Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 27, No. 4. 1964.
Vic Drinkers Under Table
Vic Drinkers Under Table
The tournament drinking horn was held in the Cattle Pavilion at the Palmerston North Showgrounds.
Stands were provided for the three hundred people watching so they could get a clear view of the events. An electronic timing device, accurate to 1/100th of a second, was used for the individual drinks.
The first heat of the team race was between Massey and Otago. Massey won by one glass in the first drink but a redrink was called for on the grounds of excess spillage. Massey won the redrink in the time of 8.4secs.
The second heat was between Victoria and Auckland. Auckland showed themselves much superior and beat Victoria after one redrink in the time of 7.3secs.
Otago then drank against Canterbury. Canterbury won the first drink but there was too much spillage all round and they drank again. Otago won the second drink but they had too much spillage so another redrink was ordered. This Canterbury won in 10.0secs. (Otago 10.1.)
The time was close so yet another drink was ordered. In the end Otago came home the winner in 10.3 secs.
Massey and Victoria competed, the Massey team being encouraged by a haka of the appropriate nature. This drink was notable for the amount of redrinking. Massey won the first and second drinks in the times of 6.6 and 7.5 secs. Victoria had excess spillage in the second drink so the glasses were filled for another drink. This Victoria won on the judges' ruling that Massey had caused excess spillage.
Victoria and Auckland drank in the final heat and Auckland won after one redrink. Their time was 7.8 secs.
Victoria met Auckland in the final, the first drink being won by Auckland in 6.8 sees., but declared null because of spillage.
In the redrink the Victoria numbers five and six drank almost simultaneously and so Auckland were dedared the winners of the 1964 Easier Drinking Horn.