DUNEDIN AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB. ANNUAL SPORTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2389, 14 December 1899, Page 40

DUNEDIN AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB. ANNUAL SPORTS.

, The fifteenth annual .sports meeting protoioted by the Dunedin Amateur Athletic Club •-was held on the Carisbrook ground on Saturday afternoon. The afternoon was raw and 'cold, and when the bell rang for the first event the attendance was decidedly meagre. Later on, however, a marked improvement was noticeable, and a fair number of ladies occupied seats in the grand stand. Altogether there must have been nearly 1000 present. The various events were got off punctually by the committee, and the last was only about a quarter of an hour behind the hour fixed. The Maiden Race (120 yds) brought out nine competitors, and the' winner turned up in A. E. Bragg, who was run very close by another young athlete, H. T>. Thomson. The firstnamed also annexed the 100 yds, and cut out the distance in the very fair time of llsec. In the hammer-throwing, Martin conceded 20ft to Doull, the only other competitor, and then threw 103 ft 4in, beating the standard by 3ft 4in. The long jump was a gift to Brownlee, who covered 19ft 6in. For the Half-mile Flat Race about a dozen had entered, but only five started. The scratch men — Bennott and Olson — caught the others entering the straight ; but Martin had still a spurt left, and won rather easily. It was generally expected that Cuff, would pull.off the 250 yds Championship, but. Aldridge . sprang away from the mark with, a lead tha,t was worth three or four yards, and Cuff., who. ran a good race, could not cut down thJ6 handicap. Lochhead, who had 75yds in .the One Mile Flat Handicap, made the paco bo warm that only Okon and King were left in at the last lap. The winner exhausted himself rather badly, not being in the best of condition. The time was about 12sec more than the standard — a fairly good performance for a young athlete. Brownlee' s handicap put him out of the high jump. Thomson, who was in raUh;ig form, got up to sft 3£in, and when Brownlec had to add Bin on to that, the feit was too much for him. After a half-hearted attempt, he gave it best. W. F. Bennett ran v c 1 in the Two-mile Flat, and C. A. Cuff nnc in firstly in the 220 yds Handicap and the 440 yds Ladies' Bracelet. During the afternoon the Southern Band rendered an excellent programme of music. The detailed results of \ho sports are as follow: —

120 yds Flat' ilaidcu (standard, 12 3-ssec).— First heat: A. 1 . Bragg 1, A. D. Thomson 2. Also started: S. \". Bell, H. R. Bremner, and H. Turner. Woa by a couple of yards. Tirnc, 13 4-ssec. Secoa.i heat: P. Mills 1, J. Stalker 2. Also start.-J : J. F. Torrie and H. Deschler. Yon by a foot. Time, 14sec. Final: Bragg 1, Thomson 2, Stalker and Mills (dead heat, 3. A capital race. Bragg •won by about a foot. The rest of the competitors were so close that the judges found it difficult to place second man, their verdict , going in favour of Thomson. Time, 13 2-ssec. Long Jump Handicap (standard, 20ft). — R. Brownlee, scr, 19ft Gin, 1. J. G. Macdonald was the only other competitor, who jumped 16ft 9iin.

100 yds (standard, 10 3-ssec). — First heat: S. 31. Sherriffs, Syds, 1; C. E. Aldridge, scr, 2. Also started: H. Turner 6yds. Aldridge came very fast at the finish, but Sherriffs just managed to squeeze home. Time, 11 3-ssec. Second beat: P. Mills, 7iyds, 1; C. A. Cuff, 4yds, 2. Also skirted : C. H. Mirams lyd) J. Staiker 4Ayds, L. S. Macdonald Oycia. A very closo race, Mirams being a good third. Time, 30 4-Ssdc. Third heat- A. E. Bragg, siyds, and W. H. Kennedy, 73yds, being the only eon-petitors trotted over the distance. Final heat: Bragg 1, Cuff 2, Mills 3., All qualified staitcd. A splendid race, which •bowed the accuracy of the handicapper's

judgment. Bragg and Cuff fought out the race the wliole way, and Mills was close i.p for third place. Time, llsec.

Half-mile Flat (standard, 2min ssec). — W. J. Martin, 35yds, 1; W. Olson, scr, 2; W. King, 20yds, 3. Also started: W. P. Bennett scr, and H. R. Bremner, 35yds. A capital race. The scratch man caught the others about 80 yards from home, but could not hold on. Martin, who racecl well, won easily by about half a dozen yard's. Time, 2min 8 l-ssec.

Throwing 161b Hammer (standard, 100 ft).— R. Martin, scr, 103 ft 4in, 1; P. Doull, 20ft, 83ft l}in, 2. Martin thus won by the narrow margin of 2£iu.

One-mile Walk Handicap (standard, 7min losec).— A. D. Mitchell, scr, 1; J. G. Gow, 30yds, 2. Also started : D. Munro scr. Mitchell caught the limit man at the end of the first lap. At the second Munro retired, and Gow, who had fallen back 20yds, put oil a spurt. He failed to gain anything, and Mitchell won easily by 30yds. Time, 7inin 34 l-ssec.

- 250 yds Championship (standard, 27scc). — C. E. Aldridge 1, C. A. Cuff 2, J. W. Pries 3. Also started: W. Olson. Aldridge got away ■with a splendid start, and this Teally won him the race. Cuff hung on to him determinedly,but was obGut a yard behind at the finish. Time, 28 3-ssec.

One Mile Flat Handicap (standard, 4min 35*?r).— W. Lochhead, 75yds, 1; W. King, 40vc's. 2. Also started: W. Olson, 10yds, T. X Benuett 30yds, W. J. Martin 85yds, and H. R. Bremner Bsiyds. The limit raa:i, accompanied by Lochhead, maintained t-lieir lead for the first lap. Olsen then retired handicapped out of the race. Bremner gave up about the same time. With one lap to go Lochhead went away strongly, and Martin letired. Lochhead continued to lead, and was about 40 yards ahead half a lap from home. King spurted, and reduced the distance to about 20 yards, when Lochhead, who ran himself to a stands*! I ], breasted the tape. Bennett retired just before he entered the straight. Time, 4min 46 4-ssec.

High Jump Handicap (standard, sft sin). — H. 1). Thomson, Bin, sft 3Jin, 1 ; J. M'Lachlan, Sin, sft 2iin, 2. R. Brownlee, scratch, also competed, jumping sft 4iin, but the handicap proved too much for him.

220vds Handicap (standard, 23 3-ssec). — C. A. Cuff,'Byds, 1; P. Mills, 12yds, 2; A. E. Bragg, 9yds, 3. Also started: C. H. Mirams 2yds, F. Hotop Byds, S. R. Sherriffs 13yds, L. S. Macdonald 15yds. Cuff and Mills emerged from th*> bunch coming into the straight, and the former won comfortably by about a yard. Time, 24 l-ssec.

120 yds Hurdks Handicap, over 10 flights 3ft Gin high (standard, 17sec). — H. D. Thomson, <*yds, 1; A. E. Bragg, lyd, 2. Also startedS. N. 801 l 4yds, and W. H. Kennedy, scr. Thomson won as he liked. Time, 21sec.

Relay Race (four laps). For teams of four men, each man to run one lap. — Pirates'sFootball Club No. 1 team (W. V. Kingston, H. D. Thomson, P. J. Priest, and J. Burt), 1 ; High School team 2; Pirates Football Club No. 2 team 3. These were the only competitors.

Two-mile Flat Handicap. — W. Bennett, scr, 1; W. King, 80yds, 2; W. Olson, 20yds, 3. Also started: W. J. Martin 140 yds. After two laps the order of lunning was Martin, Olsoii. King, Bennett. At two and a-half laps Martin went off. Passing the pavilion for the third time the scratch man catight up to Olson and King, and they all remained together till the sixth lap, when Bennett drew a-way, and won 40 yards ahead of King. Bennett ran a grand race. Time, lOmin 35 2-sscc.

Officials' Race (100yds).— J. J. Kingston 1, \v*. L. Iloopcr 2, V. S. Jacobs 3. Five others ran.

Ladios' Bracelet («flyds).— C. A. Cuff, 14yds, 1; F. Hotop, 15yds, 2; J. W. Price, 12yds, 3. Also started: C. E. Aldridge scratch, H. D. Thomson 14yds, L. S. Macdonald 25yds. Time, 52 3-ssec.