AUCKLAND AMATEUR ATHLETIC AND CYCLE CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 65, 18 March 1895, Page 3

AUCKLAND AMATEUR ATHLETIC AND CYCLE CLUB.

SATURDAY'S SPORTS,

A RECORD IN THE THREE MILE * WALK.

fiNE weather and a large attendance favoured the Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club for thotr thirty-first athletic carnival held in the Domain on Saturday .afternoon. As usual, the fair sex were present in large numbers, and altogether >,"-• *jj ß scene was a picturesque one indeed. t* ' __be management of the meeting was all that could be wished for, bub, unfortunately, *'! just before the last two items of theft pro•^"gramme were decided,.a crowd rushed the ""ground. After some difficulty, members of and the police gob the intruders "to retire while the tandem bicycle race was jj 6 i_g run, but a number again crowded '^.'jouna the competitors for tho long jump, end it "was with difficulty that this evenb " was got off,;. .Mr, Jas: ■ Halyday,- jun,, the gecretaryi worked hard to promote the : success of the sports, and' he was ably by Mr B. J,.Esami Treasurer, and ■'■ several members of the Committee, The : starting duties were well performed by Mr J£; Smith:1 : ■ :•■ ■' -•" r The opening item of tho programme was the One Mile Bicycle Novices Handicap, 5 Which attracted, five 'cyclists, , W.,..G. ■' .ttarper, tho'limit man, madotho most of '.:';_% 60yds handicap, and he held the lead until aboub fifty yards from the tape, where ■W. F. Ramsay spurted,' and passed the ■\ leader, winning by about three, yards. H. E. Martin, one of tho scratch men, gained • third place. 'P. A. Smith, atao on scratch, iDide'a tine apu>b in the third lap, and was about to pass Harper, but came to grief, % thus'spoiling his chance '/;:'■" Great; interest ; catifc;-e.d in the, ,l'2oyda ; Handicap, which was run in six heats, "jach being keenly contested. The man left in for the final wore J. Wabers, W. H. ' ilorbpb; F. Poland, \V. F. Larkin, W.E, Young, A. H, Freeman, 0, V, Buchanan, AiMoncur. A- B. Parker, F, J, Wilson, J. li. Ryan (of Napier) and J, J. Fairweather. ' - Incitement was great ag the twelve men- ■ . tioned were told by the starter to "set," Mr Ausbin Smith dismissed them on even terms, Jjab when half of the distance had been covered, i Toung was slightly in advance, wd doming on he. breasted, the tape ono irad a half yards in front of Freeman, while Buchanan was about a yard away from the second man, The time was 11$ sees. Young had B_yda start, bub he won the final in such a handsome manner that it promises well for bis future career on the • running track, ■■■■■*' :, Twenty-four started for_ the Half Mile Handicap. This resulted in a win for G, A. Bradburn3oyds, with S. Astiey (35yds) »ec6nd, and E. Sutherland (25yds) thirds lb was a greab finish bot.ween the first ■ ,three,: Bradburn winning by Iyd in 2min j Siec..-. ■ • "j ■J„ The nine starters for the One Mile Walk Handicap, included two champions in A. Brady and F. H. Creamer, bub .the last- ' aiamed had 20yds start' from his opponent. Mr R? N. Thomas, the judge of walks, , ( |uled that H.N. Cossar walked unfairly, so "iohad to retire after loftding for half of the , journey. W, H, Bush then took command, hut three hundred yards from tho tapo F. E. Creamer wont ,tq" f the front, and walking faffood.style, defeated' Rush by ten yards, while Brady was the same distance behind the second man. The winner's time was ■faSn'\_7se'e, wbiiei Brady covered the full distance.ir^ 6min 51sec," being ten seconds over, hia previous record On the Domain ground. Creamer and Brady were loudly sheered at tha finish. .Among the starters; for- the Half-mile Bioycla/Hsndjcap, r«n in two heats, was H. Reynolds, the champion for the distance;.- ■■; Jn the first heat W. W. Pilkingboo VZOyd&l firsb, C. A. Trigg (45yds) eecond'.iii'4 ':%, Reynolds (scratch) third, the thjif? be^|, Irnin 12 4-sbh. s'ep. The second benb resulted in a win for H. Surman (%tla),.;gj A. Smith (50yds) second end ■i ( VJ. Ppj^bbn (45yds) bhird. The Soil heat prqdn'csd a "moab exciting finish ietffefiifPilkington and Reynolds. About fifty yjrds from the tape Reynolds^ was level Kith his .opponent, but W. W. Piliingtpn was not to be denied, and with toe advantage of tho inside running | squeezed home a winner by the' length oi lis bipvele in lmin .163ec. Reynolds;' holds '• the New Zealand and Australian "record of | Imin 72-sbh sec for the half-mile. ; | VvVH; Martin, the champion, declined j •the contest tor the 120 yds Hurdles Handi- ! sap, but T. Roberts (owes 9yds) was among .the seven; starters. E. T. Laurie (scratch) went to' the iron b soon after the pistol was fired, and jumping in good style throughout, won with something in hand by a yard from A, JonesXseratch). Roberts ran well .ap to;his form, and finished a yard behind ifones". * Time, 17 i-s>th sec. 'The Three Mile Bicycle Handicap proved an easy win for E- Reynolds, who, waited < Until the last lap, when he spurted in front' if V. Smith and won as he liked in Sniin STsec/frotn scratch. T. H: Tidd, the Waikato man, With;.the long start of <30yde,'WHS conspicuous: in the first part of ihe journey, bub came bo grief. However, s*idd "re-mounted his machine. W. W. Pilkington fell during the la3b half-mile. The contest for the 300 Yards Ladies' fcracolef Handicap was fraught wibh in'lerastj and the five heats and the final wero ,-eenhy fought out by tbei big field of com- - teetitqre. /Messrs W, H. Francis, A. \ Moncur, J. L. Ryan, C. J. Schnauer, W. S. Young, R. Oliphanb, A. H. freeman, £.. J, Neagle, H. V. Buchanan and W. S. tliokey wore left in tho final, which was productive of a magnificent struggle C- 3n the run home between' Young, Freeman, and Buchanan. At the turn for borne 'Ryan showed a bold front, ibub he melted away again, and Young singled himself oub from the other comfietitbra. , About this juncture it looked as f Young would.repeat, his wi.'i in tho 120Yards Handicnp, but Bnchahan and Free- ) Biah dashCil up to him, and the trio raced for^ eupreinaoy for a few yards almost in line. However, Young failed to. runJb ont, Mdßucbarian baking the lead twenty yards \ from the tapo, won by two yards, while the Wearied-out Young was beaten for second tibhours by Froeman. The final was run in : B2aeci .' !;•". ;';-"" -.■ The Polo Jump Handicap proved a S'opularitom for>pectaiorg, and the ciiorts »f the four contestants— Mepsrti Jas. Tepa, a. Meh.i J. Coker and W.H. Clark-^were keenly.watched. Tapa proved the winner of 9fb 3_in, while Mens, who 'faa allowed two inches, was second, with a Jomp'of'"9ft .in. Tepa. 13 a mere youth, find should havo a big career before him. fie belongs to St. Stephen. Native School, rarnaljr >■ • .'. •'■. ■Six started for the Threo Mile Walk f Handicapr'A, Brady, with 30 yards, de- , alined the contest, and co did E. C. Bow 1 »nd B. V. Burton. The result was an easy . *in for F. H. Creamer, the scratch, man, I who breaßted the tape 40yds in front of H. V. W,;.C6_6ar (430vde), in the splendid time of s2min,sßi3ec. "This is a New Zealand record for the distance. Tho best previous : Wcord is that of Cocks (23min 16 2 sth sec), : uccgmpUehed at Christchurch; ' Creamer •, Jfent^to the front after 2^ miles of the ; |°arney had been covered. Cossar led up f*o this distance. J. Carrigan dropped out At the sixth lap, and.D. Wilson at the Seventh lap. Creamer received an ovation *nJ n the time waß made public. .•; The race for the Three Mile Handicap • '| aTQ rise" te an exciting contest for first honours between G. B. Beere and M. . y Connor, and a remarkably plucky finish . J?. 1"!"* PJace between R. Reid and Dr. Alak-giU. i n addition to bhe four named, Messrs G. A . Bradburn, R. Moyle and H. *^P°WBon algo competed, the first ;;.;: ««>le had been covered Reid, wibh 300 yds r vwft ß l«iß^g,twWlo Btephenaoo: hac^

passed Dr. Makgill, the positions of tha others .being unchanged. Bradburn retired with the stitch when half of the journey had been braversed, and Moyle and Sbepbenson cried enough during bhe sevenbh lap. At a mile, and a-half Reid,led O'Connor and Beere. Whon two miles had been covered Reid still had command, bub ib was only on sufferance. In the next lap O'Connor went to the fronbj Beere following ab his heels, while Reid and Dr. Makgill were boiling in the rear. These positions remained unchanged until the lasb lap, when ,Beere, 250 yards from home, passed O'Connor, and won by five yards in the time of 15min 57sec. i The firsb and secorfd men were one lap ahead of Reid and Dr. Makgill when they finished. A greab struggle ensued for the third place, and amidst cheering and excibemenb Reid lasted long enough to reach the tape a yard in advance of Dr. Makgill. Both competitors were loudly cheered, arid ab the close they shook hands.

The starters tor the Quarter-Mile Hurdles Handicap were T. Roberts,',W. H. Marbin, E. T. Laurie and A.' Jones. Martin had syds from bhe scratch man, Roberts, and it was thoughb that he would win, bub be fell from the second hurdle from home. E. T. Laurie, who had bhe, liberal handicap of 28yds, won from A.-- Jones by two yards, the previous running in the 120 Yds Hurdles being thus confirmed. Laurie dashed to the fronb soon after the start, arid was never headed, while Roberts, who finished bhird, eased off in bhe run home when pursuit of the two leaders was seen to be hopeless. The time (59sgcs) was very, fast. For the One and a-Half Mile Bicycle Handicap eight sbarted. A. G. Trigg, with 140 yds, won from tho scratch man, Reynolds, in 4min fl^sec Reynolds made a fine spurt in the last lap, but he could nob cabch Trigg, G. R. Wilson finished third.

The 440 Yds Handicap Flab proved the prettiest race of the day, no less than twenty five, competitors taking parb. In bhe early parb of the race/J, A. Rogers became conspicuous, and he led into the turn, where he was challenged by H. V. Buchanan. A. E. Parker also came very strongly at bhis point, and a greab finish to tho tape ensued, ending in Parker defeating Buchanan by a yard, J. A. Rogers an excellent third. Tho scratch man, W. H. Francis, came on tho outside with a splondid run, and finished close up to the placed men. The time was 53 2-sth sec.

Eleven competed in the Five-mile Bicycle Handicap, C, A. Trigg being scratchedP. A. Smitl? (90secs) won by 150 yds from C. R. Wilkinson (60_ecs), T. H. Tidds, the Waikato representative (lOOsecs), being tbird, Reynolds wap among the starters. TheLongJumpwas won by W.E. Hackett with a handicap 3fb 6in. Hacketb jumped 17fb ll.in. This event was put on the programme specially for the champion, 1), L. Ryan, of" Napier, bnt he could nob do better on the ground than 20ft B|in. Fairweather, with 3ft, jumped 17fb lOin, and was placed second. Hackett, of course, won the event.on bis handicap. The programme was brought to a conclusion with the Two-mile Bicycle Tandem Race. H. Surman and C. A. Trigg went to the front in the sixth lap, and won by 100 yds. G. Henning and T. A. Pabterson finished second, and A. J- Pilkington and VV. W. Pilkington third. Time, smio 51 l-sth sec. The following are the details :— '■• , Half-mile 'Handicaf; G. A. Bradburn, 30yds ... 1 S.Aatley, 35yds ... .1. ... ... 2 E. Sutherland, 25yds ... ;.. ... 3 Also started: J. W. Winks, syds, FMurphy 23yds, G. S. Frosb 27yds, HStephenson 35yds, R. A. Moyle 35yds, T. J. Stewart 35yds, A.. Brady 35yds, W. li. Morton 40yds, H. Duffin 40yds, P.Barry 40yds, H. Schmidt 43yds, J. E. Makgill 43yds, J. H. Davis 45yds, W. Ji Q'Dowd 45vds, A. Russell 45yds, G. C. 'Smith 47yds, F. G. Atkins 50yds, P. C. White 50yds, VV. A. Thomas 50yds, C. W^ Harvey 55yda, A. Pearson 60yde, B. Stone "65ydB, A- R. Olney 70yds. Won by a yard. Time, 2min 3sec. 120 Yards Hurdle Handicap. E. T .Laurie, scratch ... ... ... * A. Jones, scratch ... ... ... ... 2 T. Roberts, owes 9yds ...... ... 3 Also started : R. Oliphanb owes Iyd, T. Symon Iyd, C. Motion Iyd, V. R. S. Meredith, 4yds. Tim 6, 17 l-sth sec. Tukee-mile Bicycle Handicap. E. Reynolds, scratch ..^ ... ... 1 P. A..Smith, 280vds ;.U ... ... 2 G. Henning,;2ooyds ... 3 Also sbarted : W. W. Pilkington 100 yds, H. Surman 130 yds, C ; A. Trigg 240 yds, W. P. Howling 400 yds, W. J. Harper 430 yds, T, H. Tidd 430 yds. Time, Bmin 47sec. 300 Yards Ladies' Bracelet. H. V. Buchanan, 17yds ... ... ... 1 A. H. Freeman, 17yds ... • ... ... 2 W. E.*Young, 17yds ... ... ... 3 The first heat resulted : W. H. Francis, 9yds, 1 ; *A. Moncur, 20yds, 2. Also Started: A. Jones scratch, F. J. O'Meara 12yds,'E. Grant 13yds, P. E. Ryan 17yds, A; Anderson -18yds, T. Moncur 22yds. Won easily. Time, 34sec. Second heat: J. L. Ryan, 20yds, 1 ; C. J. Schnauer, 18yds, 2. Also started: A. P. Johnson 13vds, G. J. Fieider 14yds, C. E. McCarthy 17yds, J. P. McPhail 17yds, H. Duffin 23vds. Ryan won easily by several yards. The time was'33s. Third heat: W. E. Young, 17yds, 1; R. Oliphanb. 6yds, 2; F. Poland, 16yds 3. Also started: W..H. Quick 10yds, F. J. Wilson 13yds, W. J. Marsden 14yds, R. Anderson 19yds and E. R. Lowe 25yds. Young won easily, in 33a. Wilson boat the starter by four yards, bub still failed to place himself. -Fourth heat; A. H. Freeman, 17yds, 1; R. J. Neagle, 6yds, 2. Also started : T. F. Box 16yds, H. Webber 16yds, T. H. Kelly 17yds, W. E. Morton, 18yds, C. N- L. Croker 20yds. Time, 32 2-ssec. Fifth heat: H..V. Buchanan, 17yds, 1; W. S. Dickey, 21yd5,.2. Also started,: A. J. Webber 10yds, G. Quaid 13yds, G. B. Osmond 18yds: ' Time 34 l-ssec. Final heat: H. V. Buchanan, 1 ; Freeman, 2 ; Young, 3. Time, 32sec.

Three Mile Walk Handicap. F. H. Creamer, scratch ... .... ... XjH. K. Cossar, 430 yds -... ... ... -*. W. Sbewarb, 230 yds ... ... ■■■ * 3 Also started : D. Wilson 260 yds, E. C. Bow 350vdi?. W. H. Rush 350 yds, arid J. CarrUran 430 yds. Creamer covered the distauce iv the fast time of 22min 53sec, bhus! lowering the New Zealand record for bhis. distance. Three Mile Handicap. ,G. B. Beere, scrabch ... ... '~. 1 M. O'Connor, 38yds ... ... .'-•.'-2 R. Reid, 300 yds ... ... .„ ...'3 Alsastarted : G. A. Bradburn i6oyds, R. Moyle 190yd8, H. Stephenson 200 yds, R. H. M akgill 280 yds. Time, 15min 27seo. Quarter-mile Hurdles Handicap. E. T. Laurie, 28yds ... .... ... 1 A. Joues, 30yds ... ... ... ... 2 T. Roberts, scratch .„ ... ... 3 Also started : W. H. Martin, syds. Time, 59sec. One a^'d a*half Mile Bicycle Handicap. ! 0. A. Trigg, 140 yds: " ... :X. ... 1 E. Reynolds, scratch ... ... v... 2 G. R. Wilson, 140 yds ... . ... -X;.... 3 Also started : W. "W. Pilkington (50yds), G. Henning (80yds), A. J. Pilkineton (150 yds), T. A. Patterson (180 yds), arid W. J. Harper (250 yds). Time, *_miri B.sec. . Five Mile Bicyc_._; Handicap. P. A. Smith, 70sec... ... ... "... 1 G. R. Wilkinson, 60aec ... ... .-_ 2 T. H. Tidd, lOOsec ... ... ... 3 Also started : E. Reynolds, scratch ; H. j Surman, 25Bec; G. Henning, 60sec ; A. J. Pilkington, 70sec; Fi W. Hunt, 70sec; W. H. Ramsay, lOOsec ;W. €}. Harper, TOOeoc^ Time, 16min lsßec. > . . *

Two Mile Bicycle Tandem Race. - H. Surman and C. A. Trigg, scratch ... .1 G. Henning and T. A. Patterson, 80yds 2 A. J. Pilkingbonand W. 'W-. Pilkington, 50yds ...... ... ...;... 3 Won by ten yards. Time, smin 51 l-sbh -isee. • " ' •'''•*' '■'. - *' ■ 440 Yaeds Handicap. A. E. Parker, 17yds ... ... - 1 H. V. Buchanan, 17yds ... ... ... 2 J. A. Rodgers, 20yds ' ..'. ... ... 3 Also started : W. H. Francis (scratch), A. J. ; Webber (10yds), A..; P. Johnson (13yds), G. Quaid (13yds), J. G. Guird (14yds), H. C. Barnes (15yds), F. J. O'Meara (15yds), G. L. Frost (15yds), F. Poland (15yds), J. Waters (16yds), T. F. Box (17yds), E. Sutherland (18yds), G. B. Osmond (19yds), J. P. McPhail (20yds), E. A. L. Croker (21yds), J. E. Makgill (22yds), H. Schmidt (22vds), P. E. Ryan (22yds), B. Stone (23yds)", A. Moncur (23yds), P. C. White (25yds), H. Duffin (25yds), C. A. Ponsford (28yds). Time, 53 2-sth sees. The competition for the Club's Victor Ludorum resulted in a tie between F. H. Creamer and E. T. Laurie, with ten points each. H. V. Buchanan was third with nine points. ,