ATHETICS.
(Per Press Association.) ... «.-.•-. ' The Auckland Amateur. Atljletic oiftU Q>-010 Club held its' autiinin carnival , "on Saturday l>efore a" 1 fair > jcroWdl. 'A- few 'sltow^rs -of rain •fell, bufc>_not sufflcierit'to materially affect the track, !which wits- ia- good -ctrder.' Tl>e bent race pi the day was tfle half-mile' handicap, won by A. W. Dormer, fr6m Sbrhtch. ""The time <1.58 1-5) is equal to, Hector, Burkes New-Zea-land; record. 'As :'h©'^ was suffering t front iil» fluehza .contrapfced ., at' the New Zealand f chaiiiU' )ionshipß-at-.lnv<jrcai;gill, Dormer did nofc-fctart ii' any other race. * G. W. 'Hill aid not start ; for reasons. •'■ L: { J. Mark won both' the MWy'ds: and'-WOyds ichaffi^torAhips "of ' Auckland, , the former m 10 2-ssec. and the latter m 62 'l>ssec. A feature -of 'the ..sports consisted of the cycle handicaps of one and two miles. J. Adam, a New, Plymouth, cyclist, won both with brilliant? tfdltig. •- M'h^ f Atickland A.A.C. / has decided to urge that A. W. Dormer be sent to the. Olympic games.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12702, 4 March 1912, Page 7
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