CYCLING.

Auckland Star, Issue XXXVI, 21 October 1905, Page 12

CYCLING.

■* — j, sw ;, - -. k ■■; ■ A new cycling club, with' i «- m {. ship of fifty, has been formed ITS? bridge. Road races will be held aS? Jhe season. ; dn *H Cydia * '<*& J«m bonded. TheJsecr«fc*aiyreeMfl^JX a meeting of members; ,tended, and as he has been to another town he had to her of trophies, possegsipn, withihim. ~™ A local rider who visited 'Cambrin,. last .week informs me-ihat he-jn*n> .fluiries there ; with reference °to the «kl ; racing which it .had ,been ktated t »Su ; be included in the a : thletic he New 'Year time, and heionnS that the local peqrjle knew-Yewik\tL about it, >ypnd the fact 4hit it" w ' ..been talked about, and "that there haA been nqthing definiteded£e£'pa?*- ™ i FUegaard has.been racing ferm' ; on the Cpntinep-t recently. ifeated Pptdain, the 'world's" .geyejal times. ** George Farley, the Australian chtm, ? pion, has retutrned to Sydney.fronTlio, ;rppe, where ; he was racing'With]moder. -,-ase success. ■ ''.'■-''■■

Hagney, the crack road rider, ,v m ,tU haJf-adle handicap at !«igii T ' in -Jetting the back men catch him in," st.ea.d ..of going jill,the .way. '" " ' NTh. e . programme is ojit 'i or ( the No y)Mh ber-carniyal ,pf the Sumper Stents' Amusenaent Co., Ltd. The'chief Kanai. cap is the,, Sydney •&&,'J' £ile! £SQ, £7, and &%,a§L .there is ' Plate, a scratch event, 1 ipile, ,#jso,' £7 and .£3, and £.10 for .pacipg ttrtfes. Besides .other handicaps Jit !a\half-inii fl .and a mile, there are",severaljiye'jiilles races. There.,wjU be\earjih]al3 in January and March, the Sydpey Thousand ' .being run, .a,s usual, ( at tie ' latter. The jprize T mpn.ey for ibis yearns Aim-' tral meeting is "£ll6B, the ..-big; event .hayipg .prizes of £500, £I(>P and ■and £30 for . c j[. .and R Arnst to jeare Aflgjr*. lja for New jZealapd 4 this week -or next. R. Arnst says that it is almost he will return to, Sydney '^for<the .Sidney Thousand. ,He put up a splendid performance, though beaten, for .first plpce in the Australasian Ten-mile Ghanii>\oiw M. .O'Connor, winner of the Timjtra

-- ;to .Christchurch jrpad race, who gave -up , .his machipe to his ,tea,m mate, J, Arnst,'. ~' when.,the latter jiroke .liis pednl-pin at Donnybropk an fthe ,25-milc"roa|l/clyun-pipnship of Australasia, had a terrjbl«( i fall just .as he. regained ;the starting. point. With only one pedai ip.4lge.lle' . sought,to .retard v the machipe by fleeing his foot on the front tyre, and; in.doing i fso -got (it, jammed under the; fstown, which blocked ; the yrhee), r and-h)e thrown heavily on his |ieail. ,*6»' ■quired theattentions ,of. the jeague'i . niedieal officer fpr .some -consider^pie; . time. As a his.accidentio!<3pn> \ .nor >"*y*s unable to start in ,£he;;bh» . jyarrnambopi to Mcl bourne road race, The Canterbury Automobile Ass<#ia\ I jtion has a membership,gf JB7j .and abjii. . ance to s the.credit ?pf ]the associationjot George Farley ,lias had nipre than .enpugt. of jvhot.he,, describes as £croba> i tie racing.cyclists on the Continept Aiai '. ,in.Eng|.ajid. parley says to ; r«« j 'i or Jill he was .worth to win in Austrii- ' lia, and if be had .only learnt tricked* ■ ing might be touring : the world ~ ,-as a champion ,of .the first fligjdj ; It would seem (says the 'Auat^lnsian") as if Major Tayjpr has^iquittei -the racing ipatp: for good, accpr^big M , bis own statements. i,ost year jhe|ign»' , ed ,an agreement to -ride a -specified hum* her of races in Europe against MJßSfi ■ cracks the Parisian managers saw fit to . -,pit /against him. -When -the negro .Jejrn? . ed that Frank Kramer was alsp going I :ftbrpad tjiere was a bitch, andj ,t»eJJ, $ia i .stayed at hpmer~ America, For this ■ .brjEaeji jbhe iFrepch .Cycling .Asso{ga|j(nV ' suspendedriim.j iftnd last: month 'the by. ; j ternational body .eonfbrmejl his ,di§quali« . jficatipn. It now appears ihat a t cerjtai« i prompter very anxious -to, have f»jr« . lor's suspension removed, -tine. . French promoters say #! e y J¥* «ihW £0 withdraw .ijhe .charges against him if : 1000 .dpi. are forthcoming, which .thifljj - .claim is one-fifth .the amount tbey chum was lqst»hy Taylor's breach of contract. . But Taylor says he does npt care a rap, , that he will not pay v the thousand, and . adds that be is done with rbioycle-raeing 1 for ever, jfc is understQad that ine . negro has a competence find a comfort- : jable. home in' jtfas?., while {the Trough .treatment be 4»8 *#ceivcd en , -the yarhous -faracks has apt increased iis likipg for ;the spor^-. T^* 6 ; r eg«iar track racing season Via Sydney was inaugurated with the eight-; b<mr sports on Oofcpbcr 2. Arrange* .nients are now being completed for the big .events of the season, io be run by; ; the Sununqr Amusement Go, .Ltd. Proceedings -will start at #c Sydney Cricket.JGrqund, as usual, in &•< } yember, ,ali .the .events being run »t>. , night. iTJhe ,dates will jsrobablj; be : ;JUm." ,'i vTember I, and 15. ' ■ R. W. Morgan, one of the sorateh men, who, with J. Arpsifc, out out tie first 42 miles in Ihir. 57min-, in the; I Wairnambpoj"to MelbQurae Rojd 8*"*» : despite "tjhe yet .iejl la,ter on» ; and was seyerely cut and braised. ■ , 'sW e ' \ cbampipn, J. Arnst, cpyered , f 3 riiiles to Colae in. 3hr. 34min,, and JM ayeraged miles an an. . b.pur less than he rode in M(O3, yhen h*, put up the world's record, with 7hjv 43min. He had punctures after^rds. ; )&, Hr.Qakes, xoaa, .did . v the cours.e in 9h. smin -• This year 111 yithm the time limit of 11 hours <on|] of .# starters. 75 completed * ne : ■jpurn.ey, the .total entries be|?g. 2Q3,' witb ,153 acceptors, as agaast i.this year> entry .of 249 and I°7 accep- . tors,' which a Record. Hawley's thne rapks" as third fastest registered, being eclipsed by £'• Larcpmbe, in last year's cpntesfj.^?* ' occupied 7h. Tgec, bosid«? .J. Arnst's'refiprd ,of 7h in 03- . Motor speed trials were run off ?t Blackpool a few ,days ago before the mail left. In both races, with price limits of £ 125° an -* ': £ 1500 respectively,' Daimlers filled ihjifc ?trid second piaces, Mr Birtwistlc benii,ftrst on .each .occasion. Considerable interest was centred in the attemßts v. pnri bn'Mg 14 h.p. pm l motor bicycle, to lower the wprld!s #9," tor cycle record for the flying ]26sec) he piacle at 'BrigUton. He^ ceeded in reducing the re.oord tp ..& p* sec, .apd also set up' a "new yeW^ r , the' mile standing start, .which h# %&$' ed iri'aO l-ssec.'- Clifford Earp ,WPP M series of scratch races oyer a measurea mile with his «0 £p. Napjer. msMI saved' to break "the Aymg record of 21 2-5 r sec, and after s ?T,ej£ he succeeded, mtia. * \*W£\ ing wind, in tiemg With the world ?*? cord made by Baras at Ctetend-; motor cycle handicap for tottrmg n» chines was won by E. A V*v? °? JXP. cycle, while the scratch ; racing cafe over a flpnj bv.£>*?£ "iwi'TSijlv^feffjPpP 1 /