CYCLE ROAD RACE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15274, 23 July 1920, Page 9

CYCLE ROAD RACE.

Ihe revival of ,Uic periodical athletic contests was marked yesterday by the cycle road raco from Gisborne to Wai- 1 Jiirrrn and back to town, held .under the ' auspices of the Poverty Bay Motor-Cycle ' Uuh. Hie coinpet.if.oi-s, numbering seven ! and officials and intcreslud niembers of i the public assembled at Bell's store MnngHpapsi, early, m U lo afternoon, and \ a lew nuhtilus after tho. advin-tised time a start was made. The course followed \ Orinond roud to Waihircre, turning, . back down the main road to Waercnga- \ a-luku, thence to town via Makuuri and , Makuraka. Tin- distiyieo was about 15 ! miles. Mr Ben. Sntlon officiated as ! star Cor, and had un efficiont assistant m ! Mr C. W. T. Sheen. Aftt-v all the com- ■ petilors got away, the small crowd j haste-nod ii cross tho river und'up Glad- j stone Itoad k> tho town limitss a(i Lytton i Road, to nwait tho arrival of the placed < riders. Hore was assembled another ] small crowd, and as the; limn 'approached '] whon the riders might be expected to j finish, the. gathering assumed large pro- < portions. At 4.50 fclie firsfc of the conmeti- 1 tois was sight(!d at the cemetery, and a ! hard struggle wns witnnssed between ' Dolman and To Mooli, for first plucc. i Dolinnn, however, passed Te Moo.ti a ' quarter of a mile from the post and 1 finished hard. Tho teoopiifl man (Tfo i Mooti) camo m. six seconds behind tlie ' leader. Cavr was third, arriving 10 ; Seconds bclii'nd. the second man, and ! closely followed at a three-second inter- ' val by Ladd. Tho winner, Dolman, as "' scratch, man, put. up a very fine perform- ' a«ce, finishing the distance m 50" minutes \ 3 1.-5 seconds, m spite' of the state of the roads, which all tlie' riders agreed was: most disheartening. Following is the ' l . list of starters: S. Dolman (scr.), G. Carr and R. Stewart (3min. lOsecs.), A. Ladd ' (3min. 30secs), P. To Mooti (4min. 30sec«), , L. Nicol (7min.), and W. Byrne (7min.). ' Mr A, E. Davy was the- official handicap- \ per, tho race being run under N.Z.A. , and C.U. rules. Mr Robb acted as judge, ] Mr L. Ogier keeping the time. The close , finish of tho first four men reflects the ) greatest credit on the handicapping of ] the race, by Mr A. E. Davy. . -. , , , g~ _ i