PAPAKURA ATHLETIC CLUB

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 806, 29 October 1929, Page 7

PAPAKURA ATHLETIC CLUB

LABOUR DAY SPORTS CLOSE FINISH IN SHEFFIELD From Our Own Correspondent PAPAKURA, Monday. A good day’s sport was witnessed at Papakura today when the Athletic Club staged its Labour Hay sports meeting. The programme consisted of track running and cycling, and some particularly keen racing took place. In the big event, the Sheffield Handicap, of iJ2S. a great finish took place between J. Linden, J. Maloney and 11. Hudson, the trio racing neck and neck to the tape, and finishing in that order. C. Slack won the two-mile cycling race. W. K. Francis being second. Slack started off the limit, and won by a big margin. Hetailed results were: RUNNING Maiden Handicap. 120yds. —M. Stephens, 1: R. Porteous. 2: X. B. Read. Sheffield Handicap. 12t»yds.—First heat: J. Maloney, 1; J. Whorsky. 2: Read. See.oond heat: .1 l.inden. 1. If Hudson. 2; .T. F.attv, 3. Final: Linden, 1: Malone v, 2; H. Mud.-.a. Tim.'. I ! 2-5* 220Yds Handicap.—H. Robertson. 1 A. A. Best. 2. J. Batty, 3. Time, 2m 13s. 4 10Yds Handicap.—K. Hope, 1. 11. Hudson, 2: I>. Robertson, 3. First Consolation Handicap. 120 Yds —. H. Hudson, 1: R. J. V. Thomas, 2; G. Maxwell, 3. Second Consolation Handicap, 12uYds. — R J. V. Thomas, 1; J. Batty, 2: B. Whitten, 3. CYCLING Half-mile Handicap.—First beat: W. Prutney. 1; C. Slack. 2: R. F. Caulton, 3. Second heat: C T. Yule, 1; N. White, 2; R. ("larke, 3. Final: Pratney, 1. Yule. 2; Clarke, 3. Mile Handicap.—First heat: A. Johnson. l: W. K. Francis, 2: 11. F. Bowman, Second heat: W. Pratney, :. i: W Caulton, 2; E. Clarke, 3. Final: Pratney, 1; Johnson. 2; Clarke, 3. Time. 2rn 15s. One and a-half .Miles Handicap.— W Pratney and R. F. Caulton, dead heat, 1; A. Johnson, 3. Two Miles Handicap £-c. SU.ck. 1: W. K. Francis, 2: Pratney, 3. O • d a-hatf Miles Consolation Handicap.—H. F. Bowman. 1. G F. Clarke. 2; R. Clarke, 3.