Champion Runner.
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Beaten by Fijian Constable.
Mr. Austin Robertson, the champion professional runner of Australia, who was travelling to America by the “Mon terey” during June, met with unexpected opposition when he agreed to race some local Fiji runners in an exhibition sprint of 100 yards.
He gave his opponents—two Suva footballers and two Fijians, Constable Jese and Constable Ovini —a few yards start. Robertson was slow off his mark, but at 70 yards had passed all but Jese, who raced grimly on and maintained his lead. Although Robert son exerted all his speed and energy, he could not overtake Jese, who won by half a yard.
The constable was given a great ova tion by a large crowd of Suva residents and passengers from the “Monterey.”