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Otago Witness, Issue 1959, 10 September 1891, Page 29

NOTES BY SPRINTER.

Mr David Munro won tbe junior competition - at tbe Dunedin Gymnastic Club on Thursday, ' the 3rd inst. Mr Munro is also a member of ' tbe Dunedin Amateur Athletic Club, and made his first appearance at the club's annual sports laßt year, beinp a competitor in the walking race.

The American amateur hammer-thrower, Queokberner, established a new 161b record at Old Trafford in July, hurling the hammer 134 ft 2£in. At Salford, G, B. Shaw.th* New Zealander, won the 300 yds Hurdle Handioap from Bcratch in 39 2 5380

At this same meeting the American band of athletes made their last appearance in England, and (the Australasian's correspondent reports) they won everything that they competed for. Qaeckberner carried off the 561b weightputting with 30ft sin, thus beating P. Davin's record by 4in ; he also won the 161b hammerthrowing with 128 ft lin. M. JRennington secured the Quarter-mile Handicap from Boratth 'in ;60 1-5 ieo, and the Quarter-mile Soratoh Race in 524ae0. Gary, of course, took the 100 yds (Scratch Race, (in 10 2-53ec. O. J. Nioholl gave a Mile Exhibition Walk, oovering the distance in 6min 50390, and Hallook won the High Jump, with sft lljin. * E. D. Lange, one of the Americans, was on this same day engaged ,in winning, at the Highgate HarrierB 1 Bports .at Paddington, the Eight-mile Walking Handioap. He had a start ' of 3min 30seo from H. Curtis, and won gby 250yda from J. Wells (2mia 453e0 start). Lange's time was lhr 3min 20 2 ssec, but Curtis, who finished third, beat the record by doingjthe journey in lhr lmin 6 l-sseo. Although not in good health, he set off with the object of covering the eight miles in an hour— and only just failed. The actual distance covered by him in the hour was 7 miles 1487 yds 2ft.