Harriers ANGUS CUP RACE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 105, 20 May 1937, Page 13

Harriers ANGUS CUP RACE

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Good Pora Revealed In Racing N. DYER'S WIN

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Hdiding i teams ma in ednjunetian with the usual pack fun, Ient added interest to the Ateekly ruti ffom ihe show-ifuufid. At the lame tim© it alta had ihe etfeet df Oauiiiig thi riinneft td exert themselves te a greater ©xtent, and pace eaeh dther. NO. 3 teain^ COnskting of Slow-pack men, made good use of theif handicap to hoid the No. 1 team oiii Having his fifst fun with the first pack, A. Taylor f an .well. By his showing he ie asBured of a place pefmanentr ly amdflg the fafetef diVisioxn % P. Barrief, formerly Of the Maaterton Hafrief Club, at present does not hppeaf t6 be right dfi form, but he should make his presenc* feit before long, First in iot No. 3 team and second man home, j. Dy 6f proved a eutpfise. •With a few ffiOes to gaiii a little experience, he wiil beat more in the eitib than wili be&t hims ; ' a No. 2 team; tlloUgh well beaten, came in -Wdii as a te&nii A noticeabie feature ixi the local eltib has always been the mediocre fUtiiiing of thd middle men. This should not be, as quite a fdw hfiVe faif ability. A little attentiort tOj find cOn&istdncy in, traiti•ing wOllld wofk wottdefii. Judgitig by the comment of mernbers On the coUfse chosen by S. Coles and T. Taylor, they exchlled themSelves as tfail-layers. First Angus Oup Race. Sixteen runners faced the Starter with a prospect of very heavy goitig iii the first Angus Cup race. Notwithstanding this, however, T. Taylor, last year's Club champioii, completed the course in a time which must constitute a course record — 17m>ins. SOsees., a very fine perfotm&nce ihdeed, particularly in view of the fairly heavy going. At no

stage of the race was he soriously cliaUenged. Both this runner and G. Ready afe Very fit, which indicates the ValUe of the track running in the summer xnonths. Hunt fixxished very strongly and should give a good account of himseif in the lohger races. Poppelwell, Snadden, Coles and Hickman all finished fairly Well with only some nine scconds between them. On the whole the form displayed was satisfactory for so early in the season. The club has two of three youlig rutiners - who may upset the dlddr hands before the season coneludes. The abseiiCe oi' one or two ruhnefs in Masterton jjpbbed the race of a little xntefest, and it xS rdasonable to assume that B. Anderson would have fiiled ofie of tho eariief piecfeB. It is disappointing to see a seasoned campaigner like Poppelwell repeatedly looking around to gauge the dietanee between himseif aad the nest man when within some fifty yards from home. This appears to be not an uncommon fault with a few runners. Early Drewlng. Too much emphasis cannot be placed on the necessity for runners to dress immediately at the conclusion of a race. This is stressed each seasoti, yet frequently the runners are seen to hang arouxid and run the risk of a serious chill. Strangely enough, the ofl'enders in this respect were not new to the game. Sealed Handicap. On the sealed 'handicap#, iesS than three minutes separated the first and last man. This iefleets great -credit td Mr Rlchards, the club's new handicapper, who has so generously corue along to carry on the good work of Mr Henderson. In this section, the honours went to N. Dyer, whose time Was one secdtid bettfer fhtiii tliat of A. Taylor. Both men ran very good races iiidecd, and with such young runnefs :IS these coming on, the club can look lo the future with every 'confidence. Masterton Silver jtibiiee. According to reports to hand at the time of writing these notes, the meetitig held by the Masterton club iu celebratdon of its silver jubilee Was Uiost successful in every way. The high ustec-m in ^vhich the Mastertoxi ciub is lleld by klndred clubs was we'I shown by tho iarge number of cllxbs iepreyfented. With tho exceptiou of the iutUvidual placings iu Ihe five-mile face, tlie Scottisli club from Wellington I'hrried ofi! the lionours. At the present time tho Scottish must be one of the strongest clubs in the harrier sport in New Zealand. Gregory, a first-year runner in the Masterton club, caused a sensation by* running C. Weller, Palmerston North, the present New Zealand champion, to withia 2eecs. Of the loeal representatlves attending, B. Anderson and P. Barrer d;.d well to finish 10th and 34th tespectively in the five-mile race. It wfts unfortunate that Hastings was Untible to have another two or three of its leading runners there also, as the cbances were that it would have at ieast flnished second in the teams section. At the big rally to be held at Dannevirke on June 12, the Scottish club intends sending a team. TherO is a golden opportunity for Hastings club memberS to put itself on the map by Winning the teams race. Twice runuersup, how about aimiug at No. 1 position tliii y«arl