Cycling Sports.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 6127, 18 December 1894, Page 1

Cycling Sports.

(BY TELEGRAPH.) Chiustciiurcji, Decombov 17. The Christchurch Cash Cycling Club's third annual race meeting was hold afc Lancaster Park to-day. The weather was glorious, there being scarcely any wind. The new cycling track, with four wellbanked corners, was in capital order. Two thousand people were present. The following arc the results : One Mile Maiden Open Handicap. R Rodger (Christchurch), 120 yds ... 1 F N Chainey (Christchurch), 40yds ... 2 T Hassall (Christchurch), 20yds... ... 3 Ten started. Time, 2inin 35 l-sth sec. Hale-mile Open Handicap. GIT Lethab (Christchurch), GOyds ... 1 J Wilson (Ashburton), 80yds ... ... 2 F'J aylor (Christchurch), 75yds 3 Won by two yards. Time, liniti 10 2-Gth seconds One Mile Bicycle Handicap (Second Class). GII Lethaby, Chtisuehureh, GOyds ... 1 F N Chainey, Chiistchurch, 100 yds ... 2 P Dunn, Christchurch, 100 yds ... ... 3 Eleven started. Won by 20 yards. Time, 2min 30 4-sth sees. Two-mile New Zealand Wheel Race.— First prize 15 sova, second prisro 3 sovs, third prize 1 sov. F Hunt, Rangitikcj, I'.SOyds I R Anderson, Ashburton, 3-10 yds ... 2 J Boyd, Christchurch, scratch ... ••• 3 Fourteen started, including C R ilson, Clarkson, II A fc-oancs, and A Hi Barker (all scratch) The liist and second men were very leniently dea't with by the handicappers, and practically had the race to themselves. Boyd was about 100 yards belli; (1 the winner. Wilson was fourth. Time, 4min 53 2-sth sees. Five-mjle Championship op New Zealand. First prize, 3 sovs and a gold medal value L- lis ; second prize, 3 sovs ; third, 1 sov T Clarkson ... ... ... 1 J Boyd 2 C Wilson ... ... ... ... 3 A R Barker, H A Soancs, and F S Rainbow also started. All the competitors were members of the Chi istchurch Cycling Club. Clarkson went to the front a lap from home, and won by 10 yards. Boyd beat Wilson by half a machine length. Time, 13tnin 46sec. Soanes won the special prize of L 3 3s for passing the post first most times in tho race. Three-mile Bicycle Handicap (secondclass). E G Land (Christchurch), scr ... 1 F Hunt (Bangitikei), 30yds behind scr ... ... ... 2 W Woods (Ashburton), 90yds... 3 Six started. Won by five yards. Time, Smin 12 2-sth sec. One Mile First-Class Bicycle Handicap. E S Rainbow (Christchurch), GOyds ... 1 E J Lilly (Christchurch), 50yds ... ... 2 G H Lethaby (Christchurch), GOyds ... 3 J Boyd, T Clarkson, M A Soanes, A R Barker (scratch) also started. Won by two yards, Clarkson fourth. Time, 2min 28 2-sth sec. Two-Mile Second-Class Bicycle Handicap. P Dunn (Christchurch), 200 yds ... ... I W Wilmot (Christchurch), 140 yds ... .J Wilson (Ashburton), 200 yds ... ... 3 Won by three yards. Time, smin 1.1 4-oth sec. Ten-Mile Bicycle Handicap (Open). T Clarkson (Ashburton) ... ... ... 1 H A Soanes (Christchurch ... ... 2 A R Barker (Christchurch) ... ... 3 Won by four yards. Time, 27min 32 3-sth sec TIMARU TOURISTS' CYCLING SPORTS. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Timaru, December 17. The Tourists' Cycling Sports wero well patronised to-day, but the weather was very hot, and a nor'-wester blow the greater part of the afternoon. Goldstono (55yds.) won the Half-Mile ; Pither tho Five Mile Championship (Reynolds and Hall fell) in 13min 41 2-sth sees, and he also won the Five-Mile Open ; Cameron (280 yds) won the Three-Mile Roadster; S. Macdonald (80yds) the Ladies' Bracelet of li mile, and the Threo-Mile Open (135 yds) ; and Shearman (scr) the TwoMile Roadster. There were numerous accidents, live men falling in tho second heat. The Half-Mile and Champion Race were robbed of a brilliant finish by Reynolds falling and bringing down Hall.