CYCLING.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20497, 16 March 1932, Page 14

CYCLING.

evening meeting. The last of the series of weekly owning cycle meeting!, which have been■ by the North Canterbury Centre of Zealand Athletic, Cycling, and A * el ? Union, was held at English Park lMt h Open and novice race,, made up i■ <> P gramme, the events including qu > half-mile, and one mile handicaps, races were intercating and quartcr . were the order of the mgnt- Gnv j, ea t H. mile novice challenge race W. y d c Hobson by half a length. Hobson ana^ McAllister are , n ?£. w will be decided becompetition, and the final wii»• twcen them next Saturday afternoon. Last evening's results nere. NOVICES' QUARTER-MILE 'CHALLENGE. W. Guy • • •• " 2 Won by o ha°U »' !««*■ " sis'ec.

NOVICES' HALF-MILE HANDICAP. T/ 1 " 4 f3^^ H H. ler T h^a y s dB ; 9 0y I ds) % nsuj*aSi.r4 i T ».. t Guy re ha"lf b a at wheel further back. Time, 64 4-sboc. , Fraal. Guy -• ■• * * * Ferguson •• * ■ * * 3 The n riders S entered the straight in *_bunch

QUARTER-MILE CASH SWEEP. First Heat—H. A. Jones < 2 °yf®> Bearman (30yds) 2. A. Mugtord Jones won by three-quarters of a length, with a wheel between second and third. m Se e ;ond*Heat--E. A. McKaskell (syd.) 1, W. W. Crofts (19yds) 2, W. P. Wilcockson (35yds) 3. Won by a wheel, Wilcockson heading the rest, two lengths back. Time, "tHM Heat —H. G Wat.on (35ydB) IA. R Hawk© (30yds) 2, L. W, Hill (I*7m) J>» A splendid race saw Watson get home by half a wheel from Hawke, with Hill half a wheel away. Time. 30 2 ' sse ®- - a Fourth Heat —H. J. Crofts (15yds) 1, O. n,i.ht f2*>vds) 2, E. S. Sears (85yds) 3. Crofts beat Bright by half a wheel in tjj. sprint for the finish. Sears was two lengths back. Tim©, 30 4*ssec. Final.

JOD6B •• * * * a Crofts ** « Watson •• •• , A close race, three-quarters of a length separating first and gecond. with half a length between second and third. The rest of the field was close up. Time, 81 i-sttc. NOVICES' MILE HANDICAP. (First four and fastest fifth to start in. the final.) First Heat—H. Hobson (20yds) 1, C. McAllister (scr) 2, D Aitken (20yds) 3 L. Thomas (65yds) 4. C. (1507&*)5. Hobson won by a length, urith. McAllister three-quarters of a length in front or Aitken, and inches between the rest. Time, 2min 15see. _ Second Heat—C. • Goodge (85yds) 1, B. Crew (60yds) 2, W. Guy (50yds) 3, G. Gluhb (80yds) 4. A length separated first and second. Crew -was half a length ahead of Guy, who beat Glubb by a wheel. Time, 2min 20see. Final. Guy .. •• •• I Aitken . • • • "5 Hobson. -. • • • • 3 A keenly-contested race saw Guy beat Aitken by a length in the sprint, with half a length between second and third. The rest finished in a line, half a wheel back. Time, 2min .17sec. ONE MILE CASH SWEEP. (First four and fastest fifth to start in the final.) First Heat —H. A. Jones (65yds) 1, H. J. Croft (40yds) 2, H. G. Watson (90yds) 3, C. Arnst (150 yds) 4, E. A. Fransdea (20yds) 5, A thrilling sprint down the straight ended in the placed men finishing within a length. Time, 2min 7 l-ssec. Second Heat—E. A. McKaskell (75yds) 1, W. W. Crofts (85yds) 2, W. Good (110 yds) 3, A. B. Hawke (100 yds) 4, A. Mugford (130 yds) 6. Won easily by two lengths, with four lengths between second and third and fourth man another length away. Time, 2min 15see. Final. McKaskell .. .. .. 1 Jones .. 2 Arnst ... • • 3 McKaskell had a three-length lead entering the straight, and he staved off a strong challenge from Jones to win by one length. Jones beat Arnst, who just headed the rest, by half a .length. Time, 2min 12iec.