EXPECTS NO RECORD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 65, 19 March 1926, Page 9

EXPECTS NO RECORD.

R. A. ROSE IN DUNEDIN. CHAMPICXN AT CHAMPIONSHIPS VIEWS ON HIS TRIP. (By Tplcrrnpii.-Special to "Star."? DUXEDIN, this day. '"I feel beautifully lit, and I am looking forward to my trip to America with the greatest confidence, "■ said Randolph A. Rose when he was run to earth by a Dunedin reporter this morning. When accosted by the newspaperman the chatnpion, along with Dorrie Leslie, one of the best known figures amongst the sporting fraternity of Wellington, were basking in the morning's brilliant sunshine on the Caledonian Ground, prior to tlie conqueror of 1 Ifthn going for what he termed ''just a little bit of a workout.' .

Before leaving the Dominion Kose states he v>ill compete n.t a Christehurch evening meeting, to bo held at English Park on Monday. On Wednesday he will race at Kketahima, and on the following Saturday at Wanganui. "1 don't want to overdo it. , ' hr>. s;u<!, "hut they are anxious to soo mc, nil over the place."' Tlofip ventured tin opinion that there would probably not he many records broken cvim- the di^iaucr. , races on ihe I nled«niati (trouiul to-day or Siittiriliiv, n» tlic turf BPcmrd ft bit hoavy. ""1 have of course raced hern before." lio added, "and know something about the ground. If thorp is v UJ't «of a lireeze I ran tell you one ge\.a it in tiifi back stretch. That, at Rust, was lily experience lust yiitti" when tiie Aussie* were here/ '•It all depends on how I'm feeling. whether. I take on t'ac three miles and the 1000 yards. I shall certainly run in the three rnile.s tliimgli."

"After 1 got away frui.i New Zealand I will have to concentrate on the mile. 1 notice on the Second day that the mile is pretty close to the lirtlf, but I'll probably have a go at botli.' .

"Have they ducuted on v manager for you yet!" Itosc was a»Ued.

"Xo." lie replied, "1 luivp not heard from the Xew Zealand (.v-uiieil yet. Several people h'avo been liieulioned but I tell you 1 il'ou't want any top hat takiirg iuc about. I want someone that γ-otiltl be *oii)e use- to nib iii the ruaticiof training, and I don't think there's anybody better than Leslie. He's an old athlete himself, and he's giving mc a rub doivn while I'm here, and >'aending to mc in other ways."

Rose appeared to touch the cinder path rather tenderly as he made for the track, and he explained that he was sufferng from corns, due, he thought, chiefly to wearing a pair of wet shoes recently. He confessed to being a bit stiff as the result of his motor catjourney from Chrietehurcll. The champion, however, showed no signs of these minor troubles on the ground, as, with hoad down, like a lithesome, sinewy Hying machine he dashed through the group of entranced spectators, who are mostly competitors at the championship meeting. He was greeted with a chorus of "go on you beauty," and as he pulled up the group gave further evidence of how high he is pedestalled in their affections, a quintet of Wellington ladies who are competing in several events at the meeting being not the least enthusiastic.

Several of the other visiting athletes were on the ground, including a number of cyclists. Shirley, the Australasian hop, step, and jump champion, was clearing 40ft without difficulty. Another promising looking northerner was Leadbeater, who will be a difficult proposition in the 100 yds and 220 yds events. The towering figure of Peter Munro, the great all-rounder, also caught the eye. The Wellington supporters are confident that their representatives will "clean up" their section of the programme.