Harriers CAMPBELL TO THE FORE

NZ Truth, Issue 1229, 20 June 1929, Page 17

Harriers CAMPBELL TO THE FORE

Grand Memorial Race By Olympic (From "N.Z. Truth's" Wellington Rep.) The Grand Memorial race staged by Olympic proved an interesting go. Handicapper Gordon did his work well and there was little separating the prize-winners when the numbers went up. A MORRIS and Tutty did' the hard • graft with the paper. 'Colin Campbell broke m front from the bark of the gun and was never headed. He captured fastest 'time by ten yards. Campbell looks like being club champion this year. A. v Carter surprised himself and everybody else by hanging to Camp-, bell and being second man. Dave Bern gave the lie to his previous week's form by finishing third man home. J. Bell ran a solid race. * Peter Wilson started out with a bang and promised to give time honors a run, but with half the , journey m front of him he wilted. When the ballyhoo had died away and the handicaps \yere adjusted, Carter . was m number one position, followed by Bern second and Walker third. The McV illy

Shield run was not quite the close contest " anticipated by Scottish; After three miles of toil, L. Sinclair's team, cpmr prising Wood-. cock, ; Black arid Hooper, lifted the Shield on a' points basis. Stevens looked a cinch to be first man past the post, and so it proved. He had a fair break on

Sinclair, who just nipped liawer on the tape. Woodcock handed out the Big surprise .of the . day. He was m '■•■ ■ fourth place, but it was not expected he would be" m the first dozen. He is an in-and-out cus-. tomer and would strengthetj the A team if he could be relied upon. Fred Silver, after a bout of the 'flu. turned out, but weakened a mile, from home and could not do better' than a fifth. Black and Whitehouse £an doggedly and helped their respective teams to finish. one, two. c . There was a large combined muster of Hutt Valley and Wellington men at Hutt Park last Saturday. About sixty men were m the line-up. Eight miles of really tip-top country put the finishing touches on the runners for Saturday's tussles. ;';• Roy Kent, Bayne and Matson shone put m. particular, and the men who de-. feat them will' have to move some. It looks like the Gup staying m the Valley. f -«. Morris, £>'ConnelJ and Stoles went well and must have a bjg say m helping Wellington to collect any honors that might come, their way. There is no keeping Jack Shepherd out of first place. He notched another' home-run when he nosed outVCutbush and Blair over a 250 yards stretch. Brooklyn are meeting with tough luck. The trail laid- at Karori' was at sixes and sevens, and a merry mix-up ensued. For the second time the run home was discarded. 7,- ....... »iiiiiiiiiiiiMiniiiiiiiiniMiiiinniiliMMminiuiiiiMiiiiiiiliiiiiiiMminMiiiuniiiim,i'.