HARRIER NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18448, 26 April 1928, Page 7

HARRIER NOTES.

CLUB FORMED AT KAIAPOI. The most important event last week among the harriers was the formation of a club at Kaiapoi. The members are young, and at the opening run they did remarkably well to keep with the more seasoned runners from the Christchurch Club. F. Brown, R. Rollinson and T. Hunter all went well and were only beaten in the dash for home. Hunter ran about three years ago in Dunedin, and his experience should be invaluable to the club. Of the Christchurch men, V. B. Todd' did best. The country at Kaiapoi is ideal for harrier work, and the club should prosper. Mr and Mrs P. L. Rowse entertained the runners. Tomorrow's run will be held from the residence of Mr Mick Phillips. It is understood that a movement is afoot in Kaiapoi to start another club. This, if true, is much to be regretted, for the country town is too small for two clubs to be run successfully. It is much better to have one strong club than two struggling ones. An interested spectator at the inaugural run of the Kaiapoi Harrier Club last week was Frank Grose, New Zealand champion cyclist, who had only been out of hospital a few days. Grose, has made a fine recovery from the accident sustained when training to race against the Australians. Standen and Gray, and he looks well. Nineteen members of the Presbyterian Harrier Club turned out last Saturday from St Ninian’s Church, Riccarton. The trail-layers were K. Watson and C. Kyle, who set a course over first-class harrier country. L. Gordon ran well and was the first man home. To-morrow the club will be the guests of Mr S. Wilkinson, 20, Hackthorne Road. Cashmere Hills. Runners should catch the No. 2 tram from the Square at 2.17 p.m. The Christchurch Harrier Club last Saturday had an attendance of thirtyeight runners, who were divided into three packs. B. 11. Wood and C. Jones laid the trail, which was patchy in places. Jones, Meredith and Jackson did best of the slower packs, and should in future out with the

last pack. B. A. Barrer did best of the fast men. An invitation run will be held to-morrow from the Ozone Cafe, North Beach, when E. Knight . will be in charge of the paper. Runners should go out by the N >. 5 tram at 2.7 p.m. from the Square j.j j.j The proposal to form a Civil Service s Harrier Club in Christchurch is a '. move in the right direction. With 1 such enthusiasts as B. 11. Wood, J. M’Kee and others as a nucleus, the j club should have a splendid future. G. G. Lockwood and R. O. Page, j both vice-presidents of the Christchurch 2 Harrier Club, turned out last Satur--3 day. Lockwood, when attempting to j hurdle a fence, had the misfortune to s slip, and met with a slight accident. The Canterbury Centre intends to form a Harrier Sub-Committee this winter to control the harrier branch of athletics. The club business of the sub-committee will be to raise the t funds necessary to send the Canterr bury team to the New Zealand cham- » pionships. It is time the sub-commit- -) tee was formed, as nothing yet has . been done in this important respect. 2 and the money will be required in less y than three months’ time. A word of advice to young harriers r just commencing training: At the very earliest opportunity let it be under--1 stood that too much importance has . been attached to special diet, to dei finite quantities and so on, as an essen- ; tial feature of training. Training - aims at attaining the acme of health and muscular vigour, and to acquire such perfection every function of the - l>odv must be supervised and regulated, t Habit of life and graduated exercise , are the essential principles to work on. Never depart from a healthy ordinary - mode of living, with one or two re- - strictions, and the runner may enjoy i life: his training will be a period of 3 happiness instead—as is often the case . —one. of discomfort and misery.