CYCLING.

Evening Star, Issue 12028, 28 October 1903, Page 3

CYCLING.

Mr D. J. MTntyrc. of Ashburton, and one time of Inch Guthn. is invisdung the latter dirtric: j;:s, now. Ho came down on a motor evade hi. MiUdiell), which is capable of ahi gib rato of speed. Mr MTntyrc lies attained a speed of forty miles an* hour, but ordinarily, of course., prefers to travel imidi riqwcr. Tie in ad? the nin down {Torn Dunedin to Balvluthn. including two st<q>pa®es, iu two hours fifteen ndmites—as fast as tho express train.

Maitin was one of tho competitors at the Sydney meeting, and although showing ini proven lorm. h.is nut vet attained bis besi. condition. Ho is training caicfuilv, howovere and with tliat sv'stsraatie care thru is clruacleristic of ;d his athletic preparations, he may y, t mteat his former feats. There is one (hnig that ho. is expected to Giflt. and ihat is ;\ quick finishing sprint, wi.i.'h. es|ic(;i:'iiv since Taylor's visit hero, is being •■(lit ivaU-d by many of the racing men. As a man, age.: hj,. generally loses mne’n of Ills dash, which in cycling is made ini by the ability to drive a iiighcr gear. This, however, is not always perfectly comnenreturv.

lim t 'onncil of the League of New Zealand VvhccbfKn have decided to make cflorfs if semi J. A:nst ‘i winner of tlio recent lug Dunlop road race from dVam-am-laxil io Mdliomxi') to Frvji-e next season lo cciiur-ta ui die Bordes<Aix-ih\rN road nice, lire bine nliand ro::.'! event of Furope. The difficulty is that single pacing is allowed in *he big rniuh r.nd coni.-Mt (held over a distance of 357 miles), which would be. all against a virttnr like Arust. who would be without tradi; sujiporr rend suitable juicing. G. Turley, who showed such line form at St. Hilda at Wainc's meeting, L-; slill !cr--p----ing Ids and up. dead-heating with that ]H..weriul ri'ier Gudgten at Sydney in a quaitv.r-miie dunii. wiriidi. they negotiated it; 23‘scc. I ye. wno : 1 61 ! ne’e ut Svdney, tailed to vanquish Mo’.-gen, but last year, when riding at his host, .-veined second oulv to 'A’alke:. ii-e may, ana pn drably valf, improve as tho s'-ason piogrcsscs. He is wry young, ami tii -rc-ioiv has the best jiurt of his life before him. Walker, on tLo other hand, is thought to Ha bv some critics jus: below his usual siandartl. Fnis. however. may only be temporary, and with a few more wedis-’ tmining there is no reason why ho should nor b? at the top of the tree again.

it is worthy of r-mark that- Walker, who at present is. wiih .Morgan, on the scratch maik, occupied that position tc-n years ago. lie was tht-n in lit- Twentieth year, and during the decade has invariably stalled from the place ox honor. Now and then he was deemed to require a few yards’ concessicvn, but has just as otten recovered himsdi. Provided that a man has taken reasonable cure as to ids mode of living (and Walker offers an excellent example of this) he should not lie considered bev-ood his prime until well into tlie thirties (savs “Fortis” in the ‘Australasian-’)

dhe Summer Nights Amusement Syndicate are running a guessing competition in connection with the Sydney Thousand. They offer £lO for the guessed number of starters and the winner. The event will be run. in January.

Any further doubt of the coming to Australia of a team cf crack American cvclists for the present season was dispelled last week-end by the arrival in Sydney of Ivor Lawson, who raced here in ISOI, winnum some £500; Floyd MacFariand, one of the best all-round cyclists in America and a champion handicap rider; and H. Downing, a promising young rider, who should do well cut here. Downing made his first piibhc appearance in Sydney on Saturday when he won a heat in an event. '*

The probable elite of the postponed motorcycle race iVbui Warmambool to Melbourne is Monday, November 2 (the day before.' “ TilfiKhtfL ■rehea closer

torists are expected to face the long 165 miles ride. Great interest is centred in the coming race, which will be the first held in the Commonwealth. New Sooth Wales will be represented by A. Bearpark, who receives lOmin start from H. James (Vic.), who figures alone on the scratch mark. J. Bollock, off the 28min mark, will represent South Australia, whilst P. Armstrong, the crack “ Wostralian ” motorist, who has a big chance off the 35min mark, is coming across to trv to take the prize back to W.A. '

Our London correspondent, under date September 11, writes:

Jne voice oi the Bydntv charmer has faired to coax Thcrwnld Rllegaard to sign or. agreement to pay a visit u> Australia nexo y«ir. Apparently the cash inducement offered was not large enough, and the famous cyclist is on the roster for conscription. He may, of course, fall to pass the examination; 'though wo coujd hardly .mticrnate there being anythin—* wrong tV’th Kllegaard physically, and be could, 1 understand, buy himself off for a year, or quit Denmark for good, as many* of his compatriots have don?, in order to evade military service Failing Ellegaard, the Sydney syndicates representative may possibly make overtures to the Hollander, Me vers, who won the Paris Grand Prix, or to the Yankee. Owen Kimble, who last Thursday won the Prix des Adicax decided on a thousand metres at the Paris Velodrome.

TiiLs event was specially promoted to mark Major Taylcrts final appearance this season before a Paris audience, and among those riders who tamed cut to compete against the redoubtable negro were Kilo guard. Harne Meyers, Jaequslin and Jne (the French riders), and Kimble. Oa paper the contest looked good for Taylor, but the unexpected happened, and instead of defeat being suffered at the hands of Kllegaard or Meyers, it was one of his own countrymen who snapped the verdict from him. Kimble is a rider something after the style of Jacquelin, who can win an important event one day. and the following day be eaten in second-class company. The race wars ridden in two heats, a repechage,, thus allowing three to qualify for the final, which was ridden in two matches, the rider securing the least number of points being rctumeu the winner. In the first; lrea± Taylor opposed Meyers and Jae. .Meyers cut out the pace, giving way to Jue at the. belL The negro then worked into second position, and in the back straight made Ids effort and got_h;;mo by a. length. In tha second heat Kimble, jacrmelin and EUegaard met. At the' creek of the pistol Kliegaaxd led,' followed by Jacquclin and Kimble. The lartex, however, made a bold bid for inside position before the ’oell rang, and despite the efforts of his rivals got home by liaif a wheel, Jacquclin beating Kileguard Iry inches. Repechage: h-at; KUegaard 1, Meyers 2, Jaciim-lLa o. Jue 4. ,Jacquit n was the first, to move from the mark. Getting near the last lap. Kllegaard was three lengths to the had, and Movers looked a certain wifiiitir, but the Dane out in a marvellous Is.rt lap, and wan bv inches Irom Meyers, Jacqneltn and due being four lengths behind. The first raateh of tin’ hear resulted thus:—Taylor 1. Kioto!* 2, Eilcgsard o. A vwy slow start, was '.re:. , Elk-gaani being forccd in front Khiihh: led at the he!!, with Taylor on bis vi;- 7. A grand struggle was witnessed in ‘in; back straight. Taylor getting the best of it by halt a wheel, but T.li .-guard was btolv placed and could not get through, the whole three finishing within a length. Ire toe. " second final ” (he oell rang with. Kira!;!* leading on th- inside, Txvlor Ixiresr on his Innd wheel. 'Hie Dane, however, did not mo;:n being ch>s:sl m this time, and -i lie iKtfhming of the hack straight his effort. He passed Taylor and got on cloro terms with Kirahie, feos ha could not tret in front, whde the negro was very badly placed, and cased in the last tweatv yards, Kunhle getting Itome by n ttitirtev of a, .wave.! ui front of Kllegaard. Taylor being' two lengths away. So Kimble., with a first and second to his credit, was adinc!g«il the winner; Taylor, with a. ;h--+ slid third, being second ; and Kfkgaan! third.