NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES
FAST RUNNING AT SPAJIFOED BItIDGE. Excellont performances wore witnessed at the Y..U.0.A. athletic meeting fit Stainford Brklgo, for wliich an entry of 1500 hud boon rccoived (says iho London "Daily Mail" of May 31). The semi-Marathon race of U miles towards Richmond and Putney, woii by A. Djebclia, was started by l'rineo Albert. In tho international niilo relay race tlio New Zealand team beat England a f ter a great race by a yard in Diniii. 30 3-ssec. Tho crack Now Zealnnder I). L. llnson, and A. G. Hill, tho ex-four iniio champion, ran a great race in rho first halfmile. Mason winning by a very narrow margin in tho fast timo of Imin. ,15 2-ssec. Hill put up nnother good pen'ormanco in tho lialf-milo scratch, in which' he beat G. P. Sweot by 5 yards in 2niin. -3-sscc. Tho Polytechnic runner 11. Kdwards aecomplislied a lino double in the 100 and 300 yards handicaps, his >imo for the sprint, 0 l-ssoc, off 5 yards, boing decidedly fast. In tho 300 > yards ovent, running off tho 15 yards' mark, lie covered Hie cMnuco in 3lßec.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 267, 7 August 1919, Page 8
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188NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 267, 7 August 1919, Page 8
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