BICYCLE EVENTS.

Observer, Volume X, Issue 621, 22 November 1890, Page 11

BICYCLE EVENTS.

iUjle Maiden. — Reynolds ... ... 1 R. MoCallnm 2 U. Waters ... ... ... ... 3 Mile Handicap. — Howard ... ... ... ... 1 Hoffman 2 Hammond ... ... ... ... 3 Two Miles. — Howard ... .. ... ... "I Short 2 Hoffman 3 and Reynolds for a surprise. Three Miles. — Hoffman ... ... ... ... 1 Short 2 Reynolds ... ... 3 Five Miles. — Buchanan 1 Hoffman 2 Stewart 3

— The Domain pavilion is expected to be completed by Saturday. — Rutohinson did his trial the other day, and is said to be very fit. — Mowbray has also improved and is now going well, but I cannot fancy him. — Sammy Goodman had his men out at Ellerslie on Sunday doing some trials. — Walter Jones had the Matea down as far as Home Bay on Saturday last. — A lick Harvey is credited with doing the Hulf in 2min 35^see at his Ellerslie irial. — Leo Meyers did a humming trial for half-a-mile one morning this week, in 2min 50sec. — It is reporfcjd that McGuinness buried ' Barney ' Meyers in a trial the other morning-. Mr A. E. Blackmore, the Sydney athlete, is at present staying with some iriends iv Blenheim. — A meeting has been arranged between Jim Murphy and Griff o, the Sydney lad, for a stake of .£2OO. — Davis, who is going tor the 120 yds Handicap, did his distance in llj-sec, that is from scratch.. He ran at Henderson. — Olai-ke is a much improved man and his stride id greatly lengthened. It will surprise me if he does not carry off something. — The i\Felbourne Athletic Club have arranged a match between Owen Sullivan, of the Barrier, and Harry Laing, of Wanganui, N.Z. — Jack Lindsay, the well-known footballer, who was recently married to a Miss Chalmers afc Dunedin, has returned to Auckland. — Hoffman has been doing some sensational trials in the Domain, and great things are expected of him in the bicycle events next Saturday. —Captain Morse, of the Alameda, has engaged a professional boxer to accompany him to sea, in order to train him to enter for some middle-weight event. — It has been decided by this colony to recognise the championship meeting held in Sydney on May 31st, 1890, as the first Australasian Championship Meeting. — Harry Goldwater informs me that he is not going for the Quarter-mile, and intends saving himself for the Half. He is said to have taken 2min itfteec in hia trial.

—Anderson bowled well for the Victorias on Saturday. —All the yachts were ou : last Saturday, and made an extended cruise. —The Mount Roskill men did the Queen's Dollege boys by over an innings. — Jack Poland has deserted the Star Club, for on Saturday last he made 18 runs against Parnell. —Gordon made a good stand in batting against the Alpha, making 261 runs, with 13 men in the field. — Tracey Moresby almost put a oentury together on Saturday, scoring 91 for Gordon against Alpha. — Owing to the Athlete Meeting engaging my attention thw week, I have been obliged to holdover the article with ' Hints on Training.' —On September 25th, J. B. Connolly of Boston broke the best American record for the hop. step, and jump, clearing 44ft. 10£ inches. — ' Vie' Langsford has had the misfortune to cut his foot to such an extent as to interfere with his proper training. He, however, intends starting on Saturday afternoon. — I have received a couple of pretty souvenirs of Billy Murphy's fight with Griff o, in the shape of an illustrated pamphlet, which has been issued by the ■ydney Gymnastic Club. — The Regatta Committee, after considerable discussion, decided on fixing the prize money for the Champion Whaleboat ! Race. The amount will be .£IOO, but a ! proviso is inserted that this must attract bona fide outside entt ies. — The Ponsonby Bowing Club have chosen the following crews to represent them at the Rowing Association Eegatta : — Uider lOst: j! Graham, A. Duthie, Noyer, and C. Edwards. Junior Gig : A. Fin/ayson, Oossar, 6lcln<loe, and Cook. Cham .ion Gig : Barrett, Broberg, Collins, and Joe Cole. Jimi rs (uri'.ier lOst) : Same as Junior Gig. —The Wesi End li owing Club will be represented at the Rowing Association's Regatta by the fol owing crews ; — Maiden (under 103t) : Murray, Williamson, Driver and Langsford. Maiden Gig : Bell, Parr. Sneddon and Stewart. Champion Gig and Bo najide Gig : Edwards, Aikinson, Baxter and Gentles. Junior (under 103t) : Hanna, D.'Wden, Martin and Clark. — A Melbourne exchange says Billy Mnrpny and Dummy Mace were to fight ac the Crystal Paiaue, RichinoJid, on tne 10th inst. The management give 75 per cenn. of the receipts to the winner, and 25 cent. 10 the loser. A side wag»r is also peu>Ji gon the result Mace is a first-ciasjs man in a heavier division than ' The Torpedo,' and further news will be awaited with interest. — Mick Monnock, the ex-Aucklander, won a 100 yds Siowgrove's Professional Handicap at the Tennyson traoka, Sydaey, on Oct. 30. In the final, Ourry West was a terribly strong favourite at 3 to 1, and the others were scarcely mentioned. Tne heat resulted ;— M. J. Monnock (11yds), 1 ; W. H. Mason (10£-yds), 2; C. M. West (3yis), 3, A yard covered the trio at the worsted, and Mick squeezes home by six | inches only. — Tho amateur championship games of Canada were held at Montreal on Sep. 27. The weather was showery, which caused I the times, although good, to be slower than they would have been h*d the weather been fine. The best performance was done by A. F. Coupland of the Manhattan A.C., who won his heat m the 120yd3 ! Hurdles in 16 l-sth see. In the final he was put back a yard and even then ran a dead heat with Williams in IGseo. In the run off, Coupland was again put back a yard for making a false start and he got beaten by a couple of feet, and the time was again returned as 16sec. A. A. Jordan I won the Long Jump with 21ft 3 8-Bth in ; Owen the 220 yds in 22 2-sth sec ; M. Remington the 440 yds in 50 3-sthß eeo ; W. C. Downs the Half-mile in Imin 59j sec ; and A. B George the Mile in 4min 29 4-sth sec. The other events do not call for comment. — The complete averages of the Australian Eleven in England are now to hand. Murdoch once more heads the batting figures, having made 1449 runs in 62 completed innings, giving an average of 23.37 per innings. J. E. Barrett, who has done wonderfully well considering that this was his first visit Home, is second with 1304 runs for 57 completed innings, and an average of 22.87. G. H. Trott follows with 64 innings for 1273 runs and an average of 19.99, while Lyons is lourth on the list with 1142 runs in 64 innings, and an average of 17.67 Blackham averages 15.82, Turner 15, J. Ferris 14.84, Charlton 14.83, Jones 11.31. Gregory 11.8, K. Burn 10.93, Walters 10,, and Trumble 7.77. Turner and Ferris in the bowling have each taken 215 wickets, but the former has the better average, his wickets being obtained at the coat of 12.67 runs each, while Ferris' were secured at a cost of 13.2 runs each. Chariton got 43 wickets for 17 runs each, Trnmble 53 for 21 runs each, and Lyons 4.2 for 21 runs each. Last tour Turner took 320 wickets at a cost of 11.33 each, and Ferris 220 at a cost of 14.23 each.

—The smart little 18 foot»r Beata has been purchased by Mr Percy Dufaar. — In their cricket match last Saturday the Star office scored eight duck's eggs. — Messrs W. Speight and A. Cotter were the handicappers for the Amateur Sports. — Howlett, the Melbouraite, did some clever fielding for Auckland last Saturday. — In the Star match, Brooks made 21 runs, and W. Speight 18, out of a score of 41. —Mr Windsor had his steam launch down as far as Motutapu last Saturday. She is in fine order no./; — Gordon 11. beat Ponsonby on the result of the fir3t innings, for in the second both teams made exactly the same score. ' —Professor Carrolio'a picnic at Motutapu was most enjoyable, although I should have liked to have seen more of the adult pupils present. — The Waitemata men say they do not regret the loss of C -llins and Barrett, aa they have better men in the shed. Perhaps we shall see them on Kegatta Day . —The Behnont boys beat the Educational Chambers team rather easily. The former seem to be making splendid progress under the tutelage of Morrison. — It is to be hoped thai Waitara will be in a position to send a whaleboat crew for the Champion race at the next Regatta. We are continually hearing that they have two new whaleboats and a large nunrerof fine stalsvart tnernbera, so they should at least try conclusions with our Auckland oarsuien. The prize money is large enougn. —The Waitemata Boating Club held their trial fives a few evening* ago before a large number of spectators. In the first round, Keefe's crew beat G. Moore's, Slade's beat Atkinson's, and Vloore's won from Thome's. Mick Keefe's then tried conclusions with Slade's and scored a win. Their names are M. Keefe, E. Bailey, H. Bailey, D. McLeod, J. Endean and C. Bailey, senior, at the steer oar. — On Monday, Nov. 10th, the Victorias journeyed out to Papakura to play the local team, and got beaten by 140 runs. There was a large number of spectator on the ground during tho diy. The visitors were entertained to dinner, and expressed themselves thoroughly satisfied with the pleasant day's outing. McOlymont played well behind the wickets for the Papakuras, as did McKillop for the Victorias. Any club wishing to arrange a match with the country club should communicate with Mr F. McOlymont, Papakura. 1 — * A Lover of Athletics ' writes as follows regarding the handicapping for | Saturday's events : — The able handicappers of the A. A. A. Club have a reputation for fairness to maintain, and that i 3 my reason for drawing attention to their treatment of two men, Christie and Harvey. Though the latter did nothing special last year, he is this year put five yards farther back, as for Christie he i 9 so badly treated that he has withdrawn from several events. Last year Christie, starting from the same mark as Impey, was badly beaten by the latter in the quarter mile, but yet the handicappers make Christie concede five yards to Impey this year. Again, Weston, who won the Ladies' Bracelet and 100 yds last year, is tois year placed in front of Christie. On what principle are these handicaps fixed, I would like to know ? I can only imagine that Christie and Harvey are handicapped out of the events because of the fame of their trainer, J. Johnston, who last year landed five winners of first prizes, two seconds and one each of third and fourth. It is destructive of sport when men like Christie are virtually debarred from oompeting, and I trust something will be done to prevent a repetition of such handicapping.