DUNEDIN CALEDONIAN GAMES.
•- - --■ » (UNITED #BESS ASSOCIATION.) DuNBDiNj, January 6. Thje Caledonian games yesterday were again spoilt by /the rain, which pie-! vailed m a greater- or less degree all the 'afternoom ; Hi« Excellency was on- the ground during the day. Donald Dinnie was presented to him. Ihe principal racee the Champion, 220 yards, and the ten mile. In the former all the competitors, who included Woods and Hulston, started from scratch, and Woods won easily. In the ten mile^ nine started,! but only four finished, namely, Burke, 220 yards, l;. Keys, $8.0. , yards, 2 :; O'Connor, saratch, 3 ; Rosier, 900 yards, 4. -Burke won m &6min.jJL7secs, by about 400 yards from, O.Connor, and 100 yards from Key**. ;The lino^fc interesting competition m fchich iDinnie took part was throwing a 561 b weight over a horizontal bar.' Dannie, with one hand, thre w it higher. v tban Tyson, the wrestler, could do with two-.' Matheson, who never tried the feat before, did very well, knocking the bar at lift Gin, which Dinnie, using both hands, cleared by about three iuches. Dinnie threw the. same weight 24ft Bin m distance against. Matheson's 20ft Ilia. The former, who was allowed a three feet handicap, thus winning.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 32, 7 January 1884, Page 3
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202DUNEDIN CALEDONIAN GAMES. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 32, 7 January 1884, Page 3
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