PROMINENT IN WINTER ATHLETICS
Metcalfe defeated by four inches by E. j S. Wills, with O. Dunlop third. Results: 75 YARDS HANDICAP First Heat. A. E. Butler, 3yds .. * A. J. Elliott, * J. Green, 7iyds 3 Time, Ssec. *Dead Heat. Butler led over, the first 5,0 yards, then Elliott drew up. and the two hit the tape together. A close third. Second Heat. A. G. Bond. 3yds • • - • 1 H. S. Roper, 4yds .. .. . 2 L. Meredith, 2iyds .. .. 1 3 Time, 7 4-ssee. Bond and Roper fought out the race between them, the former getting home by inches. Final A. G. Bond, 3yds ' •• 1 H. S. Roper, 4yds 2 A. J. Elliot, * A. E. Butler, 3yds * Time, 7 3-ssec. *Dead I-leat. Roper and Bond finished again in the same order as in the second heat, with Elliott and Butler dead heat third. Six started. METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE .1. W. Savidan, scr., Bmin 41seo .. .. 1 N. F. Cooper, 6sec, Smin 42 l-ssec .. 2 J. Crum, 40sec, Smin 46sec 3 W. Watt, 30sec, Smin 4S 2-ssec .... 4 C. Wilson, 35sec, Smin 52see 5 T. Henry, Ssec, Smin 2-ssee 6 F. Adams, 50sec, 9min 7 Z-bsec .. ... 7 L. C. Barker, lOsec, 9min 7 4-ssec .. S The race resolved intself into a duel between Savidan and Cooper, the former winning after an exciting finish by eight yards. Thirteen started. PUTTING THE SHOT E. S. Wills (3ft), 34ft 1 G. R. Metcalfe (10ft), 33ft Sin .... 2 O. Dunlop (2ft 3in), 33ft 7iin 3
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 336, 23 April 1928, Page 7
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