ATHLETICS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2103, 14 June 1894, Page 32

ATHLETICS.

NOTES BY AMATEES.

Owing to a lcrgihened absence of the hon. treasurer of the D.A.A C. from town, the balance fheet of bhe Championship meeting has not yet been passed The commibtee of the Canterbury Amateur Athletic Club have discussed a proposal to increase the subscription to 20s, but have dismissed the idea. W. T. Macpherson, the crack New South Wales eprinter, in a letter from Chicago to the Sydney Referee says : — " I stood as judge at a sports meeting in connection with the Fair. To be honest, the tracks were unprepared, and the arrangements incomplete. Still, our management and out tracks did not suffer by comparison. The runners, too, were in no case class enough for our first fl : gat of amateurs. Only one man showed any style whatever, end his was a two-mile run. He reminded me somewhat of Teddy Flack, of Melbourne, both in his baild and style. Of the sprinters, my brother Clarrie could have beaten any of them. Hurdlers were more of my style of • lepping ' than that of Batger, pr Matson, or George Cole— yon know, soaring up towards the stars with a

feeling that you are suddenly transformed into a balloon and that you cannot reach the ground quickly enough. In the field events they did better, one man doing about 44-ffe, and another aboub 10ft in a standing long jump. This man had a peculiar style, and fell each jump on his left hand, but as this member only came level with his heel they allowed the jump.