SYDNEY CYCLING CARNIVAL.
[PEH PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] Sydney, Jan 17. In the Cycling Carnival League Cup, Major Taylor failed to win the heat. McDonald made a splendid sprinh heading him by a length. * The final resulted in Don Walker 1, McDonald 2, Morgan 3. A few inches 'separated them. Time, 25. First Class Handicap—Pye (40yds) defeated Walker by 5 yards. Time, 49 25. Pye at a similar mark defeated Taylor in the qualifying heat. Sydney, Jan 18. With a view of finally settling the question of supremacy between Don Walker and the champion Major Taylor, the League of Wheelmen h .vo arranged to run on Wednesday night a series of three, one mile heats. To make the itests thoroughly representative, they have invited nine of the best Australian riders, including Chalmers, to run qualifying events on Monday, the winner of the final to meet Walker on Wednesday night, and the one proving vie orious to ride Taylor for the Championship.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 January 1903, Page 4
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159SYDNEY CYCLING CARNIVAL. Greymouth Evening Star, 19 January 1903, Page 4
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