BROADSIDING.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19819, 6 January 1930, Page 6

BROADSIDING.

MONICA PARK SPEEDWAY.

PERKINS'S BRILLIANT RIDING.

So far 2£ \ocal perfornvances go, the most brilliant rider yet seen at the Monica Park Sneedwav is the Australian, Syd Perkins. At the meeting last week he succeeded in equalling tho track record established by W. Stipcwich, of Newcastle, that performance, in The Press report, being a tV ™« thin that of St.ipc.wich. for the better » ! "; established in a race, in "?-T + W wire two other competitors, w&2- .to record w~ p«t up in a solo 1% o^S 3 ! Sf y two other.. He got.the beat of the start, and opening his engine tight M , Lnj the spectators by the expert It n"which he sM round the bends. Ins 13 foot sending the cinders flying as he did to The crowd realised that he was travelW f«ter than any man had ever gone on hef twk before, and when he finished b,. treat ride they waited impatiently for the time to be announced. When it was stated that the record had been so occaively beaten there was prolonged cheering. , The'«ro «. the flying mile aerate* event, and it was also contested by anrh riders as C. Pe.ra.bo, of Australia, and the tat of the local men. To win, therefore, it • waV necessary for Perkins to put forth his best effort, and there was no doubt m the minds of the spectators that he did so. Pefabo was .Handicapped through hi* machine not functioning properly and conseauently failed to show himself at ha best, aglm exemplifying the fact that no matter how good a rider may be he may only perform as well as his mount will allow him He was able, nevertheless, to defeat Perkins m the Australian match race but in this event neither man got the best results from his machine, as was ehown by the poor time recorded—lmin 43 2-seec. In the Gold Sash match, which is competed for every fortnight, J. Carter trie holder, found F. Sharman too good for nim. The match comprised three races, the wtnnet beinsr the competitor who won two of them. Sharman won the first two events, in consequence of which the third race wm unnecessary. An interesting feature of the match was that the time for the two event* contested was the same in both instances—lmin 37 2-seec. N Gray made an attempt on the track record for one mile held by W. Stipcwich, of Australia, and equalled by S. Perkins last week, but missed by 2-Ssee, ;he record being lmin 31eeo. There was an attendance of about 7000, indicating that the sport of broadsiding has established itself in popularity. . The _ track was inclined to he heavy at the beginning of the meeting, but improved with use. There was a rather bad section at the' northern bend, where some of the. riders came off their mounts, none, however, being injured. Perry's Band played a number of selections during the..intervals. The results were as follows: XKW YEAR HANDICAP, one mile. open. First prize £ls, second £7 10s, third £4. First Heat. E. Pve lllsecj .. .- • I S. Perkins (scr) ~ -.2 Won by twenty yard*. Time, Imm 47 3-ssec, Second Heat. N. R. Gray (7sec) .. .. 1 S. Russell *(9 sec) 2 Won by fifty yards. Time, lmin 46 3-ssec. Third Heat. N. Neill (9scc) . .-1 C. Perabo (scr) . .2 Won easily. Pera'fo's laount gave him trouble, and he v-a* only able to qualify because of Mc.Kenzie falling and not resuming. Time, Imm 4S 3-osex. Fourth Heat, F. Sbarman (beec) .■ ... 1 P. Lunn (9sec) . ..2 Sharman took the 'ead before the end of the second lap and won by five yards. Time, lnvln 41 2-ss"c. First Semi-final. Perkins .. 1 Gray . - 2 Perkins got a bad start, but soon rode into ft handv position, and had no difficulty in winning by 15 yards. Time, lmin 36 2-5 sec. Second Semi-final Sharman .. .. . J Lunn ..2 Won by. three yards. Time, lram 33 l-sa*c. ' Final. Gray .. .. ..1 Sharman .. ..2 Lunn .3 Gray, Sharman. and Lunn had the race between them, Perkins being handicapped too heavily to get near them. . Gray got well ahead in the third lap. and riding strongly ■ : «9H V about, twenty yards, a similar distance separating the other competitors. Time, lmin 36 4-sseo. SUMMER HANDICAP, one mile. First prize £B, second £l, third £2. First Heat. K. Pye (2eec) .. .. 1 S. Russell (scr) . .. 2 Won by half a lap. Time, lmin 49 2-ssec. Second Heat. E. Pfke (Isec) .. .. ..1 N. E. Neill fscri . . -.2 Won as he liked. Time, lmin 43seo. Final. Pvke 1 Neil! .. .. .. ..2 Russell . .. .. ..3 Pyke was well in front at the end of tho first lap, and increasing his advantages at every turn he won by about eighty yards. Time, lmin 43 2.ssec. GOLD SASH MATCH, one mile, rolling start. Best two out of three races. First prize £3 per week for two weeks, second £l. First Race. F. Sharman -. .. ..1 J. Carter .. 2 Sharman got the better of the start, and gaining the lead maintained it all the way to win by about eight yards. Time, lmin 37 2-ssec. Second Raee. Sharman .. .. 1 Carter .. 2 When the riders approached the starting point from the rolling start, Sharman had a lead of five yards. This he maintained throughout the race. Time, lmin 37 2-ssec. AUSTRALIAN MATCH RACE, one mile. Rolling start. C. Perabo .. .. ■„ 1 S. Perkins .. ..2 Neither rider's machine appeared to function properly, as a result of which the race w«s a particularly slow one, considering the calibre of the men. Perabo won by two yards. Time, lmin 43 2-Ssec. FLYING MILE SCRATCH RACE. Rolling start. First prize £7 10s, second £4, third £2. First Heat. N. C. Gray .. .. .. i This gave promise of being the best race of the evening, Marsh and Gray riding aide by side until Marsh fell in the third lap, Gray winning unopposed. Time, lmin 37sec. Second Heat. S. Perkins .. .. ..1 Perkins at once jumped to the front, and riding in his best style won by 160 yards in lmin 32seo—a second outside the track record. Third Heat. C. Perabo .. .. .. 1 The winner never looked like being beaten and won easing up by two yards. Time, lmin 36sec. Final. Perkins .. — , „ j Gray .. .. .. r-r 2 Perabo .- .. i.. 3 This was the best performance of the evening, tho winner heating the track record by a eecond. Perabo struck an obstruction on the northern bend of the track, after which his machine gave him trouble and he dropped back, leaving Gray to race into second place, a considerable distance behind Perkins. Time, lmin 30sec. Perkins subsequently attempted to beat his own track record, but failed because of engine trouble.