AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 634, 11 October 1909, Page 9

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

; TEAMS'. HO AD, RACE. , . ' The conditions ' for ' the Teams' Road Raco for tho Whyte and M'Kay trophy, on Satur-. day afternoon, -.were" very good, except that tho heat 'was a trifle excessivo' and the , race wo 3 held somewhat:early, in , tho season for, those competitors who had, not beeu running throughout tho winter, liko tho Harriers. Under the circumstanoes tho race was cut.out in very good time, and altoßether tho event was a successful ono. The results v;cre as follow:— Mulcahey, 2Qmin. sscc, 1; l>. Wilton, 26min. 35sec., 2; Bennett, 26min.. 37ecc., 3; Press, 2Gimn. Msec., 4; Bust, 2Cuiin. ■. STeec, 5; and Fitzgerald, 27min. 2Cseo.. 6. '■! ■,:, ' The order in which tho members of the leading clubs enmo in at tho finish was:—. 'NVollington .Amateur Athletic Club: Wilton, Fitzgerald,, , Thompson; Murray. Turton , .' also' started. •> iort Nicholson—Mulcahey, Bust, lamborg, M'Grnth. Finn and Jones also started, i Raniblera—Bennett' Coward, Deitient; Salmond, Smallbone,' and Green.- Brooklyn— Hodson, Munro, Wilton,: Coventry,'and Shaw. . The .detailed figures .Were as follow:—Port Nicholson-1, 5, .10,-11; t0ta1,,27j1. Wellington A.A.C-2,. 6, 8; Hi total, 30j 2. Brooklvn7, 9,, 24, 29; total, 69; 3. Ramblers Football Club—3, 19, 33, 31; total, 89. i. Customs--12,' 13, 32, 30; total, '93; .5. Har-' ners-20, 22, 25, 32;-total, 99; G. Metropolitan Hockey Club—l 3,, 28, 31, 38; total, 112; 7. .St. Mark s. Young Men's.; Cl ubr-iq, J7f 39V.(a1l did not .finish). .Electric Lißhters-23, 26 (all ,did net finish)..; A.and T.ißurt-Ouly one man fin- ; ished. Ho ran: fourth.., ■-'•-. .