CYCLING.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10321, 5 June 1896, Page 4

CYCLING.

(Notes by " Hub ") The reoord from here to Wellington is evidently looked upon as one of the most important In the colony, judging from the aatrieronb attempts that nave been made *o lower it. At present the record holders are as follows :— P. Fabian (Wellington Club) 22hr 40m1n, , Napier to Wellington, oa a •' Swift." „ , B. A. Wafeemon (Manawata Cycle Club) 21hr 2ain, Wellington to Nopier, on an " Atalanta." The latest news is tb&t Mr J. O. Shorl&nd (Pioneer Bicycle Club) the original holder of the record, intends beating both the above, and will probably start from . . Wellington about the 22nd ot this month &nd endeavor to beat Wakeroan'.) time on hk way np, having a go at Fabian s time on his return trip. Mr W. A. Thomson (Oamsru Hovers 'Cycle Clnb), who made two ptaoky bnt unsuccessful attempts recently," 'will also hive another try about the same time, while Mr Wake- 1 man, in the ayeut of hla reooord being j foeaton, will nah real) contented till be regains it. The distance between the two plfioes is abont 231 miles, and there is no particular advantage ia stat Uop from tho Wellington end, as the ride is &?aa!!y difficult from botb. ["Hnb" is wrong. The ride Wellington to Napier is the easier.— Ed.' Herald ] There ia some calk of forming a 'cycle club at Walpawo, and I notice Mr Sinolair, formerly a prominent) member of the Heretaunga 'Cyolo Club, has now set np ia business there, go probably he may . jnanage to arouse the latent entbnsiasm of the Walpawa wheelmen, Some two or three yeara apo there was a olnfa there, and i"lnb inns were frequent, the cmulry j riders frequently coming down to meet the | town '.riders. There are splcodid roads about Waipawti, and I should thins a • club wonid supply a long-felt need. ■ At Dannovirke, too, a club'oould easily ha started, as 'cycling is every day becoming more popular in tbr.t district!. I have often thought a distiiut eobeme of 'oyole races couid be easily arranged in Hawke's Bay. At present the Wanderers' - Bloycle Club of Napier hold two_ 'cycle sports meetings every year, iv which all amateur 'cyo'lsta ein compare. The Jleretaunga Club of Hastings hold or,a meeting, while tha Takapan Chledoalnn Society have an smateiir bioycle handicap at tbew annual Bporta. How suppose | Amateur clnbs are started at Waipawa ; and Danaevirke, a joint programme could ] <sa»ily be arranged by which the membsra •of each olub could tide at the ofcher'a aports, and this ■ would undoubtedly give a great impetus ts 'isyoUns. Somßthing Hike the following :— November— Road race, I>6)?,nevirke ts Waipawa or Makotnkd November— Heretacnga Club's meeting, j Hastlngn December— Wanderers' Club'a meeting, Napier January— Walpawa Club's meeting Fabruary — Takapsn Caledonian Society's , sports February— Makotuku annual sports Maroh— Dsnnevirke Club'd meeting .March— Wanderers' Club's autumn meetIng April— Boad race, Waipawa to Napier Tnis would give the Bush and country 'cycllsis A splendid opportunity to go in for.meing, .especially as moat of the races i Tvould be f.osfined to roadster machines It would, of tcurse, be necessary for all the above races' to be held under the New Zealand 'Cyoliatß' Alliance rules, as most of them already are. t An Interesting table of coeeds has been compiled by an English J cyoHng paper, I with a view to showing that the 'cycle is < ■near thatop of the list. The. first record given la that of light, shich travels ' 196,000 miles a second, a p&as which the ' mast ambitious record-breaker wilt never i want to move at, sod the last reoord on the list will not be attacked often. It is that mads by a man In a Cab, viz , a mile 1 in 70 ruinates, or sis miles ia tav&n hours, Slow as this pace is, I expeob the ecismon ' snail's pace is a long way behind it, only , that ns one has yst bad .patience enough ' 'ta obeok a snail's mile. Second on the llßtlßeleotrielty, 188,000 miles a second. As it has been calculated that an e.ubh<iQ_ike willtravel round the world in 3J hontSi this movement is accorded thirci place. Sound gets over a mile in sae'o without psaemakers, Rud the frigate bird baa been koown to fly 200 miles in an Biaur; (probably In America). The Aus» tralian crow has 3 record of 2 uin 403e0 for a mile, not a round track, but straight away of course, foV- 6 3row-fly ia always supposed to be Btralgn6, Hlosti likely in this Instance the start was giwn from a uhot-gnn fire. A blcyole has been rfddon ' o?er a^mile In lmin ZSsec, and a runn'DK horse tr&velled a mile la lmin 35£ sec. A I man has inn the same distnnce iv 4min I 12Jjec, or awimtnlng 27min SI 2.sbhtsea.\ A duck's time for 0 mile is setdowpst ■ * This vtas no' donbt timed by & . ■ sportsman after the "competitor" had missed an ounce of No. 2,