CYCLING NOTES

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8963, 29 November 1894, Page 3

CYCLING NOTES

•' Weekly Press and Referee."

It has been stated that Sen Lewie has signified his intention of standing down during tbe next twelvemonths, the period the Cyclists' Alliance have put him on probation before considering again his application for reinstatement as an amateur, beeibg that Lewie has been •depended bj the governing body of cash cycling, in-which he nae hitherto taken up a proncinent position, it U difficult to see how Lewis can compete in races of any impart. I am pleased to see the Cosh Union at least prepared to carry onfc their rules without fear or favour, and I hope at the end of twelve months the N. 2. Cyclists , 'Alliance will 'be composed o delegates with backbone, enough to discourage all such "whitewashing" as is being sought to be about in Lewis's case, which is a very flagrant one. Sborland.inade an .unsuccessful attempt to lower the 100 miles New Zealand road record over the-Kiccarton Boad-Leeaton course on Saturday. The nuihber of' entries for the Austral Wheel Race this year, i< 118, and for the Melbourne B.C. Plate 114. Twelve nominations have been received for the One Mile Championship, and 15 for the Tea Miles Championship. The first of * series of fortnightly races under the auspices of the Taieri Ramblers' Cycling Club wan held at Mosglel on Thursday Mast, vrhea there was a good attendance. JEhe distance was two miles, and the race resulted as follow*:—T. Brash (340 yds), 1; G. Clark l32oydn), 2; J. Henderson (160 yds), 3. J. Buchanan (80yds behind scr); J. Currie <170ydR>; H. Gibson (170vd«); A. F. Cheyne (340 yds); F. A. Leary (360 yds); and R. Grlgor (530 yd») also started. Won by two lengths; fair third. No time was taken. On Friday last D. W. M. Bnrn, vicepresident of tbe Oamaru Rovers Cycling Club, succeeded in riding from Oamaru to Dunedlh in 6hrs 25mln, which beats the previous record for the distance by lbr lomin. . - ' ADanedin cyclist will probably make an attempt to lower Shorland's Christchurch to D anedin record shortly. A man uaroed Bab*, sixty year* of age; met with a sad fatal accident while, riding in Tennessee. A child was seated on the front of his machine, and as they sped aloug, something went wrong with the nteering,and tbe machine suddenly turned. Basfc was dashed on the pavement with a broken neck, bat the child escaped tftihurt. It is reported that a young eyclisfc in Indiana lost the sight of both eyes through the bunting of his bicycle tire. His tyre burst while he was riding down * steep bill, and he dismounted to ra">«"« it by »

new one. After doing so he proceeded to Inflate It, wheoit exploded, the fragments striking both eyes. . ~ A cinder track for cyclists lies been laid down ou the Farramatta (N.S.W.) Oval and a programme of bicycle sports was got through on November 3rd when there was a fair attendance. L. A. Simpson madu hie first appearance since bis accident and he won the Mile and a Half race for amateurs. G. Meadham, well known in swimming circles, won the Half mile League Race from the 55yds mark, and the Two Allies with 210 yds start. Four Wanganui trtcyllsta rode* fron\ Wanganui to Maaterton, a distance of 136 miles on Saturday week.

Commenting on the decUlon arrived at by the executive of the New South Wales Cyclists , Union in disqualifying Kerr for second place in the Ten Miles Australasian Championship " Cycloflle" in the Sydney Rsferee writes :—The Executive first appeared to think some blame attached to Simpson without wishing to punish him. and then proceeded to wake Kerr stand the racket; but evidently thinking twice about such a course, apparently endeavour to qualify the position they first put him into by the absurd conclusion that it was an erroneous conception of the rule on Kerr'e part. Fancy an erroneous conception of a racing rule by Champion Kerr, after nearly six years of constant rasing. The idea seems absurd. Either Kerr ot Simpson was responsible for the Muaah, and the governing body by their , conclusions havo proved to the public their unfitness to satisfactorily grapple with so important a case. Mr Kerr informs mc that he intends taking uo notice whatever of the report, and further states thai through his brother, Mr Will Kerr, he entered a protest against Simpson immediately after the race, but at the request of some members of the Union, and for the interests of the sport, his brother withdrew the protest. lam Interested to know, in the face of the decision that Kerr receives no prize in the. race, what is to become of the handsome trophy handed to Mr Kerr at the presentation ot prizes, and which he hauded to Mr Royle, and ha» since been engraved, "K. A. Royle.from Wully Kerr." According to the Executive's dictum, M'Donald and Boyle should now change trophies. F. J. Titus rode 26 miles 14S9yda in au hour at Springfield, Mass, on September 13th, and he broke the American records from 7 miles to the finish. E. C. Bald broke the mile competition record by covering the distance in 2mln 5 45th aec, aud J. S. Johnson lowered the three, four and five miles American records. The Auckland correspondent of this journal wires:—Splendldentrieehave been received for the Auckland Amateur Athletic aud Cycling Club's eporte. Gay, .Tourdain, and E. Reynolds of Napier figure among the entries for the bicycle races, and also W. Rudraan. Mr Harrington, of London, has built a safety bicycle of bamboo and vulcanic* fibre in place of the usual steel tubes and stampings hitherto used in the construe* tion of cycles, The machine (says a London writer) is well adapted for rd&d work, and only weighs 231b. The cost of construction is said to be about 50% cheaper than that of the ordinary machine. The only drawback to the machine, in its present form, is that it Is somewhat whippy, but this could easily be remedied. The newly formed Rangttikel Cycling Club has decided to join the New Zealand Cyclists' Union (Cash Amateurs). A couple of bicycle races were Included on the Prtlmerston North Caledonian Society's programme, and they resulted a« follows:-One Mile-T. Kitchen (20yds), 1; F. Hunt (60yde), 2. Time, 3min 40 3-sth ace. Five Miles—F. Hunt (150 yds). 1; T. Kitchen (50yds), 8; H. Lyon <125 yds), 3. Time, ISmin oOsec. Mr George King has accepted the position of vice-president of the Christchurch Cycling Club, and ha has presented them with a cheque for £2 2s. Three races for "Cash Amateurs" will be on the programme of the Walrarapa Belief Fund Sports at Sydenham. Park next Thursday. The Feildlng Cycling Club held their opening run last Thursday, and In the evening a smoke concert; took place.