Saturday's Road Race.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10498, 14 December 1903, Page 1

Saturday's Road Race.

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Considerable interest waist man Ifesf.ed in tihe cycling road, wilca.frciilu the Hape Creek to Pua-iri and back, whioih, W.aw 'aonduoted! last under the auspices of the Thames 1 Athletic: and Cycling Club.-; Iti wa-si .prliicip'aJlj due to the enterprise of Mr F. B;i,y(Waird, of Haywaa'd Ri?o&;, Pollen stre.'t. i so that the. race was. held, for he »r----ranged for the prizes', and also wiotfkr ed up the interest of cyclists- To suidh an extent did lie sutocieed tiha,t 22 j competitors amd: a® these numbered! amongl theani tihe best cycl- ■ i«ts of the dfetrict, it -was anticipated' that the race would be interesting. j The competitors and their handicaps, ■which were •well prepared by Messrs F. Ladner amd T. >Ne\vn]ia,n, were as under: ■—.Harold Bavward sea-, O. Haywardi Jmin, F- Hay. ward 2min, E. Payne 3miin, J. Walker 4Jmin, W. Benshaw smin> H. Plant ■s,miin), C Cfhiester 7imini, G. C'oi-dss 7^in, W:- Hawkes Bmin, E. Keating Bmm, D l. Howard Smii-n, El Towers 9min;, D- CJuiuie 9|mini, J. Horn 0$ mm, Ei. Whitehead'lOmin, A. Taylor 1 Orai in, h. Corner lOinim, H. Chappel 12£min, P. Payne 12Jmin, WPlant 15min.', E. Priice 21min. Of! tihese favelve rid'ensi fa'aed the starter 1, the absentees being C, Hayward, E. Payne, J. Walkei- 1, W. A. EiensiliaiW, W. Plamt, G. Con-dosi, n. Keating, H. Plant, Taylor, and Cihaippell- Price wa® despatcihied a,t 2.51 so a k «s to> enable the next mans to start at 3, and at 3.12J the sra'aitoh man was sent om Ixi« jiouirney. A 1 splendid race i-esoiltedi, and thioug'h -the .sorwteh man had a; trifle t©o h>ard artask, the baaki iniien rode well. Aboavt 4 o'ohxk Ou.rrie wa® reported to be near-, and amidst a.ppiaaise he ■crossed 1 the line at 4.2, covering the full distance "n 59 minutes. This proMed to be tho fastest time, and Currie therefoire had choice of maJials, one of vhicihi was tituus l'esei^ed. foa" tho seaondl fa&te«.t j time, as one of the ciomdiitions was* thu.t !no nider ciould saciure botb pi'izes— ■ that is the handicap pi-ize amd tho jmeidiad for fasfcestt time- The'next mii'.n : tol finish was Towars, -wiho sielauircd I second! handicapi prize. Chester ro:"e i home at 4.5, and as he started at 3.5 i h« cohered the distamce 30 seconds . under .tli© incur, and 30 seiconds more {thacQ) Ottroie. IlaiU-kesi finished fourth', , Comer fifth, Hb.w-aird! slxtihi, and! 1<". jHaywai-d «ei^cmth- H. Hayward, the I ewatoh mam gave up palst Kopu, but i had !hei peireerered ho would have beeai j n.booit ati tiiei finisih. The handicap ■ resulted! tlhius: — ■ D. dime, 9i.mins 1 1 8. Towere, 9m/in .„ 2 C. Chester, 7mins ?> W,. Hawkes, Sniins. 1 L Cornea-, 1 Ominsl 5 ] Howard, Bmins :.... 6 F. Hayward 1, 2m.imsi l\ \ Cuirrie tihiuis winsi the* h'andsonnio goh!' centred imedal'. Chester, who put up second best time, takes the oth°r ' medal. Towere wins, the biciyole Tamp, iand' Hawke«i, the ,ba@. Tli^ time ciompcftiition resulted as umde: 1, the figures giving the actnial time tho t ■the leadintg; division ociciuipied in oovering! the jouimay: — Ciraiiii«i, 59an<in 1 Chetsteii, 59mansi 30soos 1 2 Haywarf, 59minsi 41sec.s" 3 Towers, 61min« SOseosi 4 Hawk^s, 63minsi 5 ■Corner, '65miin'S 15socisi 6 = HiO'wa.rd, Gamins 30secs T The offiokilsi were: Judges, Mess is F. Trainbath; (Mayor) and T. A- Dturlop (County Chairman-; referee, Mr D. Sitawanti; fitartw, Mr J. Al Slh'ani.; tianei-keepera, Messrs F. Ladnier and T- Elleray ; coanmittees nepresfmttv iiive ab Thames, Mr 1 W. Siilliviain: oommitt'ees representative at Puiriri, Mr Eiugetne O'SuJlrean.