Sporting Sprints.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 25, 25 August 1911, Page 15

Sporting Sprints.

Hackenberg woai the wood-chopping championship of t,hc Northern Rivers, N:S.W. He defeated Telifer in 1 mm. 25-sees. . .. ,•■... ' -;■• Har.ry Lawson waved clubs about for 90 hours continuously the other week. .Suppose he is now. a "world's champion." Soult heads the list of winning stallions for this yeaa* with £18,473. Merriwee is second with £10,926, and Bir~ kenhead £10,797 third. Dainube (£3185) is on. top for winning horses. During the last 12 months' racing the most successful owners were: G. D. Greenwood, who captured £8045 in stakes; Geo. Clifford, £6987 ;J. D. Ormond, £6175. H. Gray rod© 78 win-, ners on the flat and W. Young 27 over/ jump®. 'Lee Talbot, of Kansas City, Mo., today holds the world's record for the., discus throw. On July 4ho •hurled the weight 141 feet 2 inches, which is onehalf inch better than t'he new mark made on the same day by Martin B. Sheridan. • ■*■ . Blind athletes of the Pennsylvania Institute at Overbrook, Pa.,, held their sports oin a recent date. In addition to the young men and women students the sports were "witnessed" by 300 delegates from other American schools foir the blind. Some wonderful athletic feats wetre accomplished by members, of the Araerican Amateur Union at its annual gathering. Con. Walsh, of New York, won the 161b hammer throw with a toss of 173 ft. 7}in.. Mel. Sheppard, IrishAmerican Club, won the half-mile, breaking the A.A.IJ. record with the time of.! 1.54 1-5; and Kiviat, his, team mate,, set new figures for the mile, finishing in 4.19 3-5. Many other notable performances were recorded. James Donahue, of ...Los Angeles,• U.S.A., .is in the running. for. .the best;.' all-round athlete. He has don© the--following-iri'varioits contests : One mile-/ run, 4min. 58secs; 120 yds, high hur-% dies, 12 2-ssecs; 100 yds dash, 10 1-5-j sees; half-mile walk (heel-and toe); 3,-' mm. 41secs; pole vault, 12ft Bin.; high', jump, sft.- 9in.; putting 161b. shot,-38. feet; 461b. weight throw, 21, feet 7in:; 161b. hammor throw, 124 ft. j Donahue trains, every day, beginning \.\ every evening with a brisk four-mile walk and reels' off' the tent events, constituting .the .all-round championship, J taking five 'eacn'eveirifafgr't '. '" '. Packey -McTFarland, whrti.meets Ad. Wolgast for the light-weight championship, is of opinion that he can win the title. This despite. AVolga,st'& recent victory over Moran. The- - fight is scheduled to take place in California on Labor Day. ■ : Abe Attel and Frankie Ccnley, are to meet for the featherweigtot championship. The bout will possibly take j place in New Orleans.,: • >> That Harry Forbes, the "come back" bantam weight champion, .deserves a fight with. Johnny Coulon.for the title is the opinion of those who have seen him "in action of late. Foirbes' speed a,nd ring generalship is said to be marvellous. Dave Smith was handed a summons in eleven otvfc of the eighteen places iai' which he gave a boxing exhibitiotti in New Zealand;, v---;... . ''-■' l ! y,' ; ". ; Jxidging frem tlie saiccess being met with, the South Island Minor Unions' representative' Rugby team is not in it with their northern l confreres. Patrick O'Connor, the Irish giant, weighs 23 stone, wears size 14 boots, No. 8 hat and gloves like sugar bags.' His chest measurememrb is 55in., his ' neck 20in., and hie calf 18in. Patrick i 3 30 years of age, and is of opinion that he coiild win the championship from Jack Johnson. The flying mile of^3l.secs—-e<iual to 116 miles an hour —ireceritly recorded by Borodino om, a 300 ,h.p. car on Saltburn beach, England, will not be officially recognised by the European motoring authorities, for, according to the latest ruling, a straight-away record will not be accepted unless the drive is mad©, in both directions, ' and the mean time taken to equalise the effect of the wind, and this was not done. Tho huge monster used by Borodino has. four cyliair dems, the bore and stroke being 190 and 250 millimetres respectively." T. Ellegaard, the well-known Danish orack, won the' ' professional-; world's, sprint championship, which was recently decided in Rome,, arid thus equalled L. Meredith's remarkable series of successes, for this is the sixth occasion upon, which Ellegaard has carried off this classic event."" Ellegaard raced in Australia with fair success a few years back, and despite his now being a fair age, appears to r-etain liis brilliancy on -the track.