CYCLING.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 40, 16 February 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

CYCLING.

The road race last Saturday was the most successful yet held by the local cyclists. The handicappers brought the men closer together at the finish than has beea done before, and their efforts altogetner gave satisfaction. Nevertheless, I do £°: think the handicaps were done just as tney should have been, and the handicappers wui. pardon me when I explain my weaningThe limit was altogether out of pr°P°™?° to the distance and to the merits ot wj competitors. It has always been the ca& thus. Last Saturday the limit of 7imin* was absurd, though neither of the me" having the largest starts obtained ap»?* Certainly for the limit man 10 minutes woul^nofc have beea too much, but) W»eaa

' A* cuch a start it is time-to took a pggt needs.«c«^ ijftj . fc lcm;^t stat% U&sc^ Hdor ha.ppo«ea fco be very m^ 6Dlin?' Tst «-a< only* to make up a good ye ll, and s v f; rted / TJie rider that needs £eld tbac ire . lim , fcd a mile on tins road roore than ba ; a4 os<l(r> T !ie absmxUfey of *^IfS*X* been s&owa i« eaphjrf the granting BrV ij<y s « rhtickio^ iv busi* road races a<]a thoso raee3 prwes . messnasj**. ' oar b&sti ridwtw tVom ooiasions. ana handtcappiag he vroahl r'wgi" , fajfet that- I would giveraoro a n^ n ,- a mile *o- -^ie wisdom o£ gO ch a coi Stewart, rode all ho knew M^Sj^toh and could only gain 2J from start w ono)% who wass ttftt p lvs hed race, I woorM suggest in anj P ' t j jafc Tlß: <t, tirao a time liarib to the <*<-*-. \ tb tho raco and thatthe be anooun.ea & landicap soj^ sfcart . j rom that t >,a«id tiroes tafcfjnawri places decided »tt r he| nlt L-xi.s the 'cyclisfc who left, for TrfNVkes about a taotitfa a^a, i-aburacd 1 his wheel last Sunday. Ho informs 011 +lofe V had a re-ally tfood tune or it, f nnlvdrawback behi^ fchu bad road* T" lists learnt with some tatisfachion *i, tfhe2s mile Kew Zealand Chanapioa- ? is to be ran on the Tuesday utter the • no'-te. This postponement has been not to interfere with the shorts S^aenme. Owinß to the drawing In of P h pvenin^ in April the race will have to started about balf-pa»t two or not later Sw three to prevent the finish being in yarn waa t;old by a contributor to the ''Bicycling World •':--Berb Etchell woently had a very thrilling adwure W^»le he Vl'a?s ridlng through rnrthao" 0., a mischievous imp threw a dick a nt to maohina. It was carried up • to the fork, checking the wheel but not tie rider. In an instant Bert was on his feet and,'without waiting; todij; tbo mud 'irt'of his eyes, started in pursuit of the «ily little vii'lab, who, dashing into a house nearby, siauvmed the dour in the face of Wgpnreaer. Bert, whose temperature by this time was about 700docr. i n the shade, ievfced the door op?n jusfc in time fco sco the little fiend dash into the nest-room and slain thedoor. He jerked this open also, only tosoe iis fconnfintor disappear through bhenex^, slammins it as he went. Through five rooms be pursued him, and as he bounced into tbs sixth he narrowly escaped landing in a tub cf boiling water; and before he could look about him he was accosted by a fiery Amazon,who said :" Yo dinirty, murdtheria 3 blag-fiyai-d ; git out o' here this minnit, or I'll imply this b'ilor o' hofcetnda overyez'"' On hearing thia jrentl© voice, Bert, who a moment before was ready to killthelittlera9Ci.il, cooled down considerably, and, suddenly recollecting that he had a very urgent appointment at Elfflwood, wheeled about, and beat rho record in getting to the front door and mounting his wheel. Among ihe members already elected to the New South Wales Parliament arc two prominent cyclists, or rather prominent men associated with Wheeldom, viz. : Mr James Martin, Proaidont o; c the Cyclists' Union (whfi has been eliscted for South Sydney) and Mr Alfred Allsa, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Cyclists' Union (who has bfcen re-elected for Paddington).