D.A.A.C. EVENING SPORTS MEETING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2645, 23 November 1904, Page 58

D.A.A.C. EVENING SPORTS MEETING.

The first of the series of evening athletic iueetings inaugurated by the Dunedin Amateur 'Athletic Club took place on the Caledonian

v Ground on Friday in the presence of a fair Vaiumljer of spectators. The three events set "down for decision attracted large fields, espeei- : f»Uy was this the case in the 100 yds Handi- ' jcap and the 220 yds Telegraph Handicap. The .winner of the former event ran a good race jboth in his*, heat and in the final. The Tele- - graph Handicap was run off in semi-darkness, and it was impossible to distinguish the - individual runners until they were well on the - .iape. The Long Jump brought out a promisang young athlete in Palmer, who won with '^in actual jump of 19ft 9in. P. Buck, the 2Tew Zealand champion, who competed, was "- evidently out of practice, for he took off badly, and only succeeded in clearing 19ft sin. The sollowing were the officials for the evening — . CJIr "W. M'Donald, handicapper and starter; - Messrs H. B. Courtis and-W. Maclean, judges; • 'Messrs W. J. Buck, W. Bennett, and J. Neljson, timekeepers; j*fr A. Dey, clerk of the ' Jcourse. Results: — I•' 100 Yards Handicap.— First heat: Clarke, r-fejyds, 1; M'Corkindale, 6yds, 2. Also started: -•Jacobs lyd, -Campbell "JJJyds. Won by a. yard. -, S?ime, llsec. Second heat : Mooney, 6yds, and s Jyds, ran a dead heat. Also started : VO'Kane £yd, Scott 4yds, Price 7yds, M'Curdy \ #§yds. -- Tune, , llsec. Third- heat : Knox, 6yds; i; TPalmer, 4yds, 2. Also started: Hamann " lyd; Rudkin siyds, Leslie SJyds. Won on the JUpe. Time, 10|sec. Final. . JKnox, 6yds „ rr 1 i Palmer, 4yda • .. .. 2 Mooney, 6yds .- .. 3 _-_ m 'All qualified started. The competitors jumped away at the pistol, and raced for three-quarters of the distance without any - Alteration in. their handicap positions. Near- - ing. the tape Knox 9hot out, and won a good, .arace by a yard, daylight separating second and ~ .third. Time, lOJsec. „ Long Tump.— Palmer (lft 6in), actual jump, I9ft 9in, 1; Scott (2ft), actual jump, 18ft 9in, - 2; Buck (scr), 19ft sin, 3. Also competed: _Parata (lft 6in), Jacobs (2ft). -,_ Telegraph Handicap, 220 yds (Civil Service 'Harriers). — First heatf Brown, 10yds, 1; ' /Kitchener, 7yds. 2; Smith, 9yds, 3. Also . "Started: Campbell scr, Parata syds, Stevens •10yds, Sleight 12yds. Won by 2yds. Time, 26Jaec. Second heal: Prideaux, 13yds, 1; - iLeslie, 7yds, 2; M'Corkindale, syds, 3. Also started: Melville syds, Johnson 9yds, Taylor Byds, Goodmanson 9vds. Won by a yard. Jfime, 26sec. Final. - Titchener, 7y3s .. .. .. tt .. 1 Prideaux, 13yds .r .. 2 : Smith, 9yds 3 - ill qualified started. The limit man lead - lo within a yard or two from the tap<s, when *•- fl?itchener, coming fast on the outside, passed -- Prideaux and won by a jard. Time, 26£ sec.