HARRIERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 107, 9 May 1938, Page 15

HARRIERS

CLUBS TURN OUT LARGE PACKS TAKE PART The weekly harrier runs held on Saturday Were very well attended, and the fine weather helped to produce large packs. AH the Wellington clubs turned out, and the form of the various members shows a steady improvement. UNIVERSITY CLUB. The Victoria University College Harrier Club ran from Wadestown. The trail, laid by A. G. Bagnall, led from Wadestown across the Ngaio Gorge and up Porirua Road to Ngaio. At Ngaio the trail crossed the railway and led back to Wadestown across undulating country. A fairly strong wind made the trail hard to . follow in places, causing the slow pack to run off it and cover a considerably greater distance. In spite of this several of the new members ran well and finished in good style. The Novice Race is to be held next Saturday at Miramar,. and >vill be keenly contested. SCOTTISH BARRIERS. The Scottish Club's annual race for the Novice Cup was keenly contested by a strong field of 18 runners, over a circular course of' just under two 'miles,'at Miramar. The trail, which was laid by Messrs. Bourgeois, Foster, and Riddington, started from outside the tennis courts, and after following Darlington Road led . through .the paddocks to the cowyard. t After descending the hill to .the oil tanks, and following the streets, the course, finished at the starting point in. Darlington Road. Dyson . (2min),_ the limit main, set a " fast pace "to the cowyard, arid had a lead there of 40 yards on K. Howard' (lmin 15sec), with O'Shea (lmjri 6sec) 20 yards further back. Many of . the other runners were i bunched together at this stage, and the back-markers had made up consider- | able l ; leeway on the rest of the field. At the oil tanks Howard had caught Dyson, with O'Shea -and O. Tritt not far away.- S. Maturin (scr). F.' Cox (scr), : and J. Blewman (50sec) were making* their ' 1 presence felt, and collected many places. in the last halfmile. On entering Darlington Road Howard, who had been running a welljudged race, had a lead of 20 yards on Dysonfi with 'O'Shea a further. 20 yards behind. Howard went on to win comfortably by 30 yards from O'Shea, who had. sprinted, hard to head on Dyson" by 15 yards. The result -was as follpwp:—'K.; Howard (lmin 15sec), 12min 14sec, 1; O'Shea, Ulmin ■ 6sec),' 12min 25sec, 4 Dyson. (2min); 12min 3lSec, 3?' 0» Tritt (27sec), 12min 39sec, 4; J. Blewman (50sec), 12min 48sec,- 5; G. : Maturin (scr), :12min 50sec, 6. The medal for fastest time was won; by S. Maturin, whose time was lOmin 50sec, followed by F.. Cox (lOmin 53sec), O. Tritt (llmin 6sec), K. Howard (llmin 29sec), O'Sheft (llmrn 31sec),. and -J. Blewman '(llmin Msec). ■ After the race afternboh tea was served. by the committee • and • friends, and the club captains Mr. G. Foster, congratulated the winner on his performance. The veteran, Mr.- A. Stevens, reminded all runners that this race was a stepping stone to further successes, and emphasised the necessity for hard training. An opportunity was taken to present a trophy to Mr. A. Archer for gaining most points in track events for the club during the past season. Next week a party ot twenty-five will attend the Masterton Harrier Club's birthday, and will contest the interclub events on the programme. A run will be held from the Wadestown Church for those, who are not going to Masterton.