WHEELING.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1651, 21 October 1903, Page 47

WHEELING.

(By “Austral.”) There at .present appears to be little chance of the proposed New South. Wales amateur long-distance load race from Goulburn to Sydney taking place. Some frieEon has occurred between the New South: Wales Union, their member® and the proposed donors of the prizes. It will be a pity if the proposed race is allowed to drop, for such an event would) prove cf great interest in amateur Circles. From England we learn that, a revolution in the cab traffic of London may be shortly expected. The London Express Mo tor service announces that in the course of a few weeks fifty motor cabs, of a handsome and serviceable type will be placed .on the streets. The car is petrol driven by a two. cylinder engine of 12 horsepower, and hast three speeds. The car is rather larger than the existing horsedrawn, cab, and there is more room, inside. The driver sits in front of the passengers, but at one side, arid there, is an additional; drop seat next him, which can be utilised when wanted. T'he front can be raised or towered; by the passenger by a spring attachment, and' there is a distance indicator, sa that dispute si can be avoided. There is room for luggage in a boot at the back of the' vehicle, and also on the floor by the side of the; driver. Hasten slowly when mending a tyre. Search carefully for the punctured spots. Give the solution ample time to dry on the tube and patch, and replace the tyrecarefully so that the inner tube, will not be noppecli at any point. Cyclsits will find that everything necessary for penman ently repairing cycle) tyres is contained in the little Dunlop Midget Outfit, which will fit in any cyclist’s vest pocket.* The One Mile Australasian Championship will this year be held at Castlemaine (Vic.) on New Year’s) Day. The Sports’ Committee of the big Ca.stiema.ine New Year’s Carnival has purchased the light of running this classic blue riband event. According- to a cablegram received in Sydney last week, Kramer (champion of America), Lawson and Mac Far! and have, accepted an engagement, to. ride at the “Sydney Thousand” Meeting, which is to be held on tile Sydney Cricket Ground next January. The opening of the cycling season 1903-4 was ushered in by the Christchurch Cycling Club’s Annual' Hill-climbing Champion .skips on Labour D ay, and th ese events evidently gain in popularity, as the public ttirned out in enormous numbers to witness the contests. Quite a feature of the opening run was the number of motor cars l that headed the precession. The, management was hardly up to the Club’s previous efforts', lint this wins | compensated for by the fine riding in tne ! various heats, especially ,T. Arnst. E. J. Ritchie and MV. Clarkson., the first-named ultimately winning; in record time- cf Tmin 31 2-ssec.