ATHLETICS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIII, Issue 773, 29 December 1904, Page 13

ATHLETICS.

’Lhe' sports meeting to be held by the Auckland Amateur Athletic and ( ycling Club, at which Shrubb. Morton, and Duffy are to appear, will cake place on the Domain on April 1. r l his w ill, of course 1 , take 1 the l place* of the 1 March carnival. It is somewhat un.fortunate' that the l date fixed upon will clash with the autumn meeting of the l Avondale! Jockey Club, which fixture will keep away many who would otherwise? have- attended to se'e the visiting champions perfo m.

A sports meeting will take place* at Wairoa South on Saturday, for whi h verv good entries have been received.

Numerous and brilliant as Alfied Shrubb’s pedestrian performance* have* been during the last two or three years, his doings on Saturday last fairly capped them all (writes tin* “ Australasian s English correspond! nt). Wi’h a view of giving him an opportunity of cutting the ten-mile record, the West of Scotland Harriers fixed up a handica > race* at that distance, and. not wi’h landing- that wind and rain prevailed during the' great pat t of his journey, the nV’ e South London hariier rot only d’d all that w as expecte d of him. hut ah o went on for the* hour record, and succeeded ‘n smashing many notab’e figures, both professional and amateur. Coverin’- his first mih' in 4min 4-1 1-ssec, Slum’ b still d down into a nearly uniform gait of stnin to a mile, and at six miles (29min 59 2-ssec) he was within all amateur records, while* at eight miles he was

inside professional ‘figures also. Ten miles was covered in 50 min 2-5 sec (as against W. G. George's 52min 38 2-ssec) : eleven miles in s(>min 23 3-5 sec ; eleven and a-half miles in 59min 10 4-ssec, while* in the full hour Shrubb covered 11 miles 1137 yards, which is only 149 yards short of Harry Watkins’s professional paced record of 11 milts 1286 yards. AH amateur records for the hour were swept away, the previous bests being AV. G. George’s 11 miles 932£ yards, and Sid. Thomas’ 1 1 miles 840 yards.