ATHLETICS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 257, 3 November 1906, Page 12

ATHLETICS.

I Continued enthusiasm was demonstrate i pA at the weekly meeting of the committee of the Auckland Amateur Athletic I Club held on Tuesday evening, when tlia I list of new members was -augmented by thirty-four, making a record total of l-<» now members for the lust three weeks. : The executive are certainly to be congratulated on the energy displayed by them in the effort they are making to , reinstate amateur sports into the position held liy thorn many years previously, when the locai dub was the most power- . fulin ihe colour. A considerable amouffS lof interest is being displayed over t&o I relay race between teams of four enosen I from the various mercantile, insurance, I banking and professional houses iv tne ' city, for which a handsome trophy w"' .' be "donated. As the committee recognise ' the value of the presence of the fair B« 1 at the.se L-atlieringa in existing to raise 1 the Ftnndard of the sport and keep « ' clean, they have decided to admit ladies ; free at the carnival to be held in V ictona Park on 22nd December next. Letting '' I will be absolutely prohibited. I Geo. Smith is in training for the hur-"ldl-s at. the A.A.A. and C.C. meeting. The re-appearance of the crack shouia 1 do much to assist in popularising tua meeting. , ~. 1 11 U. Pay, the famous Blackpool P lo ' ? ?i«sional m'nmr, left London on Septem--1 her U for Aust: Jia, to fulfil M» engage--1 moot to meet H. B. Postle in a series ol 1 raatohes over 75, 130.. and 300 yards tor - the world's championship. Day _ made fc 'his last appearance in public prior _to 1 failing at I'ontypridd, and showed him- ? self to b: in excellent form. In the £1"« •- 130 yards handicap he won his heac " somewhat oasily in 13 l-ssec, but tU<* i starts he was called upon tv give proved - too big to give him a chance in the eneui in- heats, and the fimu fell to Christoe horson. of Edinburgh, in 12 4-ssec. Aiteß i lisa victory the Scot? hackers vranted t0 take two yards in a hundred off T)nj for 1 a-^ ; 'ie, '..ut nothing came of the &ug* i I gestion. Day also took part at Ponty* V j pridd in a 300 yards handicap, and on a -.grass track with two rather x a I corners to negotiate ne ran rounU nia a I men and did the distance in 31 4-sseo in s his !i at. only, however, to find the icjtg si start men too leniently treated to give !-!him 'ii chance to pet among th/ bio money. Day is undou -"dly the mo« r consistent performer among Englana f leading professionals, and if he «d fina s his top form in Australia Tostle will have g to do something out of the common w [heat the Blackpool crack.