CYCLING.
* SOME BEGIRDS LOWERED. , [By Tiii Admiiul.] CHRISTCHURCH, Vmti&um m. Fine weather prevailed for the Pioneer bicycle championsbip sports meeting, whiobV as usual, was held at .Lancaster. Park. For years this has been regarded as the principal attraction , 01} Boxing Tiay, and this year proved exceptiph to" rule, the attendance numbering oyer 4,000, In the Hallmile Bjeycle 'Handicap; ;G. H, ’ Jones (Christ? scratch) Won ’ his heat in., drain 7 2-ssec, New Zealand record. J. W. 'Jones -{P.dd.G, 20yds) gothomein the final heab, With 0. J. Horne (Dunedin, 4Qyds) second; ‘Tiinc, Imin 7seo, The Prdvipcijfi.l Championshipr of one mile, furnished a great'finish'be tween O. H. Jones and, Wally Kerr (Hew South Wales), the former winning bj&a.couple of ykrda iu-2min 24 l-ssec. Kerr- undoubtedly made his effort tbo soon, and befog abort of work was Unable to -sustain’ it. In the hfile Ladies' Bracelet KSrr (scratch), however, did a groat performance, winning the final heat by three-parts of a wheel from H. Thompson (36yds)- fo grain 20 2;(Jsee,thusknocking J 3 sseo off the NeW Zealand, record. Another record wont iR;i/he Two-mile Open Handicap,-which C.-H. Jones won from Scratch in 4foin $9 '36 sec. ' Otago: was to; the fore in theVisi tors’ Bicycle Handicap, which fell to' Buobatmn (West Taieri, 40yds), with O. E.T. Hall (Tiinaru, scratch) close 5 ' nb ' secofid, The pace was -a' cracker, Home carrying his men. along at a great bat .for three-parts of the distance. The time for the-whdle'distance (one mile and a-half) ; wftS 3min dp 3-ssec, which was again below the existing record, and entitles Hall to badge; There 1 - were onlytWO' flat races—viz,, 220 yds and Cartwright (Sydney), H. and Baloh.were unable to concede the . handicaps they .wero-balled on: to' give, W. W. Jobnstoir (19yds) Won thq 220 yds in' 22 4 ssec, dnd Derry Wood (20yds)’won the Quarter-niile 5n51 4-ssec after agreSt fihish with Johnson (25yds).
Yesterday was ‘ fine' at Invercargill, but ’ cloudy, and ;•. the " local Club’s Sports were well patronised. The Teh-.mile'Team Race between the Dunedin Club and" the JoPal Club was a ! miserable ; exhibition on the part of the latter’s representatives, with line exception of M'Renzie, Thp „ppibts .gained were ;-rrJ).C.C. ; Crow 71,; McDonald 65, ‘Sanders 63, Bell 1 ' 35 ;: total; 23*.' DC D.'iMfKpnziefiQ; Muir, 25, M ‘Phersdn 22, Cuthbertson 19; totals 126. Time, 27miu, A2sec. Grow took most of thp,mileß. RiddlC W<Ui bhe MaideU andWy; Bli the- Threetmile CBainpibusbip of Southlap;! by few. y»Ms very cleverly.; R. Crtlw. iwaa se<^(i'ih i the T^ rd ’ byMhater# (Invercargfll).' G> ' 1 '
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Evening Star, Issue 9888, 27 December 1895, Page 2
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