CALEDONIAN SPORTS.
TO THE EDITOIt. Sin,—On leisurely looking through your columns, I was glad to see that the Caledonian committee has taken a right and juat view of the unmauliness of a few competitors who take part in our local sports from time to time—that of "spiking." As an instance, I have only to refer to Boxing Day last, at the Foresters' Sports, on the occasion of the mile champion raco, in -which SkelUe, a well-known podestrian, was so severely hurt through " spiking " by a f ellowcompetitcr, that it is doubtful whether the injured man will be able to take any part in running for soma time to come. Whether the case was an accident or not is best known to the person wlio so inflicted the wound. But it is high time that something was done by the committees of the various sports meetings to prevent such disastrous proceedings. I would suggest that disqualification for ever could not be too severe for such an offence, as to my knowledge no less than four competitors have been treated with this "spiking process" during the past sixteen months.—l am, &c. Old SroET.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4298, 30 December 1874, Page 2
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191CALEDONIAN SPORTS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4298, 30 December 1874, Page 2
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