CYCLING NOTES.
Auger, winner of tiie last Austral Wheel Race, is still at (ho head of the list of Australian riders with £519. .His records are 4 firsts, 3 seconds, 4 thirds. Walker is second with £533, 25 firsts, 9 seconds and 5 thirds. Morgan comes third with £226 10s, Forbes (N.Z.) fourth with £209, and Major Taylor fifth with £160 10s.
Arthur Smyth continued bis record breaking at the Cricket Ground on Thursday and Saturday last, says tho Sydney Referee. On tho former day he beat bis own previous best amateur figures for Australia for ten miles, paeou, by luiin Usee, despite a strong wind. The figures he registered wore:—l mile, _mm 12se.c; '2 miles, 4niin 14 3-sscc ; 3 miles, Ginin 17 3-sscc; -Imilcy, t-.mii 17 l-sscc ; 5 miles, lOmin Usee; 6 miles, 12min 4scc; 7 miles, 11-iinin 57 3-sscc; 8 miles, 15 mm 49 5-sscc; 9 miles, 17min 39sec ; 10 miles, l.hnin 23scc. On Saturday ho lowered his own live miles paced record by 35 4-ssec, the score being:—l mile, lmin 45 2-ssec; 2 miles, 3min 30 2-sscc ; 3 miles, smin 15scc; 4 miles. 7inin 54 2-sscc; 5 miles, Bmin 55 2-ssec.
llobl, the Continental crack, knocked .. 4-oscc oil the Austriilianjpuccd Hying start mile recently. The figures arc now lmin 28 2-._ sec. The world's record is lmin lOscc, Contend, France. Chaso holds tho British record, lmin 20 l-ssec.
The following is tho result of heats in recent International Scratch Race (first to start in final) in the final of which Morgan boat Taylor. First Heat.—G. R. Morgan, 1; J. FHscll, 2. Othqr starters: H. Peafe, R. W, Lewis, W. C. Jackson, A. A. Middleton. Won easily. Timo, 2min 25 l-sscc. Second heat.— R. H. Walne, 1; J. Chalmers, 2. Other starters: N. C. Hopper, J. A. Stewart, 11. Thorn. Won by about a wheel. Time, 2min 32 3-sscc. Third heat.—E. F. Wilksch, 1; C. E. Burton, 2. Other starter: M. Randrup. Close finish. Timo, 2min 28 _-sscc. Fourth heat.—
" Major" Taylor, 1; D. Shcelmn, 2. ' Other starters': E. Payne, H. Cameron, H. H. Gordon. Won by n wheel. Time, 2min 28 2-f.Mee. Fifth boat— C. -I. , Farley, I; E. A. Pyo, 2. Other starter: ,1. ll.'Sanbcrg. Timo, 2min 33 3-ssec. Final.— 0. R. Morgan (Vie.) 1 ( "Major" Taylor (U.S.A.) 2 E. F. Wilksch (S.A.) « , Won by a wheel. Time, 2min 9 I -I-.sees. '(
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7406, 10 March 1903, Page 4
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