CYCLING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 30, 4 February 1905, Page 12

CYCLING.

; To the Auckland public, accustomed to a straight-out ride between competitor*, the cycle racing to be -witnessed in Sydney at present would seem very J curious. As a display of Continental i tactics, the test race bet-ween EUegaard ; I and Rnit was worth seeing, and it was . watched -with great interest by the spec- ■ tators, to whom each a rase was a de- : cided inzßTv-atioa. The race was a v-erit- . able crawl from the start. At the pistol . both riders looked as if they -were eomj peting in a stow race; sometime they : would shoot down direct to the edge of the grass, and then up again to the top of the banking in their anxiety to forpe the lead upon each other. Often the ; pace would get so slow that they were ! forced to almost hang on to the palinga. I The next, movement ■would be a feint on i the part of one rider, who would pretend Ito sprint, and then suddenly ease. At tbe bell Ellegaard was in front, the pace being slow. Opposite the scoring board the Dane jumped, but only got a yard j lead, as B.utt was •watching him. In a j desperate Snish the ex-world's champion j won &n by a length. j The "Sydney Thousand," tie rkfcest I haadittap -wheel race in the world, is to be decided in Sydney early in March nest. The distance will be one mile. The entrance for this valuable, event has j been reduced to fire shillings. Motor bicycles, it is stated, are \ likely to become cheaper within a short ! time. At present they raage from £50 ; to £70. but reliable maebiHes are offered in Great Britain at from £25 to £30. Macfariand. who, it will be remember- I' ed, went to West Anaassiia just before | his disqualification was lifted, in th« hope of competing at the Westral Wheel ! I Race MeetiEg, more particnlariy in tbe ' I wheel race itself, was disappointed at |: not being permitted to do so. He com- j I peted in and won » fire-miles mratxh ': ] T»ee, «r>* i# Mttd .te be doing w£L i