ATHLETICS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 175, 23 January 1912, Page 8

ATHLETICS

WAXGANUI CALEDONIAN MEETING.! STOHR WINS THE 75 YARDS ' HANDICAP. .. j By Telegraph—Pre6s Association. Wanganui, Last.'JSFfght. The Wanganui Caledonian Society's 29th annual gathering was held/to-day in glorious { ,The);& was an enormous .present. ■'. A. Holmes won the one- mile and half mile cycling events, and, My Ford the lap dash. In the 120 yards ara&teur, W.'Darby won from J. Goss in 11 4-ssec-, both local men. R. Opie Was fourth in the 75 yards amateur,;which was won by J. B. Stohr,' with ,H. Martin second. Time 7 4-ssec. | C. Breed won tlife "iailje flat in 4min 26sec.i A. Evenson came 'first, J. A. Campbell second and A. C. Katto third in the 120 yards-lyirdles,- which- {was run in /lSsec. ' The quarter-mile flat .resulted in a win for H- Martin, the time being Slseci < The half-mile' flat was won j>y L. Mc-:i Donald. Time, gmin 2 4-ssec. -*■ The 20 yards' Bracelet was won by J. Goss (14yds), R VJ Opie second, Y. Wil-" liams third. . Time,' 22 2-ssec. I The furlong hurdles resulted: L. Law-) rence 1, A. C. Kitto 2, Evenson 3. !-. Honors in the dancing were shared by i J. McKenzie, J. McKechnie, and in music bv R. McKechnie and C. McArtney. I A feature of the sports was some really fine wrestling, the chief of which 1 was the .bout between Alec. Bain and, Moana Paratene for the championship of | New Zealand and £SO aside, it being ] _hy the former after a scientific ex- i hibiti'on, Moana secured the first fall, 1 but Bain got the next two and won the 1 contest. . r, V"l f