"REG" WALKER COMING HERE

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 12

"REG" WALKER COMING HERE

HIS INTENTION. BLENHEIM HIBERNIAN SPORTS. As most people who follow athletics know, the Blenheim Hibernian Sports Committee have bwa doing things handsomely ill epmioctimi witli ilieir approaching ga|ri, biit possibly few were prepared for the following note from the secretary (Mr. Mitchell) which, like a i;ood wine, "needs no bush." Mr. Mitchell writes; "I np'glit mention that I have jiad a communication . froiji 'Keg' AVnlkor, in Hpulh Africa, intimating (lint lie expects to arrive in Wellington per Dimhine on March l, and asking tu be filtered in our .ClflO handicap." The letter received by Mr. Milchol! reads as follows:Larder Tlolel, DnrKm, December liu, 1012. The Secretary, Blenheim Easter Sports. Dear Sir,—lt is my intention of lcav-

inj South Africa per tlios.s. Euahino, duo in Wellington on March 4, with Reggie Walker, the South African sprint "champion, and thence proceed on a tour of New Zealand and Australia. Walker is the famous Olympic sprint winner • of 19DS, and recently has defeated J. Donaldsou, A. B. Postlc, and C, E, Ilolway in matches. He is open to run any man in the world for .£SOO aside, any distance from 75yds. to 220 yds. I understand that you aro promoting a big athletic carnival at Easter, including a .£IOO handicap, and I should be glad if you will have Walker handicapped in the latter .event. I believe that Arthur l'ostle will sail for Now Zealand by the 6ame' boat as ourselves, and I should bo glad if you can arrange a match between he and talker at vour meeting, which would bo a great additional, attraction. I should bo glad tp hear from you on our arrival in New Zealand.—i'ours faithfully . ' 1 v ' 11. B. KEATLAND (Manager Keg. Walker).