CYCLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2104, 1 February 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)

CYCLING.

Tho second race lor the iowuley Cap took place on hnuratiay, itangipa.i (.3U6 sec; being tue winner. mo starters were mostly new men, ana probably owing to mis iact, nor one of the cracks ran into a place, though i> Wilkinson got fastest time, His performance was a very meritorious one. He 6et out on ms own bicyeie, but through a puncture, had to borrow L. Tait’s machine. This machine ho also punctureU and lie raced m lrom Makaraka oil A. Anderson s bicycle. The roads were in good oi tier througnout, except m the town. | 'there is iittfe doubt, says an English writer, that the most marvellous ! sprinter or the present day is ihoi- ; waid Hllegaard, who mushed up tne i outdoor season by winning tne una 1 oi the Grand Rrix U.V.r., as re- ; ported recently. Ho seems to be lining as fast as ever, and does not. look a day older than when ne won ‘ his first world's championship in ■ jpjOl. But he lives a model me, both in and out of training, anu ne is a natural bicycle rider, m •■mould be able to come, and » ia J ' ! f ‘v’,! win another world’s c-namp-ou--before finally retiring uom mt tiack. . ~ +i, . vc bourne The opening ol th va3 “saucer" track oil Docenibj- al _ a great- success, tendance of nearly bUoJ l )tu i'‘J-’ A “ track is described as more like a pie-dish than a saucer. No rioer can start on it- without help, but once lie gets going, he finds u> difficult to stop, as lie gets moment uni iiom different points. According to the "Argus,” hundreds ot people who patronised the show were beset with lear that numerous accidents would ’ Happen to the riders, but although their feet were strapped to the pedals, and one or two entanglements occurred in the races winch caused rails, the men who were thrown slid off the track into safety. All announcements as to wimieiis were bawled out through a megaphone instead of being posted on a board, whatever may be the ultimate fortune ot the enterprise, there can be no doubt chat the opening was a pronounced success. The principal event, the Live-mile Scratch Race, was won bv A. J- Clark.

Judging by tho earnings of the cracks, cycle-racing must be .very popular ip Germany, for Raul Guignard secured last year £325-3, V anderstuyft £2283 and \erbisc £libO. Riet JLRckentmann, Brum, Coutenet and NT. Butler also won upwards or £IUOO each. Of those riders who made pace-following a specialty, Kohl won the most, the amount being £2550; Gunther was second with £2157, while eight others annexed over £.IOOO apiece. The .aggregate money put up by the German irackowTiers during ldo7 was £55,095.