"No Race” Declared On Cycle Tracks
13 Twice within a week Aus- 0 tralian cycling officials acted g promptly and declared “no race,” ® B also disqualifying some competi- 0 jgl tors. The first instance was at the as H Bendigo Easter Fair in one of 0 g] the heats of the professional pa wheel race. ® Some riders were making such S 0 a joke of the race that the start- q sj er, Jack Trengove, fired his gun s? “ as a signal for the race to stop. 0 H “No race ... all riders disg qualified for the event ... all g bets off, and all money refund- § B ed” was the official statement g g made over the amplifiers. There g § was warm approval, not only § S from the crowd, but from the 0 ™ betting ring. " si At Essendon two days later, = 0 the second incident occurred, in S g the amateur handicap. Because g a snail’s pace was being main- = ® tained, the Victorian Union call- El @ ed a halt and declared “no race.” g
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Southland Times, Issue 24114, 1 May 1940, Page 10
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