CYCLING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 84, 8 April 1905, Page 12

CYCLING.

The cycle races on Saturday were not particularly interesting, and the times put up were very moderate. Sutherland won two of the' events and Piper one. The figures would have hern reversed bad not Piper lost hi- pedal rounding the home turn in the iwo mile event- FipetS is a very fair rider, and can sprint well. I suppose that until we get a tanked track in Auckland we are likely to ba without really fast cyclists—certainly; the class has'shown no improvement during the past few years. The recent match between Horder and Mcgson. arranged to prove which was the faster man of C c two, resulted in a dead-heat, though many thought Horder had won by inches. In the linul for tlie Sydney Thousand Lawson was lirst away. Ellegaard being second, and MacFarland third. In a, few yards Farley was caught, and then the lengthy Victorian did a bit of good pacing. At* two to go there were about l."> yards between the tits! and second bunch, while the leaders were -0 yards to the good. Al one and a half to g<* the back men. simultaneously with Morgan and Brook, caught the and it then hooked a gift for either Ellegaard or Lawson. At the bell Ellegaard lay fifth, just behind Lawson's whecb. and then MacFarland dropped out. Passing the scoring board Lawson improved his position, with Ellegaard still in attendance, but though he tried hard ha could not make any impression on the leading bunch, who were riding a desperate "race. Passing the -hilling stand, Ellegaard made his effort, but although he got into Third position he could no; heat Lear or Holder, who won in rhe order named, inches these two. The winner was loudly cheered. Time, lm 3'j 2.55. W. Palmer won the fivp miles scratch race from Lllegaard, Brook being third. (George Farley, the Au-tralian champion, intends to accompany Ellegaard to the Continent at the close of th« Australian season. The motor show at Olympia has no* been without its humours. One of then! was a sporting offer made for a motorcab, which bore a card, "Price -t:3do, as it is." A gallant youth offered to close the bargain at the moment that tlie cab was occupied by two charming young ladies, but no deal was effected. About :JOO employees of the English Dunlop Tyre Company employed in Birmingham, recently went on strike as a protest against continued veductions id wages. This is evidently a result o» the ""cut" in the prices of tyres sines the Dunlop patents expired. Darragon, the holder of tbe world* hour record, intends to wipe out Murphy's locomotive-paced mile record o: 57 3-5 seconds. Darragon prefers automobile pace, and was billed to aUeJß*'* n—. .><■ >"*(•» jjjia n»onti.^_.