ATHLETICS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13389, 12 September 1907, Page 2

ATHLETICS.

lIAItIUER TEAMS" KACH. Tli'- three liurrior club>- of South Cant'. :bu:y will bring their svai-.on to ;t close ihi.s afternoon when the annual i,. j ams race will be decided. Kadi will of eight men, the first - s ' x home }o mini, fur their ielective club. T!io following are' the v. ,i'.i and their bers; : \\ r alm:iK- Karru-iv;. • Mclven/.ie, Taaiie, Divers, Butcher (2), Meldrum, Cameron, Ivirkcaldy. 1 rinity. Norrie. r. -Tail, Drake, Glanville (2), Gould. Uairrl. South Canterbury.—Coker, Caughton, Hansford, Maltlius? (2), Mv- .... "-Sinclair, and Walsh. The various have ben in solid training for the la-t faw- week*. and the: result should j i; both do:-:' and iutervsting. Drake and Clavghtun are svre to be well to the j": f, while Bu!che>\ of the Southern t.lnb. likely to bid for fre.;h honours. '! v. !II b.' remembered that this event was inaugurated la: i South Cant rb'lrv ;iie bjing than sncce.-sful. This y<;,.r a i-.U-p forward has been taken in i oat a handsome shield has been provided by well-wisher:-: of the sport. The South Cam.bnrv Harriers met with much gucc'i?:; in their canvass for support, and b;g to thank all those who helped them in their wo) 1:. The shield, which will be of neat design, will have the names of the winning team engraved thereon, and will be held by thorn for one year, this event being an annual fixture. The j'in:t man to "home"' of the twenty-four starters will receive a gold badge which will be his own property. The Waimate boys -will arrive by the 1.30 express and leave again at 4 o'clock, and on this account the rac.' will start- at 2.15 sharp, so as to allow them to catch their train. The course for the event will be from the Bay along the Benveiiue elife to the Abattoir hill, thence turning westward along the Railway hill, and on the outward trail being :uclr. it will be followed home, th« tir.iih bung at the south end of the Bay. So iif. to help the check stewards en route numbers will b? provided by the secretary of the b'outh Canterbury Harriers before starting. A- splendid view of the race, which Lz sure to be the mo:t intercsticg of the season, will be got from the promenade on the Bay. The Canterbury Centre of the X. Z.A.A.C. are in want of two or three engs-country runners to make the trip to Dunediu on Labour Day to represent Canterbury, and are awaiting the result of the teams' race before selecting representatives.