ATHLETICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 March 1923, Page 4

ATHLETICS.

! I! • i Kl.fc/Ji: .'.PH --’.'Kit I'HESS ASSOCIATION’! AUCKLAND. March -1. Cleat. interest ivas talon in tin l meeting ut' Kirksey and Carr at the athletic meeting held in the Domain yesterday. The condition!- were parfeet. The attendance was diNKt. Kirksey. who was second in his heat of the III!) yards' handicap. won the final in lOsces. Carr was showing ell'eets of an injury at Cambridge, lint in the 100 Yards Invitation Handicap, he gnt out in tiie holes quirker than his opponents, and v. itlt 7 > yards- covered, he lin'd a slight advantage of Kirksey. Tracey being two yards behind. Kirksey. however. with a wonderful eflort. reached the tivpe two feet ahead ot Carr. Tracey being two yards hack. File time was Hlsei-.. there being a slight breeze against the runners. Kirksey easily accounted for '1 racev in the 220 Yards Invitation. Tracey ran a good race, and he ltd four yards from tlie tape, hut obviously on sufferance. Kirksey winning by two feet. Time 22 3-asee.s. Kirksey also ran in the -140 yards, hut his handicap was too great, and he was third. Krogmtss started in the 120 1 aids Hurdles, hut. though he ran well, lie coult! not give dribble, a promising hurdler, six yards and one hurdle down. fn throwing the javelin. Merchant put up It>B feet, his bes-t in New Zealand. hut Sft lOin short of the Dominion record. In putting the shot -loft (Din. Merchan made his best, put of the tour, but it was six inches under tho New Zealand record, held by R. Munro.