Cycling.
Connell who like Sutherland, started on the bottom rung of the ladder of racing fame with Dunlops to assist him an! Suthey, now right on top, still sticks to the Tyres on which he won his first race and his confidence in them is all there. They carried him home first in the Invitation Scratch Events every time. - —o —- The great Austral Wheel Race was accounted for by ‘ Maorilaiider ’ Forbes on Dunlop Tyres in World’s record time and Connell’s win in the New Zealand Wheel Race was also a record for Dunlops. —-o Riders of Dunlop Tyres have won every' New Zealand Wheel Race. o— i The Dunlop Tyre Company advise that all names., for the competition for their second quality tyre must be in by the 31st inst. and no names received after tnat date will have consi eration. • o Joey' Barker is a popular rider and his wins on his Dunlop tyres pleased the crowd immensely. Joey is riding as well as he has ever done in his racing career. - -o The jN.S.'W. League intend holding a series of night meetings on the Sydney Cricket Ground next month, in conjunction with the Commonwealth celebrations. The large amount of twelve hundred pounds is spoken of as prize money—five hundred pounds of which are to be given for a two miles handicap. It is. more than likely that a big paced tournament will also be inserted in the programme, and the Dunlop -pacing ! motors retained for the event. —o — That promising rider, R. Connell, who pocketed three times more money than any other rider at the New Zealand Wheel Race Meeting, rides Dunlops.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 2050, 11 January 1901, Page 2
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