HARRIERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 45, 22 August 1938, Page 7

HARRIERS

BROOKLYN EVENT

WON BY G. PROSSER

Pleasant weather favoured harrier runs on Saturday. The Brooklyn Club's championship was won by G. Prosser.

Some 25 Brooklyn members were started in the club championship race and sealed handicap for the Sherwood Rose Bowl by Mr. P. N. Deriton. The course was the one to be used for the Wellington provincial championships next Saturday and proved a severe test. From the start R. D. Macgregor led on to the main road, and was followed by Argue, Thompson, Moir, Pedersen, and Appleby. While crossing the paddocks Prosser came to the front and set a smart pace, followed by Appleby, Pedersen, and Macgregor. Prosser was running easily at the end of- the first lap and at that stage was about 100 yards ahead of Pedersen, who had taken second position from Appleby, who retired at the end of the first lap, and Macgregor, who was running very well, came up to third position, closely followed by Thompson. The second lap saw no change in the position' of these runners, although Pedersen and Macgregor had a stern tussle for second place at various stages. The details were:— Club Championship Race.—G. Prosser, 38min 54sec, 1; D. Pedersen, 40min lOsec, 2; R. Macgregor, 40min 12sec, 3; A. Thompson, 40min 38sec, 4: P. Argue, 41min 15sec, 5. Sherwood Rose Bowl (sealed handicap).—H. Walsh, 1; H. Reid, 2; A. Thompson, 3. SCOTTISH CLUB. Members of the Scottish Club had their first experience of racing over the new provincial championship course at Silverstream in the contest for the Hislop Memorial Bowl. A field of thirtyfive started, the winner being determined by a sealed handicap. J. Garty and D. S. Woodley made the pace for the first mile, but Bourgeois took the lead at the creek, closely followed by C. Bruce. At the cart track T. Bartlett moved out in front, with C. Bruce and A. Bourgeois handy, followed by J. Riddington, R. Violich, P. Kennedy, and F. Silver. The field was spread out, with gaps between the runners in }he middle places.' At the end of the first round Bartlett had a lead of 60 yards on C. Bruce, running smoothly. A. Bourgeois, J. Riddington, R. Violich, P. Kennedy, F. Silver, W. Cowan, A. Stevens, D. S. Woodley, and J. Garty were next in that order. Qn the second round the order remained much the same in the first ten. Banlett won by 120 yards from C. Bruce, with A. Bourgeois 80 yards back. On the revision of times B. Tonks was the winner. The following were the results:— Hislop Memorial. —H. Tonks (7min 33sec), 37min 13sec, 1; C. Bruce (32sec), 37min 29sec, 2; T. Bartlett (scr), 37min 42sec, 3; F. Silver (lmin 55sec), 37mia 47sgc 4 Fastest times: T. Bartlett, 37min 42 sec, 1; C. Bruce, 38min lsec, 2; A. Bourgeois, 38min 16sec, 3; J. Riddington, 38min 59sec, 4; R. Violich, 39min 18sec, 5; F. Silver, 39min 42sec, 6; P. Kennedy, 39min 44sec, 7; A. Stevens, 39min 52sec, 8. The trophy was presented by the club president, Mr. W. 'Ballantyne, sen., in the absence of the Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop. The teams for the provincial championship are as follows:— A team: T. Bartlett, C. Bruce, A. Bourgeois, J. R. Violich, and F. Silver. -B team: P. Kennedy, A. Stevens, W,, ;Cowan, D. S: Woodley, J. Garty,: and G. Foster. C. team: E. Garty; C. Honore, W. Clements, O. Tritt, F. Cox, and D. Henderson. C. Verry and K. Ayers laid a trail ,of five miles for 30 members of the Methodist Harrier Club. The starting point was Wesley ■ Church, 'Taranaki Street, and the trail led up Taranaki Street, along Vivian Street, through to Pirie Street, and along Brougham Street and Patterson Street, ascended Mt. Victoria, and descended to Majoribanks Street. The club ran in three packs under R. Billman, C. Thompson, end J. McKinney. The members were the guests of Mrs. S. Ingram at afternoon tea at the conclusion of the run. Next week the club members not going to Silverstream will meet at Worser Bay Methodist Church. The A team for the provincial championships is R. Ingram (captain), D. Walker, J. McKinney, E. Patterson, A. Hurren,: and G. Harris. PRESBYTERIAN CLUB. The Presbyterian Club held a sixmile run from the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church. The 'Varsity Club was also represented. The trail was laid by J. Aston and J. Moncrieff and led down Harrison Street and through to the new road; then straight on past Vogelmorn Hall on to the hills and along the ridge, descending to Island Bay, around the pay roads to Happy Valley Road, and so'home. A run-in was held and resulted in a further win for P. Bay.-.. ■>; Afternoon tea was kindly served by Mrs.; Moncrieff and assistants. Mr. Hercus was also present. Next Saturday's run. will be at Silverstream.. :■:■> BAPTIST CLUB. The Baptist harriers .held a run of about five and a half miles from the home of Mr. L. G. Rimmer, 10 Tavistock Road, Lyall Bay. The course led up Tavistock Road to the top of Mt. Atkinson, down and across the new playing field, across to Coutts Street, going right in to Kilbirnie, then back to the bathing sheds via Broadway and Kingsford Smith Street. The result of the run-in from the sheds was:—X.. Mai, 1; R. Tonson, 2; R. Wadham, 3. After the run and a good afternoon tea provided by Mrs. Rimmer, the following team was announced for the provincial championships:—R. Tonson, R. Wadham, G. Voller, K. Mai, D. McFadyen, and M. Arthur; emergencies, M. Dawson and P. Kendon.. WELLINGTON CLUB. .The Wellington Club held an invitation run from : the home of Mr. R. Spence, McKinley Crescent, Brooklyn. The runners were divided into two packs, the slow pack being taken by Drawbridge, and the fast one by W. Owens, the club captain. The Presbyterian Club's trial was followed for most of the distance over a hard fivemile course. A scratch run-in was held over the last two miles, and resulted: G. Rowberry, 1; H. Brady, 2; R. Flint, 3; L. Beere, 4; W. Owens, 5; E. Willetts, 6.. After the run the members enjoyed afternoon tea- as the guests of Mrs. Spence. Three teams are to be entered in the provincial championships. They are:—A: Vj[. Owens (captain), J. Murray, T. Strong, W. Allan, L. Beere, G. Roaty. Bl: H. Brady (captain), A. B. McCallum, R. Flint, L. McAuley, R. Jones, R. Rowberry. B2: A. Robinson (captain), V. Minogue, E. Willetts, H. Hustler, J. Whelan, R. Wakelin. OLYMPIC CLUB. The Olympic Club championships were held at Silverstream. The junior championship, run over one lap of 3& miles, resulted in a win for W. Shaw in 25min, with L. Goetzloff second, 28min. The senior, over two laps (6£ miles), resulted in a win for E. Richardson. The runners were* bunched over the first lap, despite the heavy going. Starting the second lap, Richardson and Fisher increased their lead from Lovatt and Sunderland, and went on to fight out a splendid finish which resulted in victory for Richardson, who ran a great race. Fisher was unfortunate, as he broke the trail when leading. As usual, he ran a good race. Lovatt (third) and Sunderland (fourth) both went well, and Garnham (fifth) and Reid (sixth) finished strongly. The times and placings were as follows: —E. Richardson, 38m 375, 1; O. Fisher, 38m 475, 2; E. Lovatt, 40m, 3; D. Sunderland, 40m 13s, 4; R. Garnham, 41m 14s, 5; S. Reid, 41m 18s, 6. The winner of the sealed handicap was S. Reid, with A. Shaw second.