HARRIER ACTIVITIES

Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 September 1936, Page 3

HARRIER ACTIVITIES

CARTERTON TO MASTERTON RACE C. TALBOT RETURNS FAST TIME. The annual road race from Carterton to Masterton, which was conducted by the Masterton Harrier Club on Saturday, was run this season in the form of an open handicap, the ten-mile club championship title going to the runner returning fastest time. The con-

ditions for the race on Saturday were not particularly inducive to fast times, there being a moderate head wind and a muggy heat, which was trying to the competitors. Nevertheless, C. Talbot, starting alone from the scratch mark and giving away starts up to 14 minutes, returned the remarkably fast time of 52mins. oosecs. in running into fourth place in the handicap event and winning the championshiop title. This performance undoubtedly stamps him as the best ten miler that Wairarapa

has produced for many years. Messrs J. Buckton and A. Talbot despatched the runners on their long journey from opposite the Salvation Army Hall, Carterton, the first to leave being E. Moore and 11. Carle from the 14 minutes mark. From the start the front markers made the pace a good one and by the time that the scratch man was sent away they must have been fully two and a quarter miles on their way. Over the first few miles the runners remained in much the same order as tliey had started but at the three mile peg D. Talbot (3.45) had passed G. Kempton (3.50), and was running beside J. Warham (4.45). R. Shaw (3.20) was also going well and had caught J. Mulvey (3.35). iVt the half-way mark the pace was already ; beginning to tell and some of the run- I ners were beginning to show .signs of the strain. Carle and Moore off the ' limit were still in the lead but Moore was not running as well as his co-mark- j er and shortly after this point began to lose ground. Adcock (13mins) oc- 1 cupied the next berth and was still going well, holding a good lead on ' Baikie (8.5). Next came Kennedy (6 , min) and D. Talbot (3.45) running to- 1 gether about ten yards ahead of Shaw !

(3.20), with Hatch (4.10) and R. Warham (5.10) pacing each other a few yards further back. J. Warham (4.45) and Mulvey (3.35) were next to pass about 20 yards ahead of Kempton (3.50.) and Lochore (6.15). C. Talbot, the scratch man, was still at the rear of the field but he was travelling at a very fast pace and rapidly reducing the gap. At the Waingawa bridge Carle still maintained the lead with Adcock tiring quickly in second place. Then came some of the back markers who were now moving through, D. Talbot and Shaw passing at about fifteen yard intervals and both of them were moving at a good pace although they appeared rather tired. Moore was next to pass with Baikie, Kennedy and Mulvey, the Warham brothers and Hatch follhwing at regular intervals. C. Tal-

bot, the scratch man, was next and he was moving through the field very quickly now in an endeavour to catch the leaders. Over the final three miles numerous changes took place in the piositions of the runners but Carle still held the lead on entering Dixon Street without about half a mile to go. D.

Talbot and Shaw were still about 15 yards apart in the next positions and with barely 200 yards to go first Talbot then Shaw challenged Carle, displacing him into third place, in which order they finished. C. Talbot finished in fourth place about 200 yards further back. Detailed placings of those to gain Rose Bowl points are: —D. Talbot (65.45), 1; R. Shaw( 65.55), 2; H. Carle, 66.22, 3; C. Talbot (66.55), 4; Mulvev (67.4) 4; Kennedy (68.14), 6; Adcock 7; J. Warham 8; R. Warliam 9- S. Hatch 10; Baikie 11; Moore 12. All of the fourteen starters completed the course. Fastest times were:—C. Talbot (52.55), 1; R. Shaw (55.15), 2; D. Talbot (55.30), 3. . The junior members of the club competed in a friendly run over a threemile course. KIATERE CLUB. The annual inter-club contest between the Kiatere Harrier Club and Olympic Harrier Club was contested on Saturday from Schvay Showgrounds. The race was run over an ideal crosscountry course of 61 miles laid by Messrs J. Ryder and W. Burns, and resulted in a convincing win for Kiatere. Soon after the start of the race it was evident that *the local club had the event well in hand. A fine exhibition of team running was given by five Kiatere runners, M. Quayle, W. Burgess, W. McDonald, A. Burns and R. Greeks, who ran together in the lead for practiealy the whole journey when O. Fisher, Olympic, came through and to a certain extent broke up the combination. Fastest times were made by W. McDonald (Kiatere), 41.35; A. Burns (Kiatere), 41.36; W. Burgess (Kiatere), 41.42; O. Fisher (Olympic), 41.45.

The first ten runners to finish in each club counted in the team, the placings being as under:—•

Olympic.—O. Fisher 4, C. Campbell 9, B. Lister 11, J. MeNaught 12, P. Wilson 13, R. Garnliam 15, W. Workman 18j J. Blanclifield 20, K. Gillies 22, R. Beyer 24. Total, 148. Kiatere. —W. McDonald 1, A. Burns 2, W. Burgess 3, M. Quayle 5, A. McDonald 6, W. Burns 7, R. Greeks S, G. Strong 10, R. Searancke 14, D. Nelson 16. Total, 72.

There were ten starters for the race between the junior runners of the two clubs. G. Sutherland (Kiatere) maintained his unbeaten record of the' season to win easily from his team mate, A. McDonald with A. Lawton (Olympic) third. Scaled handicaps resulted: Olympic ■senior: O. Fisher 1, J. McNauglit 2. Kiatere senior: M. Quayle 1, A. Burns 2. Olympic junior: A. Lawton 1,. W. Matthews. 2. Kiatere junior: A. McDonald 1, G. Sutherland.

After the run afternoon tea was served in the Masonic Hall by the ladies’ committee at which function Mr Traill, Kiatere Club president, spoke welcoming the visitors and also pre-

sented prizes to the winners of the sealed handicaps. Mr Perston, Olympic Club president, suitably replied on behalf of the visitors.

The dance held in the Masonic Hall in the evening proved a great success, the hall being packed to capacity. Excellent music was supplied by the Blue River, Dance Band. Messrs das. Burns and G. Strong capably carried out the duties of M’s.C.