CYCLING THRILLS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18924, 12 February 1927, Page 6

CYCLING THRILLS.

AT THE STADIUM TO-NIGHT. A cycling programme- which promises to be brimful of thrills, will be heid at English Park Stadium to-night, when the Malrehau Sports Club will hold its second carnival. The programme whioh has been arranged ij ;i very attractive one and consists ot lui... '.-jp cycling, a sprint match race, and (ho live miles Canterbury championship. Additional interest is given to the meeting owing to the presence of several visiting riders, wnongst whom are F. C. Ward, W. B. Willmott, and J. Ryan, of Timaru, and Slater Hayes, of Auckland. The five miles Canlerburv cycling championship is arousing considerable interest in oyohng cirolw tl several ridara hav» Very even chances of annexing the championship. Amongst the favoured ones are Phil O'Shea, who has a record second to none for winping championships in the Dominion, Willie Mackle, who holds a New Zealand championship, Frank Carey, the dashing sprinter with a great record, W. K. Willmott, the Timaru champion, .Harry Watson, Cyril Sow-

I Goodnun, C S Parker, the New P'vmouth crack, and other prominent riders This race should prove one of the most interesting acratch tacea ever held at the Stadium. The clßfh btlWMn W. R. Willmott, the Timaru crack, and N. B. Goodman, of Christchurch, ptomilei ta be a cloeely contested race. These riders are very evenly matched and recent performances havo proved them to be at thtir best, and a good clean race is aiaurtd. This race will be decided over three dUtancea, two of half a mile and en* distance of a quarter-mile. A biff, entry his been leceived for the handicae eventi. the chief of which is the one and a half-mile Mairahau 'Wheel Race. The heata have been drvrn up to make the racing of »n iniereitinj nature. Mlai Ford, a Chriatehurch sprinter, will make an attempt to break the one mile unpaeed record, which was ereat-d la.«t vrar by MiM Edna Lintett.

'Tha well-varied programme of thirt? erents il so arranged that there will ret be a dull noment. The two hours' pro;riTOme wii; etart at 8 o'ebrk.