CYCLING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 11391, 5 December 1898, Page 2

CYCLING.

AT the Austral Wheel Meeting at' Sydney, on Saturday, A. C. Forbes, formerly of Tariki, won the Intel national Five Mile Race by a length and a half from Beauchamp, Crisp third: time, lloiin 51 l-saecs. McDonald won the Mile in 2min 51 l-ssecs; Walne second, and' Barker third. The Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club Sports, have been postponed till Wednesday owing to bad weather. As a practical illustration of ihe good that tho League of New Zealand Whee'ineu is doing for ifcs members, it may be mentioned that the Executive of the League havo lately entered into an agreement with the Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Company, whereby members of tha League can now insure themselves against Accidents on the bicycle for the modest sum of ten sbil lings a year, for which in the event of cyclists being incapacitated from attending to butiuess of any kind a weekly compensation of £2 10s a week is granted. This particularly low premium is open to members of tho Cycling Club only. The local consul, Mr Taunton, will be pleased to give further information about. Regardiug the formation of a track in the Recreation Grounds the following letter has be6n forwarded to the secretary of the Board : - Deah Si«, - In reftrence to the resolution, which 1 set) by tbii raorniug s issuo of the Now.*, waa passed by your Board at a inoetiog li6ld on 2nd inst., I have to inform you that my only object in writing to your Board asking them to receive the deputation that waited on your. Chairman two years ago re the same subject, was to pfove con- | clusively to everybody that every effort was made at that time to form a track in the " Rec." and not to discuss proposals for forming a track at the present time which Tour resolution iufers.— l am, etc., Leonard M. Taunton.