CYCLING TROUBLES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 February 1911, Page 3

CYCLING TROUBLES.

To the Editor. Sir,—Tliere was no necessity for "Mossy" to write his disclaimer in your issue of Saturday. All who know "Mossy" know he's a. sport, nnd if he had written the letter ho would have signed his name. T know "M.ossv" cliieflv in football matters. I hnrl zron fo'd hn ha<\ written the letter in micstion. but T was certain he had not. whoever did write if" d'd i nnbii" service, as there is t<>o mm-h naci'irr going on. Now. another thing. We in Otaki are croimr to .stop these road races. We are n'r.r at nil '-ertiin whether they do not come under tTie Police Offences Act. rind representations nre to be mode on t matter to Ihe authorities. Some most serious will o-'-nr : n:o dav, some of the cintestnnts. instead of benig like human beings nre more like liiimnn aeroplanes. Pedestrians and ordinary cyclists have to climb fences to rret out of their way. while older people are given no chance whatever. The fnt sheep at Monakau have tikon a fir l'ke the Gadarone ."wine, and no won. der. as you report o"o of the pntrants met with a curious are'do-nt-n sheep "rn shine down n stern nlace" and falling on him nnd knock, •ing him off his bicycle. T will wrjtr to you as soon as we rlecid" rlpfi'nitely to appron"h flip nnllioritips. — AXTT--ROAD HOG. Otaki. February 11.