SPORTS GATHERINGS

Evening Star, Issue 18832, 5 January 1925, Page 1

SPORTS GATHERINGS

WAIMATE AND DUNTROON. [Special to the ‘Star.’] j OAMARU, January o. j The postponed annual sports gathering (of the Waimate Caledonian Society wa..-, ; held at Victoria Park on ,Saturday, when ; (he weather conditions were almost per--1 feci. I In; attendance of spectators v. as Marge, Hie gale receipts being equal to : those ol 'he best previous \ear. As might ; be expc; led from the enticing pro--1 granimo issued, many competitor wore. ! present from bulb north and south, and many close and exciting finishes wcio witi nested, particularly in the cycling races, j A number of side .shows were on the 1 ground, and lire Waimate Silver Band con- ! tributed an acceptable programme >4 music. Iho various officials performed their several duties in a businesslike wav, and the day’s proceedings were concluded I light up to time-table. The Caledonian Handicap was annexed bv Ginisienson. ol : Christchurch, with Dimick and OTunuor second and third. Saturday proved an ideal day lor Hie. Duinroon ('a’edunian Mien-'vN annual ,sports gathering, and that, society did not.suffer hy tho enforced postponement, the, leicnU this vrar eciipmig last year’s total by almost £ls. The sports were held on the Dunt.ronn Domain, and early in the. dav the township bore an animated appear- ; mice, all roads' leading to the popular : riverside gathering. A special train irom Gama ru also brought, its quota of coinpeti- , tors and excursionists, and all were, unani- - mous in pronouncing the sports as one of ' the best meetings yet. held by a country society. The grounds were, in good order, and no pains had been spared to ensure, . the of the sports. Chief honors i in the running events wont to C. D. I M’Jvor (Oamaru), who annexed the dis- i taneo races, winning the 440yds and the \ Half-mile Handicaps off the, 13vds and Hie 18yds mark respectively in convincing man- j ne'r, and finishing strong.y. The prince 1 pa! event, the Duniroon Handicap j '22ovds), was secured by M'.Master off (he lovrp mark, with A. A. Cameron second. ! Sinclair (Malinioi. the sprinter, off the ’ scratch, was placed third. In the high ! jumping competition Cameron upheld Ins | reputation by easily clearing sft 4in front | scva'cli. the,'next best jumper being J. F. i Brocket i6!,in). with sft din. 'Tho long j jnmo also went to Cameron (scr), who | jumped 19ft Gin. The field events claimed | a good many compelito v s, bat probably tho i niO'l exenine was the final of the Cumber- I land wrestling (open), in which R, Suther-! land secured a well-deserved victory over j M. Goughian, after a most strenuous contest.

“Is your wife enjoying her holiday?” “No; she keeps worrying whether the canary will know when she gets home.’!