CYCLING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 95, 21 April 1906, Page 12

CYCLING.

Pye and Clark will probably accompany Maefarlaod to America very shortly, and, with him, race on the circuit in the States. There may be one or two others who may also venture abroad if they can make the necessary arrangements for an extended leave. Hence with these and Farley, who may also go abroad, together with the Arnst Bros., Australasia will be well represented in the Old World.

, For rapid repairs to tyres there haa been patented a substance known as "puncture putty." All that is necessary is to take a small portion of the putty and press it well on the puncture, and then dust it with a little French chalk, or even cover it with a piece of paper to prevent adherence to the cover. It ia said to be unnecessary to clean the surface of the inner tube first, and that the preparation does not soil or stick to the fingers. No mention is made as to the permanency of these repairs, and nothing is so annoying as a faulty job of this nature; one never knows when it may fail, and too frequently they are difficult of location.

The latest files give particulars of a remarkable performance, made in France by Emile Bonhours, the veteran pace follower. In a 24 hours' three-cornered paced match Bonhours beat Contenet And Vanderstuft at the Veledrome d'Hever, Paris, covering 816 miles, all but a few hundred yards* in the time. The previous best was 634 miles 774 yards, by Walters, of England.

The balance-sheet of the English Cycling Touring Club shows a surplus of assets over and above liabilities of £23,000, while on last year's working there was a credit balance of £124. The a-bove amount does not include a reserve of £3375 for depreciation of investments, of which nearly £18,000 is in Consols. It seems little less than extraordinary that an organisation which is so strong financially should be bo weak in other reepeots. The expenditure for last season of the dub has been dote on £9500. The attendance at the annual meeting afforded another instance of the lack of interest ahown by the bulk ol the members in the doings oi the club. There are orer 30,000 names on the roUj yet there were only 20t jTβ-