CYCLING.
• ■, ' J ' - $$$''A ten-mile Reynolds 'cycle, road race for liovicos will taJro place shortly, the course :Vi;' , being around Mangero Hill. A silver cup , ' and gold _ a nd/ silver ; medals will bo the ■? , prizes. " Entries' close with 'Mr. .Hutchcson ; . acxt Saturday. ■ j A particularly fin*: road performance is reported to have been established at Newcastle, • t Now South Wales,' by a : local ' rider named A. H. Shepherd. He started from scratch in a road race from Singleton to Newcastle (stated to bo over 5C' miles), and ran second in the almost incredible; time of lh. 52m. 7s. Although Shepherd had the advantage of ••'■a favourable wind, the time, ' which clips a lot r>ff .the-' Australasian record, which stands at 2h. 6m. to the credit of M. Aunger (South Australia), makes one almost doubt the correctness of the distance. To average 27 miles an. hour for nearly two hours on the road even .with ? gale behind would take some doing. • - , i; j |jp?g? :: ..: : ;; ' ■ ■ . ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13307, 13 October 1906, Page 8
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162CYCLING. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13307, 13 October 1906, Page 8
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