MARATHON RACE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 450, 8 March 1909, Page 7

MARATHON RACE.

- AN EXCITING FINISH. ' ~ (ni TELICI'.iI'H—PKE3S ASSOCUTION.V Auckland, March 7. The,-New Zealand' Marathon; Race, . frbm flowick tot Auckland , a distaiioe' of' 13. milesj run; under. th&- auspices', of 'the-. 'Auckland Amateur' Athletic Club, w;as decided yesters day .in the ,h(jtteit of -weathor;, The event crea ted '. great interest, and! should' db. much to,revive:amateur athletics in Auckland! -Of-the-:forty-two nominated,, tWefity-tjvb started,' including M. Dickson,.nnd Vf i, Shanahah- , (Christcnurch),', M...-Mulcahy ; and. E. JVilton •(Wellingtoh), 8. W. Mbore W;"Reaj (Billarati Victoria:)) ancl" W-. "Wilshaw. (Manchester,'.' England). The-road ,was..dusty, and' numbers of loose, stones,. and; the., presence of numerous Vehicles, bn the road made y running unpleasant. : Thb ■ road'was lined,withithousands-of people, -while at the Domain,' where the, race,-linished, about'sooo,' were .present. Ilickson,: after leading; for. milfeS> laid' down .whflfi still leading, finally -finishing eighth'.-" Moore- at about the seven inile stage was.-replaced by Hill, a college youth of 18, wh6;went .bit and won by leas: than-100 yards from ;Mbore,.with L. J. Ormstein, (Auckland) third.,',',llbger6 (Auckland) was fourth, and Shanahan fifth. The other southern competitors:,,to; finish were: Mulcahy (tenth)■ aild Wilton'(fifteenth). Hill covered the distance in.jlhr; '18min., while,-the- sixteenth; man, though last to finish, carte in 31\ftifnites;later tnan.;Hill;' Tbe.sfeelie 011 the 1 Dotiiaiii,when Hill; aiid Moore were finishing- was.oiie of indescribable excitement. In, consequence of this Arace all ' cricket matohes were .pdsfc, pOned. ' ■ ' ■ THE WRECK OF THE FORIi .. __4 ARRIVAL OP THE, CREW, AT AJJCfe i, v. LAND.. , -i' ;■■- '(31 TEJ,ESB4I't;.i-P,RESS. . \ Auckland, March 7; OfGcers ?jid ruember,";- of tha crfew of the three-mdsted. ship Forest Hall;, which wentasiiore at Mangonui, 20 • riiiifes soijth of Oapb, Maria, V.an. Diemen, bn iFabruary .47-, arhved BtVAuckland. this morning by the., sjteamer Chfjlmsfbrd from Parengarenga,. The nuihter; all' told, was 25, but, three desefted at Parbngarenga. .The men have settled.down foihfort&bly.'at; Whitehead's Cblfeb Palace,and t-hoy state that their ■ experience?, were not-'ofr.i- very, trying, nature. ■Captain J. F. Collins, when interviewed, stated'that, the Vessel was.-three weeks but from Newcastle when tho New. Zenlind Cbast was .sighted at daylight, on Saturday- weeklast, but he declined to make any statement as;to''what took, place bbtweoit thai time and the striking of land at 9:30 a;m. The crew' were able to' save most'of their persolial be> but none of the ship's property was recovered. : The, frbight: bom'p'risid 3.127 tons coal, and this also wns'lost; After camping for'la few days iil the vicinity of thewreck' all hands went to Parengarenga. The: captain was hot. able to sby whether the vessel or her cargo is insured. Members of the crew are reticent as to what ; obcurr >d previous to , and. after the wr6ck, but Certain , allegations of driilking arb made. For ChiMrou's Haeking Cough at nisht breat Peppermint Cure, la. 6d. and U G3l