CYCLING NOTES.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1319, 28 July 1899, Page 3

CYCLING NOTES.

According to the Cycle Ago (May 18th), . A. As Zimmerman has announced his intention to again enter the racing ' arena, where he was the champion of champions a few years back.. Zimmerman's first appearance was last month, to that the next American mail should bring news of 'Ziin mi e's ' re-appearancr-. We note that an enterprising Aus- ; tralian cycle agent has nominated a horse for the Melbourne Cup underthe name of the cycle he handles The nominator has* brought the wrath of the sporting scribes down on his track, several going so far as to suggest that the V.R.C. refuse in the future to accept such nominations purely for advertising purposes. In this particular instance 'Triumph Cycle' is hardly likely to achieve such a. success as the good horse ' Dunlop' proved himself by carrying off the Cup in 1887. We note that C. A. Schwaebsch has excelled himself in his compilation of World's and Australian Cycle Records in the '99 edition of J. JY Millar's isporting pamphlet, which is now to hand. Many cyclists are unaware of the complete cycling information afforded in this interesting pamphlet, and any wheelmen who take an interest in cycle records, road and track, could not obtain a cheaper or better reference than this hardy guide, which can be obtained from any newsagent for one shilling. In answer to numerous inquirers, the Dunlop Company announce that their yearly artistic booklet will not be issued this year until about September next, the delay being caused through the company being unable to obtain sufficient first-class paper in the colouies to produce their annual supply of 30,000 booklets ; consequently the paper has been cabled for to London. Special attention will be paid to the next issue, which the company promise will eclipse anything yet turned out in Australia, and, considering the Dunlop Company's high standard in this line, the 1899-1900 edition will be awaited with interest. The three most successful riders in the recent West Australian circuit were W. C. Jackson, LB9 ; R. W. Lewis, L 55 ; and F. S. Beauchamp, Lsl. Walne won the grand total of L 2 9s 6d. We believe thafc the Westral Champions Company just about cleared themselves over the series of meetings held at Perth, Boulder, and Coolgardie; and, considering the heavy expenses and bonuses paid to the Eastern cracks, we think that the company were fortunate in coming out on the right side, especially as the riding of some of the visitors was * net beyond suspicion,' a fact which the West Australian pnblic early became cognisant of, hence the poor attendance recorded. The racing cracks at Home have not lost much time in setting to work to reduce the long distance track records, and the advent of pacing by petrol tandems has already been responsible for three new world's records. The most important is E. Taylor's new world's 50 miles track record of 1 hour 28min. 34 4-sths sec, which was accomplished in a ' paced fifty ' held in Paris last month. Taylor, who is a Frenchman, has also be?n responsible for new figures for the 100 kilometres (equal to 62|^ railps), his time being 1 hour 57min. 10 l-sth sec. ; but this has since been badly beaten by a com* patriot of Taylor's named Bouhours, who knocked no less than three minutes off the newly. made record, the latest figures being 1 hour 54min. 35sec. This time was established at the Crystal Palace track behind Dunlop pacing tandems in a match between Bouhours hnd J. Platt-Beits. During a recent motor race at the Crystal Palace track (London) the winning motor, controlled by Wridgway the well-known English cyclist, succeeded dn covering 20 miles m the remarkable time of 35 minutes, 27 1-5 seconds. This performance serves to show the marvellous manner in which the motor cycle is being brought to perfection, and the far-reaching possi bilitiesof this mode of travelling in the near future. Arthur Richardscn, who is now riding round Australia (in the opposite direction to thafc taken by the White Bros.) is having a very rough time of it go far, owing to the heavy weather and bad roads met in the district through which he is passing. The latest intelligence came through from Morgoo, a telegraph station some 400 odd miles north of Perth. Richardson's - next calling place will be Derby, situated at the mouth of the Fitzroy river, along which he intends striking inland for some hundreds of miles, where he again makes for the coast at Wyndham. A Freemantle cyclist named W. Kerr has just succeeded in establishing a meritorious record, having covered the distance from Albany fW.A.) to Freemantle, some 285 miles in 49 hours 55 minutes. The whole ride was unpaged, and as the country passed through is almost unrideable in parts, the performance is a good one. It is over this country that the W.A. cyclists intend holding a relay ride shortly, the arrangements for which are being fixed up by the Dunlop Company, Perth,