CYCLING.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12905, 17 February 1906, Page 6

CYCLING.

' ,-.■ Si toad race for youths under 19 years : residing . -within throe miles of v Pleasant Point .was, run,- on .Thjiisday ewjning,<• the '•' course being io«rv times' rounflT"what is known as " the throe-mile block." Four--1 teen entered for the event* all of whom I' started, and an excellent contest resulted as follows:

H. Henderson (3min) ...... 1 W. Anderson (3£min) 2 S. Southby (4min) ... K , 3 S. Laurenson made the fastest time, a little over half an hour, the other scratch man, J. Mclntyre, being only" one second behind him. A very large crowd assembled at the winning post in the township, and all along the route there were interested: spectators of the race. The fact.that tdl those.who entered started, showed tliat the handicapping iiad met with their approval and the fast time'in which the.jrace was finished■= showed that ifc was a The arrangements for itict event were car-

Ned out by Messrs W. Andreir, Dunn, and Lunds, who acted also as handicappers and startera and great credit is due to them for the success of the race, for excepting one or two slight accidents to the riders, no hitch occurred. Mr Lyle acted as timekeeper and starter.