Athletic Championship Meeting.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 187, 6 January 1896, Page 2

Athletic Championship Meeting.

«# ■ [Per Preas Association) Chbistchcbch, Jan. 5. i A lively gale was blowing to-day, and ! the ground was darkened by clouds of dust. At times the competitors, especially in the bicycle races, could only dimly be seen through the haze. About 1500 people were present and there would have evidently been a better attendance but for the weather. Following are the details : — 220 yds, standard 22 4-sth sees. — Cartwright, N.S.W., 1 ,- Robinson, New Zealand, 2; Patrick, New Zealand, 3. Moir (Victoria) was last. Won comfortably by a yard. Time, 23 l-ssecs. Long Jump, standard 20ft 6in— Ryan, New Zealand, 20ft 6in, 1; Cuff, New Zealand, 20ft ssm ,2 ; Masterton, N.S.W., 19ft 4§iu, 3. Gornaly and Doyle also jumped. Mile Walk, standard 7min ssecs — Creamer, New Zealand, 1 ; Goodwin, N.S.W., 2 ; Holt, Victoria, 3. Barrett (Victoria) also started. Won easily. Time, 7min 8 4-ssec. One Mile Bicycle, standard 2min 18 sees — Kerr, Sydney, 1 ; Jones, Christchurch, 2 ; Crow, Dunedin, 3. Five others rode. Crow led nearly all the way, but when it came to hard pedalling Eerr and Jones fought out their battle once more, the former winning by a wheel, Orow same distance off. Time, 2min 27 2-ssecs. Quarter-mile Hurdles, standard 62secs — Martin, New Zealand, 1 ; F. Harley, 2. Roberts, who was favorite, and Masterton also started, but they had not gone far when Martin took a decided lead and in the straight Harley also passed Roberts. At the last hurdle Martin fell and Harley had the race in hand, but he too stumbled and Martin had time to reach the tape first. Roberts also fell and did not finish. Time, 64secs. Putting the Weight, standard 37ft — Rhodes, New Zealand, 34ft llin, 1 ; Lomsson, 34ft 4in These were the only competitors. Half-mile Flat, standard 2min 2sec — Corner, N.S.W., 1 ; Clarke, New Zealand, 2; Grierson, New Zealand, 3. Low, Thomas, Wood (New Zealand), Wingrove, Townley (Victoria), and Campbell (Queensland), also started. Low, New Zealand's hope, never occupied a prominent place, and when he made his effort could not get nearer than fourth. Corner finished in a most determined manner and ran nimself to a standstill, falling nearly unconscious after passing the tape. Clarke was only a yard behind. Time, 2min 4 5-Gsecs. Twenty-five Mile Bicycle Race, stand, ard 63mins — Petersen, Napier, 1 ; Crow, Dunedin, 2. These were the only men who finished out of a field of nine, some of those who fell out acting as pacemakers to the rest. The course was 67 laps round. Jones retired early clean done, and in the 37th lap Kerr, who was j riding well within himself, had to leave as mentioned above. After this the race became a mere farce, Crow and Peterson covering monotonous lap after lap till in the last, when the Napier man shot to the front and won by about 30 yards. Crow again took the prize for being oftenest first past the post. Time, lhr 7mins llseccs. Three-mile Flat, standard lSmins 30sec Bell, New Zealand, 1 ; Hawthorn, New Zealand, 2 ; Da vies, 3. The only three who finished out of seven. Bell established a strong lead and was never beaded, winning by 180 yards. Bennet, Bigges and Corner were amongst the other starters. Time, 15mins 44 3 5 see. Bell ran really well and was loudly applauded, and being a finely built young fellow in good trim was able to battle against the wind better than the others.