CYCLING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 230, 26 September 1903, Page 4 (Supplement)

CYCLING.

Christchureh admirers have presented J. Arnst with a gold watch in reeognj. tion of his splendid victory in ■ % Warriiambool-Melbourne Road Race., A Christchureh writer is informed oj v < pretty good authority that if the la.' gue succeeds in arranging good cifcait|' J in the North Island during the coming j season 0. E. Burton and Maurice Band- ' rup will come over to take part in them. W. Palmer is also a probable • visitor. Preliminaries are now being arranged so that the Dunlop Motor Cycle ttoad Race, from. Warrnambool, will, if all j goes well, be on Monday, November 2, between Derby and Cup Days. A feature of this race will be, if uego« ] tiations with the Railway Department | are successful, the running of a special express train to follow the race from start to' finish. The road crosses the line about eight times, besides running parallel for miles in the aggregate, and thus would the Cup visitors have an excellent opportunity of witnessing the ~ race. W. Martin, who is now back in Mel* bourne again after his nine months sojourn in New Zealand, states that he intends going into strict training at once with a view of trying to agaiu strike form. "Plugger Bill" feels that

he cannot last much longer at the rac-

ing game, and must give way to young* er muscles, but he is particularly aflxi, ous to make a brilliant exit from the racing arena, in which he has so long been a leading star. Consequently, he intends making a big bid during the

coming racing season to again show bk back wheel to his fellow trackmen. Jenatzy, the winner of the GordonBennett motor race, was the recipient of £5000 from the makers of the car Mercedes), in which he won the event,' besides being presented with a new motor. , I The Australasian Amateur Championships will be held this year in Brisbane * under the auspices of the Queensland Cyclists' Union. Lord Eosebery has estimated in England, at the present time, tnera are over 8000 automobiles running, while another 10,000 are on the stocks under crder. Further, he estimates, that the first number will be less than' half of that '"which' will be seen in a" y.par hence, and but a tenth of the total he predicts in five years' time. The Dunlop Tire Company has patented an improved single-tube racing tire, which will shortly be available. Its features are that it is easily repairable, and that the pocket or fabric w ing has no lap, and, therefore, an inunjUv nity from bursting. It is remarkabiyj resilient and light, a single tire weigh- - ing <but from 9oz. to 10oz; Racing men * • are much taken with it.

The crack long-distance racing cyclist of America, Walthour, knows very lit-; tie about motor bicycles. This ignor-' ance recently prompted him to morait,. the powerful pacing machine owned by* Champion, the well-known French crack, in his absence, He swung out on the" track at Washington, and went round at a rapidly growing pace, which soon , , became too dangerous. Then h« lost his head, and got so confused that lie ' could not stop the machine, or even Mi a lever which would reduce the pace, Champion, the owner, now came oij' th* - scene, and soon guessed how matters stood. Without a moment's hesitations he mounted another motor and went in pursuit. It was a fierce race, but gradually he drew up on Walthour, and , then prepared for the very delicate work of getting alongside. Luckily'Walthour, as befitted a racing man, steered cleverly, and Champion soon rwas able to draw close to him and finally reach the required lever. Pace slq-yed down at once, and Walthour retired,

very much depressed at the occurrejge.: