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Otago Witness, Issue 2705, 17 January 1906, Page 53

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Th-e New Zealand oycling championships wili this year be run at Nelson on Thursday, February 1. The cycling events comprise : Half-mile, One Mile, ThreeMiles, and Five Miles New Zealand Championships, the" Nelson Wheel Race (handicap), of £20, £7, and £3, and a couple of second class handicaps, of two miles and one mile, the former being endowed with £5 and £2 prize money and the latter with £4 and £2. In a letter received by me last week from Nelson, the writer stated that the proposed meeting is creating plenty of interest, and that a large number of cyclists are nightly training on the track, everything pointing to a most successful meeting. Entries close on Saturday, January 20. J. Arnst, the New Zealand ridei-, has returned to Christchuroh from his lacing trip to Australia. Judged by his riding on the second day of the recent Otago Caledonian Society's meeting, G. Jack, of Winton, if he keeps on the racing track, should become a rider of the very first class. Besides his wins at the Cale., Jack won the Half-mile at Kaiapoi on Boxing Day from the 80yds' mark, and secm-ed third place in the Two-mile Wheel Race, starting from 230 yds, from Baker and Randrup. The "star" of the Canterbury meetings during the recent holidays (says " Rover" in the Canterbury Times) has heen not Randrup or Sutherland, bub Cecil Baker, the young Kaiapoi crack. All good judges predict that Baker's oycling career will not stop short until he has reached the top rung of the New Zealand ladder. On December 18, at Lancaster Park, Baker scored two wins in the hottest of competition; at Kaiapoi on Boxing Day carried off the Wheel Race, after beat"ing Randrup in a magnificent finish, and took second in a mile handicap ; and at Lancaster Park the same night he won . both handicap events, on the programme. 'At the Canterbury Club's nijtht; meeting

he was quite irresistible, and outpaced the other competitors by really brilliant sprinting. The best feature, in considering Baker's future prospecte, is the fact that ho has not suddenly blossomed forth into his present position. He started racing early, and is- now ir> his fourth year on the track. Under the circumstances, be is more likely, once he reaches the front rank, to hold his place there than a champion of quicker growth. Messrs Ward Bros., flaxmillers, of Milton, have become purchasers of motor cycles, Messrs Gooke, Howlison, and Co. having sold to them two 2i h.p. Clement.". They are both new-chum riders, but showed a good knowledge of the intricacies of their machines on a trial run on the Hneley, road. v Mr R. Dunne has purchased from Messrs Cooke. Howlison, and Co. a 3 h.p. twin-cylinder Clement. Mr J. J. Johnson is getting good work out of his 2£ h.p. single cylinder Rover motor cycle. Mr Johnson's businecs takes him out into the country districts, and he finds his motor cycle a great advantage in getting to the inland towns. He has just concluded a journey round 'Gore. Waipahi, Waikaia, etc., on his machine. Dining the past few weeks M^ E' Creaghe, on his 3 h.p. twin Clem-ent-Garrard. has been travelling every Sat\irday to Moeraki, coming back on the Sunday. Last Sunday night, while on his . Dunedin journey, the coupling rod on one . of the cylinders of his machine gave way, I necessitating Mr Creaghe coming home on the one engine. An experience like this shojvs the advantage of a two-cyliDder machine — one engine gives way, but the other one does the work of both. Mr E. Stark, electrical engineer, has purchased- from Messrs Turnbull and Jones 9. 6 h.p. Wolseley car. This firm will replace this 6 h p. car by another Wolseley of similar power. A smart run was made by Mr 0. J. Wilson, of Gore, from Christchurch. Mr Wilson left with a 6 h.p. De Dion-Bouron car on the Saturday night at 6.30 p.m., and travelled to Leeston that night; leached Hampden on Sunday, and arrived in Dunedin early on Monday morning. Leaving Dunedin on Monday afternoon, he reached Gore at 7 o'elook at night, the latter part of his journey being over heavy vosido through '-am fallina most of the way. Mr Wilson's De Dion was new out of the shop, and had not had a trial run previous to his taking it out. Mr Harrison-Jones during the holidays made a run through Otago Central j on his 12-16 Decauville. and reports a very pleasant trip. On some of the sandy surfaces met with on the tour a difficulty was experienced in getting the wheels to hold, but I believe a plentiful supply of straw and sacks remedied this drawback, and enabled the car to get once more on to hard going. Mr Arthur Rhodes, of Christchuroh, with Chauffeur Ganderton at the wheel, bad a fine run from the Cathedral City to Queenstown during the holidays On the southward trip the car proceeded inland via Palmerston and Naseby, while the return journey was made by Lawrence to Dunedin, and thence to Christchurch. Mr Rhodes's 28-36 Daimler made a very fast journey over the good stretch of roa<] to be met with from Glenore to Saddle Hill — though I am afraid the report of the speed Chauffeur Ganderton says they at timea attained over this latter run must be taken with a errain of salt. 'The local Motor Association should find the following rather unpleasant reading, and if the complaint made is true it would seem to imply that the association's rules regarding speed limits and other observances for the safety of pedestrians and those with horses and traps are more observed in the breach than the observance. On the South road the other day, a gentleman who is often seen out with his horse and trap stopped a couple -of local motor cyclists and thanked them for the care which they always exercised when passing him on the road. He then complained that, with the exception of these two, very few others " gave him a chance." I have written quite enough on the matter cf excessive speed, and expect that later on laws will be enforced without regard to t'lf; rules of the local Motor Association. I imagine they will need to be regarded, too. Mr Brown, of Timaru. was in Dunedin at the _ Nevy Year with his 15 h.p. Darracq, which is one- of the finest cars seen on local streets. It has an aluminium J body, white enamelled, and red upholstered. Ignition is by accumulators and magneto. For a considerable period there was a big fight as to which was the best style of- belt-drive — the round, flat, or V-shaped belt. Out of the contest the V type has ] emerged the most successful. Of all the | different makes of V belts the Wata-wata has established a big lead, but a still later type of V belt, which I have been watching f«r come time, but refrained from remarking on till I had seen more of its lasting ability, ia the" Gloria (rubber and canvas) belt, fitted to the Triumph motor cycles. After coming through a fairly long and severe testing, thus is the one that appaals to me the most. This particular belt has done some thoufands of miles, and ha§ had absolutely no attention whatever paid, fco. iw Its grißtoipg propenaitie^ are;

perfect ; it is most' flexible ; it requires no dressing, and is therefore a treat to handle for its cleanliness, leather belts being notoriously dirty to work with, besides re- | quiring periodical dressing. 1 Now that foot-rests are coming into general us© on motor cycles, and that many riders will be fitting these themselves, it is a good idea to place the rests, when possible, close to the cylinder, so as to keep the feet warm on cold days. j An interesting machine shown at the Stanley show was a 5 horse-power twinoylinder Vindec Special motor cycle fitted . with magneto ignition. The cylinders are I placed side by side on the Weiner principle, but differ in this respect that each cylinder ie a separate casting, allowing a free circulation of air round each cylinder, thus greatly increasing the cooling-. Why He Was Surprised. — A story has been going the rounds concerning a certain motor cyclist and his mount. The story goes that he never went out without being "hung up" either upon the outward or homeward journey. Upon one lengthy jaunt, however, he experienced no trouble of any kind, and this caused him so much delight that he forthwith took the whole machine to pieces to find out why it had run so well, and now he cannot get it to go at all. — — A great feature about the motor cycles shown at the Stanley show was the increase in magneto ignition, all classes of machines from one to four cylinders being fitted with this type of ignitron, the high tension magneto being much more in demand than the low. The leading authorities ' are strongly recommending magneto' ignition. For some time there seemed a doubt as to its successful application to the V type of twin-cylinder engine, but whatever difficulties there may have been are now completely overcome, and the V type twin-cylinder motor careers successfully over the country both at Home and on the Continent. '"Ixion," the writer of "Occasional Comments" in The Motor Cycle, says: — "I would very earnestly recommend all who can afford it to use a magneto on V engines. It will outlast the ordinary riding season without other _ attention than~ lubrication, and a new chain and contacts are the sole requirements when at last the engine speed diminishes." There is no getting away from the fact that battery ignition has a good many drawbacks when the number of cyclinders is increased, and especially when a motor cycle is in question. First and foremost stands the consumption of current. On a car there is ample room for a brace of 40 ampere batteries; on any_ cycle two 20 ampere batteries are the maximum, and on many twin-cylinder machines the space is so restricted that electricity is made to yield to oil and petrol, so that only two accumulators of 10 or 12 amperes each are fitted. We Tiave all found this supply rather limited on a single cylinder, and on a V we have twice the consumption to grapple with, even if our contacts are perfect. Another great feature of the Stanley J Show was the large increase in twin-cylinder ' motor cycles, almost every maker snowing one or more of this class of machine, mainly of the V type variety, the Vitidee Special and the Weiner being the only two exceptions to the V-type of twin. , It will no .doubt be of interest to many of my readers to know that the rear ; cylinders \of the four-cylinder F. N. motor I cycle do noi overheat. This is a point | that naturally asserted itself wluyi v this f machine was first placed on the market. j Since fhen this nTotor haVdone extensive I work, ajpd overheating is quite out of the question", and, moreover, the engine pulls well, like one would .expect r a. four-cylindered engine to pull. It is into its stride when starting- mifch quicker than- -motors of fewer cylinders. But from, what I can gather the worm drive is not by any means sHent, and not quite so gentle on the rear tyre as the belt drive. I believe the magneto works splendidly, as there is no doubt it should. At the Stanley Show Werner Motors, Ltd., exhibited two patterns of twin- | cylinder motor cycles, with vertical engines measuring 55 by '76mm, and 60 by 76mm. respectively. Many improvements have been made, the most important being larger tanks, arranged for 100 miles, petrol i capactiy ; 28 pulleys and control by exhaust valve lifter; 2£ and 3 horse-power singlecylinder motor cycles, engines 70 by 76mm. and 76 by 80mm. respectively, embodying similar improvements to the above. The 3 horse-power machine is fitted with a hee engine and governor as before, and spring forks are standard on all type 6. After extensive experiments, it has been deoided Itq place on the market a new tricar. This is driven by a 5 horse-power vertical twocylinder engine, with the thermo-syphon system of water cooling, chain drive, two speeds, pedal-actuated clutch, wheel steering, one back and two front brakes. In the new models exhibited at the Stanley Show several novel features are \ embodied in the construction of the 1906 pattern Triumph motor cycle, and patent spring front forks will be included in the standard specification. The forks are pivoted on nail bearings at the crown, thus having one movable joint only — the wheel always remains in the same position, and the lateral rigidity of. the forks is fully maintained.- The movement at the upper end of the forks is taken up by a buttress acting on two springs, so that any fore, aft, and vertical road shocks are entirely absorbed. Either accumulator and coil or magneto ignition ie beto^ fitted* The

* engine, which is made throughput in the Triumph works, is the first motor cycle engine to which- ball bearings have beeii. . succesfully applied to the main shaft. These were introduced last year, and we hear they have given entire satisfaction in- every case — in fact, bearings which have run over 10,000 miles do not show signs of wear. Aluminium foot-rests, with rubber cushions, are used ; giving a most comfortable position to the 'rider; a new aluminium silencer has been adopted which is very effective, and, has not a detrimental effect on the running of the engine. A novelty is shown in the tool bag. This is securely fixed to the carrier, and at the back a small outside oilcan arid petrol can are fitted, which, is really a more convenient place than inside the bag. The Triumph tubular stand is fitted as before, and also a new pattern light tubular carrier. Looking back on the enormous strides that have been made in motor-cycle construction, it is interesting to note that the low frame., with 26in -wheels, has gradually worked itself into' popular favour, and pIL , up-to-date makers will have -low-builfc, machines as standard patterns next' year. There is really no doubt that a low frame is not' only a luxury, but a necessity for safe and comfortable riding. The handling 06 a motor cycle in traffic is greatly simplified" by adopting a, low riding position, .not to, mention other undoubted advantages, such as increased stability,, on greasy roads. I can safely "say it will be" with no feeling* of sorrowfulnes when I see the giraffe typ^ ! of motor cycle (as a friend appropriately ' describes a high-framed machine) abandon** ' forever. Some makers«..are now fitting 2.4 ii wheels, and one firm — viz., the N.S.TL' Co.are making a motor cycle with a 20in fram« and 24in wheels, the top of .the saddle, being within 35in from the ground. ' ' " j — — The average attendance at London , Olympia show was 30,000, the official figures ! for the week being 129,372 ; and a more intelligent— or buying— crowd never, patronised an exhibition in this country (says' .Public Opinion). Even concerning sales effected and orders given, the "fairy tales"-, are flying around, each writer trying trf~outdo the othei\ ' £1,000,000 is the most. modest, and even £+,000,000 .is named^ as the value of new motor vehicles ordered afe the show. Let us take £1,000.000 as representing the vahie : it would mean, say, 1500 or 1600 cars, by no means out" of the way, and fully £400,000 in> wages to— let lie hope — British workmen. The Grand Prix of Berlin, 100 kilometres (62 mile 3 246 yards), attracted 12,000 spectators at Steglitz, Berlin, to witness such famous pace-followers as Huddens, Robl, Paul Guignarch, Piet Dickentmann, Anton Huber. and Bruno Demke, behind all,, styles of motor-pacing, including 26 horsepower tandems, the result being as -follows: Robl first, in lhr lOmin 36sce ; - Jiv.h^ i second, seven kilometres behind ■ '••' ■ third ; Dickentmann fourth. ■ The beet hour records put i.^ ... Continent and in England during- the pasi season are: — British, paced :- "W. T. Hall, 45 miles 1530 yards, *t Pare dcs Princes; Paris, 12th April. British, paced: 'W. T. , Hall, 45 miles 210 yards, at Canning Town, 24th April. Human -tandem-paced: M. Cadolle, 30 "miles 1362* yards, at Winter Track. Paris, "Bth" October. TJnpaced:" PietBreton, 25 miles 969 yards, at Buffalo, Paris, 24th August., „ .'-' Max Schifflcr hag. returned to Berlin; after touring round the'^world by bicycle (says a" telegram from Berlin). He started" in 1898, and cycled 'through Germany, Holland, ■ England, Scotland, Ireland, th© United States, Japan, eastern provinces of China, Australia, India, Persia, Asia Minor, the "Balkan States, and Austria homewards. The distance travelled was 44,000 English miles, during which Schiffler used up six bicycles.- One of these was presented to him in India by Lord Ourzon. Soh^ffler. ■who took 5000 photographs, saye will - start on a second tour in February, covering Denmark, Scandinavia, England, the Southern American countries, Manchuria-,: Siberia, and Russia homewards. He expects to return to Berlin in 1912. Motor road races seem to have passed, out of favour to a great extent in England. ! and on the Continent, but competitions for ' these vehicles of a more practical nature are taking their place. One of the most recent contests was a trial run of a motor v/aggon, of on«-ton carrying capacity, which was put to the test over the 420 niilee between Glasgow and London. It is reported , that the van ran most satisfactorily, maintaining an average speed of 14 miles per , hour throughout, while the petrol consumption was equal to 'one gallon for every 15£ ; miles, ,and the total Quantity of lubricating oil required was .three quarts. This is-.con- ' sidered' tp be very -eveditable. •- \ "" .'. Poor Pussy! Tabby catskin , gloves • are the latest for 'motoring wear. At"ihe Stanley Show in the Agricultural Hall/Left- ' don, motor coats 'and wraps of many outlandiah fur 3 were shown, but for ,-richness ' of marking and glossiness of fur the domes % lie cat leaves most .other .pelts far behind.; Cafskin coats are nob cheap, however, owing to the difficulty of -finding- -skins sufficiently well matohed to be stitched together in the same coat lining. Monkey fur— the long black-haired tippets, and bear is to have a new lease of life as a fashionable fur. By the P. and 0. mail steamer Mooltan, which recently reached Bombay, arrived Mr and Mrs Charles J. Glidden, who have travelled some 25,000 miles already in a motor car. The oar in use is a. Napier, and was purchased in London, the tyres used being Dunlop. The Gliddens have driven through the following countries: — Australia "and New Zealand, Tasmania, Austria. Bavaria, Belgium, Bohemia, Canada, Denmark; England, Fiji, France. Germany, Hawaii, Ireland, Italy, Java, Malay, Sootland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and Walea.^ The plan arranged at present ie for the motorists, who will have a week's stay in Bombay, to proceed north. After a two months' tour in India, Burmah, Ceylon, Siam, Korea, and Japan will be visited. The whole period, of the tour from commencement to finish will extend over 10 years. THE R.ANDRUP-SUTHERLAND MATCH. In the three-mile paced race in the Sutherland-Randrup match for £50 aside. run at the Canterbury Athletio and Cycling Club's meeting at Lancaster Park, Randrup forced the pace, and, " with fust over a,' mile and a-half traversed, Sutherland's form gave out, and he was dropped. He roced on, presumably hoping to bridge the gap at the next " pick-up," but tfcis* was impossible, and in the following rount'j Ivs rode off the track. The second distance,' a mile, produced a much closei- eontes''. ' Two single pacers were put on to pa -.a the entire distance, and .they set a fai?'^

The projected ironsaad enterprise for !New Plymouth is not dead. Mr B. M. Wraith, M.H.R., informs the New Plymouth ' Daily News that he has had very eatisfae--tory cable information from Mx Witheford, "land definite information of success is hourly " jexpected. The " success" referred to m-e'ins " %he satisfactory fiotatioc of a strong com- 1 - pany 4 . 1

At Sfasterfcon a- little girl of 12 who has passed the Sixth Standard was committed to an asylum. Sh© suffers from hallucinations. A Gazette notice reminds school teachers that every qualified per&on who elects to become a contributor to the Teachers' Superannuation Fund must make application, before the 30t-h Juae uex(^ ~ ,

solid gait. "With 300 yds to go, Randrup sprinted past the pacer, Sutherland at bis wheel. The ex-champion let his younger rival take him through the wind along the southern straight, and then, at the bend for home, came with a determined sprint. In,. a twinkling he was level with Randrup' s rear wheel, and a great race ensued in the straight. Randrup finished strongly, but Sutherland gained slightly all along the finish, suffering defeat by a short jard in a most exciting finish. The match was over three distances, but by Randrup winning the first two, there was no necessity to run off the five-mile. EXPERIENCES OF A LOCAL MOTORIST. Last Sunday week Mr TV. B. Bell left Dunedin on a 3 h.p. Triumph, intent on reaching the Nuggets thst night. At Fairfield, however, a mighty report intimated that something had gone wrong with the works, and it did not need a second glance to locate the damage— the back tyre having blown off. Securing a trap, Bell, ratJier crestfallen, brought his machine back to town,' vi here he was offered the loan of Mr J. F. M. Fraser's 2 h.p. Clement. Once ! more astride a machine, Bell again set [ off on his way rejoicing, but on nearing I Saddle Hill he discovered that his make-and-break contact 2 to 1 gear had gone wrong. Assisted by his brother " Dod," who most opportunely came along at this time, he set to work to remedy the defect, which they succeeded in doing after three hours' hard work. Henley was reached late in the afterncon, and the prospects of being at the Nuggets that night seemed rather remote. Stimulated by the " borax" poked at him by his fellow -motorists assembled at Henley, Bell made up his mind to still make an effort to reach his destination, and set out once more at a quarter to 5, and, after a fine run, reached the Nuggets at 8 o'clock on the Sunday night. The next morning, while Bell was having a run on. the beach, he saw a horse in a trap, in which were seated four boys, startled by the sound of the motor's explosions, playing up, and he at once stopped. The horse, however, backed over a sandhill, but no damage was done, and three of the boys got out and tried to lead the horse, which refused to budge. Leaving the reins to\fche boy in the trap, they urged the horse on with a few clouts with a stick, and off went the frightened steed at full gallop. Itscareer being apparently stopped by some rocks, it swerved off at right angles, and over went the trap and out flew the boy, fortanately uninjured. The horse then commenced to kick the overturned trap to pieces, and on Bell remonstrating with the lads and saying that not only would the buggy be ruined, but the horse injured too, they laughed gleefully and said : " Father only gave thirty -five shillings for the trap, and we are going to have thirtyfive shillings' worth of fun out of it." Seeing how matters stood, Bell himself took the horse out of the trap and gave him to the boys, who didn't seem too pleased at the end of their so-called fun, the trap being left where it had fallen. At 4 o'clock on the Tuesday morning Bell proceeded 'a few miles to where My Ottaway 5 ? oil launch was lying in the river, where the engine had gone wrong while bringing it to its destination down the Molyneux from the Balclutha station. No' one seeming to know anything about the manipulation of the oil engine, Bell's appearance at the Nuggets was most opportune, and he quickly remedied the matter — a faulty adjustment of the trembler coil, — and the launch proceeded on the remaining six miles of its journey. Bell returned to Dunedin the same day, quite pleased with his outing, which, as can be seen, was not at all lacking in incident. AN IMPROVED ROAD WHEEL.. Since a 14-16 h.p. car, fitted with wire road wheeLs, won the British Tourist Tiophy Race there has been a big demand on this ~ype of wheel. It is stronger and more- durable then the wooden-spoked wheel, and is not affected by temperature. The 1906 oars will lie equipped with a new wheel, made entirely of steel, with spokes that can be used for truing the rim. This wheel has the appearance of an artillery wheel, the wooden spokes being replaced with steel ones. The felloe is done away with, and the spokes screw direct on to the rim. The hub plates of the old wooden wheel may be used on th« new one, and ..thus it can be fitted on to ! any car without the expense of complete | new wheels. As regards strength the new wheel is 50 per cent, stronger "than a j uooden one of the same weight. When ' tested the wheel was weighted until it was ( deflected from the true circle for 7in, but- on the load being removed it resumed its proper shape. Had a wooden ■wheel i been similarly strained it would have j cracked and lost its trueness. I CANTERBURY AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION'S MOTOR,GYMKANA. ] To give an idea of the power and makes of some of the motor cycles and cars in j the northern town, I append the results of the above gymkana, held on the Metro- J politan Trotting Grounds on December 26: — Gentlemen's Driving Competition. One lap. Prizes, £2 ajid JEl— First heat: Dr Diamond's De Dion, 6 h.p. (H. Box, driver), 3min 58sec. Also started: Watson's Rex, 8 h.p. (owner). Time, 9min 31sec. Second heat: Mr W. | M'Rae Peacock's Rover, 8 h.p. (L. M'Masters, driver), 1; Dr Thackei's Beeston-Humber, 8 h.p. (A. Duncan, driver), 2. Also started: Dr Diamond's De Dion, 6 h.p. (H. Box, driver), and Mr T. H. Hensmann's De Dion, S h.p. (owner, driver). Final heat: W. M'Rae , Peacock's Rover, 8 h.p. (L. M'Masters, diiver), 1 ; Dr Thacker's Beeston-Humber, 8 hp. (A. Duncan, driver), 2; Mr R. Thompson, sen.'s Ford, 7 hp. (W. E. Thompson, diiver), 3. Also started : ITr W. M'Rae Peacock's Star, 7 h.p. (J. F. Best). Won comfortably Time, 9min 21sec. Motor Cycle Handicap Five miles, for machines of 2£ h.p. and under. Prizes, £7, £3, and £I— Adams Star Cycle Co's Humber, 2J h.p. (B. Ogilvie), scr, 1; W. E. Thompson's Indian, 12 h.p. (E. J. Ritchie), lOsec, 2; W. S. Hopkin'si Clement Garrard, 2 h.p. (owner), 20seo, 3. Also started: Best and Towne's Mitchell, 2 h.p. (G. Brown), 5 &ec ; Best and Towne's Mitchell, 2 h.p. (C. Jones), lOsec; Adams Star Cycle Co.'s Minerva, 2£ h.p. (Howarth, 13secf; L. H. Evans's Mit-choll, 2 h.p. (owner), 15sec, and W. T. Feltan'a Univerrsal, 2 h.p. (owner), SOsec. Time, Bnrin 19sec. Motor Car Race. Five miles, for cars of 12 h.p. and under. Prizes, £5, £2, and £I—Dr1 — Dr Thacker's Beeston Humber, 8 h.p. (A. Duncan, driver), 1; Dr Diamond's De Dion, 10 h.p. (H. Box, driver), 2. Mr R. W. Anderson's L'Etoile, 8 h.p. (owner), also Bsa£ted, but withdrew softer the first lajj. A

good race between the other pair resulted in Dr Thacker's car -winning by three lengths. Time, lOmin lsec. Motor Cycle Handicap. Five miles. Prizes, £7, £3, and £I— Adams Star Cycle Co.'s Humber, 2J h.p. (B. Ogilvie), lOsec, 1; Adams Star Cycle Co.'s Minerva, 2f h.p. (F. Howarth), ISsec. 2, Best and Towne's Mitchell, 2 h.p. (C. Jones), 20sec, 3. Also started: L. H. Evans's Marsh, 31 h.p. 15sec. Time, 7min 56sec.