ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 948, 15 October 1910, Page 12

ATHLETICS.

l- : -• -fK-OM„V.'. : i; , (Bl IIERCTJJIT.) NOTES ON THE ROAD KACE. ' Appreciation of Rowberry. ; : -.' $ j-EepMtsV.6f ; last;-, road raoe, : ! 'run in ' c«nj u notion', with the -Boys' In-;stitutt-:fallLspof ..appeared;';. "Mercury"., ; will,.' therefore,; content* himself: with'a. few 1 personal notes .competitors,:which may be of :ii±^resit.;. : ; ■ First and foremost mast come, an appreciation of ißowberry's .' sterling. perforinanoe. ;It, was;generally, expected that ■.'he iwould. -win,...but'the .ease: :with Avhieh he'didiso 1 .flattered, his,^^keeriMt;'supporters.; ;'He" took: charge :;at, ';the Itw-o-mile mark,: and forged, ahead rajiidly so that) by the time'-!that: j :the turning point (about a furlong along.ithe Queeii'6 Drive past thoJslaridvßayv Hotel);;was: reached,, he. had . opened up ,a; big. gap,; and thereafter' ran, home solus .with; no one .near; enough to. extetid him, Curiously/ecough. ho is the .first '~ runner? since h this., contest, 'was in- ' : augu.rated:;eight, yeai'S; ago , to.;win-both' .this.'event' and ■'tho;Wellin^ori^Harriers'; championship ,oyer the same .distance' iri- : the piie>easoh;' And. more oriribuslj,still, ■: , the'.- , !first'rfive' :; '.)pliwSi'i)i;VSartMar' , were ,tfilled , by .' precisoljr;: the' : 'first five' iri'en'i hoirio in the; harrier fiyo-iriile, cham-. .pionship. 'p.Thls'.'is ; .being consistenti.with a • vengeance. ;;i Members; Vof. the.,':Welliigton.,'Harriers .filled; seven' of ■ the' first, ten:.places,. the Brooklyn ; Harriers ; one ' place,r and: the r&--'maining;: two woro occupied by two -. W;A.A.C, Fitzgerald and 1 •G. Turiier, both'.walkers.' .'• ... ;

"The Hope of Brooklyn^"

Hodson,'.the;;hope;',of/tis.;;BTboUyn':ier' pres^fativ^;-;'paia'' t penalty: of excess' of ;.zeal :in;.,'the;'earlier;'stages. : .. -He. ran' ljimself to a! standstill in- tho. first threo miles, and walked, part'-.of-the way ho.me,firiishing.eleventh. . . . -;-

Thompson. , v •Harry Thompson, 1 tho •: Marathon. win- • ner,' proved j; ratlier,. a.. disappointmpiit '• as j.thev pu]bUoV : now t expMts, : a lot {of Kim. in' .contests :&Iy;ttirned;:'but ; '.tb';"fiU::up>tliS W.A.A.C. i'team.' and .was;'guite';untrairi€d.' li' addition 1 , he. was 1 suffering from .rheumatism ill the "legs... In tho face of this "his. showing was Vn<it at. all discreditable. . '.Tho W.A.A.C. team'. Was'.' altered• slightly from that originally entered, J. Finn taking: B.: Turton's place. Finn put .up 'a sound run, and finished tenth,: in front. of., several, men with bigger, reputations. Wilton, Bennett, Press, • Frank Wilton, of tho W.A.A.C., and : Bennett and Press, of -'the : winning hai 1 - ■rier.'tea'm proved , onco more tho applicability of tho old adage, "An old dog for.;ii hard, road." It is. the" seventh, con! secutiveoccasion, upon .which these three have' competed "in'.this'event, and thpy. all finished .well up'in tho yan..Lamberg. //Tiie Port: Nicholson- A.'A.Cij ,whose repro/ 'sontatiyes won the 'event,and'-, the acoompajaying ' shield' lasfr,.year, did : not defend it.-, on .this occasion*'. Only ono .of their team was running ,;on Saturday,:'and he; Lamberg, was again 'in. the'winning combination, this timir. representing, the; Wellington Harriers, the remaining, three,. for ; somo reason or other, not' being starters:- / The Points Awarded.' . , ; ,\ ; , Inpreviousyears .the rrinners' .to. make the. fastest time' have been W. 11. Pollock in 1903,. J. H; •' Prerideville in-. 1901-5-6) and M.Mulcahy in 1907-8-9. /-: ~ The ■ points, scored by the various ■ teams Iwerei:— . :',/',. J-''. •;//'-/'■' ;W Wellington Harriers. "A, ■' 14 points. WA J .C., 33 points. ( > Brooklyn Harriers "A," 53 points. ', . ; ;v 'Zealandia -Rifles, .57 points. • ':. . Wellington -Harriers B," 79 points..: ...The Brooklyn :• Harriers '-"B'i - team . did not finish, v : '// , /. : /, : ./-///:/// V/'V Recuperated. •" R./E.; Bust, _ the energetio seoretary of . the Civil'.Service: A .A.C., and ail, enthusiastic supporter of amateurism, in Wellington, ifc_ recruiting in Timarii.Some lit- - tle .' while, ago his health gave, Way, • arid he obtained ;a spell' of sicK-leave to enable liim to try a/rest: cure;/. /Ho now reports • that his condition' is satisfactory, and: that he' hopes to be in : the' game again - during the forthcoming season; a hope which, not only:, for his own sake, but;also for' tho ■'sake of'.6port >: in. i Wei-, lingtoni wehope 'will be speedily realised. A Fast Run.

R. Opie, the Canterbury-sprinter, who 'for, the last . two"scasons 'has run' second to Woodger in New Zealand championship sprint, events,',put up a. splendid portorm-, Lanco at the" Boys'- High- School.sports ; in Christchurch. last: week. . Starting from scratch in'the Old Boys"2ooyds. Handicap he.cut'his fiald:dowh;,and',wbn:in'2o l-ssec, —a time which, ifVcorrectly;/caught and reported, is worthy of more than.passing attention. ■ . ,-

. A: full day. was spent by a. student named A. J. M'Master,' at tho Lincoln College sports yesterday week. ,- He won tlio 100 yds., 220 yds., and : 4ioyds. .open. ovents in 10 4-5 sec., 21 4-ssec., and, 55 2-'sseo/respectively, tho first and third of.theso ; ;perfor'mances being schpol lwirds, rah:: second in the 100 yds. .handicap, .was/included- in tho winning, relay team,; and,,not-content with this, actually competed in. ;the half-milo handicap, and; securpd-'/a. special medal for putting up 'tlie ."fastest;, time from scratch/, , This should ' be' a performor whom tho Canterbury. Centre should/take a warm'and immediate interest in. With cultivation lie "would: prove a valuable asset; in" a season or two.'../ : \7.

N.S.W; Three-Mile Championship. .-At tfe Eight Hours Sports- in Sydney-on the 3rd instant, the., Three-mile Championship of' New South Wales was contested and won by E. J. Mauson (Redforn Harriers), -in tlio moderate time of 15min. H 4-ssec., G. Weyman (Botany Harriers) being second, and G. P. Arnold (University A.C.) third.