 290, 7 December 1891, Page 2
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