Harriers

The season of the Wellington Harrier sub-centre opened at Petone on Saturday, 15th April, with a brisk tour of inspection of Petone and Lower Hutt railway stations, which proved a strenuous pipe-opener for members of the Varsity club. A survey of green-clad runners showed that several stout runners had disappeared between the seasons, notably Gift Rowberry and Bob Hunt. The run was an enjoyable one taken at a fair clip. Other clubs were heard to complain of the frequent halts, but most of our runners were content to emulate the Duke of Plaza Toro and lead the vanguard afterwards. We were hospitably entertained by the Hutt Valley club with tea and biscuits. There were plenty of biscuits. Next week came our own opening. There was a good muster in the Common Room of Weir House, with an encouraging number of new faces. Mr. G. Dixon formally opened the season and the packs went away. The course was the usual one, through Kelbura and Northland to Tinakori Hill, and thence, with some thorny variations, home to the House. The slow pack, those able exponents of laziness well carried out, avoided most of the natural hazards of the wayside and returned home via the Karori tunnel and Upland Road. The fast pack, with Club-captain McDowall at their head, proceeded by fits and starts to Tinakori Hill, where their leader basely lured them into an impenetrable circle of gorse bushes. From this predicament they were extricated by the long experience and hairy legs of a man named Daniell, not without loss of blood and equanimity. Instead of following the beaten track [unclear: ver] the viaduct, the pack climbed the hill