REAL SPORT

NZ Truth, Issue 1206, 10 January 1929, Page 14

REAL SPORT

Len. Hunt's Many Successes i" i ■ _____ . (From "N.Z. Truth's" Hawera Rep.) To the visiting motorist Traffic . Inspector Len. Hunt, of Hawera, mostly appeals for his quiet and unassuming 'manner. ■yO the observant, however, his splendid physique, with its well set-up : -proportions 'at once commands respect. In . Taranaki his' prowess m field sports makes him a popular figure. As a footballer he' flayed lock at New Plymouth and Hawera and only lack of devil, kept JtimV' out of the Taranaki reps. .. As an all-round, field expert he would take some -beating, having been the mainstay of the Hawera Club for some years. This. seasoTi he appears to be at his best and m one week broke two records. At Wanganui recently he put the shot 35ft. 6in., beating 1 by two inches the record established by J. J. Dillon at the 1922-23. Wangan ui championships and equalled by himself at the 1926-27 meeting. Later, iit Hawera, he threw the hammer 116 ft. 4in., expeeding by nine inches his own record made at the centre championship •meeting m 1926-27. Hunt was the man who first saw the possibilities of young Stan. Lay and he has given valuable assistance to the New Zealand champion javelin thrower. May he long be m the hunt. . j