WAITARA ATHLETIC SOCIETY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 303, 18 December 1908, Page 4

WAITARA ATHLETIC SOCIETY

ANNUAL GATHERING. Tile annual sports meeting of the 'North Tarunaki Athletic Society was held at Waitara yesterday, afternoon in i'air weather. The attendance was hardly up to the average, but the fields anil the contests were very good. Results:— Maiden Race, 150yds.—F. J. O'Grady and 1). lieorge (dead heat), 1. Also started: C. F. Blow, G, Bicheno, and A. 11. Topuian. In the run-ull D. Ueorge won by a couple of yards. 100 yds Handicap.—First heat: B. i\ Turner, Byds, 1; L. Stohr, syds, 2. Also started: Clow oyds and Holmes 10yds. Time, 10 l-ssec. Second heat: W. Smith, Ovds, 1; F. O'Urady, 10yds, 2. Also ■started: (J. Hooker 7yds, C. 11. Tate oyds, A. Stockman 10yds. Time, 10 2-3 see. Third heat: li. Symes, Byds, 1; 51. Ward, 2yds, 2. Also started: V. Tate Dvds and T. Taylor Byds. Time, iO l-ssec. Final: Symes l v Stohr 2,

Turner 3. All qualilied started. Won by two feet, Ward finishing last. Time, lOsec. One Mile Bicycle Handicap. —W. l'arkes, 100 yds, 1; A. Farkes, scr, 2; L. H. Wan, 40yds, 3. Also competed: Garliek 00yds, \V. Roebuck 75vds, S. George 100 yds, J. Sanko 100 yds, .Mills 100 yds, Skipper 100 yds. Skipper and George I fell. The placed men finished together. Time, 'iniin 53 2-ssee. Second heat: .J Adlam, 100 yds, 1; li. Thomas, 120 yds, 2; 1,. Thomas, 90yds, 3. Also competed: Vincent 20yds, Julian 50yds, I'ulford 75yds, Radish 100 yds, Parker 100 yds. 'Thomas led until the straight was reached, when Adlam witli a goo l .sprint won by a wheel. Time, 2min Final: L. Thomas 1, W. Parker 2, R. Thomas 3. All qualified competed. Wan

fell, and the scratch man was able to get up ou his own. The limit man rode a fine race. Time, 2min 42 l-ssec. Won bv a length. '22oyds Handicap. —B. ,Symes 14yls and W. Smith 17yds (dead heat), 1; li. Turner, 15yds. 3. Also .competed: M Ward scr, L. .Stohr Byds, Taylor 14yds, Uicheno 18yds, Hooker 14yds, C. Tate 10yds. Smith led almost to the tape, ! Symes getting level in the hut stride. 'Ward was unable to cut down the luiuilicap. Time, 22 l-ssec. | Local Bicycle Handicap, one mile.—l!. I Thomas, ] ()i)yds, 1; G. Pulford, 15yds, 2. ' Also started: J. Adlam 85yds, S. George 35vds, S. Crow 120vds, E. Waters 140 yds. Thomas rode a well-judged race, and \von from Pulford by 15yds. Time, L 2min 50 4-osec.

North Taranaki Wheel Knee, of £lO, £2, and 10s; two miles.—A. Parkes, scr. 1; W. Parkes, 200 yds, 2; L. H. Wan, 80vds, 3. Also started: Garliek 120.vd.-i, Piilford 150 yds, Sanko 200 yd?, Mills 200 yds, Vincent 40yds, Julian 100 yds, Roebuck 150 yds, Thomas 180 yds, Parker 200 yds. Parker and Pulford fell during the second lap. At the end of the final mile A. Parkes had caught the leaders, and with Wan and Vincent rode in a handy position behind the leading bunch —Thomas, Roebuck, and W. Parkes. At the bell W. Parkes shot to the front, followed by Thomas and Wan, with A. Parkes next. The latter soon displaced Wan. W. Parkes and Thomas led A. Parkes by six lengths entering the straight, but the latter, coming with a great sprint on the outside, caught the leaders thirty yards from the tape, and 'won easily' by a length and a-half. Thomas was in distress twenty yards from home, and came down, allowing Wan to finish third. Thomas, who is a comparatively new rider, gives promise of being a successful rider. Tiute, Umin 1 2-ssec.

440vds Handicap.—D. George, 35yds, 1; (J. 11. Tate, 30yds, 2j T. Taylor, 20yds, ;i. Also started: M. Ward scr, llooker •15yds, Sy-nics 20yds, V. Tate 30vds, Lawrence 35yds, Bicheno 35vds. George ran a line, race, winning by four yards. Ward and Hooker finished as they 'started. Time, olsec. Kicking the Football.—L. Stohr 1. Tug-of-War—Waitara 1. Slow Bicycle Race—Adlam 1. ' '22oyds Local Handicap.—D. George, 'ltivds, 1 j L. Tate, 20yds, 2. George won a good race from a good field. One .Mile Bicycle llaee for boys under IS—Adlam 1. '