CROSS-COUNTRY RUN.
The cross-country run which takes place this afternoon will, it is expected, prove more interesting than last year's event, as it is to be held over more suitable country, and the course is visible from Tahuna Park for almost the whole distance.
The starting point is inside Tahuna Park, as also ia the finishing post; the course beiDgof a semicircular shape, running in the direction of Anderson's Bay and Lawyer's Head, and back to the park by the same route—a total distance of four miles.
The first prize, value L 5 ss, has been presented by Mr Frank Hyams. The winner also holds Dr Roberts' challenge cup for the ensuing season. Second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth prizes will also be given.
The entries number 59, a decrease in comparison with last year's entries, but I expect to see an increase in the number of starters as compared with last year; I should not be surprised if 40 men toed their marks.
Those likely to be well up at the finish, in ray opinion, are W. J. Burk, W. A. Low, D. M'Laren, P. C. Neili jun., W. Hamilton, J. A. Young, C. M'Leod, G. M. Campbell, E. Macassey, J. D. Thomson, H. Holmes, A. Bauchop, G. Turton, J. W. Haynes, and C. Eyre.
It is a very difficult matter to name the placed men in a race of this sort, but I.fancy the following in the order given, viz.:—W. J. Burk, 1; D. M'Laren, 2; W. Hamilton, 3 ; W. A. Low, 4 ; C. Eyre, 5 ; J. W. Haynes, 6; with Neiil, Campbell, C. M'Leod, A. Bauchop, and Macassey following.
For those who believe in what may be termed " blanket tips," I may mention that an intending competitor had a dream last week, and in that dream he saw the ficst three men finish thus : Eyre, 1; Low, 2; Neil], 3. This dream took place before the entries were received, and the athlete referred to (who is not one of the three) did not even know that the first-named competitor had any intention of entering. The result will prove the reliance that may be placed on such tips. Amateur.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9565, 22 October 1892, Page 6 (Supplement)
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564CROSS-COUNTRY RUN. Otago Daily Times, Issue 9565, 22 October 1892, Page 6 (Supplement)
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