FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE.
j - SUCCESS OF CANADA. (Received June 26, 8.10 a.m.) LONDON, Jaure 25. Fine hat cold weather, with a blustering wind, heralded the arrival of the Festival of Empire sports. The attendance was good'. . Canada wais greatly applauded for a single point victory. Results: — 100 Yards.—Halbans (Canada) 1, MacNuillan (Britain) 2, Opie (New Zealand) 3. Time, 10 2-ssec. . Hia.MWrn'ile. Hill (Britain) 1, Wiheatley (Victoria) 2, Brock (Canada) 3. Hill, vspiinting over , the last hundred yards, beat Wheatley by tw»-and-a4ialf yards, a few inches separating Wiheatley and Brock. Time, limn. 58 3-ssec. 220 Yards Race.—Halbans 1, Opie 2, Haley (Britain) 3. _ Time, 23 sees. 120 Yards Race.— Powell (Britain) 1, Lukerawm (Canada) 2, Brown (Victoria) 3. Time, 16secs. Male Race.— Tait 1, Owen. (Britain) 2, Hoskinis (New Zealand) 3. Time, 4min. 26 1-5 sees. Efoskins and Owen started i lame. ,; The hurdle race 'was won by-Pow-ell, (Britain) by half a yard.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10272, 27 June 1911, Page 5
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152FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10272, 27 June 1911, Page 5
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