’VARSITY HARRIERS

Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1931, Page 4

’VARSITY HARRIERS

: "TARANAKI STUDENT’S SUCCESS. ( The first championship of the, Canterbury College Harrier; Club, which was held at Chriatchurch qu -Saturday, July . 18, was an inmifense (success dua( to the careful organisation of Mr. W. E. Parrott, of New Plymouth, , who in addition to his secretarial :Wprk parLcipated in the event and gained . second place, being narrowly defeated Jiy the winner, A. T. Anderson, by some .15 yards. - Fine weather - made the going good, but a strong- iiorfh: wester/ formed’ some' hindrarioe tri thp forty: odd runners, who were get 6ff from Hagley park at the Armagh Street bridge, by the starter Mr. D. W. Bain. The course, which was approximately 5 miles, went past the United tennis court?, round Hagley park, down Harper Avenue and back to Hagley Park via the Carlton bridge. “Monty’.’ Parrott kept well up on the field, and in tee last half mile pushed ahead with A. T. Anderson to battle for first place, Anderson was. first home with S time 25 mi»B. 30 pecs,, Parrott finishing pome dozen yards behind 3 secs, later, With ‘ the third man H. ;E. H. Denham a hundred yards further back.

Although there wag no hill , work in the' championship epurse, the inclusion of iJrarff. dry.-tracks, (ploughed ground and water jumps made the race’ a strenuous one., • '?.■■;■ , ■ .■_'■.•

The interfaculty race was.won by Var/. sity with .26-points-with Engineering (30 points)"’ second.