Cycling.
PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) (By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) Sydney, March 18. Twenty-five thousand people wit-* nessed the final of the Sydney £1000 Handicap. The race was won by J. Hopper (75yds). Don Walker, the Victorian (oyds), went in pursuit, and made a great effort to overtake him, but the rapid American passed the post 15yds ahead, Thorne, a Victorian (80 yards), a couple of yards away, third ; Forbes was fourth. Time, lmin 53 2-5 sec. The Five Miles Scratch resulted in a win for Chalmers of New Zealand ; Megson, N.S.W., second ; Forbes, New Zealand (10yds), third. Major Taylor fell in the half mile race, and was slightly damaged. Cameron, the Victorian, won.
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Bush Advocate, Volume XIV, Issue 298, 19 March 1903, Page 2
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112Cycling. Bush Advocate, Volume XIV, Issue 298, 19 March 1903, Page 2
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