OTAKI SPORTS.

Otaki Mail, 31 December 1923, Page 2

OTAKI SPORTS.

The Otaki Athletic Club was favoured with ideal weather conditions for their annual sports' meeting, which was held on the domain on Saturday afternoon. Owing to the close proximity of the holidays the committee was sadly depleted, but tkos.e. who were there worked witu a will and the meeting, as a whole, must be voted a decided success. The public attended in goodly numbers aim the ground was in fair- condition, but a cycle track is badly needed. On the "present track cycle-racing is well nigh impossible and the only bit of good work in this direction, the whole day, was the close finish in the three mile race between Da vies and Cooper, who raced together for the length of the straight, Davies crossing the line only a foot ahead of Cooper. The public, at times, somewhat hampered the work of the officials by invading the oval, but this will always be the case u:dii proper fencing is erected. The Otaki Brass Baud enlivened the proceedings with a line programme of music. Results of the Various events arc as follows: 120 yards maiden—.l. Houlihan 1, J. Gill 2. Time 14 I-ssec. 4 starters. 100 yards open—Eastwood ("yds) I, W. Wilton (3yds) 2, C. W. Enoka (4yds) 3. Time 10 2-ssee. 10 starters. 220 yards open—Eastwood (10yds) 1. W. Wilton (scr) 2. G. P. Fisher (scr) 3. Time 23 o-ascc. 7 starters. 440 yards .junior—W. Winnie (scr) 1. Eastwood (scr) 2. Time sb' 4-ssec. Only 3 starters. SSO yards open —A. C. Dufresne (scr) 1. G. Ri.x Trot (50yds) 2. Time 2min. 9 2-:)sec. 8 starters. 440 yards open—J. Houlihan (35yds) 1, Eastwood (20yds) 2, Hunter (scr) 3, Time 52 3-ssec. 5 starters. One mile open—A. C. Dufresne (scr) 1, P. H. Green (100yds) 2. Time 4min. 42 1-osec. A great finish was fought eut in this event, Dufresne just winning by a couple of inches. 220 yards junior—Kustwood 1. Winnie 2. Time 24 4-ssec. 100 yards club handicap—C. Enoka (4yds) !, Fairley (4yds) 2, f'odjursky (oyds) 3. Time Usee. 100 yards consolation—Podjursky i, Hunter 2, Fairley .'!. Time 10'l-ssec. Relay race—Kevin 1, Otaki 2. Tinio -Imiip. 19s.ee. Ladies race, 75 yards—Miss P. Batten (Byds) 1, Miss V. Henderson (oyds) 2, Miss E. Henderson (2yds) 3. Time 9 l-ssoe. A good race, "Miss Batten winning in fine style. Girls race, 100 yards—l. Taratoa I, P. Gill 2, L. Henderson 3. Time 12 l-ssec. 14 starters. Cycle Events. One mile—P. Best (20yds) I, S. Bright (20yds) and G. Dunn (80yds) dead heat, :.'. Time 3min. 11 l-ssec.

i starters. Cooper's chain came off right, at the start of the race and in the second round Curtis collided with a peg. The going was very heavy and time slow. Three mile—T. Davies (120vds) 1, T. F. Cooper (120yds) 2. Time 9min. 4sec. _ 8 starters. A splendid finish was fought out considering the condition of the, track. Field Events. High jump—W. Wilton (scr) sft ,'iiii J. P. Thompson (scr) sft 2bi 2, O. Symonds (3in) sft lin 3. Kong jump—Edwards (2ft (iiu) 20ft 6in 1, Udy (2ft (>in) 17ft lOiu 2, Puti (lft (Jin) 20ft 2in 3. The scratch men, Wilton and Thompson both jumped 19ft 3in. Hop, step and jump—Edwards (6ft) 44ft Oin 1, Thompson (scr) 43ft lln 2, Udy (3ft) 43ft Jin 3. Slow cycle race—Petrie 1, O'Bourke 2 Children's Events. 100 yards r<ys' r ace—W. Bakor 1, P. Cook 2, E. Henry .". Time 12 3-ssec. 120 yards boys' race—-P. Cook .1, W. Baker 2. Stanley Evans 3. Time 14 4-ssee. Boy-J-' race—Simon Knox I. P. Mahinia 2, McGonagle 3. 75 yards girls' race—lvy C&nnont 1, Pi,, Taratoa 2, Moc Coots 3. lima lOsec. ion yards girls' race—lfoe Coots 3. T. Koach 2. A competition was he'd for a handpainted cushion, the winner being If. X. Bevan, whose guess of 330 beans was tbe nearest to the actual contents of the bottle. 314.