NEW PLYMOUTH ATHLETICS

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1931, Page 3

NEW PLYMOUTH ATHLETICS

RAIN SPOILS AMATEUR MEETING ROSE RUNS WELL IN MILE RACE. The weekly meeting of the New Plymouth Amateur Athletic Club at Pukekura Park last night was spoilt by showers of rain which made conditions unpleasant for the spectators and competitors. However, keen racing and good finishes were provided and the half and one mile handicaps were two exceptionally fine l contests. The New Zealand chanipion, R. A. Rose, had a training run in the half mile and later contested the longer race. Although track conditions were against him, he ran well to gain third place from two runners off the 200 yards mark. The results are; —

, Ladies’ 190 metres. —Miss A. O’Byrne (3yds) 1, Miss R. Jones (7yds) 2, Miss S. Walshe (10yds) 3. Time, 12 4-u.sec.

220 yards Handicap.—R. P. Hill (?0 yds) I, Wyatt ( —) 2, G. Sullivan (16yds) 3. Time, 22 4-ssec. ; One mile cycle.—J. Gillies (140yds) 1, W. Lowe (140yds) 2, A. J. Burr (120yds) 3. Won by a length and ahalf. Time, 2min 20 2-ssec.

880 yards handicap.—V. Hodgson (45 yds) I, M. Morton (50yds) 2, A. S. Hunter (65yds) 3. Time, 2min 3sec. Hunter took up the running on the last lap with Rose just behind the bunch. Hodgson was lying second to Hunter coming into the straight, where Morton came up fast on the outside. Morton was in front five yards off the post, but Hodgson came , again and beat him by inches. Hunter was three yards away. Rose did not finish.

220 yards junior.—M. Boyle (4yds) I, C. Fox (14yds) 2, K. Johnston (18yds) 3. Won by four yards. Time, 26sec. Javelin. —R. Stewart (85ft) 192 ft 1, N. J. Webster (75ft) ISSft 6in 2, G. Sullivan (45ft) 185 ft 3.

Ladies’ hop, step and jump.—Miss R. Jones (2ft 9in). 32ft 7in 1, Miss A. O’Byrne (scr) 31ft 3in 2, Miss S. Walshe (2ft 9in) 30ft lin 3. Hop., step and, jump.—H. H. Brown (10ft)' 43ft 7in 1, L. Bennock (10ft; 43ft s:in 2, R. J. Stewart (7ft Gin) and G. Sullivan (scr) 43ft 3in equal 3. . Two miles cycle.—R. L. Reed (90yds) 1, J. Gillies (160yds) 2, A. J. Burr (160yds) 3. Time, omin ssec. Reed made up his leeway early and won comfortably. One mile handicap.—N. C. Drake (200 yds) 1, A. C. Sadler (200yds) 2, R. A. Rose (scr) 3. Time, 4rnin 30 l-ssec. Drake wade the pace practically; from the start. Rose and Brown joined the middle-markers at the end of half a mite but were conceding the pacemakers nearly 100 yards when the last lap was reached. Brown, Rose and Hodgson made a great, effort over the last furlong, but Drake hung on to win by ten yards from Sadler, with Rose five yards further back. Hodgson, Morton and Brown followed in that order close up. Rose’s time for the distance was 4min 33sec—good time for a greasy track.