Harriers

NZ Truth, Issue 1237, 15 August 1929, Page 17

Harriers

PROVINCIAIi CHAMRTITLE Will Have Runners On The Hop

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Wellington Rep.) The supreme tost of the local season will be the provincial championship title to be battled 'for. at ;■.. the Hutt Park on Saturday. . •

piVEN a fine day there should be some classic racing: Taken as a whole, the talent this year 'is probably the best m the history af the' race; ■ The.. first; four men. from each club ire counted m the 'final tallyrup. Uhere will be. an "A" gjca.de and a "B" ;rade race. The "B" gi'aders will get iwa.y early m ..the af ternb.on. • There are Stevens, Silver and Sinclair Scottish), Barclay arid Blbby (Brooklyn), Vilson (Olympic). Shepherd (Wellington) nd McCarthy (Hutt) for the individual ltle. ■ On form, one cannot go past Stevens or the honor. Barclay should have the dvantage over Shepherd and SilveY for econd place. Bibby/ Sinclair, "Wilson and IcCarthy are likely to .follow, m that rder. Pederson may be m the- first halfozen. Whichever way / the >yerdlct goes, the tussle for places I n;(the Welling:, ton team for the New Zealand Championships, Is going to be a bitter one. Looked at from all angles, Brooklyn are the best bet to again have their name • engraved on the ■ premier symbol of harrierdom m this city. Barclay, Bibby, Pederson and Roberta, with Prosser'' and- R.bthweil as supports, look the winning combination. Scottish would be the .popular pick if they had*a strong fourth man. Stevens, Silver and Sinolair are cinches to.be m the first six? but the fly m the ointment is, where will the fourth man finish? Wellington will provide hot opposition. 'Shephard,' Watson, Morris arid ' Frazer are, a sound four. However, on paper, it doesn't look as though' they can do better than third. Still, Wally Wheian |s-ah" old dog. and his teamlngVup may make Wellington the bogeymen. '-„ . . ' Olympic and Hutt Vailey are hardly lkely to trouble the. others,' although Hutt lave a solid four m McGarthy, Watson, Smith and 1 Dudley. ./' '. . • Masterton are sending down a team, eaded by Hack, but the opposition will >c too tough for them. In the B .grade race, individual honors jok like going to Davies (Brooklyn), while Wellington and Brooklyn will probably Ight out the club title, ••; >