Seven Athletic Records.

Monday was another beautiful day. Records commenced to fall thick and fast at the Athletics, no less than 7 being broken. First, A. T. Anderson (C.U.C.) reduced his own record in the 440 hurdles to 56 2-5th.; then H. M. S. Dawson broke C. E. Low's 1925 record in the Shot Put by 1ft. 5in; then D. F. Anderson reduced Harley's 1930 record by 12-5th sees, in the Half-mile; then P. R. Hackett (A.U.C.) broke Sceates' 1927 record in the High Jump by ¼in, failing at 6ft. 2¼in. by a fraction. E. R. Hounsell (C.U.C.) then raised the Javelin Record by over 3ft. to 155ft. 11in., and all these efforts were eclipsed when A. P. Thomson shattered the late Athol Hudson's 1914 record of 15min. 24sec. by 11 2-5th seconds, after being pressed most of the long journey by R. C. Morpeth (V.U.C.), who ran the distance in 15min 20sec., and also broke the record. The Relay, always an exciting event, completed the Record Steward's busy day, when Canterbury won by 20 yards from V.U.C., despite a gallant attempt by F. H. Stephenson, in the record time of 3min. 43 3-5sec. Other outstanding performances were those of A. W. Piese (O.U.), who, by sheer will-power, came from a seemingly hopeless position to dead-heat with S. G. Eade in the Mile Walk, and of G. M. Tiffen. who secured second place for C.U.C. in the three Jumps and the Hammer Throw. The unluckiest performer was J. E. D. Kerr, who was most consistent in the Long Jump, and was beaten out of a second place by a bare ¼in after giving a much-improved display in jumping 21ft. ¼in. The page 7 Athletic team is not down-hearted, even although they did get the wooden spoon. The team was placed in 10 out of the 16 events, with 1 dead—heat for first, 5 seconds, and 4 thirds-which is encouraging for next year. C.U.C. won the Athletic Shield by a wide margin for the 5th successive time. We congratulate a splendid team on a feat unparalleled in Tournament history. Points for the Athletic Shield were: C.U.C. 24, A.U.C. 10, O.U. 7 ½, and V.U.C. 5 ½.