ASHBURTON ATHLETES AT CHRISTCHURCH

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2278, 12 November 1889, Page 3

ASHBURTON ATHLETES AT CHRISTCHURCH

At the athletic aports doting earnkal week at Obfic^ohacob two of our Ashbur too Athletes h&va distinguished them' ■elves. On Friday Me M. Jameson (of the Union Bank) won the half-mile flit (maiden) raoe doing the dlttanoe Id Smln 8 l-sth sco, Hr O. S. Shaw (of Ofaatmoi.) winning the 120 yds hurdle (time 19ieo) »nd tanning seoond m the quarter mile fht raoe On Saturday he wonboth the 120 yda and 440 yd* hurdle handicaps hla time for the final heat of the former being 15 2 sth aeca Mid for the latter 62secB, the lone r*O9 being • magnificent performance and beating the belt prerlous record m the world by 4 ieci. Writing of his running the "Preis" aayi : — The moat notloeabie featares of the meeting on Saturday were the remarkable performances of Shaw over'the hardies, and the records put op bySotnes and Langdown respectively m the one mile and five mile bloyole raoes. , « . .. Shaw was In splendid form, and hU times for the quarter-mile and 120 ydi hardies prove him to be second to none m the world at his speciality. sPhe time for the quarter mile (62seoa) is tbe world's seoord. • The three watobes on Bh«w were all dead, so that there Is no doubt Mto the correctness nt the time ; and the course, which was on tbe graßs, was carefully measured. Shaw's running In the short race was not less remarkable. 9be Snglish record for 120 yds hurdles is 16 sees, but aa Shaw bad a flying start till time 15 2-sth», will not otand a& a record. There was a grand race for the final heat of the 120 yds haudioap." Shaw has been frequently victorious In jlmilav contests having ■ perfeot side-fcoard-fal of silver plate In the shape of caps won »t Patii, Oambridga, Timaru and elsewhere and he has been training steadiiy for tome weeks with the Intention of " breaking the record " at Obrlstaharcb. This it will be seen he has succeeded m doing, nor only that, but with plenty of Jklme to spare.