WHEELMEN'S CARNIVAL.

Otago Witness, Volume 11, Issue 2280, 11 November 1897, Page 41

WHEELMEN'S CARNIVAL.

: - Sydney, November 7. . The wheelmen's carnival -wa'fe 1 concladei yesterday. Owing -to ; the largeness •of the fields thete were several mishaps, Hayes sustaining concussion of the brain, Tebbutt (the Victorian crack) a badly cut knee, and Ans worth (the English champion; severely brnised. Results :—: —

Hampden Plate. — Body. acra f ch, 1 ; Congdon, 70yds, 2. Time, 2min 24hec. Sydney Whmel Hack.— Elliott, 145 yd«, 1 ; »o wse, 75yds, 2 ; Clinton, 70yds, 3. Time, 4min 40 4-5-sec.

Ten-mile Scratch.— Megson 1, Body 2, Mutton and Chapman (dead heat) 3. Time, 26min 45sec.

la the Paced -Tournament, Green (England) beat Walne (Queen»land). Time, llmiu 20isec.

Bstta, from a flying start, rode an exb.ibil.icn five milea.

CORI>ANG'S WONDERFUL RIDE.

Over 616 Miles in 24 Hours. Hubet's Record Beaten by Over 50 Milks,

Cordang'» successful attempt on the 24 Hours World's Record (previously held by Constant Huret, distnnce 565 miles 1050 yards) at the i Crystal Palace track on September 15 and 16 was the outcome of a challenge by Cordang to \ Hurtt. Iv the three I cornered-24 hours matcbj j run off in Paris gome time ago between Cor- | dang, Huret, and Rivierre, the former had. an ; accident which -'prevented his finishing.- .'Not- ! being satisfied with tbe result, he issued a 1 challenge to Huret to lide him 24 hours. The Frenchman, however, 'ifefused to meet/ the I Dutchman, < ffaring as an excuse that Cordang ! wavnot cltss- eridngb! to ride him over the 'dig--tance, aud that if he (Cordaug) could show him a peVformanfee comparable with"Hdret's"'he' would consent' to meebjrim. ' Cordang immedi-; ately he recovered from his mishap | commenced a special preparation with a view of beating Huret's record ; and at three minutes past 6 on Wednesday evening, September 15, at the Crystal Palace, the Dutchman was sent on his long journey. Cordang, who looked in the pink of condition, rode the ilrsl lap alone in 49iec, after which he was immediately picked up by a quadruple machine, and, using a fairly low gear, took things easily, travelling at an average rate of about 28 mile* to 29 mile* an hour. He covered five miles in j lOaiin 52§<ec, 10 miles in 21min 33 3-sjec. 20 miles iv 42min 21 4 ssec — at the end of the first hour ho had covered 28 miles 695 yards. The j | pacing machines had each a wind shield fitted at thu rear, tbi3 being the first, occasion on which such have been used in England, and although they were of great benefit; to the rider, the pacavnikera found, it much harder work with the ! wind shields fitted to their respective machines. The pace droppsd off very much in the early part of the se?ond hour, Cordang's average being 2min lOsec per mile. The pace, however, quickened towards the end of the second hour, he covering miles in close on even time on several occasions. At the end of the second i hour he had covered 56 miles 1240 yards.- ! Tnia shows * marvellous uniformity oL | speed, there bsing but a few yards difference bstvreen the distancs covered in the first r hour (28 miles 695 yds) and 28 miles and 545 yds -for the' sicoad hotlr.'.-' The .distance covered at the end of the third' hour by the Dutch rider was 84 miles 160yd3, or for the hour 28 miles360yd3, ooly briog 185 yds less than he covered in the second hour. Cordang now commenced to pick up on Huret's record,- and at the ninetieth mile he was but little over 3min behind the Frenchman's time. - He covered 100 miles in 3hr 32min 41f sec, only being 2min outside Huret's record and 6min 47 4-siec outside the world's record tar Walter*. Ab 101 miles

CordaDg was 4rain inside Walfcera's English records. Ab this period the Dutchman appeared very fresh, and covered the 104 th mile in lmin 58 4- s ice, and was fast approaching world's records. At the end of the fourth hour he was 600jd8 inside world's records, covering in that time 112 miles 1450 yds. Cordang seemed now to ba settled down to his work, and rode with great uniformity of speed. At the end of tha. six hours he had covered 165 miles 1300 yds (world's -record). From midnight until 6 a.m. on Thursday morning of im« nortance had occurred. At the end of the 12 hours he had covered 317 mites 600 yds (world's .. record), and at the pistol shot notifying that half- tbe journey was completed Cordang took his first rest for a few minutes ; but atter a good rub down he afjparently/vrenfcon his journey as fresh as possible. In -the seventeenth hour, Cordang again dismounted for eight minutes ; but at this period he was to far ahead oE world's record that even an hour's stoppage would not have jeopardised his figures. At 509 miles he was lhr 36min inside world* record, and after travelling for another 20 miles he again dismounted for a few minutes. Within an hour and 56 minutes of the finish the Dutch* man had equalled Hufet'i full distance— viz,, 556 miles 1510 yds. CordaDg "rode with ~ remarkable pluck In the lasb hour, and covered mile after mile under 2min. The 610 th mile occupied but ltnin 56sec. When the pistol fired at the end of the 24 hours 'he was, riding, splendidly, but. immediately sat up. . He, however, • after covering a few hundred yards leisurely, .again set to work, and covered '1000 kilometies in the world's record time of 24-hr. 12rtiiu 21 4-ssec, the previous best -being 40hr' ■36noin 56sec by Corre at Lille in 1894*. Throughout "the whole' ride Cordang" Was mounted- on Dunlop tyres; and was paced? solely, by Duulop multicycles., It is worthf of note that throughout he rode one pair of tyre* , only, which went right through without requiring the slightest attention. The following table shows what Cordang did at the end of each 60oiin : —

* From the fourth hour up Cordang holds, the world's records, beating the Frenchman a good hour and a-half This eclipses Huret's world's record by 50 xniled 1040ydf. The timing was entrusted to no fewer than three N C.U. officials — viz , G. Pembroke Colemen, E. Al.A 1 . Powell (who took tbe> kilonietr* times), and T. D. Dutton. The pnqing arrangements were carried out in clookworlc order. Cordang, who was fed by his owu trainer, never experienced a bad time throughout the whole 24 hours.

Hr. Ml*. Yds. Hr. 1 23 695 9 2 50 1240 10 3 84 I>oo 11 4* 112 1450 12 5 13!) 1600 13 6 165 130J 14 7 191 720 15 8 216 7GO 1« Mis. Yds. Hr. 241 280 17 266 790 18 291 287 J9 317 600 20 ,-340 575 21 , 366 815 -22 392 125 23 417 1750 24 " Mis. Yds. 442 . 25 46S 590 493 130 517 -660 , 539 1155 563 -775 587 660 616 340