DRESSMAKING EXTRAORDINARY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5455, 6 January 1896, Page 4

DRESSMAKING EXTRAORDINARY.

A handsome dress to your own order, thoroughly well made, fit guaranteed, complete 19s 6d. Hundreds of patterns of all the latest designs in washing dress fabrics to select from. Samples free on application. Shaw, Eobinson and Co., Commerce House, 213; Cashel Street.

lowed by Grierson, Tovniley, Wood, CamP bell, Clark, Corner, Thomas and Low, and in this order they reached the quarter-mile post. - The two Victorians were in front a furlong from home, but a few yards further on Townley had to give way to Clark, Grierson, Corner and Wood. Wingrove, however, maintained his lead till one hundred and fifty yards from home, when he was passed in turn by Corner, Clark, Grierson, Wood and Low. Corner and Clark ran together down the straight, but the former managed to last long enough to win by a yard from Clark, who was three yards in front of Grierson. Low, who was last until one hundred and fifty yards from the finish, came with a fine spurt in the straight, and was only an inch or two behind Grierson ; Wood was fifth, Wingrove sixth, Campbell seventh and Townley last. Corner was completely run out, and fell after passing the post. Time — 2min 4fsec. WINNEES. 1893— X. F. M'Crae, New South Wales, 2min 6Jsec. 1895— E. E. Corner, New South Wales, 2min 4fsec. twenty-pive-mile blctcle (new zealand Championship) . Standard, Ihr 3min. New Zealand and Australian amateur record, Ihr 6min 39seo, by J. O. Shorland, Canterbury, New Zealand. <S. Petersen, Hawko's Bay 1 E. Crow, Otago •. ... 2 W. li. Kerr, New South Wales, C. H. Jones, F. G. Simpson, W. H. Langdown, J. W. Jones, AY. F. Waller and H. Thompson, Canterbury, New Zealand, also started. When the competitors came out the nor*west gale was at its worst. At . the pistol shot Crow again took the lead, and, cutting through the wind at a pace that suggested a mile race,, quickly had the field in difficulties. Kerr, who had been at his back ■wheel from the commencement, and Petersen and C, H. Jones twenty yar^ds away,, were his. nearest followers.. The pace was kept fast, and.the ;two leaders kept drawing away from C. H.. Jones, Petersen snd J. W. Jones. .After a mile had been cohered, the remainder of the. starters: were hopelessly, left, and the majority soon retired.' At a mile and a half, Thompson and Simpson gave up, and after a short spell came on to pace C. H. Jones and Petersen, with the result that the end of the third mile found Crow, Kerr, C. H.^Jones and Petersen riding together in that order. The effort had/ however, been too much for Jones, as two laps later his machine was . seen, to wobble, and he fell just in front of the old pavilion, completely exhausted. J. W. Jones retired at the end of the fifth mile," leaving Crow, Kerr and Petersen the sole competitors. Soon afterwards Kerr, who had throughout taken the most advantage of the pace-makers, touched Crow's back wheel and fell. Crow and Petersen slackened pace while Kerr was remounting, but the Sydney rider was scarcely on his machine before' Petersen dashed off at a great speed, establishing a lead of eighty yards from Crow and nearly three hundred yards from Kerr. Crow riding strongly overhauled the leader, but Kerr, after completing two additional laps, retired. With ten miles to ride and only two competitors, the remainder of the race was a very uninteresting procession.- At the end of the twenty-second mile the pedal of Crow's machine came off, and Petersen slackened while his opponent, on Thompson's, machine, joined him. Two laps from home Petersen forced the pace, and when the bell rang, although Crow responded gamely, the Napier representative established a substantial lead, and, riding strongly to the tape, won by thirty yards. Time— lhr I7min\ llsec. Crow gained the two special prizes offered to the competitor passing a given post the greatest, number of times in the race. WINNEES. ' • ' 1886-7— A. C. Wiliaot, North Canterbury, Ihr 36min 18Jsec. . 1887-t^r-H.. A.' Soanes, Canterbury, Ihr 35mixr :-■■ ■ 47uec." ■■■•■■■■•. • _ ■• ■ . 1888-9— A. Buchanan, Auc'-land, lbr 32min 18sec. •1889-90— N. Hall, Canterbury, Ihr 26mm 59sec. ' 1890-I— W. J. S. Hay ward, Canterbury, Ihr 27min 45sec. .■••■■ * ; 1892-3— W. J. S. Haywafd, Canterbury, Ihr 22min 59aec. . 1893-4— T, CM. Ballinshaw, Canterbury, lhr 12min 55|sec. 1894-5— H. J. Pither, Canterbury, Ihr 7min 23Jsec. 1895-6— G. Petersen, Hawke's Bay, Ihr 17min ■ ,llsec. , Three-mile Plat. Standard, 15min 30sec. World's amateur record, 14min 24sec, by S. Thomas, England ; Australasian amateur record, 15min 27£ sec, by W. J. Burke, Otago, New Zealand., A. W. Bell, Wellington, New Zealand ... 1 S. Hawthorne, Wellington, New Zealand 2 A. A. Davies, Auckland, New Zealand ... 3 •■ E. E. Corner, New South Wales, H. W. C. Biggs, New South Wales, W. F. Bennett, Otago, New Zealand, and M. O'Connor, Auckland, New Zealand, also started. ' ' '- . Bell led away from the crease, followed by O'Connor, Corner, Hawthorne, Davies, Bennett and Biggs, and the men ran in this order for three-quarters of a mile,'when Hawthorne took second place, and the next quarter was completed' with Bell leading by one ' hundred yards from O'Connor, who was thirty yards in . front of Hawthorne. Bennett and Davies. were together next, Corner and Biggs' some distance farther' away. No change occurred in the next quarter, except that Biggs and Corner retired, and the completion of the half-distance found Bell still one' hundred yards ahead of. O'Connor, Bennett, Hawthorne and Davies following in the order named. In the next quarter, one of .O'Connor's shoes came off and he retired, and Bennett left the track just before two miles had been completed. Bell was then striding along in fine style one hundred and twenty yards ahead of Hawthorne, thirty yards behind whom came Davies running very gamely. Bell increased his advantage in the last mile, and eventually won by one hundred and fifty yards from Hawthorne, who was over two hundred yards in front of Davies. Time — 15min Mgsec. wINNEBS. 1893-tC.E. Herbert, Victoria, 15min 33' sec. 1890— A. W. Bell, New Zealand. 15min 44f sec. The following table shows the number of points scored by each colony. I (Firsts only to score points.) Colony. First. Second. Third. Points. New Zealand ... 11 11 .9 11 New South Wales 3 3 2 3 Victoria ... ... 1 — 3 l Queensland ... — 1 — — CHAMPIONSHIP COLONY. Year. Colony. Where Held. 1893 New South Wales Melbourne (Victoria) 1896 New Zealand ... Christch'oh (New Zeal'nd) The medals were presented to the winners by Mr R Wilding, President of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, at the conclusion of each event. The members of the Victorian team left for Dunedin by the Corinna on Saturday evening. They were accorded three hearty cheers on leaving Lancaster Park in the afternoon. Messrs A. J. Patrick, H. S. Bailey, J. L. Eyan, W. C. Ehodes and H. L. Kingsley, members of the New Zealand team, left for Wellington by the Penguin on Saturday evening. They were accorded a hearty farewell at the station. Mr Wettenhall, manager of the Victorian team, was a passenger by the same steamer. *

Soap deferred maketh the dirt stick. Try Silkstone. 170 All Matchless Teas Reduced 2d per lb. — [Advt

The Sight can be tested free and improved by the most modern Lenses, on the new system, at R. Kennett's, 183, High Street 1572

Sunday Lecture. — Mr W. W. Collins, in the Lyceum last night, lectured on the text, "Is there any new thing under the sun?" He claimed that while Divine science had stood still for ages, secular science was ever advancing arift making the world better.