CYCLING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VI, Issue 301, 30 April 1896, Page 7

CYCLING.

The Wellington to Napier record broken —E. A. Wakeman (Manawatu Club) does the smashing. Our Napier correspondent sends the following : —Fabian’s bicycle record of 22hrs 49min for the 232 miles that separate Wellington from Napier got a very severe shaking on Saturday evening by Mr E A. Wakeman, of the Manawatu Cycling Club. The latter left the Empire City at 10 p.m. on Friday night, and at precisely two minutes’ past seven on Saturday night he appeared at the post-offi e, Napier, thus having accomplished the distance in2lhrs2min; and this fact must be borne in mind that between the Upper Hutt (10 miles from Wellington) and Pakipaki (20 .miles from Napier) he was unassisted by pacemakers. At the latter place, Messrs. Symonds and McDowell, of the Hastings Clash Club, met the smasher and piloted him into Napier. Mr Wakeman, who only started riding last September, is 27 years of age, weighs lOst 71b, and rides a machine geared to 68in.