ENGLISH PARK.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 24 October 1927, Page 11

ENGLISH PARK.

PROGRAMME CARRIED OUT. CHRISTCHURCH CLUB'S BOYCOTT. Close finishes wero tho order at English Park Stadium on Saturday evening when the second meeting was hold under the auspices of tho Korth Canterbury Centre of the New Zealand Athlotic and Cycling Union. Fields and the attendance wero reduced by tho boycott of tho Christchurch Club, members of which are at variance with the Centre and from which, it is reported, a crop of resignations has been threatened. Humours wero current before tho events commenced that a sympathy strike among the amateur riders would also eventuate, but all doubts as to whether the meeting would be held wero dispelled whon tho announcer ordered the track to be cleared a little after the usual starting timo. Every event was got off, the riding of Mayo in tho amateur races being a feature. The results were: Half-mile Second and Third-class Handicap—First heat: W. W. Crofts (20yds) l, H. W. Birch (40yds) 2. Timo, 62sec. Second heat: C. S. Shaw (45yds) 1, R. Bradley (20yds) 9. Time, Gasec. Third heat: K Lango (scr) 1, C. Watson (50yds) 2. Time, 70 l-ssec. Final: Bradley 1, Crofts 2, Shaw 3. Time, G4 2-ssee. A close finish. Quarter-mile Amateur Cycle Handicap— First heat: A. C. Hill (OSyds) 1, L. A. Keys (25yds) 2 Time, 31sec. Second heat: J. Armstrong (20yds) 1, R. X. Blackburn (30yda) 2. Timo, 34 l-ssec. Third heat: L. Mayo (10yds) 1, B. Farmer (40yds) 2. Time, 33 2-ssec. Final: Mayo 1, Hill 2, Armstrong 3. Time, 33scc. Won by a length. Hiilf-milc Open Handicap—First heat: C. S. Shaw (75yds) 1, H. A. Jones (90yds) 2. Time, 62see. Second heat: G. G-. Chapman (35yds) 1, A. L. Philip (Ssyds) 2, K. Lango (35yds) 3. Time, 62 l-ssce. Final: Philip 1, Shaw 2, Struthors 3. Time, GO 3-oseo. Won by a wheel. 120vds Flat Handicap—First heat: C. Smart (12yds) 1, R. M. O'Loughlin (Uyds) 2. Time, I2sec. Second heat: M. J. O'Loughlin Cllyds) 1, E. S. Austin (syds) 2. Time, 12 sec. Third heat: L. Shields (9yds) 1, N. Davies (12vds) 2. Time, 12 l-ssec. Fourth heat: W. J. O'Loughlin (sydß) 1, C. Walden (13yds) 2. Time, 12 2-ssec. Final: Walden 1, Shields 2, Smart 3. Time, 12 2-osec. Won by less than two yards. Three-quarter Mile Amateur HandicapFirst heat: R. Robertson (50yds) 1, H. Harris (35vds) 2. Time, lmin 50seo. Second heat: L. Mayo (20yds), 1, J. Armstrong (35yds) 2, B. Farmer (90yds) 3. Time, lmin 47scc. Final: Mayo 1, Robertson 2, Armstrong 3. Time, lmin 55sec. Won by half a length with the same distance between second and third. , • „ One Mile Open Handicapp—First heat: R. Bradley (110 yds) 1, A. H. Struthers (80yds) 2, N. Brown (110 yds) 3. Time, 2min 14 see Second heat: Chapman (70yds) 1, K. Lange (70yds) 2, W. W. Crofts (80yds) 3, L. A. Sibley (160 yds) 4. Time, 2inin lOsec. Final: Chapman 1, Bradley 2, Lange 3. Time, 2min 10 4-ssec. Won by a longth. Two Miles Teams Pursuit Race—Lange, Brrch, and Crofts defeated Star, Chapman, Struthers. Time, Smin Msec.