ATHLETIC SPORTS AT WAIPIRO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8319, 28 July 1890, Page 6

ATHLETIC SPORTS AT WAIPIRO.

Saturday, the 12th instant, turned out as nice a day as could be wished for the athletic sports ; and though the attendance was not so large as at the summer meeting, yet there was a. large concourse of both races in holiday attire on the beach, and occupying seats (forms) which had been provided on the bank contiguous. Judge, Mr. Dodgshun; handieapper, Mr. Neilson; starter, Mr. .1. J! Steele. The events comprised the following : — 100 Yards Handicap : JO. Swann, 1 ; 1). Mc( ittire, 2. Hop, Step, and Jump: J. B. Hale, 1; 1). Met J aire. -. I One Mile Walking Match : C. Swann, 1. High Jump: .J. B. Hale, 1; Hewetson, "2. | Half-mile Race :K. Swanu, I; R. Liddel,'J. i *2'20 Yards Race : E. Swann, 1 ; J. 11. | Hale, 2. Wheelbarrow Race: Renata, 1; Sam ; .race. 2. 220 Yards Race, 10 hurdles, .'if ,nil :J. B. ( Hale, 1. , Pickaback Race: Renata Tamipo, 1. ' | 410 Yards Race: H. Swann, I ; C. Swann, I I -■ 1 Maori Race, '220 yards :S. Grace, 1; Re- ! nata, 2. , Wrestling Match: S. Grace, C. Lid:lel ; * I stakes divided. ■ J Taken as a whole the sports went oil" ( | very successfully, but 1 cannot, help express- | ing my belief that on future occasions of like j kind it would be well to let the sports prei cede the ball, instead of following it at so S short an interval as the next, morning. After j people have danced all night, they cannot be i very "lit" for renewed exertion next day of ! he violent kind involved in athletic compels tition. 1 ndced, some of our athletes In.ike.l [ litter for " Blanket. Bay" than the. arena, and a committeeman or two also, The element of fun was by no means lacking, however, on this occasion, our irrepressible "Walter" i astonishing the natives with an automaton | nondescript which jerked its arms and legs about in an alarming manner, while the exodus of a well-known jovial character on his usually white horse, which now, however, appeared with a blue face, blue stripes, and anatomically defined ribs in black paint, astonished while it provoked the admiration of all beholders. Altogether we have had a pleasant holiday, and so ends the Waipiro Station winter sports and my letter.— [Own Correspondent.] •