PROFESSIONAL CYCLING

Evening Star, Issue 21634, 1 February 1934, Page 4

PROFESSIONAL CYCLING

SPORTS MEETING A mixed sports meeting was held by the Otago Athletic and Cycling Club at the Caledonian Ground last evening, in the presence of a small attendance of spectators. Except for a north-east breeze, which handicapped the performers, the conditions were ideal. The half-mile handicap race was the best of the evening, the three first riders being level to within ten yards of the tape, Hay just managing to get up to win by a narrow margin. Besults:— CYCLING. HALF-MILE HANDICAP. First Heat.—A. J, Hay (30yds) 1, AV. Hogg (40yds) 2, A. Andrews (80yds) 3. Four started. AA’on by a length and a-half, a good distance between second and third. Time, Imin 7sec. Second Heat.—l. Guthrie (70yds) 1, J. Brosnan (60yds) 2, E. Hay (80yds) 3. Five started. AA’on by a wheel, a length separating second and third. Time, Imin 5 2-ssec. Third Heat.—C. Hansen (scr) 1, J. Kennedy (50yds) 2, J. Milligan (80yds) 3. Six started. AA’on by three-quarters of a length. Time, Imin 4 3-ssec. —Final.— Hay 1 Hansen 2 - Kennedy 3 A great race, the three riders keeping together until ten yards from the tape, when Hay managed to draw away to win by a wheel, three-quarters of a length separating second and third. Time, Imin ssec. ONE-MILE HANDICAP. B. Scott (120yds) 1 R. AA’ilson-Pvne (90yds) 2 A. J. Hay (30yds) 3 Ten started. AA'ilson-Pyne took the lead from the start and maintained it for the greater part of the race, but coming down the straight Scott passed him with a well-judged spurt to win by half a length, a length and a-half between second and third. Time, 2min 18 l-ssec. TAVO-M.ILE HANDICAP. J. Mulligan (280yds) 1 D Trevathan (300yds) ... 2 E. Hay (300yds) 3 'fen started. Mulligan rode a- good race to win by six lengths, ten lengths between second and third. Time, 4min 42 2-ssec. BOYS’ LACE. L Smith 1 A. Rennie 2 L. Facoory 3 RUNNING. 120 YARDS HANDICAP. J. De Courcey (10yds) ... 1 A. K. Jackson (4iyds) ... 2 G. Morrison (Byds) 3 Five started. Won by inches each way. Time, 12 3-ssec. 440 YARDS HANDICAP. A. Jackson (12yds) 1 L. Woods (syds) 2 J. Pledger (loyds) 3 Four started. AVou by a foot, 2ft between second and third. Time, 65sec. BOYS’ RACE. T. O’Connell ' 1 L. Facoory 2 K. Burke ... 3 The James River, in A’irginia, contains the only known specimens of “the fish that cannot float.” This strange creature has no air bladder, and therefore when it stops swimming, it sinks to the bottom.