HARRIERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20709, 6 May 1929, Page 2

HARRIERS.

ANGLICAN. The Anglican Harriers held their Onemile Novice Championship and Sealed Handicap for the Mouat Cup at Forbury o e i 1 0 / faced the starter (Mr E. S. Gale), who got them away in fine style. The first time past the post the order was Adkins. Fitchett, Rue- ■ sell, and Mitchell. This order was maintained till the end of the back straight, when C. E. Smith and H. W; M. Smith moved up, making - the ■ pace a cracker. Coming into the home stretch Russell took the lead, closely followed by Bobertson and C. E, Smith, Though vigorously challenged by Robertson and -. Smith, Russell Maintained his lead, and the result was:—— J. A. Russell I. W. Robertson 2, C. E. Smiths. Time, Smin 30sec. The winner of the Sealed Handicap was I.Fitchett. The ■ thanks of the club are due to the Forbury. Park Trotting Club for the use of the • ■track. Afterwards. the dub held a run from Forbury Park. Paper was dispensed w-ith. and the pack, under the whistles of Captain Gale and Deputy Captain ProVo, ran up to the golf links and over some good .harrier country, finally return- . ing via Cargill’s Castle and St. Clair. In ') a fast run home Stewart was first, closely I followed by. Holmes; and J. 'W. Moodie. ■ 4 ’ ■—— , '. > ST. PATRICK’S,' Twelve, runners faced the starter in the St. Patrick’s Harrier One-mile Maiden Handicap at Forbury Park. The track was very soft, and'‘made fast times out of the question. The men on the front marks made the pace solid at the start, but lack of-training made'two give'np. R. Carvalho took the lead after about three furlongs, and kept it till-bear the end, but J. W. Bradley and N. M'Qettigan, who had be.en lying handy, came : with good finishes, Bradley finishing with about 15 yards to spare from M'Gettigan, . with Carvalho five yards further back. ' Result:—J. W. Bradley 1, N. M'Gettigan -j 2, R. Carvalho 3. , At the conclusion of : > the race the pack went for a run along .the beach to Lawyers’ Head and back. > along•“Lovers’,lane.” A.long rrin home.;; was held, in which:Geddfes, Campbell, and V Ryan were prominent/- < A COMBINED RUN, George Street School was the vous for the Hanover Street and St.Kilda Harrier Clubs bn Saturday after-. J noon, who assembled, in full force. ‘ The 4 district covered by the harriers was Pine Q Hill, which* afforded excellent opportuni- V ties lor all. The paper trail laid by J. fe . Bartlett and L. MacMillan followed the-., road for .two Smiles,, then across country , westward’to. the read leading out at; Patmos avenue and from there home. The . combined clubs were divided into a fast pack in charge of Captains Hayward andV Foley and a slow .pack under J: Board- ‘ man. At the outset .the pace was decidedly, hot, but when the hill country was reached i the speed slackened. The senior, members i following a different route, arrived much later, and in a fast sprint home A. Kay waafirst, foliowed by D. Thompson and L. Buddicom. The junior. Vinners were L. Nedlin. and C. K. Smith/; . . : • • €A\SERSHAMv The Caversham Harriers held their Oneinile Maiden Handicap at Forbury Park, ■ an excellent.field of 29 runners facing the starter, Mr C.‘ Frye. : , From ah excellent start a hot pace was set; by theiimil men; >£r ■ehpeeiallyuß.- Knox, who’Obebed but+a-.big lead. .the-fetdndiSEor rthe’.firsfeSl time R. ‘Harrison came through, and soon opened up a big gap” "oh the field. ..The back markers ' were fast, closing no.’and a good fihish Was tjuite .expected. Harrison ' was/still running • steadily,- although 1 striding ‘short; Roacne ; jvas .oyerhauling,_ the leader.Very.quickly on entering the. straight, but'Harrison had plenty m re- : , serve, afid-won comfortably by five yards, .... Roache and Cummings providing a great; finish for second place/ getting the verdict- by inches. Time, smin ISsec.- c .‘ After the J race the- ineligible runners had v a fast run to Lawyer’s Head and back, all ..•? runners keeping well together over the ■/. whole distance. - ’ ABBOTSFORD. V . The Abbotsford Methodist Harriers ran. J from the Fairfield Methodist Church. The-- ' hares—G. Fincham and W; Buchanan —;■ led a satisfactory trail through. the •scrub and undergrowth on the Chain Hills, then back on to the Main road to Saddle Hill, then through some paddocks in an easterly direction on to the Jubilee coal mine, thence on to the old Brighton road, and ■ home. In. the run home R. Knox and L. Martin were first'and second respectively in the, fast pack, and in the ’slow pack I. Brown was first and R. Orange second. The' main pack was controlled by Captain, R. Knox. CARGILL ROAD. The Cargill Road\ Harriers held their run from the Mornington Church, The pack, under the .whistles of R. M'lndoe and P. Wellington/led up Galloway'street over to Kaikorai, thence via Mount Grande,, then across country to' the Southern reservoir. The trail led np to Lookout Point; from where _ a fast run home resulted in. ‘S. M*Kcich and R.. M'lndoe leading. . : ‘ NORTHERN. ‘ The Northern? Club held - its weekly l run from Glenaven Church., There was a"good muster, under the-whistles of Captain J. Dunn and ■ Deputy-captain F. Cowley. The turn-out included several new members. The hares —6. Turner and;: V. Trochbn—laid an excellent trail—the ' best so far this season. The trail was .. laid along the Valley road to the’Normanby terminus, thence halfway up the Brown House’, road, where the trail - , branched off up a steep climb towards the £ trig station. The run; down the other •- side of the hill into Ravensbourne con- / sister of much bush.-and bramble,-but;in,' Ravensbourne itself the trail was good running. In the lead up. the hill to ■ Stoney and over to -Palmer’s quarry, ?. thence up Union street, along Leith street, through the Gardens, and home. - The run home resulted in Strong being ,o first, followed closely by K. MTndoe and j T. Armishaw. ' . . • / ■ ; PACIFIC. ; t The .Pacific* Club held their Three-mile i Open Cycle and One > Mile and a-half /, , Novice Races at Forbury Park on ■ Satnrday. Overhead conditions were of the !‘ best; but the ground was in a bad state, ; and thus fast times were out’.of the ques- I tion. A field of nine went to the .post * in the Cycle Race, and competitors were / bunched throughout. In a torrid finish / A, Farmer (7eec) had the better of <v “Charlie” Lucas (scr.) by a length, while H. Cooper beat W, Templeton by ; ; inches on the post.. Conroy and Rennie /!; met with mishaps and were well behind - :- • at the finish. ■ a!.The Novice. Race attracted a field of / a dozen. During the first portion of the journey S. Gibson, Hobbs, Jones, Potbury, and Farmer held the front positions. Going round the back for the last time E. t Hobbs (20sec) h’ad a good lead from A. \ Potbury (20sec), with the scratch men— -vT. Whaley and C. Henry—making Up a / lot of ground. Hobbs still led into' the straight,- but Henry (scr.) and Jones ,? (20sec) then sprinted np the last hundred, - and in a splendid finish the scratch man / beat Joneg by about three yards, with •£. Hobbs next, five yards in front of Whaley ; (scr.). Henry yas the only scratch.man ‘ to win during the day, and at the start f seemed unequal to his herculean task; but J in the last lap showed the. judgment of a / champion and polished off the field in a remarkable manner. ~ ■ V