CYCLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13214, 27 June 1906, Page 7

CYCLING.

Referring to the cycle events at t-lio Olympic Games in Athens, a correspondent- of London Sporting Life says:-- would not be easy to imagine worse management than that which prevailed on the first clay of the cycle racing. Any number of foals were committed by the foreign riders. Bouffler only got his verdict gainst ' Dcllaferrari' (Italy) in the 1000 metres race through the determined attitude of C. E. Liles, who threatened to throw up his post on the jurv if his decisions wero no* respected. After that matters went, more smoothly. In the final. A <?rri (J i It)„ a rider with a great turn of; speed, fairly defeated Bcivffier by two lengths. Crowbho'r had a puneturo" sooa after the start, in hi? heat, and strongly suspected that it' Was not entirely by accident that his tire so suddenly deflated. The most eliciting event on th« second day was the tandem race. On the previous day .Matthews and Kushen had. very properly, objected to ride the final in semi-clarknoss, and so the item figured first, on ■ the following day's programme. There were two German teams, the Go tec Brothers and Kupferling and Arnold, against one English team,"Maithaws and liushen, and some " jockeying" was expected. To the credit of the Germans. however, it. must Ik- said that, although they were catlike in their alertness, they did nothing unsportsmanlike, and, hail either of their crews won, nobody would' have complained. They had ft fair winning chance until just after the hell rang, but the (tefcze Brothers just failed to get up to the Englishmen's tandem, and the latter, riding for all they wore worth, won handsomelv by 20yds in 2m. 575.