HARRIERS

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 255, 12 July 1926, Page 3

HARRIERS

WELLINGTON CLUB. In idea! weather, the. Wellington Harrier Club held its B grade '• ,ia J"!" l °. n y'/fl over a course of five miles at. liS'al UaX on Saturday. Owing to many members of the elub being laid with mfluenza only nme runners faced the startFrom the start ■> bbeonar I. . Mulcahy, and L. Watson took the lead, and con tinned to increase tho distance but ' v ®p" them and the rest, of the field. Ntter half the distance, had been covered bheppard and Mulcahv ■’row away from Ito - son, and ran together until the finish, when Sheppard won from jlulcah.v by l-ssec; time. 33niin. Msec., with Matson third and Ellis fourth. The sea e:l handicap run in conjunction with the race was won bv JI. Ellis, with a handicap of 3min. zoscc. Next week’s race will be for the UJfl Boys’ Memorial Shield, to be run on the Trent ham raceconrnw SCOTTISH CLUB. On Saturday the ' Scottish Club helrt their run at Miramar, when the Hon. 1. W. HL4op Memorial Rose Bowl was comDeted tor ucer a distance of 6i miles (10.000 rncteis). A start was made at 3 n.to. The- scratch man. Silver, was pivincaway smin. Payton took the lead almost immediately, and maintained it until the brick kiln was reached, when he was overtaken and left by Silver, who finished with fastest time. (40min. 26sec.). Boltons lan a preat race, and fln ; shcd second about 50yds. behind Silver, with a fine dash, which enabled him to pass R. J. Trail and Payton, who locked certain for second and third place respectively. R. J. Trail, a flrsryear miner, apa in proved his worth bv finishing stronalv in third place, and repisterinp excellent time for a younr runner. The handicapper was congratulated in trincrinff th? remaininer runner? within nne minute of tho fourth man The club lias hones of a bright nrospcc* for the B team c.snecially in the Wellinr ton provincial cross-country champion Miio. when so many of its members can finish so well un. Next Saturday’s run will bo bold from the Island Tnv TnWnvl— civ rd