In spite of the continuous and heavy rain that fell during Tbursday and Friday, the Interscholastic Athletic Association's second annual field and track meeting held in the Hongkew Park on Saturday afternoon for the Pearce-Merriman shield proved to be a most successful affair, some of the performances being remarkably good and all of last year's records being broken except in the long jump, where last year's jump of 18 fect still holds good by an inch.
Prior to the meeting the American School were regarded as hot favourites, with the Public School making the running very close, while in some quarters—not too well informed—the Hanbury School were expected "not to figure."
Heawover, these expectations were not realized for the Hanbury School proved to be a little toc for the American School in the field while the Public School were easily superior to the er two Schools on the track. The American School were in the unhappy position of being beaten in the running events by the Public School and in the field events by the Hanbury School. Neverthe less, their performance was more evenly balanced than that of either of the other two schools and they were unfortunate in losing the shield by a fraction of a point—which they would certainly have more than made good if Brewster had not been compelled to retire from the meeting owing to indisposition.
Points scored in the track events were 1.—Publie School 41 2.—Amertcan School a 3.—Hanbury School 6 Order in the Field events:—1.—Hanbury School 2.—Public School 30 3.—Public School Final order, with totals:—1.—Hanbury' School 2.—Public School 615/6 3.—Publie School A remarkable feature of the sports is that the Hanbury School ing and scoring were carried out by were able to win the shield in spite of the fact that they failed to score a single point in the five chief running events of the meeting,—the 100 yards, 200 yards, 440 yards, 120 yards hurdles, and the mile run.
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