MELBORNE-WAEBNAMBOOL RACE.
. OVER THREE HUNDRED START. By Telegraph—JPress Association—Copyright. (Rec. October 2, K.S p.m.)' Melbourne, October 1. The Melbourne-Warrnaiiibool cycle roadrace (165 miles) resulted-'as follows:— Piercy, .Victoria (47.; minutes) 1 Perrett,'.New South'-, Wata (45mm.) ... 2 MfSweeney, West Australia (17min.)... 3 The winner's riding time was 10' hours 1 minute 21 seconds. : The fastest time was put. up, by 'L. Pianto, West- Australia, who covered the distance in '9 hours 46 minutes.The race was won by a length and a half, with: the . third mai : only a few feet away. . . '. ■ . A crowd of twenty thousand witnessed tho finish, i The weather was. threatening, at ; ; the start, and a: very (strong northerly wind avos blowing) i but the conditions at-. terward6 improved. / y.' ( ' There were 355 starters,' the - number" constituting a record.- ■ , Walsh and ■ NeilsOn, New Zealanders, were scratched.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 937, 3 October 1910, Page 6
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