CYCLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12260, 2 May 1903, Page 7

CYCLING.

There is some talk of the League of Now Zealand Wheelmen taking charge of motorracing. So pronounced were the efforts of a combination at Melbourne recently to thwart " Major" Taylor to win races that the stewards of the Victorian League took a liana in tho deal and disqualified tho Now Zealand ridor, M. Randrup, for three month;} for (in their opinion) causing the American crack to lose the international j scratch mile race. A local writer says it was j ' a moot point whether Randrup was any worse j than his fellow competitors, all of whom ! appear to have indulged in unsportsmanlike j tactics. ... 1 A Southern writer says it is quite time an J automobile club was formed in Christchurch : ! There are a number of matters affecting j | motorists in which concerted action is neoes- • eary. _ j ills Majesty the King approves of the for- ; I mation of a volunteer corj£, which will be j designated " The Motor Volunteer Corps." It is surprising how very common it is nowadays for a bicycle to be out of alignment without tho knowledge of the rider. | This not only affects the steering and causes : sideslip, but also sets up a considerable j amount of wear in the tires. If your machine shows a tendency to run to one side it is a sure sign that the wheels don't track. In a recent issue of the Sydney Referee a Mr. A. Haydon offers to match his seven-year-old son against any boy eight years or under in a bicycle race for any stake tip to £25 a-sidc and the liliputian championship of Australia. The silencing of the noise of the motor exhaust has engaged the attention of tho manufacturers, who hope that the working of tho engine throughout will, by the end of another season, be practically noiseless. A motor cycle match has taken place between Bard.cn (England) and Founder (France), for £1000. The Frenchman easilywon the first three events and the rubber. The first race was over a mile, flying start, which Fournier won in Im. 14 3-55., Bard en's time being lm 18 l-ss. Tho second event was v mile tan ding start, the times lifting Fournier, 'Lm. 23 3-5 i., Barden, lm. 40 3-55., the third mile race, flying start, boinic completed by Fournier in lm. 18 2-55., about 150 yds separating the two riders. Frank Kramer, of America, said to be the champion sprinter of the world, and "Major" Taylor's superior, is to race on the Continent during the coming season. It is unlikely that . these two crack sprinters will meet during then Parisian season, as the, are engaged by opposition tracks, Kramer being engineered by the proprietors of the Fare de Princes track, whilst Taylor will race at the Buffalo.