HARRIER RACING

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 84, 26 April 1937, Page 3

HARRIER RACING

Hastings Club's Runs WIN FOR T. TAYLER Harrier activities in Hastings are now getting ino their stride. The second run of the Thursday division #as held from Windsor Park last week. From tlie park the runners followed Louis street, crossed some paddocks to strike St. George's road, which was traversed for aimost a mile. The course now passed through an orchard to St. Andrew's road and through to the Tuki Tuki river bed, where a for-midable-looking bull barred the way, and the runners, considering discretion the better part of valour, beat a hasty retreat to the main road, which was followed to Selwood road. The trail was approximately six mile long. A short run-id along Selwood road, some 440 yards from the Windsor Park gates, resulted as follows: — C. Taylor 1, F. Manley 2, E. Apperley 3, A. de Frere 4. Next Thursday the run will be held from the Hastings racecourse at 2.30 p.m. New members are cordially invited to come along. On Saturday the weekly run was held from the Tomoana freezing works. The thanks of tfie club are due to1 tfie manager of Nelson 's (N.Z.) Ltd. for tfie use of tfie works every year as a starting place for tfie run. The fiarrier sport owes a large debt of gratitude to the hospitality of supporters, who, while taling no active paTt in tfie sport, provide starting places for club runs by kindly tfirowing open tfieir homes and property to members. The trial was approximately six miles in length, and led from the yard of the freezing works to Evenden road, across paddocks and ploughed fields to the banks of the river. Here the trail was indistinct as the wind, which was blowing great guns, had scattered the paper.

Sharp eyes picked it up again, however, and direction was reversed over more paddocks till Evenden road was again reached and followed to the Pakowhai road turnoff. Pakowhai road was traversed as far as Williams street, which bronght the runners to Tomoana road. The final stages of the run covered a rough piece of ploughed land and a straight run along the railway line back to the works. Three packs were formed, first, medium-paced and non-racing. The two racing packs finished in th© following order: — Fast Pack — T. Tayler 1, G. Ready 2, B. Anderson and P. Barrer (dead heat) 3. Medium pack: A. Taylor 1, R. . Poppelwell 2, R. Clarke 3. Three lads, the harriers of the future, turned out, and forming a junior pack, held a run of their own.