SPORTS AT WOODEND.
On Boxing Day a number of sports arranged for by Mr M. B. Thorapkins, Woodend Hotel, took place in a field near the hotel. The prize list was a liberal one, yet the attendance was not a large one, probably accounted for by other attraction s and the fact that the Woodend sports committee's sports are to be held to-day. The following were the events : Mile race, for men —Ist, £2 2s. O. Moody ; 2nd, T, Sheridan. Two competitors. Three-legged race, for men, 110 yards—lst, £1 10s, Moody and Sheridan ; 2nd, 10s, Horrell and McGowan. Three pairs competed. Walking race, two miles —Ist, £2, Duncan; 2nd, 15s, Prcbblc. Four competitors. Vaulting with Pole—lst, £1 10s, E. McGowan, clearing Bft 3in ; 2nd, 15s, M. Collin. Three competitors. Hurdle race, 440 Yards, eight flights—lst. £1 10s, E. Moody ; 2nd, 10s, Gotf. Three competitors. Boys (under 16), Half-mile race—lst, inlaid walnut writing desk, value £1 15s, Rowe ; 2nd, pair tweed trousers, C. Eldridge. Three competitors. Boys’ (under 14) 440 Yards race—lst, cup value 255, G. Barford ; 2nd, pair trousers. L. Cox. Five competitors. Maori Men’s race, 440 Yards—lst, a bridle, Feetow ; 2nd, felt hat, Jim Te Aik. Three competitors. Maori Women’s race, 440 Yards—lst, pair boots, Mary Te Aik ; 2nd, Jemima Feetow, Three competitors. High Jump for Men—lst, A. M'Quillan ; 2nd, F. Horrell. Two competitors. High Jump, Boys—lst, Mummery ; 2nd, F. Eldridge. Seven competitors. Maori and Pakeha Girls’ race—lst, Hannah Solomon ; 2nd, Mary Mahar. Seven competitors. Married Woman’s race—lst, teapot, Mrs Eder ; 2nd, Mrs Worraald. Six competitors. Single Woman’s race—lst, cream jug and sugar basin, Mary Mahar ; 2nd, Martha Murfit. Six entries. Handicap race for Married Men over 40 years, a yard for each year above that age allowed —Ist, W. Judson ; 2nd, J. Murfit. Girls’ race (under 12 years)—lst, Jane Howell ; 2nd, E. Stevens. There were several other races for juveniles.
SPORTS AT WOODEND.
Globe, Volume II, Issue 173, 28 December 1874, Page 3
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