Amateur Athletic Meeting.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IV, Issue 175, 30 November 1893, Page 6

Amateur Athletic Meeting.

The Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club had their usual good fortune in the matter of weather for their twentyeighth Athletic Carnival. The day was almost perfect, the attendance was highly

satisfactory, and the condition of the track was all in favour of fast racing. There was no record breaking, but Burton gave a splendid exhibition of walking in the one-mile event, which he cut out in ymin 2 5-10 sec, being only one-tenth of a second behind the record for the colony. Gaudin’s long jump, 20 feet 11 inches, was another fine effort, and in the cycling races Reynolds’ grand displays aroused great enthusiasm amongst the spectators. In the 1,2, 3 and 5 mile events he timed his spurts with admirable judgment, and won as he liked. The starting, which is always a feature of these meetings, was excellent and punctual to the advertised time, and an interesting display of club swinging was given during the afternoon by pupils of the Native School under the direction of Prof. Carrollo. The various events resulted as follows: —

150yds Maiden. —J. E. Crammond 1, J. Mercer 2, J. A. Rogers 3. Won easily. Time, 16 min 2-ssec. One-mile Novice Bicycle Handicap. —A. A. Davis, 1 ooyds. I ; W. W. Pilkington, 60yds, 2 ; W. W. Phipps, 60yds, 3. Davis won as he liked. Time, 2min 52|sec. One-mile Walk.—J. Burfoot, 180yds 1 ; T. F. White, 60yds, 2 ; A. F. Burton, scr, 3. Time, 6min 45 2-ssec. Three-mile Bicycle Handicap —E. Reynolds, scr, 1; H. Nicholson, 225yds, 2 ; H. T. Surman, 60yds, 3. Won hands down. Time, Bmin 55 i-tjsec. 100yds Handicap.— F. Barton, 9|yds, I ; T. F. Wilson, 10yds, 2 ; D. F. Stewart, 9yds, 3, Won by a yard after a big race. Time, 10 i-ssecs. Half-mile Handicap.—F. G. Atkins, 65yds, 1 ; G. S. Frost, soyds, 2 ; N. Barton, 45yds, 3. An easy victory. Had Frost made his run earlier his chance would have been greatly improved. Eime 2min 3 4-ssec. Amateur Mile Bicycle Handicap.—H. H. Dacre, 40yds, 1 ; A. Coubrough, 25yds, 2 ; W. W. Pilkington, 35yds, 3. H. H. Dacre won easily. Time, 36 2-ssec. Eong Jump.—F. E. N. Gaudin, 19 feet 6 inches, I. In an exhibition jump after his win Gaudin did 20 feet 11 inches.

120yds Hurdles Handicap.—E. T. Laurie, 2yds, 1 ; P. Brodie, lyd, 2 ; W. H. Martin, owes 10yds, 3. Won comfortably from a good lead. Time, 17 2-ssecs. One-mile Handicap.—G. A. Bradburn, 65yds, 1 ; F. Atkins, 120yds, 2 ; J. H. Short, 70yds, 3. Time, 4mm 48sec. One-mile Bicycle Handicap.—E. Reynolds, scr, 1 ; W..W. Pilkington, 100yds, 2 ; H. Nicholson, 75yds, 3. Won easily, and with great judgment. Time, 2min 47 3-ssec. 250yds Handicap.—F. Barton, 19yds, I ; T. F. Wilson, 20yds, 2 ; F. E. N. Gaudin, 4yds, 3. A great race, and won by a foot. Time, 26 2-ssecs. Two-mile Ladies’ Bracelet Bicycle Handicap. —E. Reynolds, scr, 1;A. A. Davis, 290yds, 2 ; W. W. Pilkington, 200yds, 3. Another excellent win. Time, smin 45sec. Two-mile Walk Handicap.—F. H. Creamer, 150yds, 1 ; J. Burfoot, 300yds, 2 ; H. N. Cossar, 360yds, 3. Time, 15mm 20 3-ssec. Quarter-mile Hurdles Handicap. —T. Roberts, syds, 1 ; W. H. Martin, scr, 2 ; H. B. J. Bull, 10yds, 3. Time, imin 4-ssec. Five-mile Bicycle Handicap.—E. Reynolds, scr, 1 ; H. T. Surman, losec, 2 ; W. W. Pilkington, 75sec, 3. The winner had his field in hand from start to finish. Time, 17mm 3 5-3 sec. High Jump.—R. Hall and P. J. Hackett tied at sft 4|in. Pole Jump.—W. Rangia, Bft loin. Quarter-mile Handicap.—T. Roberts, scr, I ; H. B. J. Bull, 4yds, 2 ; C. Hesketh, 20yds, 3. Time, 54 2-ssec.

Reynolds showed himself to be a great judge of pace at the Spirts on Saturday in his wins in the one, two, three and five mile bicycle races. In giving my anticipations for the sports last week I selected him, on his training track form, to win the three last events. Should Reynolds ever turn his attention to the Austral wheel race, his colours should show up prominently on the Melbourne Cricket Ground tracks.