‘TOO MUCH TIPPING”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 171, 10 October 1927, Page 9

‘TOO MUCH TIPPING”

N.Z. CYCLIST IN U.S.A. NOT GIVEN FAIR CHANCE A young New Zealand cyclist. Mr. W. Mackie, has returned from ;a trip to America without having Fallen to the lure of the States. ‘They don’t give a New Zealander or an Australian a fair chance,” h*' said. “We are not considered sufli - cient drawing power for the ‘gates.' Mr. Mackie also found that tipping in America runs into a lot of monej . ‘Everybody over there seems to live on tips.” he remarked this morning on the Aorangi. “You can’t go anywhere or get anything done without tips.” “And if you don’t tip?” asked the newspaper man. “Well, they don’t say anything, but they make you feel uncomfortable, and you can’t get anything done.” he said. Mackie, who is well known on the cycling tracks in the Dominion, competed in events in New York. Newark. Boston. Hartford and Providence. He competed in the New England cycling championships, where he won the three-mile event and finished third in the five miles. At Boston Mackie won the half-mi e handicap off the 15yds mark in 55sec. Cycling has a big hold in the East - era States of America, but there is very little done in the West, and then only by amateurs. As many as 25.000 a night turn out to watch matches in the East. There was not much money in the game in America, Mackie said, practically only the same as in New Zealand. Racing is very fast, as the tracKS are composed of board and it is possible to attain very fast times. Mackie says he ha.s benefited by his trip. All the racing is done at night, in stadiums. During his visit to the states Mackie met Les Murray, tile boxer, who was doing very veil.