The cold and inclement weather made the three miles cross-country. team race, between the.N yang University and the S.A.A.C. on Saturday very heavy going and all the runners returned covered with mud and slush, The turnings were very treacherous and it was a ci of making haste slowly over foot~ bridges (creeks were avoided on account of the bad ground) and narrow raised pathways, auch as are found in the country round about. the Siccawei district, Nanying University's first five men took the fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth and ninth places, totalling 83. points, whilst the S.A.A.C. scored the first, second, third, sixth and tenth positions, giving them 22 points in all.
The start was from the college campus and the starting, signal given by the physical director, Mr. Alfred Ting. The college run: ners took the lead and kept it for the first half of the distance, but the pace was too fast for such a course. The slippery ground caus. is, but fortunately no The order of fin-
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