ELTHAM AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81912, 28 December 1906, Page 2

ELTHAM AXEMEN'S CARNIVAL

Perfect weather prevailed for the second day of tin; above. The heat, however, for two or three hours was so oppressive as to completely prostrate some of the competitors in several of the events.' 'i'he. attendance was huge, constituting a record for a second day of the Carnival. The. appointments were excellent, so. much so that the lengthy programme was finished at the catalogued time. Tlie competitions were most interesting, the times throughout being considered distinctly good. Excitement ran high when tlie final for the big event, the Axemen's Cup, was chopped. It was expected that Dave Pretty, on his performance in his heat, would run very close to first. The struggle was a grim one, and tlie big crowd watched the contest \viH( bated yjmtjth. The winner turned up in ,1. Neustroski, of Midhirst, who takes .£IOO. lie chopped very clean, and with perfect judgment. The Australian representatives, as anticipated, showed much better form than on the preceding day. The sawing events mid under-hand chop were also line events, and the winners were in each case treated to loud applause. The cycling and running contests provided a pleasant diversion at intervals. The following are the results;—

JS.Z. AXIiuMJiS'S CUP,.(Jlandicap) of £l4O, 18in standing blocks. First, Cup' and .-Cat), and special of X.50; second, ;C15.; third, ' Jill);, fourth X(r, fifth, £3; sixth, .02; every other competitor in iinal, ;Cl. .First heat: D. Pretty, scr, 1; if, F. Collins (Western Australia), 45sec, 2; J. E. Bunt, 30sec, 3. Also competed; C. Cooinbe, J, Sexton, Chris. Aliloy, A. fiosenfeldt. Pretty put up a great performance, cutting down the big Handicaps (liis nearest opponent having 30sec start) iu great style, and beating Collins bv a couple of strokes. Time, 1.54 4-5.

Second heat: J/, Neltstroski, 42sec, 1; \Y\ Cliellis (Tasmania), usee, 2; F. Hill, 38sec, 3. Also competed: Q, AlcCauley, U. Vincent, JI. ii, -Amlresen, li. Piggott, A. Hunger. Considerable interest ceutrcd. in Cliellis' chopping, and he. chopped 'splendidly, but it cpuli. easuy be seen that lie is not yet .4 condition foij a hard linish. T„e winner's performancewas a good one. Time, 2.11 1-5,, Third lieu.,: liau Pretty > l2sec, 1J. Vickers, 4osec, 2; .w Weston (Victoria), 3(Jsec, 3, Also competed: \\ Alltckll, ii. Jolley, A. Dillon, ],, Piggott, J. JfcNab. ilitcliell finished second, but haying unintentionally started before his time, lost his position. Pretty won easily. Time, 1.-32 4-o. Pourth lieat: \Y. Scliisclika, 3.ssee, 1; A. Kaspar, 4osee, 2; A. Penning, 45 sec, 3. Also competed: ,1. lloare, «.• .Michael, K 11. li„rne, and Andresen. Won without being extended. Time, 2.15 4-5. Piftll heal: J. Cameron, 45soc, 1: J. Jackson, 42see, 2; C. F. Volzke, 30 see, 3. Also competed: S. Johnson. K C. Mills, 0. Jolley, \\\ 11. Hughes. Won M'l-.v easily in 2.51 2-5. Sixth heat: .1. llartnett, 40sec, 1; V\'. Cregory, 35see, 2; J. 10. Jiic-havtU son, 45sec, 3. Also conijieted: ten lluttun (last rear's winner). H. Ilannen, J. Hwart, J. O'Connor, h. J. kaw. A good go. Time, 1.47. SI'ICOND KOUND.

First heat: Weston ], Jlmit 2, \eilstroski ;i, D. Pretty 4. Also competed: Collins, E. Pretty., Hill, Yickers. As in his hunt, Dave Pretty chopped like, u demon, but found his handicap too great to win, although he secured a place. lie was als.o '.han)lij..a,pped throne;!! his ax.e. becoming damaged. Weston chopped vigorously, his blockfalling about three seconds ahead of the next two. Time, 1.48. Second heat: Harnett 1, Gregory 2, Chellis 3, Jackson 4, Also started: (.'. Volzkc, Sdiisclikit, Cameron, Kasimv, Kichardsou. The scratch may., Chellis, reduced the hie; gap between his opponents and himself in S ieat •style, and got into third place. Jlarnetl. an.l Gregory each nut up a Rood performance, Time, 1.10 1-5. PINAL. .1. Xeustroski (llidhivst). dOsce 1 .1. Harttiett (Tnilui]ie), 40see 2 W. Weston (Victoria), tiUsce.......'. 3 J. P. Punt (Tnihape), 3()see 4 D. Pretty (Hamilton), scratch ii J. Jackson, 4'2sec (j W. Chellis (Tasinaiiia),;)scc... 7 \V. Gregory (Taihape), 355 cc....... 8 The contest was a splendid one, every one of the competitors beinj* a finished axeman. Every man was after the big cheque, but it was soon evident that the back-markers could not make up the limit men .j handicaps. The excitement wijs. very grout, the I wm e* BM«wgqtte.iis io Sfim J

petitors from llipir partisans being J deafening, tlic scratch men parlicnlarlv j uvnkiii'.' salvos of npiilausc as thc'vl hcued through their logs. Xcustros-1 ki set a .strong pace, mid kept it up> to the end, winning with a little to spare from llarlncll. Weston wtio close up third. Pretty's performance was most praiseworthy. The winner and also the second man had previously done nothing tl' note in the chopping arena, but had evident]}' been splendidly trained. Neustroski is a ' wiry, muscular man of light build and average height, but puts bis whole weight into his axe. The time, lin 325, was the best for the event to date. MAIDEN D.H, SAWING, lSin logs. C 3, .CI, and 10s. K l'eddar and mate, 1; E. Pretty and Scliisclika, 2; llattson and Hartnett, 3. Five others competed. Time, 1!) l-ss. WOKLJJ'S CHAMPIONSHIP CHOI', [ 18in logs . W. Cliellis (Tasmania) ; 1 Clias. Hutton (Elthani) , ' 2 . W Weston (Champion of Australia) 3 , Also competed: C. (Joombe (Tasmania). There was an excellent exhibi- [ tion of chopping, and the win was a I popular one. Charlie Mutton just , beat the Commonwealth champion, . Weston, by u narrow margin.

N.Z. SINGUi-JJANDIiD SAWING CHAMPIONSHIP. 2ft log. J. Phillips (Dannevirkc) 1 Con Casey (Eltliani) 2 J. Hartnett (Tailiape) 3 C. Yolzke (Midhirsi) 4 This contest caused great excitement, and was a muScie-rackiiig go. Casey made a great effort to hold tlic championship won by him last year, but was just beaten by Phillips, last year's runner-up, who fell completely exhausted on severing his log, remaining in a fainting condition for some time. The time, lm 31s, was the slowest on the Association's record, and considerably behind Casey's last years performance. VISITOIIS' HANDICAP of £lO. loin standing blocks. First heat: J. K. Roberts, 30see, 1; G. Jolley, 30sec, 2; C. Jolley, 3Usec, 3. Also competed: Chellis, limit, ileC'lure, Pearson, S. Johnson, Bradley. Time, 1.30. .Second heat: J. O'Ncil, 28sec, 1; H. Ilannen, 30sec, 2; A. Salmon, 30sec, 3. Also competed: D. Pretty (scr), Piggott, Jiarsh, l'erkins, Kichardsou. Time, 1.57.

Third heat: J. Cameron, 30sec, 1; W. Gregory, losec, 2; J. Hartnell, 12sec, 3. Also competed: E. Pretty, •Reeve, Egan, Hughes, Schischka, Penmug, Law. Time, 1.17. .Fourth heat: C. Coombe, 18see, 1; W. C. Espie, 30sec, 2; Ewart, 30sec, 3. Also competed: \V. Hartnett, Miley, Parr, Neal, .Weston, Piggott. Time, I 1.28 2-5. '! Pinal: W. Gregory, lj G. Jolley,'2; J.Cameron, 3; J. 0 Neil, 4. Time, 1.28 2-5. All who tjualiiied competed. BACKIXG-UP HANDICAP. oj£ ,£5, i£2, and .£l,

E. Pretty And Schischka, Juscc..., 1 Volzke Bros., ssec 3 Also competed: Casey and Pretty, Hannen and Lines, Mattson and Hartnett - <-^t&,i*.mmm RUNNING AND CYCLISTG/ 120 yds SHEFFIELD of ,£6, ;£i 10s and 10s. First heat: ;D. Powler, 10yds, 1; H. Lange, 11yds, 2; W. W. Thompson, 14yds, 3. Also started: McDonald. Second heat H. Cameron, 10yds, 1; F. Chitty, 11yds, 2; Gibson, 14yds, 3. Also started: Hansen, Daislev, QuinUL T;. , i-.-:!"V'«MSBi l-inal: Cameron, 1; ChitU'. 2; M? ler 3. .

Youths' Mile Handicap of !£3 10s, £l, and 10s, for youths under 17.—L. Hunt, scr, 1; G. Glentworth, 75yds, 2; H. Cleaver, scr, 3. Also started: Sutherland, Tryer, Walsh, Hornblow. Tim 6, 5.17. "" "■ One Mile Bicycle Handicap of £4, 30s, and 10s.—G. Kofoed, 120 yds, 1; A. E. Parkes, 120 yds, 2; J. Kenny, 100 yds, 3. Also competed: 'C,Piper, Maberley, Lambert, Wade, Bradley, B, Wan, D. George, L. Wan. Won by a wheel. Time, 2.24 3-5. Three Mile Bicycle Handicap of £4, 30s, and 10s.—A. Parkes, 200 yds, 1; D George, 300 yds, 2; IS. Wan, 300 yds, 3. Nine competed. A splendid race between the placed men. Kofoed made the running" for 2'/ 3 miles, and then dropped right out. Time, 7.52.