A GREAT MILE

Evening Star, Issue 21905, 17 December 1934, Page 15

A GREAT MILE

H'LACHLAN'S FINE RUN SATURDAY'S SCRATCH MEETING Returning what is probably the fastest time for a mile ever recorded in Dunedin, the New Zealand mile champion, L. C. M‘Lachlan, registered by far the most outstanding performance of the Anglican Harrier and Amateur Athletic Club’s third scratch meeting at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday afternoon. Competing in a race .in which the field included the former New Zealand champion, J. G. Barnes, Ivor Craig (the Otago mile champion and third in the New Zealand mile championship last season), and G. Austin (formerly wellknown Canterbury runner), M‘Lachlan ran a brilliant race, the pace in the early stages being supplied by Austin. M'Lachlan ran very smoothly and with heaps of dash to return 4min 22sec, time which even the great R. A. Rose was unable to do on the Caledonian Ground. ■ The time was. 4-sseo faster than that returned by M'Lachlan in

winning the New Zealand title last season, and represents one of the finest performances of his career. On his running during the present season he should be a certainty for inclusion m the New Zealand team for the Centenary Games. In the 440yds' A grade hurdles J. Gerken showed that he has a lot of promise at this event by returning the fair time of 62 4-sscc, and in the B grade event J. G, Barnes showed versatility by doing 62 3-osec. The Otago junior champion, H, S. Ramsay, won the 100yds A grade in 10 3-ssec, and the Otago quarter-mile champion, A. L. Price, won the 440yds A grade event in 53 ' l-ssec. R. M'Laohlan, the severiteen-year-old brother of the mile champion, won the 440yds B grade in the good time of 55 3-ssec. ■ There was again good competition in the various events, and the conduct of the meeting left nothing to be desired. One Mile, A Grade (five starters) L. C. M'Lachlan 1, Barnes 2, Craig 3. Time, 4min 22sec. One Mile, B Grade (six starters).— Davie 1, Logan 2, M'Kernan 3. Time, 4min 52 l-ssec. . 440 Yards Hurdles. A Grade. —Gerkm 1. Time, Imin 2 4-ssec. 440 Yards Hurdles, B Grade.—First heat (three starters): Scott J, Ombler 2. Time, Imin 7 4-ssec. Second heat (three starters) : Barnes 1, H. Ramsay 2. Time, Imin 3 4-ssec. Final; Barnes 1, H. Ramsay 2, Scott 3. Time. Imm o 3~sssc - 120 Yards Hurdles, B Grade (four starters). —Ombler 1, Scott 2, Murray 3. Time, 18 3-ssec. ■ 120 Yards Hurdles, A Grade (three starters).—J. Ramsay 1, H. Ramsay 2. Time, 18sec. ■ 100 Yards, A Grade (three starters). —H. S. Ramsay 1. Masked 2. Shephard 3. Time, A 0 3-ssee. 100 Yards, B Grade.—First heat ffoiir starters) : Tyrie J, Brown 2, Longworth 3. Time, 11 l-sscc. Second heat (three starters) : Black 1, Hall 2, Ramsay 3. Time, llsec. Final: Black 1, Tyrie 2, Ramsay and Hall 3 (equal). Time, llsec.

440 Yards, A Grade (three starters). —A. L. Price 1. H, Tyrie 2, E. W. Haskell 3. Time, 52 l-ssec. 440 Yards, B Grade.—First beat (five starters): Carson 1. E. M'Lachlan 2, Davje 3. Time, 55 2-ssec. Second heat (four starters): Asher 1. Holmes 2, Manning 3. Time, 56 4-ssec. Final: M'Lachlan 1, Asher 2, Holmes 3. Time, 55 3-ssec. \ One-mile Walk. A Grade (one .starter)Watson. .One-mile Walk. B Grade (two starters). —Litolff 1.. C.. Pope 2; Time. 7min 37sec. . Shot Putt, A Grade (six entrants). — D. Morgan, 33ft 4in. 1; R. Maskell. 30ft 2in. 2; K. T. Dodds, 29ft lOJin, 3. Shot Putt, B Grade (nine entrants). —P. Souter, 29ft Biin, 1: J. Shepnard. 29ft Sin. 2; P. Ward. 27ft 2in, 3; J. Tyrie, 27ft IJin, 4. Javelin.' A Grr, le (three entrants). — Ward, 135 ft lOin, 1; Burridge, 126 ft 2in. 2; Murdoch. 107 ft 2in. 3. Javelin, B Grade (ten entrants).— R. J. Henderson, 115 ft 2in. 1; R. Scott. 100 ft 9in, 2; J. Henderson. 99ft 9in. 3; J. Barnes, 99ft 2in. 4. Pole Vault, A Grade (two entrants). —Burridge and P. Souter. Oft 6in, 1 (equal). Pole Vault, B Grade (five entrants). —Whittaker and Ward, Bft, 1 (equal) ; ,M. Murray, 7ft 6in, 3. Broad Jump, A Grade, (four entrants). —D. Stuart, 19ft 6in, 1; JRamsay, 18ft lOin, 2; R. J. Henderson, 18ft Sin, 3; Sheppard. 17ft 4in, 4. 'Broad Jump, B Grade (eight entrants).—A. Black. 19ft. 1; Brown, 18ft 3in, 2: Murray, 17ft 9iin, 3; Haddocks, 16ft lOin, 4. 100 Yards, Ladies, A Grade (three starters). —Miss B. Dick 1, Miss C. Batchelor 2. Ti ■, 12 2-ssec. 100 Yards. Ladies, B Grade (two starters). —Miss M. Fitzgerald 1, Miss A. Donaldson 2. Time, 13 l-ssec.

CYCLING. Half-mile.—First heat: M. Laws 1. S. Hetherington 2, S. Homer 3. Time, Imin 6 l-6sec. Second heat: J. Hegarty 1. W. Sivertsen 2. G. Sinclair 3. Time, Imin 6 4.-ssec. Third heat: J. Kewisli 1 C. Ralston 2, M. Paterson 3. Time, imin 7 3-ssec. Final: J. Hegarty 1. S. Hetherington 2, .1. Kewvsh 3. Time, Imin Bsec. Half-mile, flying start (Paterson (j u p).—Sivertsen (Imin 10 l-ssec) 1, G. Homer (Imin 8 4-sscc) 2. Three Miles.—G. Hetherington 1, « • Paterson 2, W. Sivertsen 3.