CYCLING

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VII, Issue 341, 4 February 1897, Page 3

CYCLING

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Auckland, October 27th, 1896. To the Proprietors, Sporting Review, Auckland. Dear Sirs, —I have pleasure in advising you that the Sporting Review has been appointed the Official Organ of the Auckland Cycle Club. Yours faithfully, J. P, HOWDEN, Sports Secretary.

THE CYCLING CLUB’S CARNIVAL.

On Saturday the Auckland Cycling Club will hold their carnival at the Domain Cricket Ground, the net funds of which, as previously mentioned, will be devoted to renovating the pivilion of the ground. With fine weather a large attendance may be looked, forward to, and as the- wheel events will be contested by some of the most prominent cash riders in the colony, the racing should be of a high order, and decidedly fast and interesting ; in fact some grass records should be established, seeing that there will be pacing triplets and tandems. The pedestrian portion of the programme is also of an attractive character, and several very prominent visiting runners will make their appearance. Amongst the most notable competitors will be T. Clarkson, A. R. Barker. C. Cattanach, A. C. Wilmott, and W. Thomson. In the Five Mile Inter-provincial Scratch Race nearly all the outside cyclists will compete. The Auckland Wheel Race should be an interesting event The prize money is £27 10s, and with the first prize of £l5 is given a five-guinea cup. During the afternoon F. Luhnson will give an exhibition of trick riding on a safety machine. The following handicaps have been made: —

750yds Handicap. —J. Eyre scr, J. Gray Iyd, F. Surman 2yds, D. Tomlinson 3yds, J. A. Tate 3yds, S. Buchanan 4yds, A. E. Morton 4yde, A. E. Armiger 4yds, F. H. Somers 4yds, J. C. Jennings 4yds, J. Daisley 4yds, R. Cantell 41yds, J. Josephs 41ids, S. Sarah syds, H. Absolum syds, T. Chadwick syds, H. W. Brierly 6yds, A. J. Tanner 6yds, W. Burnham 6yds, T. Speer 7yds, A. Glover 7yds, J. G. Townsend 71yds, R. H. Lawford Byds, N. Barton Byds, Wm. Gray Byds, W. Riley (aged 45 years) 10yds. 100yds Handicap.—Jas. Eyre scr, J. Gray scr, A. Woodley 2yds, W. H. Arnott 3yds, F. Surman Syds, F. Eyre 4yds, D. Tomlinson syds, J. A. Tate syds, S. Buchanan 51yds, A. E. Morrison 51vds, A. E. Armiger s)yds, J. Josephs 51yds, F. H. Somers 6yds, J. C. Jennings 6yds, R. Cantell 61yds, T. Chadwick 61yds, S. Sarah 61yds, H. Absolum 7yds, H. W. Brierly 7yds, A. J. Tanner 7yds, F. 0. Davis 7yds, M. Freeney 7yds, W. Burnham 71yds, T. Speer Byds, J. Scott Byds, A. R. Olney 81yds, J. G. Townsend 81yds, A. Glover 9yds, R. H. Lawford 91yds, N. Barton 10yds, Wm. Grey 10yds, J. Leikis 11yds. 220yds Hurdles Handicap.—J. Gray scr, W. H. Arnott scr, A. W. Watts scr, B. Knight scr, J. C. Jennings syds, S. Sarah 10yds, H. Absolum 11yds, A. E. Armiger 12yds, M. Roberts 15yds, D. Somers 17yds. One Mile Walk Handicap.—A Coleman scr, P. Brady 20yds, H. Allan 40vds, J. J- Murray 60yds, A. Wliiting 75yds, C. Anderson 80yds, F. Drum 90yds, W. Daisley 140yds, G. T. Boakes 150yds, J. Corbett 160yds, R. Harris 180yds, F. Wilkins 200yds. 250yds Handicap —J. Gray scr, A. Woodley 2yds, H. W. Brierly 4yds, W. H. Arnott 4yds, A. E. Morton 41yds, W. A. Worrall 6yds, J. A. Tate 7yds, M. Roberts 7yds, A. W. Watts 9yds, J. C. Jennings 9yds, W. Burnham 9yds, F. H. Somers 10yds, A. Glover 10yds, F. C. Davis 10yds, S. Sarah 101yds, S. Buchanan 11yds, F. Surman 111yds, A. R. Olney 12yds, J. G. Townsend 14yds, T. Speer 16yds, W. Farquhar 17yds, A. J. Tanner 19yds. 440yds Handicap. —H. W. Brierly scr, A. Woodley Iyd, A. Watts 7yds, D. Somers 12yds, F. Eyre 12yds, W. H. Arnott 12yds, M. Roberts 12yds, J. A. Tate 13yds, F. C. Davis 15yds, W. McMillan 16yds, W. A. Worrall 17yds, F. H. Somers 18yds, H. Reyland 20yds, W. Farquhar 22yds, J. G. Townsend 25yds, W. Grey 27yds.

The New Zealand Cycling Championship dates have been altered to 24th and 27th Februarv.

E. Reynolds will represent Auckland at the N.Z.C.A. Championships at Wellington.

A lady cyclist in knickerbockers was riding in the neighbourhood of Wareham. She lost her way, and seeing a countryman in front, rode up to him, alighted, and said, “ Can you tell me if this is the right way to Wareham ?” The man looked up and down at her with great attention, and then slowly replied, “Yes. miss—yes. You seem to have got ’em on all right.”