AHAURA NEW YEAR'S SPORT'S.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1693, 7 January 1874, Page 2

AHAURA NEW YEAR'S SPORT'S.

'The remaining events of thy advertised programme of the' spbrts at Ahaura,, were brought ioif; on the Ist January/ There was 'a more nutrietbus gathering intbwn than on the race days, and the 'seyeral' prizes -were jkeehly contested,. the wrestling being, especially , good. 7 The Handi- : cap, Hurdle ; Race L brought forward sik competitors, of whom J; Heaphy was tbie : favorite, but owing, to. the .crowd in the race. and the narrowness of the course tiefound it impossible to push his way among .tl:em, and, pul^up the, distance of his handicap 1 . 1 '- The comdetitiori for/ the other prizes was remarkably brisk; tliere being no scarcity of entries, and notwithstanding the great eagerness of the players there were no disputes. For, the Cumberland wrestling prizes of LlO and L 3, there were four en trie3^Se ward Peterson, who took the chief prize at the Half-Ounce sports : on;- : Boxing-day, J < Wv ■ iL'win, P. O'Neill, and S. Furness. Peterson threw O'Neill,-' arid Itfwiri threw Furness -Peterson and, Jrwin played the first two falls out of'tliree.^lrwin^on'bpth'events 1 and was declared the play of furness and Irwin. ( waß : very cautious and s.kilf'il, w,hile ;that. , qf .the others '.was renjarlfabiy^ lively while it' lasted. • ' ' v The cqnjpgiatprs' for the 200 yards Hurdle iE&ofe" were, placed as !,fqllows.i:-rJ« Heaphy qn the sqratohjij i.Biiohard : parkin i*; and: ; John i Heßaeyy. ( 18:iyards j Frank Heasey, 20

yards ; E. Orchard and F. Sutcliffe, 2$ yards. The course, which was along Clifton road, was very rough and uneven, the hurdles being vory temporary erections, and not wide enough to allow more than half.the number of runners to take at once. F. Hessey took the lead and was not aga,m collared, John-Hessey second} :andi Orchard_thi^d,Hhe. ( rest in a cluster, jostling each other behind. For the ; Collar^and- Elbjw—WreaJtliQg^there were four competitors— -Irwin, "P."Dffmi, T. Carton,- arid S. Furness._ JDun and Irwin were paired in the first bout, which Irwin won. Carton 'anicL Furness then went in, and after a sharp]' tuasle and the exhibition of fine -plfty> Carton was .thrown. .In the final bout Furness was declared! the; victor after a hard struggle with Irwin. 'A'boya* race) in 1 which there were $ compefciiorsV was won 'by Maf thews. At' putting 1 the 28lb stone, : Irish' 'style, there were the .following, entries : — R. 'Larkin; r 'JrKenriedy,i P. Dun/ and G< H. Gilmer. Dun was V the r winaer. f at. r; 3.3.ft lOin;' 'O'Neill second,; at -33ft;,- Forrvaulting with the pole, -i tiierfl: >were. t(^hree entries-^J 1 .; -Hessey,. ; S. vFu^esSjr and J. Heaphy. Aftet an. exciting r- contest, Heaiphy became' the winner jat •B\tl j oin ; Furness second. The Cornish KWres^ling prize brought out five competitorsPeterson, Dun, O'Neill, Larkin, and Carton. The winners "of the first rprize in i|;he Cumberiafid/style and » the-'ohief prize in the irisK'style, Trwiii v 'and Filr- - ness, were barred froni. : com'p"etirig ; I fdr : ihe Cornish . prize. fi Petersqh arid Duu^were paired^ r.when. the.'iiatter.^wpn^ihW' fall. O'Neill ..and. JLarfcin^weref, ihgii' sent?fii, and Larkin won. Dun was then ( ara'wn with Carton, who. threw.his opponent, and after some fine play on both sides in the next bout;' Carton threWfLarkjn^and^jvpn the, prize; J. Heaphy,. won the |running high jump^clearlug.^t 10in. Al There were five others.' .W. Close took second place. ,In , the intervals! between the, events in the programme, bye prizes^Wp given for (juoit matches, tossing the" caber r,"c'luflbing the greased pole,, and foot facingfor boys and boys. arid girk-j The races were principally for prizes given or got up by Dr Phillips, between -whom and the . juvenile., athletes there seemed to be a very go'odSinderst^diifg.'^Sdniß'ldf^he youngsters wtiti 1 ; !to them, whole potsrull of mqney, and, great was ; the feasting and rejoicing qf'yqiahjl'^^ui^ia consequence. , Great .amusement;.} 1 wa3 caused' by the -attempts: ani disappoint- * irients of< : the ''aspirants for the prize on top of the greased pole. At length a lad named Thomas Smith ' swarmed. •- arid wriggled up the slippery abomination, and, to the intense delight of his admiring fellow -Bedouins; and, the, total destruction of a suit of rather decent looking, , clothes, secured, the prize. In :the evening, the, prizes .were' paid the several winners, all accounts against the stewards were liquidatedj'a'tid'a handsome balance was left for future disposal.- -