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Otago Witness, Issue 2667, 26 April 1905, Page 54

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Congratulations to the Otago University athletic te.ain on winning the championship at the Inter-varsity meeting, held in Wellington. It was anticipated before the team left that the members would put up several good performances. No time is given for the 100 Yards, in which T. Seddon (Wellington) and Moyes (Canterbury) deadheated with O'Kane (Otago). second. In the 220 Yards and 440 Yards Flat Moyes (Canterbury) was successful, winning the former in 25^sec, with Parkinson (of Otago) second. No time i.-> given for the " Quarter," for which Milroy (Otago) scored second place. Davie performed well to win the Half-mile [I thought Patrick or Harrison would have annexed this event]. Putting the Weight, the Hammer, ''and getting second in the Mile Flat. Gilray's broad jump of 20ft 7in reads very attractively. O'Kane did well to win the two hurdles — the 120 yds in IBsec and the 440 yds in 71 4-ssec. Out of 12 championship events Otago representatives won six outright, and secured six seconds.

Maoriland's crack sprint and middle-dis-taiice runner, L. C. M'Lachlan, expressed Ihe opinion to a Southland writer that the Auckland track is ssec to the mile faster than tho Christchurch one. hence Shrubb's mile in 4min 22see on the former is not superior to Hector Burkes 4min 27sec on the latter. M'Lachlan states that he has found his own speed over a quarter-mile increased l^sec on the Auckland course. This suggestion of a capable runner like our present visitor carries much weight. The Oivil Service Harrier Club has suffered a loss by the transfer of "Barney" Campbell to Auckland. Campbell is a very promising runner, who, with a little more experience, will turn out a fair middle-dis-tance runner. This is the third member of the club transferred to Auckland (Messrs F. E. Morton and D. Gollan being the other two). Gollan, however, is returning to Dunedin, and will run in the C.S.H. colours this season.

At the telegraph sports held at Waitati on Good Friday the following were the principal results: — 75 Yards Championship — Brooks, 1 ; Goodmanson. 2 ; Leslie, 3. Leslie fell at the start. Brooks won all the way. Time, 8 4-ssec. 100 Yards Handicap — Goodmanson (4yds), 1; Leslie (scr), 2. The Visitors' Race was won by White. Goodmanson won the Hop, Stop, and "Jump and the Three-legged >Race. Some very pi*omising runners wore seen out. who will be a decided acquisition to the Civil Service Harriers. Mr HiJl, the assistant officer-in-cliarge, presented the prizes. The athletic meeting in Sydney at which Shrubb and Duffey competed was continued on Saturday last. The redoubtable Shrubb was again in form, winning the Three-mile Handicap in 14min 54 3-ssec. This performance is still outside W. F. Simpson's record for the distance. The world's record, held by Shrubb, is 14mm 17 3-ssec. The Englishman also won the Two-mile Handicap by 200 yards in Smin 44 l-ssec. or 27 l-ssec outside his own world's record for the distance.

Svdney-siders were given a glimpse of Duffoy's " suddenness " off the mark in the 100 Yards Scratch. The cable tells us that Duffey beat Barker and Rowley in 10 l-ssec, but it was declared "no race" owing to Duffey anticipating the pistol. The Ameiicau declined to rerun the race. In la&t week's issue it was stated that when in New Zealand Duffey won the 50 Yards and 75 Yards Dashes with superior sprinting powers than in his 100 Yards efforts. It would appear that this was the case in Sydney also, for he is credited with winning the 60 Yards Dash from Barker in 6 2-ssec. Although our Sydncv friends ridirulod Duffcy's times for the 50 Yards and 75 Yards Dashes in New Zealand, they hay« evidently accepted his 6 2-ssec for his 60 Yards in Sydney. Tho Axemen's T*j3s>ter carnival took place on Satu'-clav at InvercargiU. Tlk- weather was ookl but fine on Saturday, ihe off day of the sports, but on Monday, when the management was expecting a record "gate," the rain fell in torrents all day, and effectually destroyed all hopes of a. largo attendance. Nevertheless. a goodly number turned out and watched Iho various events with unflagging interest. Chief interest, of course, attached to tho wood-choppinsr and sawing, and some records were i^tablithcd.

The amateur events on the programme far outstripped their professional rivals in point of entries, and the presence of a iminJ->er of Gore and Dunedin athletes materially added to the interest in the races. The Civil Service Club sent a large contingent south, while the Dunedin Amateur Athletic Club. Dunedin Harriers Caver -ham Harriers, and St. Andrew's Harriers were also represented.

On the first clay the 440 yd, Flat Handicap opened the ball for the amateurs, 15 starters facing Mr Kelly. The field went away fiom a fino start at a good bat. Hamann, on scratch, quickl}- threaded his way through the field, and at the far turn had overhauled tho leaders, and looked ell over a winner, but his efforts in the earlier stages of the race had taken too much out of him, and he was unable to maintain his position. C. S. Smith (Gore), finishing determinedly, reached the tape first, with Brown (6yds) second, and Anderson (sycVs) third. Time. 55 2-s^cc. Smith, the winner, has a good =tylc, and showed excellent sprinting abilities. _

In the Mile Race there was a fine field of 16. Burk and Flewellyn, whose presence was eagerly looked for, being unable to make the trip. In Burk's absence, A. Melville (80yds) was virtually scratch. The field ran well together during the middle stages of the race, but a number gave up at tho three-quarter mark. Ab this point Stephens was running with the leaders, and appeared to have a winning chance-. In the last lap Stephens caught Brown lie and W. Ivenzie, and a good race ensued. Brownlie, honeu'v, hhd the most Irft in him, and won with a. little to spare. W. At'Kenzie. who appeared much distressed, finished s-econd in front of Stephens, who also was all out. The winner was in receipt of 165 yds, while the second man had 170 yds, and Stephens 165 yds. Melville wasi never able to make up his big leeway, and was too highly, assessed by the handieapper — the limit, in the race was too large. Time, 4min 30sec. Brownlie (Gore) is a game runner. He finished well, and should be heard of again shortly. W. M'Kenzie also preserved in a very resolute manner, and although all out at the finish did not give in. The Dunedinites reckoned Stephens a "moral," but the hard asphalt track dil not improve his chances. Gore deserves hearty congratulation for the promising' runners unearthed at this meeting. On the second day the 100 yds was run off in heats semi-final, and final. The track was very heavy, but the times recorded! were surprisingly good. In the first heat, Corbett- (9yds) won by a small margin from Brown (7yds). Time, llsee. In the second heat C. S. Smith (7yds) won from A. Thompson (6£yds) ; while R. Wade (&3"ds) just beat Hamann. (ser). Time, lO^sec. Mitchell 'yon the final heat from Titche<n«r. The winner was on the 6£yds irark, and the time occupied was again lO^sec. In the first heat in the second, round R. Wade won from Corbetfc in a close finish, with Hamann, inches away, third. O. S. Smith won the second heat, with Mitchell second, and Brown, close up, third. In the final N. Mitchell (6iycU). R. Wade (6yds) » .i!:d J. S. Corbett (9yds) fared the starter. C. S. Smith, who was entitled to a start, and whose form suggested him as the likely winner, was watching the wood-chopping, and consequently missed his heat. A very good race saw Mitchell win. with Corbett second, and Wade third Time, 10 3-ssec. The winner is a High School boy, and is full of r>romi?e. Coehett is well known in harrier circles here, and his- forward running: wa very populai among the visiting athletes.

In. tho PTplf-mile Race there was another splendid field, and an excellent race. G. W. Brown (75yds) easily accounted for the race, vith W. F. Anderson (70yds) second, and C. S. Smith (55yds) third. The time was lrnm 59spc. As Brown also lan second in the 440 yds, he talkes Mr Paape's medal for aggregate points. Brown showed good judgment in his races, and is running in great fettle at present. A Sydney telegram says : '' Shrubb and Duffey made their final appearance at the Concord sports. Shrubb created a two-mile Australasian record of 9min 33 3-ssec. Duffey and Barker finished level in the 100 Yards Race, run in lOsec. Duffey, considering that he had won. declined to run off. Wneatley ran half a mile in lmiij 56 4-ssec — an Australasian record." Wneatley has proved iiimself to be a champion over half a mile.

By his latest performance Wheatley has proved himself to be a champion half-miler, and disproved my contention based on the young Victorian's previous best performances in Australia and recent showing in New Zealand, that he was not quite a match for the beet we have in New Zeal-i id over that particular .distance. Apropos of the Shrubb-Duffey meetings in Sydney, "Boondi" writes interestingly: — Shrubb i& probably the best man England has seen since the days of Bill Lang, who got over his mile in 4min 2sec in 1880. or the Red Indian crack. Deerfoot, who ran 12 miles in lhr 2rain 2^sec. Speaking- recently to my esteemed friend, Mr T. Lennard, of Raudwick, who has no equal here for carrying old-time records in his brainpan, that gentleman told- me he remembered seeing Deerfoot running, and he was also present at a race for which Lang had been made such a red-hot favourite that word went, round 'the "books" could not afford -to let him win, and he had therefore been neatly nobbled. "I was on the ground when that race came off," said Mr Lemiard, "and I noticed that a long line ofmen was stretched from the winning tape nearly clown to the etarting post, and every man held a good stout waddy. cut from the woods close by. When Lang began to walk to thp starter, the first of thpse men stopped out and boldly said : 'Bill, they 7<iy you're agoin' t' prang stiff t'day. Well, g"in ye try that on. here' (shaking his stick) 'is a bit o' medicine that'll dom soon knock a' th' stiffness cot o' ye aw'm thinkin' !' 'An here's another.' said (lip next man. stepping- out to Lang 1 . 'An' here's wan more,' said the third' man. and so it wont all down the lino. The mere sight of the sticks was e'\ idently enough for Lang's stiffness, if he ever had any "(continued my good fiiend), "for l'r> got over the ground like a fla^h of chain lightning-. And some of the bookies did very fair time too : at anyrato, they gave their clients a real good run for their money and didn't part up even then."

Tom Burrows, who broke the world's record for swinging the 21b clubs recently, meditates attempting another club-swinging; record — namely, that of swinging s!b clubs for 48 hours without vc-t or ptop, and making not less than 60 complete circles every minute. There is talk ako of a match for

the. championship at 12 or 24 hours between him and Jack George. John Flanagan is in record-breaking form again. At the indoor sports of the IrishAmerican Athletic Association at Madison Square, New York, on February 4, he slung the 561b 30ft 6in from stand, and without follow, thereby breaking the previous record of 30ft 2m made by J. S. Mitchell at Long I=land on ember 2, 1902. In the 281' competition (with follow) he pushed thafc weight 34ft O^in. which was a good performance.

At the indoor championship.? of the Central Association of the Amateur Athletic Union, held on the night of March 11. Archie Halm, the former University of Michigan sprinter, ran in the colours of the Milwaukee Athletic Club, and performed brilliantly in the 75yds Dash. He won the final heat in 7 3-ssco. wli! i, it is claimed, is a new record for indoor running, and eq-ual to the mark for tho best outdoor work at tlis same distance. In his preliminary heal. Halm won in 7 4-sscc. In the final he wns extended to the last ounce, and it was only a matter of inches between the winner and Larson. To main- the affair looked like a dead heat. Larson, too, won his preliminary heat in 7 4-ssee, so that it can readily be seen ihat ho is well qualified' to give liahn a hard fight whenever they hook up in a sprint. Ralph Roe-e. the gianfc fieshman, who on this occasion represented the Chicago Athletic Association, was to the fore in the shot-putting event. He sent the missile 48ft O^in, which supplants tho former Central Association mark of 41ffc 9in. In an exhibition a little later Rose put the shot 48ft s^in. I might mention right horo (says the American correspondent of Sydney Referee) that a despatch just to hand (March 16) sets forth that Rose, while practising lastnight at the Chicago Athletic Association's Gym., made a shot-put of 50ft 4in. Says the despatch : "This is considerably over the world' » record for the event, but will not be allowed by the A.A.U., as the feat was not accomplished during; a regular meet." To return to Milwaukee, Waller, of Wisconsin, also broke n Central indoor mark when he lower-ad the time for 440 yds from. 52 3-ssec to 52^ec. Leroy Sampse, Chicago A. A., put up a new indoor record for the pole vault, clearing the bar at lift 3gin. As showing why Rose is trying so particularly hard just now to accomplish something phenomenal in the shot-putting line, il might be mentioned that he has a formidable rival in the person of Wesley W. Coe, of Somerville, Mass. At the open, gpmes of the Lawrence Life Guards, held at Medford, Mass., recently, Coe made a shot-put of 48ft Igin. Unfortunately for Coe, the Amateur Athletic Union would not accept the record, the principal rea-son being that the shot used ''was not an official metal sphere, but a. bag- of buckshot covered with leather, such as is usually used for indoor practice." Additional investigation by the A.A.U. sleuths developed that Coe didn'c put from a 7ft circle such as the A.A.U. rules prescribe in such cases. In "any case, the efteet of Coo's achievement was to emphasise the fact that Rose isn't alone in his glory so far as shot-putting is concerned. There is % scheme on foot now for getting: Rose and Coe together at the games of the Chicago Athletic Association. As each of these young giants claims to have been, covering 90ft with the 161b shot in practice, it is believed that there will be some record-smashing if they meet in competition at the games mentioned. Apropos of tihe foregoing, a telegram from Healdsburg', Cal.. March 11, states : "In a letter received hers M-day by an intimate friend of Ralph W. Rose, the young 1 phenomenal giant shot-putter from the city, who holds several amateur world's records for tossing 1 the> 121b and 241b shots, and? until last Saturday night the 161b shot record, the well-known athlete, who is aow in Boston, says in part : "I suppose you have no doubt seen in the papers where an Eastern shot-putter named Wesley W. Goe. jun., who is from Somerville, Mass., succeeded in smashing my 161b shot-put record— which was 48ft 7in — by 'shoving the pill ' a distance of 49ft 2in. Now, as to the shot itself Instead of weighing the required 161b, it only went 15.61b. The meet in which Coe put was ir» his home town. Now, not wishing to brag, I can safely say that if I was making a record in Healdsburg that I could make 60ffc like a 'pipe' — i.e.. if you had hold of the tape, aind't it? ' I have beaten this fellow Coe twice already, and beliove I am capable of doing the stunt again. I hear that he has made the assertion that he is going- to beat the 50ft mark, and is also going to keep on putting until he has had the satisfaction of beating me in competition Of course, one cannot tell what unforeseen event may occur that may cause me some mishap, thus allowing him to beat me : but if I ( am O.K. he'll never beat me. Of late 1 have been improving in 'shoving the pill,' and have been doing ovor 52ft on practice- right along. lam going to be in a meet afc Milwaukee, Wis., on the 11th of this month, and hope to create a new record and ihow tho public how far th-e ' pill ' can be put. [At this meet Rose put the shot 48ft O^in. and in an exhibition put did 48ft sgin."i I intend entering some Eastern college next year, and there complete my law work. I have had all my trouble with Michigan University settled up 0.X., snd have received all my credit? and letters of honourable dismissal. Now, in regard to that rumour of my entering the piize ring, I say now, as I have alwaj-s maintained, I will npver <"neagro in that

At the Oxford University Athletic meeting sveral very aocd performances were put up, notably Oornwallis's l.bo for the half (a university- record), and Blanc-Smith's 21ft llin for the Broad Jump. Rchutt, the American, the first Rhodes scholar to win his "blue" for track athletics, won the Threemile in the slow time of 15min 41 l-sseo. The Mile was won m the splendid time of 4min 24- 3-s=ec, Kemp and HendersonHamilton d'ead-hoating for first place. Cornwallis won the Quartov in 50 l-sseo.

T wonder if it will be riossible this ypai to hold i Cross-country Championship o New Zealand, und al?o to send a team t« take part in i',e great crcss-countrv race as Caulfield? B eth the«-r> projects should b« kept in view and if it is not po«sihlr» to d« both wo mM content oxirselvo-* this yea, with a h0*,.0 chatnnionship. I pro-sump- flu Ota^o Cc'.ixre would again be ao-vceable t< undertake the running- of one. Amateur athletics "will now ho dormnii; for the winter, and the field v. ill bo clearedfor the cross-country runners. In fchis con< npction it would he a plpa->imj thm<r if mort of the cluFv lipW their ■•hainpion^hifs cm cros«-couptrv. SpVndid country can lit. obtained npav town on which Hie true capa' bilities af a harrier could receive a thorouah

test. Distance races at Forbury Park are (veil enough in their way, but they cannot by any stretch of imagination be termed trials of oross-country running, and that after all is the raison d'etre of the harrier clubs. In last week's issue the result of the National Cross-country Championship of England was given. The following were the positions and times of the first half dozen in the race, which took place at liingfield Park racecourse on March 4 : — A. Aldridge (Highgate Harriers), 56min SBsec, 1; G-. Pearce (Highgate Harriers), 57min Slsec, 2; W. G. Dunkley (Alpine Harriers), 58min, 3 ; J. E. Deakin (Herne Hill Harriers), 58min ssec, 4; F. H. Halford (Herne Hill Harriers), sSmin 27eec, 5 ; A. G. Home (Highgate Harriers), 58min 34-aec, 6. The Scottish' atMetes A. A. Cameron and Gk H. Johnstone, who have been touring 'the_ colonies, have sailed for London. Camea:on has arranged to appear at the games in the Crystal Palace. In 1906 it is intended to arrange, if possible, a great Olympio contest between Queensland, South Australia, Sydney, Holairt, and Melbourne Universities. The Melbourne University will be celebrating" the fiftieth year of its existence, and the University Sports Union (Melbourne), after consideration as to how they should com•anemorate the event, have brought forward .the above suggestion for consideration. 'The young Essendon harrier G. A. Wheat!ey\_liad Byds off I»- B. Webster, the ex-New . jZealander, " when tihe Victorian won th-e *Wyds Handicap in Syd-ney on April 15 in -Jsl 3-ssec. A. F. Duffey was conceding fi^igel Barker half a yard in the 75yds First- . class .Handicap, Stanley Kowley had half a •yara, G. A. Widmer 14yds, and I/. B. "Webster !2yds. In the- Mile Handicap G. A. iWiieatlev "was on scratch, the limit being 160 yds. A. Shrubb was giving away 3min 35see in the Five-mile Handicap. - li. O. MaoLaohlan is .credited with winning at Invexcargill the Union Handicap of . a.3syds off the 2yds mark, in 12 l-ssec. MaoiLaoblan is a speedy runner, but that he got iover 13yds in 12 l-ssec is incredible. Even af another second were added it would still fee a marvellous performance. After a suspension of more than six months, Fred Morse, the long-distance- runiier, who is alleged to have ridden part of jthe way in an automobile and' then, finished first in the Olympic Marathon at the St. <Louis^ Fair, has been reinstated by the ■[Western Association of the Amateur Athletic. Union. A challenge meeting 1 between the Western Suburbs (Queensland) and the East Sydney iatMetic dubs- took place at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, April 8. The attendance was about 2000. - The 100 yds fcace was won by Stanley Rowley '(Sydney) in 10 4-sseo, against the wind; the Halfmile by J. Dickie (Sydney) in 2min 21sec ; High Jump, G. E. Graham (Queensland), jift 2in; Hammer-throwing, P. J. Oarew 97ft 2in-; 120yde Hurdles, Graham (Queensland), 19 l-ssee ; Discus-throwing, {T. Kearney (Queensland), 108 ft 4in ; Putting J.6lb Shot. Carew.(Sydeey), 38ft lOin; Mile, if. M. Lynch. (Sydney), smin ssec; Running Abroad Jumri. Graham. (Queensland), 19ft liin (in, an -exhibition jump Graham 'cleared iL9f t 9iin ; Quarter-mile, • Ti. B. Webster ~|Sydney), 54«e0. East Sydney won by fix events, to four. The" Five-mile Race, rerun at Sydney on (Wednesday last, was won by Shrubb by 10yds in the Australasian record time of £smin 4 3-ssec.\ The world's amateur record time for the distance, held! by Shrubb, S3 24min 33 2-ssec. The Englishman also got under the four-mile Australasian record by traversing the distance in 20min 0 2-ssec ; Jfche' world's" record, held by Shrubb, is 19min 23 2-ssec. Sudden Death of an Athlete.— Mr G. E. Graham, the Queensland amateur athlete, svho visited Sydney with a Brisbane team ■to compete against the East Sydney sAmateur Athletic Club on Saturday, April 8, and who won the Rtmning- High Jump, rihe 120 Yards Hurdles, an<* the Running jßroad Jump in. good style, died suddenly in Sydney on Friday, April 14. On Monday it was found that he was suffering from appendicitis, and he was removed to a private hospital, where Drs Murray Oram Wnd Maitland operated on him. He gradually sank, however, and died at 9 o'clock Dn Friday morning. Graham was a good |tamp of an athlete, about 20 years of age. fee was employed in the Queensland Treasury, and held the position of vicepresident of his club. An American, authority has compiled TeDords at the close of 1904. He claims there -were eight amateur world's records broken on field and track, and describes them as follows : — -Four-mile run, 19min 23 2-ssec, -Alfred Shrubb: five-mile run, 24min 33 -j2-ssec, Alfred Shrubb; standing broad jump, dlft 4|in, R. O. Ewry; 561b weight, unlimited run; 40ft 3in, John Flanagan ; 161b (hammer, 173 ft, John Flanagan; 161b shot, 7in, Ralph Rose; discus throw, 133 ft fc£in, M. J. Sheridan; pole vault, 12ft 0. 32-100 in, M. Dole; 241b shot put, 38ft 2|in, R. Rose. The list of amateur world's records in the events which generally make ,up the programme of the average -field and (track meet at the close of 1904 is as fol5o w s:— looyds, 9 3-ssec. A. 1?. Duffey; •220 yds, 21 l-ssee, B. J. Wefers; 440 yds, " straight, 47seo, M. W. "LcGng ; 440 yds, ci.-eu-llar. 47r4-sseo, M. W. Long; one mile, 4min 3.5 3-ssec, T. P. Conneff •, four miles, 19min 23 2-ssec, A. Shrubb; five miles, 24miu 33 ■2-ssee, A. Shrubb; 10 miles, 51min 20sec, )W. G. George ; 120yj3s hurdles, 15min l-ssec, J^.. O. Kraenzlein; 220 yds hurdles, 23 3-ssec, A. C. Kraer.zlein ; 161b hammer, il73ft, J. F. Flanagan; 121b shot, 50ft 2in, Q. R. Gray; 161b shot, 48ft 7in, R. Rosp : B6lb weight, 36ft 9-iin, J. Flanagan ; 56ib - .weight for height, 15ft 61in, J. S. Mitchell ; Ihrowing the discus. 123 ft 6£in. M. J. SheriHan; standing high ;ump. sft s^in, R. C. {Ewry.; running high jump. 6ft s|in. M. F. iSweeney : standing broad jump, lift 4|in, JR. O. Ewry; running broad jump, 24ft aijin, P. O'Connor; pole vault, 12ft 1 32aOOin, M. Dole. Tlip A.A.U. of America has adopted the following" new rules, which are intended Inainly to discriminate against what are known as "pot-hunting athletes": — Any kmateur athlete, not a resident of the JDnited States, desiring to compete in any athletic competition Tinder the rules of the •Amateur Athletic Union, must apply to the National Registration Committee of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States for registration. He must submit to paid committee, through the seoretary of f-he Amateur Athletic Union, a certificate from the governing body of the country ■wherein he resides that he is an amateur 'eligible to compete in any amateur competition. Any amateur athlete, a resident of the United State-s, desiring to compete- in amateur competitions of any other country, (must, before- such conroetition, secure from

the National Registration Committee of thr* Amateur Athletic Union of the United States a permit on petition of the club of which he is a member and of the district association wherein such club is located that will authorise him to compete as an amateur in any other country. Any .club, a member of any association of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, which sanctions the competition of any member, or any team, under its club name or its club emblem in unregistered sport or professional contest, or which persists in playing disqualified athletes, or which permits professionals to compete under its auspices in any competition in a. sport over which the Amateur Athletic Union assumes jurisdiction, where such competition is announced as a competition between amateurs, shall be liable to forfeit its membership in such association.

A writer in the London Slportsman furnishes particulars of rather a unique contest on board ship. He said : We were about 25 miles north of the equator when the- mile race came off, and it is not to be wondered at that only three competitors faced the music. They had each to run singly against time, and Mr F. Cook won in 6min 11 2-ssec. This does not read particularly good, but it must be remembered that there were 23 turns, the race being up and down the starboard side of the deck, from end to end. Mr C. Clayton was second in 6min 23 2-ssec, and until the first lap of the last quarter he had a big advantage, for his time at that point was smin 12see, whereas the ultimate winner took smin 20seo in covering that distance. Mr Clayton, however, went all to pieces in the last two laps, whereas Mr Cook put in a gallery performance, and covered them at something like sprinting pace. I question whether a mile race has ever before been run so near the Line.

Katsukama Higashi, the Japanese master of jiu-jitsu, who has succeeded in throwing Tom Sharkey, " Ajax," the big man of the New York Polios Force, and l other big wrestlers, was coaxed into the New York World Building recently, and he stayed long enough to show a few of his jiu-jitsu tricks. He is a tiny man, and he has " th& gentlest, most engaging smile you ever saw." He is full of courtesy and sudden death. He was bom in Japan 22 years ago, and is only sft 3in tall, and his weight is 1151b. His muscles are sofb as a woman's. Many American jockeys are- larger and more muscular than he. He has been practising, jiujitsu since he -was nine years old. He was a pupil of the great Kano, and taught the art in Doshisha College in Kioto. The greatest weight he has ever lifted is 2901b. "Ajax" Whitman, whom he overthrow, Las lifted 12001b. Mr Higashi drinks hot water every mor.iing, eats fruit, rice, and fish, ireat only on'sj a day, and rarely drinks tea. "The fatal tricks?" he said. ""I did iot teach rhem. Even Kano will' put a pupil through many tests before he will trust him with the fatal tricks. He would not teacJi them to a fighter. We never, never teach jiu-jitsu to a wrestler."

One hundred aad seventy-two runners faced- the starter at Ville d'A\ra.y to contest the amateur cross-oountry championship at Paris. Favouritism lay between the Montrougieas and the Stade Francais, but a surprise was in store for the spectators and critics alike, as the Racing Club of Frp.nce got Lorn© by seven points from the S. A. de Montrouge. As was anticipated, however, Ragueneau and Bouchard finished first and second 1 respectively, the first-named covering the 15 kilometres "in lhr lmin 9see. beating his clubmate by J.2yds The final classification was as follows: — Raigueneau, S.A.M., first, in lhr lmin 9sec; Bouchard, S.A.M., second, in lhr lmin 26sec; Cousin, S.F., third, in lhr 2min 15seo; Millerot R.0.F., fourth; Watremez, S.F., fifthBaron, R.C.F., sixth; Chastante, R.C F seventh; Lutz, S.F., eighth; Martignaulti S.A.M., ninth; and Filliatre, R.C.F., tenth. The club placings were: — Racing Club de France (4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12)— 50 points, 1; S. A. de Montrouge (1, 2, 9, 14-, 15, 16}— 57 points, 2; Stade Francais (3, 5, 8, 13. 18, 19}— 66 points, 3; A. S. Francais (20, 22, 23, 24-, 25, 331—147 points, 4. Out of the 172 starters 129 finished. Bouchard and Rague-re-au led the field for the greater part of the journey, but nearing home the latter piled on the pace, and'Eouchard was unable to respond, so the crack French runner won somewhat easily.