ATHLETICS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1075, 13 October 1910, Page 12

ATHLETICS.

AUCKLAND AMATEUR ATHLETIC

CLUB.

DECEMBER CARNIVAL EVENTS

At a meeting of the committee of the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club on Thursday night, presided over by Mr. A. Plugge, it was decided to hold a spring carnival on December 3. Some discussion ensued regarding the events to be included on the programme, and after careful consideration, the following preliminary list of competitions was drawn up:—100 yds, 220yds, and 440yds, half-mile, one-mile, and three-mile flat handicaps, 120yds maiden race, one-mile walk, 120yds hurdle race, 880yds relay race for teams from warehouses, throwing the hammer, high and broad jumps, and hop, step and jump, one and two-mile cycling races. The question of “star” events was left over to a future meeting. The committee decided to invite the Sacred Heart College authorities to hold their secondary schools’ invitation race at the forthcoming sports meeting, Mr. HJ. Fielder was appointed handicapper for the spring carnival. It is gratifying to note that a couple of cycle races are included among the events it is proposed to hold at the December carnival, as from a spectator’s point of view there is nothing so attractive at an athletic gathering as a good bicycle contest. The proposed cycle races consist of a mile and two-mile contest, and in not having a three or five-miles race for cyclists the committee have shown wise judgment, as the track riders at present to be found in Auckland hardly warrant a race extending over two miles. Athletic enthusiasts will doubtless remember that on the occasion of the last sports meeting held in Auckland when Kerr defeated Wilson in the challenge walking match, the bicycle races, especially the two-miles, proved a big disappointment. In this event, which was decided in heats,