French Runner First in Hereford Championship London, Mar. 11.
In a race for the Hereford National Cross-country Running Championship to-day, J. Guillemot (France). ame in first in 57 minutes and one second; H. Eckersley (Warington Athletic) second in 57 minutes 28 seconds and J. Schnellman (France) third in 57 minutes 38 seconds.
Club placings were as follows:—Birchfield Harriers 41 points Surrey Athletic 158s, Warrington Athletic 251—Reuter.
We are informed by M. Wilden, French Consul-General, that on he occasion of the visit to Shanghai of Marshal Joffre, the French Government has conferred the Cross of a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour upon Mr. E. C. Pearce, Clairman of the International Council of Shanghai during the war, and Mr. Norman Dyer, Municipal Councillor of the French Concession for 15 years past.
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