BY 17 YARDS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16975, 5 March 1926, Page 10

BY 17 YARDS.

j ROSE WINS FROM HAHN".

THIRD TIME IN FOUR MATCIiFS,

AUSTRALASIAN RECORI). ! (Per Press A'asooiatipn.) i AIASTERTON, last.night, f Seventeen.yards separated Randolph j Rose and Lloyd Habn at tho finish of ' their fourth meeting, which took place here to-night, wficn Rose succeeded in conquering his opponent for the third, time in four matches, and in,so doing ' established a new Australasian record of 4.1.3 3-5, .which is pile sceo'rid' lower than the world's TCpord.'. • Halin.ndopt'od dift'efpnt; tactics fi'om his previous, contest's it'nd'hit; tiio ffwit Jmmediafely. Ije led Rose by .three yards, over thij first qtiartei;, "Mucli was covered in 60 seconds. The pace was kept on ( oyer the .second quarter, the half .mile being.left behind in. 2,,4 2-5. The gap ? betw,ceri the scratch men and tlio, lenders was appreciably -lessened in this lap, but t,h© ehampipps took , a breather in tbe third lap, the, throe-. | quarters being co'verod' in o.llj, ~■ (• j At tho bell Rose forged ,t. 9,. the ,' front, but Hahn hung on doggedly, and i when they entered the. back stretch, there was only a yard between thorn, j I A furlong from home the limit men J were disposed of and as they rounded" : the bond Hahn, put, in his run. The j pace, howevef, had been too,solid,..and I a 30 yards' effort saw the last oi: the 1 Aincrican. ■ . • Rose challenged, to which' flnjin could not respond, and ,thc New JS&i- , lander went on to win by 17 yards in •1.13 3-s—an Australasian record. ■ j j The occasion was' marked by i)ii- ! paralleled cnfh'usias,m. Half ,of the crowd of 4000 swarmed on to the track and,euoered both runners. The ground could not be cleared for a quarter- of , an hour. ~.. , ; ,,, ... . ~, j