AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 727, 28 January 1910, Page 4

AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

;■ £: -•>; vy' •i His Excellency' Lord Plunket'has oxtemlecl his patronage to the Provincial /Championship' •■-meeting,.';.'£o '.-be /' held'-on :Saturuay, 'and; will; probably! be • a 'spec,tator':at ' the 's'ports.. -.The .afternoon tea ; arrangements - are woll;' forward, aiid tea vwill: :bo r'dispensp.d./on 'the /liili Vby "the ;caretaker's;ihouse,. so as • to: "enable the ■public to'.watch; the racing, at the same time. " There .was- a .numerous' attendance of'the. public at the• ljasinv Eeserve lost night -to ' watch? : the" training operations ■of the"various': competitors in :■ Saturday's; meeting. : Great interest ■;, was taken: .in 'Harding, ' who .". arrived l from Napier • to-day,' undwho, ■ at . Wanganui on Boxing Day; broke' the New Zealand record" forthe /1000 yds.. rnii/: Ho is in great- -forta,., anil 'is.,; confident''of'doing sood- timos.-. Wilton, present provincial and j New Zealand -llOyds. flat. champion,' is also very, lit,'; so: afino race should -bo witnessed between-this pair in the 440 yds. ' ' championship.'.;J. ' J?.- :■ Wilson, . the: local lialf-imler, will be 'Harding's most dan-' gerous 'rival;. in the ; BSoyds. v championship, and' his . supporters; stato- that 'the man ' wlio'beats. liim.,iyill: wiii tliat. event. It should .be": the race of - the day;. For'.the s P I- , ' Woodger is training ; hard, and' will meet tile cream of. local. sprinters, -;.of;.whom'P.uncan":an<] "llubbaru are showing best form/;,Tho . Ladies'. Bracelet race, of 75y'ds. t has attracted good entries, and keciicompetition ;is cxpocted. 1 iThc other _fiat handicap events are. tho 300 yds., , 1000 yds., and the' three-milo walk, for. all of- which good ■ entries ;have; come for* ' ward. The walking .brigade is in' active preparation, ilnd the meeting, between lutzgorald (Ne\v Zealand champion) and Leslio is . exciting great; interest./; . . .