Oakley Harriers: The first race of this season takes place to-day from the Boileau Arms. Barnes. S.W., four p.m: Club photo previous to race. The event under notice is the seventh competition for the “Keys” Challenge Cup. There will three prizes, and a fast time medal; in addition to which the winner scores towards the cup, which has to be won three times before becoming the property of any member. The following is the handicap as framed by Mr. F. O. Smithson R. Anderson, scratch, F. Fitzgerald, and Saunders. 15 sec. start; F. Freeman, 30 sec.; B. S. Sims, 45 sec.: W. L. James, 50 sec.: A. G. Phillips, 1 min.: J. B. Pinsent, 1 min. 30 sec.: F. J. Ling and J. N. Harrison, 1 min. 45 sec.; W. E. Thornton and T. H. Lapworth, 1 min. 50 sec.; C. J. Mannering 2 min.; J. G. Leith, A. Blade, and A. H. Winter, 2 min. 15 sec.: F. Gunton, 3 min.: W. H. King. 3 min. 45 sec. H. J., C. F., and F. G. Smithson to be handicapped.
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GRO0541 Tiverton: Joseph Benjamin Pinsent: 1865 – 1897