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Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 256, 3 September 1867, Page 2

On Saturday afternoon the admirers of pedestrianisih mustered in full force on the Albert Ground, Sydney, for the pur- : pose of witnessing a feat undertaken by .Mat Higgins, who it was understood Wbuld endeavor to achieve the task of runnings nineteen miles in two hours. Higgins started in a manner that justified the. "anticipation of his Mends that he would r niake a waiting race of it. The timekept was\o good that had he continued as i hei • commenced, and maintained it up/to the( fifteenth mile, there is little doubt thai? ■* ~ the feat would have been accomplished. The pace was over much, for his strength, : and he fainted. "When he recovered; * purse was made' up fox him, and presented by Mr Curtis. The running of 'Higgins was followed by a handicap, for which/the following were the competitors, viz. :— Ryan, Fraser, Priestly, Hoiilahan, Beaumont, andDicksqn. Priestly, 50 yards, took the lea,d for the. first round, but was overtaken by Ryan, 40 yards. Ryan Had it all his own way, and came in an easy. v winner, Fraser taking second place, The Okarita paper says:— Several of; jbte. track cutters have arrived in town.during the week, having completed their contract?, or. done so at least as far as their instructions serve. The. party who put the track at the. Waikukupu describe the'country as accessible, and worthy ,o£ prospecting. After getting over the first range they reached a dry! leyel ' flat, about two miles wide, evidently the bed of an old lake or river; and they express their opinion that man or horse could go along the track, they have cut for the full distance of nine miles, to the foot of the Snowy Ranges. The great drawback to the prospector is the want of cross trackßi as'at present if a digger happened to leaye the track for a few yards he might wander miles.' before discovering his whereabouts. 1 : -The three : mile track is also completed^ but like mpst:others,is ( only half done. In keeping with the doingsxof the Canterbury "Govern* ment, the work isi stopped when- mim alone might be able to scramble over if. • ."