ATHLETICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9045, 3 February 1908, Page 7

ATHLETICS.

NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. , i 1 by TELEGRAPH—PI'ESS association. j 1 WELLINGTON, February 1. j The New Zealand Championship Athletic meeting was held on the 1 Basin Reserve this afternoon. The I performances in the field events were i poor, and both walking contests were ( robbed of a good deal of interest ( owing to a couple of contestants being disqualified in each event. Welling- , ton retains the Championship Shield, 1 < scoring 79$ points. Canterbury scored I I 41 points, Southland 13, Auckland j 6, Otago SJ. Results:— > ( 75 Yards Handicap.—Cunningham, ( 1; Golds, 2; Bridge, 3. Time, 8 1-5 sec. Half-mile Championship. —Trem- < bath (Southland), 1; Bridge (Welling I ton), 2; Patrick (Wellington), 3. | Won fairly easily. Time, 2min 2 l-!i ; see* High Jump Championship.—C. L. Orbell (Canterbury), sft 7in, 1; G. Thomassen, sft s Jin 2; Catlaghan j (Wellington) sft 3Jin 3. ! 100 Yards Flat Championship.— J Henderson (Wellington) 1; Bas& j (Canterbury) 2; Goodbehere (Wellington) 3. Won by a yard. Time, 10 l-ssec. One-mile Walk.—H. E. Kerr (Wellington), 1; P. H. Stubberfield (Canterbury), 2. The other starters, Gow ■ and Fit?gerald, were disqualified. Won easily. Time, 6min 56secs. Putting the Weight.—W. De Their (Canterbury), 36ft 3in, 1; G. Thomassen (Wellington), 36ft 2in, 2; L. McKay (Wellington), 341t llin, 3. McFarlane (Otago) was disqualified, ] and Madill (Auckland) retired. i2O Yards Hurdle Championship.— H. Cook (Wellington), 1; C. Orbell (Canterbury), 2; H. Murray (Canterbury), 3. Only starters. Time, 16 l-ssec, equal to standard. One and a-half Mile Handicap.— j. Finn (Wellington), 170 yds, 1; H. Hodgson (Dunedin), 45yds, 2; H. T. Thompson, 100 yds, 3. Time, 7min 24sec. 300 Yards Handicap.—D. Casey (Wellington), 17yds, 1; G. A. Drake (Christchurch), 12yds. 2; H. Dawson, 9yds 3. Time, 33sec. One-mile Flat Championship.—A. E. Bridge (Wellington), 3; S. W. Moore (Canterbury), 2;T. A. Claughton (Canterbury), 3. Five others ran. Won easily by fifteen yards. Ti<ne, 4rnin 42 2'ssec. Pule Jump.—E. McKay (Auckland), 10ft 3in, 1; L. McKay (Wellington), 10Et ' 2 ' , • u- w 220 Yards Championship. —E. Fisher (Wellington), 1; H. Henderson (Wellington), 2; W. Trembath (Southland), 3. Won on the tape. Time, 23 4-ssec. Three-mile Walk Championship.— P. H. Scubbarfield (Canterbuiy), 1; Kerr (Wellington) and Hogben (Wellington), the other starters, were disqualified for lifting. Time, 28min 7 4-ssec. Throwing the Hamme»\-—J. Wallace (Wellington), •lllf*. 3in, .1; J. G. Anderson (Wellington), 90ft 6in, 2; G. Thomassen (Wellington), 83ft 9in, 3. 440 Yards Flat Championship.— Trembath (Southland), 1; Pollock (Wellington), 2; E. E. Fisher (Wellington), 3. Also ran—Cunningham (Wellington). Won fairly easily. Time, 53 3-sseo. Three Mile Flat Championship.— G. Sharpe (Wellington), 1; S. W. Moore (Canterbury), 2; J. Frew (Otago), 3. Seventeen starters. Time, 15min 40sec. Long Jump—McKay (Wellington) and R. Mitchell (Otago) tied with 19ft 3in; 'W. Pollock (Wellington), 19ft 11 440 Yards Hurdle Championship. —H. Murray (Canterbury), 1; H. Cook (Wellington), 2; P. McGrath (Wellington), 3. Also ran—Bogle (Wellington) and Buss (Southland). Won very easily. Time, 59 4-ssec. Centre Championship Relay Race. —Wellington, 1; Canterbury, 2.