440yds Handicap (Ladies’ Bracelet). —J. D. Thompson. 25yds, 1 ; E.W. Smyth, 30yds, 2; S. W. Eichardson, 15yds, 3. Also ran —A. M. Stuart, scr; F. Pownall, Byds; F. H. Harley, 12yds; A. J. Patrick, Lsyds; W. C. Ehodes, 16yds; D. O. Hales, 18yds ; W. Jeffries, 20yds; W. King, S. A. Murray, T. H. Pardington, 25yds; P. B. Thompson, 28yds; W. Fallon, 30yds. Smyth held his lead until nearing the home turn, when he was passed by Thomp son, who won by a yard, Eichardson obtaining third place with a grand rush at the finish. Time, 52 l-ssec.
Dunedin, December 8.
The weather for the Amateur Athletic Sports was fine, but the attendance was moderate, and the fields small, and times were bad. W. F. Bennett won three races from scratch—viz., Half-mile, in 2min 9!sec; One-mile Championship of Otago, in 4min 50 4-ssec; and Three-mile Race, in 16min 53 l-ssec.
THE PREMIER AT AUCKLAND.
