ATHLETICS.

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15282, 23 January 1920, Page 5

ATHLETICS.

MANAWATU CYCLE SPORTS,

[United Press Association.]

[ Palmerston North, Jan. 20. There was fine weather to-day for the Manawatu motor cycle sports. There was a record attendance. Results: — Eight-mile Open Handicap: F* Sykes, UOsec, 1; Percy Coleman, scr., 2; R. Jones, 145 sec, 3. Time, 9min 46 3-ssec. Coleman's time was 7min 26 l-ssec. Heavy-weight Flying Mile Record: Coleman, 52 4-5, 1; L. Mangham, 54sec, I 2. Coleman failed to reduce his ownj record of 49 3-ssec. j Ten-mile (open): Coleman, scr, 1; &. Jones, 180, 2- L. Manghan, 10, 3. Time, 12.24. Coleman's fastest lap, on& mile was covered in 49sec. Fifteen-mile (open): Coleman 1, Manghan 2, Jones 3. Time, 18.10. Coleman's time, 13min 15sec. Ei^ht-mile (open): Sykes, llOseo, 1 ; Coleman, scr.. 2; Manghan, Bsec, d. Time, 8.59. Coleman's tune, 7.9-Five-mile Consolation: Manghan, scr., lE. C. Gaisford, 80sec, 2; ' Osgood, lOOsec, 3. Time, 6min 18 2-ssec*