HARRIERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 9, 11 July 1910, Page 4

HARRIERS.

mm WELLINGTON CLUB. A strong muster of Wellington Harriers assembled at Worser Bay on Saturday,, when an interesting race was decided between teams representing Great Britain and New Zealand. This is probably the first event of its kind yet held in Australasia, and the complete success which attended it should ensure its being made an annual event. Britain was limited to six men, from whom a team of five had to be selected, while the representation of New Zealand places had to bo balloted for. A start was effected from the top of the Worser Bay hill, and from the jump L. Salek went to the front, and surprised everyone by sticking there right throughout the course of five miles, which led round the outskirts of Miramar flats, past the golt links, and through the Seatoun tunnel, to the winning-post at AVyatt's Kiosk. Salek (N.Z.) won by nearly a hundred yards from B. W. Curry (Britain), who just beat the present holder of the club championship, W. Bennett, for second place. Other competitors finished in the following order : — C. Lamberg, T. Farririgton, J. Finn, A. P. White, W. Power, A. W. Muir, and A. 11. M'Neilly. Now Zealand thus secured a win hy four points, made up as follows : — 1, 3. 4, 8 : total 26, Britain's tally being — 2, 5, 6, ?: total 20. Only the first four men in each team counted points. Messi-3. A. Marryatt, president of the N.Z. A. A A., and W. H. Pollock were at the finishing post judging the event. Those runners not engaged in the race put in good work over the Miramar JJals (hiring the afternoon. Next Saturday's run will bo from Bona Bay, members loaving town by the 1.15 boat. No run-in for aggregate points was hold on Saturday on account of tho counter-attraction. BROOKLYN. Brooklyn Harriers met at the Dominion Tea Rooms, Karon, on Saturday. There was a large muster. C. Murray and W. H. Bevan were sent away with tho paper :

with a five-minutes' start. The trail led up- by Johnston's Bush down to the Makara Stream for a couple of miles, when the hares took to the water to avoid gorse. At Parkvale the scent lay through a burned ti-tree patch, which made heavy going. After that the character of the country improved. The scent was followed to the Makara-road, aui a smart trot was made up the hill to the Karori Football Ground. A. good pace was kept up along Karori-road within 600 yards of the finish. The winner was T. Barnes, with F. Delaney second, and F. Hodson third. The club's two and half-mile steeplechase will be decided at Hutt Park on Saturday, and the general public is cordially invited to be present.