LABOUR DAY SPORTS.
HALF-MILE RECORD EQUALLED. " (Bj T«l«grapiL—Preoa Association.! i Auckland, October 27. j Glorious weather prevailed for the ' Labour Day celebrations. The- usual < procession was held and was followed by a sports gathoring. In tho amateur half-mile A. Dormer, from BCratch, won in lmin. 58 l-ssec., which equals his Now Zealand record for the distance. Ho won without being pushed and had ho been challenged, could easily have clipped a second off the record. ] In tho chopping match between .D. Pretty and G. M'Cauley for the best out of thrco chops, Pretty won the first two chops and the match. Ho got through a 12-inch log in 2min. Ssec., , and a 15-inch log in 4mic. 2 3-ssec. Tho •' pair afterwards gave an eshibition of T underhand chop, Pretty conceding a v handicap of 20sec. and winning. f 1
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1891, 28 October 1913, Page 4
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139LABOUR DAY SPORTS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1891, 28 October 1913, Page 4
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