HUTT VALLEY HARRIERS

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 2, 6 June 1929, Page 2

HUTT VALLEY HARRIERS

EWABT CUP RACE.

G. BAYNE- IN FORM.

Interniittent. rain, Heavy, mist, .inak-. ing visibility of follo*Ynig' the race ■ ex- ■ ceedingly -hard and a saturated >course made conditions, for the first time this beason, far from x^leasant when, the members ; held their five' mile Ewart Cup event at Hutt Bark on May 25th. R. Kent and V. Smith were conspicuous by their absence fioin the iield of fifteen starters and as the lace was contested a» a sealedvlxandicap it wag a pity the above mentioned failed to start for it lobbed the race of a fair amount of mteresrt. R. Kent was suffeiing from a burned ankle while V. Smith had 'to make an eaily trip to Otaki. The tiail of two laps led flora the giandstand out on the Giacefield Road, over -the Maori Biidge, along the beach and round the paddock^ to follows into the park again. G. Goodall sent the field away at 2.45 p.m. and when Graeefield road had been reached the order was McCarthy,, Matson and Bayne, with Dudley' some yards back. With the first j-ound covered Matspn and Bayne were together , then followed some 30 yards back, Dudley, Cutbush and; McCarthy.; The:'latter- dropped out at.this. Stage, owing to an_ia,ttack of stitch. Then with a :"bresk- of ;300.; yards came Price, Johnson, ,Patterson,::Gardiner and punnefrb. The time '; for the first ■lap recorded was 15min;30s^c- The, home -run. saw Bayne move 'slowly away from Matson and" never gave :him a.chance of becoming dangerous 'and like -the Bayne of. last season^, .he finished, up a brilliant performance l?y sprintmg to the tape in the excellent .times of ?31min. 9se % Matson gothome" ia; 31inin 3-2seCj Dudley was third in :32mini6secy followed by : Cutbush' 33min. ssec fourth,. a»d 'Price fifth: On. the handicaips being, worked out honours went to Dudley (2min 25 sees) 29min ssec 1; Coker ~ (7min), 30 mm 2sec, 2; Saggers (6min) 30min 4sec 3; Cutbusli (2minsssee), 30min lOsee 4. As indicated by. the Respective times, a word, of praise is due to the handicapper (Mr J. Goodall) and the club is fortunate in having such a capable man in this position. .

The officials, for the day were as follows:—Starter, J. Goodall; judges G Dome and R. Kent; marksman, A. Hadley, Len Price, M. Gough and V. Smith; timekeepers,, G. Goddard, and N. Craig.

It w;ould take more "thait/i atrocious weather to deter tlie. lady harriers "from holding their run and on Saturday th.ey covered the Ewart Cup; course in. good fashion and despite fiidsM^g mud-splash-ed had a good outing. Misses- Rowe, Pilcher, Hodgkinson and Price and'Mesdames,Smith and Dome-all i;an.well.