A GREAT FINISH.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 5

A GREAT FINISH.

$ THE BIG SIX-DAY CYCLE RACE. I,". SOME HOT SPRINTING. . Br TelsaraDh—rresn Air«oclatlon—OoßTrlght (R-eo. January 5, 8.5 p.m.) . ' Sydney, January 1. Nearly 40,000 pooplo witnessed the finish of tho six-day cycle race: There was some splendid sprinting throughout tho day, Mid ovor -tho last' few laps tho pace -was terrific. , ■ ' •• Tho overlapped teams retired just before the ■ close, nnd\ there .was' a . great. fight between tho remainder of tho contestants, : Jl'Namara ■ eventually boating Spears and Scott by'half a length; amid great excitement. •, ; ! i :-.v Tho distance coveredivas 1833 miles and tho toamß; finished in tho following order:— V' '- M'Nainara and Corry ■ (Now South Wales) L.i.... 1 Spears (New So'jith Wales), and Kirk- , ham (Victoria) ii Scott (New Sou'tli Wales), and Keefe (Tasmania) 3 ■Crook and Henry (Now South Wales) 4 O'Sliea and Smith (New Zea1and)......... 5 Overlapped teams, including: Summers (Now Zealand), Russell (New South Wales), who tied for tho eighth place, covered 1832 miles and two laps. Spears beat M'Namara in a sprint to tho post at tho ISOO milos mark. 253 MILES BEHIND LAST YEAR. (Rec. January 0; 0.25 a.m.) , Sydney, January B. The cyclists' record is 253 milos behind last year's. Loafing 'when only -a few spectators were present, and two days' tattling against strong adverse winds, were tho causes.