AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 99, 29 December 1913, Page 3

AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL.

THE CUP WON BY VOLZKE. Excellent weather prevailed for the second clay •of the Axemen's Carnival at Elthani, and the gate takings were £7 better than the previous year. Everything went off well: The hig chopping cup went to C. Volzke, whose family have always figured well on the Carnival's prize-list. Some exhibition chops were given with kaiwhaka, a wood new to Eltham. it comes, from the Main Trunk area, and is beautiful chopping wood, iln the two events on Saturday several seconds were chipped off previous records. .. '■■'■■ The detailed results are as followsCHOPPING EVENTS. New Zealand Axemen's Handicap, of £llO First prize Axemen's Cup and £SO, with an additional £SO if special acceptance fees have been paid; (second £ls, third £lO, fourth £5, fifth £l3, sixth £2, seventh £l, eighth £l. 18in. blocks. Einal. C. Volzke (40sec.) £IOO 1 J. H. Poynton (lOsec.) £ls 2 T. Hicks "(30sec.) £lO a C. Dwyer (25sec.) £5 4 R. A. Shewry (34sec) £3 5 J. Newstroski (16sec) £2 6 J. E. Richardson (20sec.) £1 ... 7 A. E. Shewry (scr.) £1 8 All qualified started. Volzke chop-, ped well and confidently from- the start, and finished with a second or two to spare. He had a good log. .The scratch man, Shewry, just got. placed. Time, 2min 15 3-sscc. Underhand Handicap. First £lO, second £4, third £1; 10in.., logs.-—. Final: F. L. Johnson (16sec.) 1, C Miley (Bsec.) 2, C. Dwyer (16sec.), 3. All qualified started. Johnson won'with ease by several seconds, while Miley beat Dwyer by a couple of blows. Time, 53sec.

Championship of New Zealand. First prize £6, second £5, third £l. 12inch standing blocks.—D. Pretty 1, W. Peck 2, J. E. Shewry 3, C. Miley 4. Pretty got in his last blow a fraction ahea'd of the others and secured the championship for the third time, having also won it last year. The toughness of the timber is shown by the slowness of the time, 56'3-Ssec. . SAWING. Double-handed Sawing Championship of Australasia. FiwU-priae^gold medals, valued at £4 each;, second £3, third £l.—A. E. Sullivan and Dwye'r ;1, Volzke Bros'. 1 and Bilski Bros.'(dead ;heat) 2. The only competitors'. Sullivan repeated last year's performance 'by easily annexing this block •falling fully two seconds ahead of the others, which fell simultaneously. ' The time, 2Usee,, lias only been ''beaten ! ;!t,Eltliam oh-one occasion."""'. , M i Single-handedChamp'.onship pi 'the World. First prize £7, second £2, third £1 ; 2ft logs.—A. E. Sullivan 1, C. \Jjyto > 2,' JJ H.' Poyuton 3. Also started; W. Pech and C. V. AT Yolzko. The time put up, lmiii 9 3-ssec, is a record, beating the, winner's own previous record, put up jjn ,f9oß^.bjJ ( 'five seconds. uojvjti .; races. '■"'■■" One Mile Handicap. First prize £l, second £1 10s, third 10s.—Final: Griffin |y Wells2, : 3: .started. Wells was up to the limit man in the second luipj but in the riiia|,lap, , Griffin spurted and got home' by a wheel. Time, 2min 21 l-sscc,. ~,. -, ' Three-mile Handicap. First .prize £O, second £2, third £l.—G. AVaflacp (210yds) 1, Pi Humm (tfffyd*) 2, P, Hill (180yds.) 3. Also started: P. Griffin and F. Wells (100yds behind scratch), B. Campion, R. J. Jones, C. Jaiitiesou (60yds), L. Wattn (180 yds), a»d S. ,W. Crutchley (210yds). Wells fell and brought down Griffin. Hill also fell.'Time, 7min 46 4-ssec. One and a-half Mile Handicap—First prize £5, second £2, third £l.—P. Humm (65yds) 1, Griffin (40yds behind scratch) 2, R. J. Jones (35yds) 3. Also started: F. Wells (40yds uehind scratch), B. Campion (30yds), P. Hill (80yds), and G. Wallace (85yds). Humm came like a flash and defeated Griffin on the tape by a foot. Time, 3min 45 l-ssec.

Two-mile Handicap. First prize £4, second £1 10s, third 10s.—C. Jamieson (100yds) 1, R- J- Jones (45yds) 'J, G. Wallace (145yds) 3. Also started: F: Wells and P. Griffin (30yds behind scratch), B. Campion (40yds), 11. J. Jones (45yds), P. Humm (90yds), and P. Hill (110yds). Wells looked behind and fell and brought down Griffin, leaving C. Janiiesou tb win by a fraction from Jones. Time, smin 3sec. FOOT RACING. 880yds Handicap. First prize £5, second £2, third £l.—F. C. Gates (05yds) 1, T. F. Taylor (10yds) 2, W. McCaul (40yds) 3. Also started: W. Coates (10yds) and A. H. Gleoson (00yds). Time, 2min 2 4-ssec. The children were also kept busy during the day, innumerable races being run for their delectation.