ATHLETIC QUERIES.
ANSWERS TO SPORTSMEN, " Valley," Paeroa, forwards the following questions:—f'.l) Who are the. Moasrar Cup holders? (2) The Wilding Shield liolderfi? (3) Plunket Shield holders? (4) Brown Shield holders? The answers are as follows: —(I) To .Aute College; (2) Wellington; (3) AuckSouth Auckland. Motor-bike," Morrinsville, writes as follows:- As (lie molor-cycio sports are soon to he held at Tnkapuna racecourse arguments have cropped up regarding the respective merits of Coleman and Stratton. Which of the two holds the grass track records for (ho world? Has Cole-' man 4' faster mile and two miles to his credit than Strait on? Which of the two on a 7-9 horse-power machine would be the faster rider? What is Coleman's fastest mile, and also Stratton's? Spencer Strut lon holds (ho world'n grass track record for ;dl powered machines for one mile (no two miles record;-! /made). His time is 46 l-ssecs, made ;■ t Aspendale, Australia. Percy Coleman's lime is 47secs, made at Takapuiia. The. two riders would have to meet, to decide who is the faster on a 7-9 horsa-ppwei" machine. •J ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19807, 30 November 1927, Page 16
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