HARRIERS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 132, 5 June 1915, Page 14

HARRIERS

FIXTURES FOR NEXT SATURDAY. Wellington, at Miramar, 3-mile Palmor Clip. Brooklyn, at Thorndon Baths. Olympic, at Kelburn Kiosk (guests of Mr. 'F. Burrill). Scottish, at Karaka, Bay (guests of Mr. A. E. M. Rowland). (Notes by " The Amateur.") The combined run. at Lyall Bay on Saturday last was a huge success. About fifty runners followed a trail laid by a representative from each of the four clubs, Wellington, Brooklyn, Olympic, and Scottish. The run-in resulted in a. win for F. J. Byrne (Olympic), with S. Hall (Scottish) second, and A. M'Cauley (Olympic) third. Hall is going .well just now and will be found with championship honours before he IB much older. M'Cauley is improving, and I hear he, too, has enlisted for service with the Expeditionary Forces. Byrne's win on Thursday in the 2£- ■ mile handicap at the Queen Carniva-l was a remarkable good performance. "Starting from scratch, he set off at a I great pace, ' doing his first quarter in a, j little over 60, and at the end of a mile and a-half he had his field well in hand, and with splendid judgment came away | in the last 300 yards an easy winner. ' Burrill, the Olympic runner, was I favoured by the handicapper with 9yds in the 100, ' and once he got going was never headed, winning easily in slow time from -Hall, of Scottish, who finished second from scratch. It was pleasing to a good many to see _ the • popular "Dory" Leslie officiating with the "gun.'' He has evidently recovered from his accident of a,j few weeks back. No local sports meeting could be complete without Mr. T. W. Leslie. Olympic Harriers now hold pride of position in having sent or rather aro sending 20 men to the front. The latest men to enlist are Byrne, M'Cauley, Alabaster, and Wilson (2). In fact, the whole, club are going — all who are old enough. Other clubs are d6ing their "bit," 'but their country needs their "all." The late Pte, J. H. Aitken, who has been reported killed' in the Dardanelles, was "well-known in athletic circles,' particularly in Christchurch, where he was for some years secretary [ to the Canterbury Centre W.Z.A.A.A. and I later was secretary to the New Zealand Council in that city. The late Mr. Aitken was a keen cross-country runner, and has^ several good performances to his credit. In the summer season he was "usually found among the winners in half and mile runs. His loss will be felt considerably in Canterbury amateur athletic circles. ' The late gentleman was a personal friend of the writer, who takes this opportunity of expressing sympathy with the jVarious clubs and associations to which the late Mr. Aitken belonged.