THE GO AS YOU PLEASE CONTEST.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4505, 2 October 1882, Page 3

THE GO AS YOU PLEASE CONTEST.

The following wore the results in^aci's " Grand Athletic Tourn&ment," tit. tho DrillDrill Bhed on Saturday. O'Connor rt.art»d at. a pood running pice, r.rd continued thin till about 7 p.m., when ha ytjs KOi/od with cramp and cornpelle.l to retiio for a few minutes and put on moro clothing, he had the rame misfortune uj,'ain about 8 p in , but in t }>o ineuntimo ho hud been purling tin; pneo on, iknd nt 830 coliurod Ouriulc, who by tho way, had been running with tho gri-titpat, pluck, and exciting tho admiration of the crowd, which »t this time throned th« shei'. It was now apparent that all fho competition lay between O'Oonnor and Cumiek, for Hewitt had retired at ~> 10 p.m., after covering 14fc miles in 2 houra 12min. Ho otidently suffered from want of training, bikl wae a good deal distressed when ho threw up the eponcrt. Neary Imd followci unit ut 5 4T) p.m.— -l Si' rnilos in 2 hour* lirnin. Bo hailed from Wellington, as well as Bull, who *tuck to walking, and did not appear it dangerous rival 'o either Cusack or O'Oonnor. The latter having placed hinifloif a lip ii'icn 1 of the former it !.) p.m., went in for walking, whirh ho continucvl till shortly hi'foro th" finish nt 10 !i5, wheir, in .-in-wcr to a fipur'. of CiH'Mjk'B, O'Connor put the eletni on, nr.d gained anothpr tw.i lap.', th; result, as declared, being as follows : — O'Connor. 45 J mill 8 in 7 hourn 1 Cusack, 45 3 sth miles iv 7 hours flOmin '1 Bull, 33 l-s:h miles in 7 houra 'A imin ... ;{ The tireifs are only givou as npproxirnut*-, but they are as ne&rly as poo>ibl« eorroct. Goodwin also stnrt^d, but bo mur tho finiihing timo os to precludo \\\\ running for uutthing buh »3iu;etnent. Mr rentecoet acted as referee. 1 Tie expectant public were disappointed in

not seeing Skde, " the coming " champion of the world, in his wrestling feats. It was announcod that thore were no entries for this or any of tho other events. 81ade certainly looks an " awkward customer." and probably thii had something to do with deterring any aspiring wrestlers from tackling him. The "Grand Athletic Tournament" was concluded with a quartor-mile epin by two Kttlo boys— the Masons— who have made their appearance- previously at the Anniversary Bportß, and sre certainly rather abnormally developed pedestrians. The prizes will be given away this evening, at the Theatre Royal.