Harriers TANADEES CUP RUN

NZ Truth, Issue 1235, 1 August 1929, Page 17

Harriers TANADEES CUP RUN

Lawer Puts Up Sound 'Performance ! (From "N.Z. Truth's" Wellington Rep.), \ Although the going was heavy last 'Saturday, the Vosseler Shield 1 course was m quite fair order when Scottish battled out their Tanadees Cup race. AS indicated the previous week the .'winner sprang from the mld'dlemark'ers. . The entries were disappointing. The 'weekly attendance shows signs of fallr ing away^during the second half of the season. • ;. . | B. Lawer clinched his right to the cup In easy style by a hundred yards. , He turned m a sound performance and 1 may be the Scottish fourth man for the provincial championship. .. ■__ « For consistency, Stevens has Father Time licked to a frazzle. Finishing m second place he hung up a great run. He has only to" hold his form for the record book to read— Provincial Champion, 1929, A.L. Stevens, 1 W. Zander had a rare tussle with I Stevens. He showed much Improve- . \ ment to be beaten out by but twenty yards Into third place. .V C- Thompson and . Captain George Zander gave the spectators a run for their moneys -when they- put m a grandstand finish for fourth position. A yard "was the official verdict m favor of Thompson. i Silver twice -lost his shops.' This cost Dhlm whatever chance he may have had. i Although he has been m the spotlight m. good deal lately, Sinclair cannot afford to sit back on his oars. Saturday caught Slim well back. A training schedule from* Slow on until the championships will -be of advantage "to him. Typical harrier country was covered at Karori by Olympic. >■ Eggers- and Halgh tint In five miles of "donkey" work with the Uaper. . ' . ■ . ■'< Mud. and other things too numerous 1 to mention played their part and took their toll. Irithe llne-.upfor the runhome there were many gaps. / Hardinge captured' a .n,arrow victory «>ver Campbell -with Morris third. The club championship will be run over the provincial course on Saturday. ■ Form points to Peter Wilson being first man through the worsted. C. .Campbell' will be m second place. Carter should have an edge on Barn for third nod. ■ ' ' > : ' F. Harlen and Gornall' were the beasts of burden for the combined Hutt Valley— "Wellington . run. Six miles was the distance. ■ Matson and > Dudley, Hutt, shone particularly, while Morris, Frazer, Stoles and Corcoran upheld Wellington's end. - ■ ■■ A blanket finish m the run home saw Cutbush get a hair-line decision over Morris and" O'Brien.