CYCLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12713, 16 November 1904, Page 7

CYCLING.

A Danish rider named Anderson arrived in Australia vMh Uutt and Ellrgaard.. -A-oydnt-v paper says thai Walter Rutt, the German cracky is firmly of the opinion that be will wrest the title of world's champion -.;■ t rout Ellegaard I in '^Australia'.' this seaMa, and that ho will use his best endeavours on every occasion to defeat the flying Dane.* To wrest the title from EUegaard would mean much to Rett, and a serious, loss to the DaKb,:_and;:Bti( v gnard -knows .dlutt's object, which is really what, brings Rutt to Artitjrftlia, and he is preparing himself accordingly. Both men, atthougn bitter rivals on: the track, are firm. friends,off the , track. R. ..Walthour, the crack American "pacefollower, who carried off • the ■ world's paced championship' recently decided in Loudon, .h without doubt one of the/ finest ,: paced men of the decade. Since easily carrying; off ; ; . the i world's long-distance fi blue riband event lie he* been ■; defeating the cream" Of; Europe, including our last year's visitors™ Itobl and v .vDickentm'ann;>\WaHbpur'|>U.t.e*t victory was,;gained on : the Triedenau track, Berlin, the ;; event being the Grand Prise of Europe, run ; ; over t a '-distance-' of 100 r kilometres :(62gm'.) - Walthour covered the distance in Ik 2ism. 485., Dickcintmaiui running second and Hall third. { Road 'racing, .< atleast ■ over long distances, seems doomed to death in France, where it was? at one time so flourishing. The last Bordeaux-Id-Paris event was, •. it is ? alleged, literally poisoned, with unfair work on the part gof; the principal competitors, and it seems that the "Tour de France" was little, if any,'- better. 1 Under such conditions the promoters of such races, which ; are usually the French sporting papers, are considering the question;of dropping them ; altogether,:, ''f'3EliittJand:®lepiiard, the! Continental champions, are considered very equal, and sine the world's championships at the Crystal Palace : track, i London;';;Rutt has beaten both Ellegaard and Lawson. Mayer challenged Lawson to «t match, and put..his money up, but; owing to Lawson having to leave for Sydney . he was unable to accept the challenge. .' '•' "'""■ . "" ■ A good tip and one that is well; worth considering-—at any ; rate by those ■•■. cyclist? who ride hard—is the changing of the cover of : the front - wheel ■ to the back, and vice I versa. Of ; course, the; comparative heavy [ driving strain and the \ fact that : the back I wheel carries all the weight, means that the | cover i more quickly wears, and that although the- front tyre may show but little signs of wear, the back- tyre may be half ; worn out. When this state o'; affairs arrive?, it is a good plan to change the covers, and thu* put -a practically new one on •; the back Wheel, and give the worn cover an easy time on the front. . ... ELLEGAARD 4 VD RUTT IN AUSTRALIA. : . Speaking of the ';, arrival in Sydney of the two.-,'. great cycling sprinters of the world, Thtiirwald' Kllegaaifrl and Walter Rutt, tit Sydney Morning Herald says:—Both-rider. have great reputations, Ellegaard ,■ having won the championship of .the world in 1901 1902, and 1803, while Rutt has beaten the holder of this year's -'title "to, the classic event, and ranks as one of the finest riders of the age. In appearance, Ellegaard look* a fine specimen of an athlete. He is not toe weighty,' but; has plenty of ; ;muscle^ : At i first glance no one ; , would suspect that .th< quiet-looking Dane;had thrice won the mos important sprint race of the world— world's two kilometres championship. Bu standing erect , he looks the, perfect athleti ' ho undoubtedly ; is.; He is remarkably ; wel ! developed, about the arms, and legs. Elle i gaard promises to become very - popula ; here. His world-wide reputation as ! j sprinter, he bptw?. the superior of Ma jo ■Taylor, whose great deeds out here,are stil ! a household word, gained him much no torlety. In cycling circles ail the world,ove Sllegaafcl is regarded as /the untloubtet chamnion of the world No other rider ha ever approached hia record of \ three first , and one seeohd'■ in the finals of the four las I two-kilometre championships of: the world , He wins his races in; the Rat 200 yards, ? ant enjoys the'•; reputation Of being the fastes sprinter over that distance. i Walter f Rutt, who bans also ; been engage* to ,race at the November carnival here opining on Saturday night, and other bij

.ji "i i m 1 i■■■ n iiwww - meetings throughout the season, cis much , i younger than Ellegaard, from whom he is t endeavouring to -wrest the title of world's .; champion. Rutt, who is a German, speaks a .■'. r little English. ■ Ho is a bigger man than ■;. Ellegaard, having a powerful frame.' He lips - a pleasant, boyish appearance, and is only 22 J years of age. ■He is, in addition to being a 1 wonderful sprinter, (he best handicap rider ■-. in Europe to-day. The manner ,In which he ;.j. bridges big gaps in a handicap fi"ld is said " to be simply astound'!)?. so that once fee '• strikes form Sydney lovers of the popular 3 night cycle racing will see some £ori»atioiial •' riding from the young' German, who is; re-' •:- garded as the next best ' rider ,! to' lEllegdard i *, in 1 the world to-day, •