CYCLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11783, 12 October 1901, Page 7

CYCLING.

1 The read race promoted by the Auckland ; Cycling Club takes place this afternoon. Competitors leave the. Parnell firebcll at three o'clx-k, the route being via Otahuhu, Onehunga, and back to the starting-point. There, is a very fair field, and an interesting race should result. Intending competitors are reminded that entries for the Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club's spring carnival of November ■ 2 close with the hon. secretary (Mr. F. J. Ohlson) at the rooms of the Amateur Sports , Club, on Saturday evening next, October 19. I The much-talked-of Dunfop road race from Warrnambool to Melbourne takes place this , afternoon, and, judging by the interest shown ' on the other side, should be one of the cycle • events of the year. When the last Aus- ! tralian mail left, there was no distinct favouri ito for the race, but the rider.*) whose chances 1 appeared to be most favoured were A. C. ; Forbes (scratch), H. Beeson (10m.), W. J. ' Colli* (25m.). and G. Dotzaner (35m.) A. ■ Ralston, of New Zealand, will figure among • the competitors. I H. Fournier, the hero of the big Parisi Berlin motor race- last July, lias crossed to | America to compete in the big motor race i from Buffalo to Erie this month. The reJ sult should be interesting. '■ The League of New Zealand Wheelmen havi ing altered the rules providing for the admission to the league of sports bodies other I than -.tubs, the North Canterbury centre, at a meeting held lost week, decided to affiliate the Labour Day Sports Committee. A fine unpaocd track record has just been established in Salt Lake City (U.S.A.) by a man named W. E. Su.mue!son, who rode a mile un paced on an eight-lap track in the exceedingly fast time of lm. 53 2-ss. Samuelson covered the first half-mile in 535. The times are reported as official,' the league's timekeepers having clocked the ride. fho annua.! report of the Now Zealand League of Wheelmen states that "at Oamaru, Inglewood, Tariki, and Feilding small meetings were hald, at which unregistered riders competed." Reference to (he last-named as a small meeting is somewhat amusing (says the Wellington writer "Advance*'). The Feilding Athletic Club is the leading club in the colony. The 26th annual sports meeting will be held on Boxing Day, when £160 will bo given in stakes. Tho Wellington Eight Hours' Demonstration, which races under league rules, had great difficulty in getting sufficient entries for the wheel events. Clubs like Master ton, Foxton, Otaki, Feilding, Patca., Levin, Johnsonville, and others, who race without the league, and have not to pay for it permit unci " advice," besides having the ground overrun with league officials, are much better off. CYCLE ROAD PACE. TO THE ATHLETIC EDITOR.

" Re the road race organised by the Auckland Cycling Club, I shall bo glad if you will allow me to say through your columns that, in my position of official handicapper to the Auckland centre of the League of New Zealand Wheelmen, I disclaim any responsibility in connection with the handicaps, as they wero framed by totally irresponsible persons. Moreover, the centre has not granted permission for the race, the entries for which, I notice, include professionals as well as amateurs. The latter will probably forfeit their status by competing.— I am, etc., Wm. B. Evke."