ATHLETICS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 292, 8 December 1900, Page 4 (Supplement)

ATHLETICS.

At'the Pioneer Club's meeting on Saturday, in winning the 440 yds hurdles handicap from scratch, E. T. Harper beat the New Zealand standard. His time was 62 2-ssec.

The Calcutta correspondent, of the Indian "Sporting Times" (Bombay) writes on October 10: "Mr. G. M. Schilling, the lAmericait one-armed globe-walker, started from the Great, Eastern Hotel at 7 a.m. on Friday last, en route to Bombay. His intention is to folloAV the railway lines." It will be remembered that Schilling passed through Auckland on his way round the world.

. I am glad to see (writes "Sprinter" in the "Canterbury Times") that Pentecost is in training again, and his running on Saturday at the Pioneer Club's sports showed him to be in very fair form. If be sticks steadily to his Avork, with Simpson out of the colony, he should make himself an absolute, certainty as the New Zealand mile champion for the present season. His build and style make him an ideal distance man.

Thus "Prodigal" of the "Sydney Referee" on the Smith-Boseihgrave race: It was generally expected in Sydney that Smith would beat Eosein-

i i '«j"»«_-_j grave, that is, the Eoseingrave of to* day. During the last week or two. word has come across which fore* shadowed the result, but at the same time we were certainly not prepared for such figures as lo 3-ssec. by the victor, ... It seemed to De . generally conceded that Smith was not in his best form, and that Eoseingrave was not in a good state of health. With the meagre particulars before me, I cannot say much except to congratulate the little Auckland crack on his whi I and his wonderful performance. To | beat Eoseingrave as he is to-day may I or may not be a notable achievement,' but to tie Alvin Kraenzlein's "grass ■ ! record" for America, to equal his "track" record for Canada, and he but l-ssec. slower than his world's j "grass" record (15 .'.-usee, at StamI ford Bridge, London), is certainly I something to be proud of, to say nothing of beating the Australasian amateur record (for grass) by no less than 2-ssec. And if he did this thing when supposed to be not in form—well, let us await the mail before saying more. I notice Eoseingrave fell at the last flight but one. It is a remarkable thing for the Irishman to fall at all, for I never heard of him coming down before. Probably it was a hot struggle, and.its severity told. lam sure I anxiously await the arrival of the mail." The Wellington A.A.C. have fixed on • December 15th as the date of their meeting, so as to give the other North Island athletes a chance of competing While on their way to the New Zealand Championship Meeting in Christchurch. Kraenzlein, Avho, it, was stated, intended to relinquish athletics, has, according to latest accounts, decided to take up football. The Montreal correspondent of an Australian paper, writing under date August G, says: Daniel Grindrod, a twenty-year-old boy of Helena, easily defeated Harry Palmerston, of Cak. •fornia, in a 100 yds dash for a side bet of £200 in _2sec to-day, thus equalling the world's record. Mayor Edwards acted as official referee,, and several watches caught the time, and'as this is the-second time Grindrod has performed the feat, he will probably be taken East to race for the championship. Several thousand dollars changed hands on the result, Palmerston's backer, a Spokane man, alone losing £1000. After M. W. Long had accomplished his great performance in the straightaway 440 yds, which he covered in 47sec, his length of stride was meas-' ured. During the first. 100 yards of the journey it was 7ft Gin, at half distance 6ft 9in, and at the finish a shade over 6ft. Long was 22 years old on October 16; he is sft ll_jin in stature, and weighs list 121b. Dunedin will be without the services of .V. V. Kingston, Brownlee and McCormick at the New Zealand championships. The strain Brownlee suffered in Auckland last year has made it impossible for him to compete again, and it is quite unlikely that • Kingston will take part in the meeting, while McCormick has retired. A member of the police force named Cowan will represent Dunedin in the jumps. Entries close this evening with Mr H. W. Diggens, secretary, at tha Metropolitan Hotel for the events at the Caledonian sports. . This annual; function will be held at the Domain Cricket Ground as usual, but the date has been altered from January Ist to Saturday, December 29th, which is considered a more suitable day. Liberal prizes are offered, tlie piece de resist* ance being* the Caledonian Handicap, of £15, three distances. Both cash and amateur league cyclists are catered for. . The second annual carnival of the Franklin Athletic and Cycle Club will be held at Drury on January 2nd. En*:, tries close on December 22nd with Mr S. J. McGonagle, at Otahuhu, and* Mr H. Trendall, at the Auckland Cycling Club's rooms, Auekla.nd. . . •■■74