CYCLING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10967, 6 January 1912, Page 1

CYCLING.

Br EiiECTKic Telegraph—Coptmght.]

(Peb Press Association.) .SIX.DAYS ,? RACE. '* Received January. 5, at Q.ls_p.m. j , 5. The cyclists' encountered" the ~ worst possible weather conditions; In the morning the sun's temperature leached 154, accompanied by a strong hot wind. Early' in 'the afternoon a thunderstorm broke' and, rain deluged the track. The riders donned -weird protecting garments from oilskins to blankets, and some carried open umbrellas. The um continued all the afternoon. The rid-ing-was very slow. 'Many of theNcompetitors were muscle-bdundj necessitating continual massaging. - Seventeen hundred and' ten,, miles had been covered up to five o'clock.

Sydney, January 5. A motor cyclist-. travelled i between Melbourne and Sydney'in 31 hours-1« minutes. This is 2 houis 44, seconds better than Tormey's recent record.