HAMILTON ATHLETIC CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 301, 29 December 1897, Page 2

HAMILTON ATHLETIC CLUB.

The sports meeting of this popular Club, held on Boxing Day, passed off most successfully. There was a good attendance and everything tended to make the day pass pleasantly. The various events were well contested, some of the finishes being very exciting; that in the Quarter Mile in which three men ran a dead heat for first place being particularly so. In the 220 yard event four competitors were disqualified, and the race run over again owing to jostling. The following are the results:—

Maiden Race, 100 yards: Harley, 1; Norden, 2. Boys' Race under 16, 100 yards: R. Wright, 1; Callaghan, 2. 100 Yards Handicap (Open): First Heat—A. Clark, 10 yards, 1; M. Claery, 10 yards, 2; A. K. Lipsey, 4 yards, 3. Time, lOsec. Second Heat— -J. H. Manuel, 10 yards, 1; J. G. Morgan, 10 yards, 2; R. J. Muir, S yards, 3. Time, 10 l-sth sees. Final Heat—A. Clark, 10 yards, 1; J. H. Manuel, 10 yards, 2; J. G. Morgan, 10 yards, 3. Time, 9 2-sth sees. 100 Yards Handicap (Amateur): J. Cowling, 4 yards, 1; G. Speight, 9 yards, 2; C. Innes, 5 yards, 3. Time, lO 4-sth sees. Girls' Race under 12, 100 yards: B. Hfnes. 1; L. "Burke, 2. Maiden Bicycle Handicap, 1$ mile (Amateur): J. D. Skellern, 90 yards, 1; J. Hobbs, 20 yards, 2; E. H. Bullens, 120 yards, 3. Time, 4min 17 l-sth sees. Handicap Hurdles, 220 yards, (Amateur): C. Innes, 15 yards, 1; A. H. Walker, 8 yards, 2. Time, 29secs. Half-mile Handicap (Open): M. Claery. 78 yards, 1; W. Armstrong, 70 yards, 2; W, Armstrong, 70 yards, 3. Time, 2min 3secs. Three-mile Bicycle Handicap (Amateur): W. Dey, 200 yards, 1: C. B. Bowden, 110 yards, 2; J. D. Skellern, 330 yards, 3. Time, Smin 49secs. Ladies' Bracelet, 300 yards.—C. Speight, 28 yards, 1; R. A. Wright, 20-yards, 2; R. Bell, 10 yards, 3. Time, 35 l-sth sees. 440 Yards Handicap (Open): J. T. Morgan,

30 yards, *; J. H. Manuel, 30 yards, *; M. Claery, 30 yards, *. Time, 54 2-sth sees. One-mile Bicycle Handicap (Amateurs, open to members of Waikato Amateur Clubs): W. Dey, 100 yards, 1; A. B. Coombes, 140 yards, 2; E. Kirk, 140 yards, 3. Time, 2min 40 4-sth sees. One-mile Handicap (Amateurs): S. Shaw, 50 yards, 1; C. Hume, 50 yards, 2; T. Kirk, scratch; 3. Time, 4min 59 4-sth sees. 220 Yards i Handicap (Open): M. Sexton, 22 yards, 1; j J. R. Muir, 20 yards, 2; J. H. Cogswell, 18 : yards, 3. Time, 23 l-sth sees. One-mile Handicap (Open): W. Armstrong, 160 yards, 1; G. Gill, 160 yards, 2; W. H. Capper, 90 yards, 3. Time, 4min 40 2-sth sees. Two-mile Bicycle Handicap: W. Dey, 150 yards, 1; H. C. Pond, 170 yards, 2; J. D. Skellern, 200 yards, 3. Time, smin 46 sees. Handicap Trot, about 3 miles: Mr Pearson's Nicanor, 10 sees, 1; Mr Trubshaw's Comet, 50 sees, 2; Mr Williamson's Shoeclip, scratch, 3. Time, 9min 56secs.