Harriers GALAXY OF CONTESTS

NZ Truth, Issue 1228, 13 June 1929, Page 17

Harriers GALAXY OF CONTESTS

The McVilly Shield On Saturday (From "N.Z. Truth's" Wellington Rep.) This seems to be the fera of cup races. Scottish havetheir McVilly Shield run scheduled;' for Saturday. They will ,be foliqwed latei\ m the day by Olympic, who are staging their headliher for the season— the. ! Grand Memorial: . '*' . . ' THE postponed:;. Olynipic MaMen .was,, run last 'Saturday/ It was.sa useful try-out and/gave "the handicapper a line on the chances., of runners., "on the 15th. | /- > \ • . :>'V : "'- :' A S. Williams turned . m a , sound performance when he. finished fifty. y*u-d3 m the van. X.. Webb also merited 'a round of applause, m notching second place. '.- • _„ • ■ . ■•' ■ Dave Barn was, a long way- back m ; third position. "He did not p.erform as well as his previous runs showed. » The special prize for time honors 1 went to J. Bell, who headed off. Tutty ► by a scant margin. The war-horses had a go over the same course. Carter looks a good 'un. The indications are that Campbell, Wilson, Bell, Tutty and Carter will have the biggest say m Saturday's tussle. ' '.']■ The McVilly .Shield race' will be a teams affair., TTie runners are to be split into packs of five. The final result is workedout on a points basis. A spin of -six miles gave -Geoi'ge Zander, a chance to look them over and to sort put well-balanced teams for the fray. Silvester, just to show he is not a pluggrer, came to. light ;With a good tun? of speed 'and hung up a first in' the run home. Hunter and , Meara "followed him. ; After the Palmer Cup, last Satur- [ day's run by Wellington seemed flat. in com;parls6n. A good work-out of , a.bojjt seven miles, however, helped to tone up the weak spots. : "Lawrie Watson looks like the '.. oroverbial fiddle. He appears ;to :* h^ve ■.improved. ' .Corcoran, Stoles ; and Fra»er at«^.moving, great guns and can be depended upon to make L tHem all go. • . . • '-■ • Jack Sheppard- has four- runs-in vie- '( torifes hanging from, his belt— three of I them m a row. O'Connell and Blair y saw; his dust last Saturday. t Hutt Valley are collecting a ppwer- "> ful team, for their big 'fight , with Mastert^on m the Sanders Cur race on June 22. Matson and Kent will form thesbackbone of the team. These it^w^backed by Bay ne and one or ;two np th"erj ; ..ne^i- champions, will make tires Masjfcerton men know that they hayß-he^n^'in a race.\;Nv :';;.• The h|K;yy goin.g along' the beach to'; the :^ Pepjjarfow.f Ughthdiise ' playeii 1 havoc witi^i.the' Brooklyn runners. .-,A ■few : of the .less energetic tackled the Gollan's galley trail. The' -men were so prpttered that the run-in 'was"discarded. Their- big event, <orf Saturday' week, is the Cooke .Cup. A lap of the Vosspl'pr s?hie]iri roiirse will be the -venue. Siifclair. Rothwell and Davies are the most improved men m the club.