TE KUITI SPORTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 21, 15 March 1907, Page 3

TE KUITI SPORTS.

The Te Kuiti athletic sports and wood-chopping carnival were held in Mr J. Hetet's p-jddock on Tuesday last, and passed off most successfully. The programme was a very varied one and included running, jumping, and field sports, wood-chopping and sawing contests, together with horse jumping, and tilting in the ring. Altogether seventeen items figured on the programme, and it says much for the work of the officials that the last event was brought off well up to time. Great interest was taken in the gathering, and a large number of visitors from the out districts attended, in addition to many from Otorohanga, Mangapeehi and Taumarunui. Considerable interest was taken in the wood-chopping contests which have become such a popular feature at all country sports gatherings. The chief event was the Te Kuiti Chop for which there were eighteen acceptors. D. Pretty, the champion axeman, was scratch man, and he was conceeding starts up to seventy seconds. After an exciting contest the scratch man, who.was fortunate in having a good block, scored a win.. The running events were well contested, the cup being won by J. Foster, with • Humphries second and Elder third. The half-mile provided the best struggle, of the day, the winner turning up in F. Gemming, who started off 65 yards, and after a most exciting finish won by two yards from J. Foster. A feature of the field games was the excellent jumping of all the competitors. In the high jump, Coburn won after a close go with Tu Nikora, and the hop, step and jump went to Collerton with a good effort of 42ft 4in, F. Julian being second with 41ft ioin and H. Hetet third, close up. The high jump for horses attracted a good field and after a good contest was won by Totara Bark, with the creditable leap of sft 3in, Kapai being a good second. The meeting went off without a hitch except for an incident in the final heat of the cup, when the Stewards met to enquire into the alleged-jost-ling of Rangi Katipa by Humphries. After hearing evidence it was decided to take no action. A sum of over £2O was taken at the gates, and the cards returned a decent profit. After paying all expenses in connection with the gathering there will be a good big surplus which will be carried over to a future carnival.

The following are the results of the various events : 1. Maiden Race I2oyds. First prize fI, second ios. Collerton I, Taylor 2, Kerr 3. 2. Single-Handed Saw, lßin. block. First £3,-second £l. G. Vincent I, D. Turner 2, A. Andreson 3. 3 Te Kuiti Cup, three distances: 100 220 and 440 yds. To be decided by points, 5, 3 and I. First prize £7, second £2, third £l. • 100 yards.—Humphries I, Elder 2, J. Foster 3. 440 yards.—J. Foster I, S. E. Foster 2, Humphries 3. 220 yards.—J. Foster I, B. Elder 2, Hnmphries 3. On points the placed men are J. Foster I, Humphries 2, Elder 3. 4. Running High Jump. First £l lOs. Coburn I, Tu Nikora 2. 5. Double-Handed Handicap Sawing. First £5, second £l. Walters and mate I, Vincent and mate I, Andreson and mate 3. 6. Maiden Standing Chop, Isin. block. First £2, sec. lOs. K. Thompson I, Wilmont 2. 7. Half-mile Handicap. First £3, .second £l. F. Gemming I, J. Foster 2, A. Cowan 3. 8. Te Kuiti Handicap Chop, 20in standing block. First £l2, second £2, third £l. D. Pretty I, M. Andreson 2, G. Vincent 3. 9. Handicap Hurdles, 150 yds. Over 6 flights of hurdles. First £2 lOs, second lOs. Coburn I, Clinch 2 10. Hop, Step and Jump Handicap. First £l. Collerton (42ft 4in) I, F. Julian (41ft loin) 2. 11. Underhand Chop, lßin. block. First £5, second £l, third lOs. Miley I, Kelly 2. 12. Horse High Jump. First £2, Totara Bark I, Kapai 2. The winner jumped well throughout, and won with a leap of sft 3in. 13. Tilting at the ring. First £l. There was a large entry for this event, which provided a good contest, the winner turning up in Mr McCardle. In the evening a concert was held in Hetet's Hall, when a large gathering assembled. A number of gramaphone selections were rendered, after which the hall was cleared for dancing, which was kept up until midnight. The takings at the concert amounted to over £7,