SIX-DAY CYCLE RACES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20261, 9 November 1935, Page 16

SIX-DAY CYCLE RACES

THE CRAZE IN EUROPE

That six-day cycle races had swept over Europe and if staged in Australia would prove just as popular was the opinion of Archie Fairweather, the former Brunswick amateur cyclist who has just returned from the United States, where he was working as a mechanic for nearly four years (says the “Sporting Globe.”) John M. Chapman still reigns as the prince of promoters, he said, but Willie Spencer, who visited Australia on three occasions, has come into the field, and is promoting in Canada and the Western States of the United States.

Cecil Walker, of New South Wales, won the all-round pro. track title of the United States for the eighth time, while he also gathered in the sprint crown. Harris Horder has done much, while George Dempsey (former Olympian), Reggie M’Namara, and other Australians are doing well.

The standard of amateur cycling in America is far below that of Australia, but every facility is being provided riders in the hope of unearthing talent for the Olympic Games at Berlin next year.

Fairweather hopes to resume riding at an early date, and may compete for Northcote in the Colsc-Melbourne race. He will act as one of the officials for the Malvern Star junior road championship on Saturday week.