HARRIER ACTIVITIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 June 1939, Page 3

HARRIER ACTIVITIES

RALLY AT DANNEVIRKE PULLAR AND GREGORY PROMINENT. DEAD HEAT FOR FIRST PLACE. The success of two Masterton runners, W. A. C. Pullar and G. Gregory, was the notable feature of the harrier rally held at Dannevirke on Saturday. Record fields in both “A” and “B” grade races were accorded the event, over 100 runners from 10 clubs facing the starter. Gregory and Pullar dead-heated in first place, defeating C. D. Weller, national harrier champion. Weller finished in seventh place. In the “A” grade race the field set off’ at a brisk pace and with half a mile covered Gregory led from Pullar and Weller. At the two-mile mark Gregory was slightly ahead of McIntyre, and Pullar was 15 yards back. Weller, who was 10 yards behind Pullar was closely followed by Taylor. With three miles covered Pullar and Gregory were running together, leading from the field by nearly 100 yards. Coming on to the road for the last time, with a mile and a-half to go, Gregory led from Pullar by 20 yards, 200 yards in front of Mclntyre. A great struggle between Pullar and Gregory saw the pair tie for first place.. The placings were:—A grade: -W. A. C. Pullar' (Masterton), G. Gregory (Masterton), 36min 47sec, dead heat, 1; J. Mclntyre (Dannevirks), 38min 7sec, 3; Scrymgeour (Varsity, Wellington), 38min 29sesc, 4; D. McArdle (Palmerston North), 38 min 29sesc), 5; N. Hearsey (Palmerston North), 38min 53sec, 6. Team placings:—Palmerston North, 29 pts.. 1; Kiatere (Masterton) 46 pts., 2; Masterton, 49pts, 3; Varsity, Wellington, 70 pts, 4; Wanganui, 70pts, 5; Napier, 108pts, 6.

B grade:—W. Pascoe (Dannevirke), 39min 11 sec, 1; Scott (Palmerston North), 39min 14sec, 2; Lamberton Feilding), 39min 25sec, 3; C. McVicar (Palmerston North), 40min lOsec, 4; C. Fahey (Dannevirke), 40min 21sec, 5; W. Spill (Palmerston North), 40 min 29sec, 6. Team placings:—Palmerson North, 19pts, 1; Wanganui, 57pts 2; Dannevirke, 75pts, 3; Kiatere (Masterton), 77 pts, 4; Hastings, 85pts, 5; Feilding, 101 pts, 6; Napier, 125pts, 7.

The Kiatere harriers entered teams in both A and B grades and in securing second place to Palmerston North in the A grade Anderson Shield teams race, in which seven teams competed, North, Napier, Wanganui, Dannevirke, Masterton and Kiatere, a very fine performance was registered. The order in which Kiatere members finished was W. McDonald, 9, W. Burgess 10, R. Greeks 12, W. Burns, 15, J. Laing 16. In the B grade the first Kiatere man home was B. Falloon, who finished 8. L. Francis was 19, A. Addison 20, R. Searancke 30, and G. Bell 40. A sealed handicap for the Kiatere juniors was also conducted and resulted—Brown 1, S. Picket 2, M. Doyle 3. Several Masterton Club juniors took the opportunity of a friendly run in this event and showed up well.

MASTERTON CLUB. TRAINING RUN WON BY 11. CARLE. Members of the Masterton Harrier who did not make the trip to Dannevirke on Saturday, held a thoroughly enjoyable training run, under the leadership of the Club Captain, R. Gully over a distance of five miles, the trail went over the Allen Memorial bridge, through Mawley Park, along the Waipoua river bank, across to Oxford Street, up the Oxford Street hillside, around to the railway line, down the line, across paddocks towards Akura, back past the butter factory, down to the Waipoua river banks again, and over the Allan bridge and around the oval. A run in over the last half-mile resulted in H. Carle leading from D. Cairns with C. J. Carle close behind.

The outing proved very beneficial to the runners.