CYCLING FESTIVAL

Evening Star, Issue 20049, 14 December 1928, Page 5

CYCLING FESTIVAL

To-morrow will witness oho of the biggest athletic and cycling carnivals ever bold in Dunedin, when tho Otago Amateur Cycling Club will stage its annual afternoon meeting at the Caledonian Ground. Exceptionally largo entries have been received for the cycling events, and such well-known riders as J. C. Fogarty, S. Bremford, C. Lucas, James (the ex-Wellington representative), S. Hodge (tho brilliant Christchurch sprinter), and Traill will bo taking part. The running events have also drawn splendid entries, and the mile handicap in particular is expected to provide one of the best races seen hero for a very long time, the scratch men including Lachie M'Lachlan, J. G, Barnes, L. Wood, and J. J. Morris, as brilliant a quartet as has been seen in Dunedin for years. Tho novelty relay—a man, a maid, and a bike—should provide a good deal of amusement. The cycling races will be the main feature of the programme. All will watch the performance of J. C. Foggarty, who, off a short mark, recently heat the New Zealand champion, F. J. Grose. In the three-mile race, for which a fine medal is offered to the winner, Fogarty has to concede 410yds. It is noteworthy that he is giving away a bigger start than did Standen and Gray, tho Australian Olympic representatives who last year toured the dominion.

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