PIONEER BICYCLE CLUB SPORTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5445, 23 December 1895, Page 1

PIONEER BICYCLE CLUB SPORTS.

The following handicaps for athletic events ,have been made : —

220 yds Flat Handieap^-W. Cartwright and H. M. Eeeves scr, W: Balch 3yds, F. S. Harley 4yds, J. 0. Thomson 6yds, L. A. Cuff Byds, S. K. Bassett, C. F. Smith and H. Wilkinson 9yds ; T. L. Cowlishow, G. F. Dixon and G. E. King 10yds ; E. Cole, C. B. Klingenstein, P. Menzies and J.L. Smith 12yds; J. L. Carl and A. F. Clark 14yds, F. Banks 15yds, J. S. Murphy and W. E. Styche 16yds, P." A. Pyne 18yds, F. W. Johnson 19yds. 4407ds Flat Handicap — W. Cartwright and W. Balch scr, J. 0. Thomson 6yds, H, Wilkinson Byds, H. Amos 14yds, B. Cole, P. Menzies, L. J. Smith; S. K. Bassett and T. L. Cowlishaw 16yds ; F. G. Dixon 17yds, C. Menzies 19yds, P. Mason and D. Wood 20yds, C. F.. Smith 21yds, F. Banks 22yds, J. L. Carl 24yds, F. W. Johnson 25yds, J. S. Murphy 26yds, F. A. Pyne 28yds. Messrs T. Eoberts, A. Jones, M. O'Connor and F. H. Creamer, members of the Auckland, representative athletic team, arrived I yesterday.

', "What a funny little man you are?" ; These were the now historic words used by Lord Alfred Douglas in reply to his . father, the Marquis of Queensberry. So much was elicited by the recent sensational trial of Oscar Wilde. The same remarkable ■words are found in that remarkable book, " The Green Carnation," and in this case are used by Lord Reggie Hastings. Now, it is rather an open question as to whether Lord Douglas quoted the words of the novelist, or whether the latter utilised the reply made to the Marquis by his prodigal son. That the father fully deserved such an epithet is clearly shown by the fact that he chose to make his own cigarettes, when he could obtain Indian Chiefs at sixpence a packet.