INTERCOLONIAL BICYCLE RACE MEETING.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 529, 31 December 1889, Page 3

INTERCOLONIAL BICYCLE RACE MEETING.

(Lytteiton Times.) Ten mile Handioap. Firßt prise, value £10 ; second, -6B 5 third, v W, fourth, AU A, C. Wilmotfc sor ». .. •• 1 A. E. Hounsell, 270yds .. .. ..2 H. A. Soanes, Sor „ • 3 i. W.J.Hay ward, 180yds. .. '•-_,;• * C> C.R. Wilson sor, was fifth? N. Hall acr, 5 sixth; Mid H.;:S. Ourtis 270yds, seventh. 5' Steadman 230yds North 290yds, M'Kay X 400yds, Roebuck 47©ydB, Wilhams 660yd B , :|. 3. J, Weir 600yds, .and Hulbert 700yds, > also started, y. _ ■ „ -' This wits a very pretty race.' Shortly " f - after half distanoe had been oovered tbe field was reduced to nine. Soanes was leading, witb tbe others strung out, ocoa sionaUy onanging places. Through the ''■& agenoy of Steadman and others, tho race Yy.' was run at a fast pace, and it soon beoame "V tvtdent that the old reoord would have to '•■*'■• go. When Steadman retired, Soanes was ' ; left »n the lead, taking bis field along at a . rare bat, occasionally helped by the spurts Of Hounsell, Hayward, and Curtis. As the finish was approached, exoitement ran high, ; the- men being vigorously cheered as they sped along, Oommenoing the laßt lap the paoe grey hotter, still the whole bunch kept olose company, and it was not fctogl&ntil about two hundred yards from the Hftußh that- Ourtis began to tail off. PP^fctnes looked a likely winner, but Wilmott came with a ! grand rush, and sbo!! into the lead, then Soanes was challenged by Hoonsell, the Nelson maD, and alao by HaU and Wilson. All the way home the \ struggle was maintained exoept by Hall, * who eased tra entering the straight* Wilmott kept bis place, but th© determined riding of Hounsell wore down Soanes after a gallant fight. Both Hayward and Wilson paßsed HalL but wero unable to reaoh the otbers. Wilmott won by a length, Hounsell being second by. a wheel, while Hayward and Wilson,' respectively fourth and fifth, were clofie up. Time— 29min 23|8ec, which sup. plants Wilmott's record of Slmin H^seo, Hounsell reoeived quite an ovation on hiß- return to the pavilion, being ,carried Sbonlder-bigh to the dressing room. Another acoount Bays:— The Ten- mile Handioap furnished spectators with an --. exceedingly pretty and interessing race. Kes, Hall, Wilmott, and Wilson, the oh men, hung close together throughout, dosed on the long start riders, who kept ; until three miles from bome. The was very hot daring the last balf of the .••.-• journey. Seven men were in it when the last ronnd was commenced, and atter Soanes I had made his effort, Wilmott shot ont and j ' soored a. well deserved win. Hounsell, of Nelson, wno had been riding a very patient raoe, came np in the last hundred yards with a tremendous spurt and beat Soanes lor second honours. Honnsell's buoosbs was very popu< lar and both he and Wilmott were oarried into the pavilion shoulder high.