CYCLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11680, 15 June 1901, Page 7

CYCLING.

The Auckland Cycling Clubs Royal visit sports on Wednesday afternoon attracted a good attendance, and the racing throughout proved interesting, though nothing startling was recorded in the matter of times, due no doubt to the fact that the competitors were somewhat out of condition, owing to the little training they had had. The only thing to mar an otherwise successful gathering was fee. inability of the management to keep the held clear, numbers of onlookers encroaching on tie.- oval, thus obstructing the view of the more orderly section of the club's patrons, and interfering with the sport-. Allowance rnu«l, however, be made, as the management had no rope- round th" enclosure, nor did any member of the police force attend to assist in keeping order. The multicycle rare (one mile ami a-half) was one of the best enr.te-'ed events of the day, and was won by W*. Reynolds, Brook, and G. Pelham on a'triplet, after a close Tight with F. Hayward and R. Campbell on a 'tandem. Cyclists in" the United Kingdom were -, -m'ewbat apprehensive that the Budget might contain proposals for taxing cycles, but Sir Michael' Hicks-Beach, in his Budget speech, laughed to scorn the suggestion of such a' tax. which he coupled for absurdity with the proposal that dogs and cats should be taxed according to weight. The New Zealander, G. Sutherland, won the half mile handicap and three mile scratch race at -.along (New South Wales) recently " „ r ~ . In Month Australia recently W. Martin, the American rider, cut out a mile in lm. 50-. behind motor pacing on a rough I rack. GoFcoync has been riding in Mich fine form on the Continent lately that an English scribe says it look- as. if at. last they were to have a representative who can hold idown in Ihe best sprint company. The New South Wiles Cyclist-.' Union, the governing body in the State of amateur cycling, now Isiasts a member-hip of 6"6. Grogna, the Belgium crack, who was recent beaten in two of three tests by the noted American negro rider " Major" Taylor. .■■r.,.< it as hi-; opinion that Taylor will, with ordinary luck, defeat Jaoquelin, the French wonder", when they meet. According to "Groggy," Taylor is possessed of a remark aide turn of speed, and is very clever with his head a-- web as with his legs. "Tim whole constitution of the New Zealand r.eague of Wheelmen lias changed." said the chairman of the council (Mr- W. G. .A lack) at a meeting he'd last week. " Formerly it used to be a cash body, with an amateur class; now it is an amateur body with a cash claas." flavin Park, the crack Australian road rider and holder of the 25 mile (Ih. 2rn.) and 50 mile I'll. 18m. S?.s.) Australasian road records, left for Glasgow recently to compete at the big Scotch cycling carnival. The League of New Zealand Wheelmen, ai a meeting held last week, discussed the proposed rule- for the Inter-State League, •- drawn up at the recent conference in Melbourne. Several thing-' were pointed out that it was thought would not prove acceptable to the league, and it was decided to decline the 25-mile championship allotted to New Zealand, and at the saino time to inform

the authorities on the other side that unless somo good men were sent over it would be no use allot!ing New Zealand inter-Stato championships. The proposed alterations were eventually referred to the executive to communicate with the secretary of the conference.