ATHLETICS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 479, 11 June 1890, Page 5

ATHLETICS.

Well done, New Zealand! Talk about our amateurs now. Was it not well worth the money to send over eight good men and true to come back with seven championships, five seconds and a third ’ A New Zealander was placed in all except the quarter-mile. The only record made is that of McKelvie, whose time of 6min 59sec is now the amateur record for the colonies. His opponent Bullock must be a very good man. There musbhave been something wrong with the ground, or the 100 yards record would have received a shaking. The time made (KRsec.) is nob wonderful for men like Heinpton and McPherson. There must have been a gay time in Sydney on Saturday evening among the old New Zealanders, all counting up their dollars and crowing over their victories. We shall probably have fuller details in a few days. At present I can aRI nothing to what has appeared in the dailies, except that everybody was delighted to hear that Lusk won the hurdles. Now the talk is, “ Wait till he and Batger meet” We all hone that the team will return by way of Auckland. This route seems decidedly better than going by the South, for most of the men would get a fine trip round the colony. If they come here, their welcome will be enthusiastic, for I think everybody in Auckland is willing to do something to show appreciation of their successes.

Morrison’s time in the Three Miles was nob remarkably fast, probably because the ground was heavy, and he had an easy task to win. Jeffreys, on a bad day, with a strong wind against him at every quarter, ran the distance in twenty seconds less time in the Domain during the trials for the Dunedin Championship meeting. Mr James Halyday, secretary of the Auckland Amateur Athletic Club, is sounding the Amateur Association with a view to” holding a championship meeting in Auckland next year. Instead of having the championships distributed, one here and another there, he thinks it would be much better to have them all run off at the one meeting. If at, the same time the Bicycle Association authorities can be prevailed on to run off their championships at the same time we could have a splendid two days’ meeting. The Auckland Club would take on itself the expenses of providing the prizes, entertaining the visitors, and any others incidental to the meeting. The English amateur bicycle championships are to be decided on July 12, 19, 26, 30, and August 13. The one mile professional championship of England was decided at Wolverhampton on April 9. There was a large entry, and for the first time for several years Howell met with defeat in the final heat. His opponents were R. H. and T. H. English, the former beating him by a yard in 2min 54|sec. T. H. English was a foot behind Howell. It may be interesting to look at the tips given for the lato Sydney championship races. The New Zealand “Referee’s” special correspondent tipped :

One Mile Walk.—McKelvie. Half-mile Flab.—Ferguson. 100 Yards Flat.—McPherson. One Mile.—Morrison. Quarter-milo Flat.—Reeves. 200 Yards Flat.—McPherson. The Canterbury “ Times ” special tipped : 100 y ds. —Hem pton. 220yds.—M cPherson. 440yds.— McPherson or Reeves. Half-mile.—The New Zealand representative. One mile.—Morrison. Three Miles.—Morrison. One Mile Walk.—McKelvie. 120yd8 Hurdles.—Lusk or Hutton (Victoria). High Jump,—Kellett. Long Jump.—Kellett. The ten mile gold medal road race, which was run on tho Riccarbon road, under the auspices of the Bicycle Touring Club, was decided on Monday morning, 26th of May. H. Malbhus gob away with 2Lnin start, H. Woledge and W. Williams came next with limin, F. N. Adams and G. Clark followed with lmin, the last two competitors leaving being E. Fibzhenry and J. Bate, both scratch men. , The race resulted in the Rover rider, F. N. Adams, winning in the remarkably good time of 33min actual riding, being lOsec ahead of the second man. This afternoon, in Sydney, the Eastern Suburbs Amatour Athletic Club holds a Sports Meeting, in which most of the New Zealand team are likely to take a hand. May their successes be great.