ATHLETICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 324, 15 January 1909, Page 2

ATHLETICS.

ELE(;TRIO Llli'HT .SPOUTS. There was a very line attendance at the initial electric light sports meeting promoted by the Seaside Improvement ('oni'iniltce under the auspices of the '.'alcdniiiaii Society. The ground was •well illuminated, lint showed thai more ■lights could Willi advantage be added, and this improvement will be made liefore the. next night meeting. The liarison Hand played to the ground, and jl'erry's- Orchestra, in, a special stand, •contributed a splendid programme of music at frequent, intervals during the, •proceedings. Probably the best item of the evening was the line exhibition of tight-rope walking by Woods Bros., ■who were warmly applauded for their daring performance. Results: Half-mile Cvcle (llnal).--A. E. Parte ■(scr) 1, W. Cl'iong (ISSyds) 2, .1. Skipper (Illvils) H. Also cojirpclcd in the heats: •M. Julian. 40vds, It. Harvey 41), W. Roebuck 40, C. Lister (JO, S. Ceorge (15, J. Mills li.), T. Lister, 70, M. Raditeh 75, Utigcr 75. Won splendidly in the ■straight. t)iu- -Mile Cvcle.-M. Julian (80yds) 1, J. Skipper '(l4oyds) 2, W. Roebuck :(85yds) 3. Also competed: A. E. Parte scr, It. Harvev 80, U. Lister 120, Si. tlcorgo 125. W. Chang 125, J. Mills 130, T. Lister 135, M. Raditeh 145, F. Perry ■l3O. ' A good race, won cleverly., Parte caught the Held, but the ell'ort took too much out of him.

22i)yds Handicap.—First heat: Ward (sv'iW) 1, L. Slohr (liivds) 2, Loesch :(24vds) 3. Also started: Smith lflyuV, Ross 22vds. Second heat: flocf,;cr :(15y<ls) 1, O'tlradv (2l),vdsj 2, A. V. ■Sto'hr (llvds) 3. Also started: Muinby i22vds, D.'Morey 21yds. Final: A. V. ■Slohr I, O'llrady 2, Hooker 3, Ward 4. All qualified started. Won by a yard. Tug -of - War (ten men a - side) liuarils beat Fire Brigade; Railway beat lumpers: Railway beat (iuards No. 2 and No. 1 trams in the semi-filial and tinal respectively.

THE SPLIT IX THE EXECUTIVE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. At a meeting of the Otago centre of the New Zealand Athletic Association to-night a letter was received from the secretary of tire Christchurch Council asking for an ininwdiale reply to the offer to allot the championship meeting to Dunedin. The letter was "received" without discussion.

WAXCAXUI MEETING DISQUALIFIED. Invereargill. Last Xight. Tl xeciitivc of the X.Z.A.C. decided by a large majority to declare the Wauganui Caledonian Society's meeting.an unregistered meeting and to disqualify nil competing thereat. Members of the I'nion stale that they have considered all menus of conciliation and used fruitlessly their best endeavors to arrive at an amicable settlement. The Xew Zealand Spojls Federation will be asked to endorse (he disqualification, and those disqiiiiliticd will not be permitted-to take pari in any class of sport affiliated to the Federation. The dispute aros'c out of the disqualification of a director of the Wangauui Society who competed at I lie f'liristcluirch Scottish Society's ga til-1 ering at the Exhibition.