N. Z. Championship Meeting.
(Per Press Association)., Navikr. February 23. The bicycle championships are postponed till Monday. The other events sire proceeding : — One-mile Walk — Brady, Auckland, 1 ; Creamer. Auckland, 2 ; Talbut, Wellington, 3. Only starters. The northerners again had the race to themselves, Brady winning on sufferance by two yards. Time 7rnin 21 3-sth sees. Final 100 yards — Patrick Wellington, 1 ; Nathan, Wellington, 2 ; Holder, Wangauui, 3. Time, lisecs. Long Jump— Kyan, Napier, 20ft 4in. Quarter-mile Flat— Low, Dunedin, 1 ; Fraser, Napier, 3 ; Holder, Wanganui, 3. Time, 54secs. Three-mile Flat— Bell, Palmerston, 1 ; Eankin, Wanganui, 2 ; Davis, Auckland, 3. Bell led from start to finish and won easily. Time, 16min 4sec. Quarter-mile Hurdles. — Roberts, 1; Martin, 2 ; F. H. Harley, 3. Won easily. Time, 63secs. A protest was lodged against the first and second on the ground that they did not jump the hurdles in a proper manner, and the protest was upheld, both men being disqualified. Probably an appeal will be made against the decision. Throwing the Hammer. — Louisson, Christchurch, 75ft 7in, 1 ; Parsons, Napier, 70ft 3^ins, 2. Auckland won the championship banuer with 32 points ; Canterbury second, with 24, Wanganui 22, Wellington 21, Hawke's Bay 17, Otago 10, Manawatu 6. The web weather was against record breaking. This Day. The weather is fine to-day with a light breeze. The chief event is the 25---mile bic-. cle race which is set down for 5 p.m., while the mile bicycle race is run at 4p m Revnolds is thought to be a moral for the mile, and Pither should win the loan distance Most of the Canterbury, Wanganni, Manawatu, and Wellington representatives left this morning b.y train for the South, and a good send off was accorded them. At the gates on Saturday nearly 220 guineas were taken, which, with tho entrance fees, etc , swell the proceeds to 4-265 This should leave the Napier Association a fair profit over the gathering.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 202, 25 February 1895, Page 2
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321N. Z. Championship Meeting. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 202, 25 February 1895, Page 2
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