INAUGURAL SPORTS

Southland Times, Issue 22210, 30 December 1933, Page 7

INAUGURAL SPORTS

GREENHILLS-BLUFF FIXTURE.

FRASER BROTHERS BREAK SAWING RECORD.

Under bright, sunny weather conditions the Greenhills-Bluff Athletic So-ciety-held its inaugural sports meeting yesterday at Argyle Park. The attendance of the public was disappointing considering the excellent day’s programme which had been arranged, the gate takings amounting to only £29 7/-. Entries in the various events, although not large, njay be considered satisfactory. There were some flaws in the method of carrying out the running events, but the races proved most interesting, and there is no reason why the society should not be able to stage a successful fixture every year. The Rugbv Park runner J. Gallagher won the 100 yards handicap and came second in the 75 yards, while R. Pickering had an even more successful day, winning the 220 and 440 and coming second in the 100 yards. R. Frampton secured a second placing and two thirds. Only a few of the betterknown professionals were present, and the times recorded in the amateur section were in many cases better than those made by the professionals. The star attraction of the day was the effort by the Fraser brothers, Alec and Horace, to lower the worlds double-handed sawing record of 12 seconds for 18 inch logs. The M-tooth English saw, with quick, rhythmic movements, ripped through the white pine log, and amid tremendous enthusiasm it was announced by the judge, Mr T. O’Byrne, that the world’s record had been lowered by one-fifth of a second, the effort having been completed in 11 4-ssec. Application will be made to have the record declared official. An interesting exhibition of Jigger board falling in a manner identical with that seen at competitions in Sydney and Melbourne was given by Walter Bone, who climbed a specially erected tree and chopped the top off it. A. Fraser secured a silver cup given by Mr C. N. Crawford for winning the 14inch underhand chop. The officials were headed by Mr J. McLauchlan, jun. (president) and Mr A. P. McDonald (secretary), who worked energetically. No time was lost in running off the events. The Bluff Watersiders’ Band was m attendance, while Mr E. Parke supplied the music for the Highland and national dancing. The results were:— PROFESSIONAL RUNNING. 75 YARDS GREENPOINT HANDICAP (Open). First £l, second 10/-. A. Fraser (7yds) - J. Gallagher (4yds) F. T. Beale (6yds) i p Tied for .second place. Six started. All got away to a good start, and in a sternly contested race all finished practically together, making the task of judging very difficult. Time, Bsec. 100 YARDS OCEAN BEACH HANDICAP (Open). First prize £3, second £l, third 10/-.—First heat: R. Pickering (By'ds) 1, R. Frampton (4yds) 2. Three started Time, 10 2-ssec. Second heat: J. Gallagher (61yds) 1, H. B. Mitchell (B)yds) 2. Three started. Time, 10 2-ssec. Final. Gallagher * Pickering . “ Frampton 15 After two false starts the field went away to a poor start. Gallagher secured an early lead and won by a yard and a half from Pickering, Frampton a foot back third. Time, lOsec. 220 YARDS AWARUA HANDICAP (Open). First £1 10/-, second 15/. R. Pickering (12yds) 1 R. Frampton (7yds) 2 W. Mitchell (15yds) ° Six started. A strong pace was set, Pickering running well to win by over four yards, inches separating second and third. Time, 23sec. 440 YARDS HARBOUR BOARD HANDICAP (Open). First £2, second £l. R. Pickering (10yds) 1 H. Denny (scr) “ R. Frampton (10yds) J Five started. In a good finish Pickerina won by less than a foot, Frampton well back third, taking that placing from H. Buchanan, who did not complete the final few yards. No time was taken. 880 YARDS BLUFF BOROUGH HANDICAP (Open). First £2 10/-, second £l, third 10/-. L. Ledingham (80yds) 1 L. D. Luderman (70yds) H. Buchanan (50yds) 6 Seven started. After an uninspiring race Ledii.gham won by two inches from Luderman, Buchanan two yards back third. Time, 2min Bsec. ONE MILE STEWART ISLAND HANDICAP (Open). First prize £3, second £l, third 10/-. H. Denny (scr) * W. Witsey (80yds) “ H. Buchanan (35yds) 6 Eight started. G. Johnstone, the Dunedin runner, was going well ±or the first four laps but faded out. Den JW ran a strong race and showed his mettle in the concluding stages to stave off Witsey by a margin of a toot in the last 100 yards. Buchanans handicap did not give him the chance . he had at earlier meetings, and he finished four feet away third. Time, 4min 44sec. AMATEUR EVENTS. 100 YARDS HANDICAP. First heat: L Roberts (St. Paul’s A.A.C.) 6yds, 1; T. Pickering (1.A.A.C.) 14yds, 2. Three started. Second heat: T. Heads (3yds) 1, G. Sutherland (syds) 2. Final. L. Roberts * J. Pickering “ T. Heads Roberts led throughout, and won by a foot from Pickering, who finished strongly a yard and a-half ahead ox Heads. Time, 10 2-ssec. 440 YARDS HANDICAP. T. Pickering (scr) 1 T. Heads (18yds) 2 T,_ Roberts (12yds) 3 Six started. Heads and Metcalfe led throughout the first round, followed by Sutherland and Roberts. Running strongly Heads kept his lead until 50 yards from the tape, where Pickering, who had been closing up over the second lap, clapped on the pace and went on to win by three yards from Heads. Roberts put in a good run and finished three yards behind Heads. Time, 53 l-ssec. ONE MILE HANDICAP. L. Roberts (10yds) 1 T. Pickering (30yds) 2 W. Tait (110yds) 3 Six started. The limit men Tait and Sutherland, held the lead until the sixth lap, when Sutherland pulled out. Roberts and Pickering were reducing their handicaps rapidly, and with 100 yards to go both went to the front. A close finish saw Roberts win by a yard, with Tait 10 yards away in third place. Time, smin ssec. BUSHCRAFT. 12IN STANDING BLOCK CHOP GREENHILLS (open . First prize £2, second £l, third 10/- (eighteen en-

tries).—First heat: R. Anglem (14sec) and C. Neame (7sec), dead heat, 1, W. Hodge (16sec) 3. Time, 58 3-ssec. Second heat: Clifford Neame (14sec) 1, W. Bone (ssec) 2, E. Paul (lOsec) 3. Time, 45 2-ssec. Third heat: H. Fraser (14sec) 1, R. Scott (9sec) 2. Time, 48sec. Final.

Scott 1 Bone f Fraser T Anglem I j Tied for third place. Scott won by two seconds, tlie others very close. Time, 42 4-ssec.

14IN UNDERHAND CHOP PUBLICANS’ HANDICAP (open). First prize £3, second £l, third 10/-. First heat: E. Paul (24sec) 1, K. Bonney (24sec), 2, H. Fraser (21sec) 3. Nine started. Time, 68sec. Second heat: W. Hodge (24sec) 1, Clifford Neame (24sec) 2, A. Fraser (21sec) 3. Nine started. Time, 53sec. Final. A. Fraser 1 W. Hodges 2 K. Bonney 3 Won by half a second each way, the same between third and fourth. Time, 62isec. 18IN DOUBLE-HANDED SAWING WATERSIDERS’ HANDICAP. First prize £3, second £l, third 10/- (ten entries). —First heat: Donnelly Bros. (4sec) 1, Fraser Bros. (2sec) 2, W. Gill and W. Hodges (ssec) 3. Time, 15sec. Second heat: C. and W. Donnelly (7sec) 1, Lee Bros. (ssec) 2, R. Scott and C. Bone (4sec) 3. Time, 16 2-ssec. Final. Donnelly Bros. 1 Scott and Bone 2 Fraser Bros. 3 Won by a second and a half, the barest fraction between second and third. Time, 13 2-ssec. DANCING. (Prizes, first and second, medals.) SWORD DANCE, under 8 years (four entries): J. Tinker 1, E. Bevin 2. HIGHLAND FLING, 10 years and under (four entries): J. Tinker 1, Malcolm McKellar 2. IRISH JIG, under 14 years (six entries): R. Tomlins 1, N. Hodge 2, J. Tinker 3. SEANN TRIUBHAIS, under 16 years (seven entries): A. McDonald 1, R. Tomlins 2, Mavis Gregory 3. SAILORS’ HORNPIPE, under 16 years (six entries): A. McDonald 1, Mavis Gregory 2, R. Tomlins 3.