CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES.

Northern Advocate, 2 December 1911, Page 6

CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES.

A .GREAT EVENT,

Interest in the six-days' bicycle race which is to be held in Sydney next January is now becoming- more keen, and the arrival during last week or several intending competitors from America has drawn attention to the fact that the big event is drawing near. The conditions of the race will be as follows.— Originally the first prize was fixeo at £750, but it has been altered te £700 to make prizes of £30 and £20 for the fourth and fifth, teams; while the second team receives £200 and third £50. This takes up £1000, and special prizes are to be allotted to every team completing the journey and to those teams riding 1800 miles. The race will start at midnight (12.5 a.m.) on January 1, and will finish at 10.5 p.m. on January 6. The race will be a continuous one of 142 hours, the teams having the right to relieve each other for spells as they think fit, but no rider will be allowed on the track for longer than 12 ' hours in each '.'A It is specified that, in the case of teams, or the individual components slowing down the mileage to a ridicuously slow rate of speed,, such team or teams, or individual components thereof, may forfeit all rights to the prize or other moneys guaranteed by the management, subject to the decision of the referee. Suitable rooms are to be provided by the management for the , , competitors, and the riders are also to be fed during the race from a suitable menu approved by a medical man. Any articles of food not on the menu and desired by the riders will have to be provided by themselves.' Competitors can, at their own option, provide their own food. A special track is to be laid,out at the Sydney cricket ground on the grass—jiist inside the asphalt track— and,.in the event of rain, the referee can, at hi& discretion, order all riders to continue the race on the said grass track. While the sprint races to be run in conjunction with the meeting are being contested, the sixday riders will also ride on the inner grass track, if directed by the referee. Riders will not be permitted to gain laps , while on the grass. In the event of any riders falling out through any. causV whatsoever, necessitating

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the re-formation of any team or teams, such teams must go one lap behind their accredited combined score. In the event of a competitor falling, and the referee considering ii to be the result of an accident, the rider in question will be allowed a maximum of three laps—nearly a nl jl e —before again riding, or to be replaced by his team mate without losing any laps. This is a very wise clause in the conditions, and one which will fiad approval with the riders. It is at the discretion of the referee to take into consideration the case of any contestant who falls so far behind that he has no chance in the race, to declare any such contestant out of the race. All riders are to be medically examined before they will be allowed to race. Entries close or December 9th. The six-day riders are not to be permitted to take part in the sprint races which are to be run in connection with the car nival.