ATHLETIC SPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18584, 17 December 1923, Page 6

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

YACHTING. ROYAL N.Z. YACHT SQUADRON. FIRST HAEBOOB RACES. The Royal New Zealand Yacht S«undron . , hold a general handicap on Sa-urday ait o 1 noon ioz the larger yachts, •, and also a race .for the' 18ft. restricted class. . 1; The weather was very *y°°lfflhrrtert> racing, & whole-sail breeze blowing thron?hout the , aft«moon. . The course for general handicap ™ J™ starting line between the tower on end of the King's Wharf and mark boat moored north, theuce round ;Bftation light beacon. thence round beacon inside Rangitoto reel, thence green light boacon, '••hence, round Rona buoy off Birkenhead, to finishing line °.Among competitors in this event was tie ke»! yacht Prize, which 3 maiden race. It was generaily^^ntioipated that she would make r. good^boirag along side Rawone, but the. latter prov.sd .00 good 011 the lay for i'rize, which was also ■ beaten by Victory and Moan*. , Details are as follow:— THE GENERAL HANDICAP. The general handicap. the fi«t ptue for? •which was the Bardie trophy and £}0, was started at 280 p.m.. lor, f B L°Ariki & line first, olosely. followeii by Soout, Windward, Mo ma and v"'' iJd Arrltr Tornnsi continued her Jeaa until some'distance down the harbour, when she was overhauled by the two boats racing in that order round the with Rawene-. and Vidors.f. httlo farther ~'a.n Pass ng the .Kins: s Wharf on xno Teat up to the °Rona buoy, the times were Ariki. 4h llm IGs: Icr ito fig, Rawene. 4h 19m '203;Vi co ry.4h2l3n lis. Prize 4h 22m 443; Mcsn-ria, 4h 23m IBS, Ladye Wilma. 4h 25m 365; Little Jim, 4h 29ni 3s; Windward, 4h 3im 6s, Scout 4c 40m 6s. After passing the Queen s Wharf, Moana replaced Prize, thsre fceing no fur•ther alteration in. the; positions of the boats until the finish, which was timed m follows: Ariki (sor), 4fc. 47m 695: (sm) 4h 51m 525; Riwene (llm), 4a bam 425; 'Victory (13£rn). lh 57m 21s; Moana (l°m) 5h Ora 555; Prize (9m), 5h 8m 30b, Ladyei' Wilma (22m), lih6m 21»; Little Jim (18lm) oh 9m 503; Windward (27m). 5h 19m 51s; Scout (30m), 5h 21m 295. Reault: Victory 1, Ladye Wilma. 3, Raw en 9 3. THE 18-FOOTERS. The raoo for the M class (18-fiwters) brought out Mawhiti. Mollie,. and MsiUrere. the soat.s crossing tt« line in that order. Mat ere overhauled the leaders jhortly after the start, and was never beaded. Pa*sfag the King's Wharf on, the beat up the harbour. lilatsrere had a .lead of 1m,.29« from Mawhiti, which was Us ahead of Mculie. The filiating times were: Matareri», 4a K:m 575, 1; Mawhiti, 4h 54m lis. 2; Hollae, 4h 55m 53 3* , >r « The officers for the day wore Mann. J. C. Hewson, J. H. Frater, and B. W. Beaumont. ' AKARAIW. YACHT OLUB. CRUISING AND HABBQUB RACES, Tho Akarana Taoht Club held a craising race to Awaroa Bay, Wsiheke, on Saturday for yachts and launches., and also harbour noes for open boats. . ~ . The wind, which was from west-south-west, care "the boats in the criisiM event almost a fiat run to their destination, while, the ©pen boats had a fair tost in all points of SB At n *he conclusion of the cruising race a most enjoyable social and dance was held • in Gordon * Hall. There was > very. largo gathering of yachtsmen and their fnoads, and excellent mtisio was supplied by Mr. P Pfcvns's orcheutra. , The official* in charge o? the raoing •were: Starter. Mr. W. A. Wilkinson; jutige, harbour raow, Mr. G. S. h£iller. tim&keepers, harbour racee Messrs. Wilkinsra •nd G. B. Lay cook: judge Mid timekeeper, cruising race, Mr, E. J. Kelly. THE CRUISING RACE. The S and V classes raced together, and were sent away at 2.35 p.m.. Wisard r'°roaaing the line first, closely followed by «Chamrfcgr.c and Magic, with the other* , handy except Aratu, which was three minutes late. ChampaflTiae overhauled Wizard on tne jpn down' tho harbour brat was again replaced bv Wizard.. while Mario headed the. flee>t after clearing the luththoqse. The finishing - ' tvrrnw were:Maaio (scrJ.^Sb /2_\ ci. Wizard (3m), 6h 3m 4?a; Namu t (8m). Eh 4m 275; Aratu (6m), 5h ,7® 50s : Chami)«tPie v (2m). 6h 8m ss; Wild Wave (3m), Eh 15m 10s. Result: N axnu, 1; Magic. 2: Aratu. 3. Venus ehowed the way over the to® in the race for tha L class and next io her '' came Marie. Valeria. Mow, Lovelight. and j Ngaru. Mario took the lead shortly aftex j the start, followed by Venus. A ther astern came LoveUght and flgWj' which fous;ht out a good race, pe finishing times wfre:—Mane (scr). a &m 395. Venn a (lm), 5h 10m 265; Lovelight (llm). 5h 14m ss; ffgani (6m),.5h 14m 80s; Mowßi (llm). 5b 15m ss; Valeria dm), 5h 19m 655. Result: Lovebght. 3. Mowai, 2; Venus. 3. Class N was sent away with class L. Waiapu crossing. a long way in the lead of Wairere and Winifred, while still runner astern came Lorn*. Waiapu and Wairere before t: hoy rJu„ fi£ P a h very far 1 and was never headed piefin.«hleg times were:—Winifred (scr). 5h 10m 495. \?aiapu (6m), 5h 16m; Wairere (4m). fih 18m 7s; Lorn a I (8m). sh-81m" 355. Result. Waiapu, 1; Winifred. 2; WftirnTe 3. - Class H si.w six boats face the starter. Waiter® H and Sadie crossing the line on level terms, with Spray. Esma. snd the others a little further away. Walter® U. gradually drew away from once In the lead, was never headed, The finishing < times ; wet© "Waiter® H. (spr) 5h 8m 24s* Kotaie (sm), 5h 10m 575; Sadie 'sm). ft llm iss; Spray . (6m), 6h llm 655; Ulsma ; (Cm). 5h 13m 555; A waters (to). Eh 15m. Result: Spray, lr.Kotare, 2; > Sadie, 3. _ In the lace for keel yachts. Speedwell l gpt the belt of the start, and next to her .came May belle, Cynthia, and Vanitie, with the others handy except Wairohi, which waa ; !at«. Speedwell kept her lead for the remainder or the course, while Vamtie replaced Mavbelle. Ths finishing times were: --Speedwell (4m). 5h lom 40a; Vanitie (sor), 5h lßm ss; Maybelle (4m). 5h 24m 455; Daisy (Bra). 6h 30m IS#; Cynthia (16m). 5h 34tn 40s; Iris (16m). 5b 34m 40s. Result; Speedwell, 1; Vanitie, 2; Cynthia. 3. The race for launches brought out four starters. CrrejQa crossing the line first. followed by Tarua, Shamrock and Irene May. Tarua passed Cyrena before thsy had gone verv far, while Shamrock had tc- give place to Irene May. The finishing times were: "Tarua. (13m), "4h 58m 255; Cyreue (6m). 5b 14m 35a; Irene May (60m). 5h 86m 6s; Shamrock (80m), 6h 16m 10s, Result: Irene May, 1; Tarua, 2; Shamrock, 3. V v ; THE HARBOUR EVENTS. . i :• There wore seven competitors in tho race for class V. Sea Mew leading the way over the . line, followed by Boa Gnome, Cupid, Sea Breeze, and Continuance, with the others handy. Sea Gnome was soon in the lead and was never headed. Cupid being next. The. finishing times were:—Sea Gnome (scr), 5h 22m 80s; Cupid (scr), 5b v;94m 255: Bronswiug (2m), 5h 28m 555; Sea " Mew (6m);'6h'Sotn 455. • Result: Sea Gnome. 1; Cupid, 2; Sea Mow, 8. Sea Nymph and Sea. Breeze and Continuance did not finish. The ract> for class T brought out seven - starters, all getting well awav together. Rover was first to shew out, and then name Viper, Tui. Kismet, Aotea, Sheita. and r Awaro. Tui held the lead ,on the first ' round, but had to give place to Kisimet on the second. The finish was , timed as follows:—Kismet (scr). Eh 87m 10s: Sheila (13m). 5h 38m; Tui (8m). 6h 89m 20s l Viper (scr), 5h 44m 80s; Aotea (8m) 5h film 80s. Ber-nlt: Pbeila., 1: Tui. 2: Kismet. 8. Awaron and Rover gave up. _ _ . The competitors in the race for the X class were Nyria. Iron Duke. Idler, Queen March, Desert Gold, Resolute, and Rand. From a very prettv start Rangi crossed the line first, closely followed by Resolute and Nyria, then came Idler, Queen Marsh, Desert Gold and Iron Duke. All. set epmniliern far tLfl run to ih« Sand beacort. Desert Gold held the lead for a. while, -but had to give place t,o Queen March- and Nyria. Pasainfr the mark boat on the com- ' pletion of the first round the times were: — Quiwn Ma-roh. 4h 24ni 20s; Nyria, 4h 28m sh: Desert Gold, 4h 28m 555; Iron Duke, 4h 29m 10s; Rangi. 4h 29m 60s;, Idler, 4h 30m lis; Resolute, 4h 36m 80s. On the pec-jnd round Idler replaced Iron Duke and Raigi. "Hie finishing times were: Queen March (30s), 5h 20m 413: Nyria (lm). Bh Mm ss: Desert Gold (llm), 5h 25m 275; Idler (2m). 5h 25m 455; Iron Duke (2m), 5b 27m 42a; Ranjri (4m), 5h 29m 16s. Result: Queen March. 1; Nyria. 2; Desert Gold. 3. Resolute did not finish.

ATHLETICS,

SPORTS AT HAMILTON.

NUMEROUS ENTRIES. [BT TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ; HAMILTON. Saturday. ~ A sports meeting was held at Steele Park this .afternoon. under the auspices of the Hiimilton Amateur Athletic Club. The entrias in the various events were numerous. . and some interesting finishes were witT,4 T^ Tte results were as follows: <r,™? \ i rc *lr. Handicap (juniors).—D. Frost tier lid) 3H- Orocott (Iyd). 2; T. Vaahandicap (seniors).—J. B. McH. Grocott (Gyds). B: noyds)7i. (junior) —T Vautier P»4» . (as y .8. * I - mEtoa UOydsi. 2: W. B&A^»^.)?s. WTOa ' B " M °- . '■ 822 (85yd»). 1 i ; G 7cl V_?' ace —-M. j. ]?i card Renonf (Bted,j 3 yor 2; W