HAVELOCK SPORTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 93, 21 April 1908, Page 8

HAVELOCK SPORTS.

For the Easter Monday sports, held at Brownlee Park (writes our correspondent) the weather was fine but overcast and cold, not, however, a bad day for such an occasion as far as the contestants were concerned, and there was a large attendance. There was some dissatisfaction, over the Havelock Handicap (the final). Butler's friends declared he had won, but the judge's decision,was for Mears. A neck and neck race and apparently a dead heat, but as the judge was at the end of the tape there is no valid reason for disputing his verdict. In the evening ,at the Town Hall a most enjoyable dance wound up the day's amusement. :; There was an exceedingily large attendance, and the surrounding districts, being well represented. Music was supplied by Miss Scott, Mr [ Godfrey mating an able M.C. The supper was catered for by Mrs H. A. Reader. ~ .

The results were as follows

Maiden Race, 100 yds.— Butler 1, Maloney 2. ; Won easily. Time, 11 sec. Four others started.

Handicap ;Hurdles, 220yds.—Terrill 1, Patterson 2,, Time, 28|sec. Three other, starters..... Half-mile Boys' Race. —Cameron 1, S. Pickering 2. ' Havelock /Handicap, 100 yds. —First heat.—Butler 1, Strickland 2; time, lOsec. Second heat : Mears 1, Boyce 2; time, 10>2-sth> sec. Third heat: Terrill 1, McArtney 2; time, 11 sec. Final : Mear^l, Butler 2; time, 10 sec. ' v" ■■''' •■■■■•■■■■■■ ■ ■ ■ •

Hop, Step, and Jump.—Patterson (43ft. 9in.) l 3f Barker (40ft. 9in.) 2. . Half-mile ~,',Handicap.—Terrill 1, Simmonds 2, A. Jellyman 3. High. Jump Handicap.—Casey (sft. 2i-in.) 1, Mortimer 2, Twidle 3. Sawmill-hands' Handicap, 100 yds.— A. Wells 1, ,Hubbard 2." Bicycle Obstacle Race.—Sutton 1, S. Pickering'2, Jellyman 3. Easter ' Handicap.—First heat : Boyce 1, Dalton 2, time, 28 l-sth sec. Second heat,: Mears 1, Nesbit 2. Third heat : Butler 1, Strickland 2; time, 26 l-sth sec. Final: Butler 1. Stepping Contest.—Morris and R. Wells, dead Heat.

Bushmen's Choppers', and Sawyers' Race.—W. Hutchinsoh 1, Mahoney 2. Publicans' Handicap.—Terrill 1, Tapp 2; won easily; time, 50 sec. Vaulting with Pole.—A. Wells 1, H Orsmah 2

Consolation Handicap.— VY Twidle 1-: Boyce S.