BROOKLYN CLUB

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 150, 29 June 1925, Page 11

BROOKLYN CLUB

/;• For . ;theußrook'lyn Club's Cook- Cup race on ".Saturday, there were '.thirteen- entries, .but;: the,-wet weather resulted in there being only; fieri' starters. :The: dis-" Itance was-fiye miles, and was -run .over last.'year's ' championship .course;::with one or two -unavoidable slight deviations^ Officials for the race were as -follows:—■ Starter,-;.:.Mr.'''-F.;..;:.W;-i^Moorej.--'-: judgesj' ■Messrs:;.v'J.::,-Barqlay|;r-;C.''vWillis';''-;'timo-iMr.<p;'.;'^...;Tpdds'''hahdicapper: l .Mr.'.-L.;V;Ri. l >.Pout.awera:v:"iS.';. Willis was limife.'.man, being dispatched, 6" minutes before D:Todd, and;round'" the first' la;p ■he maintained; and made."good use of his lead. (Todd passed Barclay about a milo arid a half from 1, the start, and :E:9Rose alittU, later. .Commencing the second lap the;^positions of. the leading men were:; S. 1. J.. Walker, r M."; Berry,' A. Cornish..: 'D. Todd was lying seventh, and Tunning I very . strongly, . with '•■ little rapparbnt; ieffort. .: In.^the" sandhills ; he moved Viip to third : place, -and - caught Walker on the golf links, leaving only -Willis-ahead of him! ; The latter;inade a game.: attempt;; to .hold his' lead;, but" Todd was.too. fast' and breasted:the tape with ,200 ,;yards 'to spare, Willis : being next. :■■■ A.';.Miet,;- who "was . lying; sixth entering:,the golf, course, put 'in; a surprisingly.; ;good finish: over the last mile and a half, and gained'third place, while Walker.,.who/.'-had".contracted- a stitch, came fourth. " Detailed-result: D Todd' (scr) Ist,. G. Willis (6min) 2nd,-A Miet (3min) 3rd. Time, 32min- 20sec. The team to. represent;the club^ in the. Vos- . seler: Shield race next Saturday will he as followa:—!)..,Todd, A. 'Barclay T H, Tipton, • E. Rose, G. C. Sherwod', J. Walker, ;L. C.. Todd, A. Cornisn J Futter, S. Willis.; "Reserves: M. Befrv and J. Robinson.-^ ';.; . v: .-■■■. -.. „