Starting with a tremendous burst of speed and maintaining the big lead, T. L. Wong finished first in the ten-mile International cross-countr: race which was sponsored by the 2nd Bu., The East Surrey Regiment and the Bataillon Mixte d'Infanterie Coloniale de Chine yesterday morning.
The winner, who came in second in the previous race, held on January 15, was in excellent form and definitely showed that he was the master of the situation. The whole distance was covered in the remarkable time of approximately 55 minutes.
Second to Wong was K. F. Liu the unknown runner who won the previous championship. Having run only several times this year it was considered that the runner was fortunate to win his dace, but yesterday's effort showed that he is among the top notchers in cross-country running and will no doubt be heard of in the future.
D. Clemens of the East Surreys was looked upon to provide a serious threat to Wong, but he could not keep up with the champion and dropped to third place which he maintained till the finish. course and placed fourth. a consider able distance behind.
Coming out of the south gate ninety runners started off at 8 am, and the route was along Avenue Dubail, Avenue Joffre to as far as Avenue clu Roi Albert. Here the runners turned down towards Bubbling Well on to Vu Yuen Road and into the French Territory bordering the railway. They later turned into Rue Lafayette and the final round in the park brought the runners home.
An enormous crowd along Rue Lafayette and in the park cheered the contestants they completed their ten-mile race with the slower runners getting their fair share of interest. The contest was extremely well organized and the usual high standard of order carried out by the French and the Settlement Police in their sectors, was the chief cause for the smoothness of the whole programme. The presentation of handsome cups and shields with numerous medals to the winners, concluded a fine morning's programme.
The leaders finished in the following order:
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