Athletics.

Free Lance, Volume I, Issue 17, 27 October 1900, Page 13

Athletics.

The Empire City Athletic Club had a most enjoyable gathering at Mtramar last Saturday, the occasion being a crosscountry and a 100 yds race. The 100 yds was won by Carrig, J. J. Taylor pushing him hard. '• Tommy " seemed to have enough in hand, though, to go a bit harder if necessary. Between the heats in the hundred some of the veterans of the Club had

a sweepstake over a 10Qyd#,<Hein 'Austin! winning. Some -ef • thsn>- are 'jserry .fltitt. that they took part' hi. it* but! ftuVs funall' •the same. ' ■ . - ""-.■'.:; The cross-country £ace was worth; -the., trouble of travelling^otif to Miramax to' see. Green, off thev-limi'fc (90secs), set a t ' strong pace from the gunfire, and he wast a long while in coming' back to his field. Evans and McOoll (flff 30 and 4Qsecs respectively) w.ere paying great attention^ to one another, and were" surely "But slowly wearing Green down. After cross* ing the last fence Evans made one of his well-judged runs, and just reached the tape with about two yards to spare, Green beating McColl by about one yatit "Jsr second place. . . Mr J. D. McPhee acted as handicapper and starter in both events, and X, extend my congratulations on . the excellent way he brought the men together ; and had the cross-country race taken place round about the Basin Eeserve, with a finish such as it was on the grass, the spectators would not have been able to contain themselves. The time of close on 2?min , for the cross-country race must be considered good. The country was of ,_the roughest imaginable, some of the ditches being very hard to negotiate. Such events as these it is pleasing to see the Club taking in hand, as they are bound to improve the stamp of our distance men, who are gradually getting smaller and smaller year by year. I would recommend to the Club, however, not to make the next race quite so far, as it may tend to dishearten the runners. My opinion is that it would be better to work up from, say, one mile, than to start with the long ones and have to come down.