CYCLING FIXTURES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4525, 29 November 1884, Page 4

CYCLING FIXTURES.

Auckland Bicycle Club Ram.. ,i ,\ November 29—From top of Upper Queen. street to Ihuemata. .«

The yacht Tawera has become the property of D.. H. McKenzie. waymouth has commenced a new fishing boat to measure about 4 tons, . ■■■ »•. . The yacht Mayflower is undergoing a general overhaul at Clare's Blied. ;'"' :■■ Another now twenty feet open Bailing boat built by H. Moon was launched during the present week, • ,' V*"T ' The thirteen-feet boats Dot, Chance, and Ida are likely to change handsj the present owners being anxious to sell. ' • :<il : 'The twenty-feet open sailing-boat L6on Has once more entered the water, and will probably take part in coming races.' '' :fj 'Hewson and Melville have completed % new twenty-feet open sailing boat, -^hici will take part in the Auckland Regatta. ! Thonewßhed for the West Ena Rowing Club has been completed, and the Club' Ms purchased the Auckland Club's new ttriii& $#' :.' ":.',',"■ : '. ''■ duf-^ mS ■ The Regatta Committee have decided to "acftta oup to the amount previously offered fer firat prize in the whaleboat race for junioreN^. .'.' ' . ' , './ :''!",,,';*: ' The' fisnlng boat Bella Mary, built b^r Waymouth for Brown, the fisherman, js; ltd' be put ir», trim shortly for the AueltliM Regatta, in which she is expected to tiring part. , ',:'■" i '"■";' . ' '\\" Hlt One entry for the whaleboat race ,af tli'p Auckland Regatta will probably come fftiifi Wanganui, which possesses twb rq\liii|; clubs, both reported to bo in a flou'rishiifg condition. , ; •"■'.'•- ''i:l'\

A new whaleboat for the boys. of'tlib Kohimarama Training School was launched from Bailey's yard on-Tuesday. This craft lias been paid for by the boys 'themselves out of prize money won at late regattas1. ' ' :; ii.' Tho now yacht built by Clire! fpf ;iP. Cramond was out in the harbour on Sattii^day last, and looked very well. She' Has been christened theMalua, after the winner of the Melbourne Oup. ' '' ~l^'J The whaleboat which Warbrick ia building for the Wairoa crew is likely to pr^ya mubh faster than any which he has jir¥viously turned out. She will ,be'finisnea next week. ~ . •'.'•" ''f*.™,

Bailey is building: a practice whaleltaat for Wellington. She is'to be stronglybuilt, as"she is not'intended for racing,and her dimensions Will' be : Length overall, 30ffc.; beam, 4ft. sin.; depth, lft. fiin!':,"* A sailing, race betwoen the thirteen-feei open' boats" Ida and Chance, for £2 a-side, took place ofl Saturday afternpbn last^'aid resulted in an easy Victory for the former. The Ida is a newboat, built ty Duthio and owned by Bell. r■ ' ' ',' ''.''. ,'', , There was'seme talk recently about a race between the small opefl boats Ivy^ arid Dot, but it is said to MVB fallen through owiiig to some very fast sailing done by1 tnV former pn" Saturday last, which was a«Jcept^d as deciding her superiority/ '•'!'' !° Mr A. D. Bennett has received telegrams from well-known boating mcii at Wellington and Lyttelton inquiring the terms upon which crews can bo entered fbr the boat race-at the Auckland RegattaV Tbft necessarynntcinnation has been supplied.' I fancy an improvement could pe'ntaflft in. the prize-list for the Auckland Jlegatta by an increase of the first prize for secondclass open sailing boats. Several- new twenty-footers have been built for this race, which is always pno of the best of the pro* gramme, and LlO is a very poor inducement to either builders or owners "bo eudeofvour to beat the " cracks " of former years. The North Shore Rowing Club's hew boat has quite come up to. expectation!. She is no doubt faster than theold Btrin|j» test, and that is saying a great deal. Compared With i the'old' boat, she is 9 inches shorter,' 2 inches, narrower; and abouff'-z inches deeper. 'She is'much more difficult to sit, being, fitted with Blideß;};J|ji| in a manner vory different from thaw*viouslyadoptedhere. All she requir«B well-trained crew,"'with which she wiSßrt likely prove' eic'eedihgly 'fast. 1- • " ' '"SS?* A cricket match,between olobSffjrofflpJpi Kbpuru; attd Aratapu to<ik place-^<)n Saturday lafefc, and was rather a'one-Widid affair. Aratapu won the toss, and in a wosk moment put their oppanentw in firßS. Wopdhead ancl Hardy went tb the '^££%CQ aud were not separated, uta til an hour and alialf'.hadexpired^' when the,latter,Wlis'iJil caught off.' Stalwpr^hy.' Tfie 'fomferJ'Hte ever, defied; allthe bowling; SfJ'tfil saw-dust" city, 'ajid 6nly suocumbed withiii the las,t .fiye^m^hutea,before the wiokeia were,drawn, in favour of Te Kopmai^ho had put together the very respectable score of'lJß'.to the' loss1 of s6\-en -wicketej "tha' Aratkpu men having spent the whole aftef nponileather-h^intingj The scores\i?ere^ Hardy, 26; Woodhead, 102 ;H. Leggl #1 Frizett, 7;F. Little, 2; W. Legg,l3; Harvy, 0; Tucker, 16; Gubbins, 4; exti-aM Sr2. Total, 182. ''-:■=; •■'■yi- '•■•'■ ■■ '-'■ ■•■ "' - ■:.-'■■■:'{'! -!•• ! ~;'s ■■: