CYCLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10836, 20 August 1898, Page 6

CYCLING.

At a meeting of the Council of the Cyclist! Alliance at Christchureh on Thursday ever ing, it was decided, by four votes to thre< to remove the headquarters of the govcrnin body of amateur cycling to Wellington. A present there is not an amateur club in Chris! church, the Pioneers having recently gon over to the league. Mr. Nordon, who has been associated wit the Auckland Cycling Club since its inceptior recently resigned his position as a member c tho Committee of Management, his decisio being received with regret, a resoluton bein minuted to that effect. It may safely be sai that no one connected with the club ha worked more untiringly in tho interests of o done more to -.Bring the club to the fron than Mr. Nordon, whose retirement will leav a vacancy on the committee that it will 1) difficult indeed to fill. Three of the National Cyclists' Union' championships were decided at Norwich 01 June 25th. The weather was wretched, th Five-mile Amateur Championship of Eng land, won by A. S. Ingram, occupying Mm 11 2-ss. In an unpaccd pursuit race, on the Wal tham track, at Massachusetts, Elkes coverei nearly five miles and a-half in 12m. 55 3-ss. Tho mouthpiece of the New Zealaui League of Wheelmen (Cyclist) says tha several clubs will be astonished when the; find themselves wiped off the list of affiliate! clubs through neglecting to pay small due to the League. The Auckland Cycliug Club has fixed it spring carnival for October 29th, and thi programme will be issued in the course of i few days. The League of Wheelmen has declined tin application of two trade clubs for affiliation. That professional cycling is going back ii Australia is shown in the fact that the Nev South Wales League of Wheelmen's repor shows a loss of £1450 on the year's trans actions. The cost of the carriage of a bicycle on tin French railways is the lowest on record 1000 miles costing about Id when the bicych is accompanied by tho owner. Leading English racing men are complain ing of being blackmailed by pacers. Thej say a man has no earthly chance of break ing a record or winning a paced race miles; his pace-makers are well " buttered." Howard B. Freeman, tho new star in tin American cycling world, has already defcatec Jaap Eden, of Holland, Robertson, of Eng land, Tom Cooper, and Tom Butler. At the annual meeting of the New Zealanc Amateur Athletic Association, Mr. E. M Carr, delegate for the newly-formed Wa nganui club, moved the following resolution: That a circular' bo sent out to the varioui clubs affiliated to the Association, asking them to summon a special meeting to con sider the question of whether they were ir favour of having cycling ovents on their pro grammes. If they were in favour of cycling events being included, wore they in favom of having them solely under the control ol the Now Zealand Cyclists' Alliance, or should the Now Zealand Amateur Athletic Association permit affiliated clubs to place events under the control of the New Zealand Leaguo of Wheelmen on their sports programme should the clubs so desire." After some' discussion, mainly adverse to the motion, tho mover agreed to place his suggestions in the form of a notice of motion, Which will bo forwarded to clubs in the ordinary way, and the object-that of obtaining expressions of opinion-will be attained, A lan.ian journal has mado the remarkable discovery that Frenchmen make better sprinters than Englishmen, because "they aro quicker at making up their minds. The Anglo-Saxon is slow to movo in anything from a cycle race to a war." -I. Platt-Betts, who, as announced by cable recently, me mlh a serious accident ™ colliding with « pacing machine, is sahito be °« a fair road to recovery. \\. W. Hamilton, the "- know American rider, from reports to hand, accomPhshed a marvellous performance on Tun emnt nn r% S° , made a successful attempt on C. B. Coulter's (another Ameri--56 t it "!? qu ? rter in 275., the half in cSct'lr? 1 ' 01106 ° f ha ™> come into It is that ti, o tenS o° ?? dw,Me value"hall be adiusted hi n " top ' or leather . of the 4 framework ,IVuT at the bacl < instead o?,a S «L? V"* ' tt , Btrotcß<!d . the saddle peak Th/ T 81 ? gle 6Crew at lies in the fact tb \l l? lne °' V method down a ho sde s''T he i: USUa,Iy Ec »'^ justnient. mpt to gIVB »*qußtß ad-