HAMILTON ATHELETIC CLUB.

Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 532, 23 December 1899, Page 3

HAMILTON ATHELETIC CLUB.

ANNUAL SPORTS GATHERING. The annual sports gathering of the above club will be held on Sydney Square on Boxing D&y as usual. These meetings have been steadily gaining in popularity during the last few years, aud they are now recognised as the Premier sports gatherings—bar the Metropolitan Club —in the province. This year everything points to a most successful and enjoyable day's sport. The entries ara quite as good as usual, and no doubts can be entertained as to the state of the weather and visitors can rely on spending a pleasant holiday. Training operations have been actively carried on in Hamilton for the last month, and quite a number of outside athletes are already in town. The handicaps have given the greatest satisfaction, and, no doubt, the racing will prove of a most interesting character. The programme comprises some 20 events, half of which arc devoted to amateurs and the remainder to professionals aud the first race is timed to start at 11.30. a.m. We have been asked to remind competitors that all races will be run off strictly to time and those not on their marks will be left. The winners are so well concealed and there are so many untried men competing this year that an attempt to select the most likely ones to catch the judge's eye, is too difficult and we resign this task to more capable hands.