HARRIERS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 24, 27 July 1929, Page 22

HARRIERS

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WINTER SHOW RACE

A WIN FOR WELLINGTON

With two of the leading clubs in Brooklyn and Hutt Valley not starting teams id the Nimmo Cup, which started at the Winter Show Buildings last Saturday, the field of S3 starters can be considered very satisfactory. There was a big crowd of spectators present, and they witnessed an exciting race. The course of three miles consisted of road-racing, and no doubt taxed the competitors more than a fivemile cross-country event. In spite of this a fast pace was maintained along Wallace street, and at the corner o£ Taranaki street Campbell was in the lead, followed by Stevens, Wilson, Morris, Campbell, Shepherd, and Sinclair. This order did not change by the time the end of Taranaki street had been reached, but coming back along Kent terrace Stevens assumed the lead, with Wilson and Sinclair a few yards back. Then came Shepherd, Morris, aud Carter. Entering Adelaide road, Wilson was m front of Stevens and Sinclair. From here the last two mentioned runners were engaged in a spirited tussle, and up John street Sinclair moved away from Stevens to win by a good margin, in lomin 59see, Stevens finished in 16min 3 2-ssec. and J. Shepherd, 15min 4sec, was third; S. Morris, 16min lOsee, fourth; P. Wilson, 16min 17see, fifth; F. Silver, 16min 23scc,- sixth; C. Campbell, 16min 3osec, seventh; W. Whelan, lGmin JOsec, eighth; I!. Carter. 16min 42sec\ ninth; and T. Mulcahy tenth. The Wellington Club emerged victorious (with team honours, securing 121 points. The team comprised the following runners:—Shepherd, Morris, Whelan, Mulculiy, Blair, I'raser, Watson, O'Conuell, Green, and Stoles. Olympic was second on the list with ICO points, followed by Scottish, with 218 points. The cup presented by Mr. Ximmo is for annual competition, and with it are ten bronze medals to be given to the winning team, these being presented by the Show Association each year. Sinclair receives a medal from the harrier sub-committee for his win. At the conclusion of the race the cup and medals were presented to the winners by Mrs. Norwood, in the dance hall, officials and harriers being admitted to the show free of charge. Arrangements were conducted by officials of the sub-committee and of the respective clubs. The form shown by the competitors in this race will help the sole selector, ■ Mr. A. A. Nattrass, to decide on the team to represent the district in the New Zealand championships at Dunedin on 31st August. Runners from the Brooklyn and Hutt Valley Clubs will have to be considered, and those who appear likely to be in the running are Stevens (Scottish), Shepherd (Wellington), Matson (Hutt Valley), Sinclair (Scottish), Pederson, and Bibby (Brooklyn). The Hutt Valley Club held a race for the ladies' bracelet at Hutt Park last Saturday. The race was originally set down for Trentham, but word was received late in the week that the course was not available, and the club therefore had to run the event over cross-country, which proved highly successful. The event comprised three distances, half, one, and two miles, and the points counted as 3, ?' ,? 1K!, 1' Tne opening event over the half-mile distance proved exciting, and was won by inches by Shore from Dennett and Cutbush in 2min 10 1-asec. Lewis came home an easy winner by ten yards in the mile race, Dudley and Cutbush being second and thud respectively. The time was smin 19 2-ssec. There was little to spare between Dudley, Smith, and Lewis in the nnal event over two miles, the winner's time being llmin ssec. Dudley is the winner of the bracelet with 5 points. Then ™™ L, e«'is 4, Shore 3, Smith, Dennett, and Cutbush 2 each. The Hutt Valley Club is unfortunate <"n losing the services of two of its most outstanding runners in R. Kent and G c. i! le--rc7'J^ e formor.has been an inmate oi the Wellington Hospital, and will have i peii the remainder of the season, while Bayne has injured his knee and has been advised to quit the sport for at least six months. Both members were stron" contenders for places in the Wellington representative team. The Brooklyn Club held its run on Saturday irom Mr. Burrell's residence thirty-one runners following a seven-mile trail, which embraced a fair proportion ot cross-country with a small amount of road work. The run-in was won by Hull irom Aston and Joseph. Mr. Burrell who is an old harrier, gave an interesting lecture on "How to Keep Fit," the information being much appreciated by the members. Afternoon tea was afterwards served by Mrs. Burrell. A correspondent from the Hutt Valley Club criticises "Paperchaser's" statements last week with regard to the alteration of tne Wellington championship course Apparently he is not fully cognisant of past activities, and he does not know that the original course has been cut off by the erection of the Railway Workshops Officials and members of the sub-committee will nnd this out when they proceed to map out the course. The correspondent was not connected with the club when the championships were held two years ago. On that occasion runners who competed will remember coming through the north end of Hutt Park, where the railway yards now stand.