Another Record-Breaking Run

In the Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club's invitation 880 yards handicap race at the Childers Road Reserve, the world mile and half-mile record holder, Peter Snell, added another record to his already impressive list when he easily won the event with a time of 1min 50.8 sec, cutting 4.5sec off the existing P.B. record.

Snell thrilled the record crowd of 5000 which turned out at the floodlit meeting, with his powerful, supple style. By the half-way mark, he had caught the field, and was content to sit in at the rear until the final 200 yards, when he made his famous finishing sprint, and burst past the opposition to coast over the line a clear 20 yards ahead of the local champion, Graham Thomas, in second position.

Avis McIntosh, the N.Z. women's hurdles champion, also turned on a polished performance to equal her N.Z. time of 11sec over 80 metres.

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Snell rockets off his mark at the sound of the starter's gun

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At the half-way mark, Snell catches a straining Graham Thomas

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Looking fresh and relaxed, Snell breaks the tape to claim the P.B. 880 yards record