CYCLING

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22594, 27 December 1938, Page 14

CYCLING

TRACK RECORD BROKEN

E. A. M’KASKELL DOES 440 YARDS IN 30 SECONDS

Good cycling was seen at English Park Stadium on Saturday evening, at the weekly sports meeting conducted by the Canterbury Cash Cycling Club. E. A. McKaskell, the brilliant amateur sprinter, in a sensational dash, was successful in breaking the quarter-mile track record of 31 2-ssec, held by G. Giles. The new record stands at 30 seconds, and the professional sprinters will have a difficult task to reduce this time. McKaskell is to be congratulated on his splendid effort. A crowd of several hundred was m attendance, and the standard of cycling throughout the evening was unusually high. Details of the racing were;—

Half-mile Maiden Handicap—First heat: C. C. Woods 1, W. H. Luke 2. J. Guthrie 3 L Cairns 4. Time. Gssec. Second heat: L. Parkin 1. S. Quartermain 2. A. Meadows 3. Time, 64 4-ssec. Final: C. Woods 1. Quartermain 2. Parkin 3. Time, 65sec. Won by a length. -Half-mile Amateur —First heat: C. Evans 1, O'Connor 2. A. J. Thompson 3. Time, 61sec. Third heat: K. Blakeway 1, A. D. Smith 2, K. Robinson 3. Time. 61 2-ssec. Final: Evans 1, Blakeway 2, O’Connor 3. Time. 62 2-ssec. Won by two lengths. Three-quarters Mile, Women’s Handicap—Miss M. Thompson 1, Miss J. Hughes 2. Miss E. Thompson 3. Time, 28 2-ssec. Won by a length. , .. Half-mile. Open Handicap—First heat. E. Butcher 1. K. Johnston 2, J. Sutherland 3. Time, Glsec. Second heat: K. Homan 1, C. C. Wood -2. L Parkin 3. Time. 01 2-f)sec. Third heat: D. Doyle 1.

W Hewison 2, M. Drake 3. Time. 59 4-5 sec Final: Drake. W. G. Hewison (dead neat) 1. Homan 3. Time. 59 3-ssec. One Mile Amateur Handicap—First heat: O'Connor 1, K. Blakeway 2, J. Ci of ts 3.. Time, 2min 9sec. Second “eat. J. Mullally 1, G. Thompson 2, A. Blakeway 3 Time 2mln 11 l-ssec. Final: O Connor 1. Crofts 2, Doig 3. J. Mullally 4. Ti S l n e e Kand'lTalf B grade HandicapFirst heat: J. Butcher 1, D. Doyle 2, E. Guthrie 3. Time, 3min 30 Second heat - A. J. Howison 1, C. Commons 2, A. Meadows 3. Time. 3min 27sec;. . Final: Johnston 1. Howison 2, Commons 3. Time, 3min 24 3-ssec. Won by a wheel. ] Backward riding, A. Loach v. forward riding. Miss Thompson, over One Mile 1 and a Quarter —Won by A. Loach. Backward cyclist's time, 39sec. | Two Miles Wheel Race—First heat; M. Drake 1. J. Sutherland 2, C. Hall 3. Time, 4min 40sec. Second heat: J._ Newlove 1, ! c F Johnston 2, L. Fleming 3. Time, 4mln 33sec. Final: Sutherland 1. Hall 2, Newlove 3. Time, 4min 31sec. Won i b 'one len MUe Women’s Race—Miss M. Thompson 1. Miss J. Savage 2, Miss J. Hughes 3. Time, 2min 59sec. Won easily. Amateur Miss and Out Scratch Race A Tomson 1, E. A. McKaskell 2, G. Thompson 3. Time, 4min 7 2-ssec. Distance covered, one mile and threeqUlortMUes Points Scratch Race—J. Newlove 35 points, 1: T. Sutherland 30 points, 2; L. Fleming 13 points, 3. Time, 24mm 11 2-ssec. Hard work piled up points and earned the winners their places.