GOOD RACING AT EVENING AMATEUR ATHLETIC MEETING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18629, 5 December 1928, Page 5

GOOD RACING AT EVENING AMATEUR ATHLETIC MEETING.

Another of the series of evening- meetings under the auspices of the Canterbury Centime of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association was conducted at 'English Park yesterday by the Varsity Club. The attendance was good, and, generally speaking, the standard of the sport was high. Several of the younger runners showed good promise. In conjunction with the flat events, a half-mile cycle race was conducted by the Christchurch Amateur Cycling Club. Following are the results:— 220yds Handicap (first class)—First heat: H. Robinson (14yds) 1, C. V. Atyeo (13yds) 2. Time—23sec. Second heat: R. O. Freeman (17yds) 1, J. Hasson (13yds) 2. Time—23 l-ssec. Third heat: V. Todd (12yds) 1. X. Suckling (15yds) 2. Time—23 l-sseo. Fourth heat: R. Poff (18yds) 1, D. Wade (13yds) 2. Time Final. Todd 1 Poff 2 Robinson . 3 Won by a yard, with inches separating second and third. Time—23sec. 220yds Handicap (second class) —First heat: A. Taylor (4yds) 1, C. Frost (syds) 2. Time —25 2-ssee. Second heat: L. P. Watson (2yds) 1, .T. Claridge (scr) 2. Time—2ssee. Third heat: E. Harrington (scr) 1, T. Kennedy (syds) 2. Time —25 2-ssec. Fourth heat: R. Neville (scr) 1, J. Devonport (2yds) 2. Time—--25 3-ssec. Fifth heat: E. Simpson (2yds) 1, C. 11. Rich (syds) 2. Time--25 l-ssec. Final. Neville 1 Watson 2 Taylor . 3 Won by two feet, with the rest of th*e field well bunched. Time—2ssee. Two Miles Handicap—R. Anderson (235yds) 1, C. C. Smith (175yds) 2, R. A. Weston (250yds) 3. Anderson came in about eighty yards to the good, with a big gap between second and third. Time—lOmin lOsec. Int'er-Club Relay Competition—Sum-ner-New Brighton (C. L. Wiggins, J. F. Bainford, .1. L. Scott and O. T. Harbutt.) defeated Old Boys by five yards. Time—lmin 56 1-ssec. Varsity (E. E. England, O. C. Harley, I). I. Wade and R. O. King) defeated Technical by twenty yards. Time—lmin 54sec. C.A.A.C. (A. L. Tideman, R. Cordery, V. B. Todd and J. A. Gasson) defeated Sydenham by about eighty yards. Time —lmin 45sec. High Jump—R. H. Neville (scr) sft 4in, 1; C. Li. Wiggins (Sin), sft 3in, 2. Half-Mile Cycle Race—First heat: T. O’Brien (scr) 1, S. Campbell (syds) 2 4 N. Berry (35yds) 3. Time—63 4-ssec. Second heat: R. Ferguson (20yds) 1,1,. Pearce (10yds) 2, IT. Harper (40yds) 3. Time—63 4-ssec. Third heat: 1. Crockett (40yds) 1, T. Gifford (50yds) 2, A. Mackie (25yds) 3. Time—67 4-ssec.

Pearce 1 Mackie 2 Campbell 3 Won by seven yards, with the same distance between second and third. Time