WHEELING.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1747, 30 August 1905, Page 27

WHEELING.

(By ‘‘Austral.”) George Farley, the Australian cycling champion, now on a racing visit to Europe in company with Ellegaard and Rutt, hs.s made his first public appearance in France In writing to a I’epresentative of the Sydney “Daily Telegranh,” under date June 27th, he states that he had a very rough trip across, and after a tedious railway journey, arrived in Paris on the same day as the King of Spain. Hie was met at the station by Mr Robert Coquelle, one of the Parisian promoters, who had given h : m some good engagements, and escorted him to a boarding establishment in the Etoilei a district of Paris. Walter Rutt, the German champion, who was returning from his Australian trip, and his wife, stayed at the same place. Ellegaard and his wife only remained in Paris three days, being.anxious to get to their home in Denmark after their long trip to Australia. Farley started to train the day after his arrival, and found Parisian tracks very difficult to negotiate after the Australian tracks. The banking on the Continental tracks is very steep, the angle being 42deg. On June 19th the Australian,’ Rutt, and Frank Kramer took train to'Antwerp, and rode a three cornered match race over three heats of a mile, decided on points. Farley gives a description of the racing. In the first heat he took the pace, which was withdrawn at the bell. The Australian finished third. In the second heat Kramer was forced to accept the pace, and in the last lap was challenged by Farley and Rutt. The American, however, won again, but only defeated Farley by half a wheel, with Rutt third. In the third heat three starts were made, as none of the riders would accept the pacer’s wheel. Eventually Rutt took it, with Kramer second and Earley last. Half a lap from home Kramer went round Rutt and defeated the German by half a length, with Farley the same distance off third. Kramer won easily on points from Rutt, with the Australian fast. The Continental papers, however, gave Farley great praise for his good showing and fast sprinting eo soon after a long journey. Farleys’ second engagement was away from Paris, at Genoa, where he had been engaged to race against Ellegaard, Rutt* Paird, and other Continental celebrities,V and the race had not been ridden at the time of writing. The Australian champion states that the promoters who had engaged him were so satisfied with his showing against Kramer and Rutt, that they have given him a special match against the three best men in Elurope, viz., EGenri Mayer, Kramer, and Poulain, and the event was scheduled for early in July. Farley states that the food on the Continent is very oily, which takes a lot of getting used to. He is still riding his Australian-built machine, which meets with praise , on all sides. The sport, he states, is well attended all over the Continent, and it is a common sight to 6ee 25,000 spectators present at a big match race. Kramer, he states, is very anxious to visit Australia for a racing trip next season, and the Ame-

rioan champion wishes to secure such an engagement. A Melbourne writer says:- —“The New Zealand cracks make no secret cf the fact that they intend making a bold bid for the Australasian Road Brue Riband which J. Arnst won for New Zealand in 1903, and which was subsequently in 1904 won by T. La room be, oi New South Wales, from R. Arnst, by a very small margin. The New Zealand representative team for the forthcoming Warrnambool Road Race promises to 1-e a very warm one.”