AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9596, 7 February 1910, Page 5

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

W EL LIN GTON ■ PRO YIN OIAL

MEETING

WOODCrER PUTS UP A RECORD

(By Teleuravli —i J rfi.s j « Assu>i'.iaiiun.) WELLINGTON, Saturday. Tho Wellington Provincial. Amateur Athletic Championships woro hold on Saturday, aud produced soma remarkable performances. Wootlßor wou the hundred yards iv lOsoc dead, and tno 330 yds iv 33soc, 2-5300 Joss than tho New 'Oouland record tnno. Woodgor's parformaneo \vill in all probability bo submitted to the Oouuoil to be p:issad as a vow record. The 4-10 yards was won by J. Wilton in 53 seconds. Wilton is thd proseut New Zealand champion. J. P. Wilson, a new runner, was the only niiiu out in tho half mile. He was paced by two men who took a lap each,aud cut out the distance in liuiu f>;s l-jseos, only ;}-.".> 4ou oil' New Zealand record tinio. T. 13. Mol'for, who has boou running only a few weeks, ami who lias been rowing all tho season, ran away with tho miio in iuiiu 3D 4-s.soe, Tho fchroo niiles event went to 11. T. Thompson, tiio holder of the Austra-a-n'an record over the Miratiiou distance, in l.jiiiiu 53 :J-ssoc. A. i']veusen won the two liurdlos events, boating G. St. V. Ktnhlell. Ijveuseu covered l:i()yds in Xi :i-s.sec, and the -MOyds in (i:i ;i-5.-]ou. Tho mile walk resulted in ;i great surprisi , .- , , vlio Now Zealand champion, P. J. Kitzijeralil, badly defeated by the hifchertj almost unknown man. i). Casliman, in the remarkable time ot (iuiiu ;]S -l-js.u. Tiio ver.'ran Leslie tnruea out and walked beautifully, but tiio go\n% was too solid for him. Iv a three mile handicap was hopelessly out of it, and retired, C:ishm;ui winning easily. Ev-.:ns3u won the high jump at s?t ."il.jin. and j< , . O. Hubbard tho- long jump ;2!)t'r -Jin. G. P. Anderson's wiun-n-j throw in the iiauiuu'L , oveot was 10U feet. There were over three thousand spechstors, the Governor aud Lady Pluiikoc. The sum of £1-10 was taken at the gates, enabling tho Weilingou s'Jenrrc to bo strongly represoutc:\ at Aucldaiid on the "J <»c 11 iust., at the Now Zealiiud (Jiiauipion^liips. The leoliug is strong hero that Welin.'Uon will have no groat difficulty in wresting the Provincial Premiership Shield from Cauterbnry, t!;e present holders.