CYCLING.

Otago Witness, Issue 1812, 13 August 1886, Page 27

CYCLING.

WHEEL NOTES.

By Demon.

Barring a well-contested race, one of the most exciting developments of cycling is a paper foxhunt, especially if the wheelman who enacts the part of sly reynard runs " cunning and fast." The Norwood Cycling Club had such a chase on Saturday, July 17, and invited members of other clubs to join in the hunt. About twenty wheelmen mustered in front of the Norwood PostOffice, and the fox (Mr R. Davis), a noted flyer on the track, got away at a rattling pace at 3. 15, with 2g minutes grace, and soon the whole pack of wheelmen were well on his track. He proved a " strong fox," and left an excellent trail, but the breeze sometimes sent the paper bits down cross streets, thus establishing occasional false trails, and taking eager rider 3 off the scent. He took highway and byway till he struck Ken-sington-road, and then made across the Raceground, thence down the avenue of gums, past the olive plantation, and through the city to the Exhibition-road. The pace was very fast, and the first fence baulked a tricyclist in the company, but the other wheelmen got their machines over several such obstacles. The fox took away up over North Adelaide, selecting the steepest gradients, and doubling back from the west end of Pennington-terrace, went whirling down Montefiore Hill and across through the iron gate near Victoria Bridge. By this time the pace had told on several of the pursuers, but G. Garie, T. Flint, F. Mankey, J. Garie, and Oelmeyer stuck doggedly to the trail, and followed the flying fox through numerous doublings in and out of Goodwood, up and down the pleasant lanes of Unley, and back to town, but failed to come up with him, and he finished at the Cricket Oval at 4.45. Something like 10 miles of devious tracking was done at a killing pace, and the whole affair was really very exciting. Davis left a fair trail, using blue, red, yellow, ond white paper. The affair represented the final outing for the season of the N.C.O. F. S. Rollinson ex-champion of America has challenged any rider in the colonies (Rolfe preferred) to ride a match race, from- one to one thousand miles, for £100 or more aside, a single distance or three distances, the winner of two out of the three to be declared victor and champion. The recent 72-hours (twelve each day) bicycle contest in Chicago was especially noteworthy from the fact that Prince, the winner who covered 1042 miles, absented himself from the track for but nine 'minutes daring the entire race. Prince, it is said, now holds all the world's records from 35 to 1042 miles.

Oxborrow has done a mile on a safety bicycle in 2min 55sec.