ATHLETICS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XII, Issue 709, 8 October 1903, Page 13

ATHLETICS.

The following programme for the Amateur Athletic club's Meeting, which will take place on November 21, has been drawn up : —looyds handicap (for youths under 19 years), 120yds maiden hurdles handicaps (five entries or no race), 100yds handicap, 220yds handicap, 440yds handicap, half-mile handicap, one mile handicap, one mile walk handicap (five entries/, putting 161 b shot handicap (five entries), high-jump handicap (five entries), 120yds hurdles handicap (five entries), half-mile bicycle handicap, threequarter mile bicycle handicap, one mile bicycle handicap, two miles bicycle handicap (ladies’ bracelet), steeplechase handicap for amateur members of all clubs belonging to associations affiliated to the Auckland Amateur Sports Club. Entries for all events will close on November 7.

The finals of the Australasian 80-xing: Championships, in Sydney, were finished on Saturday, there being a very large attendance of spectators. The results were as follows : — Feather weights, Dowridge (Queensland) ; bantam weights. Dickenson beat Clifton ; light weights, Porbery beat Taplin ; middle weights, Griffin (Invercargill) beat Harriott (New South Wales) ; heavv weights. Tavlcr (Wellington) beat McKellar (New South Wales).

Of the many sports to be held at the mammoth World’s Fair at St. Louis next year the following are a few of the features that have been mapped out :—The championship meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, a two day nxture ; two days devoted exclusively to relay racing for schools, colleges and clubs ; one day will be devoted exclusively to the cross-country championships. It is the intention to start in one race the college athletes, A.A.U., athletes and the school boy athletes, three competitions in one. Bicycling will' receive attention and three days has been set aside for the national bicycle tournaments. The World’s Fair interscholastic athletic championships will take two days and will be open to all school boys, of the United States. Two days will be devoted to quoits. Swimming will receive the attention it deserves, as teams of the fastest swimmers from England and Australia are expected to competefor national honours. Besides the regular swimming events that are scheduled by the Amateur Athletic Union, there will l'e plunging, diving contests and water polo championships. Two weeks have been set aside for lawn tennis tournaments. They will be of loyal, state, national and international character, and it is expected that the world’s most expert tennis players will take part. Cricket will be given several days, and it will be the first Hirethat an organised association will endeavour to decide the American championship. Association football, Gaelic football and hurling have been given two days each. The National Roque Association will be asked to hold its championship in St. Louis during the Fair. Thepopular game of basket ball will be taken care of, no lesd than three championships will be given for the basket ball player. The A.A.U., championships open to all clubs, the Y.M.C.A., championships and' school boy championships.