ATHLETICS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2510, 25 May 1909, Page 2

ATHLETICS

ANOTHER BIG “MARATHON” RACE. “SPORTING LIFE’S” CHALLENGE TROPHY^. LONDON, May 9. Sixty runners started on Saturday in tlie “Marathon” race from Windsor to Stamford Bridge for the “Sporting Life’s” challenge trophy of the value of £SOO, to 'be held by the. winner for 12 months. The following were tho place-getters: —H. F. Barrett (Polytechnic Harriers), 2hr 42min 31sec, 1 ; F. Lord (Wembley Park), 2hr 44min 33sec 2; H. ~. Green (Sutton Harriers), 2br 49min lsec, 3. [The proprietary of the London “Sporting Life” has given a £SOO trophy for an international race to be conducted annually by amateurs. The prize is a perpetual one, and the winner of the event each year is to receive a valuable memento, which, it was stated, would take an uncommon form. The three placed men are well-known performers. In the Olympic “Marathon” last July Barrett retired at 12 miles, Lord finished 16th, ancl Green did not compete.]

FRANK SKURRY HEWITT.

VETERAN EX-CHAMPION RUNNER

0.1 Saturday, May Bth, veteran exchampion ped., .Frank bkurry Hewitt, celebrated bis 65th ' birthday, tho oldtimer Having been born on May ctn,

1844, fn Georges-st., Limerick. Although born, in Ireland, Frank Hewitt’s father (Major Francis Slturry Hewitt, of H.M. 24th Regiment) was a Guildford '(Surrey) man, 'whilst his mother was a native of Bristol: Frank Hewitt arrived in Australia on December 10, 1869. Ho was, in his day, a veritable champion of champions, and was good over any distance from 50 yards to a mile. His 880yds in lmin 531 see on the Riecarton Road, Christchurch, N.Z., is still tlie world’s best professional recortd, and considering the nature, of the course, a relatively better performance than C. H. Kilpatrick’s 1.53 2-5 on a fine track in New York in 1595.