SIX-MILE RACE'

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 212, 6 September 1909, Page 7

SIX-MILE RACE'

WON BY A. ORNSTEIN. A six nnrl n-hn" , inllo road rnee to ik plnce nt the l'nmnln on Saturday for a Kohl medal pr"s-on!cd hy Mr J. hohertson. Twelve candidates were entered for tlie rnce, liut of these four were scratched, namely, E. \Y. SUaiiiihnii, X. A. IHithle, W. Kcay, Iα Aylinc. The starters were:—G. N. 1111 l (scr.l, 0. R.M.I |1!« U. C. F. J. Omst-sln <2m.K R. Ayllng (3Jm.l. W. "iVllsliaw (Jin.), H. MrClunp (tljm.). Burton iSm.K au.l A. Ornsteln (Oin.i. | The n.iirse \v;\s us follows: —Stnrtlnß from Domain pavlllon. \ip the hill, Jumplnß fen.'i , in north-oust corner, then along rim.l at back of Bilml Insllluto, along Domain lirlvp. taking turn which leads to Stanleystroet, then uj) narrow path from Howliiip (ireen, thence hack to rarillon. Three The race was won lij- A. who ran remnrknMy well, and wna loudly <-heere.l for his performance, in 41m. V.I 8..") , sec. Ills I.rot her, 0. F. J. Onisteln, and K. Ayllncr and 11. McClune, pave up at the end of the second round. The fastest running time was that of C. Held, who came :In third. In TOmln. lusecs. 11111, the Marathon winner, who hnd the exceedingly ■ heavy handicap of lOmln.. came last, liii'l In point of actual rminlne time was second. In SKmin. 3f> 1-Hsecs. The foHowlns tabular . statement shows the actual running time uf each man at the end of each. lap:.— Ist lap. 2nd lap. 3rd lap. G. X. 1111 l 12.52 2.->.2 35.31) 1-5 c. Held 11. !2 23.47 30.10 ('. F. .1. OrnstPin ]U.."it; H. Ayllne 14 — — W. Wllshaw 18.43 27.34 41.51 H. MeClune in.r.l — 1 Hurton Ki.22 27.30 42.2 2-5 A. OrustPln 13 27.3 41.10 3o The race resulted: - A. Ornslein 1 Burton 2 Held 3 Wllshaw 4 Hill 5 Onisteln started off very fast, and many amongst the crowd predicted that lie wonid not last out a prediction singularly falsl- , tied In the event. lie appeared to lie faß(toil when he iini.'hed. The general opinion expressed wns that Hill's handicap wa« ridiculous. The splendid time put up by Held was the subject of a good deal of fayMr. F. S. Hallin was starter, Mr. Mulvi-' hill timekeeper, and Messrs. J. F. Maguire ftnd Moss Ballln were judges.