CYCLING NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10571, 18 January 1896, Page 7

CYCLING NOTES.

(B? Demon i» the Otaqo Witness.)

FIXTURUS. . February.-Team Itace, Dunedin Cycling Club v. Otago Cycling Club. April 25.- Official closiuk of cycling season.

The members of the OUgo Cycling Club are to ba congratulated oa providing an excellent day's sport on the occasion of their fourth annual infcarprovincial. race meeting, held last Saturday at the Caledonian grounds. The track wa3 in goad order, the racing excellent, and Becratarie! Hart and Mollar, bwked by a. goodly number of officials, did all that was neesasmy Uo ensuce the completeness, .of detail incidental to the sncoess of » rate meeting. There were aoxioui inquiries on Saturdsy regarding the absence of R. Crow, the Dnuedia dub,3 crack, from the meeting. I cm given to understand that ttits rider is on a holiday trio, uadnt tbe actual time of the racing w« enjoying the fishing and olhar attractions tv be fouud abonfc a place not a day's journey from Dunedm.

la the Three-mile Championship Messrs Tonkmson and Senders (D.C.C.) lent efficient Rid aB pacemakers and .materially assisted .to quicken the pace. : - ■

It is ttlway* pleasing to note a good deed, and the action of Measw W. B. Ball and C. Horcp, who lent their racerH to Jcmes duriug tfce afternoon, jmd P. Muir (Invtreargili), who kindly plßoed his rucer at the disposal of J. White, when the macb.in.Dß pf both of these riders had gone wrong, is worthy of comment and deserres recognition,. , The Otigo Cyelk-g Ciub, in' consideration of the fins riding shuwu by Jones during the afternoon, and Muuden ia tbe Oae-mile Firgt-tlifSis Handicap, decidod to present tbess riders with special priz-js nt the smoke ooueei-t held in the evening. Mr Sim, on behalf of the club, presented orders to . the value of two guineas and one guinea to Messrs Jones and Munden respectively. It ia expected that tha OUgo Club will make a profit of at least £50 over the raco mseting.

■ While the executive of the Caledonian Society are to be congratulated on ths fact of a record having batii broken on their new track, I would impress upon tht:m th*t it is not jot perfect, and Deads a lofc of farther' banking. My friend "Royer" some wegks ago drew attention to.the tr*ck, and SDggented certain improvements which I heartily approve of. I know that money is a great drawb&ok, but when a visiting competitory-a rider of considerable experience—tells you that he is actually fiighlencd to go round ttm corners at a fast rats, t,here ia some ressoa foe ktepitig tse matter of further banking still bii«re the Caledonian Sociefy aud the public, am] I now pommend the matter to tho grave consideration of tha society. , ..

The Dunedin Cycling Club hold a club run to Henley this afternoon, starting from the clubrootn "at hslf-p*st ii; and the, Otago Club'a fixture for the sarao afternoon is to the Mineral Springa, starting from the clqbroom at the Octagon at the same hour.