CYCLING NOTES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9545, 4 December 1893, Page 4

CYCLING NOTES.

(By " Zealandia.")

' E. Reynolds, the well known Auckland champion cyclist, leaves for Napier tomorrow to compete at the local duo's sports meeting on Saturday next. It will be remembered that this rider made a narao lor himself when representlug Auckland in the t'outh Island some time ago. His performances at Christchurch and Duneilin w«re splendid ones, and entitle him to rank with the b'eßt riders in the land. On hi- ie mn to Auckland he was accordr" h :i.i>at enthusiustic welcome, and he ful y di-crved it, for nt the first time of asking he had proved himself to be a champion- He was choten to represent New Zealand at tbe late Australasian championship meeting, but was unable to piocure the necessary leave of absence. Lately he hasgivenoor Auckland friends another grand exhibition of riding, for on last Saturday week he won from scratch four of the live cycling events he ntartcd for, viz., One Mile In 2min 47 3 sth sec, Two Milea in smin 45sec, Three Miles in Bmln 55Jaec, and tbe Five Miles iv 17miu 3 3 sth i-ec, all on the gras?. He met large fields in each event) and conceded loDg ."tarts to some of his opponents. Tbe times, considering tlie races were run off oa a crass track, speik for themselves. The Auckland Herald, referring to the bicycle events says: — "The cycllug events proved unusuully interesting and received unnsual r.ttention from the fact that the Victor Ludorwn honors were nttached to them. The feature of the contests wns the brilliant riding of Reynolds. Hia caused more enthusiasm than thosn of auy other man on the ground, and no more popular Victor Ludonim ever received that coveted honor thnu he." A correspondent in the Weekly Press writes : " Reynolds was in great form, and won from scratch four of the five cyling events he started for, despite tho fact that he was suffering from a cold. He hod to do bis best sprinting to win each rnce, hia judgmeot being capital. The five mile bicycle race, which Reynolds won, was the best contist of Its kind seen io Auckland, he only beating Snrman (lOsec start) by four yards, while Pilklngton waß three yards behind Surman, The people went wild with excitement when Reynolds spurted at the finish of this event." It will be seen that all who visit the Recreation Gronnd on Saturday next (I hope it will be thousands) are sure to witness some excellent pedalling, aud they must not run away with the idea that it will be a "one horse" show, for we have several rlderß not very f.« Irom champion form who, yviih a small hp.mlic>ip, will make our visitor go nil he knows, and if Rollo is in the same form he was when he won the three events at the H.B.A.A. Association's meeting, 1 for one will not be iurpriaed to see him make things very sultry for tlie Auck land champion. It must be remem bered that Rollo won bis races without any great effort, and had ho been pushed at all would have been near record time. He ha? Improved wonderfully of late, and we are yet to tae what he is really capable ot doing. Then we have Paten ou, Cowell, the Bi,fells, Jacoli, and Lncy to be reckoned with, aud I feel certain they will all give a good accouut of themselves. If the weather will only get on Its best behavior, and ksep fine for the week, It will give our riders a chance to put the finishing touches ou their training, and they have not been very fortunate in this respect lately. A fine day nsxt Saturday should sea a large crowd on the Recreation Gronnd, and it is hardly necessary for me to say, from a racing point of view that it will be one of the moat interesting sports meetings ever held in Hawke's Bay. The Wanderers have made arrangements to have the ground photographed. Tbe competitor and officers of themeesing will also ba taken, The committee of the club are using every means to study the comfort of their patrons. The course Is to be fenced all round, and no one but competitors and officers will be allowed in;lae. This will prevent anyone crowding around the lap takers, iind will also give the public a good view of the scoring board to be erected for mai king the laps in the Ten Miles M'Lean's Cnp Hand! oap. The board will be placed near the centre of the grouud, and on the top will be fixed tbe number Curried by each competitor in tbe race. A ecorer will be appointed for each eoiuieitor, and will mark up every lap uuder the rider's number. The numbers have bean printed on cardboard, and as the riders pass the post the scorers will hang up a number representing the laps the competitors have completed. The distance is 40 laps. The usual lap takers will also be appointed to check off each man.

Some of the prizes for the meeting have been selected, aud are now on view in Hastings ' Street. The first prize tor the Ladips 1 Bracelet Handicap ia a gold bracelet of a very neat dei-ian, tbe second prize being a handsome gold brooch. Thb god and sliver med«ls are being mnde, and will be pinned «ith the oth^r prizes at the end nf the wei'k Orders ure to be given for Mm running aud some of the othpr cycling events. Viaiiots from tbo country will be able to witness nil the events, ns arrangements have been made to postpone the 4.20 p.m. train until 5 25 p.m. on Saturday afterimnn. EffortM ato to bi made to get the shops clrsed from 1 o'clock and re open again ab 6 o'clock, and also to have the cricket fixtures put off for that day. The rnce at the Napier Park oc Wednesday lasti resulted in a go id finish between W. Hmith and James Bissell, the I »tter, who appears to be getting into bi« old form again, j'lst bnating Snith by a few yards. Cowel 1 , whom I expected to wiu, was some distance away third, fighting it out with 'friges and Jonrdain. Tbe course appeared to b n very rough, and the riders bad anything bnt a plens*nt journey. However, tbe time wdb good, considering the going the machines hal to bnmp over. A. J Body, of the Christchurch Cash Club, has been given 110 yards start in the Au<tral Wheel Rnce, of two miles.

Z'tumerman won his 95th first) prize this year at New York on September 30th, riding a " Raklgh," C. J. Wridgewoy, of the Bath Road Club, London, has broken the world's record fnr 12 honrs, having covered 240 miles 690 ynidi In the race for the Anchor Shield, despite bod weather. This h a wonderful performance.