CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13376, 18 March 1909, Page 9

CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING

iiio Canterbury Amateur Athletio team leaves to-day, by the second express for Dunedin, to take part in tho New Zealand Championships on Saturday next. The team is a strong one, and anticipates being ablo to give a good account of itself. Amongst its number there are several holding champion honours, namely. H. St A Murray, P. H. Stubberfield, C. L. Orbeil, W. Do Their. Besides these. Dr Guv Haskins (the United States champion) is tjoing down to do battle for Canterbury. This fine runner.put up a very satisfactory trial at Lancaster Park on Tuesday evening, covering tho mile, unpaced. in -Jmin". 3,'._ec, which is considered a splendid performance. The Wellington team arrives this morning, and will go on by the second express, accompanying the Canterbury team.

(r_tES3 ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) AUCKLAND, March 17. A Marathon race was run in connoc» tion with the St Patrick's Day Sports to-day. over a distance of nearly eleven miles. There were 23 starters. A. Rogers and I_. E. Ornstein, running together, led the way for the first seven miles. when Ornstein dropped out. Rogers ran home the winner in 1 hour 16 minutes, G. Heron being second in lh. 17miri. Ssecs., and E. W. Shanaghan third in 111. lTtnin. ltsecs. Underwood, the fourth man, finished in . lh. 18min. 14secs. A A