CYCLING EXTRA ORDINARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11771, 28 September 1901, Page 6

CYCLING EXTRA ORDINARY.

M.A.P. says:—Any bicyclist who has not yet seen the Jones-Hilliard Sensation, at the Pavilion, should do so a* once. To watch Mr. " Charlie" Jones, riding on a track that is built at an angle of sixty degrees, whirl round and round at an amazing speed, is one of the most exciting performances seen on the variety stage for some time, and quite the best thing at the Pavilion for many a long day. A bright yellow "line is painted near th; upper edge of the peculiar little track, but in spite of this guide to the eye Mr. Jones has twice been shot over the top and severely hurt; all the audience realises the risk, but it only adds to the sensation of the show. He rides an English machine, with an eighty-four gear; steers entirely by the pedals, and says he feels as happy, in spite of the nervous strain, skimming round his miniature track, as the ordinary bicyclist ambling down *. country road.

Mr. Jones is the ex-champion cyclist of Australia. He was born in England, but has lived nearly all his life in Christcburch, New Zealand. In '94 he mounted a bicycle for the first timea high, oldfashioned wheel—for «the sake of riding out of Christcburch to visit a brother twenty miles away. Three months later he was riding a safety and had won his first race at a local match. Hardly a year later Mr. Jones held the five-mile championships of Canterbury and New Zealand, and as time went on he spread his conquests further. Four years ago Mr. Jones came to England. He is a most agreeable young fellow, of unbounded energy and pluck ; a good talker, andit is needless to —a bicyclist of as much originality as skill.