ATHLETICS.
Starts for the "'Wren Five-Hundred" have of course set the peds talking (says the Sydney Referee) Generally .-peaking the adjustment seems to be approved. Maxim Whittingbam, the American, -bo does not know either the runners or their form, says he is .satisfied, because if Postlc (scratch) lias a chance, he reckons he has one % The New Zealanders, J. Currie (B£yds), W Robinson (7i.vds), and Dodds (syds) are not expected to win, according to one who tells me he knows New Zealand form fairly well. " 1 reckon they would want such starts from Morris and McLaehlan,'' he added. " let alone Postle, Dav. and Whittingham." "If Jack Marsh "(Oiyds), W McManus (6yds), ami A. Church (114 yds) were in old-time form it would be all over," remarked a ped. to me on Monday. Another chipped in with: "Church! Why, he was running eighteen years ago: you can have him and his chance.'* And so on and suchlike comments I have heard. I will make a selection in a week or so. I would not be surprised to see the winner come from the New South Wales contingent.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13322, 31 October 1906, Page 4
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