"ONE OF THE CRUELLEST."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 653, 2 November 1909, Page 5

"ONE OF THE CRUELLEST."

ARNST'S VIEW. OP THE ROAD RACE, SOME BATTERED COMPETITORS. ; tUv Tclecraph-Bpoclnl CorrosronddnU ■ Christchurch, November 1 : _ Tho._-winiier of tho Timaru-Christohurch Cyclo.Roadßaco, P. O'Shea; is a sturdy lad'of twenty -summere, employed as a paoker in V warehouse,', HO indulged in llttlo or no special training, .for.thebig.;pvent,but, when the op. 1 portunity served, lie took a hundred-miio spin during his week s ends. Interviowed after tlio; race,' ho stated, that holiud never won a race in his lifo before,. In tho'rodd raco ho had,had a hard,'struggle all tho way through, and ho had a spill at ltangitata wbioh biiokied laa wheel, and another spill this. side of Ashburton which :shook him a good deal, but did -no'.serious-damage m . , ■ . , Maw, tho second man, who arrived home with his head, considerably out about, had a spill .tori .miles; on this' side of Ashburtofl. At tho Solwyn ' he, ! cartej;.a ;■ terrifio cropper over, another man who .had fallen by tho wayside, and, twelve miles from: home, ho repeated this performance,' both times with disastrous results," He had to: finish on 'a buckled wheel. ; "Dick" , Arnst, - tho world's ohampion Soulier; ' who realised' that; training , for rowing does notnecessarily,"fit;a man' fot cyolo racing, said that it, was a .very hard raco for the backmarkers, who woro split up, and had to fight their way!,along' practically single-handed. • It was one of tho cruellest road races which ho had ever seen. Ho was seized with a bad attack .'of crampon tlio .other I ', side of Eakaia, and finished in a: motor-car. . IDy, Tclesrflflh—Prmi Aiiocl&Kfoa r Christchurch; November 1.The executive of the Timaru to Christchurch cycling rdad raco, met to-night to consider a i requost from the secretary of tho South Canterbury Centro, lof-.tho: League of Wheelmen to hold an .inquiry into an allegation that R. Arnst, after ; withdrawing from the contest andv travelling .some: distance in a- motor-car, had: romountod his bioyolo and paced ■ J. Arnst, who covored tho distance in tno fastest tnno. : It was found tho , regulations did. not cover tho point ;at issue, and tho mattes was dismissed. "