ATHLETIC NOTES.

New Zealand Mail, 24 September 1902, Page 54

ATHLETIC NOTES.

(By “Advaaice.”)

Tka Empire City Athletic Club has donated £2 to the prize for the race for its members on the programme of the Eight Hours Demonstration sports. Nominations close to-night. The value of the first prize for the 100 yards amateur events on the Foxton Athletio Club's meeting has been increased to £3 10s. An extra event has been added, 300 yards ladies’ bracelet (open), for prizes value 5s and £1 Is. A moonlight run in connection with the Empire City Athletic Club takes place on October 15th. Nominations close on October Bth. There is a likelihood of amateur oham.

pion L. B. Webster and W. H. Pollock meeting in the amateur events at Foxton on King's Birthday. Liberal prizes have been offered, and the track is a good one. The annual meeting of members of the Empire City Athietic Ginn will be held on Monday, 2Sth inst. I understand Secretaries Smyth and Arndt have satisfactory balance-sheets to present in connection with the social and club respectively. It is proposed to bring off a big Sheffield Handicap in connection with the club next season. Information has been rcce.ved by Mr

E. S. Marks, hon. secretary of the Amateur Athletic Association of Australasia. concerning the Olympian Games of 1904, to be held at Chicago. The committee on Final Athletics of the Olympian Games of 1904 is in process of formation, and it will consist of the most representative and prominent athletic sportsmen of the United States and foreign countries. The names of four men are required, representative of the Australian section of the world of sport, who are considered the best qualified to collaborate in the work of the committee. f?a September 2nd Mr Marks forwarded a letter, stating that it would be extremely difficult to get representatives together owing to distinct organisations controlling each branch of sport. On behalf of the Amateur Athletic Union, Mr Coombes and Mr Marks would, tho loiter continued, "be very pleased to collaborate with the committee on behalf of Australasia. We could advise as to possibilities and probabilities of the other sports in Australasia to be decided at the games, although we would have no direct warrant or mandate to represent them." Athletics engaged at the Eight Hours' sports, to be held at the Basin Reserve on Demonstration Day, will be pleased to know that one George Watson will officiate as starter. The annual meeting of members of the Cheltenham-Kiwitea Athletic Club was held on the 20th inst. Mr Shannon’s handicaps for the Eight Hours’ sports are due to appear on the 29th inst. (Monday next). The Feilding Athletic Club will hold ita annual sports meeting on Boxing Day. Mr W. S. Corby has again taken up his residence in Wanganui after an absence of four years. Prior to leaving Greymouth be was entertained at a banquet and presented with a purse of sovereigns. Mr Corby wrote athletic notes in the "Wanganui Herald” under the nora de plunio of "Victor,” and trained the Wanganui Amateur Athletic Club’s team, which included the brothers Arthur and Goorgo Holder and Gus. Norton, for the championship meeting held in Auckland in 1897. Amateur athletics are pretty dead at present in Wellington. A committee meeting—tho first s nee the sports meeting held in March last—was called for Friday night last. Only secretary F. Ross. W. H. Pollock, and “Advance,” put in an appearance. The meeting lapsed for want of a quorum. The Porirua Ai.hlei.ic Club will meet this week to draw up a programme for a sports meeting to be held on Boxing Day. The three amateur events at the Foxton meeting, on King’s Birthday, are worth .£l3 7s. Programmes can be had on application to Messrs $. Rickard and E. E. Smith (joint secretaries) Foxton, jmd R. W. Armit, 51 Lambton Quay, Wellington. Nominations for the Foxton meeting, on King’s Birthday, close on October 21st. Handicaps will appear in the "New Zealand Times” on or about October 28th. Amendments have been made to tho Feilding Athletic Club’s rules giving power to photograph any competitor, to pay prize money to the second in a race when the winner refuses to sign a declaration, to refuse to return nominations and acceptances under any pretence and to differentiate protests in specific and general, the fee for lodging a specific - protest to be 10s and a general protest 20s. The annual meeting of members of the Horowhenua Athletic Club was held at Wereroa on the 16!h instant. The election of officers resume' 1 follows: Patrons—Messrs W.. H. Field, M.H P Messrs P. Bartholomew J P. McDonald, J. Kebbell; president Mr C. Williams; vice-presidents. M «*«!>• T. TGr»->. F. Rr- e . W- Smithson, McLom V Gardener, Silvester, G. Wood ' W : bon, E. F. Lev>, Dr Clpv ' Mr Reeves; treasure’ '"'iHn-rg. handicappcr, Mr r;;. !- r ‘nr' Mr G. Watson; ii- .Tj-r----nett; secretary, Mr .i '

.mittee, Messrs Roe, Geary, Wood, Kelliher, AUaway, Banks, Poison, VV. Melton, Btrawbridge, Smithson, F. ■ Garland. Silvester; judges, F. Roe, Owens, M. Foselia; clerks of course, W. Geary, VV. Meuon, and G. Banks; sub-committee for drafting programme, and seeing to ground, F. Garland, G. Wood, F. Roe, Allaway (chairman). It was decided to draw up a first-class programme for the next, athletic sports meeting, and to increase the prize money.

FEILDING CLUB. The annual meeting of members of the Feilding Athletic Club was held on the 17th instant. Mr W. Reid presided The seventh annual report of the committee was submitted and read. In presenting the report and balance-sheet, the committee congratulated the members on the success of the past season. The balance shows that the assets of the club are .£BO 13s 9d, as compared with £4O 10s 9d at the conclusion of last year, there being no liabilities. Since the sports, the track has been dressed and rolled, and is now in fair order. The membership of the club is now over 100, and there is every probability of there being a considerable increase during the present year. The balance-sheet shows that the total receipts during the year were <£376 16s lOd, amongst which the following items appear:—Members’ subscriptions, £24 10s; nominations, etc., £75 9s; gate moneys, £l4B 3s 3d; proceeds from booths, lawn, concert, sale of books, etc., £55 4s 3d. The expenditure totals £376 19s, the principal items being:—prize moneys, £136 12s 6d; printing and advertising, £27 6s lOd; band, £lO 10s, secretary, £10; concert and dance, £ll 11s; sundry small acoounts, £32 6s lid; and change, £2O.

On the motion of Mr Trewin, the report and balance-sheet were adopted. The election of officers for the year was then proceeded with, the following being appointed:—President, W. A. L. Bailey; secretary, E. H. Eisher; committee, Messrs Lockhead Woolven. Reid, Wackrill, Whisker. Wilson, Trewin, Butler, Collingwood, Watts, Sebleyj Goodin, Stirling, Stnnell, Lethbridge, Haswell, Lessington, Belfit, and Worsfold; programme committee, Messrs Lissington, Lochhead, Belfit, Worsfold. Whisker, and Watts.

The election of vice-presidents will be dealt with by the committee according to the rules. The sub-committee appointed m regard to the latter recommended a number of alterations, including the printing of the whole in one book, and after gome considerable discussion the suggestions were adopted. The new rules include the definition of the word "protest” and prescribe the conditions under which the same shall be lodged.