ATHLETES AND AXEMEN
KING COUNTRY CONTEST. f TAIHAPE, This Day. The fifth annual carnival of the Taihape St. Patrick’s Day Axemen’s and Athletic Club opened yesterday under favourable circumstances with the representation of athletes ' and axemen from all parts of the Dominion. Yesterday was largely taken up with running the heats of the £6O Sheffield Handicap and minor athletic events and the £IOO 14-ineh standing chop and £SO 12-inch standing chop, the finals for which will be held today. The events finalised yesterday were the Half-Mile Handicap:; R. Young 1, F. W. Large 2, L. Carrington 3. Time, 56 secs. A protest was lodged against the winner. One Mile. Cycle Race: J. ReMa, 1, A. C.,; Sutton 2; C. Erecson 3. —Press, Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 17 March 1927, Page 4
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