BOYS' INSTITUTE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 9

BOYS' INSTITUTE.

■ V AN "ALL-SPORTS'' CARNIVAL.'.- ■' ;:. At,. Athletic - Park, which ..has: been granted free of charge for. .the occasion to the. executive of ~ the .Wellington Boys' Institute a. united-sports gathering will be lield next Saturday. The governing .'bodies': of Rugby and Association football, also hookey and lacrosse, have: had the matter in hand for some time past and will each place- representative teams-in the field. -, Tho games' will be necessarily short,- arid they'will be played in two spells'.of a quarter of an hour, and should be, for this reason, very fast. The: public will not only have an .opportunity of witnessing five different games played by; the picked players, of Wellington in one afternoon, but will" also have a fine chance.of comparing the respective merits for all the games. An exhibition : will' also _ be given of a game of basketball which is somewhat now to Wellington'. ' A tug-of-war contest will bo held,. seven teams having entered. The annual race of tho Harriers' Union will .take place-during tho afternoon, seven teams having also entered for this event.' The race will start from the park and the competitors, after going round the course once, will proceed to Island Bay, and then back to the park, .where they will finish in front of tho grand stand." The - course-u :< five miles in length. Twenty-one entries have' been received for football place-kicking. A .team's relay raco will also bo got off, and also several boys' games, which will altogether make a somewhat uniquo sports gathering. His Excellency and Lady Islington h'avo promised to bo present, as have also the Prime Minister and Lady Ward, if they'. _nre not out of town. The carnival is being held specially for the' benofit of tho Boys' Instituto extension work.