CONTESTS IN BRISBANE.
THE DOMINION ATHLETES. COMMENT OF ! MANAGER. [by telegraph.—press association.] WELLINGTON. Saturday. ■ Writing to M'r.-'Kitto.* chairman of the Wellington Centre of the' New Zealand Amateur Athletic, Association, Mr.. Guy, managar! of' the New' Zealand- team at the Australasian championships, held at Brisbane, makes an interesting comment on (he grounds, the training and the general performances of the team. . The letter was written before the championships concluded. After referring to the endless trouble'to get training grounds.' Mr. Guy says: "The parka in Brisbane and Sydney are fearful. Yon would not run. a dog on them in New Zealand. On the day the decathlon commenced (which was'also the day the letter was written) Harvey had a severe attack of dysentry, .but was carried through tor the doctor giving him a strychnine injection halt-an-hour before taking the field. Under the circumstances, his performance was full of merit.
"Nobody knew why Cabot was disqualified. No one saw him' 'lift' except the iudge. Savidan ran a very Sne race.- Had he saved his run till a little later he would just about Viate beaten Hyde. Shirley lost the hurdles simply through over-anx-iousness. He was first over No. 1. but ran straight into the second and lost yards. Lay opened, the. spectators' eyes a trifle." Mr. Guy also forwarded a copy of the new. reinstatement rule.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19419, 30 August 1926, Page 13
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