SOUTH CANTERBURY SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1015, 3 January 1911, Page 6

SOUTH CANTERBURY SPORTS.

HOLWAT ON THE TRACK. (Br . TeWraph— Press Association.) : ' • T.imaru,-Jaiiuary 2. ,Thc South:;Canterbury.',Caledonian Society,began, their -36th annual gathering -to-day,> thejattendance,"being.about 12,000. Being' a. championship meeting, -it drew an' unusually largo number ;of visitors, including some from the North Island and .'others-from-all'parts of the South Island. The receipts were about JC455, as compared with , last.,., year. The weather.was-variable,-showers falling intermittently.: 7 Tho great - fcaturo of. tho meeting'was, the'running of C./E. Holway .(America'),;' AV- Campbell, *.dii'cl AV. F. .Trembatht jHolwijy .iron, the,2goyds. championship,; with- Treiubath second," and' J. Cnrrio third,, in-22 4-ssec.,-He also won the, 150 yds; handicap. Currie was second,, aud T. C. Geaney third; In this , event he established a New Zealand record, viz., 14 3-ssec., while tho track was found to be six inches over the 150 yards. Holway also started in the 75yds. handicap, but failed, the distance being too short to allow him make up the concessions which' be had to give. This event was won by C. W. Webber (9yd?.), with C. A. M'Whirter (4}yds.) - second. Trembath won the 440 yds. handicap, J.-Mallett being Second, and L.'; C. M'Lachlan' third. Time, 50 3-sscc. Mile Amateur Handicap.—W. O'Grady, 1; G. H. Aitken, 2; K„ A. Sinclair, 3. Mile Handicap.—G. A. Campbell, scratch, 1; AV.'Glenn, 85yds., 2; T. Hall, 150 yds., 3. Time, -Imin.-29sec. This was a very. good race, and a popular win. 100 yds. Amateur Handicap.—G. P; Keddell.'Slyds., 1; R. Opie,- scratch, 2; G. St. V. ICeddell, Byds., 3, . Putting the 221b. stone championship.— 31. J* M'Cabe, 32ft. 61-in., 1; J. Cameron, 29ft. Bin., 2, Running High Jump Championship.— G. Campbell and E. P. Ryan, sft. llin., 1, Cumberland AVrestling Championship.— J. Roddick,-1; AV. Connell, 2; AV. Scott, 3. : Half-milo Bicycle Handicap;—G. 1,, Bowkett. Caledonian AVlieel Race, one and a half miles.—A. G. Donald. ; Mile Bicycle Handicap—L.. Bowkett. - Two-mile , Scratch 7 AVlieel Race.' A, B. •L. Smith. • 1