Bristol Bulldogs for Australian Air Force

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7169, 17 March 1930, Page 6

Bristol Bulldogs for Australian Air Force

United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Sunday, 9 p.m. MELBOURNE, March 16.

There have arrived at Melbourne eight Bristol bulldog lighting aeroplanes specially built for the Air Force. The machines, which are capable of doing 168 miles per hour, will be assembled in threo weeks after which trained pilots will give a public display of air manoeuvres and acrobatics. The total cost of the planes is £30,000.

others. In an exhibition vault afterwards, he just failed to improve on the New Zealand record of lift Sin.

440 yards.—Final: G. Golding (Australia) 1, J. Fleming (Wellington) 2, T. Pickering (Wellington) 3, O. C. Harley (Canterbury) 4. Again running in tho outside, Golding had a decided lead when they straightened up for tho run home, the Australian finally winning by four yards, with Fleming three and a half yards in front of Pickering. Time, 49 2-ssecs.

Half mile cycle—Final: F. J. Grose (Canterbury) 1, L. Pearce (Wellington) 2, T. O’Brien (Canterbury) 3. Won by a length and a half, with O’Brien two lengths back. Time, 64 3-5 secs.

One mile: D. Evans (WanganuiTaranaki) 1, G. Bayne (Wellington) 2, C. Gibbons (Wanganui-Taranaki) 3. Silver made the pace for a lap and then retired. McDonald showed tho way at the end of half a mile to Lovelock and Bayne. The last-named was in front after going three parts of tho distance, with Savidan and Barnes next but entering on tho final section, Savidan and Lovelock were just ahead of Bayne, with Evans still well back. Evans commenced his run down the back stretch and worked his way to the front by the time the turn for home was reached, coming-on to win by three yards from Bayne, who was six yards ahead of Gibbons. Lovelock was two yards away ahead of Savidan and McDonald. Time, 4min 23 2-ssecs. Three mile cycle—Final F. J. Grose (Canterbury) 1, T. O’Brien (Canterbury) 2, L. Pearce (Wellington) 3. Also started: M. Gane (Wellington) .In a great finish, Grose won by a length, with a length and a half between O’Brien and Pearce. Tho other three starters were in a bunch, three lengths back. Time, 7min 52 3-ssccs.

Ladies’ championship relay: Wellington (Misses N. Willison, J. Wilson, C. Miller and T. Kcnch) 1, Canterbury (Misses Boyd, Callinan, Nelligan, Martyn) 2, Wanganui-Taranaki (Misses Higgins, Toy, Allan and Bishop) 3. Won by eight yards, with SO yards back to the Wanganui-Taranaki representatives. Time, 52secs.

Championship relay.— Wellington: Ogg (880), Fleming (440), Strange (220) and Jenkins (220) 1, Canterbury: Suckling (880) Harley (440) Ensor (220), Cordery (220) 2. Auckland: Savidan (880), Henry (440), Merideth (220), Elliott (220) 3. Also started: Wanganui-Taranaki and Otago. Won by two yards, with five yards between second and third. Time, 3min 35 2-5 secs, which beat the New Zealand record by one-fifth of a second.

GROSE PUTS UP GREAT CYCLING PERFORMANCE,

Frank Grose proved himself a champion of champions in winning every heat and tho final in both cycling championships and handicap events. He won brilliantly, with the spectators on their toes with excitement at the critical moment, round about 300 yards from the finish. On each occasion all had the one thought—By how much will -ho win? In all, Grose started eight times, and on one occasion, in the mile handicap, ho was clocked to cover the last 220 yards in 12 seconds, winning the race unpaccd from scratch in 2min 10 1-osecs, by six lengths. All the cycle race championships, with the exception of the half mile, were paced races and were a great improvement on all previous New -Zealand championships. Although some of the pacemakers were new at the game, they improved with every race. Having several experienced Christchurch riders in Brown, Wilcockson and Marsden to get an idea of what was wanted.

Frank J. Grose, who is only 20 years old, first won the New Zealand championship in Dunedin in 1926 (three miles). In 1927 he won the half mile at Auckland and in 1927-28 he won the three championships —half mile, one and three mile —at Christchurch (English park). In the 1928-29 championships at Wellington, he qualified for all finals but fell in the first final and retired with an injured knee.