THE SYDNEY CARNIVAL.
Sydney, October 31. The League of 'Wheelmen’s Summer Carnival began to-day on the Agricultural Ground. The weather was fine, and there was a large attendance. ~ In the League Cup, half mile, the Now Zealander, Simpson, was unplaced in ms heat. The final is to bo decided nexu eSatura -j'he > ace of the day was the Orient Plate, 25 miles, for which .£l5O in prize-money was given, which is the largest ever offered for a scratch race. Before any great distance -aa* been covered. Simpson** chain slipped on, c.;-,d punctured his tyre. Parsona letireci after the sixth miio had been covered, anu. Picher followed suit at the twentieth. Body, New Zealander, and McDonnell, American, who were pacing one another, gradually lapped the field, and the race resolved itself into a struggle between the two Lithe last lap McDonnell drew away, and won by a couple of lengths ; Ivon Lewis, tno \ ictoiian, a lap o,wav, third In adnition to the second prize, Body takes £23 pacing money. The time for the Orient Plate was one hour 8 minutes. Out of the held of 36, only six flashed.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1288, 5 November 1896, Page 28
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188THE SYDNEY CARNIVAL. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1288, 5 November 1896, Page 28
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